#qpoc writers

[yourdailyqueer]

Michael Paramo

Gender: Non binary - Xicanx (he/they)

Sexuality: Queer, Asexual and aromantic

DOB: Born 1993

Ethnicity: Mexican

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer, academic, artist

[abyssal-debonair]

“There’s a sensibility that we can pass down in our cultures,” says Gomez. “That changes the way the culture works, even if it’s only in tiny ways.”

[poetryorchard]

We're hosting a creative writing workshop inspired by queer creators in celebration of Pride - all are welcome to come and celebrate queer love and joy 🌈✨

Sign up here!

[kawaiixchaotic]

I JUST POSTED THE FIRST CHAPTER OF MY VERY FIRST AO3 FIC AHHHHHH

it's a sapphic enemies to lovers fic based on the Kdrama "Mine" (2021) from TVN. It is also a Netflix original.

it's a chapter I've had sitting around for a while due to lack of motivation but I'm trying to get back to writing regularly and I'm hoping the momentum from this will help motivate me. Pls share, tell me ur thoughts, enjoy!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/50941678

[theboywhocriedbooks]

I just launched an online writers group for queer writers of color! It’s on Discord and the goal is to have fun, form community, and write. I always feel motivated to writer after talking to my writer friends so!!! 

Join us! https://discord.gg/QaaCSCJw

[dkmedium]

Reverence

He came to me like a poem Sudden and fresh Thoughts of him rest at the tip of my tongue My words willing to dive into his chest at the risk of never being returned His melanin coloring my pages His roots deep and protected My verses must carry weight to reach them Sweet enough to be swallowed whole Real enough to be remembered with reverence His voice echoing my spoken word My stanzas…

[softbinary]

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[lemursandsirens]

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today the lack of collagen isn’t just in my connective tissue i feel the strands of experiences twisting and breaking down as if they want to get me to stop i think it means i should be kind and delicate perhaps some elmore’s oil and a weighted blanket or googling again if i’m eligible for care (you never are) instead i think i should just do what i usually do be a sock outta the buskin duo for the day eventually i’ll feel it (you never do)

[aeimygdala]

i got this like. autistic horror anthology book, right? called "spectrum" and i noticed some cool things! like how most of the authors are lgbtq+ out of the 20 stories, 9 of them feature explicitly trans protags! neat, right? i love autistic trans ppl. i am an autistic trans people. was really hoping for nonbinary autistic protags So. 45% explicitly trans protags! one is in the second person, but the protag is heavily implied to be trans in some undefined way and uh well, six of the trans protags are trans men. only two of them are nonbinary they/thems there's a. single, trans woman, the gf of a trans man protag, and he gets her killed. so. uh

we love autistic trans representation, right? <3

jesus christ i am so Fucking Sick of reading about autistic trans men while begging for scraps of nonbinary ppl and there's not even a single ALIVE trans woman in sight also i found fucking "Freydis Moon" helped edit the anthology. which isn't the fault of the ppl organizing it but it made me triple take

[yourdailyqueer]

Nagata Kabi

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Lesbian

DOB: 28 May 1987

Ethnicity: Japanese

Occupation: Writer, manga artist

[gravedirtt]

LOVE SHORE IS OUT NOW. 💜

The game that I’ve worked on for 4 years is out today, and it feels surreal. Perfect Garbage grew up as a self-funded, internally driven studio headed by two QPoC writers because of this game, and I became a Narrative Designer because of it. We put a lot of heart into Love Shore, and we hope you feel that in every moment.

Here’s the link.

[jesncin]

In a recent post, you talk about how certain media will have QPOC characters that "feel white." Are you willing to explain more on how that happens? I'm a QPOC person that writes a decent amount of QPOC characters, and it's always interesting seeing other people's takes on how to handle that in stories.

Sure! Most of the time when I say a QPOC character "feels white" is that it lacks intersectionality. Intersectionality is about acknowledging how different marginalized identities manifest in a person, creating a unique experience. Most writers assume QPOC are just "white queer person with a palette change" instead of "we go through similar things but in an entirely different way".

A good example is Heartstopper (A show I like btw!! I can only speak for the tv show and season 1!). It's often incorrectly dismissed as fluff/escapism when it's actually a show that talks directly about marginalization (transphobia, homophobia, etc.) specific to Britain, and some really dark topics come up sometimes. But I was surprised at how little (if not at all?) racism was brought up as something QPOC struggle with. The plot with Tara (a Black girl) and Darcy (a white girl) coming out as a lesbian couple but Tara ended up struggling with the backlash was the perfect opportunity to talk about how she deals with compounded racism, sexism, and homophobia (perhaps even from her own community). But it wasn't brought up at all in that season. I'm sure this gets expanded on in future seasons but it did feel like a huge missed opportunity to me, especially since the show was so open to directly talking about queerphobia. It ends up looking selective about what issues the writer is comfortable talking about.

Intersectionality connects with everything, including joyful stories. A queer paradise to me is a world where we reclaim indigenous queer culture that was suppressed by colonialism, a place where we don't have to cut our cultural ties and end up embracing a westernized version of queer identity, where our language expands to include queer people, where we acknowledge that things like "body positivity" and disability acceptance are inherently linked with racial justice, where we can be whole. In these narratives with QPOC that "feel white", something is always lost. Whether that be culture, language, religion, anything. In She-Ra, the QPOC are just that. We get a dumpling once and a while as "representation" but that's it.

