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February 1, 2018
In Stillness: The Perception of Asexuality in Seanan McGuire’s “Every Heart a Doorway”
It’s here! I’ve finally polished up the draft version of my In Stillness essay and am officially sharing it with the world. :O Prepare yourself because this is 4,970 words long minus quotations, end notes and works cited list. With, it’s about 5,837. In Stillness: The Perception of Asexuality in Seanan McGuire’s “Every Heart a Doorway” Before […]
January 2018 Round-up
This is late because I’m still playing catch-up on everything. OMG. O_O Goals News Patreon Posts marked with an * are publicly available at this time. Essay Topic Poll! (Winner: General Tropes In Ace Fiction) Retrospective: A Year Reading Asexual Fiction * Book Talk: Beneath the Sugar Sky (the How Does It Treat Nancy edition) Livetweeting William Elliot […]
January 31, 2018
Goal Review January 2018
I Want to Read: Aurorarama by Jean-Christophe Valtat Recovery by Amy Rae Durreson Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed The Bone Doll’s Twin by Lynn Flewelling I Want to Write: 10,000 words of fiction All the editing ALL OF IT GLORIOUS EDITING I… did not accomplish most of this list. But wait! Hear me […]
January 29, 2018
Book Talk: No More Heroes
No More Heroes is, I’ll admit, a little too strongly oriented on its visuals to really work for me personally. If you’re a visual reader, though, you’re in for a massive treat because No More Heroes features some of the most detailed action scenes I’ve ever encountered in a book. They’re clear and make me […]
January 28, 2018
Retrospective: A Year Reading Asexual Fiction
Retrospective: A Year Reading Asexual Fiction In 2017, I read over 40 books featuring characters on the asexual (ace) spectrum in an effort to read predominantly ace rep this year. Though I failed at that, 40 books containing asexual representation is nothing to sniff at, especially considering how prevalent the claims are that the representation […]
Ace Recs: 3 Books with Multiple Asexual Characters
As is undoubtedly no surprise to anyone who’s heard of me, I really really love giving recommendations for books featuring asexual characters. As a reader and writer on the asexual spectrum, this is a topic near and dear to my heart. I’ve seen plenty of recommendations lists that are about asexual characters or that include asexual […]
January 27, 2018
Author Interview: Michelle Kan (#KrakenFriends2018)
Did you know that The Kraken Collective is a year old now? To celebrate our first anniversary, we got together with some fantastic fellow indie writers to celebrate queer indie books. We’ve got a whole week’s worth of shinies in store for you as well as a quiz for you to check out which of […]
January 26, 2018
One Year Anniversary! #KrakenFriends2018
The Kraken Collective is a year old this week! Come celebrate with us! The Kraken Collective is an alliance of indie authors focusing on publishing high-quality fiction, predominantly in the science fiction and fantasy genres. For our one year anniversary, we’re celebrating with a grand sale and we’ve invited several of our other indie friends […]
January 21, 2018
Ace Recs: 3 Books with Explictly Asexual Characters
As is undoubtedly no surprise to anyone who’s heard of me, I really really love giving recommendations for books featuring asexual characters. As a reader and writer on the asexual spectrum, this is a topic near and dear to my heart. I’ve seen plenty of recommendations lists that are about asexual characters or that include asexual […]
January 14, 2018
Ace Recs: 3 Books with Asexual Characters of Colour
As is undoubtedly no surprise to anyone who’s heard of me, I really really love giving recommendations for books featuring asexual characters. As a reader and writer on the asexual spectrum, this is a topic near and dear to my heart. I’ve seen plenty of recommendations lists that are about asexual characters or that include asexual […]
