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It’s okay to say gay: Writing queer characters in Kidlit
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Happy Pride to the whole LGBTQIA+ Community and our allies! June is the month where queer people are at our most visible, but I know from personal experience how important it is for children to see people like them existing in the world all year long. If you aren’t queer yourself, writing queer characters into…
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No, RFK Jr., my autistic kids did not destroy my family
I write poetry for a living. This may surprise Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., because I…
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The Story Accordion: Developing novel-length story arcs
They’re long. It’s ridiculous how long they are, right? I was in high school workshopping…
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“Not a good fit for me right now”: Surviving the query trenches
querying literary agents It’s that first hurdle to traditional publishing. It takes years, racks up…
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