4 Good Pieces of Writing Advice (That Are Often Misinterpreted)
Thank you for checking out my newsletter! You can read the archives and subscribe. I have two books coming out soon: on August 17, I’m publishing Never Say...
Here's a Deleted Scene From Victories Greater Than Death!
Hey everybody! My young adult space fantasy novel Victories Greater Than Death is just $2.99 in all of the ebook formats right now, which means it's a great...
You Don't Always Slay Or Flee Your Demons — Often, They Just Shrink Down
Thank you for checking out my newsletter! You can read the archives and subscribe. I have two books coming out soon: on August 17, I'm publishing Never Say...
If You Like The Suicide Squad, You Ought To Love John Ostrander
There are a bunch of reasons I’m over-the-moon excited about The Suicide Squad, including the stacked cast and the hilarious trailers. And I’m always here...
The Hottest Trend in Entertainment Right Now Is Meeting Yourself
Marvel finally gave the trickster god Loki his own TV show, but with a major twist: there's more than one Loki. In addition to Tom Hiddleston's charmingly...
Useful Writing Advice Is a Little Like Therapy
The other day, I was tweeting about my upcoming book of writing advice, Never Say You Can't Survive: How to Get Through Hard Times by Making Up Stories. And...
Some Vital Formative Experiences All Cis Women Share (Which Trans Women Don't)
We are once again debating whether trans women are really women, becuase it's a day ending in shrieks and blood-spattered mirrors and cries of damnation....
Superhero TV Shows Are Way Better (And More Varied) Than People Give Them Credit
Last week, everybody on the internet was freaking out about this Variety article on superhero TV shows — purely because Harley Quinn producer Justin Halpern...
Here are the Things That I Love Right Now
So sorry I've been so slow about posting newsletters lately — I'm hoping to put out a bunch in the next week or so, and then keep cranking 'em out regularly....
How to Write a Space Opera That's Not Quite So Messed Up
Below is a somewhat revised version of a Twitter thread I posted a couple months ago. I was on a panel the other day and was citing some of the points I made...
Don't Let Genre Tropes Boss You Around
Ever had a story that you were dying to write, for years and years? And then you finally had an opportunity to write it, and... you couldn't make it work at...
We NEED a Squirrel Girl TV Show Immediately If Not Sooner!
Marvel has announced approximately five billion TV shows, including long-awaited live-action incarnations of Ms. Marvel and She-Hulk. But there's still one...
The Truth About Literary Fiction
The other day I tweeted something about literary fiction that caused some, er, spirited discussion. People started asking me to define "literary fiction,"...
What Samuel Johnson Can Teach Us About Separating Art from the Artist
In the fifth episode of the wonderful sitcom Rutherford Falls, Nathan and Regan help to judge people's projects in their local History Fair, and end up...
10 Hot Takes About Star Wars
It's Star Wars Day for another few hours! I know, I'm super late, and everybody else already shot a womp rat, or whatever you do to celebrate this holiday,...
Yes, You Are Trans Enough. Yes, Your Identity is Valid. No, You Shouldn't Police Other Trans People's Identities.
Lately I've been having, or witnessing, the same conversations again and again with fellow trans folk: people confess that they feel like imposters, or like...
To Survive a Year of Covid, Indie Booksellers Had To Reimagine What It Means To Be a Bookstore
Like many other booksellers, Margaret (not her real name) was forced to shut down her store a year ago. When she reopened, she mostly sold books online,...
The Horrible Endgame of the Legislative Attack on Trans Kids
Image: Ted Eytan/Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0 I was privileged to be able to write about the horrendous new wave of legislation that aims to punish trans kids in...
Not Having An Answer Is An Answer
Back in 2019, in the before times, I was lucky enough to be guest of honor at Wiscon, the world’s first feminist science fiction convention, alongside the...
The Paradox of Breathing While Trans
Detail of the cover of Pinned Down by Pronouns, ed. T. Amato and M. Davies I didn’t transition gracefully — executing all the steps from boy-life to girl-...
