Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart.

15.17: Asexual Representation

Your Hosts: Dan, Tempest, Mary Robinette, and Howard

Generally speaking, asexuality is a sexual orientation or identity typified by the absence of a desire to have sex. It’s *way* more complicated than that, however, and in this episode Tempest helps us unpack it so that asexual characters can be written more effectively.

Liner Notes: Want to dig deeper? Over at Writing The Other there’s  a master class on writing asexual characters taught by Lauren Jankowski.

Credits: This episode was recorded by Bert Grimm, and mastered by Alex Jackson.

Homework: Take two characters from your current WIP.  Write a meet-cute, and have both characters be asexual, yet romantic.

Thing of the week: Let’s Talk About Love, by Claire Kann, and narrated by Adenrele Ojo.

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