Author Archives: Emily Garside

An annual look at where we are now in Ace-landDecember was when I first came out as Asexual, and it’s been a tradition, much like glitter and turkey, to talk about Ace-ness in a December blog. It’s now been three years since I came out. I did so after telling my mum in passing asContinueContinue reading “Ace-versary”

Started making it, had a breakdown…bon appeit This was once again not the blog I had planned for this week and as we get towards the end of the year I see blogs disappearing before my eyes. Though fittingly that feeds into this blog; a panic about impending unemployment/job change in the new year. I findContinueContinue reading “End of year job-hunt dread.”

Some thoughts on Doctor Who….Doctor Who is back. And boy, was Doctor Who BACK. Firstly a disclaimer: I’m not pretending this is a nuance, balanced review. I’ll write something about the specials when they’re all over. But given I’ve spent two months promoting a book on RTD being asked ‘and what about the specials’, I figuredContinueContinue reading “A return to the (Queer) Tardis”

The day this goes up marks two months since my little ‘Gayliens’ book came out, and happens to be the week Doctor Who returns to TV. So, what better time to reflect on putting this book out into the world? Let’s start with bold statements; this book has been my favourite all-around writing experience. From theContinueContinue reading “Two months of Gayliens”

Or the complicated feelings around a book that may or may not come out. I probably won’t promote this blog post or leave it up too long but it’s something I had to get out for my own sanity. And to quote another musical to ‘move on’. I have a book coming out today…well maybe IContinueContinue reading “Book launching…maybe?”

I’ve written two blogs about loss of someone you don’t know today. One for someone who was in my life for half of my life (the wonderful Matthew Perry), and this one for someone I never met, and didn’t even know of if I’m honest, until he tragically died. Adam Johnson was a new player forContinueContinue reading “Hockey is family, especially at the worst of times”

Or how Matthew Perry’s death is a big deal to many of us. I always remember a teacher when I was in Sixth Form telling us ‘you’ll always remember when the first friend your age dies’. She went on to explain that of course we expect older relatives, people in our lives, and celebrities evenContinueContinue reading “On losing a 'friend' you never met”

Or a book culmination of nerdery. Today ‘Gay Aliens and Queer Folks, how Russell T Davies changed TV’ comes out. That moment of abject terror before anyone has really read it, but also an opportunity to talk about it before anyone has read it. Thanks for reading Queer Notebook ! Subscribe for free to receive newContinueContinue reading “Queer Aliens and Gay Folks…happy publication day!”

(ohcrapIwroteabook) It won’t have escaped anyone’s notice that I have a book coming out soon. And having to type that, is part of the reason to write this post. I’m well aware I’m annoying to some folks about it. I’m well aware it’s in part tedious to listen to. But also the anxiety of beingContinueContinue reading “Waiting for a book to come out…”

I got friend-dumped this week. Literally told ‘we can’t be friends any more.’ Now if that happened with a romantic partner, I’d be allowed to be truly devastated, to wallow, be sad, go full Bridget Jones. But somehow, we don’t talk about the impact of losing friends in the same terms. Despite the fact, theyContinueContinue reading “Friend Dumped”