Cover Nostalgia
Book covers are complex things – they’re both a sales tool with clue to what’s inside, and an emotional piece of the book. Sometimes, for a favorite read, just looking at the cover makes me feel the pull of the Read more
Author: Kaje Harper
Beyond the Binary
July 14th was International Non-binary People’s Day. As I checked posts out online, some of the stories made me think about how that can be reflected in my writing in the M/M genre, and in my reading and reviewing. As Read more
Sex positivity and M/M
One of the things I like about the M/M genre is that it provides a place to shed some of the double standards we have about sex— our celebration of sexiness but our disdain for people who have too much Read more
Love in Translation
It’s a big ego boost to have a publisher express an interest in doing a translation of my books. It’s also a bit scary. As a writer, words are my tools and my toys, my paintbrushes and electric cattle prods. Read more
Ghostwriting
Along with recent scandals about plagiarism, we’ve also seen a new focus on an age-old completely-legal practice— ghostwriting. We all know there are celebrity “autobiographies” that weren’t written by the name on the cover. And many well-known classic series under Read more
Patricia Nell Warren and words that change lives
The death this week of author and activist Patricia Nell Warren was a huge loss to the LGBTQ books community. For many, it felt like a personal loss, because of how deeply her writing, in particular her novel The Front Read more