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TB has translation news. Devil’s Advocate is now available in French. Oooh la la! TB and Miranda are writing again now that Miranda is on the road to recovery. It’s nice to get words on the page again. TB finds herself in another confrontation with Amazon as it appears increasingly challenging to perform basic tasks on KDP.
Clare spent the week at London Book Fair and was on a panel. She’s hit the big time! Even better, she’s met some new sapphic fiction authors and caught up with old friends. Clare’s next book is not far from going to the editor. How exciting! More importantly, Spurs women beat Man City! Clare is so happy.
They crash on to the topic: when they’ve broken rules or rebelled conventional wisdom. Both of them aren’t inherently inclined to break rules, yet there have been occasions in both their professional and personal lives where they’ve done so. Listen to the episode to find out when they have gone against the grain and how it worked out.
Tell us when you’ve broken a rule and what happened when you did. Head over to www.lesbianswhowrite.com and leave us a comment.
Happy listening!
Clare & TB
Link:
French version of Devil’s Advocate: https://www.reinesdecoeur.com/les-livres-lesbiens/l-avocate-du-diable-tb-markinson-miranda-macleod/
Loved listening to you both. It’s nice to hear the voices that go with the faces and the books. Thank you for this fun and insightful time.
Aww, thanks so much for the kind words!
My favorite “rule” to break in writing is the “no one ever just says what they mean, it’s unrealistic, so don’t let characters do that” bullshit. A) lots of people, especially neurodivergent peeps, do in fact just bluntly say exactly what they mean, exactly what they’re thinking, and I’m one of them (hi!).
I find a lot of writing “rules” are actually just whatever the current fashion is. And while it’s usually a good idea to keep aware-ish current trends, they are not in fact sacred law. It’s also worth considering the role privilege and societal power dynamics plays in who makes these rules, and who they make them for, what specific demographic is being catered to.
All excellent points!