I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means.
—Joan Didion, “Why I Write” (1976)
I’ve been in love with the written word as far back as I can remember, and the power of words—to reflect and create reality, to transmit thoughts and feelings from one mind to many—is been a central concern of both my personal life and my professional and academic lives. I’ve been a copywriter, an editor, a technical writer, a scholar, an English tutor, a ritualist, a liturgist, a theologian, a philosopher, a poet, a storyteller, and a songwriter for an indie rock band. (No, really. There are photos.)
Books
Outside the Charmed Circle: Exploring Gender & Sexuality in Magical Practice
This is my first book! It’s about gender and sexuality in spiritual and magical practice. It’s also about culture, philosophy, embodiment, history, and the lessons pop culture teaches us about power and responsibility. I’m ridiculously proud of this little tome, and I’m both humbled and awed to realise there are folks out there who’ve found something of meaning, value, and utility in its pages.
Outside the Charmed Circle is, sadly, out of print. However, you can still order it from Amazon (US, Canada, UK), Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org, or anywhere else fine, somewhat out-of-print books are sold. You can also order it directly from me by reaching out through my contact form, or on social media. (I realize direct contact can be a little intimidating, but I promise I’m really nice! And socially awkward!)

Short Works
The New Aradia: A Witch’s Handbook to Magical Resistance
This anthology of witchcraft for political and social resistance includes my invocatory ritual “A Prayer to Aradia, in the Wake of Charlottesville.” With every purchase of this book direct from the publisher, $1 will go to the Southern Poverty Law Center and $1 to Emily’s List.
The Witches’ Almanac, Spring 2021-2022, Issue 40: The Sun – Rays of Hope
This issue of The Witches’ Almanac includes two of my essays, “A Queer Liminality: Exploring and Embracing the Fluid Gender and Sexuality of Witch-Gods” and “Rethinking the Cup and the Knife: Decoupling Gender from the Practice of Witchcraft.”
Phoenix LeFae and Gwion Raven, Life Ritualized: A Witch’s Guide to Honoring Life’s Important Moments
Phoenix and Gwion’s beautiful book on rites of passage includes my “Ritual for Coming Out.”
The Cartomancer, Special Edition – Rachel Pollack Tribute
I was deeply honored to have my essay “Three Encounters and a Promise” included in this moving remembrance of the life and work of writer and Tarot authority Rachel Pollack.
Enfys Book, Queer Rites: A Magickal Grimoire to Honor Your Milestones with Pride
My “Ritual for Gender Transition Milestones” is one of the guest contributions to Enfys’ lovely collection of rituals for queer magical practitioners.
Blog
Outside the Charmed Circle
From August 2017 to January 2020, I wrote the Outside the Charmed Circle blog for the Patheos Pagan Channel, where I wittered on at some length about gender, sexuality, magic, witchcraft, devotional polytheism, theology, philosophy, politics, and my ongoing fixation with working as many references to Dungeons & Dragons and Stranger Things into completely unrelated topics as I could.





