Bimonthly update! As usual, this is late. July was pretty steady until the end of the month, when I travelled to London for YALC. I worked on: the co-written project, re-outlining Frozen Book for the second draft, and editing 18k of that next draft (word count for progress cut in half, as I usually edit twice as fast as I… Read More
Books Read in August
1. Young Adult Literature: From Romance to Realism – Michael Cart A critical overview of YA. I enjoyed the history sections, but felt the SFF section was quite truncated and the LGBTQ chapter needed quite a lot of updating. For instance, the example of the first YA book with an intersex protagonist was one published a year after mine (and… Read More
Borderlands Books event August 20th
I’m back in California. I’m posting this much later than I should have, but on Sunday, August 20th, at 3 pm, I’m having in event at Borderlands Books in San Francisco. I’ve made a FB event here. Borderlands Books is a wonderful bookstore, and it’d be lovely to see some local California readers. Great excuse to spend the day in… Read More
Books Read in July
1. The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women – Kate Moore The incredible true story of the young women exposed to the “wonder” substance of radium and their brave struggle for justice… As World War I raged across the globe, hundreds of young women toiled away at the radium-dial factories, where they painted clock faces with a… Read More
Helsinki Worldcon Schedule
Next week I’ll be in Helsinki for Worldcon 2017 and I’m so excited! Here’s what I’ll be up to: Asexuality in YA Thursday, 10th August: 11:00 – 12:00, 203a (Messukeskus) Are asexual characters well – or at all – represented in YA fiction? Is romance such an integral component of Young Adult fiction that it simply cannot be left out at… Read More
YALC Schedule
This Friday, Saturday, and Sunday I’ll be at Young Adult London Comic Con! This’ll be my first time at this con. All my events are Friday, so I’ll be wandering around the other two days. Friday: 1 pm: SFF Now Panel Laura Lam, Taran Matharu, Elizabeth May, David Owen, Samantha Shannon. CHAIR: Laure Eve VENUE: Stage 2 pm: Signing! VENUE: Stand… Read More
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