It’s no secret at this point that we’re living through a wave of neo-fascism. We’ve seen waves of (hyper)conservatism since the end of World War II, but none have seen the far right gain such a substantial foothold. Maybe the time was right. It’s been more than eighty years since WWII ended after all. In the last twenty years or so, I’d say we’ve seen people questioning if the Nazis were really...
Or Are They? I recently saw a post that commented on trends in the publishing industry. One of them was that readers seem to be shifting away from so-called spicy reads. (Tom Swinnen / Pexels.com) The post gave some good reasons that this shift might be happening—but I think there’s likely more to the story than meets the eye. TikTok Ramped Up and Ruined “Spice” The major reason this post gave...
A lot has happened since this blog was last regularly active. I had a baby. My father passed away. The United States of America voted in the Republican candidate for a second term. Plenty of people are legitimately concerned for a wide variety of reasons. (Kaboompics .com / Pexels.com) As a queer person, a queer writer, and a romance novelist, I can see there’s a lot to be worried about. Even...
Some say it's censorship. Others want to leave the past in the past. The point stands: there are plenty of reasons not to edit old books.
