Fun Fact #3 about Season One: Iris and the Crew Tear Through Space!
There are eight 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 THREE:
Cait Gordon
Although I am an advocate in literary spaces whose goal is to promote the works of disabled creatives, I didn’t write Iris and the Crew as an act of advocacy. I wrote it because I needed to soothe my overwhelmed soul during the pandemic.
So, I decided I wanted it to be like a streaming series but in book form. I created 12 writing
prompts under “episode” names, and had no idea what they would become. I had only one episode completely written–the first one.
Then I dove in, using Camp NaNoWriMo as a way to push myself to write. It worked!
I really do like the NaNoWriMos. They have helped me complete works a few times!
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).
