I have always considered myself a feminist, since I first learned the term as a child. (Though, like many people, for years I naively insisted I was “an egalitarian” because of course I was pro equality, not pro-female. I grew out of that. Feminism IS belief in equality. It’s only Read more…
Another “Total Request Marie” topic! How is it different revising a poem verses a novel verses a short story. The short answer is, a poem is like a painting, a short story is like an invisible vase, and a novel is like a topiary. The long answer beings, “Let me Read more…
I’m so pumped to be a part of the programming at Cleveland ConCoction, March 1-3 in Aurora, Ohio! I first participated two ConCoctions ago when my friend Steve found himself all alone on the “Rule 34” panel and asked if any fellow Hamsters could fill in. It was my very Read more…
Nyla requested this one, a post on mistakes middle class writers make when writing about working class people. And oh wow. If you’ll listen to me I will talk your ear off. Though first, obviously: I can only write from my own perspective. I know what it’s like to be Read more…
(It’s my birthday, so I’m giving myself the day off of blogging, instead I’m copying this post from my LJ back in 2014. I recently re-read it and quite liked it.) My friend Isabel Yap posted this very beautiful essay on Interfictions: Life is not a shoujo manga. “Why is this Read more…
When I wrote my first “novel” in elementary school, I created this character, Celeste. She was a snarky robot from the future with little regard for human life. She was the one facet of that work that survived its re-writing in middle school and again in high school. I loved Read more…
I was asked what my “typical writing day” is like. Every day is writing day! So this is: a day of me. On a typical weekday, I wake up between 8:27 and 8:34. Ish. I don’t use an alarm, so it’s all on my cycadian rhythm and looking at the Read more…