Progress Report 7/17/21
Broke 80,000 words on The Master of Puppets. The ending of the book is set up and ready to go. I’m really hoping I can finish it in the next week or so. Damn this book is kicking my ass.
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Miscommunication vs. Lack of Communication
One of the tropes I absolutely despise is when the conflict in a story could be resolved if the characters sit down and talked to each other for five minutes. I bring this up because last night I got Mail Order Bride back from the editor, and one of her comments was “I am delighted …
Big News
So, I got Mail Order Bride back from the editor last night, and I had planned to wait a few days to look at it, but I got impatient (come on, you knew that was going to happen) and went through the edits. It turns out, there wasn’t a lot that needed changing, so I …
Not finished, but starting the next one anyway
I needed a bit of a break from The Master of Puppets. It’s a good book, and I’ll be really proud of it when I’m done, but damn if it isn’t kicking my ass right now. So, to kind of chill out a bit and get my mind away from the struggle, I spent a …
On Representation In Writing
When I was fourteen years old, a book saved my life. That may sound dramatic, but I’ll be honest, it was a dramatic story. You see, I’ve suffered from depression since I was six years old, and I never felt comfortable in my own skin. Like a lot of transgender kids, I loved things that …
Progress Report 6/29/21
I broke 50K words on The Master of Puppets today. 13 Chapters so far. This book is kicking my butt, and is the embodiment of “First Draft is First Drafty” but I think when I get done, it’s going to be a hell of a book.
Transhumanist Ideas In My Work
A theme I’ve noticed is common in my work is transhumanism. For those of you who aren’t familiar and don’t want to fall down the Wikipedia Rabbit Hole, transhumanism is the idea that we will use technology to improve our lives and overcome the inherent limits of the human condition. In a lot of ways, …
Writing Without Gender
When I sat down and started developing the concept that would eventually become my novel Mail Order Bride, one of the decisions I made early on in the process was that I wanted the aliens to have a genderless society. I didn’t want them to be a hermaphroditic species, or a species where same gender …
Mail Order Bride: The Elevator Pitch
So, I want to start sharing as much as I can with you guys, and the first thing on the list is the back cover blurb I wrote for Mail Order Bride, which is a fluffy queer poly romance with just a touch of angst featuring a lesbian and two agender aliens. Keep in mind …
Off to the Editor!
I sent my novel Mail Order Bride off to the editor this morning for a developmental edit. For those of you who don’t know, a developmental edit is when an editor looks over your work and suggests changes to your story structure, characterization, and other parts of your novel in order to make the work …