JD Cadmon

October 19th marks the 5-year anniversary of my debut novel, A Feral Spark. On sale for 99 cents all month! An escaped genetically modified werewolf A woman who can control fire with her mind A scientist bent on professional glory Danger at every corner books2read.com/feralspark

#LGBTQWriteAThon Favorite spooky season pastime for my characters: Jenn and Marisol drink Mexican hot chocolate together while Mari gets naked and wears Day of the Dead face makeup. It's a whole sequence in A Work of Art. (Out next month!)

#QueerPrompts Gif of feeling Sweet #wlw love! [A Work of Art]

#LGBTQWriteAThon Goals! I am going to finish two short stories for submission calls due December 1st: "The Song Remains the Same" [hero returns home after war with a hole in his memory] "Centaur Stage" [centaur rock band can't get a hotel because they trash them] Then plan November novel: Handled

#QueerPrompts Asexual Awareness Week I've used Asexual characters in my works frequently, though not as often as my bisexual characters. In A Work of Art (to be released next month), one of my leads is a questioning character who doesn't pick a label in the story. But she's SUPER demisexual.

#LGBTQWriteAThon Check in (a day late) I forgot to do this yesterday. I achieved all stated goals this week. That means I got my manuscript submitted to my editor Wednesday morning. I quickly found out she was out of office for the week ahead, but I did it! I've also started 1 of 2 short stories

#LGBTQWriteAThon Most embarrassing memory? I don't know! with Jenn and Mari, I didn't look into the depths of their lives and memories. I'm sure other authors would. I suspect for Mari, it would probably be something related to depending on someone else and that being an outright fail.

#QueerPrompts Spooky reading recs? Sorry. I haven't read anything new and spooky lately.

#WeeknightWriters A6 Self-promo I have a sapphic romance novella coming out next month. Hopefully, I'll have the date for you soon. In the meantime, celebrating 5 years since the publication of my debut novel this month. Get it for 99 cents! (V. close to sales record!) books2read.com/feralspark

#WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall A5 I'll be spending regular time in brainstorming mode, asking myself about scenarios and sequences of events until I have ideas to throw together like a Jackson Pollack art piece. (I'll also be working on 2 short stories. Wish me luck!)

#WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall A4 Most of the middle in the end as I have not thought about it with specific events. Usually, I'm great at beginnings, and I see the end. The middle is like a pinball ricocheting around a game sometime. My structure isn't as bad as it used to be, though!

#WeeknightWriters A3 #FirstDraftFall There will be more of an outline as I get into it, but it won't be rigidly structured. It might be "Scene X: Characters talk about first date" (or whatever it actually is). I've already been doing brain dumps on characters and events to put into a sequence.

#WeeknightWriters A2 My #FirstDraftFall story is Handled, which came about by wondering in true speculative fiction fashion "what would happen if women's sexual health was treated as true healthcare"? Felt like a revolutionary idea that included sex work as a regulated industry w/ good benefits

#WeeknightWriters A1 For my #FirstDraftFall project, Handled, I fall under True Plantser. I've done extensive brain dumps into various digital and analogue documents. As many things as I've written, I always go off script by the end. I know what the end feels like, but regular detours at about 60%.

#WeeknightWriters Intro I'm JD, writer of Speculative BiFi and Romance. My WIPs this week are 2 short stories, one inspired by this chat and @catherinewinters.com almost a year ago exactly (Oct 23rd). As for my #FirstDraftFall project, I did planning on it in September and the first few days of Oct

Join us TONIGHT for a special #WeeknightWriters chat about planning your #FirstDraftFall project! This week, we're talking about outlining and plot!

#LGBTQWriteAThon Tinglers! Real title: A Work of Art Tingler: Pounded in the butt by my attraction to my nude model when I'd never experienced attraction before, which probably makes me demisexual, but I don't pick any specific label for myself during the novella.

#QueerPrompts Characters' worst nightmares Mari: Being stranded in the middle of traffic. Again. Jenn: Facing her inner demons and having to tell everyone else what she found.

Dumb things I think of on my lunch break: If my editor is Canadian (she is) and I'm waiting for her approval of my edits, does her approval mean she's given me her "Eh-okay"?

#LGBTQWriteAThon For Mari, the monster is her unreliable car. And being dependent on someone else. For Jenn, the monster is the fear of looking too closely at herself and seeing someone she doesn't want to find

#QueerPrompts International pronouns day None of the characters in the most recent story have done that. It isn't something that happens a lot for me, but I do tend to write cis characters. I think it will become more part of things from here, though.

Me: Sends manuscript to editor. Finally. After 2 months of tackling revisions. Editor's email response: "I'm out of office from October 21 through October 28." Sigh. It's not like I hadn't already taken a long time anyway, but darn it!

I... finished my editorial revisions. I'm going to check it once again tonight to be sure I haven't missed anything. But I'm sending it off to my editor after 2 whole months of waiting. It just gook me some time to get to the heart of the story.

In 1991 a guy named George Holliday filmed some BTS footage of the T2 scene where Arnold arrives in the present - they were filming near his house and he just went out with his camcorder. A few hours later he saw cops pull a guy out of his car, and filmed the beating of Rodney King on the same tape.

