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A Note About J.K. Rowling
CW: Discussions of transphobia, abuse, and sexual assault. Hi everyone, As I am sure many of you have now seen, J.K. Rowling has recently made some reprehensible comments about transgender people. This is not the first time she has said such hurtful things- her defence of transphobic women such as Maya Forstater and the 61 year old woman assaulted by Tara Wolf (while I don’t condone violence, it should be noted that Rowling deliberately neglected to mention that the 61 year old had repeatedly misgendered Wolf prior to the assault, and had used transphobic slurs against her), prove that she has always harboured problematic and transphobic views. This is the…
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A Boxer Kickstarter Campaign
Hey everyone, Here’s something I’ve never actually done before. A friend of mine recently wrote a graphic novel, and I found out the other day that there’s a kickstarter campaign to fund the awesome artists behind the novel. I’ve heard a little bit about the project before, but I was fortunate enough to get sent a few first pages of A Boxer and it looks amazing, so I wanted to share it with you all. A Boxer is a 100 page graphic novel that tells the story of Mike Shepherd, a British fighter trying to succeed in the hyper-masculine world of boxing, whilst struggling to manage his sexual identity. The book…
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Blog Tour Announcement
Hey everyone, First up, I want to apologise if my blog is looking a little sparse of posts at the moment. I rather naively signed up to Camp NaNo this month in the hopes of finally getting around to the revise and resubmit of my first novel, and on top of that it is around about that time of the month where I have to push through uni writing even though I’m not quite feeling it. Also, YALC is coming up soon, and I am woefully behind on all my reading for it. However, in the brighter news section, I am posting today to tell you all that normal service…
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Posts About Writing?
Okay guys, so this is more of a question/poll than an actual post. I’ve recently gotten back into writing and querying, as well as doing some buddy writing and other things. A while ago, I uploaded some writing advice posts. At the time I felt like I had said about all I was comfortable saying about writing, especially given that I’m not an expert and I don’t work in the industry. Part of this reservation also stemmed from the fact that, when I started my blog, I was done drafting and editing The Heir of Ink and Magic and had already been through a few rounds of querying. However, I’m now embarking…
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Thursday Updates
Woo, hello everyone. Usually, I’d be posting a tag, unboxing or some kind of article today, but I have so many announcements that I thought I’d be a boring person and update you on all the exciting things coming up instead. *insert drum roll here* So the first thing I want to announce is that this blog will be part of the official Ash Princess blog tour. If you haven’t read the book yet, or have yet to pre-order it, you should definitely check out my review of it here. The tour will bring you awesome goodness from several blogs, including mine, and I have to say a huge thanks to Laura…
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Exciting news guys…
Join me, on March 3rd, as I host Orphan, Monster, Spy author, Matt Killeen. He’ll be stopping by on his book blog tour to talk favourite female heroines [historical and fictional]. Other stops along the way can be found at the bottom of this post. I’m so excited to have gotten my mitts on an ARC of Matt’s novel earlier in the year, and it was such a fun read, so it’ll be awesome to hear his thoughts on heroines like Sarah, a Jewish girl in Nazi Germany who must survive as a spy in a boarding school for the daughters of high-ranking Nazi officials. You can read my review of the…
