Autism in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2003)
I get to have opinions on this because I'm autistic, okay? No hate.
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July 23, 2024
Autism in books
This is the intro post for a series I’m doing on how autistic characters have been portrayed in traditionally published fiction.
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July 22, 2024
What genre is that?
Insights from a text-based conversation with friends of mine who were kind enough to encourage me to ramble about book genres.
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October 1, 2023
Short story snippet – “Like & Subscribe for my Isekai Experience” (not the real title)
The former opening paragraphs of a short story I'm reworking.
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August 10, 2023
Carrion Queendom wrap-up thoughts
Talking about the last two books I finished. Which are very different.
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June 18, 2023
How to put off querying a book
After 'finishing' a manuscript... Um... Nearly five months ago, Jesus, I decided to then let it percolate. Like a tiramisu, it needed time to soak in the juices before I could finish it for consumption. Though in this case the…
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March 29, 2023
Writing progress
In November, I finished a manuscript. Since then, I have written 81,700 new words on my next project! That's almost the full book. So it seems a little silly that I can't make myself do a 500 word blog post…
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March 28, 2023
On things
True fact: pickle castors more exciting than pearl necklaces?
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September 20, 2021
Anise Street: Cutting Scenes
A scene that got the ax, and why.
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January 24, 2021
Making words count
I’ve been writing middle grade for the past three-ish months, which makes it even more critical that I trim my dang chapters.
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January 17, 2021