[idolkilling]

sorry if this ask isn't allowed or off-putting (you don't have to respond if it is) but do you have any artists on here that you recommend? i've been following your socials since around 2017, but i haven't been on tumblr much since then and would love to find more artists who create similar oc focused work to you :D

No worries, this is a fine ask!! ^^ BUT UNFORTUNATELY I’M IN THE SAME BOAT YOU ARE, HELP… 😭 I also want to know where my fellow (1) QPOC, (2) OC-focused, (3) openly landmine/dead dove-favourable, (4) interaction/RP-positive creators are… But I have yet to find many who hit all four points… It’s dire out here… :(

If you want to look into writers, @mihlen is my best friend and RP partner of several years—we have shared custody over most of their OCs and their fics are lovely! @ramsauced and @enigma-sanctity are also good OC friends and both of them draw very well, but neither are active on SNS at the moment TT

So my dash is as dead as yours for the most part 🥹 If any of my followers have recs, please feel free to drop them into the replies (including reccing yourself!!!)—I’d really love to follow more QPOC OC enthusiasts too! 🥺👉👈

A few creators who don’t hit all my rec criteria but I still enjoy are nozmo, kosmicdream, and deeppink-man! I’m a fan of their comics Avarice is My Darling’s Vice, Feast For a King, and Disillusionment Diary (translated by mihlen!) respectively. There’s also sds-mod, who runs a few interactive OC blogs and with whom I have several OC dynamics (Knife Life is our prominent one) :>

More artists/writers who mainly posts OCs, but either don’t hit all my rec criteria or have works that are much different from mine (so your mileage may vary) are:

ravenatural-art, oshadefiant, 0steo, ohpsshaw/ohbleck (I love her OCs), lowercasemink, and ko2vo ! reinapepiada also has incredible OCs, but they don’t have an OC-focused blog

—If I gave you a shoutout and you’d prefer I remove it, please let me know! ;w;/

[dyemelikeasunset]

just wanted to send a message thanking you and appreciating the humanity you give to your characters. i love that i can look to your art and never have to worry about how the Black characters are treated. dom and mor are so well fleshed out and u can tell they were created with a lot of love and passion. thank you for sharing them with us!!!!

Thank you so so much for reading and liking my series and characters!! I'm glad you can feel safe in the art and stories I depict, that honestly means so much

I hate that you have to have so much anxiety about other artists/writers, but I promise I will work my hardest to never lose that trust you have placed in me. I see your struggles, and I did write a lot of Dom & Mor with those struggles in mind. I want QPoC to have stories where we are loved tenderly and allowed to have flaws and joy all at once

[ae-park]

Æ PARK — a writeblr re-introduction;

sending a hello to the wide blue yonder of writeblr! i'm back after a long hiatus, so please bear with me while i reacquaint myself. i'm æ, previously iusiurandums, a thirty-year-old qpoc creative looking to connect with writers and readers who love provocative, diverse fiction. nice to meet you (again, for some)!

— you can also find me at patreon !

about æ;

— i'm fond of typing in lowercase, studying classic literature, lo-fi music, and embracing lacunas, also known as untranslatable words.

— my favorite tropes are academic settings, "it's complicated" romances, anti-heroines, sub-textual doublespeak, and lovable fools.

— my digs are speculative fiction, emphasizing late young adult/new adult contemporary fantasy. throw in some intergenerational trauma and found family healing, and beware of characters who will do anything to achieve their goals.

— expect experiments with typography and transtextuality within my works! i love playing with language, narration, perspectives, and mediums.

wips under the cut! ⤵

projects;

⛓ on oaths and omens

dark academia contemporary fantasy medical drama set in 199X dublin, ireland

a historic clan's legacy, a vengeful plague, and a slaughtered family are all on the line as talented curse breakers compete for their school's most prestigious award to change their destinies. for what is a curse if not a promise tainted? status: drafting

🌊 seaward bones

high fantasy sea-faring pirate adventure

divine and gigantic monsters live beneath the ocean. called 'sea hags,' these sinister creatures sink islands, cause whirlpools, and have the maritime nations of kiticitam at their mercy. when a girl hell-bent on revenge enlists two "sail-for-pay" shipmen to track down the monster who drowned her homeland, she discovers a dangerous network of corruption as deep and myriad as the undiscovered seas. status: brainstorming

🛐 of savants and saints

dark academia contemporary fantasy murder mystery set in 201X new york city, new york

the brightest halls of academia cast the darkest shadows. of thirteen undergrads studying at the illustrious st. iendor university of divine arcana, one will lose their head. twelve will lie to keep theirs. the arbiter of duels is dead, and the culprit hides behind sorcery and cunning. for magicians never reveal their secrets, and witches never confess their sins. status: brainstorming

( to be added to a taglist for any of my works, reply to this post with the project you're interested in! )

& please like or reblog this post if you think we'd vibe! i'm always looking for more writer and reader friends, especially those who like writing experimental and diverse fiction. thank you for reading!

take care. -æ 🌾

[dkmedium]

Where I Pray

I’ve never felt comfortable on my knees Praying for insight or reprieve Hoping that heaven is listening or that the devil hasn’t seen. I’d rather stand at the intersection of my pain and release, the place where my fears and truths meet. I couldn’t pray for clarity or peace My words abandoned behind gritted teeth As I struggle to steady my own heartbeat. I’d rather run towards…