Over the years I’ve gotten lots of really nice emails from readers of AfterEllen.com who say they like what I write and are generally amazing in how friendly they are. Every once in a while I get a request to answer some questions for a school project, or just for random advice about being gay. […]

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Like the majority of Americans, I am happy that we have elected Barack Obama as our next president, a person who, in his biracial, transnational roots, puts a much improved face on the United States. However, I am also deeply disappointed that Californians have voted to revoke my rights and to discriminate against me as […]

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This week’s issue of Entertainment Weekly includes a column from Mark Harris on gay characters on television. I’m always interested when a mainstream publication examines LGBT representation on TV, but I have to admit, I’m mostly interested in seeing whether they have any idea of what they’re talking about. Mark Harris’s column didn’t exactly give me hope.

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In the last couple of weeks, I’ve been reading/watching/listening to more reports about the economy since I was an econ major in college. So maybe my OOTW should really be economics/the financial disaster/WTF with the bailout plan, but really, that’s not as sexy as Rachel Maddow.

One of the people I’ve been listening to as she […]

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Earlier this week, my Fall TV Preview was published on AfterEllen.com. There are more lesbian/bi women on TV this fall than in years, which is both awesome and, frankly, pathetic, since there are less than half a dozen such women. I am convinced that the low number of lesbian/bi characters in scripted television is due […]

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For the past month I have been writing, writing, writing. First there was an extensive revision of Ash, which has since been sent back to the editor for another round of editing. (To everyone who asks: No, it’s not done yet. It takes a long time to write and edit a book. Like a year […]

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I’ve spent the last week on a semi-isolated writer’s retreat (OK, my girlfriend is here, and her lovely dog) working on yet another revision of Ash. The difference is, this one is required by my publisher. Eeek! Things are going as well as they can, though, so here’s a list of things I’ve written […]

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