Emory Oakley @emory-yvr.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Rejection is a huge part of writing ✍️ but it doesn’t make it easy. How do you keep going following a rejection? 000
Emory Oakley @emory-yvr.bsky.social · 29/07/2026This series had no right being as good as it was #RubyDixon #RoyalArtifactualGuild #ByTheHorns 000
Emory Oakley @emory-yvr.bsky.social · 01/07/2026I wish every weekend was this wonderful 📚 I read this entire novel by the pool 000
Emory Oakley @emory-yvr.bsky.social · 19/04/2026I was published in @xtramagazine.com this week! Shared a heartfelt story of coming out to my dad as a means of protecting my queer sibling 🌈❤️🏳⚧ I feel so incredibly lucky to have such a bond with them xtramagazine.com/love-sex/i-c...xtramagazine.comI came out to my dad to protect my queer sibling | Xtra MagazineAs kids, my sibling took heat because I was sporty and they were nerdy. When we grew up, I did everything I could to keep them safe 010
Reposted by Emory OakleyThe Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Today The G&LR is participating in International Transgender Day of Visibility with a new personal essay from @emory-yvr.bsky.social about how it feels to grow older in trans body and to envision yourself becoming an elder in the community. glreview.org/aging-in-a-t... 002
Emory Oakley @emory-yvr.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Right after Women's Day is the perfect time for this book review to go live! Kai Cheng Thom was one of the first trans authors I read and I am so grateful for her words. Check out this book review I wrote on her book Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars lithub.com/on-kai-cheng...lithub.comOn Kai Cheng Thom’s Genre-Bending “Confabulous Memoir” Fierce Femmes and Notorious LiarsMy first read through of Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars by Kai Cheng Thom felt enchanting and that’s exactly the point. But the very fantasy that makes the book extraordinary may also be why it’… 021
Reposted by Emory OakleyJessica Walton | Vancouver City Council Candidate @jessforvancouver.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Having interviewed the three progressive mayoral candidates people have been asking me about this year - I see there are a lot of similarities. It will be an interesting race in the coming months to see how these candidates continue to solidify their plans for Vancouver. More to come from me soon! 021
Emory Oakley @emory-yvr.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Rejections are always going to be a part of freelance writing. But it's important to remember a few things: 1. It's okay to be sad, we are allowed to honour our feelings 2. A rejection isn't a reflection on us as writers or the quality of our work 3. Keep moving forward #KeepWriting 000
Emory Oakley @emory-yvr.bsky.social · 13/11/2025“Writing fiction, especially a long work of fiction, can be a difficult, lonely job; it’s like crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a bathtub” — On Writing by Stephen King 000
Emory Oakley @emory-yvr.bsky.social · 11/11/2025"Language doesn't always have to wear a tie and laceup shoes" --On Writing by Stephen King 000
Reposted by Emory OakleyJack Parker @mxjackparker.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Everyone who pre-orders a copy helps Transactional Intercourse get made, whether you get an e-book or go for a higher tier with more content and extras! If you have any interest in the lives of trans and/or intersex sex workers, this book will give you insight. www.kickstarter.com/projects/mxj... 11611
Emory Oakley @emory-yvr.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will be good enough -- The Artists Way 010
Emory Oakley @emory-yvr.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Finished this one today and I have so many feelings. Overall a great read 000
Emory Oakley @emory-yvr.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Can I just quut my job and read books? My to read list is impossibly long and I hate to prioritize which to read first. 010
Emory Oakley @emory-yvr.bsky.social · 16/07/2025Current read for Book Club! #QueerVanReads #DisabilityPrideMonth 000
Emory Oakley @emory-yvr.bsky.social · 28/06/2025Got my first literary rejection this week! (Since I started submitting again about a month ago) 000
Emory Oakley @emory-yvr.bsky.social · 21/06/2025The grace to be a beginner is always the best prayer for an artist 000
Emory Oakley @emory-yvr.bsky.social · 21/06/2025This is the life 📚 Reading the Fiancé dilemma by Elena Armas 000
Emory Oakley @emory-yvr.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Submitted my first poem to a lit mag in a very long time and I'm nervous excited 000
Emory Oakley @emory-yvr.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Usually, when we say we can't do something, what we mean is that we won't do something unless we can guarantee that we'll do it prefectly. -- The Artists Way week 7 010
Emory Oakley @emory-yvr.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Art is not about thinking something up. It is about the, getting something down. If we are trying to think something up, we are straining to reach for something that's just beyond our grasp, "up there in the stratosphere, where art lives on high" When we get something down, there is no strain. 000
Emory Oakley @emory-yvr.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Paused my journey through the Artists Way, but I'm back at it this week #WeekFive #RecoveringASenseOfPossibility 100
Emory Oakley @emory-yvr.bsky.social · 19/03/2025This is not something I probably would have picked up had it not been for #queerbookclub but I am so happy I read it. Such a unique way to tell a story and so beautifully written 010
Emory Oakley @emory-yvr.bsky.social · 09/03/2025The antidote for shame is self-love and self-praise 000
Emory Oakley @emory-yvr.bsky.social · 09/03/2025Reading week 3 of the Artists Way while my partner works and the cat snoozes #SundayVibes 000
Emory Oakley @emory-yvr.bsky.social · 09/03/2025"When we feel anger, we are often very angry that we feel anger" -- The Artists Way, week 3 100
Emory Oakley @emory-yvr.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Finished Fingersmith by Sarah Waters and wow! As a writer I am painfully bad at book reviews, but this one was so brilliant. Took a bit for my to get into but once I did I was hooked. And the twist at the end of part one absolutely blew me away 010
Emory Oakley @emory-yvr.bsky.social · 18/02/2025All too often, it's audacity and not talent that moves an artist to center stage -- The Artists Way 000
Emory Oakley @emory-yvr.bsky.social · 17/02/2025"Stop treating gender as though it were a set menu. Gender is an à la care arrangement" -- the nearest exit may be behind you 000
Emory Oakley @emory-yvr.bsky.social · 13/02/2025"Creativity is like crab gras--it springs back with the simplest bit of care" - The Artists Way 100
Reposted by Emory Oakleyalex🌛 @moon-axel.bsky.social · 11/02/2025does banning a book not just make people wanna read it more??? 97151296
Emory Oakley @emory-yvr.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Found this at one of those free libraries in Vancouver, I think it's a sign 010
Emory Oakley @emory-yvr.bsky.social · 08/02/2025One of my big goals as a writer this year is to challenge myself as a reader 📚 my to read list this year is filled with books from many different genres, including ones I wouldn't necessarily naturally gravitate toward. Give me your book reccs 👇 020
Emory Oakley @emory-yvr.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Quote from my book "Sometimes I think that I'm nothing but a lot of emotions all tangled up in my body and I don't know how to untangle them" #Same Dante and Aristotle Dive Into The Waters of the World 000
Emory Oakley @emory-yvr.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Quote from my book "manhood is a strange country" 000
Emory Oakley @emory-yvr.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Quote from my book today "The problem with my life was that it was someone else's idea" 000
