Fun Fact #1 about Season One: Iris and the Crew Tear Through Space!
There are ten more sleeps until the official release date of Season One: Iris and the Crew Tear Through Space! This is the first book in my new disability hopepunk space opera series! Learn more about it on the book description page!
As I count down, I thought it would be fun to share one fact a day about the book and my journey writing it!
FUN FACT NUMBER ONE:
Cait Gordon
Years ago, I wrote a short story called “Wendell and the Crew of the S.S. SpoonZ.” I submitted it without having it thoroughly sensitivity edited and received an immediate
rejection. (Dear Past Me, what the heck?!)
After a year or so, I read it to someone who saw its promise and they said, “You know this
has to be a book, right?”
No, I didn’t! Thanks, Derek Newman-Stille!
So, I reworked that short story (researched and listened to folks’ lived experiences), and it became
the draft of “Episode One: The Intergalactic Janitor.”
The Yeah, Past Me always cared about sensitivity editors but got overly enthusiastic to submit, and thought the story was ready. NOPE! But that’s okay. Lesson learned, and I did way more research and hired great sensitivity editors for this book. I’m very proud of it and can’t wait to share it with the world!
The official release date is September 15, but you can pre-order the paperback today from many booksellers (and ask indie bookshops near you) and pre-order the paperback and ebook right from Renaissance, my publisher!
Cait Gordon is an autistic, disabled, and queer Canadian writer of speculative fiction that celebrates diversity. She is the author of Season One: Iris and the Crew Tear Through Space (2023). Cait also founded the Spoonie Authors Network and joined Talia C. Johnson to co-edit the multi-genre, disability fiction anthologies Nothing Without Us (a 2020 Prix Aurora Award finalist) and Nothing Without Us Too (a 2023 Prix Aurora Award winner).
