I tend to buy whatever books I stumble across that interest me, flash by my Twitter timeline, and fit my book budget at the time; that generally shapes my reviewing choices, and I often focus[…]
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Twenty Notes to the Anxious, Melancholy Writer.
Last night I was talking to a few writer friends about the head-demons that can completely devour any and all will or ability to write. You know those things: those nagging doubts and insecurities and[…]
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Where I’ve Been: Life, Death, Books, Ghost Stories, and Road Trips with Cats
Wow. So when I said “kick me if you see me on social media before May,” I didn’t anticipate being gone until the end of July/beginning of August. But I’m…back-ish? Yes. Back-ish. I’m at least going[…]
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Fuuuck. AKA: Goddammit, Blogging Again. AKA: This Mess Done Got Me All Fucked Up. AKA: Shutting Off.
(tw: very brief mention of CSA and abuse) I started writing this on Friday, but gave myself the weekend to think about it, to decide whether or not I should post it, whether or not I[…]
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Context matters.
So I have some thoughts about a recent mess in Booklandia, and I need to get them out somewhere other than Twitter, as I need to be able to explore this in a more cogent[…]
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An Open Apology.
[trigger warning: g**** Romani slur] So I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Everyone is problematic. You. Me. That dude next door. Frigging Ta-Nehisi Coates. You can be woke as fuck and still[…]
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Free Book Weekend: 12-19-2015 to 12-21-2015: Because Classism Is for Dicks.
(This has now ended and the files are no longer available, though the message still stands. I may do this again in 2016, so keep an eye out for the next time. Thanks to everyone[…]
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Just About Done: On Speaking Out vs. White Retaliation
I have just about hit my break point. Y’all know I talk about POC and LGBTQIA issues. Constantly. Recently even more so because it’s become important to me to be able to speak. To be myself. To[…]
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New Covers, Paperbacks, Bookish Things, and Liberal Use of the Word Fuck
So I’m having a day. A day of bookish things. A day of wonderful things, and honestly? It’s got me pretty nervous. My luck-o-meter tends to run somewhere along the range of “find a penny[…]
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Writing a Queer Heroine in a Heterosexual Romance.
I’ve been thinking about writing this for a while, but since it’s #BiVisibilityDay, I figured no better day to tackle it than today. In all the things people have said about my latest novel, The Lost,[…]
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