Reblogged clpolk
Reblogged
Every time someone mentions H.G. Wells I have to readjust to his pronouns because I accidentally internalised the canon of a 00s Syfy show where he's secretly a woman.
He doesn't come up often enough that it stops happening, and I fear one day I'll need to discuss him and slip up. I'll pull my classic did you know move but it'll be "facts" from a long dead TV show about cursed objects.
She’s always been a pragmatist, where Mae was more of a skeptic—and yes, pragmatism and skepticism are opposites, as Jamie learned the hard way whenever she heard the two of them argue. A pragmatist is up for whatever works, but a skeptic wants things to make sense and have a reasonable explanation, even if that leads to nothing but trial and frustrating error.
Amazing news! The first two chapters of my upcoming novel Lessons in Magic and Disaster are up at Uncanny Magazine. They form a complete self contained story about how Jamie teaches her mother magic and runs into a problem that she needs to solve.
I had the sense that being a trans author in 2005 or 2006 meant representing the trans community to the public, when I was a loopy weirdo who just wanted to make silly jokes and wear matching stripey arm warmers and tights.
I Took a Break from Being Publicly Trans. Then I Came Back Stronger. (my latest newsletter!)