A Taste of Change - Expansion
Musing on expansion, my latest publication in Phano, and spotlighting author, editor, disability activist and illustrator Ella T Holmes.
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Expanding
I feel like I’m constantly testing my limits and capacity at the moment. How many things I can hold in my head, my understanding of people, of nature, of gratitude. I’m expanding my capacity to make quiet spaces within myself and facilitate that in others; of how to practice hope and love and letting go.
What are all the ways you can expand?
In what ways are you expanding right now?
I’ve been published!
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I love stories that are about loads of things all smushed together & the Growing Moon is about what you have left at the end of the world.
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A Publication from my Backlog!
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I wrote this story because I was angry at a competition that cited itself as inclusive but named the characters you had to use. They chose the most stereotypical white people names. I wanted to change that in the first line and take a stab at explaining what else may exist in that space between name and perception.
My Most Recent 5* Read
This just came out and I accidentally bought two copies. But also this book took a hammer to my heart so many times I’m surprised I survived it. Suffice to say, it was a wonderful experience.
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Creative Spotlight
Do you have thoughts about disability and media? Because... Ella Has Thoughts and you can hear them on Youtube!
And read them on Substack!
Ella is also the editor of Artifice and Access, the disability in fantasy anthology that came out earlier this year. Disability is often left out of fantasy, or as Ella puts it, depicted by the three D’s Dead, Dreadful and Dangerous.
This collection puts a middle finger to that conception, adding layers to fairy tales and imagining new ones with morals at their core that are sustaining and transformative.
If you’re based in London, UK you can borrow it from your local library on Borrow Box & if not, you can request it from a library near you!
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