time lapse photo of stars on night

Book acceptance! A new crew is coming in 2023!

I did a teaser trailer about a cool thing that I announced yesterday!

THOSE WITH LIGHT SENSITIVITY: I didn’t have a problem with the flickering border under the text or brief flash of light near the end (I have light sensitivity myself and didn’t find it that intense), but here’s a warning that it starts right after I say, “Get ready for season one,” and the text briefly flashes out toward the screen for the next three panels. If you’re unsure, please do not watch this video.

There is a dramatic score in the background, and what appears to be a whirl of stars in space after the line, “The crew of a certain science vessel tears through space.” The video is mostly text flying onto the screen and there is an audio voice-over of the text.

This is the news: Iris and the Crew will tear through space in the Fall of 2023!

ID: Book advert by Cait Gordon. Aqua background. From left to right: Iris, a platinum-haired woman in a grey uniform with a sash, bending over an aqua robot. Her left hand is on the bot’s head and her right is holding a low-vision cane. Lartha is brown-skinned with half her head shaved, revealing a tattoo that says, “Just try it.” The other half of her head has flowing, wavy magenta locks. She’s wearing a black and grey uniform and aiming a large tubular weapon in front of her. She has two prosthetic limbs, and the left one is a glowing beacon with a short black boot. Davan is blue-skinned with pointed ears and a long trunk. He’s wearing a sleeves amber and grey uniform and waves to his right. Herb is pale skinned with brown and russet wavy hair in chunky layers, just hitting his shoulders. He’s in a baggy green mechanical uniform with pockets. Herb’s back is to us as he points to the tear while trying to get Davan’s attention. Text: Season One, Iris and the Crew Tear Through Space, by Cait Gordon, Coming in the Fall of 2023
(Just an advert. Not the cover.)

I’m so excited for you to meet this crew. I loved writing this first season, although world-building a space opera while inspired by the concept of Universal Design and the Social Model of Disability… during a eugenics-based pandemic on Earth… was… interesting. I found myself diving into Iris’s world just to escape this one. This series is my dream of what things might be like if a society became so accommodating and accessible, they wouldn’t understand the need to use identity-based language for disability. All bodyminds would be celebrated as part of everyday life. They would just… be.

The Iris and the Crew series follows the adventures of a science vessel crew on a massively accessible ship, the S.S. SpoonZ. They are a part of a galactic network known as the Keangal (key’angle), where inclusivity and supports are the norm. But not everyone is living in harmony within the Keangal—most notoriously so are the dreaded Piranha Brigade pirates whose creed is to do away with anyone they consider “weak.” And they’ve discovered a new enemy in Iris and the Crew…

I gobble up so many streaming series, I decided to make one myself, in book form! My hope is to have Blind, Deaf, neurodivergent, and disabled readers find themselves represented as major characters in this story! (I think there might be abled, NT members of that crew somewhere on the ship. I mean, it is inclusive after all.)

Anyway, squeeee!

A purple alien dressed in a lavish blue, purple, and gold gown wears a golden headpiece and looks about to deliver the final note through those sharp teeth!

Cover Reveal for Space Opera Libretti

So, in late 2018, I saw a call for non-dystopian, comedic short stories in the space opera genre that involve music. The anthology name: Space Opera Libretti. My eyes perked, and I immediately knew I wanted to write for this.

I love classic literature, which is probably why there’s an Austen-esque ball scene in the middle of my military space adventure, The Stealth Lovers. For this anthology, I got to merge my two favourite things: absurdist space opera with a classical ambience. And so, I wrote about an opera company full of quirky aliens. Yes, that’s right, The Silken Eclipse is a space opera about opera…innnnn spaaaaace!

It’s been wonderful to work with Jennifer Lee Rossman (whose story, Names, happens to be in Nothing Without Us) and Brian McNett. These are such wonderful humans, I’d love to submit stories to them again. You can follow Brian and Jennifer on the Twitter, too (@b_mcnett and @JenLRossman)!

And now, here’s a glimpse at the “almost-final” cover reveal!

