Sharing this again since people keep saying things like "I can't do this again" and "we're about to have a pandemic again" in response to the hantavirus news (wear an N95/KN95 mask to protect yourself from ALL airborne viruses!! find your local mask bloc if you need help getting masks)

*IF* Alan lands either job, this might be the last time I have to ask for help with insurance premiums! I have to cough up about $392. Please share and help an LGBTQ disabled person unable to escape red-state hell. venmo: KARRIE-HIGGINS-2 www.paypal.com/paypalme/kar...

If anyone feels like helping ... Venmo: KARRIE-HIGGINS-2 www.paypal.com/paypalme/kar... For medical & repairs related to medical (they hold the funds & release only when I prove the expense; donations tax deductible): helphopelive.org/campaign/159...

Tru Calling promotional pictures featuring Eliza Dushku 📸

I’m so excited to announce that IT’S ALL IN YOUR HEAD will be part of a three-book standalone romance series, featuring the women in Skylar’s chronic pain support group—and the men who are down bad for them! The next two books will be out in 2027!

Yesterday was the 1-month anniversary of THE CHAMOS PROJECT being out in the world! It's weird to be promoting a book about androids fighting for their rights after losing my job to AI here in the real world, but here we are. Consider buying it to support an indie author! books2read.com/u/mdBDo5

Always finding a way to work Tru Calling into any coversation

New Blog Post: I was one of the featured editors on the LGBTQ+ Editors Association blog for the month of March! Ever wondered what it's like to be a queer Gen Z freelance editor? Check it out here! #editing #writing

@jewstein3000.bsky.social Hey, Justine! I’m a multiply disabled COVID cautious author + aspiring TV drama writer with a screenwriting MFA & disability studies PhD trying to fight my way into the entertainment industry. Would love to chat on your podcast. Can DM you more info if you follow me!

NEW ARTICLE: Comedian Maysoon Zayid had a deal with ABC to produce a TV sitcom inspired by her life, as a Muslim woman with cerebral palsy. Why was that show never released? Maysoon gives me the inside story. (Hint: bigotry) justinebarron.substack.com/p/the-sitcom...

Hey, it’s #CerebralPalsyAwarenessMonth and my debut traditionally published short story features an asexual wheelchair-using MC with cerebral palsy and hyperacusis. You can purchase BEING ACE here or at any other book retailer! #BookSky #WritingSky #Author 📚 bookshop.org/p/books/bein...

Updated Pin: I'm booking out editing spots for June and July! I've also added a tab column on my website: ottersediting.com that tells you my availability! Need an empathetic editor who cares about you & your story and doesn't use AI? I edit Fantasy, LGBTQ+, and Sci-Fi stories! #editing #writing

If you’re a disabled/chronically ill writer who wants to write about disabled characters in fiction, you can sign up for my six-week WRITING DISABLED CHARACTERS IN FICTION class in March! Will work with MG, YA, and Adult! #WriterSky #BookSky #Teaching www.wow-womenonwriting.com/classroom/La...

If you’re a disabled/chronically ill writer who wants to write about disabled characters in fiction, you can sign up for my six-week WRITING DISABLED CHARACTERS IN FICTION class in March! Will work with MG, YA, and Adult! #WriterSky #BookSky #Teaching www.wow-womenonwriting.com/classroom/La...

Trying to get started as a freelancer sometimes means getting a decent amount of work for a while, nothing for months, then that first job after that brings a glimmer of hope. #freelance #editing #freelanceeditors #writing #writingcommunity

@wordsiren.bsky.social Hey, I just finished reading the Kindle ebook I bought of AN ARCANE INHERITANCE! I absolutely loved it! I would like to believe that Ellory and Hudson end up together foreve! Their banter was great and I love university set stories! Congratulations on an amazing book! 🥰🤗

My book is an Indie Ink nominee! I’m so glad my little queer, disabled stories are resonating with people, and it would mean the world to me if you can head to indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-... and cast your vote for: ✨best cover ✨best disability rep by a disabled author ✨best mental health rep

Are you publishing in 2026 and need an editor? 🦦 Otters Editing is looking for clients in the Winter! I work with indie authors in the fantasy, LGBTQ+, and sci-fi genres. You deserve an empathetic #editor who cares about human creativity and doesn't use AI. Website: ottersediting.com

It's November, and I'm looking for work in December and onward! Want to support a neurodivergent and nonbinary freelance editor? Check out #OttersEditing I believe editing is collaborative, and you should have an empathetic editor who cares about you. Let's make your writing Otterly amazing! 🦦✍️

Scars & Starlight is low-key a platonic love story btwn Kai & his bestie, even if the VERY messy romance appears to be front and center. AND Kai's boss has unofficially adopt him & makes him take time off when his lupus flares up🥰 Anyway, I'll leave this here: flyleafbooks.com/book/9783988...

