I am sooo excited for the next book!

I don't like spoilers. So I don't like stories where they take away a highlight that comes later. I want to go there linearly (?) and be surprised and not sit on tenterhooks and wait for the moment to come.

Thank you for this video! I'm a straight male writing a novel and wanted to make sure I was writing my non binary character correctly :)

I have asked if someone has a deadname only because I kept my birth name and was curious if they did too. I never want to know someone’s deadname. (Any/all)

I'm writing a story about a LGBTQ character who has to fight a Incel with skinwalker like powers. The story is brutal and I would like a LGBTQ person to read it to give me feed back.

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Thanks for the information it’s much appreciated.

That sounds so cool! I am excited for the book!

Some good non-human non-binary representation exists in the webcomic Tamberlane. The only human character is a child and all the other characters are a community of anthropomorphic animals who live in a rural village called Treehollow. A couple characters in the story are non-binary in some way. There's a non-binary corgi character named Tagg who appears in chapter 3 and an agender pine marten named Ainsley who in my opinion is the comic's cutest character.

I don't think there is such a thing as a book from you I don't want to read! I am enticed by all your ideas, so yes for more WIPs! The cat book will be hilarious, I can't wait

Oh it definitely does for me. A lot pf my work holds personal value to me hence i write what i know which is what is at the top of my mind right now. In times of grief my writing can be more brooding. In times pf joy, more hopeful. It can also include the essence of the different experiences I've felt in that time.

"This is my friend he's gay" Yeah that's definitely kind of rude and if anything the friend should have been the one to say that.

How To Write NonBinary Characters? Just don't write or write how they struggle with their problems with therapy.

this is so very beautiful. You made me cry happy tears for you two and I will stock up on tissues for the book because I have a feeling I might cry while reading it too. Wishing you all the best and sending lots of love from Germany!

Nice video! I'm writing a fanfiction with a bi man being shipped monogamously with a woman, and it's a setting where "bisexual" doesn't exist as a label. My approach for portraying his bisexuality mostly boils down to these two points: 1. He is shown to be attracted to people other than his love interest, but those connections usually don't develop into much, unlike the pages-upon-pages of chemistry built between him and the love interest. I don't want to confuse readers about what the ship is. (His bisexuality actually began with me accidentally adding homoerotic subtext to the scene where he meets the male villain for the first time, so I decided to just... accept the bi-ness.) 2. He comes from a culture that constantly erases queerness and pushes compulsory heterosexuality, while his love interest comes from a world where being queer is as normal as being cishet. Thus she is one of the first people he can share this part of himself with (when it becomes natural for him to bring up, that is). It also ties into his eventual motivation for wanting both cultures to coexist and learn from each other, so that he doesn't have to worry about hiding a part of himself. I'm not bi myself, but I am a heteromantic asexual, and so I do relate to and want to see bisexual characters be in monogamous m/f relationships and still be depicted as valid and visible in their queerness. It may not be my orientation, but there are some things bisexuals experience that I relate to, and some kinds of representation that I want to see as well. If I saw someone erasing or ignoring a character's bisexuality, I'd feel just as hurt as if they were erasing a character's asexuality, hence why I want my character's bisexuality to be clear and visible, even in a "straight-passing" relationship.

I am sooo excited for this book!

Oooooh, I am so excited! Doing a little happy dance right now, can't wait for the book 🎉

I’ve heard that Amazon kdp cream paper is whiter than Ingram. Is this true and is it noticeable?

Diminuendo vs crescendo is an amazing way to think about this! For me, crescendo is an excuse and I put off the "scary" task indefinitely. But I get a lot done if I do the big thing first. Also, I love scriviner but when I'm stuck I find scribbling on paper helps. Sometimes I make a list, sometimes I just scribble ideas, a lot of times there are arrows looping back and around. :D But when the actual words start to flow, writing is too slow, and I return to the computer. Love your videos, so glad I've found you.

Very helpful information, exactly what I needed for my project

I was really worried with the bury your gays trope until I realized there are many more happy/long lasting lgbt couples in my story.

So, I thought I was writing an m/m romance (I'm an out gay man, who has been with his partner for 13 years), and I see these tropes in the m/m romances. After research, I've discovered m/m romances are written by women for women to satisfy some fantasy (it depends on the woman), and my love story falls more into LGBTQ+ fiction I guess. I hate that m/m romance has been overtaken by those not in the LGBTQ+ community. Either way, I wanted to make a comment on number 2. I've read this trope, and it's rarely done well. I have 3 outlines I'm working on, and one of them is the closet gay character who is afraid to come out because of his indoctrination in the Catholic Church. He's 37 and coming to terms with it. His love interest is the one who helps him overcome this fear with patience, understanding, and support. I think that's what's missing from these straight m/m writers. They don't know the struggle, and haven't done enough research on it.

That's a great idea! I may have to resort to this too as I just can't concentrate on my book-to-finish because this new idea keeps bombarding me. And if I stop, I won't finish it at all...

Would your advice be different if the character is set in a queernormative world?

Thanks for the pep talk! And you are so right - Do it anyway, give it a shot!!!

just discovered your channel, what a goldmine of advice! ❤

Why? Easy. Because I like it so.

I love the hoodie - and the book ❤

I can't wait for book 2! Yayyay!

I am so excited for the book! Thanks for introducing the cast

I’m writing a book where one of the three main characters is non binary and expresses themselves both feminine and masculine, it’s never really discussed that they are non binary because it’s normal in the magical world I’m writing :) Everyone just uses they/them pronouns for them from the start

ooooh, I am so excited!

I just rushed to Amazon to pre-order the new Merry Arlan book and found out I already did on Dec 8. Need I say more? I was a mess in 2022 but this year all will be better.

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Very nice video, exactly the kind of writing advice I needed! Thanks!

Thank you so much! You deserve more recognition.

I don't handwrite but I use notebooks to pen my ideas, draw some maps or collect descriptions. I found that helps me more than doing that on my computer (plus I only have one monitor, so looking it up while writing is easier that way). So I would love notebooks as presents. If someone who buys me presents reads this: Especially with cool slogans or cute pictures, lined.

As someone writing a couple of non-binary characters so my sibling can have rep in their (secret) Christmas present. Thank you so, so much for this! It’s so helpful.

I am writing a nonbinary transfem (they/them) main protagonist who is a Colo Claw Fish named Mx. Stevie Ki Sereneel and this video is one thing to help me on handling my Colo Claw Fish fanfiction character. I'm angry with Star Wars Episode I for treating Colo Claw Fish as a "hated other" to be killed in the service of saving the heroes, hence I eventually created Stevie Sereneel. Thank you for posting this video since I'm a cis male who wants to research the matter to help me better write Stevie the Colo Claw Fish's story which will in part be a stance against animal stereotype.

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Ooooh, your dog is so adorably cute!

I love this video and whichever projects "comes to fruition" in the end, I will read them!

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Very interesting video! I have a short story where I call my main character “the painter” the entire time until he gets named at the very end of the story (cause he doesn’t remember his name lol) but thankfully it’s a two person story and the second character is his daughter! So pronouns aren’t a huge issue (at least I hope!)

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we are so very much alike, writingwise! Thank you for putting it in words

Non-native English speaker here. I actually like the xe/xyr and the book made me laugh quite a bit. I am so excited for book 2!

My TBR just grew again... And after I did so well with clearing it. Just finished A Lady for A Duke by Alexis Hall. Oh. So. Good!

This is really helpful. I'm working on some LGBTQ+ characters and I am wanting to find tips for writing them.

I love this