#LGBTQWriteAThon Genre swap! If A Work of Art were an art heist story, Jenn would be a master forger, and Mari would be her femme fatale. They'd be working together to case the Winter Showcase and get the best pieces while laughing at the patriarchy and still having lots more graphic sapphic "segs"

#QueerPrompts Favorite/least favorite parts of the writing process Favorite: The intoxication of creativity (new story, thinks finally going right) Least favorite: The mental game that goes with creativity, all the lies of Imposter Syndrome ("You're not good enough. Why do you try?")

Happy book birthday to MEEEEEE!!!! 🎶🎉

#LGBTQWriteAThon Goals Yes, I know I've been saying already for 2 months now, but my goal is to finish my revisions so my editor can give me her stamp of approval. I had a breakthrough last night, and I think I can get this to her by Wednesday. OMG! If so, I'm next doing 2 short story prompts.

#QueerPrompts I'm writing a romance. I think they feel safe with each other. I'm not sure where otherwise.

#LGBTQWriteAThon Line share "creepy" [sort of] She had a scarf and gloves with her when she came into the library, but they weren’t there now. What the hell? Was this a prank? Maybe she’d been too distracted by the dance of numbers that she hadn’t noticed any punk creeping around her study table.

#QueerPrompts No. Some might, just not in the stories I'm working on at the moment. (Not great choices on my part for Spooky Season.)

#QueerPrompts Curses or bad luck? Mari from A Work of Art thinks so! Her car is a piece of crap that leaves her stranded and vulnerable in a busy intersection. Otherwise, no magical or mystical curses.

#LGBTQWriteAThon Check In I'm not done with my editorial revisions for A Work of Art, BUT I've only got a few things left to do. I'm hoping to have a case of everything going faster at the end. I did work on my story story brainstorms, and have 2 solid concepts to work on next.

Happy Fri #lesficfri Friends! 🤗 Today’s theme is ****STRANGE**** What is STRANGE in your writing these days?! 😵‍💫

#LGBTQWriteAThon At first, I thought my artist Jenn (A Work of Art) might protect some priceless paintings, but I think she would save Mari first. She's already done that once. So she would do it again if it were necessary, though I hope for both of them that it wouldn't be.

#QueerPrompts For Marisol "Mari" Wilkes in A Work of Art, her word is... Independent. She doesn't like being a burden or accepting help from others.

Add "for Tax Purposes" to a movie: Trading Places for Tax Purposes

#WeeknightWriters A6 Self-promo My debut novel is 99-cents all month to celebrate it already being 5 years old! Proud of my milestone. books2read.com/feralspark

#WeeknightWriters A5 The world of Handled is the contemporary USA, about 5 minutes into the future after Congress has passed several good health and wellness laws related to women's health specifically. What if it was healthcare? Writing the story to find out!

#WeeknightWriters A4 Nothing, really. I always find character motivations the hardest part. It isn't directly world building, but the world the characters are in will affect their motivations.

#WeeknightWriters A3 I enjoy seeing/plotting the repercussions. X thing (that is probably different from our world) is normal in your world? What happens after that? The ripples of change can have far-reaching effects, which are fun to track.

#WeeknightWriters A2 Oh, gosh. I don't know. I have the brain freeze by being asked a question I wasn't prepared for. I'll figure out an answer at 3:00am when no one cares. I am doubting I have a minimum requirement. I can just... go.

#WeeknightWriters A1 Most of the time, characters come first, and I build the world to them. In my piece for #FirstDraftFall, the world came first, which was very exciting for me. I don't have everything figured out, but it feels like it has depth.

Add "for Tax Purposes" to a movie: Coyote Vs Acme for Tax Purposes

#WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall Intro I'm JD, writer of BiFi (bisexual fiction, usually SFF and Romance). Still in the editorial revisions for the novella I *will* release next month. (As God is my witness! /Scarlett O'Hara) I have a plan and timeline for Handled + ideas for 2 shorts & a novel

Join us TONIGHT for a special #WeeknightWriters chat about planning your #FirstDraftFall project! This week, we're talking about worldbuilding.

#LGBTQWriteAThon Never has my MC Ever... ...figured out her sexuality. She's been unconcerned about it and annoyed when other people bring it up. She's very demisexual coded as she does find her person in the story. They don't get together until the end when their professional relationship ends.

#QueerPrompts Spirit Day Seth from Handled is a former athlete. He would have considered himself an ally and brooked no slander or mistreatment of queer or trans folks. In his story, he later comes out as a baby bi, thanks in part to his also bi girlfriend. So more than an ally!

#LGBTQWriteAThon Anxieties Mari from A Work of Art doesn't want to be beholden to anyone. It gives her a bundle of negative feelings when she imagines herself being a burden to others. her arc is learning to accept help.

#QueerPrompts Sorry, not part of my stories right now unless we go big and say confronting our own wrong self-image is like confronting a bully.

Watched #DancingWithTheStars tonight. And now I have a plot bunny for a murder mystery in that world. I've even got a title. As absurd as the whole thing is, I could write this story. It would take longer, though, because I don't have experience writing Mystery as a genre. What a way to get some!