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May 5, 2021
Accessibility in Worldbuilding panel video available now!
I had the honour of being invited by Canadian dark fantasy author Dianna Gunn to moderate a panel called Accessibility in Worldbuilding as part of her Worldbuilding Deep Dive con in February of this year. This is a topic that’s dear to my heart as a disabled, hard-of-hearing, and autistic reader and a writer (Iris …
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April 27, 2021
How I Wrote Over 20K Words in April 2021
I have absolutely no clue how I had the endurance to manage it. But I did it. I set a goal of 20,000 words for CampNaNoWriMo this April and just passed it this afternoon, three days early. Why this is amazing to me is because of the state I am in at present. The pandemic …
April 15, 2021
I was interviewed by Ada Hoffman as part of their series about autistic authors, taking place this April!
Canadian speculating fiction author and poet Ada Hoffman interviewed me as part of their series on autistic authors, taking place during the month of April. We discuss Nothing Without Us, autistic representation in fiction, and what it’s like to be an autistic author in the publishing world! You can find the interview here. I highly …
April 7, 2021
In the ’Cosm Podcast S1, Ep5: Diversity representation in fiction (and why Jackie Collins is awesome) with Christina Robins
CW: Mentions of sex trafficking, relationship abuse, and child abuse Emerging Canadian author Christina Robins shares her point of view about sex work and writing a protagonist who is a sex worker in her newly released novella, Entanglements. She also explains why autistic characters are not “too much,” and how she loves reading and writing …
March 15, 2021
In the ’Cosm Podcast S1 Ep4: From A (as in seeking asylum) to Zee with Su J. Sokol
You can listen to this episode by clicking the embedded Spotify widget, or you can stream the podcast from Anchor.fm, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Radio Public, and Google Podcasts. All episodes will eventually also be on my YouTube channel with closed captions, but their release might be delayed because of my current lack of spoons. (You can click the bell on my YouTube …
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March 6, 2021
I went to university for the second time, but not as a student…
So, I never went to university. Life’s circumstances were such that I needed to work full-time at age 19 in order to be able to survive on my own. But it was fine because I had a diploma in Electrotechnology and Industrial Automation at the C.E.G.E.P. level in Québec, so this meant I could work …
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March 1, 2021
In the ’Cosm Podcast S1 Ep3: The mystery of Shakespeare’s authorship, writing through grief, and the importance of humour with Sue Taylor-Davidson
You can listen to this episode by clicking the embedded Spotify widget, or you can stream the podcast from Anchor.fm, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Radio Public, and Google Podcasts. All episodes will eventually also be on my YouTube channel with closed captions, but their release might be delayed because of my current lack of spoons. (You can click the bell on my YouTube …
February 15, 2021
I’m moderating a panel about Accessibility in Worldbuilding on Feb 20!
Canadian fantasy author Dianna Gunn is hosting a one-day virtual con on Saturday February 20 called Worldbuilding Deep Dive! I have the pleasure of moderating a panel about accessibility in worldbuilding. I think it’s going to be an absolute blast! Here’s the complete schedule with moderator bios and Zoom links, so you can register for …
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February 13, 2021
The Power of Creativity and the Disabled Writing Community
Originally posted on Spoonie Authors Network:
I spent 2014 in an acute state of fear. Yeah, I know that seems hyperbolic, but I was quite terrified. The chronic pain I had been experiencing from the neuropathy of fibromyalgia had levelled up to a state where it felt like someone had injected several areas of my…
I spent 2014 in an acute state of fear. Yeah, I know that seems hyperbolic, but I was quite terrified. The chronic pain I had been experiencing from the neuropathy of fibromyalgia had levelled up to a state where it felt like someone had injected several areas of my…
February 1, 2021
In the ’Cosm Podcast S1 Ep2: Space opera galore, worldbuilding, and character development with Stephen Graham King
You can listen to this episode by clicking the embedded Spotify widget, or you can stream the podcast from Anchor.fm, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Radio Public, and Google Podcasts. (Please scroll down to read the transcript for this episode.) Transcript Intro: Hi and welcome to In the ’Cosm. I’m your host, Canadian speculative fiction author Cait Gordon. I’ve started this …
