Everybody Is Wrong and Everybody Is Right, Or, Why Opinions Are Like Assholes etc…

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Fear of bad feedback is a common reason fear of writers. Even within our circle at World Tree Publishing, there is always a period of nail-biting and agonizing pain from the depths of your heart after an editor tells you, “Okay, I’m done, I’m emailing you my comments now…” But the scathing opinion of strangers, though? Ah, …

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I’m Trying to Be a Writer Because I Think I Screwed Up My Kids…

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I am mother to a soon to be 7-year-old girl and a 3-year-old boy. Like every parent, I started out wide-eyed and hopeful, convinced that my kids are special. They can be anything they want to be, I thought, watching them as little babies, their bright little eyes looking into mine. Being the open-minded parent that …

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Confessions of an Asian-Canadian Fantasy Writer

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I write about “people of colour.” I didn’t know this was a thing, back when I first started. As far as I was concerned, I wrote about “people” and that was that. I only later realized–somewhat belatedly–that I was writing “diverse fiction.” I’m still not sure about what I think about this. On a certain …

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Writing Milestones: When I Stopped Giving a Fuck and Started Enjoying My Craft

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In retrospect, being old(er) is kind of fun. You get to discuss boring shit like politics and actually understand them. You don’t feel obliged to stay out until 3 am getting shitfaced with strangers (okay, so I did this just the one time…). I am not ashamed to say that 10 pm is a legitimate …

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The World of the Agartes Epilogues: Worldbuilding

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Not a very well-kept secret, but The Agartes Epilogues was supposed to be a JRPG that I co-wrote with my husband (then boyfriend) way back when I was just 16 years old. Some of my readers have since commented on the JRPG feel of the series–big tentacled monsters, angst, fantastic hairstyles (actually, not really–I’ve toned it …

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