Writing Thoughts

I am still working on the same novel, but I guess since the election and the direction the country is going, I am wondering what or how this work will be distributed, if I have the chance to distribute at all. I still have dreams of trad pub but a lot of that is because, well, I would like a professional clean-up to work with me, of course, and also the covers and whatever are so much nicer than POD and whatever. But, you know. I don't know. It's hard to say anymore.

I was reading a book that was apparently published in 2023 and it makes me think about how basic the understanding of most non-cis people are in fiction even though like, the portrayal was not offensive or clearly wrong. And how you get things like in Arcane the implications of say Viktor being transcoded in various ways but had the narrative made him explicitly trans, the narrative would have inevitably diminished him, and it's not just because the show has worldwide release. It's just... frustrating. I don't know.

I should write harder, I should post about the last two books I read, etc. I think it is easy to get lost in crafting because it's so much easier than the other things I do on my brain. But the other stuff is worth doing BECAUSE it's hard, etc.