Marie Kondo and Neurodivergent Space
I've been meaning to write more about animism, and I’ve been wanting to write about Marie Kondo. It's tricky because many miles of ink have already been...
Friday Chatter: Alternate Universes
Richard Ford Burley’s review of “From a Shadow Grave” talks about overlapping and alternate timelines (which, of course, are also a big theme in certain...
Friday Chatter: Alternate Universes
Richard Ford Burley’s review of “From a Shadow Grave” talks about overlapping and alternate timelines (which, of course, are also a big theme in certain...
Autistic Book Party, Episode 69: From a Shadow Grave
Today’s Autistic Book Party is a very special guest post! Richard Ford Burley’s review of “From a Shadow Grave” can be found here. For those of you who want...
Autistic Book Party, Episode 69: From a Shadow Grave
Today’s Autistic Book Party is a very special guest post! Richard Ford Burley’s review of “From a Shadow Grave” can be found here. For those of you who want...
Friday Chatter: End of April
We’re almost at the end of Autism Month. This year I didn’t do much special to commemorate the month - I had a lot of other stuff going on, so it was...
Friday Chatter: End of April
We’re almost at the end of Autism Month. This year I didn’t do much special to commemorate the month - I had a lot of other stuff going on, so it was...
Manipulation
Something I've been thinking about lately is the role of manipulation in autistic fiction - villains who are manipulative, autistic characters who are prone...
Manipulation
Something I've been thinking about lately is the role of manipulation in autistic fiction - villains who are manipulative, autistic characters who are prone...
Friday Chatter: Taking Space
RB Lemberg’s THE UNBALANCING has a lot to say about the need to take time, move slowly, and ruminate after something surprising happens. Where do you see...
Friday Chatter: Taking Space
RB Lemberg’s THE UNBALANCING has a lot to say about the need to take time, move slowly, and ruminate after something surprising happens. Where do you see...
Autistic Book Party, Episode 68: The Unbalancing
Today we’re talking about RB Lemberg’s debut novel, THE UNBALANCING. Autistic Book Party posts are hosted on my main site, so head over there now and see why...
Autistic Book Party, Episode 68: The Unbalancing
Today we’re talking about RB Lemberg’s debut novel, THE UNBALANCING. Autistic Book Party posts are hosted on my main site, so head over there now and see why...
Neurodivergent Communities in THE FALLEN
Much of the action in THE FALLEN centers around a group of characters - Yasira, Tiv, and seven others - who share certain things in common. They're all...
Neurodivergent Communities in THE FALLEN
Much of the action in THE FALLEN centers around a group of characters - Yasira, Tiv, and seven others - who share certain things in common. They're all...
Friday Chatter: Reaching Out
Jay pointed out in a comment that many kinds of escapism can be thought of, not as an escape from the demands of reality, but as a reaching out to meet needs...
Friday Chatter: Reaching Out
Jay pointed out in a comment that many kinds of escapism can be thought of, not as an escape from the demands of reality, but as a reaching out to meet needs...
Ways of Escaping
A reader asked me to share my thoughts about "escapism" - the idea that we use fiction to escape or avoid the problems of real life. Escapism can be thought...
Ways of Escaping
A reader asked me to share my thoughts about "escapism" - the idea that we use fiction to escape or avoid the problems of real life. Escapism can be thought...
Friday Chatter: Words
I was a bit negative about the concept of words this Tuesday. What’s a time when using, or hearing someone use, the precisely correct words has been helpful...