@tea-and-mushrooms.bsky.social I just bought an ebook copy! Fellow disabled ace author here! Your poetry collection is such a fun read! Thank you for sharing, Clover! 💜

✨️ New slots for 2026 available now! ✨️ If you're looking for an actually affordable editor with 16 years of experience and a reputation for becoming my clients' biggest cheerleader and toughest coach, let's talk about your story and your needs!

In case you missed this, we covered this on @gimmickspod.bsky.social two years ago now, in what has become a tradition of @derekbgayle.bsky.social introducing me to an absolute banger every fall (and then my heartbreak that the series was short-lived) - check it out if you haven't already!

Happy Indigenous People's Day! I mostly focused on North America, where I'm from, and Palestine, since it's been on my mind so much lately. This is NOT the definitive list of books about indigenous characters. Follow indigenous creators and listen to their recs. And, as always, free Palestine.

I'm a huge #OMITB fan but I was so excited in particular to discuss this episode and the brilliant decisions made to tell a story focusing on Theo. I really hope you'll give this a listen.

@nicolezelniker.bsky.social I would love to be a sensitivity reader for you if you need one in the future! 😍

I am $500 from a milestone on the Help Hope Live that would help with paying for the biopsy, the consult at the U, meds, RX sunscreen & EEG! This fundraiser is scam proof because I can't even access the $ w/out a receipt & it's tax deductible! helphopelive.org/campaign/159...

@derekbgayle.bsky.social @dmuma.bsky.social The hardest thing about writing a millennial, sapphic (ace) romance novel centered around a Tru Calling-type show that aired on FOX between 2004-2005 for 1 season was knowing I had to make FOX cancel it, which made me hate them even more! 🙃🫠 😭

Love when a 2000s FOX sci-fi show with a strong brunette female lead unexpectedly brings in a former teen heartthrob from 90210 midway through season 1 to play a rougher, stubbled, complex and morally ambiguous mystery character heavily tied to the mythology before that show is cancelled in season 2

And yes, I said ... "this pandemic" because IT IS STILL HAPPENING IT HAS NOT ENDED. Biden called it "over" and that was a lie.

Hey, Autism is not a disease. While not all Autistics have food aversion, it is found in a lot of Autistic and neurodivergent folk. If you want to stick it to the people sharing and celebrating the spreading of misinformation about Autism, share stuff made by Autistic folk. Like my book:

AI. Will not. Solve. Your. Problems.

@nitatyndall.com Hi, Nita! Following you here! 🥰

Donations are tax deductible. I am in the middle of my own mini-Epstein case. I need MH care. If you have been posting about Epstein, maybe consider supporting victims in your actual lives, too. We exist. Donations to HHL are tax deductible. helphopelive.org/campaign/159...

today is the one month anniversary of mom dying ... no family has helped ... I had a little much-appreciated <3 help to get a few meals and I gave that to my niece & nephews. I've had no support and I can't meet my own needs and have to mail ashes using EXPRESS + pay for memorial costs etc.

#QueerWritersChat I write blogs about writing and editing on my website! Also poetry and short fiction. I'm also gearing up for a big launch event of my editing business in a few weeks since I'm finishing up a professional certificate! #OttersEditing storyotters.wordpress.com

Happy International Dog Day! #dogs Featuring Trinket, a globetrotting pup who has lived in both hemispheres and been on a plane for several flights for a total of over 10,000 miles.

Five years into this COVID thing, and frankly, if you take transit while sick, you are directly responsible for others getting sick and all of the fallout that might happen afterward. “It’s not COVID!” You sure? Like really sure? Because this strain doesn’t show positive until day 4-6.

I genuinely cannot think of anything more legally nightmarish for the performers, artists, and writers of screen media. The hope is clearly to never pay another actor ever again and just use their likenesses without accountability.

"AI isn't coming for your job, but someone who's better at using AI for your job might be coming for it" was meant to be an uplifting response in a company-wide meeting today, if you want to know how things are going for creatives in the corporate world

JULY HOUSING UPDATE: A lot has happened in the two months since I last updated our homelessness fundraiser, but I felt you deserved a check in. I don’t really have much positive to report except sticking to my deadlines despite… everything. I’m doing my best. gofund.me/f79eaf5b 1/2

Every week someone tells me they had to put Covid aside to focus on bigger issues like fascism. The thing is, eugenics and fascism go hand in hand. Historically pandemics have ignited fascism & normalized eugenics & indifference

It’s Disability Pride Month! Many of you have been disabled by one or multiple covid infections and don’t know it yet. Many others are aware, though, and have been sounding the alarm for years. Stop disabling your communities by breathing all over everyone. WEAR A MASK!

I will be teaching this WRITING DISABLED CHARACTERS IN FICTION workshop online through Women on Writing for six weeks starting July 15th! All disabled writers welcome! Sign up below! #DisabilitySky #AmWriting #Teaching #BookSky #WritingCommunity www.wow-womenonwriting.com/classroom/La...