A purple alien dressed in a lavish blue, purple, and gold gown wears a golden headpiece and looks about to deliver the final note through those sharp theeth!
Space Opera Libretti, featuring: K.G. Anderson, Tom Barlow, EDE Bell, Dean Brink, Minerva Cerridwen, Dave D’Alessio, Liz Donnelly, James Dorr, Ingrid Garcia, Jean Graham, me, Larry Hodges, Julia Huni, Alex Kropf, Brian McNett, Bruce Taylor, Harry Turtledove, Jennifer Lee Rossman, Dawn Vogel, Spruce Wells

As of today, the expected release date is mid-December. I’ll keep you posted when I know more. I can’t wait to read all of the stories!


Cait Gordon, in a black and white digital sketch
Cait Gordon

Cait Gordon is a disability advocate and the author of Life in the ’Cosm and The Stealth Lovers. When she’s not writing, Cait’s editing manuscripts and running The Spoonie Authors Network, a blog whose contributors manage disabilities and/or chronic conditions. She also teamed up with Kohenet Talia C. Johnson to co-edit the Nothing Without Us anthology in an attempt to take over the world. Narf.

NaNoWriMo 2019: I’m taking the plunge again!

Wheee!

I know I’ve been boinging between which one of my WIPs I should work on since completing The Stealth Lovers, but I’ve made a decision for NaNoWriMo 2019. It’s time to go back and finish the sequel to Life in the ’Cosm. Yup, Life in Another ’Cosm: Jinny from the Blog will be my project this November.

ID: Mock book cover. Purple nebula and orange planet. Baby bottle is flying through space like a rocket. Text reads: Life in another ’Cosm, Jinny from the blog, by Cait Gordon.
Mock cover. But please don’t mock it. It has feelings, you know.

I wrote the first draft of Jinny’s opening entry in the summer of 2016, if I recall correctly. I even have over 54,000 words in the current manuscript. But I’d been struck with the desire to write Xax’s amd Viv’s origin story in November 2017, and I’m glad I did! The Stealth Lovers began with NaNoWriMo 2017, and the first draft was completed with CampNaNo 2018!

It’s funny, when I look back, I remember several people discouraging me from doing NaNo, worried I’d burn out or hurt myself. Something in me knew I would (1) stop without guilt or remorse if pain became an issue, and (2) I’d regret not trying it at all. For TSL, I hit my target word counts. Will I do it this time? I dunno. But I want to try!

This past twelve months, I’ve worn an editor’s hat. Now, I want to don my writer’s cap again. I want to play in the sandbox and build quirky aliens who have unexpected adventures.

Book cover and announcement as a project on thr NaNoWriMo website.
See? I’ve made the announcement!

I’m a little nervous because this space opera is also a young-adult story. I’ve never done YA before. Thankfully, I know authors who have, so I am going to ask them very nicely if they’d be my beta readers for this novel.

I’m also kind of stoked, too, since Jinny’s story is like an 80s teen movie, but with aliens. I want to touch on the tropes I loved back then, and toss out the tropes that are just ick. My nickname of this book is The ’Cosm Breakfast Club.

Anyway, if you want to be my buddy, I’m just plain ol’ Cait Gordon on the NaNoWriMo Website! I’ll be also posting updates on the Twitter!

And good luck to everyone who is participating in NaNo this year. May the words be ever in your favour! 🙂

[SPOILER ALERT!!! I’ve included the summary blurb below. You might not want to read it before reading Life in the ’Cosm and The Stealth Lovers!]

If human teens are regarded as aliens, what about alien teens? Are they somehow more human?

Jinny’s parents are so in love, it’s really gross. Thankfully, her warrior grandpops are epic. Malley High is ugh, Jayke is ughier, but Selma’s pretty okay for someone donned in 50 shades of black. To cope with all the meh, Jinny spends her free time blogging about her microcosm. Her pointless existence goes snoozily along until the morning she meets a four-armed musician on the bus flight to school. She wants to get to know them but realizes she’s forgotten her Geology homework.

Skipping first class to scrounge around a quarry, Jinny finds a solid specimen inside an abandoned vessel.

The only problem is, this rock poops.

Life in Another ’Cosm, Jinny from the Blog, by Cait Gordon

Cait Gordon, in a black and white digital sketch

Cait Gordon is a disability advocate and the author of Life in the ’Cosm and The Stealth Lovers. When she’s not writing, Cait’s editing manuscripts and running The Spoonie Authors Network, a blog whose contributors manage disabilities and/or chronic conditions. She also teamed up with Kohenet Talia C. Johnson to co-edit the Nothing Without Us anthology in an attempt to take over the world. Narf.

