It's been almost three years since the book was published, and a second edition will be released this fall. (See: Why there's going to be a second edition of Life in the ’Cosm) But in both editions, there are a few Easter eggs based on my cultural heritage of Irish and Polish. Did you pick …
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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, …
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Can I haz a rest now? Wheeeeew! I’m now officially at the half-way mark of NaNoWriMo: Day 15. I gave myself a bit of a break today and stopped at 555 words. (Funny number, eh? Not even planned!) My observations at this point? Yeah, I am so not doing this again. While it’s been great …
Welp, that does it. This person who once loathed the concept of writing a novel in a month is going to try . . . writing a novel in a month. Yeah, I'm just as shocked as you are. This has been one of the most difficult years for me, healthwise, and the resulting anxiety …
Continue reading How I done gone lost my mind, also known as, I’m trying NaNoWriMo this year!
In Ottawa this weekend? Wanna meet me? You can! I'll be at the Ottawa Geek Market on Saturday September 30, from 1-6pm, in cosplay of course! Drop by the Renaissance booth and say hello, buy some books, or bring your copy of Life in the 'Cosm and I will gladly sign it! Hope to see …
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I was interviewed by the lovely author Kirsten McNeill for her series on Canadian Writers. You can read it on her website, The Art is Ours. Thanks, Kirsten. I had fun! /cg Cait Gordon is the author of Life in the ’Cosm, a comedic space opera where boy meets girl, but girl doesn’t notice boy because she’s …
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Um, okay, this is a bit different for me. Maybe for you it's perfectly fine, but I'm a bit surprised at myself. I am currently writing the first draft (or trying to anyway while LIFE keeps smacking me in the face) of the second book in the ’Cosm Series. There are several new characters, but I'm …
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He's oozy and slimy, resembles a fried egg, and is probably judging you right now. He's the Ovum known as Splot. In Life in the 'Cosm, we learn that several years before the story begins, Virj Ofreesin finds an alien known as an Ovum on his breakfast plate at a cheap diner. Instead of eating him, …
She likes thrift stores, glitter, bold colours (mostly pink), and her hair looks like a giant follicular umbrella. She's annoyingly cheerful, probably the worst roller blader in galactic history, but her tenacity is unbreakable. She's an expressive extrovert. She's fighting a mobility disability. She's Virj's sidekick. She's Noola Quirk. I had no idea I'd invent …
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He's short, pudgy, and has a snout like a green megaphone, or so his cousin Trance says. Virj Ofreesin (yes, it is pronounced like verge of reason) is the protagonist of my first book of the Life in the 'Cosm series. Virj and I have known each other since he started out as a doodle for me …
Cait Gordon—author and editor 