I’m autistic. You don’t know how freeing it is to write that. Every single time I do, I feel like a little more of that burden I’ve been carrying for decades is being lifted off my shoulders. I’m one of those cases (as happens to many autistic cisgender women) where I only discovered this last …
Continue reading Masking: The Fine Art of Faking Being Neurotypical
First, ask yourself: What the heck does enough even mean? In my opinion, a dangerous game to play is the comparison game. Before anything else, I recommend the following self-check: Am I forcing myself to fit someone else's writing routine?Am I putting unrealistic expectations on myself?Am I being influenced by "bullies" who tell me to drop …
Parts 1 and 2 of The Stealth Lovers have been drafted. I’ve begun Part 3 and am loving this story. I hope you will, too. I’ll keep you posted as to the progress and eventual publication of the book. Cheers! ~ Cait G.
Wow. I had no idea Viv was anything like that at 19. Never saw it coming! The quote above is not a beta-reader’s comment about my work-in-progress of The Stealth Lovers. Those are my words. Yeah, I know. But, but, but … how can an author react like this when she's the one writing the story? Beats me, …
Continue reading Am I an author or just an innocent bystander?
I have done the thing that I swore I'd never do—I'm actively working on several books at once. Gone are my linear days, it seems. But: EVERYTHING'S FINE! I think. My mind is somehow keeping up with these multiple projects. First, there's Life in Another ’Cosm: Jinny from the Blog, the second book in the ’Cosm series. …
Look for me at the Renaissance table on Friday May 12, 2017 at Ottawa Comiccon, from 1-5 pm, selling Life in the ’Cosm and other awesome books. I'll be floating around all weekend, too. Follow my Instagram to see what I'm up to! So stoked! /cg Cait Gordon is author of Life in the ’Cosm, a story …
"It's a pleasure to be nominated." That's supposed to be the go-to line for awards nights, when people don't win. But you know what? It is super cool to be possibly eligible for a 2017 Prix Aurora Award in the Novel Category. Because I wrote a book! With words in it and everything! There are a lot …
Some writers are able-bodied. Some have disabilities that impair cognitive function. Some can blaze on the keyboard with ease. Others have too much pain to type or even sit up to use their dictation software. If you command that all writers must write every single day, can you see how this might be an ableist thing? Maybe let’s not assume everyone’s life is exactly the same.
Hi, people who like words! I thought I would blog about how---now that I'm a published author---I'm simply teeming with confidence about the writing process as I work on my second book. Except . . . if I wrote anything like that, I'd be what's known as: LIAR LIAR PANTS ON FIRE! Holy schnikies, it's like …
This was my original piece, written in 1999. I'd barely written anything and gave up. It was still a story with a writer who hated his day job and who tried to become a fiction author. It was awful, though, with glimpses of potential. Kitty was my late Irish granny's name, so I was considering …
Cait Gordon—author and editor 