There’s a certain power that comes from living in the margins.
AaBb
Category Is
Owen
Book Review: The Great Disillusionment of Nick and Jay
The Great Disillusionment of Nick and Jay is a sharp, smart, and necessary entry to the Young and New Adult spaces that should be required reading a century later.
Book Review: An Arcane Inheritance
An Arcane Inheritance is a witchy story that’s as smart as it is thrilling, with strong characters and an even stronger message that you’ll definitely want to add to your spellbook.
Resorting to Violence
Writing about violence, especially in a series for young adults, is a choice that carries a lot of weight.
Love on the Battlefield
A good romance subplot isn’t a break from the action. It’s the necessary fuel for it.
Building a Queernormative World
The trick to depicting a queernormative world is making queerness ubiquitous, unremarkable, and incidental to the main plot conflicts.
How Love Can Topple a Dystopia
Adan’s story is about exploring two types of power: power for power’s sake and the power of community.
Right Back Where We Started From
The day’s finally here. After four books, a journey across an entire continent, and more close calls than I can remember, Adan Testa’s story is finally complete.
Why I Write Power Into the Powerless
My writing is a defiant act of hope, asserting that the power to envision a better world is the first step towards building it.
Book Review: You Weren’t Meant to Be Human
Andrew Joseph White’s You Weren’t Meant to Be Human is an intense, uncompromising dive into identity, survival, and transformation amidst an alien invasion, all explored through the unflinching lens of the rural queer and trans experience.
Neskan Chronicles Character Profiles
Strong, thoughtful, interesting characters can breathe new life into even the most commonly used settings and tropes.
Book Review: Futbolista
Jonny Garza Villa’s Futbolista is a vibrant and heartfelt exploration of identity, acceptance, and the beautiful game.