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 […]
On Autistic Representation and Polarization.
Let me start with this fact about me: I am autistic. Generally speaking, my autism is not severe in that I am capable to communicate and living on my own (despite my family initially attempting to undermine such attempts), so I stake my claim about autistic representation. Now, there is a representation that can polarise […]
Bi Visibility and Relationship with Family: When “Being Careful” means “Going Back to the Closet.”
Normally, I leave my Instagram account to photos of Chicago. However, this time I took a risk and I decided to make a collage to celebrate my bisexuality and wish bellow bisexuals a happy week. My mother unfortunately watches my Instagram account, and she immediately texted me about “being careful,” because I work in an […]
WIPpet Wednesday The Bisexual Week Edition. (Contains a bit of a spoiler) From the third part of the “Uncommon Bonds” series.
The math: 9+20= 29 = 2+9 = 11. In this part, Liam is with his long-term partner, Nigel (who is also bisexual) and an Ian in his 20’s. Liam does not like Ian’s girlfriend. This WIPpet will tell you why. -Look at it on the good side, Liam. – Ian continued. – It is an […]
BiWeekDay2: Snippet
This is another WIPpet for Bi Week (I am going to try to write every day about this issue, but let us see if I mange to do this diligently. A friend and fellow writer was talking about how they felt about the “gay for you” trope. So although this is not exactly about that […]
Rainbow Snippets September 17th
So, in anticipation of #Biweek, here is this Rainbow Snippet. Liam was coming to terms with his bisexuality, which made things a lot more confusing for him at the beginning. Initially, Liam was passively feeling Sarah caress him, and doing nothing. Unlike all the other women, she was not rough, she was not laughing, she […]
Liam McGarrigle and my awakening as a queer writer.
Today, for #bisexualawarenessmonth and nearing #biweek I will pay homage to the first bisexual character I have ever created: Liam McGarrigle, one of the two protagonists of my novel-series Uncommon Bonds. Not only because he is my First bi character, but also because his evolution paralleled my struggles to come out. He was born in […]
