I got to chat with @harperkinsley.bsky.social about writing disability and the complexity of "overcoming" narratives 😁💖 Watch it here 👉 youtu.be/Jaklw1v1r_E?... & let us know what you think! #Disability #DisabledStories #Writer

If you’re donating to a food bank, consider donating some respirators too! Food banks will be overwhelmed and crowded. Covid is still with us, still disabling and still killing. Many folks are losing food assistance & healthcare. A well fitted respirator can keep you healthy!

Reading for awards? Wanna consider "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything"? @locusmag.bsky.social said "fun & funny but doesn’t lose its bite, pushing readers to ques­tion why superheroes (are) more believ­able than achieving ...accommodations as a disabled person." www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...

Wrote a bit about the history of deaf people in film for @pbs.org American Masters in honor of the new documentary about @marleematlin.bsky.social "Not Alone Anymore". Brava to Marlee and director Shoshannah Stern on a beautiful film. www.pbs.org/wnet/america...

Already said, but the DS9 episodes with the Bell Riots come to mind...

A failing society is one that demands people starve in order to uphold arbitrary and socially constructed ideas of normalcy, value, and worth. We need to reject the idea that anyone at all must work to "earn" the right to eat and live.

Many seem to think #disabled people "should just work", but they don't understand/care that: 1. Workplaces systemically discriminate against us 2. We're often paid less than the non-disabled 3. Accommodations that would enable us to work are often denied and it makes me mad. #DisabilityJustice

New story day! "Phantom View" is about a son caretaking for his father, and discovering a blurry person in all their family photos that he has no memory of. The same figure is in all his dad's paintings--and the figure may be in the house with them right now.

One advantage of e-books I hadn't considered: Is there any sweeter feeling than recommending a book to someone who downloads it and begins reading it *within the hour* and says "it's so good"? Because hot damn, those are some happy freaking brain chemicals! ✨

If you were at the No Kings events, please wear a mask for the next few days. Covid is not over. You can infect others before you feel symptomatic. People are losing their healthcare. They’re losing their food assistance. They’re losing housing. We need to protect each other.

If you can’t join a No Kings protest because you’re sick, disabled or it’s unsafe … please don’t feel guilty. We can all contribute in our own way and not everyone can be boots on the ground. Share posts. Attend virtual events. Trust that the community is fighting for you. Survival is resistance.

Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.

I say this with peace and love, but if you are contacting disabled people to do sensitivity readings and disability culture consults WITHOUT PAY, please rethink making that request. I always try to be as helpful as I can be, but I need to eat! 🫣 We deserve to be paid for our labour 💖

🧵A thread on observations I made while reading dystopian story submissions by disabled & chronically ill writers:

I want your empowering/supportive/disability justice messages, poems, and sentiments for the Disability in Dystopia Anthology! I'm going to make them into art for the collection. Submit a picture or typed message to [email protected] 💌 from now until November 1st! #books #disability

Reminder that September is National library card month, so you should totally go get a library card! Yes, they have books, but many also have dvds, cds, video games, game systems, hot spots, streaming services, ebooks, audio books, park passes, museum passes, and more! Maybe it's time for a visit!

There’s discourse on Twitter abt bedrotting & normies not understanding what bedrotting really is (unwashed sheets, don’t get out of bed to shower, etc). Reminds me how even if you & a normie experience depression, being alienated & disillusioned from society means your exp with it is very different

We know it’s not always practical or feasible to mask in all situations, so we recommend focusing on three places - grocery stores, healthcare settings, and mass transit - that will make the most difference for you and for others, especially those who are immuno-compromised. #covid #covidisntover

Post by @meetjess.bsky.social earlier today: "Wil Wheaton has been one of the last standing actors who consistently masked (along with his wife)... Unfortunately he let his guard down at Comic Con, and now has his first ever infection." OP: x.com/MeetJess/sta...

"The future is accessible." -Annie Segarra Updating cover art w this amazing #embroidery artwork. Shared w permission, credit to HGEmbroideryArt! www.etsy.com/shop/HGEmbro... 🏳️‍🌈🧵 Based on a photo of me dancing in a wheelchair from my 2018 #HealingVisibly photo-essay project. #TheFutureIsAccessible

Whaddup everyone! Starting next Monday, I'll be hosting #Septopolis, a month-long prompt game for developing a setting for your stories or #TTRPG campaigns! Wanna build something new? Wanna talk about one you've built? Then COME ON DOWN! 👇 🧵1/3 #WritingCommunity #Worldbuilding #WriteSky #WritingQ

Really cannot overstate how powerful this essay is. My ears were ringing by the end of it

"AI is an accessibility tool!" But the ai is never built specifically with #disabled people in mind. And the AI is stealing from disabled creatives. And the AI is reinforcing harmful stereotypes. And the AI is misrepresenting and forgetting us. Disabled people are not your scapegoats.

