Emily Goss
@barrowmember.bsky.social
Love nature, writing, arts & crafts, music, community, books, #SciComm, play & growing. Editor Ciadish.co.uk (for chronically ill and #disabled [CIAD] writers & the readers who love their books). Co-founder CripCoop.co.uk mutual support network #CripCoop
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Emily Goss
@barrowmember.bsky.social
· May 9
Need #hope? Come to #Hopefest - from bed, in your PJs, if you want. Joyful #festival #music, #SciComm fun, #crafting with Wombat (a key Arts & Crafts figure), #nature & #book love with @nicwilson.bsky.social, classic films, & a lot more to come... You can join in too groweatgift.com/2025/05/04/h...
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They have excellent resources to learn many languages, too. This thread lists the other languages and some resources for Spanish.
And they include grammar, vocabulary, videos for "ear training", cultural aspects of the languages, etc. Really impressive.
bsky.app/profile/prop...
And they include grammar, vocabulary, videos for "ear training", cultural aspects of the languages, etc. Really impressive.
bsky.app/profile/prop...
The Center for Open Edu. Resources & Language Learning (COERLL) at UT Austin has so many FREE resources to learn different languages.
I use some of their French videos & audio to "train my ear" for fast spoken French.
www.coerll.utexas.edu/coerll/mater...
#Language #LanguageLearning #duolingo
I use some of their French videos & audio to "train my ear" for fast spoken French.
www.coerll.utexas.edu/coerll/mater...
#Language #LanguageLearning #duolingo
January 8, 2024 at 9:21 AM
They have excellent resources to learn many languages, too. This thread lists the other languages and some resources for Spanish.
And they include grammar, vocabulary, videos for "ear training", cultural aspects of the languages, etc. Really impressive.
bsky.app/profile/prop...
And they include grammar, vocabulary, videos for "ear training", cultural aspects of the languages, etc. Really impressive.
bsky.app/profile/prop...
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A decade later, I still think this is the best video on whether or not to italicize words in non-English languages when writing in English. www.youtube.com/watch?v=24gC...
Why We Don't Italicize Spanish
YouTube video by Daniel José Older
www.youtube.com
May 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A decade later, I still think this is the best video on whether or not to italicize words in non-English languages when writing in English. www.youtube.com/watch?v=24gC...
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One of the hardest things about being disabled is how often people judge that as laziness or you not caring
May 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
One of the hardest things about being disabled is how often people judge that as laziness or you not caring
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Yellow rattle by our tiny pond. But a much bigger pond is on its way and it's possible I'm just a bit excited. 🥳
May 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Yellow rattle by our tiny pond. But a much bigger pond is on its way and it's possible I'm just a bit excited. 🥳
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I haven't shared any #embroidery for a while, because I was busy creating some for my wedding!
Each hoop is a table name, and each is based on a holiday and an animal we saw (and photographed) on that holiday. The majority are, of course, #butterflies or #moths.
Each hoop is a table name, and each is based on a holiday and an animal we saw (and photographed) on that holiday. The majority are, of course, #butterflies or #moths.
May 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I haven't shared any #embroidery for a while, because I was busy creating some for my wedding!
Each hoop is a table name, and each is based on a holiday and an animal we saw (and photographed) on that holiday. The majority are, of course, #butterflies or #moths.
Each hoop is a table name, and each is based on a holiday and an animal we saw (and photographed) on that holiday. The majority are, of course, #butterflies or #moths.
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had to do a little photoshoot with a finished copy!!!! 🐦⬛
Awakened is out on June 10th and available to pre-order here: linktr.ee/lauracelliott
Awakened is out on June 10th and available to pre-order here: linktr.ee/lauracelliott
May 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
had to do a little photoshoot with a finished copy!!!! 🐦⬛
Awakened is out on June 10th and available to pre-order here: linktr.ee/lauracelliott
Awakened is out on June 10th and available to pre-order here: linktr.ee/lauracelliott
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And finally, something open access which offers information and ideas intersectional with the unpaid carers' role. www.thebookseller.com/comment/quer... - this one is open access...for access!
Querying must be inclusive too
How can agents and publishers make the querying process easier for writers with a disability?
www.thebookseller.com
May 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
And finally, something open access which offers information and ideas intersectional with the unpaid carers' role. www.thebookseller.com/comment/quer... - this one is open access...for access!
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If you have @thebookseller.com access, two more on being a carer, here: www.thebookseller.com/comment/writ... and www.thebookseller.com/comment/cari...
Caring about carers
A new prize aims to support an often unacknowledged group in publishing: writers who are also carers.
www.thebookseller.com
May 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
If you have @thebookseller.com access, two more on being a carer, here: www.thebookseller.com/comment/writ... and www.thebookseller.com/comment/cari...
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Throwback to @societyofauthors.bsky.social coverage of the inaugural #Curae. We announce the 3 winners of the second prize on the 1st of June. @thebookseller.com @bookbrunch.bsky.social @carers-uk.bsky.social @carerstrust.bsky.social societyofauthors.org/2022/10/07/a...
It's been an important thing
It's been an important thing
A new approach and a literary prize for the writer-carer - The Society of Authors
For the writer-carer. A new, more vigorous approach and a new literary prize Many who read this piece will be carers. If you are not one now, you may be later. Some of us will always be in this role. ...
societyofauthors.org
May 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Throwback to @societyofauthors.bsky.social coverage of the inaugural #Curae. We announce the 3 winners of the second prize on the 1st of June. @thebookseller.com @bookbrunch.bsky.social @carers-uk.bsky.social @carerstrust.bsky.social societyofauthors.org/2022/10/07/a...
