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Flesh of Mine
#WriterLifeMonth Day 7: Writing music. Every time I start a writing project, I tend to start a playlist for that project. It’s just a haphazard collection of songs which end up cobbled together, by virtue of being part of that project and the writing process. The songs can evoke certain scenes to my mind, or […]
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We’re Not Here if We’re Queer
To be honest, I am always angry when people say they’re are publishing work by queer authors, but that the topics of the stories therein are not “limited” to LGBTQAI etc topics. I know they mean well, but what they are saying is that somehow, our unique identities and experiences are limiting. That somehow being queer […]
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The Writing Process
Me: Well, time to roll up my sleeves and finish editing that story so I can submit it for publication. A few hours later: Me: Shit. Me: I wrote another short story instead.
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How to Be an Edgy Speculative Fiction Writer
Be a white male. Also be straight and cisgender. Say you are liberal and sympathetic to feminists and minorities. But continue to reap the benefits of white male privilege. Have a Twitter picture where you look Daring and Bold. Read H. P. Lovecraft. Worship at his altar. Attend a workshop which is only prestigious within […]
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I write serious literature guys
Hahaha, I am not even sure what this short story I’m working on will end up being, but I am keeping this line, or a close variation thereof. Not safe for work, virgin eyes are best averted, etc: “Fuck Italy. Fuck Rome, fuck Orvieto, fuck Florence, fuck Botticelli right up the ass with an unlubed […]
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And I believe in reinvention
I was all set to write a post about the last few weeks of working on the rewrite of my novel. The post was going to be informative and about . . . something. Instead I bought a new flash drive. In the process of transferring files to this new flash drive — which was […]
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I’ll be writing more in a week or two
At the start of each new semester, I have to help my students unlearn a lot of bad writing habits, the first of which is that good writing doesn’t just happen. It takes time, effort, and practice, which usually translates into multiple drafts. Nope, a writer can’t just magically sit down and write a single […]
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Let me learn from where I have been
I’ve been trying to figure out what I would write about the Lambda Literary Emerging Writer’s Retreat. I think the solution is just to sit down and write, and by the process of writing, get to what I want to say. First off: Malinda Lo, my awesome workshop instructor, wrote a great post on the […]
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This Is Not The Post You Are Looking For
I will be blogging about my experience at the Lambda Literary Emerging Writers Retreat at some point. For now, I really just wanted to write a “thank you” post to all of the people who helped me get to the Retreat. I would sincerely like to thank all of the people, past and present, who […]
J. S. Kuiken
writer of queer literary romance
J. S. Kuiken 