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Originally posted on Confuzzledom: Phew, that was a ridiculously long title! Every word of it was necessary for completeness though. Anyway… While I was doing research on the move to Switzerland, I found it almost impossible to figure out whether I would even be allowed to live here without a job. There are forms to…

Originally posted on Zsofi Writes: On the morning of my 39th birthday, I was grateful for two things: my hair and my boobs. There were other things too, of course – the way Sam buried his little face in my hair at 5:30 in the morning. The way he and Drew planned how to surprise…

Originally posted on Litmus 2015: It’s a little bit like falling in love, writing. Previously I’ve been pretty promiscuous; I love the instant gratification of short stories and think of your own metaphor for Flash Fiction. There’s that initial wow; that frenzied excitement, the high of the idea. But now I want a proper relationship,…

Originally posted on The (Trans)cendental Tourist: It’s been a weird year for trans people. Allow me to be more specific: It’s been a heated, daring, tumultuous, graphic, specularizing, aggressive, pointed,?contentious, highly?fatal, and really, really complicated year for trans people. Here are a few examples: Kristina Gomez Reinwald, Ty Underwood, Lamia Beard, and many other?transwomen…

Originally posted on busy mockingbird: People ask me sometimes about ballpoint pen and how I use it in my drawings.? They’ll say that when they use it, it smears or gets discolored.? And I say, “that’s because no one in their right mind should be using ballpoint pen.”? But I can’t help it–that’s what I…

Originally posted on Rachel E. Moss: [Gawain said:] “Ah, my uncle king Arthur! My good brother Sir Gareth is slain, and so is my brother Sir Gaheris, who were two noble knights.” Then the king and Gawain both wept, and so they fell on swooning. Thomas Malory, Works, ed. Eugene Vinaver (my translation). “Three things happen when…

Originally posted on … because God is love: Is God a man? Is God a woman? Does it really matter? These and similar questions seem to be doing the rounds again, on social media and elsewhere. My answers, in brief, would be “No”, “No”, and “Yes, very much.” Why does it matter so much? Why…

Originally posted on Victoria (V.E.) Schwab: Hey there, lovelies! I know it’s been awhile since I posted. I’ve spent the last few months buried under deadlines and finishing up coursework–so far this year I’ve gone to grad school, and written and edited THREE books, all coming out next year–and getting ready to head back…