I think the first trick to writing a feminist work is to write plenty of women. That way you get to write characters, instead of worrying about paradigms.

My stories usually begin with the characters and some elements of how power (personal, political, magical) functions in the world. The rest develops as I write, and research helps a great deal with that. If you're going to write about an agrarian economy, research agrarian economies. If your main character is starving, then you should know what it means for a malnourished body to break down.

The less you say, the more weight your words will carry.

Grief had its own life, took its own sustenance.

Yuyeh sesh. Despise your heart. Ni weh sesh. I have no heart.

But I’ve also been known to answer to ‘sweetheart’ or ‘handsome.

There’s no such thing as too much champagne. Though your head will try to tell you otherwise tomorrow.