Official Book Trailer for The Stealth Lovers and Pre-order info!

This is really happening! The Stealth Lovers is going to be published on September 30, 2019!!!

Here’s where you can pre-order it!

* Paperbacks will be available on Amazon after Sep 30. My guess you can find it on an Amazon near you. 🙂

Here’s the official trailer!

And here’s the full cover!

ID: Two characters in space flight suits about to engage in a kiss while standing on a snowy mountain top. Overhead flies a space fighter. (Full back matter and author quotes are described on The Stealth Lovers book page!

Squee! I’m so happy this story is going to be shared with the world soon. Xax and Viv were not only fan faves, they also hold a special place in my heart as well. Whenever I think of these guys, I think #RelationshipGoals.

TSL, TSL, TSL!

Thanks again to everyone who expressed excitement at this upcoming story. You boosted me on to finish it! And now it’s going to be a reality. Woohoo!

Will keep you posted with more news about book launches, author appearances and stuff!

Cheers!


Cait Gordon, in a black and white digital sketch
Cait Gordon

Cait Gordon is a disability advocate and the author of Life in the ’Cosm and The Stealth Lovers (Fall of 2019). When she’s not writing, Cait’s editing manuscripts and running The Spoonie Authors Network, a blog whose contributors manage disabilities and/or chronic conditions. She’s also teamed up with co-editor Talia C. Johnson on the Nothing Without Us anthology (Fall of 2019.)

Front cover of The Stealth Lovers

Oh, what the hay? Here’s the full-colour cover reveal for The Stealth Lovers.

The fantabulous Nathan Fréchette from Renaissance and I collaborated once again, and I’m so happy with the result. The greyscale version of the cover is already out in print as a promo at the back of MJ Lyons’ Murder at the World’s Fair, so, as Xax would say: What the hay?

I figured I might as well share the cover design.

Front cover of The Stealth Lovers
ID: Two characters in space flight suits are about to engage in a kiss while standing on a snowy mountain top. Overhead flies a space fighter. Text reads: The Stealth Lovers, by Cait Gordon

I love the backdrop image as well. It was created by Lucas Ettore Chiereguini from Pexels.

Just like with Life in the ’Cosm, I kind of love the blend of graphic art and photography and having my characters set into the scene. I’m quirky that way. And like with my first book, I drew sketches of the characters to send to Nathan, and he gave them that finishing touch. (In this case, he also added boots, because I had no room to draw the boots on the sketch I did. (LOL, YAY FOR BOOTS!) We also shared a giggle about the space fighter at the top right of the cover. Nat told me he doesn’t really draw ships, but because he is no quitter, he did the thing! I was like, “WOOHOO, YOU DREW A SHIP!”

There’s always a wonderful combination of anxiety (me) and hilarity (Nat and me) when doing these book covers. And once again, he is the King of Font Choices. I love it! (The quirky author font is there to show the relationship to the rest of the ’Cosm Series.)

Now, The Stealth Lovers is still to go through its final edit, but I reckon plans are all good for its Fall 2019 release! I am super stoked about this novel and hope readers love it!

I will keep you posted about release dates of The Stealth Lovers and the second edition of Life in the ’Cosm. This is turning out to be an exciting year!


Cait Gordon, in a black and white digital sketch
Cait Gordon

Cait Gordon is a disability advocate and the author of Life in the ’Cosm and The Stealth Lovers (Fall of 2019). When she’s not writing, Cait’s editing manuscripts and running The Spoonie Authors Network, a blog whose contributors manage disabilities and/or chronic conditions. She’s also teamed up with co-editor Talia C. Johnson on the Nothing Without Us anthology (Fall of 2019.)

Space ship and vapour trail

Cover design for The Stealth Lovers is happening!

And here’s a snippet!

Space ship flying away
ID: Fighter ship flying away into space.

Once again, I’m working with the super-talented Nathan Fréchette from Renaissance for this cover. I wanted something that was a little different from the ’Cosm series but would still look like it belonged as its prequel. (For the two sequels following Life in the ’Cosm, the title fonts will be the same as the first book, and there will be a featured object hurtling through space.)

