The Prix Aurora Awards are given to works and orgs under the speculative fiction umbrella by the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA). They have a three-step process for issuing the award: Listing works or organizations that are eligible to be nominated. Nominating the works or organizations to appear on the final ballot. Voting …
So, this has been a full year for me, even though my name is only on one book. Since that book happens to be an anthology where I am co-editor, I will already take that as a win! It’s not the quantity, but the quality, as they say. And in the case of this collection, …
On March 15, I had the great honour of being one of the guest authors at the award-nominated and wonderful ephemera reading series. I was sick as heck (but hey, when am I not) and still had a blast! I am the first author to read, but I strongly encourage you to watch the entire …
No, that’s not a typo. I meant to spell quitter with a W instead of a U. It’s my way of saying I finally quit Twitter. In 2011, I had joined that social media platform and yeah, there was the odd troll here and there, but I’d just block them and continue to enjoy the …
Full disclosure: I received a free copy of this book from the publisher, but I had already told the author that I really wanted to review it! Segovia Stories is a collection of short fiction whose style spans from slice-of-life tellings to speculative fiction. These tales are also woven with many cultural nuances and characters …
Continue reading #CaitTacklesTBRPile: Segovia Stories, by Bernadette Gabay Dyer
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 …
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 …
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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 …
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 …
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, …
Continue reading Writing preferences are not necessarily rules
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