On Family Secrets
Family secrets are such a mainstay of young adult stories. They have to be among my favorite clichés. Almost every family has them, in one form or another....
Lies I Tell Myself, Security Blankets, and Backstitch Drafting
Back in May, I wrote a post about my prewriting process- mostly because I wasn’t sure what else to write about that month. This month, I’m preparing to move...
Tinkering with Cyberpunk
I have something a bit different for you this month! I was incredibly surprised, in June, to be contacted for an interview! I'm not exactly a household name,...
Because Everyone Was Calling for YA Scifi About HIPAA!
I’ve joked on twitter many times that “I’m writing YA about medical data privacy practices. Haha you know the teens today just can’t get enough of HIPAA-...
The Bananabook Method
Well, this month’s newsletter was going to be about queer mentorship and going to the retirement party for my first openly queer teacher, from back in middle...
People Who Need People
I have one of those faces. Not the kind where people think they’ve seen you before. I’m very rarely been told I look like anyone. (I was once called a poor...
The cartoons are coming for our collective trauma
It’s no secret that I love animation- it’s my first love in terms of narrative media. You probably guessed that by my taking up such an absurd pandemic...
Tractors, cybernetics, and the radical at the RadioShack
I don’t know when or how this story starts, but I know when I became a bit player in it. Several years back, I put my Volkswagen's key through the laundry. I...
The Golden Girls, D&D, and The Newest Way I’m Refusing to Make Writing Solitary
Happy very belated New Year! Firstly, YES! Our dear boy Tamino did make it home safe and sound, if chilly. He turned up 15 minutes till the new year, which...
A Unique Character Development Technique
Hi, all! I tend to get tired of New Years Resolutions, reviews of the previous year, and holiday sales around mid December. So I hope you’ll forgive me a...
Another Kind of Coziness
Hello! The season of coziness is upon us, here in MN. The golds and reds of early autumn have turned to bare branches against blue sky and brown leaves on...
Why I'm Researching a 19th Century Cult This Month
Hi everyone! Sorry for the late send out- turns out it's hard to remember to send out my newsletter when I'm busy taking Starling Trick or Treating for the...
What do we celebrate?
This month, I threw a kind of party I've never intended or anticipated before. We've been calling it a T(ea) party, and it was in celebration of my starting...
What stories are you made of?
When I was just a little queerling in early high school there was a year when almost every one of my friends quietly came out to the rest of our little...
You heard it here, first!
That's right, I've got NEW projects to tell you about! My tendency has always been for strict project monogamy. I start one writing project, and continue...
Welcome to Shed Letters!
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