Ornamental

The tree was decorated with about two-dozen white Christmas ornaments, just simple frosted balls, but hung on the tree with loops of ribbon. — Handmade Holidays If you've been around this blog for a while, then you know every year, we add an ornament or two to our tree as a way to build up …

“Felix Navidad” is now available from Bold Strokes Books!

Well, today's the day. Or, I guess, the first day. If you pre-ordered "Felix Navidad" from the Bold Strokes Books webstore, you should find it in your in-box as of this morning! If you pre-ordered elsewhere, it will be available on the 13th of December, because Bold Strokes Books does this awesome "first of the …

Be Gay With Me, Felix Navidad, and more!

Hey all! I realize it's been very quiet around here of late—most recently that's been because of a string of migraines, worse luck—but I wanted to pop in with a few updates. The first update would be the absolute joy it was to go chat with O'Dell Hutchison on the 'Be Gay With Me' Podcast …

Fielding, Josh, and Logan—Choosing to Centre Friendship, not Romance, in “Hope Echoes”

Before anything else, a moment please to admire this amazing piece of artwork from Micah Draws! Fielding, Joshua, and Logan. You can find Micah, the fabulous artist, at Twitter, Patreon, Instagram, and his Sparrow Comic. The little details kill me in this. Fielding's Catadora T-shirt. Joshua's Softshoe Diner shirt (and a wee Bi-Pride pin). Logan's …

Queer, Coded

Brilliant artwork via Inkspiral Design. When I started writing "Hope Echoes," my novella in the upcoming Three Left Turns to Nowhere, I knew right away I wanted to include something I'd not touched on before but is intrinsically locked in my head with queerness: codes. I don't mean code-switching (though, also that) but rather actual …

Where the Hope Comes From

Every time Pride Month rolls around, I find myself thinking about—long-time readers, prepare to be unsurprised—the whole non-inheritability of queer culture thing all over again. The sheer volume of "I don't even know what I don't know" that comes to most queerlings when they realize they're different, but by virtue of the people around them, …