It’s hard for me to put my characters on the covers of my novels, because I really want readers to use their imaginations. However, Xax and Viv will be in a zoomed-out shot, so you’ll have an idea of their appearance but can still fill in the blanks yourselves. Also, they will be sharing a tender moment, so claws and fangs will be retracted. Because otherwise, OW!

I’m super excited to share this book with the world. I just love those guys and always think of them as #RelationshipGoals. The Stealth Lovers will have sassy humour, military adventures, romance, and it will also underscore the importance of friendship. I’m hoping readers will enjoy watching the couple grow up together, as the story spans from them being 19 to reaching their mid-forties.

Um. And there might be a scene where they sample desserts in the officer’s lounge. (You really didn’t think I could write a miltary space opera without including cake, right?)

I will reveal the cover closer to the pre-order date! Right now the manuscript still has to pass through two more rounds of editing!

But I’m tickled with these two blurbs of praise so far:

“The fiercest, most formidable warrior-lovers in the ’Cosm are back. And the battle has never been so fabulous!”
Stephen Graham King, author of A Congress of Ships

“HOLY STARS, I loved everything about this novel!!!”
Jamieson Wolf, author of Little Yellow Magnet

So that’s my authory news this week! Oh, hey, the Nothing Without Us Kickstarter is still on until the end of the month. Help us reach our stretch goals! Learn more about this project and its authors!

Will write more about life in my ‘cosm soon! For now, back to donning my editor’s cap!

*dons cap*


Cait Gordon
Cait Gordon

Cait Gordon is a disability advocate and the author of Life in the ’Cosm and The Stealth Lovers (Fall of 2019). When she’s not writing, Cait’s editing manuscripts and running The Spoonie Authors Network, a blog whose contributors manage disabilities and/or chronic conditions. She’s also teamed up with co-editor Talia C. Johnson on the Nothing Without Us anthology (Fall of 2019.)

The Stealth Lovers will be published by Renaissance!

 

I know, right? WHEEEE!!! I’m so excited that the folks who believed in Life in the ’Cosm have also agreed to take on The Stealth Lovers, which is the origin story of Xax and Viv.

We learned from ’Cosm that these two warriors were also known as a formidable duo called The Stealth, but how did it all begin for them? Why were they Dragal legends? What was their life like years before they landed on Cinneh? I mean, who the hay were Commanders Xaxall Dwyer Knightly and Vivoxx Nathan Tirowen anyway? (Other than flippin’ awesome!)

What’s so cool for me is that I wrote the first words for this book in October 2017. And now, one year later, the manuscript has been accepted. What a great manuscriptversary present!

A huge vat of thanks goes to Renaissance’s Acquisition Committee. I’m so grateful to you for choosing my story. (I kept whispering, “Pick me, pick me!”)

I’m really looking forward to working with Renaissance again. They really are an amazing team who makes their authors feel so involved in the process. I can’t wait to collaborate on the cover design with Nathan! We’re already discussing it!

In the meantime, I’ll keep you updated on the progress of where the book is at. Stay tuned, folks!

While you’re waiting for TSL, you can read Life in the ’Cosm first, if you like!

And many thanks to all the fans of Xax and Viv who got really excited to hear their story would be told. You people fueled me to complete the book. Readers are the best!

Wow. This is really happening.

SQUEE!


Cait Gordon

Cait Gordon is the author of Life in the ’Cosm, a story about a little green guy who’s on a quest to save half the person he loves. Her latest WIP, The Stealth Lovers, is a military space opera about legendary warriors Xaxall Dwyer Knightly and Vivoxx Nathan Tirowen. When she’s not writing, Cait’s editing manuscripts and running The Spoonie Authors Network, a blog whose contributors manage disabilities and/or chronic conditions. She’s also working with Renaissance and co-editor Talia C. Johnson on the Nothing Without Us anthology (call for submissions are ongoing until Dec 31, 2018.)

ID: Starry space. Text reads: The Ale-ing Brothers, A space opera flash fiction by Cait Gordon

The Ale-ing Brothers

Yay, it’s flash fiction time, as hosted by the fantabulous author, Nathan Burgoine. This month in the year-long challenge we had to write in the genre of sci-fi, in the clouds, and with a dog collar as our object. I thought a bit outside the box here, and the timing of the writing prompt coincided with a geeky event here in Ottawa.

Here’s my entry!

