Enjoying local people art their heart out is one of my favorite self-cares for the solitary writer lifestyle. It’s also a great balance to the times we’re living through.
Crazy Rich Asians – a RomCom that Takes Love Seriously
You can poke fun at the couple’s foibles, and you can put them in awkward situations, but you can’t make light of love itself. Crazy Rich Asians takes love seriously – that’s why it worked for me.
Thank You Courtney Milan – Representation is Our Job
Courtney Milan doesn’t know me, but I’m going to thank her anyway. Why representation is my job because writing is my superpower.
Why #SWRepMatters – Disposable and Invisible Equals Unsafe
Saying Inclusion is political but exclusion isn’t leads to story worlds where most of us don’t exist. And if we don’t exist in fiction, our existence in the real world remains precarious.
Reblog: “I Am Not Your Plot Device” – Steven Spohn at Terrible Minds
Even as our bodies are strewn across the straight world’s entertainment landscape, we’re expected to be grateful to have even been included. Applause for the bravery of the mainstream writer for their diversity and daring.
REBLOG Steven Spohn’s essay at Terrible Minds: I Am Not Your Plot Device.
My Book is 114 Times Better because of Professional Proofreaders
After the writing comes the editing. After the editing comes the proofreading. Jedi proofreading.
Why I Love the Editing Phase
Karin Kallmaker’s Writer Brain and Editor Brain duke it out for supremacy, then a real editor shows up.
Why Change? 3 Things I Learned from Melissa Brayden Plus a Sneak Peek
I learned more than three things from Melissa Brayden at #gcls2015 – now to put them to work! Plus, here’s the current opening of Captain of Industry I read at the Con.