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I write epic queer SFF!
WIP: sapphic piratesđ´ââ ď¸đ
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Chuck-E-Cheese is the child casino!
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oooooooooh yes she sounds INCREDIBLE
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Anyways if your gender is so cool youâve been declared an enemy of the state you should follow me for updates on my epic fantasy book about sapphic pirates taking down a dictator đ´ââ ď¸âď¸đŠââ¤ď¸âđâđŠ
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I love how so much common marketing advice is like âdefine your target audience! For example, are you selling to men or women?â and Iâm like âmy target audience is people with genders so cool theyâve been declared enemies of the state!â
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I love them! Whatâs their backstory?
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A really fun thing to do when your least favorite thing to write is visual description is to give your main character the power to teleport so she visits dozens of visually distinctive places all with their own mood.
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Good for her!
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Me talking to my cover artist: look she has a long coat made of white leather that magically does not stain and great shoulders!!! oh yeah and a face I guess
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đđđ I canât wait to share it with everyone!
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Itâs a trope I really tried to subvert in my current WIP: the main character realizes sheâs not supporting a more âvillainousâ characterâs activism because of her internalized prejudice and decides to work with her for change
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Instead, I think my villains simply donât believe in heroismâthat is, they donât think doing things for others without the expectation of repayment is worth it. They all have reasons why they donât, and those can be interesting and nuanced, but they all share this in common.
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Iâve had enough of people who claim theyâre trying to save the world but who do nothing. Trying matters. I do think it matters. Mostly what I write is heroes who need to learn what sort of trying works best for them.
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This is one of the trickiest (and most rewarding parts!) of writing rogue characters for me. You really have to choose âOkay, to what extent are they doing harmful things? And to what extent are they doing sensible things in a corrupt society?â
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But I love my books. I love them so much. And I want to see what they can do when they have a team behind them that wants to share them with the world
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Iâm slowly working through the process of getting my rights back and Iâm planning to rework and republish my stories as I intended them to appear. Itâs stressful, thoughâpart of me thinks âif a Big Five couldnât launch this, how could I?â
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I never expected my publisher to move mountains for me. I only expected the same respect and enthusiasm I saw my friends receive. If I had known up front how they planned to treat me, I wouldnât have signed that contract.
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Because when a publisher moves mountains to promote a book, they say itâs because that author has an important story worth telling.
So when your publisher does almost nothing, how can you tel yourself itâs just a business decision?
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I trusted my publisher because my friends had done so. Only it didnât work out that way for me. Their publishers cared that their books were important and meaningful reflections of their lives. They just didnât care about *mine*
Itâs not a deliberate rejection but it still hurts like one.
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I had always dreamed that my experience would be like that of so many of my friends: publishing a book that received tons of immediate attention and accolades, book boxes and special editions, andâmost importantlyâthe stability and security to publish the stories they wanted to tell
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I wanted so badly to be part of The Book World only to find that people in the industry who I thought were my friends were taking advantage of me and would not support me Iike
I had supported them
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Getting ready to self-pub my first book is definitely bringing a lot of this back. Part of me was still a little autistic kid who fell in love with books to escape the terrible stuff happening in my own house, and who really wanted to believe Book People were all good and could be trusted
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I was told I was in a place where art about my experiences and identity was valued. And I was lied to.
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But the truth is, if youâre a marginalized author, it doesnât matter how important or necessary your work is. It matters how many Instagram followers you have. It matters how well you and your work align with what an author of your identity is supposed to be.
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I love those books! Definitely made a big impact on me
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No worries! Itâs just an interesting thing I like to talk about
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Also, dairy products take a lot of land and resources to produce. Maybe in the future that will change, but that is something the author have to think about. Where does the milk come from?
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Dairy is very yummy. It is also a very culturally specific food! If your space culture eats lots of dairy, Iâm going to assume theyâre mostly from dairy cultures. And if they donât have non-dairy food options, that tells us something about what people their society isnât built to accommodate
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But if itâs synthetic then is it hypoallergenic?? đđđ
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Pangolin pup transport!
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This is delightful! đ
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It took me a while to get it but then I laughed real hard
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What I can do is write good, thoughtful books, not with the expectation that I will somehow crack the code and get to experience the same things that more influencer-y authors get to do, but simply because I love my books and want them to be good
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Which I find frustrating! My own publisher buried the best book I ever wrote because I didnât have enough TikTok and Instagram followers!
But I canât be the sort of queer author that racks up millions of views by presenting the *right* queerness. Itâs just not possible
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I think for a long time I felt like I was almost there. I was getting the book deals that could take an author there. But Iâm far too a) autistic and b) opinionated to pull together that perfect shiny facade.