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March 6, 2023
Mini-fiction Monday: With My Kind
CN: Ableism, eugenicsGenre: science fiction Fun fact: This was the first micro-fiction I had ever written, and it first appears in Stargazing: Microtales from the Cosmos. They’ll be coming for me. Fine. Anyway, there’s something so satisfying about a high-speed chase through space involving a Crip at the helm. Huh. Funny how our leadership brags …
March 3, 2023
Lessons I have learned as an author human
Gosh, I can’t believe it was nine years ago when I decided to do a creative writing exercise to take my mind off the pain of fibromyalgia. Two years later, I would be a published author and enter Canadian speculative fiction circles. I was like a wide-eyed kid back then, at the tender age of …
March 2, 2023
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February 24, 2023
First reading ever of Iris and the Crew to happen live at ephemera on March 15, 2023!
You could have knocked me over with a feather when KT Bryski sent me an email this week, asking me to read at the next ephemera event. For those who don’t know it, ephemera is a multi-award-nominated reading series run by awesome humans KT Bryski and Jen Albert. It used to be an in-person event …
February 20, 2023
Mini-fiction Monday: Golden Infinity
CN: Anti-autistic ableism Genre: Autobiographical poem Golden infinity. A shimmering figure eight in repose. I’m not a puzzle piece. I have endless potential of being. I’m verbal when I’m silent. My fingers speak for me. Tapping away. Sometimes I forget to turn off the closed captions on my face. I can’t remain focused on one …
February 17, 2023
Writing preferences are not necessarily rules
Happy Friday, fellow humans! I’ve been pondering lately—okay, for several years as well—about how many times I’ve come across “writing rules” that on second thought, I’d realized were just author or reader preferences. If you follow me online, you’ll know exactly how I feel about phoney rules like “you must write every day.” In fact, …
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February 13, 2023
Mini-fiction Monday: Stretched Thin, Longing for the Deep
CN: stress, mental health Genre: space opera poem Pulled. Pulled. Pulled in all directions. This can’t be good, right? My suit won’t tolerate much more of this. I feel like that elastic action hero from days of old. So far there’s only some pressure on my joints. They said that the suit would only stretch …
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February 10, 2023
I’m not nervous, YOU’RE nervous!
Okay, sorry to visit my anxiety on you. That wasn’t nice. But I have so many feelings right now! My current novel is in production and should be in the world this September. I’m immersed in that familiar whirlwind of getting all the edits done, sending eARCs for blurbers, gathering info for my publisher for …
February 7, 2023
Mini-Fiction Monday (a day late): Deliver Me From This Pandemic Hell
by Cait Gordon Genre: Realistic Fiction, CN: Eugenics, Ableism, Inaccessibility “Humanity started with Eden, and now it seems we’re in hell.” “What the heck to do you mean by that?” asks Ed. Cherie slumps against the table, then holds a hand out to stroke the handle of her rollator. It’s smooth, comforting. This is a …
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February 3, 2023
Taking a big step back in order to go forward
My BFF, Talia C. Johnson sent me a meme with this text on the evening of January 31, 2023: January was a tough year, but we made it. (Author unknown?) I wish I knew who to credit for that quote, so please let me know if you do because it’s such a mood. When I …
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