My Views on the Craft
A few days ago a man was elected president of the United States who claimed multiple times during the campaign that gender-affirming surgeries were being carried out in K-12 schools – in a day, no less. This website was created to support my creative writing, which at present consists solely of Hanna’s Ascent. That novel […]
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Hanna’s Ascent is a novel, not a textbook or a tutorial. But it is the only novel with all of the following elements: a relatable (“real-life”) main character; the reality of violent transgender suppression in history; portrayal of the implacable requirement to pass for those who were not entertainers and didn’t want to be street
Novels and understanding gender identity Read More »
With seven months to go before Hanna’s Ascent is released, it’s time (finally) to start learning to use this blog professionally. So here’s a start. Five and a half years ago I was just going to write down some notes to help me remember the bedtime stories I was telling myself. A month later I
On Creative Writing (and my journey) Read More »
This section will be used for my thoughts about creative writing as a craft: what I like and don’t like; my purpose and goals in writing; what I think I’ve learned. I’ll keep it succinct, but I have already found that there are philosophies of writing, and they are not all the same!
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