Fiction Craft Blog

One big decision to make when drafting your queer fiction novel is whether to set it in a queernorm or cisnorm world, and I recommend you make this decision with intention, as each option has both advantages and drawbacks. What is a cisnorm setting or world? The regular world we live in is, by and large, a cisnorm world. What this means is that heteronormative sexuality and binary gender identity are viewed as “normal” and many people or “society” attach a stigma to nonconfor

“Write what you know” is popular advice often given to writers. That’s because it’s easier to imagine a setting you know well and write about it in a way that reflects what it really is like there. You’re less likely to make big errors that will make the story sound unbelievable or unconvincing to readers. That doesn’t mean you don’t have to do any research, and memory is fallible too, but it’s an easier option than writing beyond your experience. Setting and perspective offe