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Julie Sondra Decker

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I'm Julie and I'm primarily on Goodreads to share my reviews and interact with other book lovers, fantasy fans, and writers!

I'm an author who writes both nonfiction and fiction. Most of my fiction is fantasy or speculative fiction. My nonfiction book, The Invisible Orientation, released September 2, 2014 from Skyhorse Publishing/Carrel Books.

You can find out more about me at one of these places:

My main author site

My author blog

My YouTube account, with video tips for writers

Twitter or Facebook

My webcomic about the writing life
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Personal Digest Saturday - September 26 – October 2

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This was a batshit week, just wanted to warn you. Details incoming.
Saturday I got some relaxing in--slept late, bothered people on Bluesky and Tumblr, and made a new asexuality video. Got some exercise in too. Sent Polos to Meg and Ben. Scanned some more photos for my photo project. Worked on some short pitches for my book for a pitch party event coming up. And another auth Read more of this blog post »
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The Awakening of Roku by Randy Ribay
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Now that Roku has mastered airbending, he's set to learn his next element--water. But that all gets delayed when he and his companion Gyatso learn that a mysterious illness is affecting animals in the remote regions of the North. He meets the mysteri ...more
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The Reckoning of Roku by Randy Ribay
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Newly identified Avatar Roku, good friend of Fire Nation Prince Sozin, has been told he's got to shed his identity as a Fire National to truly be able to grasp Airbending principles, but he resists as his ties are important to him. With a young Airbe ...more
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The Legacy of Yangchen by F.C. Yee
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Avatar Yangchen, still grappling with the fallout from breaking up Unanimity, is left with various world leaders still trying to wrestle power away from each other and hurt the common people of all the nations. Zongdu Chaisee is a looming threat, wit ...more
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Yangchen is a powerful and connected Avatar, an Air Nomad who has the best of intentions toward improving life for the less fortunate, but some of the money-grubbing and power-hungry rulers in the Earth Kingdom think they can exploit her inexperience ...more
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“Some people misinterpret aesthetic appreciation, romantic attraction, or sexual arousal as being sexual attraction, only to realize later that they are asexual.”
― Julie Sondra Decker, The Invisible Orientation: An Introduction to Asexuality

“Asexual people are often told they will one day find "the one" and develop sexual feelings and the values society attaches to them. Many asexual folks have to hear this over and over and over again, which thrusts a perpetual image of immaturity upon them. Asexuality is not a signal that a person is necessarily stunted emotionally or physically, and feeling sexual attraction or inclination is not the line everyone must cross to be treated like an adult. Maturity should not be measured by willingness or inclination to seek out or accept sexual experiences. [p. 7]”
― Julie Sondra Decker, The Invisible Orientation: An Introduction to Asexuality

“If a person who has trouble believing sex could be unenjoyable can imagine a person they are not attracted to at all, and then try to imagine whether they could enjoy sex with that person, they might have some understanding of how an asexual person might be feeling about sex. Many asexual people feel that way about all potential partners. Just like most straight guys can’t imagine liking sex with another man, many asexual people would not enjoy the act—not because they’re doing it wrong, but because people just aren’t sexually attractive to them.”
― Julie Sondra Decker, The Invisible Orientation: An Introduction to Asexuality

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