J. S. Kuiken

J. S. Kuiken

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  • Project Outbreak

    Project Outbreak

    A few months ago my friend mentioned that a local theater was looking for ten minute audio plays. It was called Project Outbreak, and the idea was to raise money for performing artists and the like who had lost their jobs (ie, waiting tables and theater) due to the COVID-19 shut-down. I decided to give […]

    J. S. Kuiken

    April 21, 2020
    announcements, Blog, featured, publication, queer, scriptwriting, theater
    project outbreak 2020, publication, scriptwriting, theater
  • Power and Control

    Power and Control

    Facebook spits out old posts — “memories” — and sometimes it yields something fascinating or insightful. This morning, I had an old post presented to me, one which is still timely:

    J. S. Kuiken

    April 20, 2020
    Blog, meta, queer, real life
    cissexism, lgbt, queer, trans men, transgender
  • The Texture of Tense

    The Texture of Tense

    I’ve been working with the present tense a lot lately. I went browsing to see what other authors said about the use of present tense, and I found a lot of writers who were “down” on present tense, saying it was limited in scope, or that it was too alienating for readers, or too self […]

    J. S. Kuiken

    October 28, 2019
    Blog
  • Visiting the Precipice

    Visiting the Precipice

    I just got back from a play in which a mother kills her child and then kills herself. I found the conclusion satisfying. It made sense for the character’s arc. But most of all I found the “perversion” of such acts deeply satisfying. I enjoy the “fucked up shit”. There is a reason I surgically […]

    J. S. Kuiken

    October 12, 2019
    Blog, meta
    art, literature, theater
  • It’s Just the Hours He’s Been Keepin’

    It’s Just the Hours He’s Been Keepin’

    It’s hard to pen criticism of a TV series which has had only one episode. Yet that is precisely what I will be doing with Prodigal Son. On the surface it seems like a novel idea: a TV series about the son of a serial killer, who is a gifted yet haunted profiler. The problems are […]

    J. S. Kuiken

    September 27, 2019
    Blog, criticism, meta
    criticism, meta, prodigal son, tv
  • Recipe for a Work of Art

    Recipe for a Work of Art

    I was going through my old journals and I found this. It was written in June of 2001, by a then seventeen year old me. I took the liberty of editing some of it simply because it was a bit bloated. A Recipe for a Work of Art Ingredients: First and last parts inspiration Enumerable […]

    J. S. Kuiken

    August 31, 2019
    Blog, writing
    writing, writing process
  • In Want of a Husband?

    In Want of a Husband?

    I just finished watching Becoming Jane, and while I was glad to have done so, I found parts of the story hollow. In some parts they teased us with a Pride and Prejudice Darcy/Bennett like budding romance between Jane Austen (Anne Hatheway) and the dashing Tom Lefroy (James McAvoy). When the characters finally surrender to their affections, the […]

    J. S. Kuiken

    August 1, 2019
    Blog, meta, review
    becoming jane, jane austen, meta, review
  • Ssssh (Very Top Secret)

    Ssssh (Very Top Secret)

    Four years ago, I started and then shelved a manuscript about a folk hero. The primary action of the story was set during the Regency, an era I adore. At the time it was too daunting for me to take on, which is why I put it away. But now I am a stronger, better […]

    J. S. Kuiken

    July 15, 2019
    Blog, writing
    novel, works in progress, writing
  • Interview with A. K. Lee

    Recently my friend A. K. Lee, who is a wonderful fantasy novelist, interviewed me. It was quite a thoughtful interview, and you can read it here: Write as You Are.

    J. S. Kuiken

    May 23, 2019
    Blog, interview, writing
  • A Slice of the Murdering Pie

    A Slice of the Murdering Pie

    I recently rediscovered a short story I had written a few years ago, featuring an absolutely wicked queer couple. It is the antithesis of what I usually write, which is quaint domestic character studies. And I thought the story was fantastic. A fun, murderous romp. I remember writing it and believing “no-one will ever publish […]

    J. S. Kuiken

    April 11, 2019
    Blog, meta, queer, short story, writing
    five monstrous things / these violent delights, lgbt fiction
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