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October 7, 2017
Dedicated to my crappy husband
This year my long-suffering husband celebrated his 50th birthday. I decided to make it a Crappy Birthday, and put poop emojis on everything. He loved it. Yeah, we’re a weird couple but our quirks are the foundation of our marriage. Cait Gordon is the author of Life in the ’Cosm, a comedic space opera where boy meets…
October 5, 2017
The healing power of . . . cosplay?
Originally posted on Spoonie Authors Network:
I didn’t always like cosplay. In fact, for many, many years I thought people who did it were a bit odd. Then in September 2015, my friend Miriam encouraged my long-suffering husband Bruce and I to join her and her brother Mike that November for PopExpo ’15. She wanted…
I didn’t always like cosplay. In fact, for many, many years I thought people who did it were a bit odd. Then in September 2015, my friend Miriam encouraged my long-suffering husband Bruce and I to join her and her brother Mike that November for PopExpo ’15. She wanted…
October 4, 2017
I’ll be at Can-Con 2017!
It’s the most wonderful time of the yeeeeear! Yes, it’s October, and that means The Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature (a.k.a., Can-Con) is upon us! Can-Con will probably always hold a special place in my heart because it’s where my book first appeared for sale in paperback format! I also gave…
October 3, 2017
How I done gone lost my mind, also known as, I’m trying NaNoWriMo this year!
Welp, that does it. This person who once loathed the concept of writing a novel in a month is going to try . . . writing a novel in a month. Yeah, I’m just as shocked as you are. This has been one of the most difficult years for me, healthwise, and the resulting anxiety…
September 27, 2017
I’ll be at the Ottawa Geek Market on Saturday September 30, 1-6 pm!
In Ottawa this weekend? Wanna meet me? You can! I’ll be at the Ottawa Geek Market on Saturday September 30, from 1-6pm, in cosplay of course! Drop by the Renaissance booth and say hello, buy some books, or bring your copy of Life in the ‘Cosm and I will gladly sign it! Hope to see…
September 26, 2017
Cycling to Asylum: A Plausible Future?
When a story stays in my head days after I’ve read it or has a major impact on me, it goes on my reviews list. Su Sokol‘s Cycling to Asylum is one of those books that will remain with me a good while. In Asylum we meet Laek, a married school teacher and father of two with a…
September 22, 2017
Poem: Invisible
My poem, Invisible, was published on Lady literary magazine. It’s about living with fibromyalgia. You can read it here! Image: Ecology Landscape Stock Photo, by Witthaya Phonsawat.
September 21, 2017
Writing with Awareness and Sensitivity
Originally posted on Spoonie Authors Network:
For many transgender people, stories about transgender people written by cisgender authors are a source of anxiety. The same holds true when people with disabilities read the works of authors who don’t have disabilities but choose to write about specific disabilities. All too often it becomes clear from the…
For many transgender people, stories about transgender people written by cisgender authors are a source of anxiety. The same holds true when people with disabilities read the works of authors who don’t have disabilities but choose to write about specific disabilities. All too often it becomes clear from the…
September 18, 2017
I’ll be a panellist at Can-Con 2017!
My bio is listed on the Can-Con website! (Also note awesome emerging author Dianna Gunn. Her novel, Keeper of the Dawn, is way cool. Go buy it. I’ll wait.) Here’s the text of my bio, if you cannot read the image: Cait (like ‘cat’) Gordon is an Irish-Canadian princess and the author of Life in the ’Cosm, a space…
September 5, 2017
My Top-Ten Favourite Reader Comments on Life in the ´Cosm
I know an author has to maintain some distance from reader reviews. I am also fully aware that not everyone will like Life in the ´Cosm, and people are completely entitled to their opinions. There are books I’ve not enjoyed either. It happens. But these particular excerpts made me smile. (Btw, if you did like […]
