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Award-disdaining Author, Exile & Kook \ud83d\udc9c\ud83c\udfa9\ud83d\udc08⬛ Books with a side of self-publishing chaos, anxiety, and life’s weird little moments (FKB) | Shining a light on the amazing queer writers of Substack (Qstack) | The Pink Sheep Novels: Lamb and Waterspout
Early midlifer, swooning seventeen-again, writing books about YAs falling in ❤️. Author of SEE DOT SMILE (October 2026) and host of the TALK FICTION podcast.
Michael Steele is a full-time teacher and part-time writer in California.
Jerry Portwood is the founder of The Queer Love Project, which explores LGBTQ+ stories about relationships. He was a top editor at Rolling Stone, Out magazine, and New York Press. He's a longtime instructor at the New School's writing program.
Memoirist & cultural essayist. GenX word nerd. I write out loud. Co-host & booker: The Daily Whatever Show. Fine feminist. Loves storytelling, karaoke, ectomorphs, her two teens, and Oxford commas. Loathes the RHCP.
Wyatt O'Brian Evans is that Quintessential Renaissance Guy: Author, Journalist, Podcaster, and Intimate Partner Abuse Specialist. The new novel, "Nothing Can Tear Us Apart--RUTHLESS!", is available 8/18/26. “Speaking My Mind Loudly And Proudly!”
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