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I have never waded into the waters that are the discourse around the "cozy" descriptor for media, but I ran into an observation about different pieces of cozy media today that made me think about my own work. Personally, I've never used "cozy" to describe Magica Riot, to my knowledge. It always seemed like a term that had become fraught for a variety of reasons, and besides, I never used it as a…
2025 has been my first full year as an author, after launching Magica Riot on November 1st, 2024. This year has been a wild ride, to say the least! Magica Riot has sold over 4,200 copies at this point, and garnered a lot of acclaim, including a review from Strange Horizons calling it "brilliant trans joy." In 2025, it was joined by a novelette and a sequel novel, making the Maidensong Magica…