Chad Grayson

love this!

#QueerPrompts Yazmin, Zayne's sister, and who is, so far, my crit group's favorite character, is aroace.

#QueerPrompts Zayne - a golden retriever but he's scary powerful when he's fully charged up. 9/10 Cole - A Black cat with shadow and teleportation powers. 7/10

my hot take is that James Patterson exemplifies everything that is wrong with traditional publishing.

not even kidding

I have no idea what my body count is was I supposed to be keeping a sign-in sheet? #GaySky

#QueerPrompts not automatically but i have had characters clarify what pronouns they should be using for a person they were meeting..

#QueerPrompts That is a very good question!!

it's really cute watching Sarah's kids bond with Drew's new stepdaughter, Elora (3). Yes, I have six grandchildren now. we've entered the cousin era.

#QueerPrompts Zayne: with a well-reasoned argument complete with receipts. Cole: by punching the hater in the face. both approaches are valid.

#AmWriting

though I've liked some (Sinners, Pitch Black) I generally don't like horror movies because I don't enjoy watching people die in pain and terror (unless they deserve it like in Fall of the House of Usher).

Age yourself with a childhood crush. I wasn't wrong.

it's true I saw 3 of them today.

Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn't a selfie.

it's a little curious (not curious at all actually) that the people who have had their contracts cancelled because of unproven allegations of AI use have been people of color. it's almost like how the ancient people of color are assumed to have needed alien help to build their monuments.

Happy National Coming Out Day. It was on this day in 2019 that I came out to my parents. I had not realized it was coming out day when I did it. lol. #GaySky

Happy National Coming Out Day. It was on this day in 2019 that I came out to my parents. I had not realized it was coming out day when I did it. lol. #GaySky

#QueerPrompts i grew up fundamentalist in the 80s and 90s. I am not kidding that positive queer rep, especially directed at young people like Rick Riordan is doing now, might have changed the course of my fucking life. a few years ago when i saw the cover of the Nico/Will book i wept for 30 mins.

#QueerPrompts Stadi, Cole's Sangelli mother is a lesbian married to a bisexual woman. shes also a viewpoint character. so not just a lesbian but a lesbian with wings!

I may be a grandpa but I am also in my 'hooking up with college town guys' era. Don't judge me..I didn't get this era when I should have. I have a lot of catching up to do. lol. #GaySky

For my own part I use tropes like everybody does but I don't write with them in mind. #AmWriting #WriterSky ##AuthorSky

#QueerPrompts Zayne Has Toberon Hale/Proctor, his new CO, who takes him under his wing. Cole's mother Stadi coaches him somewhat, a role that will be expanding in book 2.

had a hookup with a cute grad student last night and he was ... um, very verbally expressive which is nice because i like to know when I'm doing a good job.. #GaySky #TooSpicyForFacebook

#QueerPrompts oh lots of things but probably primarily the on-the-page buttsex.

#QueerPrompts this is the 42nd Century and being queer isn't really remarkable anymore and there are famous queer people discussed in history classes because of their accomplishments not just because they're queer.

#Writing #WriterSky #AuthorSky

#QueerPrompts Zayne: accidentally because he lost control of his powers. Cole: What School? What Fire? You Can't Prove Anything!

#QueerPrompts Queer people are not the majority or anything but in most places it's not considered abnormal (there are more progressive and more conservative worlds of course).

#AuthorSky I regret to inform you that once again, I have chosen violence! on a comment thread under an ad for a 'service provider' that says you can pay them to get you 'legitimate' book reviews on Amazon.

I made a meme to commemorate the occasion! lol. #CatSky

#CatSky

sometimes people ask me what advice I have for newer writers, and I do have some: Get Out While You Still Can It's Too Late For Me But You Can Still Save Yourself!!! (jk sorta) #WriterSky

I say this as a person of Faith. If you're insisting that Science proves your faith is real, then you've kind of missed the point of Faith.

#QueerPrompts it's not really a thing in this world but if they were in our modern times Cole's official position would be 'I don't believe in ghosts except for the one in my moms' house that motherfucker is real!'

my favorite part of getting older is how your priorities crystalize and you let go of so many things that aren't that important, like the weight of everyone else's opinions and expectations.

#QueerPrompts I want to get the A/B draft of The Paradox Matrix finished by Feb 20th. And The Radiant Tomb edited and released on March 4th.

#QueerPrompts Zayne - Fire fighter Cole - Private Investigator

#QueerPrompts Zahra Nasryn/Mother Sage, one of Cole's mothers, is bi. She's married to a (badass) woman now, but she's still bi. this will become plot relevant eventually <maniacal laugh> (not because she cheats I don't play that way).

I have never committed war crimes but I may have accidentally left the kitchen light on a couple of times (allegedly) and according to my parents that's basically the same thing.

You can't want something for somebody more than they want it for themselves. Allow people the dignity of their own experience and consequences ... #AccidentalLifeCoach

#QueerPrompts Zayne's lifelong dream was to join the Vanguard and defend the empire from the Zhedari so ... adventure. Cole is an active member of the resistance but would like peace eventually.

#QueerPrompts neither Zayne nor Cole had trouble with this. I, however, was raised fundamentalist and was tortured by it, even marrying a woman because I thought it would 'fix me.' I came out to myself at 35, then got divorced and came out completely at 46 when my kids were grown. it was a lot.