The Five Crowns and Colonel’s Sabre

Every year for the past few years, I've re-written a holiday story through a queer lens, retelling it as a way to retroactively tell stories to my younger self that include people like me. The first year, I wrote "Dolph," (a retelling of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer). Then I wrote "Frost," (a retelling of Frosty …

Holiday Reading (and Re-Reading), Part Three

Before I forget, a gentle reminder that my interview on WROTE Podcast is still up, so if you're wondering about what it was like to write Exit Plans for Teenage Freaks, a queer YA, given I'm mumble-mumble years old, or how I tried to tackle the "But I don't like short stories!" crowd with my …

Holiday Reading (and Re-Reading), Part Two

My husband had to get up at three in the morning to catch a flight to Miami for work today. Max didn't take it so well, and ended up keeping me awake ever since, so I've been going for roughly four hours now, and it's going to be a long, long day. I imagine there's …

Holiday Reading (and Re-Reading), Part One

I tend to read most of my holiday-themed reads in November and December. It falls back to my days in retail, where I needed to work hard if I was going to recover any shred of joy to be found in the season (fist bump of solidarity to any of you retail workers out there... …

A Few More Winter Tales

Well, it's Monday, and I don't know about where you are, but here it's misting down a light rain over the icy slush from the weekend, so... yeah. Monday. That said, I've got news of the ebook sort, and it's a follow up to last years news of the ebook sort. Last year, the wonderful …

Ornamental

Happy December! Today was the day my husband and I (and Max) put up the Christmas tree and decorated it. Now, if you've read Handmade Holidays, it's likely this blog post will not surprise you, but there's a story behind our tree. Well, not the tree itself, though there's a story behind that, too. Many …