If you’re reading this in the US, happy Independence Day. If you want a reason why this blog has been rather sparsely populated recently, that’s because our own ‘independence day’ (someone else’s words) was announced on 24 June and after that shock there was been one political earthquake after another. I have been glued to the news and the pace of change shows no sign of letting up. Just when you think nothing else can happen, some new twist emerged. What I find frustrating when you study real life is that when I write fiction, I have to make it believable…
Still, back to the writing stuff (technical term). On 1 July, it was one month to He’s Gone being published. It will be hitting the world at a time when the issues trans people face are making the news (even despite the politics). On the one hand, the US military ends the ban on trans people serving but on the other, they face being checked for gender when they go to the bathroom in North Carolina. Here in UK, as a second series of Boy Meets Girl, a series with a transgender heroine starts this week, another BBC channel harks back to stereotypes you’d expect to have been left in the 1970’s.
So, much more to do. If my book has a small part in introducing people to a trans character and being able to see through their eyes, then that is another reason to celebrate…