Help Me Get An Education!
I'm thrilled to be one of the writers accepted into the Lambda Literary Foundation Emerging Writers Retreat. It's an incredible honor to be selected from a large and extraordinary group of writers, and I hope to make the most of my time there.
Read MoreBeta Reader Update
For the most part, all my beta readers lived up to my expectations. Everyone liked it, even those who didn't tend to read my genre. I got some really excellent notes from each person. Some notes confirmed my suspicions (sex scenes are too long, feminist dialogue is too didactic) and some of them surprised me (my antagonist is perfectly terrible, places where I thought I was overwriting were actually unclear).
Read MoreFatal Femmes
Choose those readers wisely, kiddos. Find people in your demographic and outside of it. Find people who are not only invested in you, but invested in story telling and a culture of reading. Find people who want your book to shine. I've got them, and they're making me better for it.
Read MoreMurder Your Darlings
As a writer, little jolts of pride surge up my spine when I spin a turn of phrase that is just particularly lovely. I'm an aesthete at heart, and style can often win me over instead of substance. Call me shallow. . .
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Today I left the house for the first time in a week. Granted, this is due in large part to a particularly indefatigable cold. Nevertheless, the sunshine felt good. The other half of my reclusion was due to a heavy work load and my frustrations with The Pack’s climax. I felt like I was spinning my wheels in sand, catching no progress, just burying myself deeper. My lovely partner offered me some time to work aloud through my plot, and the resulting conversation sent me running for...
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