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Just a dumb flamboyant disaster bi, writing queer love stories with magic and adventure in fantastical worlds. (trans & polyamory inclusive narratives!) ECRW Member πŸ’šπŸ“š https://chrismhill.com/
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Hi, I'm Chris, and I never saw a gay Casanova flirt covering up deep insecurities I didn't like!

Please don't ask how I'm doing. I am not a skilled enough liar to provide a luke warm response.

If you have coworkers, employees, or acquaintances who belong to marginalized groups at risk right now: Let them know you have their back, and that you will fight for them if/when you need to. And mean it. Having that community of support beyond just close friends and family *matters*.

I read my first romance novel for a pop lit grad class 30 years ago. I read my second one maybe five years ago. I’ve now read hundreds and written a solid number myself! It’s never too late to start reading romance. πŸ’ž

A friend in their 40s got their first library card in a very long time today so we could go to a museum together (for freeee) and I'm feeling accomplished 🫑

Anyone need some stock images for marketing or book covers? I need to cancel my adobe stock subscription, but I have 120 credits on the account to use-or-lose first πŸ˜‚ Mutuals & fellow queer authors of all kinds: Comment an adobe link below & I'll DM you the picture or music ‡️

Controversial take for the day: "In a sec" is a metaphor -BUT- "Just a sec" is an idiom.

I delivered an absolutely fire rendition of Mark's opening verses from La Vie Bohème tonight at Broadway Rave and was praised by several drunk girls, so I'm glad to report that my 30s are going excellently and sometimes being an adult Does Not Suck

In highschool my favorite genre was "female authored fantasy" because I didn't have the language for it at the time, but that's where I found character driven plots. Now I wonder, how much of that was the industry pushing false gender bias with pseudonyms/initials for femanine hard fantasy authors?

This is character acting advice I first saw in comics as how to avoid "talking head syndrome" - give them something to do! Include at least one panel per page where they are doing something interesting with their hands visible It really stuck with me then, & this is a great reframe of it for novels

Magic gay skating WIP, we’ve had our meet cute: A very Karen sounding β€œWhose in charge here!? I need to know who did this!” But, listen, Tobi is SO excited about how mathematically precise these skated rune markings are he just can’t control himself like a normal human,, he is doing his best,,,,

These are GORGEOUS 😍 🀩

I have a lot of years of con experience on every side of the table, and this is very true. There is a divide in the volunteer community between the shows that continue to book these "broken stair" guests vs events that just. Won't. We don't talk to eachother. But these guests bring in $$$$ πŸ˜“πŸ«€

I think I might be officially working on Skate WIP instead of Crown Divided now. πŸ˜…πŸ˜¬ These boys just will not shut up in my head.

Somewhere between Lawful Pantser and Nuetral Pantser. Depending on the book. πŸ‘€πŸ’– I tend to write MOSTLY in order, but I have to bottle the lightning if I get a spark to write a scene out of order and I know exactly how it should go

You can pry these casual, friendly, em dashes from my cold dead hands

Oops, accidentally another 1k on skate magic WIP instead of my main draft. πŸ˜… They just started bantering in my head, tho, and I had to get that shit down before I lost it. πŸ‘€βœ¨

I'm hosting a design giveaway for a logo or book cover for Trans/Nonbinary authors writing in Romance or Fantasy! Trans authors, because you gotta support the community, and Romance/Fantasy because they are the genres I know & love best.✨ Deets in the image below~ #writingcommunity #romantasy

Me, shaking main character: Oh, why are you such a dunderhead?? Why are you the architect of your own demise?!? πŸ’™πŸ“š

All of my M/M romance novel drafts feature a buff nerd and some sort of disaster twink I'm sure this says something deeply personal about me, but I haven't figured out what yet πŸ€”πŸ€”πŸ€”

I have made no real progress on Crown Divided for two solid weeks, but I wrote an introductory 1.1K for skate magic like it was nothing today, sooooo........