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August 16, 2020
Reflection on my first award ceremony: There are no losers
My little neurodiverse brain likes pondering about my experiences. Yesterday was my birthday, and later that evening, I attended the 2020 Prix Aurora Award ceremony, done virtually via the When Words Collide conference with charming emcee Mark Leslie Lefebvre. Now, the only good thing about 2020 for me has been these virtual events. I’ve been …
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August 14, 2020
I’ll be at the Prix Aurora Awards and on a humour panel at When Words Collide this weekend!
Hey, folks! So, some cool things happening for my birthday weekend. Saturday August 15, starting at 7pm (EDT): The 2020 Prix Aurora Awards My BFF and co-editor Talia C. Johnson and I will be virtually attending this award ceremony as first-time nominees. Our anthology, Nothing Without Us is up for Best Related Work. You can …
August 4, 2020
Flash Fiction Challenge 2020: August
I’m recovering from a rotator cuff injury that’s turning into frozen shoulder, so OWCH! But still pressing on with the 2020 Flash Fiction Challenge. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to write for this month, but I thank my faithful band of writers who have been playing along. I appreciate you! Because of owies, …
July 24, 2020
Sometimes Humour is Serious
Before the pandemic started (and my brain could words), I really enjoyed participating in Twitter writers chats. They’re pretty fun. Often, the first question asked is our name and the genre we write in. I almost always write something like this: Hi, I’m Cait (like cat). I’m a humorist who writes space opera with aliens …
July 13, 2020
BOOK REVIEW: Cait Gordon’s The Stealth Lovers
Originally posted on Iara's Chronicles:
Iara the plush Velociraptor looms over the book The Stealth Lovers by Cait Gordon, which has a blue, green and purple cover with a mountain in the background and foreground, stars in the sky, and two Draga in uniform holding one another on a mountaintop. The title is in…
Iara the plush Velociraptor looms over the book The Stealth Lovers by Cait Gordon, which has a blue, green and purple cover with a mountain in the background and foreground, stars in the sky, and two Draga in uniform holding one another on a mountaintop. The title is in…
July 12, 2020
A Brick in the Bug
Author’s note: This is my flash fiction for July’s entry of the 2020 Flash Fiction Challenge. Each month of 2020, on the first Monday, I’ll draw cards to determine the genre, setting, and an object that has to appear in the short story. Participants will have until the following Monday to link their stories to the blog …
July 6, 2020
Flash Fiction Challenge 2020: July
And we’re more than half-way through this heavy year, but we’re still pressing on with the 2020 Flash Fiction Challenge. Thanks to my faithful band of writers who have been playing along. I appreciate you! June’s authors took on historical fiction in a really creative way! (Read June’s stories here.) Now it’s time for our …
July 2, 2020
I’ve had a short work of nonfiction published in Wordgathering’s June 2020 edition!
Squee! To be perfectly honest, I am so shy and insecure about my nonfiction pieces. It’s much easier for me to relay my truths through quirky aliens who eat cake and have space adventures. But a while back I wrote a piece about how I experience hearing. A true account of my relationship with sounds …
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June 25, 2020
Voting for the 2020 Prix Aurora Awards is now open!
I’m really excited about this year’s ballot because I know many of the nominees. That makes it fun for me because there’s an added level of excitement and anticipation. Also, for the first time ever, I have a work on the ballot! Nothing Without Us is a nominee in the Best Related Work category. Kohenet …
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June 17, 2020
Flash Fiction Challenge: June Results
Sorry this post is so late. I’m currently on a type of hiatus, for physical and mental health reasons. And I didn’t write a story this month because I was heavily involved in an online writers con, then my brain and body went *poof*. Thankfully, we have authors who did write flash fiction for June. …
