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Cait Gordon's Blog, page 30
April 30, 2018
It Began and Ended with a NaNoWriMo
Okay, I have been converted. As one who once staunchly objected to NaNoWriMo, I get it now. It’s a really good motivator. At least for me. I was in such a rut last year with personal stuff and couldn’t get out of my own head. All I could manage were short stories. The sequel to…
April 17, 2018
I’ll be at the Alice Unbound: Beyond Wonderland launch in Ottawa!
April 29, 2018, The 3 Brewers (240 Sparks Street) from 2:00-4:30 p.m., FREE ADMISSION. Accessibility to the second floor is through the service elevator, which is available for our use. Food and drink (not free, sorry) can be ordered from our dedicated server. BOOK IS $25, 10$ FOR OTHER BOOKS IN THE SERIES Come and listen to…
April 16, 2018
Sensitivity editing is not censorship—it’s about respect.
This morning my friend tagged me on a post featuring an article about sensitivity readers. Without reading the article, I replied, “Yes! I use sensitivity readers and editors all the time!” Then, I did a bad thing—I read the comments. Ugh. A few people equated this type of editing to censorship and others made some really insulting…
April 12, 2018
The Thing About Virj
From time to time I’m faced with feedback about the main character in Life in the ’Cosm, who is Virj Ofreesin (pronounced verge of reason). I hear everything from him being an unreliable narrator, to annoying and frustrating, and to having his head way too far up his backside. And you know what? It’s all true.…
April 8, 2018
Ye Filthy Rat
Flash fiction piece #4 for 2018, inspired by ’Nathan Burgoine’s challenge for the year! I’m still loving this, even though I wrote this entry in one go. Yeah, maybe I won’t leave it to the last second next month. Some help for non-Irish speakers. Sometimes names are pronounced differently, depending on where the people live…
April 4, 2018
I’ve gone camping! To Camp NaNoWriMo, that is.
Well, whaddaya know? I said I wouldn’t do NaNoWriMo again (after I’d completed my first in 2017 and actually hit the 50,000 word goal), but guess what? I’m baaaack! It just happens that I am on a two-month break from my freelance editing day job. I needed time to regroup and refresh, but also to…
March 23, 2018
Writing Is Never a Waste of Time
I could kick my behind for the self-pity I wallowed in about my writing last year. “All I can manage are short stories,” I lamented repeatedly. Well, in fairness to me, 2017 was about massive health scares and so much testing. The stress of everything prevented me from finishing the sequel to my first book.…
March 12, 2018
The Author’s Journey hosts Cait Gordon
In late 2017, I was interviewed by the delightful Mony Dojeiji on The Author’s Journey. We talked about what got me into writing, how I love my drums, what my faith means to me, and the Spoonie Authors Network. (Btw, I know it’s “raised my hands,” but considering I suffer from fibro fog, I am quite…
March 10, 2018
I Won’t Fogget About You
Hey! It’s March and once again time for ’Nathan Burgoine’s super-fun 2018 Flash Fiction Challenge. This month we had to write a romance that takes place in a fire watch tower, and we had to include VHS tapes in the story. Here’s my entry: I Won’t Fogget About You — What’s that thing? The Buckle Test?…
March 5, 2018
Writing Goals: Yup, I got ’em!
It’s funny how you think you had an unproductive year until that year is over. I lamented over 2017 because I couldn’t finish a WIP I wanted to submit—Life in Another ’Cosm: Jinny from the Blog—and spent what little energy I had on crafting short stories. Then, I thought I’d kick my novel-writing butt back…
