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What I Do Have
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What I Do Have

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What I Do Have

By Kaitlin|2020-09-20T18:30:16-05:00September 21st, 2020|Categories: Archive, New Voices, Writers on Writing|Tags: Community|

by Kaitlin Mitchell My name is Kaitlin. Maybe you’ve seen me around book twitter, boosting marginalized creators and clutching my own words close. I admit, I am a serial tweet-deleter. Given my comfort sitting in the background, I’m willing to bet that most who read this post will have no idea who I am. If you look at my twitter bio and scroll down my profile, you will learn a little about who I am. Fantasy writer. YA Pride social media manager and co-editor. Senior college student. You will also quickly learn who I am not. I am [...]

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There’s Magic Out There For All of Us
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There’s Magic Out There For All of Us

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There’s Magic Out There For All of Us

By Vee|2020-09-08T18:18:16-05:00September 9th, 2020|Categories: Archive, Author Guest Blog|Tags: Community, Realistic, Romance, Trans|

by Emery Lee I’ve been fortunate enough to have a lot of moments of queer bookish joy since first joining the book community in 2015. Queer books have become such a prevalent part of the YA community, and they’ve been given a lot more spotlight, opening up more opportunities for queer authors and readers alike. Of course, when I think about an instance of queer joy tied to some of my favorite books, one that always comes to mind is a story about the book What if It’s Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera. In [...]

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How (Not) to Meet Your Heroes
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How (Not) to Meet Your Heroes

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How (Not) to Meet Your Heroes

By Vee|2020-09-03T20:35:26-05:00September 5th, 2020|Categories: Archive, Author Guest Blog|Tags: Book Community, Community, Queer Guys, Realistic, Trans|

by Jasper Sanchez I’m not the kind of guy you want to bring as a plus one to a book signing. Trust me on this. I spent the entire time I was in waiting to see Alison Bechdel working up the courage to say something eloquent about how her portrayal of butch identity in Fun Home meant so much to me as a baby queer trying to puzzle out the intricacies of my own sexuality and gender identities only to get to the front of the line, freeze, and stutter, simply, “Thanks.” Or, [...]

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Fan Fiction: By Us, For Us
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Fan Fiction: By Us, For Us

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Fan Fiction: By Us, For Us

By Vee|2020-08-24T18:41:25-05:00August 26th, 2020|Categories: Archive, Author Guest Blog, Writers on Writing|Tags: Community, Fan Fiction, Other Media|

by Kayla Ancrum As the days blur together and book shipping times get longer, people are beginning to reinvest their time in fan fiction. The art form is hardly without prejudice. Even mentioning it here might elicit some wincing or an eye roll or two. Most of the serious fiction writers I’ve met view it with disdain: a 7/11 lunch of doritos, arizona tea and beef jerky to their white wine and salmon with a salad on the side. Several authors I know personally, who honed their [...]

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We Are Connected
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We Are Connected

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We Are Connected

By Kaitlin|2020-08-22T16:40:15-05:00August 23rd, 2020|Categories: Archive, Author Guest Blog|Tags: Community|

by Adib Khorram Queer bookish joy. That brief seemed like an easy one at first. There’s lots of moments of queer bookish joy! I love joy! I love books! I’m queer! This was supposed to be easy! But I forgot. The quarantimes make everything hard. There are days when I feel almost normal. When I can follow a routine that’s not too far removed from what life was like before. And then there are days when I can’t motivate myself to do anything. When I sit on the couch and play [...]

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When Queer Books Lead to Queer BFFs
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When Queer Books Lead to Queer BFFs

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When Queer Books Lead to Queer BFFs

By Vee|2020-08-18T10:25:07-05:00August 18th, 2020|Categories: Archive, Author Guest Blog, Writers on Writing|Tags: Community, Queer Girls|

by Kelly Quindlen Three years ago, when I was going through a rough patch, my parents gave me some advice. “We think you need queer friends,” my dad said. “Have you considered a gay cruise?” I laughed out loud when he suggested it, but I knew the larger point was true: I was starving for friends who reflected my queerness back to me. I have some amazing friends, but they are overwhelmingly straight and cis. This is not their fault. We can’t all be blessed with queerness. But the point [...]

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