Fingers crossed lol. It's just. One of those things, I guess.

I think I'm gonna try and recoup the cost of the spare + shipping/taxes and sell it because lord have mercy I don't need both 😂

God what a fucking cock up this is.

But not explicitly so?

I don't know. I just hope that I'll figure out where I fit in all this. If you're in #publishing and know of where I should look, I'd appreciate a gesture in the right direction.

parts of ourselves we find unlovable, unsavory, or even dangerous.

Horror and Becoming A Monster both as a plot and a narrative framing for the experience of moving on from the life you once had, to the one you know you need to live. It's about the struggle of Change.

Which *is* a queer story.

I wanted to write "What If A Story Like Eric Carter/Dresden Files/Sandman Slim but the protag is queer? And so are some of the people in his life?" My story is centered on difficult family/friendship dynamics and the consequences/struggles that come from trying to protect people we love from the

It's such an alienating feeling as a queer author, to feel like my work isn't queer enough on the surface for the current LGBTQ+ novel landscape, based on what I see in agent MSWL posts. And it's definitely not a romance book, just has some romance elements. My characters Are Queer. That's it.