Cait Gordon ♿️
@caitgauthor.bsky.social
Disabled, autistic, and queer. Award-winning author of the disability-hopepunk adventure, Season One: Iris and the Crew Tear Through Space! Award-winning co-editor of the disability fiction anthology, Nothing Without Us Too. I also like cake. (She/her) 🇨🇦
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Searching for #SFF reads with #Disability and #LGBTQIA representation? I wrote or edited these!
- Speculative Shorts, books2read.com/spec-shorts
- Iris and the Crew Tear Through Space, books2read.com/iatcS1
- Nothing Without Us, books2read.com/nwu
-Nothing Without Us Too, books2read.com/nwutoo
- Speculative Shorts, books2read.com/spec-shorts
- Iris and the Crew Tear Through Space, books2read.com/iatcS1
- Nothing Without Us, books2read.com/nwu
-Nothing Without Us Too, books2read.com/nwutoo
So, like, those of us who create using our meat brains… Are we going to be considered radicals just for abstaining from generative AI?
Because I am in for The Rebellion!
*gives Andor-like glare*
Because I am in for The Rebellion!
*gives Andor-like glare*
November 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
So, like, those of us who create using our meat brains… Are we going to be considered radicals just for abstaining from generative AI?
Because I am in for The Rebellion!
*gives Andor-like glare*
Because I am in for The Rebellion!
*gives Andor-like glare*
Reposted by Cait Gordon ♿️
Oh, hey! Did you know @writehive.bsky.social's #WriteHive2025 is out for the public to watch?
Here's a panel I was on with @valerievaldes.bsky.social, @matthewphillion.bsky.social, and @caitgauthor.bsky.social, moderated by @anotherindiewriter.com, about #Hopepunk.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlAh...
Here's a panel I was on with @valerievaldes.bsky.social, @matthewphillion.bsky.social, and @caitgauthor.bsky.social, moderated by @anotherindiewriter.com, about #Hopepunk.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlAh...
Hopepunk: Writing with Empathy in Dark Times | WriteHive 2025 Conference
YouTube video by WriteHive
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November 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Oh, hey! Did you know @writehive.bsky.social's #WriteHive2025 is out for the public to watch?
Here's a panel I was on with @valerievaldes.bsky.social, @matthewphillion.bsky.social, and @caitgauthor.bsky.social, moderated by @anotherindiewriter.com, about #Hopepunk.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlAh...
Here's a panel I was on with @valerievaldes.bsky.social, @matthewphillion.bsky.social, and @caitgauthor.bsky.social, moderated by @anotherindiewriter.com, about #Hopepunk.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlAh...
Recently, I’ve decided that if I feel super unwell, I take the day off. And by allowing myself to do completely nothing, I often find can catch up easily the next day. So for me, those body breaks are really important. (I also factor in those breaks when planning deadlines.) #SpoonieAuthChat
Spoonie Author Chat (for creatives who manage spoons), November 26, 2025;
What are effective ways that you manage your spoons in order to meet deadlines?
(Please quote-post and add
#SpoonieAuthChat to your replies!)
What are effective ways that you manage your spoons in order to meet deadlines?
(Please quote-post and add
#SpoonieAuthChat to your replies!)
November 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Recently, I’ve decided that if I feel super unwell, I take the day off. And by allowing myself to do completely nothing, I often find can catch up easily the next day. So for me, those body breaks are really important. (I also factor in those breaks when planning deadlines.) #SpoonieAuthChat
One of my besties is coming over at the weekend to show me his 3-D printer!
I do not need a 3-D printer.
I do not need a 3-D printer.
I do not need a 3-D printer.
I do not need a 3-D printer.
I do not need a 3-D printer.
I do not need a 3-D printer.
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
One of my besties is coming over at the weekend to show me his 3-D printer!
I do not need a 3-D printer.
I do not need a 3-D printer.
I do not need a 3-D printer.
I do not need a 3-D printer.
