We need to talk about Lee Pace. On a recent interview with W Magazine, Pace admitted having dated both men and women, but shied away from labelling himself, saying instead that it should not matter and that he found the question about his love life intrusive. On one hand, I agree with the idea that […]
Category: queer
Rainbow Snippet 2/18/18
While I am at the first book of Uncommon Bonds, working on the arc of one of my characters (Greg) who will be off putting but with a reason, I will present to you a recycled snippet of the second book of the series, with an adolescent Ian bantering at his brother. I needed a […]
WIPpet Wednesday, But first Some Notes.
The first book of Uncommon Bonds is now entering in his editing and proofreading phase. I have some amazing readers and proofreaders, but I want to give a big shoutout to the encouraging Yasmin Koshnood, the sweet AM Leibowitz and the wonderful Debbie McGowan for either the encouragement, the great edits or both. I also […]
Bisexual Awareness Month Entry 2: The Single-Gender-Attracted Guide to Determine if Someone who Says is Attracted to Multiple Genders Means it
(DISCLAIMERS, because they are needed: 1) I know this is going to be a very controversial article, but my goal is to start a conversation about bisexual erasure and biphobia. 2) I am a bisexual myself, so the tone is obvious sarcasm with all I am saying here. I don’t condone or support any of […]
20 Days of Pride: Pride Snippet
This one is actually a new one. I am trying to develop a story of a character that will be in the margins of the second book of my series, but will take center stage on my third. Her name is Ritu Sawhney, who is a British Indian and Lesbian woman who is part of […]
WIPpet Wednesday June 14, 2017
For this #WIPpetWednesday, I am drawing from the very first draft of “Uncommon Bonds.” This I’ll go for the second book of the series. The WIP Math today is 17 paragraphs.Here, Ian is an 18-year-old and Liam is 33._________________________________________________ Liam heard the sounds of his brother putting a videotape, as he transferred the tea from […]
20 Days of Pride: Touch
When the softness of your skin rubs against mine, I tremble. When my tongue tastes the Rose-like flavour of your nipples, the taste remains for a very long time. And honey drips when you taste other parts of my body, while I feel tickles so intense that I scream. I wished to feel ashamed of […]