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My interview at WROTE

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Hey, hey! Head over to WROTE podcast to listen to Baz and Vance interview me about Irresistible, historical fiction, queer media, romantic comedy and more.

I think it’s hysterically funny. You might just get a smirk or two out of it, but judge for yourself. There’s a rapid fire question part at the end that really exposes how dialed in I am to the latest in technology and lifestyle. But this was definitely one of the most enjoyable media thingies I’ve done over the years, and I have to give a huge shout out and thank you to Baz Collins and Vance Bastian for giving me time to introduce myself to their listeners!

Here’s where you can listen to it, and share it all over the place:

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WROTE stands for Written On The Edge, and the podcast runs weekly discussions about LGBTQ storytelling in all genres and mediums. Their guests have included some of my favorite authors like Scott Pomfret, Jerry Wheeler (who also was my editor on two novels), Joe Okwonko, and ‘Nathan Burgoine, among many others. Very entertaining stuff, and I’ve been spending my idle time catching up with episodes.

The Queer Matrix

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I recently had a discussion with another writer about the concept of a queer sensibility.

Our conversation brought up profound questions that have been heavily considered and debated elsewhere–quite smartly in this article I found by poet/filmmaker Charles Jensen.

What is a queer sensibility?

Can a work of fiction, art, or film be queer, if it doesn’t portray queer sexuality?

Is there a non-queer or heteronormative sensibility?

Can a work of fiction, etc. that portrays queer sexuality be considered non-queer?

I believe a queer sensibility exists, and it goes beyond a homoerotic aesthetic or an explicit portrayal of same-sex love. For me, it’s the kind of thing I know when I see it.

I respect that many queer and non-queer folks disagree with me.  There’s an argument to be made against labeling creative work queer, or non-queer; and it’s not my purpose to elevate one over the other.  Sensibility is by definition personal and subjective. But here’s what this got me thinking about just for fun.

What creative works  have little to no queer content, but I still consider queer?

What creative works portay queerness, but still feel essentially heteronormative?

These ponderings led to—I present—the QUEER MATRIX.

Certain to piss off lots of people, the Queer Matrix is a way of understanding popular media from, well, a lens of queerness.  It’s a take on New York Magazine’s Approval Matrix, which is the first thing I check out whenever I have a copy.  But it’s a rather piteous derivative, artistically.  I made it in the only graphics program I know:  Paint.