Every December 14th for the past seven 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 the Snow-Man), “Reflection,” (a retelling … Continue reading Not the Marrying Kind
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Re: Solutions
I don't think the world needs another blog entry bemoaning 2020 and 2021, so I'm going to skip right past to the part where I try to make some sort of writing plan for 2022. Throughout 2021, I had three things in my head—one of which solidified because it's already underway—and the other two still … Continue reading Re: Solutions
2021 Northern Hearts Conference
Hey all! I'll be speaking on September 18th at 10:00am—that's this Saturday!—at the Toronto Romance Writers 2021 Northern Hearts Conference on a topic near and dear to my heart: interlinking your short fiction to build a greater whole out of standalone parts. Here's the panel title and description: Short (and Sometimes Sweet) Shorter Fictions (and … Continue reading 2021 Northern Hearts Conference
The Ever-Growing Village
Cover by the brilliant Inkspiral Design. Given "Village Fool" released on the Bold Strokes Books website yesterday it occurred to me it might be a good time to revisit the entirety of the Village series of shorts and novellas in one place, in chronological order. Now, I worked hard to make sure you can read … Continue reading The Ever-Growing Village
Sunday Shorts
Hello! I've still not 100% decided what I'll be doing this year with the blog re: short fiction, but a weekly check-in of some sort is in the cards, and so I'll start in that manner, at least. What I've Been Reading I've got a few anthologies and novellas on the go right now. I … Continue reading Sunday Shorts
Audiobooks, 2020
Last year, the vast majority of my reading was short fiction, which was by design, as I’m really, really good at buying collections and anthologies and then a new anthology or collection comes out and repeat and suddenly I’ve read one story from eleven different books. This led to my Short Stories 366 Project last … Continue reading Audiobooks, 2020