***

Droüg awakened with his face pressed into the flight console. The only reason he no longer remained in an alcohol-induced slumber was because the hyperspace indicator kept flashing right through his eyelids. Hm, explains the dream about that brothel’s marquee.

He clutched his scalp while inwardly cursing Fraüg for making him drink out of his glass again last night. What had that concoction been called? The Dog Collar. He must have added extra spikes because I feel impaled from the inside out. Fraüg might have been his twin brother, but for some reason, Droüg hadn’t the same tolerance for spirits. Probably because he’d never built up an immunity at the academy.

Where the flogg is that guy, anyway? Droüg initiated the internal comm.

“Bro? You still alive?”

The comm crackled with, “Yeah, great. You?”

“No. I don’t think I made it.”

“Aw, shame. I’ll say a few respectful words and jettison your corpse. Will tell Mumsy you died saving a herd of novice nuns from deep-space bandits or something.”

“I hate you, know that?”

“Look, if you don’t keep trying new shots, your taste buds will never mature.”

“I prefer my tongue to stay immature.”

“Probably why Soozye always complains you’re such a bad kisser.”

“Again, I hate you.”

“I know, little brother.”

“But I need you. We’ve jumped to the-flogg-knows-where and I require someone with eyes that can actually focus on these readouts.”

No response. Fraüg was probably on his way to the cockpit. Droüg tried moving his arms and shoulders, which ached like he’d spent the night in a vice, and managed to gather his moss-hued head tentacles. He fastened them behind his neck with a black leather strap. His left brown eye and right green eye blinked a few times at the controls. Then he lifted up the veil on his viewscreen.

The scene before him showed they hovered within the planet’s atmosphere, low enough to see a carpet of fluffy purply-white-rimmed clouds beneath their ship. Thank the orbs we’re cloaked. Who knows if we’ll face friendlies or meanies here. 

“Oh, that’s pretty,” said Fraüg, sauntering in, looking as fresh as a summer’s day. “Must be dawn on this part of their world.” He sat in the co-pilot’s seat, his head-tentacles untethered but somehow still slick and obediently falling in perfect order behind his back. Swivelling to look at his brother, he couldn’t help but chuckle.

“You look like you crawled out of a volcanic crater on Zodrix. Your skin is ashen.”

“I’m never ever partying with you again.”

“What you need is fresh air. Let’s land this thing in a remote area.”

Droüg’s eyes widened. “We can’t do that!”

“Sure we can. We’ll stay cloaked.”

“You know as well as I do that some civilizations have tech that can see through certain cloaking! What if ours isn’t advanced enough?”

“It’ll be fine,” said Fraüg, scanning for lifeforms as their ship crossed a few hours into another timezone. “Oh, hey, this might be the thing. A gathering!”

“That doesn’t sound like a remote place.”

“No, little brother, but—”

“I was born like ten minutes after you, dude.”

“Shut up and look, will ya?” Fraüg displayed a visual of their long-range scanners.

Draüg forgot his aching head for a moment and put a finger to his lips, which was his standard pondering pose. It seemed that on the outskirts of a populated area stood an expansive conference centre. On the grounds entering and exiting the facility were a diverse collection of beings. Some walked on legs yet had wings, others had rockets strapped to their backs, and a few others looked like beings who could transform themselves into some sort of transport vehicles. Skin colours ranged from a pasty pink to greens, blues, yellows, browns, and purples. They even seemed to welcome beings who seemed to be part android. One held something resembling a toilet plunger, but perhaps it was really some sort of tractor beam.

“I’m seeing a lot of weaponry, yet everyone so far seems really happy to see each other.”

“Maybe there’s a understood peace agreement. Perhaps the weapons are just for display, like a cultural ornament.”

“There’s a lot of high-fiving, too.”

“Yeah.”

“What does that banner say on the building itself?”

“No idea. I don’t understand the language either.”

“Well … maybe it’s okay to land here. For a second.”

“We can take side arms, but keep them set to stun.”

The brothers touched down on a field nearby the convention centre and uncloaked their ship. As they alighted the vessel, they noticed a tiny four-door transport with wheels drive up to them. It parked and out dashed four beings who appeared to be elves from planet Crai-yah. Their white robes, long flowing hair, and twisted metal headpieces gave it away.

“Wow!” said the tallest female. “You guys look great! Did you get a permit to construct that ship here?”

