“In Cypress Slough” includes two gay characters, but it’s not a story about being gay in East Texas.

In this behind-the-scenes look at the latest Not About Lumberjacks story, I talk about representation, the stories I’d never write (and why), and how I approach writing disenfranchised characters who have experienced lives I can only imagine.

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Links to some people and things mentioned in this episode:

• ScreamQueenz
• Writing the Other
• Nisi Shawl
• Cynthia Ward
• David Bowles
• Invisible | Invisible 2
• Craft in the Real World
• Alba Salix
• Fable and Foley
• Natalia Sylvester

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