8 03, 2022

Breaking the Trans Bubble (And How You Can Help Do It)

By |2022-03-08T22:13:31+00:00March 8th, 2022|Narrative, Publishing, Representation|1 Comment

CW: discussions of homelessness, transmisogyny, anti-trans racism, transphobia, persecution of sex workers, suicide, violence, trauma 

The past several months have forced me to rethink my life. A major curveball has been the introduction of a spicy new fact to that life—

I am a homeless trans woman.

This is That Thing I’ve spent most of my life afraid of becoming. There’s a link between the two sides of this thing, like between an anchor and the ankle it’s tied to. How’s that for an on-the-nose image? And it does feel—always has felt—like sinking. Don’t come out because you might be disowned. Don’t […]

6 06, 2020

Update on Platform and Schedule, Summer 2020

By |2021-11-23T22:28:50+00:00June 6th, 2020|Editorial, Publishing, Representation, Writing|Comments Off on Update on Platform and Schedule, Summer 2020

One of my goals is to provide a library of free content for writers, including tools I have found useful as an author, as an editor, and as a sensitivity and artistic ethics consultant. This will include resources for writers who are trying to learn to navigate the publishing industry and career life as an author, trying to manage difficulty with the writing process, and trying to improve their writing skills.

I want these resources to be something they can turn to before paying an editor. Marginalized authors in particular often have to count every penny when […]

6 01, 2020

The Judgmental Spectator Theory

By |2020-01-06T14:07:23+00:00January 6th, 2020|Publishing, Representation|Comments Off on The Judgmental Spectator Theory

Content warning: non-graphic discussion of racism and transmisogyny

Romance Writers of America, or RWA, is a writer’s organization that throughout its existence has been a source of much good as well as much harm. It was the harm that primarily concerned Courtney Milan, a best-selling romance author and seasoned advocate of the needs of underserved populations, when she was a board member on RWA.

In December of 2019, RWA delivered a censure of Courtney Milan for the charge of injurious behavior to the cause of RWA during her pursuit of justice for people of color against racist norms and practices that […]

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