BREAKING: Social Security Administration chief data officer and whistle-blower Charles Borges has resigned after bombshell report that SSA put highly-sensitive data at risk. He sent out an email to colleagues moments ago. Here is the text of his email shared with me:

One thought is always hungry. “I’m not being productive enough.” We must bundle these words in an old blanket and sit them by a fire on a crisp night. We must heal them with wordless wind and smoke. We must do the same for the culture that made their hunger terrible.

Next year's WorldCon is in Los Angeles, and the theme appears to be Westward Expansion or possibly Manifest Destiny. The guests are referred to as Pioneers and the venue as The Frontier. This year the awards were swept by Indigenous writers. The choice is stunning in its ugliness.

From @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social: “If you’re under 65 and not high risk, the window to get a Covid-19 vaccine is right now—before the FDA label changes (possibly this Friday). Once it happens, access will be limited immediately.”

I set out to write a book about a young woman teaching her mother how to be a witch... and then 2020 happened, and everything changed. Here's the origin story of my new novel Lessons in Magic and Disaster, out today! More details at buttondown.com/charliejane/... 💝

Hey, good morning, friends. If you're up to it, here is your assignment for today. Do one (1) example of each of these things and report back to be told how awesome you are. 1) Enjoy life. 2) Be someone you would love. 3) Make things better. I will report back also.

All this talk about how infodumping is a neurodivergent trait—listen, we grew up reading SFF in the Nineties, OF COURSE we infodump. Y’all are lucky we’re not a full on italicized prologue.

What a pick-me-up for a rough day of con-drop after #WorldCon! @libro.fm just popped up with a wondrous notification allowing me to download my pre-order of Lessons in Magic and Disaster by the legendary @charliejane.bsky.social! Esp after the Feminist Futurism Salon, I am SO excited!

"still punk as fuck," I whisper as I am very nice to people all day

What if I just let myself be exhausted

If you’re chronically ill and struggling to rest or pace… you’re not alone. Resting is hard. It’s frustrating to admit that you can’t just play through the pain the way you used to. It’s also necessary. I try to view rest as a form of radical self care and resistance. It’s needed for survival.

ICYMI! PLEASE REPOST! Poets! Uncanny Magazine is OPEN to Poetry Submissions from August 9 to August 26! Poetry Editor Betsy Aoki can't wait to read your poems!!! buff.ly/9AyStcb

Reskeeting with Alt Text so everyone can read this quote from Tressie McMillan Cottom in the NY Times

Hearing about positive Covid tests at Worldcon. Especially as y'all travel home, make sure to test and mask. Best wishes to all.

A few logistical notes to consider for future Hugo ceremonies: It wouldn't be a bad idea for future Hugos to invest in a trained transcriptionist at $60/hr or whatever rather than relying on risible autocapture. Some of these folks type 120 wpm with exceptional accuracy.

"I think if you're worried that there isn't an audience, and especially if you want to write stories that do not appear too mainstream... There's a quote that I often think of, which is: what you seek is seeking you." @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social #WorldCon

I have written book reviews excited by how a character's so ND-coded, how I love the rep. It took me waaay too long to realize the coding might not have been intentional—therefore the authors might read it and have an epiphany for something they didn't have a word for, when they wrote it. Whoops? 😅

"Sometimes I get reminded that media exists that isn't gay at all, and it really saddens me." @hanalee.bsky.social #WorldCon

It was surreal and awesome to see @cassmorriswrites.com and @fondalee.bsky.social geeking out together on the "Worldbuilding Through Structures of Society" panel at #WorldCon @seattlein2025.org. After so long being a fan listening to @worldbuildcast.bsky.social it was magic to see this live!

I felt very seen at the "Writing in a Neurodiverse Universe" panel at @seattlein2025.org. Tons of useful tips, oodles of compassion. Such a relief. @writerlybliss.bsky.social on #SpoonTheory: "Really, there's spoons. There's fucks, and there's fucking spoons. And they're three different things."

Friends at @seattlein2025.org #WorldCon! Join us tomorrow (Saturday) at 3pm for an informal meet-up at Andare Italian Kitchen & Bar (the bar portion) in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency Seattle. The podcast hosts will be there to chat before we go make ourselves beautiful for the Hugo Award Ceremony!

The Feminist Futurism Salon at #WorldCon was outstanding! Asking each panelist to bring a hopeful quote from their own work to conclude the evening? So poignant. @isisasare.bsky.social is brilliant.

Becky Chambers & @isabel.kim said so many wise things today about the cooperative nature of the dialogue inherent within the SFF genre. Two excerpts that resonated with me as both a writer and reader, from the #WorldCon panel "A Genre in Conversation with Itself" with @scalzi.com Olav Rokne & GRRM.

After the "Genre in Conversation with Itself" panel of @seattlein2025.org #WorldCon... Anyone else want to go find some SFF classic and make something totally irreverent now?

Brilliant strategy to use with beta readers!

Do you care about access? 🫂 Please try updating your settings to prompt alt text descriptions with media! 🙏🏽 Under, Accessibility, you can select "Require alt text before posting" to remind you! 👀 That way, if you forget, then you are unable to post until you provide a description of your media! ✨️