Some thoughts on Crip Futurism
The Storify of the #CripLit Crip Futurism chat is up. Here’s a version of what I said rendered in paragraph form.
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Crip Futurism!
For me this is perfect timing and squarely in my wheelhouse: a Twitter chat on disability, SFF, and futurism. Fiction and non-fiction. Join us!
Read moreNew novella—and writing from identity
I’ve been off social media for nearly two weeks in order to write a novella, working title So Lucky. It is CripLit.
Read more#CripLit: Editor Roundtable, Sunday 1/15, 7 pm Eastern
For our fifth #Criplit chat for disabled writers we’re trying a slightly different format. We’ve invited editors and staff from some of…
Read moreWriting in difficult times
We are writers. We must write. We must use hard and honest words. Not ‘alt-right’ but white supremacist. Not ‘religious exception’ but homophobic hate. Not ‘thoughtless’ but ableist. Call it what it is. A writer’s job is to tell her truth, loud and clear.
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The Disability Visibility Project™ (DVP) is a community partnership with StoryCorps and an online community dedicated to recording, amplifying, and sharing disability stories and culture. Support the DVP on Patreon.
Read moreResistance through writing: #CripLit chat December 4
Stories make culture. If we want to be visible in this culture we must make our voices heard.
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#CripLit Twitter chat: Intersectionality, 12 October 4pm Pacific/7 pm Eastern
The third #CripLit Twitter chat, on Disabled Writers, Diverse Literature, and Intersectionality, is scheduled for Wednesday, 12 October, 4 pm Pacific/7 pm Eastern.Co-hosts me and Alice Wong. Guest host Alaina Leary. You don’t want to miss this one!
Read moreSome thoughts on Ableism & the Publishing Industry
The Storify of the second #CripLit Twitter chat, on Ableism and the Publishing Industry is up. Here are my answers to the 10 questions formulated ahead of time.
Read moreGuidelines for non-disabled writers
Empathy is no match for experience. Empathy is unreliable. Empathy is not enough. Here are some guidelines instead.
Read moreSecond #CripLit chat August 29: Ableism & Publishing
For our second #CripLit Twitter chat, Alice Wong and I will be joined by guest host Denarii Monroe to talk about ableism and the publishing industry.
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#CripLit Twitter Chat: Sat 7/23 4 pm Pacific
The first-ever #CripLit Twitter Chat, for and about writers with disabilities, is happening on Saturday: July 23, 4 pm Pacific/7 pm Eastern
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On Saturday, July 23, at 4 pm Pacific/7 pm Eastern, I’ll be co-hosting the first #CripLit Twitter Chat with Alice Wong of the Disability Visibility Project (@DisVisibility). I hope you can join us.
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