Droüg didn’t understand one syllable. Neither did Fraüg. They glanced at each other and decided to extend the elves a formal gesture of greeting, by holding up their right hand with their digits separated.

The elves frowned. “Live long and prosper, to you, too,” said a small one, probably a child of 70 years. “But you don’t look like Vulcans.”

“I’m sorry,” said Droüg. “Did we do anything to offend?”

“Oh, I see,” said the largest male, who was the only elf with dark hair as the rest were golden-headed. “They’re from another country. Let’s be polite and return their salute.”

When the elves smiled and nodded while holding up their fingers in a similar greeting, the twin brothers felt relieved. There might have been a language barrier, but they were friendlies.

“Enjoy the con,” said the littlest one.

“In-jay tha caun,” said Fraüg.

This must have pleased the elves, because they beamed brightly before leaving.

“Well, what do you think?” said Fraüg.

“I’ll try it. But no drinks.”

“Just one. I promise it’ll be mild.”

“You say that every time.”


The Ale-ing Brothers © 2018 Cait Gordon. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without permission except in the case of brief quotations in critical articles and reviews. For more information, contact Cait Gordon.


Cait Gordon

Cait Gordon is the author of Life in the ’Cosm, a story about a little green guy who’s crushing on the female half of his two-headed colleague. Cait is currently working on a prequel to ’Cosm called The Stealth Lovers, a military space opera. When she’s not writing, she’s editing manuscripts for indie authors and running The Spoonie Authors Network, a blog whose contributors are writers who manage disabilities and/or chronic conditions. She also really likes cake.

Camp NaNoWriMo banner

I’ve gone camping! To Camp NaNoWriMo, that is.

Camp NaNoWriMo banner

Well, whaddaya know? I  said I wouldn’t do NaNoWriMo again (after I’d completed my first in 2017 and actually hit the 50,000 word goal), but guess what? I’m baaaack!

It just happens that I am on a two-month break from my freelance editing day job. I needed time to regroup and refresh, but also to finish The Stealth Lovers, which is the prequel to Life in the ’Cosm. April is Camp NaNoWriMo month for 2018. Who knew?! I figured, What the hay? I’ll write in April and clean it up in May!

The thing I like better about Camp NaNoWriMo is I get to set my own word-count limit. I reckon I’ll need about 25,000 words to finish the book. So, each day I sit down to write my daily quota, then close the laptop. That’s how I did it in November. Seems to work for me.

Wouldn’t it be funny if this book started with NaNoWriMo and ended with Camp NaNoWriMo? I mean, sure, it’ll have to be edited and beta-read and so on, but I think that would be a hoot.

WARNING: Spoilery stuff, if you’ve not read Life in the ’Cosm!

I’m currently crafting Part 3 of the novel. The Stealth Lovers reads like a collection of stories—gathered by author Virj Ofreesin—about the military adventures of Xaxall Dwyer Knightly and Vivoxx Tirowen, a Draga couple known as The Stealth. It’s been a total blast to write so far. I’ve already got some words tossed into most of the chapters for Part 3, but others are blank. It’s fun to see what I’m doing with one of the blank chapters. All it had was a title! Ah, the adventure of sculpting a manuscript.

Anyway, follow me on Twitter or in my Facebook group to see how I’m doing. Say hi, too! I’m shockingly friendly.

Cheers to all the Campers out there! Good luck arranging the alphabet this month!


Cait GordonCait (pronounced like “cat”) Gordon is originally from Verdun, Québec, and has been living in the suburbs of Ottawa since 1998. Her first novel, Life in the ’Cosm (Renaissance) was published in 2016. Her short story, A Night at the Rabbit Hole, appears in the Alice Unbound: Beyond Wonderland anthology (Exile Editions). She’s currently working on The Stealth Lovers, a prequel to the ’Cosm series. For her day job, Cait is a freelance editor. Some of the titles she’s edited include Confessions of a Mad Mooer: Postnatal Depression Sucks (Robin Elizabeth), Camp Follower: One Army Brat’s Story (Michele Sabad), Skylark (S.M. Carrière), Little Yellow Magnet (Jamieson Wolf), A Desert Song (Amy M. Young), and Moonshadow’s Guardian (Dianna Gunn). Cait is also the founder and editor of the Spoonie Authors Network, whose contributors manage chronic conditions and/or disabilities.