Tag: SOBH

STRAIGHT CISPEOPLE RETWEETING RAINBOW FLAGS: A CONFESSION

June 28, 2016
Personal, Writing

This post centers around three facts: It’s LGBTQIAP+ pride month. Two weeks ago, fifty people were murdered because they were in a gay club. I’m a straight cismale who wrote a book from the POV of a gender fluid teenager. So the question I’ve been asking myself is: What, if anything, do...

Signing books at Barnes & Noble Chino Hills

March Events Wrap-Up

April 7, 2016
News, Personal

March was an amazing month for this debut author. After the madness of launching Symptoms of Being Human in February, I had a full month of events–two book festivals, a library appearance, and a panel and signing at my local Barnes & Noble store. So this post is a digital scrapbook of sorts,...

On Being Afraid in the Bathroom

April 3, 2016
Personal

The impetus to write Symptoms of Being Human came in late 2013. I was in a car with some friends and acquaintances when the driver–let’s call her Jane–brought up a court case pending in my county. A transgender student was suing the school district for the right to use the restroom/locker...

YA SCAVENGER HUNT IS COMING!

March 25, 2016
Fiction

I’m thrilled to participate in this season’s YA Scavenger Hunt. In case you’re unfamiliar with YASH, it’s a 72-hour internet scavenger hunt that promises a lot of fun and a chance to win SCORES AND SCORES of signed books. This bi-annual event was first organized by author Colleen...

SYMPTOMS HITS #1

February 26, 2016
News, Personal

Thanks to you, February has been an exciting month! Over 100 people attended the launch event at Barnes & Noble in Huntington Beach, where my book sold out in less than an hour. In addition, Symptoms of Being Human and its audiobook companion (narrated by Tom Phelan of ABC’s The Fosters) appeared...

SYMPTOMS LAUNCH EVENT, PT. 1

February 6, 2016
Personal, Video, Writing

In case you couldn’t attend the Symptoms of Being Human launch on Tuesday, here’s part one in a three-part video series covering the event. (Thank you, Curtis Andersen, for doing the videography.)