Creep versus Self versus the World: androgynous, writing to gender, and the great oatmeal disaster.

As a kid, I wrote a lot about girls and boys, but I kept being told “be a girl”, so I wrote more about girls. Even though it grated me to be called “girl” and I never understood why for the longest time. I mean, they were technically right. I was in fact a girl. … Continue reading Creep versus Self versus the World: androgynous, writing to gender, and the great oatmeal disaster.

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5 Things I Learned From Winning NanoWrimo

I’ve been writing since I was 9. I finished my first novel at 14. I queried my second novel at 18. I have never, ever won at Nano. I have tried, for three years running, but it wasn’t until this year that I finally cracked it. And here’s the weird thing: I don’t feel like … Continue reading 5 Things I Learned From Winning NanoWrimo