I do not need a 3-D printer.
I do not need a 3-D printer.
I look for overused and unnecessary words like just, now, very, and really. While I like reading things out loud to feel the beats of dialogue, I also like having my screen reader read back to me. Or having somebody else read my words back to me. It’s a great way to catch things! #SpoonieAuthChat
Spoonie Author Chat (for creatives who manage spoons), November 25, 2025:
Do you have any tips for the self-editing part of the writing process?
(Please quote-post and add
#SpoonieAuthChat to your replies!)
Do you have any tips for the self-editing part of the writing process?
(Please quote-post and add
#SpoonieAuthChat to your replies!)
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I look for overused and unnecessary words like just, now, very, and really. While I like reading things out loud to feel the beats of dialogue, I also like having my screen reader read back to me. Or having somebody else read my words back to me. It’s a great way to catch things! #SpoonieAuthChat
MY BOOKS ARE GONNA BE IN A MILLION BOOK CLUBS!
If I was that gullible, that is.
If I was that gullible, that is.
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 AM
MY BOOKS ARE GONNA BE IN A MILLION BOOK CLUBS!
If I was that gullible, that is.
If I was that gullible, that is.
Elliot is an awesome alphabet arranger! Please consider funding this project! And thank you for supporting the works of disabled creatives. #CanLit #BookSky
Help me fund epic poem GULA: A Poem For The End Times on BackerKit! A modernist/post-modernist long-form poem, GULA explores Carrion City, a place where the lost and forsaken end up and rarely leave -- a mirror city to the world of the beloved and treasured.
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...
November 25, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Reposted by Cait Gordon ♿️
Trying to avoid shopping at big box stores this holiday season? Order #ChoicesAnthology from your local indie bookstore instead!
Or, if you're in Toronto, go to @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social to grab a SIGNED copy
Or, if you're in Toronto, go to @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social to grab a SIGNED copy
Choices: An Anthology of Reproductive Horror is the collective scream of people of marginalized genders as our reproductive rights are threatened and stolen from us, featuring a mix of gruesome horror, deep tragedy, and cathartic revenge books2read.com/u/3JYo9Q 5/?
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Trying to avoid shopping at big box stores this holiday season? Order #ChoicesAnthology from your local indie bookstore instead!
Or, if you're in Toronto, go to @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social to grab a SIGNED copy
Or, if you're in Toronto, go to @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social to grab a SIGNED copy
One thing I’ve learned in life is that when you are respectful and inclusive, a side benefit is you end up with a whole lot of really interesting and amazing friends! That’s not why I am respectful and inclusive, but I am happy to be a friend to these awesome friends!
November 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
One thing I’ve learned in life is that when you are respectful and inclusive, a side benefit is you end up with a whole lot of really interesting and amazing friends! That’s not why I am respectful and inclusive, but I am happy to be a friend to these awesome friends!
What’s fun for me as an editor is seeing my clients’ books finally published. I feel proud and excited when they do well too.
November 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
What’s fun for me as an editor is seeing my clients’ books finally published. I feel proud and excited when they do well too.
This! So this!
Some of my authors are on disability. Some struggle to pay monthly bills. Some are retired & on limited income. Some were laid off in the past couple years & have yet to find new work. Some would love to quit the day job & write full time, but don't earn enough from royalties to do that.
November 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This! So this!
I like feeling cozy. So comfy clothes, including fuzzy socks if it’s cooler weather. I love my office because it’s so me, but under a blanket on a couch with my iPad or laptop resting on top of a pillow is nice too. I just need that cozy factor! #SpoonieAuthChat
Spoonie Author Chat (for creatives who manage spoons), November 24, 2025:
Do you have any creature comforts you like to put in place in order to write?
(Please quote-post and add
#SpoonieAuthChat to your replies!)
Do you have any creature comforts you like to put in place in order to write?
(Please quote-post and add
#SpoonieAuthChat to your replies!)
