So the month of July was an Adventure. It started off with kittens, which is very exciting!
I am now a mother of three fur-children, adding another cat named Paprika to my family! He is 9 weeks old and full of energy.
I was fostering his brother, Sage, for my friend Taylor who was mid-move. Kittens have So! Much! Energy! It was honestly a little overwhelming.
I also put the novella I’ve been working on up for pre-order. But then the kittens knocked a full cup of water onto my laptop, practically frying it. After four days with the nice people at the Genius Bar and almost $800 in repairs, my laptop is basically brand new, and my credit card is very very sad.
If you want to buy my novella, you can do so right here
I also officially sold my very first essay! QUEERING THE ARCHETYPES will be a part of Galli Books’ SPECULATIVE MASCULINITIES, which does not currently have a release date! I am absolutely thrilled because I love this essay a lot. I think you all will as well, and I’ll be promoting the hell out of it once it has a release date!
In honor of having two pieces of writing on their way to being Out In The World, I’ve now created a press kit page for myself, which you can find in the menu bar above this post!
Books I Read:
Heartberries – Terese Marie Mailhot | Heart of Iron – Ashley Poston | Temper – Nicky Drayden | Hullmetal Girls – Emily Skrutskie | Moxie – Jennifer Mathieu | Dread Nation – Justina Ireland | Junk Mage – Elliot Cooper | Confessions of the Fox – Jordy Rosenberg (DNF) | Space Opera – Catherynne M. Valente | The Gift of your Love – Kayla Bashe | Help Wanted – J. Emery |
Posts I Wrote:
Review: The Book of M by Peng Shepherd | Character Interview: Merritt & Avery, Worth The Wait | Character Interview: Ari & Halina, Concerto In Chroma Major | 5 Fab Books For The Queer Eye Fab Five | Lin-Manuel Miranda Says Gmorning, Gnight In Book Form | Review: Hullmetal Girls By Emily Skrutskie | Character Interview: Luca & Imre, Over And Over Again | Author Interview: Saadia Faruqi | Review: Help Wanted by J. Emery |
Find Me Elsewhere:
LGBTQREADS: Cover Reveal of Learning Curves by Ceillie Simkiss
Links I Liked:
Internment promises to be one of 2019’s most politically urgent reads: Read an excerpt | Why Cultural Critics of Color Matter | My Wheelchair Glamour Shoot | Looking to Afrofuturism 3.0 | Five Indigenous Speculative Fiction Authors You Should Be Reading | My Name is a Typo | BAD ROMANCE: To cash in on Kindle Unlimited, a cabal of authors gamed Amazon’s algorithm | The Troubling Trendiness Of Poverty Appropriation | Androids and Allegory | How queer friendships redefine the lines between platonic and romantic |