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Whose Words Matter Anyway? On using identity labels in The Ice Princess’s Fair Illusion

Oh, look! It’s time for another sporadic not-a-guest-post personal essay about The Ice Princess’s Fair Illusion. This time about some of the less nice influenced on the story. You can read the Patreon version (and leave comments) here! Whose Words Matter Anyway? On using identity labels in The Ice Princess’s Fair Illusion A few years […]

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This Week on Patreon (Week 42)

My Patreon tends to be a fairly quiet place, but I wanted to share links to the posts that go up every week. In this case, I’m counting weeks from Saturday to Friday so anyone who wants to explore things during the weekend can do so. Most of the posts are locked to patrons, though […]

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This Week on Patreon (Week 40+41)

My Patreon tends to be a fairly quiet place, but I wanted to share the posts that go up every week. In this case, I’m counting weeks from Saturday to Friday so anyone who wants to explore things during the weekend can do so. While most of my posts are locked to patrons, a lot […]

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13 Dos and Don’ts for Ace and Aro Panels and Talks

~1,600 words This month, I’ve got another free short essay for everyone. Based on my experience discussing asexuality and aromanticism and with encountering ace and aro panels online in various ways (which frequently, to be honest, does not inspire me to want to attend any since they often all seem to replicate the same basic […]

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Influences on The Ice Princess’s Fair Illusion

It’s been a few days – feels like forever – but I’m back with another short not-a-guest-post essay on The Ice Princess’s Fair Illusion! This time it’s about 800 words discussing some of what influenced the story and why it is the way it is. This essay literally took me ALL DAY to write. I […]

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On Retelling Thrushbeard in The Ice Princess’s Fair Illusion

It’s mini-essay time! Learn about some of my thought processes behind the creation of The Ice Princess’s Fair Illusion. I’m a chronic failure at asking people if they want to host me for promo blog tours (um, if you do and like posts like this, hmu?), so I figured I’d host them on my own site […]

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Release and Releases: Fairytale Verses #1

Sea Foam and Silence: The Complete Collection Available now Order the ebook Eagle-eyed readers have undoubtedly already spotted this, but Sea Foam and Silence and A Harmony of Water and Weald have been republished and are now available in a handydandy two-for-one collection in case you want both and save yourself a bit of money at the same […]

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Cover Reveal: Life Within Parole Volume 2 by RoAnna Sylver

Life Within Parole Volume 2 by RoAnna Sylver Coming October 11th, 2018 Preoder today! Today I’m helping to spread the unveiling of Life Within Parole Volume 2 by awesome author, and fellow Kraken Collective member, RoAnna Sylver! I’ve already shared the cover above, so let me share the description as well! Parole is full of danger—and […]

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Asexual and Aromantic Tropes in Fiction

I somehow failed – FAILED – to cross-post this essay here. WHAT. Here you are, though, about 8,500 words (not counting longer quotations, end notes, references or the abstract). This essay was made possible and available thanks to my absolutely lovely Patrons over at Patreon! One addendum: I since learned that Jahir is canonically allosexual, […]

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September 2018 Round-up

Goals News Patreon Posts marked with an * are publicly available at this time. September Newsletter * News: Paperback Announcement * Audio Stories Poll Lynn Reacts for All (At least temporarily The Liveread Continues! Lynn reacts to… Steven Universe episodes 19-24 Polls: What should I watch on Wednesdays? Oh, Oh, Essays Update Lynn reacts to… Record of […]

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