Start with State of the Barbarienne ( Read more... )

What? Two posts in one day ( Read more... )

Work (dayjob): way too much. I shouldn't even be taking the time to write this ( Read more... )

People often complain about books having a zillion errors in them. "This author is terrible," some people think. "Did the publisher even hire a copyeditor?" others think ( Read more... )

The legendary Cassandra was always predicting doom, much to the annoyance of the local Trojans, who didn't believe her anyway. (She was cursed by Apollo to not be believed. Damn, the ancients were good at thinking up ways to fuck with people's heads ( Read more... )

Let's start with this long article by Laurie Penny about feminism and genderqueerness: http://www.buzzfeed.com/lauriepenny/how-to-be-a-genderqueer-feminist#.laVmV1j4BrRead more... )

Part One
Part Two
Part ThreeFirst, I’m going to note something: Character voice is a very hard sell to me. I do not hear most 1stP narrative voices as being particularly unique ( Read more... )

Part One
Part Two

One of the issues I have with 1stP narration these days is that it’s so common. I want more variety in my literary ecosystem ( Read more... )

So the season is over and everything has happened. Here's what happened ( Read more... )

Go read Part One first, so we’re all on the same page as far as terminology goes.

[Jeopardy! music ( Read more... )