• My book made me nonbinary

    My book made me nonbinary

    When I started writing A Siren Song, I didn’t identify as nonbinary. In fact, I saw myself as a cisgender bisexual and a huge trans ally. There are things in the characters I wrote that have pieces of me in them, sure, but that’s just what it’s like to be a writer. Abel’s gender identity…

  • Self-publishing and the Need for Validation

    Self-publishing and the Need for Validation

    Sometimes I get tired of recommending my own book over and over. I get sick of monitoring trends and trying to figure out what to post on TikTok and how to approach the sequel. Should I start a newsletter? A giveaway? Should I pay someone to do the marketing instead? And why should I do…