I decided to make some merch with a pair of images inspired by The Ballad of the Grey Swan and a good old-fashioned LGBTQIA+ slogan!
All are available through RedBubble.
Category Archives: What I’m Up To
The announcement: I have published a novel!
Yes! That’s the big announcement for today, the thing that’s been being counted down to in the margin and in my other posts. I have published a novel! My first novel. And I’m excited.
It’s called The Ballad of the Grey Swan. It’s a swashbuckling fantasy novel inspired by things like:
- my love of Dungeons and Dragons and fantasy
- the works of Alexandre Dumas like The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers,
- books like War for the Oaks which involve people rising up to be the equal of magical powers
- swashbuckler movies
- my desire to have a fantasy novel that reflects trans people and gay people as just people living their lives (well, as normal as you get in a fantasy world, but you get the idea) until things get weird
- and an image I got in my head and had to get out one way or another.
Transgender Things: The Cost of Being Yourself, Part 1: Name Changes
A name change is important – you want to be yourself, and when you’re transgender, your name is a big, big part of it. This got brought up in a comment on my last post, so I thought I’d go into a bit of detail about the costs for a name change here where I live in the state of Pennsylvania.
Transgender Things: A Day Out
Today, I got a message from my wife asking me if I would like to meet up with her for lunch. I hadn’t seen her workplace, so I figured, sure! I decided to step up and embrace my transgender self for this trip.
Thinking about the OGL 1.2 kerfuffle, and what comes next.
So it seems like everyone in the universe who plays D&D, and a lot who don’t, have been chiming in about the Open Gaming License (OGL) issue.
From The Calendar: Transgender Awareness Week
This week is Transgender Awareness Week.
If you have read this, you are now aware of me.
Transitions: Medication update
After a bunch of time and waiting, I finally got my medications in order properly again. Which is nice. I also added in one more.
What We’re Up To: Happy Anniversary!
Last week was my ninth wedding anniversary. My darling wife Sellesta and I celebrated it with little pomp and circumstance, excepting that we ordered in our favorite meal and had a very nice evening.
Transitions: Some More Changes
This weekend, I went out on Sunday and got something else done to feminize my appearance a bit as part of my transition.
Transitions: What Else We Did This Weekend
A couple of days ago I mentioned that my wife and I played hooky this past weekend on Friday, but then on Saturday we did some more things, one of which I would never have expected to do if you’d asked me about it a couple of years ago.