Thanks to everyone who submitted to the carnival this month (which was on the topic of Writing About Asexuality); I’ve enjoyed reading/watching, and I hope the pieces can continue to spark discussion. This month’s submissions pretty much fell into three different categories, so that’s how I’ve organized them below. If I missed anything, or if you have a late submission, just let me know and I’ll add it. :)
Personal experiences of writing nonfiction:
- redbeardace described his own experiences of writing about asexuality, including blogging and a book.
- Laura wrote about venturing into writing about asexuality for Muslims.
- Ace in Lace discussed their history of writing about asexuality, including the obstacles they encountered due to the darker aspects of Tumblr culture.
- Sara K. wrote about what surprised her after she started blogging about asexuality.
- Elizabeth discussed the process of starting revisions on one of her most widely-read posts and put out a call for more articles related to the topic.
- Elizabeth also wrote about her experiences of writing about asexuality in a variety of different genres in a classroom setting (here on her blog and here on the Asexual Agenda).
- Jo wrote about how and why blogging about asexuality has become harder for her.
- The Anonymous Asexual wrote about the safety that comes from writing about asexuality anonymously.
Tips for writing nonfiction:
- redbeardace compiled a list of tips for ace bloggers.
- Elizabeth started a series on blogging about asexuality.
- Laura provided some tips for writing about asexuality in non-ace spaces based on her own recent experiences.
Advice and musings on writing asexual characters and portraying asexuality in fiction:
- Silvermoon pointed out some issues she’s noticed with the way aces and asexuality are portrayed in fanfiction.
- Ace in Lace wrote a response to Silvermoon’s post.
- AmeliaAce made a vlog about writing asexual characters.
- onlyfragments wrote about listening to the asexual characters you’re writing to find out what asexuality looks like for them.
- Hibernia wrote about the need for asexual characters who aren’t aliens.
- Aqua wrote about some of the challenges one faces when writing an asexual and/or aromantic character.
- I detailed some of the thoughts and concerns I’ve had as I work on a novel with an ace protagonist.
- luvtheheaven discussed writing ace characters in fanfiction (and also talked a bit about her experiences of blogging).
So many amazing posts! Will watch the vlog soon. I’ve read everything else. ;) Thanks for hosting this, cinderace!
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Wow! Great carnival!
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Thanks for hosting the carnival, cinderace! It’s been ages since I’ve actually participated, it was good. :)
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Hello. I emailed you my submission on the 16th and never got a response. And again yesterday. Are my emails being eaten? Is there something wrong with my submission? I’ve just been getting a little worried here.
Submission link: http://tmblr.co/ZZWYzl1f-Q54o
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I am so sorry about that! I never received the emails and am not sure why that would have happened; I did have other people email me successfully. I will add your submission to the roundup post right now.
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Thank you!
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I don’t have a tumblr account, so I hope this reply will reach you here – your piece about writing about asexuality anonymously resonated with me. I wouldn’t be able to write as freely about some of the things I do if my blog weren’t pseudononymous, and there are some things about my experiences as an aseuxal I would probably only write about in a truly anonymous blog (for the moment, though, I see not reason to make those things public, even anonymously).
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Thanks for the comment. That’s a lot how I’ve felt with my main blog; I’m comfortable with which people in my life are likely to read it and which aren’t. I might have even written some of the things there that I’m intending to keep to my anonymous blog, if it wasn’t for the realization that some details are too specific to put on both blogs. There are upsides and downsides, I suppose.
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