Friday Chatter: Animism
I want to write more about this “animism” thing, but I feel I’ve been going in circles. So I’m going to open it up to you fine folks. Do you experience a...
The House and the Body
I've been trying to talk more about the idea of a house being alive in its own right, but what I've actually been thinking about lately is a house as a...
The House and the Body
I've been trying to talk more about the idea of a house being alive in its own right, but what I've actually been thinking about lately is a house as a...
Friday Chatter: Self-Care
What are some of your favorite self-care activities? Doesn’t matter if they’re based on stimming and special interests or not, or if they’re done in a...
Friday Chatter: Self-Care
What are some of your favorite self-care activities? Doesn’t matter if they’re based on stimming and special interests or not, or if they’re done in a...
Autism and Self-Care
I was talking with some autistic friends recently about the concept of self-care. It's a phrase that gets bandied about a lot and has many conflicting...
Autism and Self-Care
I was talking with some autistic friends recently about the concept of self-care. It's a phrase that gets bandied about a lot and has many conflicting...
Friday Chatter: Emotions
In my review of “Love/Hate,” I talk about the author’s refreshing approach to autism and emotions. Claire and other characters, autistic and otherwise, are...
Friday Chatter: Emotions
In my review of “Love/Hate,” I talk about the author’s refreshing approach to autism and emotions. Claire and other characters, autistic and otherwise, are...
Autistic Book Party, Episode 66: Love/Hate
I’m sorry this post is a day late! I’ve been recovering from dental surgery. But in the meantime we have a fresh new episode of Autistic Book Party up on my...
Friday Chatter: Turning Corners
Tuesday’s post was about redemption arcs, and how to dig into more concrete questions about the problems a character will face when they are trying to change...
What We Talk About When We Talk About Redemption Arcs
Every once in a while Book Twitter gets on to the topic of redemption arcs - character arcs where an evil or villainous character sees the error of their...
Friday Chatter: Negative Space
One of the things I liked about “The Language Birds Speak,” in this week’s Short Story Smorgasbord, is the way it wrote Gracie’s dialogue. It wasn’t just...
Autistic Book Party, Episode 65 and a Half: Short Story Smorgasbord
For 2022, I’ve decided to streamline things by folding Autistic Book Party into the rest of my Substack blogging schedule. And it’s that time! We have a new...
Autistic Book Party, Episode 65 and a Half: Short Story Smorgasbord
For 2022, I’ve decided to streamline things by folding Autistic Book Party into the rest of my Substack blogging schedule. And it’s that time! We have a new...
Friday Chatter: Resources
Since I’ve subjected you all to a bit of a bookmarks dump, it’s only fair that I allow you to return the favor. What are some online non-fiction writings...
Friday Chatter: Resources
Since I’ve subjected you all to a bit of a bookmarks dump, it’s only fair that I allow you to return the favor. What are some online non-fiction writings...
A Pile Of Bookmarks!
A few weeks on Twitter, someone came up to me because she'd liked my emotional labor post and asked if I had any other favorite articles I would recommend....
A Pile Of Bookmarks!
A few weeks on Twitter, someone came up to me because she'd liked my emotional labor post and asked if I had any other favorite articles I would recommend....
Friday Chatter: Looking Ahead
I have many ideas for things to talk about in the new year, but I also want to hear from you, my subscribers. What are you hoping to read here in 2022?
