Josie Columbus 3/18/22 Josie Columbus 3/18/22

Writing Queerness in “Tillandsia”

Josie Columbus 3/10/22 Josie Columbus 3/10/22

Return of the Blog

1/14/22 1/14/22

Hiatus Time Again

Josie Columbus 12/10/21 Josie Columbus 12/10/21

Bury Your Gays Deep Dive

The Bury Your Gays trope has a long and complicated history — one you need to be aware of if you’re writing queer characters

12/3/21 12/3/21

Writing Queer Speculative Fiction

Writing queer speculative fiction isn’t just about putting queer characters in SFF stories

11/19/21 11/19/21

Tropes In Action: Homophobia in "Squid Game"

How and why is Netflix’s Squid Game homophobic?

11/12/21 11/12/21

Introducing Intersex Characters

11/5/21 11/5/21

Tropes To Avoid When Writing Intersex Characters

Josie Columbus 10/29/21 Josie Columbus 10/29/21

Writing Intersex Characters

Writing intersex characters requires research, nuance, and a whole lot of respect.

Josie Columbus 10/22/21 Josie Columbus 10/22/21

Writing About Detransition

Only trans people should be writing about detransition

Josie Columbus 10/8/21 Josie Columbus 10/8/21

Writing With the Split Attraction Model

10/1/21 10/1/21

Writing Drag

9/24/21 9/24/21

Writing Bigender Characters

9/17/21 9/17/21

Describing Nonbinary Characters

9/10/21 9/10/21

Describing Trans Men

9/3/21 9/3/21

Describing Trans Women

Josie Columbus 8/27/21 Josie Columbus 8/27/21

Writing Autigender Characters

8/20/21 8/20/21

Understanding Neurogenders

8/5/21 8/5/21

Fantastical Transitions

7/30/21 7/30/21

All SFF Writers Should Consider Trans Characters