Episode 9: Edgar Gomez

Multi-memoirist Edgar Gomez is our special guest for episode 9 of the QT Nonfiction Pod! Listen in as we discuss topics such as: Substack, the importance of a good title, writing for the self instead of an audience, queerness as a privilege, getting from one published memoir to a second, sounding confident in a book proposal, self-promotion as a skill, the joy of meeting your readers, balancing childhood perspective with adult realizations, establishing major characters and planting seeds for larger themes in the earliest pages, non-linear structure as a natural storytelling form, writing about the Pulse Nightclub massacre, what needs to change in the publishing industry, and our favorite Ru girls.

Things to Check Out mentioned in this episode: Soft Skull Press, J. Lo’s Versace dress, Melissa Broder, America’s Next Top Model, The Nonbinarian Bookstore, Ru Paul’s Drag Race

Links:

• Edgar's Website
• Purchase Alligator Tears

Intro/Outro Music by Lin

• Lin's Bandcamp
• Lin's Spotify