Characters are Human Before they are Labels

Writing the Sanctum serial this year has been a new kind of challenge. Collin was writing on home turf. Chicago was a city I knew. Kink was a world in which I had experience. Polyamory came from my own life. Damian & Jun led me a little further afield, but still in realms where IContinue reading “Characters are Human Before they are Labels”

Writing in the “After”

I love reading the works of authors with deep backlists, going back through time with them and seeing how their work changes, turns, and flourishes. Sometimes it contracts for a while, and then new life or new ideas suddenly flare, or they dig deep into a theme. Even though we, as readers, don’t know theContinue reading “Writing in the “After””