September 2020
Queer Bookish Joy
by L.C. Rosen Queer Bookish Joy. That’s quite a thing to ask for these days. The whole point of these posts is to lift people up and make them [...]
Finding My Way to Queer Fairytales and a Book Deal
by Leslie Vedder I’ve always wanted to be a writer. This has taken a lot of different forms for me over the years. Illustrator/author of stapled together grade-school masterpieces. Closet [...]
A “Real” Author: How Meeting Adam Silvera, Bill Konigsberg, and Angie Thomas Helped Me Find My Voice
by Zack Smedley To me, one of the central themes of Pride month is the idea that we all lift each other up…empowering each others’ voices so we can [...]
How (Not) to Meet Your Heroes
by Jasper Sanchez I’m not the kind of guy you want to bring as a plus one to a book signing. Trust me on this. I spent the entire time [...]
Kick, Push, Coast, Indeed
by Cam Montgomery I like to joke about the ways in which the stories I write, or other author faves write, are written for me. Literally, about me. This [...]
August 2020
The Joy of Knowing Yourself
by Maggie Tokuda-Hall I wrote The Mermaid, The Witch, and The Sea for one kid in particular. Her name is Clare. I met her when she was nine, and I worked in a [...]