One of the reasons I wanted to make Ferr a Black-presenting character in The Bull by His Horns was to address the cultural myth that all cowboys were white. Over time, the history of people of color working as cowboys in America’s Wild West has been lost, erased. It was replaced with the myth of a white cowboy. Why and how did this happen? At the root, we know exactly why it occurred: racism...
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Main Squeeze deals with shapeshifting alien snakes who call themselves the naga. But what, exactly, is a naga? The concept has a long history, rooted in the sacred texts of many cultures.
Want to get more insight into how I wrote Main Squeeze? The official playlist will show you a bit more of my process!
While I was working on Main Squeeze, I had to do some research about snakes. I thought they were weird before. Here are some of the stranger things I learned.
Marty Yoon, the hero of Main Squeeze, is a Korean-American trans man. Clearly, I'm writing pretty far outside my lane here. So, why did I do it?
Main Squeeze, Book 3 in the Flirting with the Zodiac series, may not be my favorite book. But it will always hold a special place for me, in part because it reflects so much of my personal experience around mental health and trauma.
Crash-landing on another planet full of shapeshifting snake aliens is probably less than ideal, but that's the situation Marty Yoon finds himself in.
Fall is definitely not my favorite season. But I'm slowly learning to accept it, which is part of the reason I set Riding the Dragon during the fall.
I had a pretty rough time getting together the first draft of Riding the Dragon. One of the reasons for that was actually music. I’m a musically driven sort of writer, so my writing process depends on having the “right” music. Plenty of writers make playlists and pick theme songs for their characters. I’d say my process is a step beyond that, even: I’m actively soundtracking my books. Characters...
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