Andi
@andiwrites.bsky.social
SFF writer, disability comms person. Likes: knitting🧶 board games🎲 sea creatures🐙 reading📚. Lives: Te Awakairangi ki Tai | Lower Hutt. Pronouns: they/them. 🏳🌈🩼♾️
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"Why didn't I note down all the information for the sources I used as I went," I scream into the void for the nth time in my life.
November 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
"Why didn't I note down all the information for the sources I used as I went," I scream into the void for the nth time in my life.
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Love is in the air 🥰 I'll be chairing the romance panel at the Local Readers and Authors Day next weekend, chatting with A.J. Lancaster, Carole Brungar, and Sean Monaghan about their brand new romance novels.
#Library #BookEvent #WritingCommunity 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙👀📚🌎🌈✒️
#Library #BookEvent #WritingCommunity 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙👀📚🌎🌈✒️
November 8, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Love is in the air 🥰 I'll be chairing the romance panel at the Local Readers and Authors Day next weekend, chatting with A.J. Lancaster, Carole Brungar, and Sean Monaghan about their brand new romance novels.
#Library #BookEvent #WritingCommunity 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙👀📚🌎🌈✒️
#Library #BookEvent #WritingCommunity 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙👀📚🌎🌈✒️
THAT was an unpleasant earthquake.
November 6, 2025 at 8:12 AM
THAT was an unpleasant earthquake.
Ha, needed some home maintenance done, went searching for recommendations, put in an estimate request to a business that covers basically the whole region... turns out the owner is five minutes walk up the road.
November 6, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Ha, needed some home maintenance done, went searching for recommendations, put in an estimate request to a business that covers basically the whole region... turns out the owner is five minutes walk up the road.
Oh hey, my essay on Alienation and Agency in Nino Cipri's Finna is now free to read - along with the rest of the Vector SFF and Class Issue:
vector-bsfa.com/2023/12/02/s...
vector-bsfa.com/2023/12/02/s...
Vector 294 SFF and Class
Vector 294 is now available to download. We open issues to the public after about two years. An index of back issues of Vector can be found at the ISFDB. For the availability of individual print is…
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November 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Oh hey, my essay on Alienation and Agency in Nino Cipri's Finna is now free to read - along with the rest of the Vector SFF and Class Issue:
vector-bsfa.com/2023/12/02/s...
vector-bsfa.com/2023/12/02/s...
OK NO I HAVE ONE MORE TAKE
Guy Fawkes did not enter parliament with honest intentions he was sneaking into the undercroft and if you want to praise someone who sneaked into parliament may I suggest Emily Wilding Davison thank you.
Guy Fawkes did not enter parliament with honest intentions he was sneaking into the undercroft and if you want to praise someone who sneaked into parliament may I suggest Emily Wilding Davison thank you.
November 5, 2025 at 8:40 AM
OK NO I HAVE ONE MORE TAKE
Guy Fawkes did not enter parliament with honest intentions he was sneaking into the undercroft and if you want to praise someone who sneaked into parliament may I suggest Emily Wilding Davison thank you.
Guy Fawkes did not enter parliament with honest intentions he was sneaking into the undercroft and if you want to praise someone who sneaked into parliament may I suggest Emily Wilding Davison thank you.
My other take of the evening is that noiseless / low noise fireworks, and confining the noisy sort to public displays are good things BUT the latter need to come with better accessibility including toilets, seating, and sufficient public transport.
November 5, 2025 at 8:37 AM
My other take of the evening is that noiseless / low noise fireworks, and confining the noisy sort to public displays are good things BUT the latter need to come with better accessibility including toilets, seating, and sufficient public transport.
Some people are very self-righteous about the noise from fireworks but uncaring or hostile when people struggle with other noise, and I suspect the difference is that they value dogs more.
(if this does not describe you it is not about you)
(if this does not describe you it is not about you)
November 5, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Some people are very self-righteous about the noise from fireworks but uncaring or hostile when people struggle with other noise, and I suspect the difference is that they value dogs more.
(if this does not describe you it is not about you)
(if this does not describe you it is not about you)
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I tried to listen to Trevor Noah interview a Gen AI hype man and that guy was like “this is a 4th relationship! It’s magic! It’s not a TOOL.”
