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Lucas J.W. Johnson: writer, queer, geek.

Words (Featured Posts)

I write a lot on this site that doesn’t lose relevance over time. I’ve collected some of the best here, for your convenience.

Writing and Publishing

  • Editing and the Workshop
  • “Literature” (and more)
  • Writing for a Market
  • Genre; an overview of YA fiction
  • Publishing, e-books, and transmedia; reimagining a fiction magazine
  • Copyright
  • Planning a novel, the outline, characters, and the first page
  • Narrative positioning
  • Should MFA programs teach the business of writing?
  • An author’s “brand” or “platform”

Queer Issues

  • When Escapism is Not Okay, a call to make better games
  • Coming Out (and a letter to Blake Skjellerup)
  • Educating on queer sexuality
  • I don’t “just happen to be gay“
  • Stories of Pride: One and Two
  • Transgender Day of Remembrance
  • Ghettoizing fiction

Geekery

  • Good Music
  • History
  • Pirates
  • Dungeons & Dragons

Life

  • Friendship
  • The Olympics
  • Breaking through the wall
  • The perils of communication
  • Lucas J.W. Johnson

    Lucas is a freelance writer and game designer from Vancouver, BC. He writes things. Sometimes, they're even good.

    Here he blogs about writing, queer issues, geekery, music, and life.

    Check out his transmedia development business at Silverstring Media.

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    All work on this site by Lucas J.W. Johnson is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License

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