No essay today, just news: I'm teaching a one-day virtual writing class early next year! If your New Year's resolution involves finally composing the Great American Romance Novel, or you just wanna talk about love and sex and how to write them, join me, Aminah Mae Safi and Amy Spalding for...More info is here! We're offering discounted rates if you sign up before 12/31, and we have scholarships available if you're a marginalized writer and the cost is a burden. Please be grateful I didn't make the subject line of this email "let's talk about sex!" Let me know if you have any questions, and expect something more substantial from me soon...