The clown always wins.
Not sure what's worse - the incidental misgendering, or everyone just pretending like I'm not wearing a dress and pearl earrings.
We'll be opening for submissions in just under a month for queer sword and sorcery stories. 8 cents/word, <6000 words, deadline: 1/15/25. More info: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
Today, for the first time since coming out, I'm seeing the entirety of my dad's side of the family for my grandad's 100th birthday. I am *quite* anxious. Wish me luck?
I didn't deliberately post a dead-eyed egg to beaming trans woman timeline, but that's what happened.
If a cowboy had knuckle tats they would say ROOT and TOOT
October 2014 (w/beard and freshly shaven) - October 2024
I'm sorry, but these "writing issues" represent a character flaw in the *writers* that desperately needs to be addressed off the page before they ever sit down to write.
I see loads of posts highlighting what guys do wrong when writing female characters, but none offering solid guidance. So I wrote a blog. Chaps, please read. I hope it’s useful 👇 www.emilyinkpen.com/blog/writing...
I see a lot of posts highlighting examples of male writers getting descriptions of female characters wrong. Of male writers falling back on tired sexist tropes that place women as props in the male MC...
Tired: Hunger Games is just a rip-off of Battle Royale. Wired: Hunger Games is just a rip-off of They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Me nodding along to every fucking page of Thomas Ligotti's conspiracy against the human race: I Have Derpession