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“No More Ghosts” | Queer Childhood Out of the Closet

Posted by & filed under Book Bans & Censorship, LGBTQIAP2+, LOVE VIOLET, Picture Books.

Flahsback!  Read the essay here: WNDB: “NO MORE GHOSTS! A (Queer) Picture Book Love Story” We Need Diverse Books, Nov. 16, 2021   When I wrote this essay to celebrate the launch of our picture book, Love, Violet (Chua, FSG, 2022), the book bans and anti-LGBTQIAP2+ laws had just begun to surge. Since then, this movement has… Read more »

SCBWI Blog: CURES FOR LONELINESS: Writing & Illustrating Disability

Posted by & filed under Disability, On Creating.

  Becoming chronically ill with ME/CFS and POTS in 2018-19 radically changed my life and writing. Above all, it has brought isolation. What I’ve noticed from others with various disabilities is that isolation is common, whether from our disability or from prejudice and lack of accessibility. While most of our disabilities are not curable, loneliness… Read more »