Updates!

I’ve gotten behind on my posting this summer, but I haven’t been slacking in the writing department! I’ve finished revisions on  my next novel Foam and have started to query it. I’ve also been writing a lot of articles, and thinking a lot about my future writing goals, and sustainability of the kind of writing …

BLOCKED on Facebook because I’m a #Dyke

It’s no secret I love social media – and defying all logic, my favorite of the social media platforms has always been facebook.  I had been seeing friends post about new policies where Facebook was blocking people or pulling content that used the word “dyke” as reclaimed and empowering identity language. I continued posting on …

Where did May go?!

Yikes ! It’s already June! May was a very busy month for me! If you follow me on social media you know that I have been writing a new novel for the better part of the last year. I had mapped out a writing schedule that would have me finish my first draft in mid …

April!

I can’t believe that April is already over! It was a quick month for me – that of course included Easter – one of my favorite holidays. It was the first holiday my family spent in our new house, and contrary to my worries, the Easter Bunny had no problem finding us! This month I …

A Little Queermas Carol is a Lambda Literary Awards FINALIST

here is a “blizzard” in NYC today, there is a new puppy in my family, AND this morning I got the news that my novella “A Little Queermas Carol” was named a Lambda Literary Award FINALIST for the SF/Fantasy/Horror category!!!!!!!!!  This little book really was a labor of love, it’s a book whose audience is in …

#AWP17- In Zines I Trust: Queer Zines as the Foundation of my Literary Work

#AWP17 Wow – so I’m on an Amtrak train right now heading home to NYC from DC and the 50th annual AWP. This was my first time attending AWP and I had a lot of concerns going into the conference about how well I would (or wouldn’t ) fit in but I was on a …

January

I feel like anything I was going to say about what I’ve been writing in January is so much less important than  everything happening politically in the country and the ripple effect around the world. It’s scary, and overwhelming and I’m trying each day to find balance and clarity about what I can do to resist,  and stay …

December! bye 2016!

WHAT. A MONTH. no really, WHAT. A MONTH. I was going to write a whole fancy blog about the month, and closing out 2016 but…. it’s new years eve and I haven’t written that yet so here’s what i’ve got about this month  in list form….. Christmas was AMAZING! It’s my all time favorite time …