Cait Gordon is originally from Verdun, Québec, and has been living in the suburbs of Ottawa since 1998. A chronic baker who also likes to arrange words, Cait is the author of the ’Cosm series, which began with Life in the ’Cosm, a story about a little green guy who’s on an adventure to save half the person he loves. Her second book, The Stealth Lovers, is a prequel and the origin tale of legendary warriors Xaxall (Xax) Knightly and Vivoxx (Viv) Tirowen. Cait’s short stories have been published in anthologies. A Night at the Rabbit Hole appears in the Alice Unbound Beyond Wonderland anthology (Colleen Anderson, Exile Editions). The Hilltop Gathering is included in the We Shall Be Monsters anthology (Derek Newman-Stille, Renaissance). When she’s not writing, Cait is editing manuscripts and running the Spoonie Authors Network, a blog whose contributors manage disabilities and/or chronic conditions. She also loves to cosplay and eat cake. Preferably at the same time.
I’m keeping the details of my new WIP close to my chest because I just want to immerse myself in crafting the first draft. However, I can say that this space opera promises to be a lot of fun. To date, I’ve mapped the “writing prompts” for each episode of Iris and the Crew Tear … More A Disabled/ Deaf/ Neurodiverse Crew Tears Space a New One
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The other day on Facebook, I posted: Me: *writes a thing * Ahhh… I love my career. I get to make up stories. It’s lovely. Also me: *visits Author Twitter* Holy crap, Writerland is a cesspool of opinions from privileged tools who think they know everything! Also also me:…
The results are in! And they’re awesome! Last week, I drew these cards: 5 of spades, 8 of hearts, and the 5 of diamonds. That meant the genre was science fiction, the setting was a castle, and an object that must appear in the story was a tea or coffee press. If you watched my … More 2020 Flash Fiction Challenge: January Results
Author’s note: This is my flash fiction for January’s entry of the 2020 Flash Fiction Challenge. Each month of 2020, on the first Monday, I’ll draw cards to determine the genre, setting, an an object that has to appear in the short story. Participants will have until the following Monday to link their stories to … More Pressing On
What a lovely thing it is to wake up to a Facebook chat where my BFF (Talia C. Johnson) is telling Nathan Fréchette (Renaissance) and me that there’s an article in NewCityLit zine that mentions Nothing Without Us: Four Disability Anthologies That Are Actually Authentic: A Review of “About Us,” “Firsts,” “Nothing Without Us” and … More Nothing Without Us is included in a book review about authentic disability representation!
