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...
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...
Autism Acceptance: Words Are Not Enough
As Autism Whatevers Month (awareness, acceptance, activism...) fast approaches, I am thinking of the state of the world for autistic people. In my corner of...
Friday Chatter: Structure
Let’s talk about structure. If you write, what helps give structure to your writing sessions? If you don’t write, what helps give structure to the rest of...
Games and Structure
Since we were talking last time about tricks that help people write, I should mention one other little trick that I enjoy doing. For the past couple of years...
Games and Structure
Since we were talking last time about tricks that help people write, I should mention one other little trick that I enjoy doing. For the past couple of years...
Friday Chatter: Otherworldly
It’s a truism that autistic readers are often drawn to non-human fictional creatures, and Andi C. Buchanan’s “Below Salt-Heavy Tides” deals with that theme...
Friday Chatter: Otherworldly
It’s a truism that autistic readers are often drawn to non-human fictional creatures, and Andi C. Buchanan’s “Below Salt-Heavy Tides” deals with that theme...
Autistic Book Party, Episode 67 and a Half: Short Story Smorgasbord
Today’s post is a Short Smorgasbord reviewing works by five fabulous autistic authors! Read it on my main website here.
Autistic Book Party, Episode 67 and a Half: Short Story Smorgasbord
Today’s post is a Short Smorgasbord reviewing works by five fabulous autistic authors! Read it on my main website here.
Friday Chatter: Tricks
Building on Tuesday’s post (or perhaps gleefully contradicting it): What tricks do you use to keep yourself productive at your own writing? Do they work for...
