My latest book (which, yes, I do appear to be working on beyond "conjecturally") is different; or at least I'm trying to write it with a different feel, by going at it differently as an author ( Read more... )

The literary agency Redhammer is one I ran across awhile back; until recently, their page on submissions said they didn't accept unsolicited queries and then went on to say that if you're looking for a lit agency that does ... and then they supplied a rather long list of UK literary agencies ( Read more... )

I rewrote the section of my book where I (aka my "main character") meets the girl from the Massachusetts family that's vacationing out west, and falls in love. He takes her to a deserted overlook at the edge of a cliff and for a moment she thinks she may have put herself in a dangerous situation; the communications misfire leaves them shaken but ( Read more... )

"That's not a very good thesis project for a sociology dissertation," the professor told me. "What you should do is select the group you study based on objective criteria, like whether they have a diagnosis of gender dysphoria or have petitioned to have their driver's license gender marker changed, and then interview them about their feelings and ( Read more... )

The Art of the Coming Out Story: Seeking the Sweet Point

positioning, literary agent, publisher, show don't tell, writing

A pair of somewhat-recent rejection slips:

It is written in what I will refer to as an "extreme" narrative, i.e. it reads like a diary. The promise of an interesting read on the subject of a young man's struggle to ( Read more... )

Revision project is successfully completed ( Read more... )

So... I recently replied to a post on one of the gender forums I'm on, a post from someone doing a research project titled "Are You Transgender ( Read more... )

Authors and agents and writing coaches have a mantra: "show, don't tell". Instead of saying that John and Theresa had a fight, you describe the glares and the raised voices, you provide the dialog, describe the way the silverware jingles and bounces when the hand smacks down on the table, and so on.
There's an entire category of memoir that ought ( Read more... )