CW: discussions of homelessness, transmisogyny, anti-trans racism, transphobia, persecution of sex workers, suicide, violence, trauma
The past several months have forced me to rethink my life. A major curveball has been the introduction of a spicy new fact to that life—
I am a homeless trans woman.
This is That Thing I’ve spent most of my life afraid […]
One of my goals is to provide a library of free content for writers, including tools I have found useful as an author, as an editor, and as a sensitivity and artistic ethics consultant. This will include resources for writers who are trying to learn to navigate the publishing industry and career life […]
Content warning: non-graphic discussion of racism and transmisogyny
Romance Writers of America, or RWA, is a writer’s organization that throughout its existence has been a source of much good as well as much harm. It was the harm that primarily concerned Courtney Milan, a best-selling romance author and seasoned advocate of the needs of underserved populations, […]
Content warning for frank discussion of transmisogyny
Let’s talk about coding. Not every message is spelled out unambiguously. Fiction in particular tends to deeply integrate the implied, messages expressed behind the text. You may already be very familiar with a common form of this: queer coding.
Queer coding is when a character isn’t explicitly queer, but seems […]
If I had to name the part of my role as an editor I find the most daunting, I’d probably say sensitivity editing. But I’d also name that among the most important.
For those not familiar with the term, sensitivity editing is editorial focused on making sure a work is written with care toward its audience. […]