My man, *you* are the tool. It’s not fucking magic and if you can’t explain what it does, get the fuck out.
My man, *you* are the tool. It’s not fucking magic and if you can’t explain what it does, get the fuck out.
October 31, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I tried to listen to Trevor Noah interview a Gen AI hype man and that guy was like “this is a 4th relationship! It’s magic! It’s not a TOOL.”
My man, *you* are the tool. It’s not fucking magic and if you can’t explain what it does, get the fuck out.
My man, *you* are the tool. It’s not fucking magic and if you can’t explain what it does, get the fuck out.
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To do #ArtsAccess well you need to be respectfully engaged with your audience, be as consistent and professional as with anything else and understand that accessibility is part of the creative process, not grace and favour. Policy and leadership matter. Include it in your regular marketing.
October 31, 2025 at 9:14 PM
To do #ArtsAccess well you need to be respectfully engaged with your audience, be as consistent and professional as with anything else and understand that accessibility is part of the creative process, not grace and favour. Policy and leadership matter. Include it in your regular marketing.
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Exciting day today. Not only is it Halloween, but my crowdfunding campaign is also live! Please support me by making a pledge and/or sharing on all your socials and with your friends, family, and colleagues. Thanks to everyone offering rewards. You rock! www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
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October 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Exciting day today. Not only is it Halloween, but my crowdfunding campaign is also live! Please support me by making a pledge and/or sharing on all your socials and with your friends, family, and colleagues. Thanks to everyone offering rewards. You rock! www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
One part of me has a lot of nuanced and emotionally charged thoughts about this Autism NZ charter school.
The other part of me is still staring at the headline like a goldfish 🐟
I... did not have this on my 2025 bingo card. I did not.
The other part of me is still staring at the headline like a goldfish 🐟
I... did not have this on my 2025 bingo card. I did not.
October 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
One part of me has a lot of nuanced and emotionally charged thoughts about this Autism NZ charter school.
The other part of me is still staring at the headline like a goldfish 🐟
I... did not have this on my 2025 bingo card. I did not.
The other part of me is still staring at the headline like a goldfish 🐟
I... did not have this on my 2025 bingo card. I did not.
Mele's lead has increased! Still not 100% confirmed but looking pretty clear.
Very pleased to see my city retain Māori wards, elect Kaz Yung (who has worked so hard for this), and NOT elect either the awful transphobe or the dude whose one hardship was "a 2-storey house was built near mine".
Hoping Mele Tonga-Grant's election is confirmed, but it's a 1 vote lead so...
Hoping Mele Tonga-Grant's election is confirmed, but it's a 1 vote lead so...
October 13, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Mele's lead has increased! Still not 100% confirmed but looking pretty clear.
Had two people visit the house today and both left with catfood. (This is not an ongoing offer.)
October 13, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Had two people visit the house today and both left with catfood. (This is not an ongoing offer.)
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October 11, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Connections
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Very pleased to see my city retain Māori wards, elect Kaz Yung (who has worked so hard for this), and NOT elect either the awful transphobe or the dude whose one hardship was "a 2-storey house was built near mine".
Hoping Mele Tonga-Grant's election is confirmed, but it's a 1 vote lead so...
Hoping Mele Tonga-Grant's election is confirmed, but it's a 1 vote lead so...
October 11, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Very pleased to see my city retain Māori wards, elect Kaz Yung (who has worked so hard for this), and NOT elect either the awful transphobe or the dude whose one hardship was "a 2-storey house was built near mine".
Hoping Mele Tonga-Grant's election is confirmed, but it's a 1 vote lead so...
Hoping Mele Tonga-Grant's election is confirmed, but it's a 1 vote lead so...
Looking at contents of kitchen, wondering what to make for dinner: we have energy drinks and potatoes so... Monster mash???
October 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Looking at contents of kitchen, wondering what to make for dinner: we have energy drinks and potatoes so... Monster mash???
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Since there is some discussion around sapphic relationships atm, these are the pairings in my sapphic books, which also feature trans women leads:
Soul Flames series: FF and FFF for the mc's.
Esper and the Witch: FF
Heart's Claim: FF
Best Friends' Promise: FF
Heart's Whispers: FF (both cis mc's)
Soul Flames series: FF and FFF for the mc's.
