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Steff Higgins (they/them)
@steffhiggins.bsky.social
Author and filmmaker. Directed THE GAY MARRIAGE THING documentary. Writing for and about LGBTQ+ kids and adults.
#nonbinary
RepBy: Paige Terlip @ ABLA
www.steffhiggins.com
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Still thinking about this article by Brandon Taylor.
against casting tape fiction
first-person narration and interiority
open.substack.com
January 17, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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January 3, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I found this blog post about navigating the holidays while queer from SpeakOut especially helpful right now.

www.speakoutboston.org/blog
December 7, 2024 at 10:08 PM
Is there such a thing as reading too many books at once? I feel like this method allows me to read more books overall. Not shown here: the audio books 😳
November 27, 2024 at 2:12 PM
I love this memoir so much. Stumbled on it because I'm getting a tattoo with Phuc. Telling his story through the arc of the traditional American literary cannon, Phuc cracks open the "American" identity finding it stitched together with Star Wars trading card gum.

bookshop.org/p/books/sigh...
Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit in a book by Phuc Tran
For anyone who has ever felt like they don't belong, Sigh, Gone shares an irreverent, funny, and moving tale of displacement and assimilation woven together with poignant themes from beloved works of ...
bookshop.org
September 2, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Which emotion is in your driver's seat right now?

Me: Ennui

Explains the social media activity. 😆
July 25, 2024 at 1:33 AM
I loved the world building in this book. It taught me so much. And the kick a$$ character was super fun.
June 20, 2024 at 1:56 AM
Some color from my kid's creation to brighten the feed.
April 5, 2024 at 1:14 PM
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Tickets for my What You Need to Know About Writing Kid's Lit class end at 9pm EST tonight. See you tomorrow!
Looking forward to the MetroWest Writer's Guild class with Eden Royce @edenroyce.bsky.social on Saturday! She'll be talking kidlit writing and publishing. So blown away by just the first pages of Root Magic!
February 10, 2024 at 1:26 AM
Looking forward to the MetroWest Writer's Guild class with Eden Royce @edenroyce.bsky.social on Saturday! She'll be talking kidlit writing and publishing. So blown away by just the first pages of Root Magic!
February 9, 2024 at 1:11 AM
90% of parenting is reminding other people to change their underwear. Why wasn't that in the guidebook?
February 5, 2024 at 2:13 AM
My next book is set in my home state of Maine and I love that research for it includes walking on the rocky coastline. 😀
November 19, 2023 at 3:13 AM
SpeakOut Boston has been telling LGBTQ+ stories for over 50 years changing our collective narrative one story at a time! These storytellers are fantastic. I was honored to be among everyone there.
November 19, 2023 at 3:12 AM
Last week my WIP was like this IS IT CAKE beauty. This week it's as ugly as end of business on a one-year-old's smash cake. How does that happen?

How do you move past tough spots when you can't decide what direction to take with a story?
October 12, 2023 at 1:55 AM
Starting this feed with a sunflower growing unexpectedly in my herb box this summer. I noticed it early on, let it grow, and got so much joy watching it.

Here's to the seeds of new ideas, growing where you're planted, and finding the beauty in the process.
September 20, 2023 at 8:07 PM