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March 30, 2020
Cait Reads from Home: The Stealth Lovers
I’m watching fellow authors reading excerpts of their works, and it’s lovely. I decided to do this myself because if we artists can distract you for a few minutes, then that’s a good thing! Today, I read from The Stealth Lovers, Chapter 13: The Trials. Xax and Viv are about to start testing to see …
March 27, 2020
Two Reviews in One Week? YAY!
Pinch me! Actually, don’t. Keep two metres away, please. But still, you can metaphorically pinch me because in the middle of *gestures at pandemic*, I was so surprised to receive notifications of two new reviews of Nothing Without Us! The first one is “Centering Differences,” written by Cherie Pyne for the Montreal Review of Books. …
March 24, 2020
Camp NaNoWriMo? Sure.
I tried NaNoWriMo 2019, but was just too exhausted. Now we’re in a pandemic, and I desperately need distraction, so why the heck not? Let’s see how many words I can put together for Iris and The Crew Tear Space a New One. My goal is for this to be a shorter work, maybe under …
March 18, 2020
We’re in a pandemic situation. This is how I’m doing.
Hey, lovely humans who follow this blog! As of this date, the City of Ottawa is pretty much slowed right down. It’s weird: while I’m typing, I can hear birds singing their flirty songs. The air is getting warmer, and the snow is melting. It seems so peaceful. You’d never guess there was a pandemic …
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We're in a pandemic situation. This is how I'm doing.
Hey, lovely humans who follow this blog! As of this date, the City of Ottawa is pretty much slowed right down. It’s weird: while I’m typing, I can hear birds singing their flirty songs. The air is getting warmer, and the snow is melting. It seems so peaceful. You’d never guess there was a pandemic …
Continue reading We're in a pandemic situation. This is how I'm doing.
March 9, 2020
Flash Fiction Challenge: March Results
And the results are in! Honestly, I’m impressed that anyone wrote anything for March. Hooboy, my selections were a doozy. And this is why I cannot play cards for money—if I didn’t have bad luck, I’d have no luck at all! Last week, I drew these winners: ace of spades, 5 of hearts, and the …
March 8, 2020
The Trim Reaper
Author’s note: This is my flash fiction for March’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 …
March 2, 2020
Nothing Without Us and The Stealth Lovers can be nominated for the 2020 Prix Aurora Awards!
It’s that time of year again, when members of the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA) can nominate eligible works to be on the voting ballot for the Prix Aurora Awards. The Prix Aurora Awards are a big deal for Canadian speculative fiction creatives. Getting on the ballot means the work becomes a Prix …
Flash Fiction Challenge 2020: March
I was really impressed by the stories in February’s challenge (read them here), and now it’s time for our third flash fiction draw! Here’s the video of me choosing the cards. You can tell it was recorded live by my reaction. This card choice is a doozy, and I’m dying to see what you’ll all …
February 27, 2020
Writing groups should be supportive, not a bunch of soul-crunching bullies.
Earlier this month, I saw this tweet from author Heather Carlson: My response was: I’ve written before about gatekeepers who push the everyone-must rules. You know, like the infamous tripe, “You must write every day.” Not only are those types of statements just plain wrong, they are also classist, ableist, and a whole bunch of …
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