Esper and the Witch: FF
Heart's Claim: FF
Best Friends' Promise: FF
Heart's Whispers: FF (both cis mc's)
September 30, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Since there is some discussion around sapphic relationships atm, these are the pairings in my sapphic books, which also feature trans women leads:
Soul Flames series: FF and FFF for the mc's.
Esper and the Witch: FF
Heart's Claim: FF
Best Friends' Promise: FF
Heart's Whispers: FF (both cis mc's)
Soul Flames series: FF and FFF for the mc's.
Esper and the Witch: FF
Heart's Claim: FF
Best Friends' Promise: FF
Heart's Whispers: FF (both cis mc's)
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The Unbound for Gaza auction is on now! I'm auctioning a set of all 36 of my bookmark designs - bid now for the chance to win them. Auction runs from september 26-28.
www.32auctions.com/organizations/131334/auctions/185672/auction_items/6340746
www.32auctions.com/organizations/131334/auctions/185672/auction_items/6340746
September 26, 2025 at 4:06 AM
The Unbound for Gaza auction is on now! I'm auctioning a set of all 36 of my bookmark designs - bid now for the chance to win them. Auction runs from september 26-28.
www.32auctions.com/organizations/131334/auctions/185672/auction_items/6340746
www.32auctions.com/organizations/131334/auctions/185672/auction_items/6340746
Second time I've been called "car-brained" for saying not every child can ride a bike to school which is sort of funny given that I cannot drive and my household does not have a car, but also why do so many cyclists object so strongly to the idea some people cannot ride bikes?
September 26, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Second time I've been called "car-brained" for saying not every child can ride a bike to school which is sort of funny given that I cannot drive and my household does not have a car, but also why do so many cyclists object so strongly to the idea some people cannot ride bikes?
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An important opportunity for #Deaf and #disabled #artists in different fields from Welly and thereabouts. A very worthwhile opportunity. Go for it! toiponeke.nz/ddeaf-andor-... #arts #theatre #writers #disability #disabilityarts
d/Deaf and/or Disabled Residency — Toi Pōneke
toiponeke.nz
September 24, 2025 at 4:04 AM
An important opportunity for #Deaf and #disabled #artists in different fields from Welly and thereabouts. A very worthwhile opportunity. Go for it! toiponeke.nz/ddeaf-andor-... #arts #theatre #writers #disability #disabilityarts
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We are excited to announce we have launched a brand new Make it Easy Newsletter!
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September 24, 2025 at 2:24 AM
We are excited to announce we have launched a brand new Make it Easy Newsletter!
You can read our first newsletter at lnkd.in/gy_rDggY
Dont hesitate and sign up today at lnkd.in/gazmqp9z to get all things Easy Read sent direct to your inbox!
You can read our first newsletter at lnkd.in/gy_rDggY
Dont hesitate and sign up today at lnkd.in/gazmqp9z to get all things Easy Read sent direct to your inbox!
TODAY'S TIP: risk is a word for describing possible negative outcomes.
If you want to be more neutral, you can consider words like "likelihood", "chance", and "incidence" and phrasing like "... does not change how likely it is that a child will be autistic / be born with hair / a girl / etc".
If you want to be more neutral, you can consider words like "likelihood", "chance", and "incidence" and phrasing like "... does not change how likely it is that a child will be autistic / be born with hair / a girl / etc".
September 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
TODAY'S TIP: risk is a word for describing possible negative outcomes.
If you want to be more neutral, you can consider words like "likelihood", "chance", and "incidence" and phrasing like "... does not change how likely it is that a child will be autistic / be born with hair / a girl / etc".
If you want to be more neutral, you can consider words like "likelihood", "chance", and "incidence" and phrasing like "... does not change how likely it is that a child will be autistic / be born with hair / a girl / etc".
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Let's remember we aren't free or safe unless we are all free and safe. Leaving people with higher support needs or different disabilities behind in an effort to prove yourself worthy means all of the effort spent fighting for our rights means nothing. We don't win by leaving people behind.
September 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Let's remember we aren't free or safe unless we are all free and safe. Leaving people with higher support needs or different disabilities behind in an effort to prove yourself worthy means all of the effort spent fighting for our rights means nothing. We don't win by leaving people behind.
Quote a single autistic person in your articles about autism challenge.
September 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Quote a single autistic person in your articles about autism challenge.