The Life of the Traegorn
The Life of the Traegorn
Trae Dorn
The Personal Blog of Writer and Podcaster Trae Dorn
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If yoiu don't spend time in the odd corners of bookish and queer social media, it's likely you've never heard of Paul Castle. Hell, even if you are in them, you may have scrolled on by, never to take note. But for those of us who have...
It's been a long time coming, but I'm super excited to announce the upcoming release of the first Peregrine Lake print collection. "Welcome to Peregrine Lake" is officially releasing May 1st, and it collects the first chapter of the...
This week Discord announced that to continue to have full access to their platform, all users will be required to verify their ages using either a face scan or a photo of their government ID. This massively intrusive policy goes into...
I'm not sure why I have to say this sometimes, but fandom spaces are adult spaces. What we consider organized fandom was built by adults, for adults. But there are people who forget this. Like I've seen people admonish adults for being...
So one of the most annoying phenomena you'll find on social media is the way that ideas will get passed around like a game of telephone until they're virtually unrecognizable. The "anti-intellectualism in booktok" conversation is...
Right now I'm sitting up in the middle of the night. I should be getting ready for bed, maybe reading a book and trying to clear my head. I definitely shouldn't be still looking at social media on my laptop in my living room with the...
If I told you that a Kevin James/Alan Ritchson buddy comedy ended with our leads purposefully killing dozens of children in a fiery explosion, you'd probably look at me sideways. If I told you they were the heroes, and this was supposed...
So there's a thing that happens when you make stuff and post it to the internet -- people who've never directly interacted with you before feel like they know you. I don't mean like your beloved social media mutual who you've had online...
I've been trying to put my feelings into words about the events of the last week. In theory, I'm a writer. That's a thing I should be able to do easily. I've sat here with a blank document for the last hour though, and mostly just given...
It's been a while since I put out a series-wide book trailer for my contemporary/urban fantasy series the Mia Graves Saga, so it seemed about time I do an updated one. As you may have noticed, I say book 5, The Perfect Host, should be...
So I don't make a lot of code nerd posts on this blog, but it's mostly because I am, frankly, not that great a programmer. I like to describe myself as "experienced enough to only break things in weird ways no one expected." But a lot of...
As the year comes to an end yet again, I've ended up reflecting a lot not just on the last twelve months, but my past in general. Who I am, where I've been, and who I've brought with me. When we were down in Milwaukee for Christmas,...
Just a little announcement today regarding Peregrine Lake and the update schedule for the next two weeks. Last year, we did a flashback story called The Move where we saw a brief little tale of how Lynn and Megan moved from Eau De...
Fifteen years ago today I wrote a blog post title "We're Living in a Cyberpunk Novel," and it was when I had the dawning realization that so much of our world felt like it was ripped straight out of a William Gibson novel. At the time I...
So the day is finally here -- Buried Memories, the fourth book in the Mia Graves Saga, is now officially out! I posted the official blurb on pre-order announcement a few months ago, but the book's premise is basically "what if you were...