What Is Patreon & How Does It Help Faefyx?
From time to time, I get asked how people can read my work and how they can support my creative endeavors. When I say “Patreon,” …
Pride: A Little Reflection
As well as being Pride Month, June is also my birth month. With the confluence of the two, you may have to forgive a little …
Writing Process: The Drawer
I don’t know where the idea for “the drawer” first came from. I imagine it was in some way based on a collection of tidbits …
The Rise of the Incidentally Trans Character
The last few years has seen trans characters in mainstream media move from being defined by their transness to being incidentally trans. And that’s important. …
The Disappearance of the “Queen of Crime”
Have you heard of Agatha Christie’s eleven missing days? It’s a real life mystery that comes up from time to time in popular culture and there’s never been an airtight solution put forward. I don’t know if I have a solution, but I think I know why so many solutions fall short.
Popular Fiction: What Does That Even Mean?
As a term, “popular fiction” has always bothered me. Or, perhaps it’s fairer to say that the term “literature” has always bothered me. Or, perhaps the issue at heart is that these terms are set up to suggest that the two things are in any way different.
Rolling Stone Magazine and the Dangers of Pay-to-Play
Today The Guardian broke the news that Rolling Stone magazine would be giving people the opportunity to write for its website and giving them the chance to “shape the future of culture,” referring to such people as “thought leaders.”
On the surface that sounds a little suspect.
2020: Guilt & Progress
I’ve felt kind of guilty about my 2020. On a global and national level it’s been so terrible. And it’s certainly been stressful and terrible …
A Brit in America #8 – “Welcome,” Immigrants
America has a very strange relationship with immigrants. A nation built on immigration will eagerly elect politicians that denigrate them at every turn, and you can see the symptoms of that mindset out in the wild every day.
Fixing My Name
I am changing my name! Here I give a brief explanation of why, and I try to pre-empt some common questions that people may have.