As much as I wanted 2022 to leave, I turned over a new calendar and *poof* felt hopeful for what possibilities 2023 could bring! My optimism astounds me too. But hey, let’s not argue with it! Season One of Iris and the Crew is imminent! Time really flies! I got the acceptance for the first …
CN: Mentions of ableism, eugenics, the pandemic, depression, suicidal ideation, gaslighting, and physical illness Whew. I made it. Just barely. Let’s recap, shall we? Nothing Without Us Too came to be! Holy moly, when Talia and I pitched Renaissance to take on a second disability-fiction anthology, we had no idea the work would happen during …
Continue reading Goodbye 2022. Don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out!
Wishing everyone peace and a moment or more to relax. Thanks for sticking with me even though I didn’t blog as much this year. It’s been busy and my health wasn’t healthing. Here’s to warm thoughts and best hopes for 2023! I’m thinking it might be an exciting year too! Cheers and blessings, Cait G …
Derek Newman-Stille, eight-time Prix Aurora Award winner for Speculating Canada, encouraged me to write this post. So, it's all their fault. 😉 Actually, I'm glad they did nudge me to do this because the strangest thing happened to me five years ago. I saw a Uhura doll online, and for some reason, after decades of …
Continue reading I’m 50, and I play with Barbies. Okay, I cosplay with Barbies.
I had a lovely two weeks off, relaxing with the husband unit during our stay-cation. So much dessert, so much retail therapy. Good times. But now STUFF is about to happen. Because of my super-amazing beta readers from heaven, I received all the comments, and I'm ready to roll with preparing the submission draft of The …
Because I hadn’t planned to get published originally, I wrote without limits or expecting anyone to read it. So, I went down a few roads that I wanted to explore:
Discrimination against LGBTQIA people by para-religious organisations.
Truly gracious spirituality versus religiosity.
Gender fluidity and changing preconceived gender roles.
Diversity in sexuality.
Dealing with disability.
Cyber affairs.
Chasing fantasy to the exclusion of those who truly love you.
When I was in school and even early on in my career as a technical writer, using they as a singular pronoun meant being tied to the rack or put in the stocks until you chose he or she instead. As a result, my brain was conditioned to think in a horribly binary way. Many …
Cait Gordon—author and editor 