Escape to Pleasure

Even though it’s been a winter with eerily little snow, it’s still winter. It’s gray, it’s cold, the kind slices like a knife. I don’t know about you, but I’d rather be anywhere but where I am. Since, because of travesties like “work” and other “adult responsibilities,” I can’t pack up a suitcase and follow […]

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Cliterature’s 50th Issue

For their 50th issue of poetry, short fiction, and essays addressing the intersection of women’s sexuality, Cliterature has released the double-sized “Anthology“. It includes my piece, “Manifesto,” best described as a fictional essay–written in a voice that is not quite my own. Actually, the voice belongs to the heroine of my NaNo novel. But her manifesto certainly draws […]

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On Loss and Anger and Being Unafraid: “Fearless” in Best Lesbian Erotica, Vol 3

I am so excited to contribute to Best Lesbian Erotica of the Year, Vol 3, and to contribute to the anthology’s blog tour today with some behind-the-scenes information about how and why I wrote “Fearless.” About the blog tour: Any commenters on any of these blog posts (including on editor Sacchi Green’s blog tour posts on Facebook) […]

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NaNo Postmortem Post (Numbers, Tips, and Plans)

In brief: I did it. 50,000 words in one month—actually, 62,006 words—were done. By me! It’s completely unexpected, and delightful, but not the golden promised land of a happy ending I…was never actually promised. Caveat: some wordcount came from revising (and expanding, and finishing) scenes I started writing last NaNo. But to make up for […]

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