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I& #39;ve been struggling w/my Pesach story because its very much set in present day, isn& #39;t separate from the current timeline, but is very much in the now, in Pesach 2020, which we are literally in the middle of. & I can only sometimes tolerate being that much in the now. https://twitter.com/TGStoneButch/status/1249127102441566209">https://twitter.com/TGStoneBu...
For me, as an immunocompromised disabled trans spoonie w/PTSD, writing a neighbors to lovers mutual aid focused Pesach romance betw 2 autistic diabetic trans ppl set in the present is to try to write folks like me into a hopeful future, one where we are caring for each other.
Part of what I do with my writing is to push myself to envision relationship possibilities & ways of connecting that hold the difficulties of everyday reality & imagine how we could support each other, be happy & joyful with each other, when the world says thats impossible.
CW eugenics
The world is screaming that people like me live in misery & that the best thing is for us to die so that others can live, My romances push back against that narrative about autistic fat disabled spoonie trans & queer ppl, insist that our lives are meaningful.
The world is screaming that people like me live in misery & that the best thing is for us to die so that others can live, My romances push back against that narrative about autistic fat disabled spoonie trans & queer ppl, insist that our lives are meaningful.
To write a romance that centers chronically ill fat trans autistic folks falling in love during this pandemic as they support each other to survive & try to carve out a way to honor their Jewishness is to even more directly talk back to voices that say our lives are worthless.
Sometimes I& #39;m too tired to try to fight that directly. Sometimes I& #39;m too overwhelmed by sorrow at ableism to be able to imagine that kind of hopeful counter-narrative, that path to a happy ending. Sometimes I need to write in a timeline that& #39;s not now. So I& #39;ve been doing both.
I haven& #39;t talked abt this project much in public because I know some ppl think its distasteful to write romance set in the pandemic & talking about it invites those voices, which messes with my writing headspace. I& #39;ve been trying to keep my head down & focus on the writing. But.
Folks are already targeting marginalized authors who write at a faster pace than I & have chosen to set their romances in the context of this pandemic. In particular, a Black woman author with asthma has been targeted. (I shared her thread earlier; I encourage you to read it.)
