joehumphreyhey y'all. I logged in to find my post about Wendy Carlos for #TransVisibilityDay but thought I'd give an update about what I've been working on.
https://writeout.ink/@joehumphrey/109350071693334918
So far in my life, I've published 4 Bloodletting books, a Bride of Frankenstein inspired erotica story, and I've written two new novellas that are erotic stories about an autistic woman discovering her sexuality in her 30s with her best friend. It's a kind of half erotica, half literary fiction.
The books are called Gut Feeling and Uncontrollable Urge. Freedom of Choice is the third and final book. A cookie to whoever can tell me the significance of those titles!
The main thrust of those two books (which will ultimately be three books) is my intention to portrait Winnie (my Neurodiverse MC) as a well drawn, fully realized character on the spectrum, and show how she sees the world and tries to navigate it. It's raw, and honest, and the most vulnerable thing I've ever written. I'm very proud of it.
I'm working with an editor and audiobook narrator who has agreed to do take it on, and i'm very excited for that. I'm looking forward to getting to work on that. She's already done some editing, and it's going to be an interesting process.
I've got a newsletter that I try and publish at least once a week. It's mostly reviews and life updates and observations, and a bit of sharing what I'm working on. Drawings and things. That's at joehumphrey.com
alright, that's my update! I hope everyone is having a super chill, awesome day!
joehumphrey (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image It's #TransAwarenessWeek so I thought I'd talk about the first trans person I was aware of. When I was around ten, Weird Al put out an album with Wendy Carlos called Peter and the Wolf. This was in 1988. I was a HUGE Weird Al and also a pretty big fan of The Shining. My parents explained to me that Wendy Carlos had arranged the music for The Shining and that she was responsible for a lot of music in movies. They also told me that she had decided, later in life, that she would be happier as a woman, so she changed her appearance and name and now lived life as a woman. And that was okay, because it was her life to do with as she saw fit. That made an impact on me, and I still think about her when trans issues are being discussed. Now I have some very lovely trans people in my life, including family, and my appreciation for them stems, at least in part, from that childhood experience. So thank you mom and dad for that.
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