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September 26, 2018
Managing the Dumpster Fire of Life
CW: Sexual Assault This week on Twitter, my timeline has been full of posts with the #WhyIDidntReportIt hashtag, in response to all the ignorant people who really don’t get how difficult it is for survivors of sexual assault to report these crimes. Some have gone to the police, their parents, school administrations, and the like, …
September 20, 2018
I’ll be at Can-Con 2018!
It’s getting close to that time when my favourite annual conference happens! I’ll be doing a reading and will sit on two panels this year at The Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature, also known as Can-Con. Their 2018 schedule looks really interesting, too! Can-Con 2018 will be held from October 12-14, …
September 9, 2018
Crossing My Path
It’s time for September’s flash fiction, as incited by the amazing author, ’Nathan Burgoine. I really didn’t think I’d be able to participate, as I am recovering from neck and shoulder injuries, but I did a thing! Sorta. (Suspense is not my gift.) Our genre is suspense, the object a money bag, and the location …
August 30, 2018
WIP Wars: I have made a decision!
Okay, so I now have a writing schedule that totally makes sense to me. I realized this week that I’ll be much better equipped to continue writing Iris and the Crew Tear Space a New One in late 2019 or early 2020. I have a really exciting new collaboration that we hope to announce in late September, …
August 28, 2018
To Get to the Other Side
Hey, I wrote a thing and it got published in Disability Acts! To Get to the Other Side is available right now! (I originally wrote this in 2017 but expanded the story upon the advice of the excellent editors I worked with.) Cheers, Cait G
August 27, 2018
BOING, BOING, BOING! Having Multiple WIPs on the Go
Bounce! I’m ready for Editing to look at The Stealth Lovers! Bounce! Now I really want to take a break from the ‘Cosm series and focus on Iris and The Crew Tear Space a New One. Bounce! But I have Life in the ’Cosm and The Stealth Lovers fresh in my brain! And I’m half-way through the first draft of Life …
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August 23, 2018
Can Also, a poem
Someone you say is crazy rich can also be extremely wealthy Something you say is stupid can also be so frustrating Someone you say is an idiot can also be a real jerk Something you say is foolish can also be quite risky Someone you say is so OCD can also be a person who …
August 16, 2018
Announcement: New WIP
Inspired by Derek Newman-Stille of Speculating Canada fame, I’ve decided to take his recommendation and turn a short story of mine into a novel. This will be my first space opera where disabled characters dominate the story.
August 15, 2018
Never Mind the Nasties, Stay Awesome
On this my birthday, I feel I should impart some crone-like wisdom. Well, I’m still learning to navigate life myself, but one thing struck me yesterday. You see, I had become all worked up over folks who seem to get ahead while acting like victims, when in reality they are full of straight white privilege—and…
August 11, 2018
When There’s a Ghost of a Chance
August and flash fiction #8 is here! Whew! Yup, I’m still on board for ‘Nathan Burgoine’s 2018 Flash Fiction Challenge. This month we had to write a ghost story that takes place in a tobacco shop that featured an earring as our object. Now, I don’t write paranormal. So, I imagined ghosts in my own…