November 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I like feeling cozy. So comfy clothes, including fuzzy socks if it’s cooler weather. I love my office because it’s so me, but under a blanket on a couch with my iPad or laptop resting on top of a pillow is nice too. I just need that cozy factor! #SpoonieAuthChat
Happening today! Hope to see you there! We’ll be selling our books and related crafts!
November 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Happening today! Hope to see you there! We’ll be selling our books and related crafts!
First hot chocolate of the season. Sláinte mhaith!
November 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
First hot chocolate of the season. Sláinte mhaith!
I’M FEELING SO SHAMELESS!!!
So, I’m shamelessly promoting my award-winning, disability-hopepunk adventure, Season One: Iris and the Crew Tear Through Space!
(I’ll be working on season two next year, if spoons allow!)
books2read.com/iatcS1 #SpoonieAuthChat #SFF #DisabilityRepresentation
So, I’m shamelessly promoting my award-winning, disability-hopepunk adventure, Season One: Iris and the Crew Tear Through Space!
(I’ll be working on season two next year, if spoons allow!)
books2read.com/iatcS1 #SpoonieAuthChat #SFF #DisabilityRepresentation
November 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I’M FEELING SO SHAMELESS!!!
So, I’m shamelessly promoting my award-winning, disability-hopepunk adventure, Season One: Iris and the Crew Tear Through Space!
(I’ll be working on season two next year, if spoons allow!)
books2read.com/iatcS1 #SpoonieAuthChat #SFF #DisabilityRepresentation
So, I’m shamelessly promoting my award-winning, disability-hopepunk adventure, Season One: Iris and the Crew Tear Through Space!
(I’ll be working on season two next year, if spoons allow!)
books2read.com/iatcS1 #SpoonieAuthChat #SFF #DisabilityRepresentation
A5: So far I have a perfect record of not working at all on my WIP for #FirstDraftFall! YES, ENVY MY GREATNESS! I’m not too worried though because I can foresee being able to carve out some time in December to review my first draft. #WeeknightWriters
Q5: Time for a status update! How is your #FirstDraftFall project going? Are you struggling with anything we might be able to help with? #WeeknightWriters
November 21, 2025 at 1:38 AM
A5: So far I have a perfect record of not working at all on my WIP for #FirstDraftFall! YES, ENVY MY GREATNESS! I’m not too worried though because I can foresee being able to carve out some time in December to review my first draft. #WeeknightWriters
A4: Don’t panic! I know it feels like a “Yes, all the panic!” situation, but the words will come back to you! #WeeknightWriters
Q4: What advice would you give to someone dealing with writer’s block? #WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall
November 21, 2025 at 1:35 AM
A4: Don’t panic! I know it feels like a “Yes, all the panic!” situation, but the words will come back to you! #WeeknightWriters
A3: I already answered this, oops. But also! I sometimes choose to write something completely different. Recently, I was stuck on a short story for a submission call, so I wrote three poems instead and submitted them! I figured can always pick up the short story another time! #WeeknightWriters
Q3: What helped you get out of writer’s block? Is this a strategy you’ve used consistently, or do you need to take a different approach every time? #WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall
November 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
A3: I already answered this, oops. But also! I sometimes choose to write something completely different. Recently, I was stuck on a short story for a submission call, so I wrote three poems instead and submitted them! I figured can always pick up the short story another time! #WeeknightWriters
A2: It kinda feels like crickets inside my brain. All the power turns off! I haven’t had it during #FirstDraftFall… or have I? I think the extra chaos in my life these past two months is the blocker. *wags finger at the chaos* #WeeknightWriters
Q2: If you’ve experienced writer’s block - during #FirstDraftFall or generally - what did it feel like? #WeeknightWriters
November 21, 2025 at 12:49 AM
A2: It kinda feels like crickets inside my brain. All the power turns off! I haven’t had it during #FirstDraftFall… or have I? I think the extra chaos in my life these past two months is the blocker. *wags finger at the chaos* #WeeknightWriters
A1: I do believe I get stuck, for sure. Sometimes I need to just step away and focus on something else. Other times, I ask myself, “What story am I trying to tell me?” (I swear, that often gets me unstuck!) But I have a trick I love: 1/2 #WeeknightWriters
Q1: Do you believe in writer’s block? If so, have you experienced it - either during #FirstDraftFall or when working on other projects? #WeeknightWriters
November 21, 2025 at 12:24 AM
A1: I do believe I get stuck, for sure. Sometimes I need to just step away and focus on something else. Other times, I ask myself, “What story am I trying to tell me?” (I swear, that often gets me unstuck!) But I have a trick I love: 1/2 #WeeknightWriters
Hi, humans of #WeeknightWriters! I’m Cait, like 🐱! My WIP is the meet-awkward-space-opera-romance nobody asked for: Hot Wings and Sauciness! And yay, I still haven’t gone through my first draft yet! GO ME! I still appreciate #FirstDraftFall though.
