Breaking Free: 45 Years In The wrong Body

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Possibly the only transgender woman author of psychological crime thrillers in Canada. Feel free to drop by for a visit and say hello, or comment on one of my blog posts. Joelle.

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I felt confused when I first started thinking of genre, specifically the niche my novel might best fit. I mean, sure, it’s a thriller. But t

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Joelle Circé

Joelle Circé — Author of "Breaking Free" — COMING SOON! Debut Novel, "The Rainbow Killer" - A Mary Dubois Thriller

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Sent off the manuscript of my debut queer thriller to the editor. This will be the first in a trilogy with queer, trans woman profiler Mary Dubois. The story is based in regional Quebec and is one of the first, if not the first Canadian thriller written by a trans woman about a trans woman, including other queer women and men. http://www.joellecirce.ca

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Hopes for the New year.

Hopes for the New year.

As this year ends, I find myself thinking about the future. I love writing stories that catch your attention and speak to diversity and hope. I also write to call out bigotry, homophobia, transphobia, misogyny, racism and other forms of exclusion and hatred.Writing about queer trans woman Mary Dubois, allows me to use my voice in a way in which I feel rewarding. So, as I wait to see where I go…

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A Dearth of Representation, with hopes and dreams.

A Dearth of Representation, with hopes and dreams.

Since completing my debut novel, which is presently in the hands of my publisher at Brainspired Publishing, I have already started work on the second installment of the Mary Dubois Thriller series. Now that I’ve had that first drink of the nectar which pours from the fountain of the Imaginarium in my mind, I understand that it flows freely and is only limited by what I’m willing to write, by what…

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This is how I fight. (quoting: Dharma Kelleher)

This is how I fight. (quoting: Dharma Kelleher)

I came across a post from a sister thriller writer who says she writes as an act of activism in the face of anti-LGBTQ violence and anti-trans laws. I’m ad-libbing as these are not her exact words. However, I think she says, “This is why I write. This is how I fight.” Her words brought it home for me, not that I wasn’t aware of why I was doing what I’d been doing after my transition all those…

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What is the value of my writing?

What is the value of my writing?

When I started writing my crime queer crime thriller, I dreamed of one day seeing it on bookstore shelves, doing reading and book signings, hell, even being approached by Hollywood. I was dreaming big. Then, as I kept writing and got closer to completing the story, I began worrying and becoming anxious. I imagined potential agents and publishers laughing at my efforts, I know that this is how I…

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Book Reading October 27th

Book Reading October 27th

I’m excited and honoured to do a reading on October 27th. Please join us. Brainspired Publishing Register in advance for the “Book Club – Book Discussion” meeting (free): https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZ0tcuGpqT0jGNwVQdgcVQsFq5HiI… After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Canada’s LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce

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My First Draft!

I am delighted to announce the completion of the first draft of my debut thriller, “The Rainbow Killer, a Mary Dubois Thriller.” This first draft is 77,220 words, that’s 268 pages. It’s not for the faint of heart, as it contains graphic details of mutilated bodies and swearing and is provocative as all hell. I wanted to tell a story in which the protagonist is a queer, trans woman. I populated…

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Book Giveaway Contest!

I’m giving away two free copies of my memoir “Breaking Free: 45 Years in the wrong body”, published by Brainspired Publishing. My memoir is about my life experiences while in the wrong body. It’s raw and honest and shows my path toward womanhood. I hope it can be a source of comfort for those going through similar issues and feeling alone.You must like, comment, or sign up for my newsletter on…

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Dead Winds, doldrums and why I write.

Dead Winds, doldrums and why I write.

After I wrote my memoir, with help from a professional writer, I thought I was done with the craft. After all, my goal was to share how I went through life in the wrong body, and that would be it. I hoped that, at best, my memoir might prove helpful to anyone going through something similar. It was also cathartic for me. Then, something happened. I had the bug, the writing bug, that is. From…

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Born with this voice!

Born with this voice!

I love that I wrote my memoir “Breaking Free: 45 Years in the wrong body” and published through Brainspired Publishing. In so doing, a door opened on a new way for me to continue being creative. Hopefully, those who read it will come. away with a deeper understanding of finding a way forward while being different.As I mention, the door is open for me to explore a genre I have long enjoyed as a…

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Trans Representation in Literature.

Trans Representation in Literature.

Trans literature is not new; it has been a subject for a long time through works such as Ovid’s Metamorphoses and Virginia Woolf’s Orlando. Then came the biographies and memoirs, Man into Woman by Lili Elbe, Kate Bornstein’s Gender Outlaw, Casey Plett’s A Safe Girl to Love, and many more that I could easily enumerate, but the list would be lengthy. Suffice it to say that there is representation…

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Why you should buy my book.

Why you should buy my book.

I can say right off that this is not the story of a heroine, because I am decidedly not such a person. There have been memoirs written by women like myself, women of trans origin. I originally started putting words to my Pages app a few years ago, mostly because I needed to read my own words and work through my feelings and try and get a better understanding of who I am. When I began to…

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Creating and Marketing.

I enjoy the process of writing as much as I have ever loved drawing and painting. Both activities have this in common; they are introverted tasks. I am an introvert! I am a loner when it comes to expressing my creativity, and yes, I enjoy sharing my process, but I have great difficulty promoting my work. When I need to promote to market, I get nervous and self-conscious and go into it dragging…

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Reviews Needed!

Dear friends, my memoir “Breaking Free; 45 years in the wrong body” could really use reviews to help generate a more substantial online presence. Since signing on with Brainspired Publishing, all the positive reviews on Amazon disappeared, and I’m left with just a new revue that manages to misgender me (I wish I knew how to delete it). It is traumatizing to check on Amazon and see that review.…

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