Hello community! “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers” is a famous poem by Emily Dickinson where hope “never stops.” For me, the feather metaphor telegraphs that hope is fragile, but the visual metaphor I prefer is the HOPE sculpture by Robert Indiana at the corner of...
Started in February 2021, Queer KidLit Creators is a free, all-volunteer-powered safe space gathering of Queer-identified Children's and Teen Literature Writers, Translators, and illustrators. If you identify as Queer and your creative work includes kid lit, there are...
Hello, community! I'm back from my blogging break and unbelievably, it's already February 2022! Some updates: Deadline met! I turned in the full draft of book 2 in the Queer History Project series, THE GENDER BINARY IS A BIG LIE just last week. I've learned so much...
We started in February 2021, gathering monthly on zoom to connect as a community. Members of the community have added a study hall (working in community at the same time), a listserve (to stay in touch between the monthly meetings, and a critique corner (a safe place...
