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I've been writing my whole life and have many stories ready to share with the world. My pronouns are he/him and I identify as a gay transman. When I am not writing, I can usually be found reading. Every book I have shelved here on Goodreads is one that I own in physical form. Stories are my passion.

My focus is on writing diverse, LGBTQIA+ characters into stories and worlds where the hero roles are typically held by cis-gender straight characters. It is important for our community to see ourselves represented in all genres. While stories about coming out, coming to terms with gender and sexual identity, and things like the AIDS crisis are important, it is equally important for LGBTQIA+ characters to exist in stories that don’t make that the ...more

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To me! Anyway, I was thinking about making a blog post and today just happens to be my birthday, so I thought I’d share! I had a wonderful dinner with my family at Texas Roadhouse this afternoon (and yes, I did the saddle thing). I wanted to give you some updates about what has been going on.

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Inkdeath (Inkworld, #3)

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