Let me start by saying this: When I started my career by writing gay erotica and then gay coming-of-age, I got death threats in my email and DMs. I've had a well-liked gay male member of the Writing Community DM me daily to get onto me for everything I did and tell me that I'd… Continue reading Trolls

Saturday night, I lost my shit. That's simply a cute way to say I nearly had a full-fledged panic attack. For a solid half hour, I was a woman on the verge. Couldn't breathe. Couldn't think. Almost unable to move. I was spiraling. It was kind of scary, but I'm a writer, so I also… Continue reading Panic

Recently, with the release of Hocus Pocus 2 and The Rings of Power, a divisive discussion has arisen once again on Twitter. Not that it ever really goes away... Villains. Bullies. Douchebags. Do we want to know why they are the way they are? Do we care about their origin story? Should we bother to… Continue reading The Tragic Backstory