Watch Me, My Sex, and I on BBC iPlayer A few days ago, BBC aired one of the best documentaries on intersex or DSD (Disorders of Sexual Development) I’ve seen. Though not intersex myself, I’m invested in the cause for awareness and changing legislation after researching different aspects of DSDs for my novel. Sex, like gender identity, is not a… Read More
I Miss Reading
This is a misleading blog post. I still do read, and I read more than your average person. Perhaps 70 books a year. I log the books on Goodreads (shameless plug–feel free to add me!). But before I started writing seriously, I was reading 150 books or more per year. Every other day, practically, I’d finish a book, reading at least… Read More
FantasyCon through the eyes of a Newbie
I have now been to two conventions. I attended Comic Con in San Diego in 2009, which is now a hazy recollection of lots of queuing and a blur of media previews and people frantically pressing freebees into my grasping hands. FantasyCon was on the opposite end of the spectrum. The only queue was waiting with a friend to check… Read More
Cosplay not at a Con
In Scotland, people regularly have fancy dress nights and go out to pubs. I suppose this happens in America as well, but as I left California when I was 21, I was never particularly privy to America’s drinking culture. It didn’t seem as prevalent there, in any case. Here, there’s pub golf, themed hen parties and stag dos, and fresher’s… Read More
Welcome
Welcome to my new blog and my first author website. I’m using a default WordPress template for the moment, though I do quite like the header. There’s a scene in my novel where a character walks down a corridor just like this. My name is Laura Lam. I’m American but live in Scotland. I’m a bookworm and watch more TV… Read More
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