Welp. I guess I’m getting this out of the way so I can get some goddamned sleep, and because I am not going to let a bunch of vindictive, conspiracy-peddling arseholes frame my life by[…]
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The End of My Patreon
Yes. You read that right. It’s been a long, strange journey, but my Patreon will be shutting down and reverting to a patron-only page so I can continue supporting the creators I’ve pledged to, effective[…]
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Confession: I am not okay.
A lot of people these days ask me if I’m okay. They ask how I’m doing, if I’m coping, if I need anything. Some of them are asking because it’s expected. Many more are asking[…]
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The Author’s Guide to Author/Reviewer Interactions
Hello, dear author. So you’ve wandered into the wild, woolly world of book reviews. You have a book out, or many books out, or a book coming up, and reviewers are already talking about it.[…]
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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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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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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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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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