My writing process leaves me mystified
I’m getting excited about the launch of Fractured Dreamer next month so I thought I’d spread some of that around 😎 For most of the year, people in my life pretend I have more normal hobbies – safe, ordinary things like skydiving or competitive fire-eating. But in the run-up to a book launch, all the difficult questions […]
Pride Month: be proud but not haughty
As a Buddhist, I put a lot of effort into developing humility, so that I can learn from everyone and not look down on them. I know from my experience that’s a good way to live… but how am I supposed to relate to Pride Month? My books are full of queer joy, and I […]
Author Branding (and how to tank it)
The industry wisdom is that an author–particularly a budding one–needs to write in one genre only in order to establish a brand and build a loyal readership. But what if your ‘brand’ is something other than a specific genre? I’ve been thinking about this because however hard I try, I can’t seem to stay in […]
Writing diverse gender identities
I realised I was non-binary through discovering my protagonist’s gender identity. I’m aware things don’t normally work that way around: ‘own voices’ novels are usually born from an author’s desire to represent their own truth on the page. But one of my favourite things about writing is how much it teaches me about myself. My […]