Hello #WeeknightWriters! Come on in, introduce yourself and your WIP, and let us know how your #FirstDraftFall project is going!
November 21, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Hi, humans of #WeeknightWriters! I’m Cait, like 🐱! My WIP is the meet-awkward-space-opera-romance nobody asked for: Hot Wings and Sauciness! And yay, I still haven’t gone through my first draft yet! GO ME! I still appreciate #FirstDraftFall though.
Getting back into freelance editing really lets me focus on something positive for my brain. I think it’s because I get to read cool books while helping them shine. It feels like building up when so much these days is about tearing down. Books are essential to our health, imo. #SpoonieAuthChat
Spoonie Author Chat (for creatives who manage spoons), November 20, 2025:
What are you doing to seek a respite from
*gestures at everything*
these days?
(Please quote-post and add
#SpoonieAuthChat to your replies!)
What are you doing to seek a respite from
*gestures at everything*
these days?
(Please quote-post and add
#SpoonieAuthChat to your replies!)
November 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Getting back into freelance editing really lets me focus on something positive for my brain. I think it’s because I get to read cool books while helping them shine. It feels like building up when so much these days is about tearing down. Books are essential to our health, imo. #SpoonieAuthChat
I’ve learned that a lot of people really respect me and my work. I’m always thinking that nobody knows who the heck I am, but then I get invited to do these very cool things! Or I get really supported, like with the first book of my new micro press! #SpoonieAuthChat
Spoonie Author Chat (for creatives who manage spoons), November 19, 2025:
What's the biggest lesson you've learned this year?
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What's the biggest lesson you've learned this year?
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November 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I’ve learned that a lot of people really respect me and my work. I’m always thinking that nobody knows who the heck I am, but then I get invited to do these very cool things! Or I get really supported, like with the first book of my new micro press! #SpoonieAuthChat
Stop by to meet @bgordonauthor.bsky.social and me! We’re friendly and cute! We got books! With words in them and everything!!! #CanLit #OttawaEvents #SmallPressBookFair
November 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Stop by to meet @bgordonauthor.bsky.social and me! We’re friendly and cute! We got books! With words in them and everything!!! #CanLit #OttawaEvents #SmallPressBookFair
Cait, you are good enough. Your words matter, your stories matter, and you will get to things in your own time. Please remember to have fun because you love having fun! #SpoonieAuthChat
Spoonie Author Chat (for creatives who manage spoons), November 18, 2025:
What encouragement would you give yourself? (Pretend you're talking to someone else, if that helps!)
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#SpoonieAuthChat to your replies!)
What encouragement would you give yourself? (Pretend you're talking to someone else, if that helps!)
(Please quote-post and add
#SpoonieAuthChat to your replies!)
November 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Cait, you are good enough. Your words matter, your stories matter, and you will get to things in your own time. Please remember to have fun because you love having fun! #SpoonieAuthChat