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January 30, 2023
Mini-fiction Monday: We Together
I thought it might be fun to post short fiction pieces on Mondays that just streamed out of my brain. You wrap yourself around me and I feel enveloped in the coolness of your skin. Here, I am secure. In the quiet of this place, high above where anyone can harm me, knowing we are …
January 27, 2023
Needing a sensitivity editor doesn’t mean you’re an insensitive person.
More and more these days, fiction authors are hiring sensitivity readers/editors or being asked to have their works or pitches reviewed by readers/editors who share a lived experience with the characters in their stories. For me, who is a sensitivity editor and who relies on them so much, I forget that the concept might rub …
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January 26, 2023
#CaitTacklesTBRPile—For All Time, by Shanna Miles
Sometimes Twitter can be wonderful. (How many times do we say that, eh?) However, it is possible to come across really awesome people. This happened to me when I saw a tweet from author Shanna Miles about her debut novel that was so witty and confident, I had to reply with, “That does it. I’m …
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January 13, 2023
A new year with new hopes!
As much as I wanted 2022 to leave, I turned over a new calendar and *poof* felt hopeful for what possibilities 2023 could bring! My optimism astounds me too. But hey, let’s not argue with it! Season One of Iris and the Crew is imminent! Time really flies! I got the acceptance for the first …
December 30, 2022
Goodbye 2022. Don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out!
CN: Mentions of ableism, eugenics, the pandemic, depression, suicidal ideation, gaslighting, and physical illness Whew. I made it. Just barely. Let’s recap, shall we? Nothing Without Us Too came to be! Holy moly, when Talia and I pitched Renaissance to take on a second disability-fiction anthology, we had no idea the work would happen during …
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December 23, 2022
Have a safe holiday season!
Wishing everyone peace and a moment or more to relax. Thanks for sticking with me even though I didn’t blog as much this year. It’s been busy and my health wasn’t healthing. Here’s to warm thoughts and best hopes for 2023! I’m thinking it might be an exciting year too! Cheers and blessings, Cait G
December 13, 2022
Awards Eligibility 2022
So, this has been a full year for me, even though my name is only on one book. Since that book happens to be an anthology where I am co-editor, I will already take that as a win! It’s not the quantity, but the quality, as they say. And in the case of this collection, …
December 9, 2022
The freedom that comes from saying, “I can’t.”
CN: Mentions of mental illness, ableism, disability symptoms, and toxic environments As a person who manages a chronic pain and fatigue disability, I’ve had to constantly “push through” my discomfort in order to have any semblance of a life. Sometimes I have aids like my mobility device to make things much easier on me, but …
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October 1, 2022
How Cosplaying a Barbie as Reva Sevander is Helping Me Through Childhood Trauma
CN: mentions of mental health, violence against children, trauma I’m 53 years old. Recently, I’ve experienced a triggering that brought me back right into the scene of events that were supremely not okay when I was a teenager. So, in case anyone tries to gaslight you with “Oh, that happened so long ago, why are …
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September 16, 2022
The Ableism and Privilege Behind “You Must Write Every Day”
You are the expert on yourself. (This article first appeared in Write, the official magazine of the Writers’ Union of Canada, Summer 2022 edition.) One of my favourite things about being in author spaces is discovering how many ways there are to reach the end of a first draft. Some folks are pantsers, meaning they don’t …
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