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On writing genderqueer
So much of language is gendered. And, I’m not just talking about pronouns (he, she, they, per, fae, etc.). English doesn’t have ‘grammatical gender’ like in the case of a slew of other named languages (in Spanish, depending on the adjective, you provide the gender marker of the person or thing being described: the red…
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Reading List 2023, so far
I put together this little collage of the covers of the books that I’ve read so far in 2023, some of which I re-read this year. The Catwings series by Ursula K. Le Guin is a must for anyone who loves our little fur friends. Octavia E. Butler’s Lilith’s Brood series (Dawn, Adulthood Rites, and…
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How it began
Almost two years ago, when I decided to begin writing the first book of the Journey Across Genes saga, it was going to be a historical fiction. Then, it morphed into something more than that. At the time, I was listening to Toshi Reagon and adrienne marie brown‘s (amb’s) podcast where they go chapter by…
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And, so it begins…
Welcome, readers! This is the blog of author Fenn Thornbot (they is/them/their/themself). You can call me Beaux (from the ‘BOH’ in TORN-BOH above). I’m new to blogging and to the whole soon-to-be-self-published author thing, so buckle up while I learn how to drive this thing. =) My first novel, Now. Then. To Come., is set…
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