Lewis Luminos

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I'm a #British #transman, mid 50s, amateur #artist and #writer, interested in, amongst other things, #history, #language, #naturalscience, #ADHD, #dogs, #secondlife, #80s pop culture, #aircraft, #journaling, #fountainpens.

For the sake of my sanity I prefer not to engage with political discussions but I am left-wing, pro-choice, pro-union, antifa, EU-Remainer.

The good looking dude in my pic is my Second Life avatar.

@faithisleaping I was! I realised when I returned to my table and went back to collect it.
@faithisleaping I transitioned the other way, and the first time a stranger called me "Sir" was awesome. It was a guy serving me at a bar, and I was so excited I bounced happily away and forgot to take my drink!

If you're a cis person and you want to support the trans person in your life, just use their name and the correct pronouns and gender. Like, do it a lot. Especially when you're both around other people. Set the example. Correct people when they misgender and Deadname.

Seriously. It means a lot. More than you can know.

I have one coworker who always starts DMs in our work messenger with m'lady or similar. It's kinda cringe but it's so sweet. I LOVE it!

The airport parking shuttle driver somehow ma'am'd me like a dozen times between the airport and our car. Made my day. (Of course, that would NOT have made my day if it was "sir" or if I was transmasc.)

One of my favorite text messages I've ever received was my brother telling me how happy it made him to tell some guy in an airport bar that his sister has a PhD in math. Not that he likes my PhD but that he enjoyed calling me his sister.

Seriously. It means a lot.

People properly gendering you can make a trans person's day. It can also make the difference between a really awkward social situation and one that's survivable. It can make a crappy day better.

#WordWeavers 23/9 What is your favourite drink while writing?

The same as my favourite drink while not writing. Black tea (typically Yorkshire Tea) with no sugar and no milk.

#WritersCoffeeClub 23/9 Do you read your drafts aloud?

Typically only the dialogue. To check that it sounds natural. I've tried text-to-speech but I hate it - even natural dialogue sounds un-natural using that.

@shekinahcancook The US is only pretending to not be a theocracy. It absoutely is, though.

#WritersCoffeeClub 13/9 Do you derive joy from writing? Why?

Yes. It's like the joy I get from reading, except better because I'm engaging with the story actively, not passively.

It's not always fun though. Sometimes it's hard, and sometimes it's emotional. But always there is joy, in the end.

The joy I get from writing is the only reason I do it.

#WritersCoffeeClub Sept 12:
If you write novels, would you consider a short story and vice versa?

I already write both. I've written 100-word drabbles, a novel of 86,000 words, and everything inbetween.

@joehumphrey I don;t know if they are supposed to be anyone in particular but the woman on the left reminds me of a young Margaret Thatcher... 😂
I drew two of my characters on my flights home from the States yesterday. Victoria and Charlie all bloodied up. Charlie (on the right) is based on a stock image and Vickie is based on a photo of Gwendoline Christie #MastoArt