Everything You Need to Know About My Next Novel!
Photo: Daderot/Wikimedia It’s almost six months before my next novel comes out on Aug. 19. Lessons in Magic and Disaster is my first novel for adults in...
"They Just Want Them Out of Sight": A Short-Term Fix for Homelessness
Thanks for reading my newsletter! I have a book coming out in August called Lessons in Magic and Disaster. Jamie’s mother Serena has been hiding away in an...
Hope Is Important, But So Is Curiosity
As always, this newsletter is free — but please pre-order my upcoming novel Lessons in Magic and Disaster. It’s a strange, tender mother-daughter story about...
Telling Stories Is Still Saving My Heart and Mind
Yesterday, I got an amazing surprise: Green Apple Books asked me to sign a stack of copies of my book Never Say You Can't Survive: How to Get Through Hard...
James Mangold is Wrong. We Need Irony Now More Than Ever
Before we get started… I have a book coming out in August. It’s the book of my heart, and I’d be so grateful if you pre-ordered it. Lessons in Magic and...
They Debated Hawaiian Beliefs, But Didn't Listen to Native Hawaiians
Welcome, new subscribers! If you just subscribed to this newsletter as a result of my livestreamed conversation with Rebecca Solnit et al., then you can read...
Erotica Made Me The Writer I Am Today
Before we get started… this newsletter is free, but I have a novel coming out in August and I would be absurdly grateful if you pre-ordered it. Pre-orders...
Google Told Me To Walk Into Traffic
This newsletter is still free — but if you would like to support me, then please pre-order my upcoming novel Lessons in Magic and Disaster. (You can see all...
What Are Book Critics For?
Hi! I have a novel coming out in August 2025 called Lessons in Magic and Disaster. It’s about a young trans woman who tries to bring her heartbroken mother...
A Basket Full of Mini Rants!
Sorry, there's no big essay or interview this week. Instead, here are a bunch of topics which I thought about writing a whole newsletter about — but...
Fandom Has Made Me a Bigger (and Better) Fan
So I guess there’s some kind of holiday situation going on, and people are buying presents and stuff? In which case, I just wanted to point out that you can...
Superheroes Will Never Again Be As Good as the Arrowverse
Quick housekeeping before we get started… first, I have a few bound galleys of my new novel for adults, Lessons in Magic and Disaster, which comes out August...
Does An Unreliable Narrator Need To Be an Asshole?
Narrators! You can't rely on them these days. They always let you down, even the ones who have five stars on Yelp. One time, I hired a narrator to move a...
Can You Write a Book That Speaks to This Terrible Time?
Nah. You can't ever write a book that speaks to a particular moment in history. Sorry. This is mostly due to the timescales of writing and publishing. No...
5 Words That Might Help You Deal With What's Coming
(Hey, before I get started, please please pre-order my novel Lessons in Magic and Disaster. It’s about queer families and surviving in spite of right-wing...
"It's Not About Making the Word Count, But Making the Work Count"
Hey, thanks for reading my newsletter! There’s no paywall, and I have no plans to monetize it in the future, but if you would like to support me financially,...
They Ran For President. What Did They Learn?
First of all, in case you missed it: I have a new novel for grown-ups coming out in August 2025! Lessons in Magic and Disaster is about a young trans woman...
I'm So Sick of the Death of Superman
Hey, did you know that I have a new novel for adults coming out in August 2025? It’s true! Lessons in Magic and Disaster is my first grown-up novel since...
Please be a book hipster!
This is a free newsletter! If you would like to support me — and give your future self a gift of a lovely read — please do pre-order my upcoming adult novel...
Why Are Toxic "Superfans" Such a Nightmare for Hollywood?
ICYMI I have a novel coming out next August called Lessons in Magic and Disaster, about a young witch who teaches her mother how to be a witch. Along the...