It's been an important thing
It's been an important thing
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my new favourite story
'Johnnie secretly asked the hotel staff to scatter 30 assorted packets of crisps on the bed as a surprise while they were away. However, staff misunderstood the request and instead opened the bags and sprinkled the crisps on the sheets like salty confetti.'
Blackpool hotel staff botch husband's romantic gesture for wife
'Looking back it really is funny! Like we had some sort of pawn-cocktail crisp fetish'
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
May 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
my new favourite story
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"Changes in this pressure, such as when a storm approaches or recedes, can have noticeable effects including what can feel like bone crushing fatigue and disorientation for some."
www.chronicpainpartners.com/barometric-b... #EDS
www.chronicpainpartners.com/barometric-b... #EDS
Got the Barometric Blues? – EDSAwareness.com
When barometric pressure fluctuates, it can impact our bodies. Learn how these effects might be amplified in individuals with connective tissue disorders such as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS).
www.chronicpainpartners.com
May 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"Changes in this pressure, such as when a storm approaches or recedes, can have noticeable effects including what can feel like bone crushing fatigue and disorientation for some."
www.chronicpainpartners.com/barometric-b... #EDS
www.chronicpainpartners.com/barometric-b... #EDS
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is it too late to hijack World Goth Day and say that if you want an existential horror about humanity and monstrosity that will fill you with quiet dread - i have a book for you?!?!?!
pre-orders here: linktr.ee/lauracelliott
pre-orders here: linktr.ee/lauracelliott
May 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
is it too late to hijack World Goth Day and say that if you want an existential horror about humanity and monstrosity that will fill you with quiet dread - i have a book for you?!?!?!
pre-orders here: linktr.ee/lauracelliott
pre-orders here: linktr.ee/lauracelliott
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Sucks to be the other 2.95 million disabled people, eh?
The government's proposed cuts to disability benefits will deepen poverty and hardship, and push many further from work 📢
Over 3 million disabled people will see their benefits cut, but the government's plans may help just 45,000-95,000 more disabled people into work. 1/2
Over 3 million disabled people will see their benefits cut, but the government's plans may help just 45,000-95,000 more disabled people into work. 1/2
May 23, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Sucks to be the other 2.95 million disabled people, eh?
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Ollie heroically taking on the role of "dog in pub."
May 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Ollie heroically taking on the role of "dog in pub."
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I just spent a truly ridiculous amount of time finding fragrance free hypoallergenic sunscreen that my ridiculous immune system will accept
So here's some brands that my body seems to tolerate for the #MCAS crowd
(With fair warning ofc that mast cell triggers vary A Lot between people)
#NEISvoid
So here's some brands that my body seems to tolerate for the #MCAS crowd
(With fair warning ofc that mast cell triggers vary A Lot between people)
#NEISvoid
I've got a lot of new followers, so fair warning I yell A Lot about my mast cells + mast cell disorders #MCAS
This may seem niche
But COVID infection can trigger mast cell dysfunction
So it is becoming more common, and there are not enough doctors who know how to recognize and manage it
This may seem niche
But COVID infection can trigger mast cell dysfunction
So it is becoming more common, and there are not enough doctors who know how to recognize and manage it
May 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Less than 1 week left to get your stories in for consideration. Firm deadline is end of day May 30, EST. As stated several times—this is for fiction published in 2024. Please carefully read the guidelines here:
undertowpublications.com/best-weird-f...
undertowpublications.com/best-weird-f...
May 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Less than 1 week left to get your stories in for consideration. Firm deadline is end of day May 30, EST. As stated several times—this is for fiction published in 2024. Please carefully read the guidelines here:
undertowpublications.com/best-weird-f...
undertowpublications.com/best-weird-f...
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If you've never had the pleasure of doing a boudoir shoot... I HIGHLY recommend it! I did hair & makeup for a boudoir photographer in Tahlequah. 'Twas a highlighted moment of my life. ✨💛
www.ashandthistle.com/blog/disabil...
#boudoir #blog #toledophotographer #photography #ohioboudoir #toledo
#boudoir #blog #toledophotographer #photography #ohioboudoir #toledo
Disability, Chronic Illness & Boudoir: You Deserve This Too — Ash & Thistle Artistry
Too often, folks living with disability or chronic illness are left out of visual culture. We don’t see mobility aids in dreamy portraits. We don’t see scars, fatigue, or adaptive ways of moving throu...
www.ashandthistle.com
May 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
If you've never had the pleasure of doing a boudoir shoot... I HIGHLY recommend it! I did hair & makeup for a boudoir photographer in Tahlequah. 'Twas a highlighted moment of my life. ✨💛
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If you’re struggling right now, please know you’re not alone.
Many of us are isolated due to chronic illness, disability and/or the general messiness of the world.
But we’re not alone. There’s someone somewhere struggling with the same loneliness, and I like to think we’re all separately together
Many of us are isolated due to chronic illness, disability and/or the general messiness of the world.
But we’re not alone. There’s someone somewhere struggling with the same loneliness, and I like to think we’re all separately together
May 24, 2025 at 10:09 AM
If you’re struggling right now, please know you’re not alone.
Many of us are isolated due to chronic illness, disability and/or the general messiness of the world.
But we’re not alone. There’s someone somewhere struggling with the same loneliness, and I like to think we’re all separately together
Many of us are isolated due to chronic illness, disability and/or the general messiness of the world.
But we’re not alone. There’s someone somewhere struggling with the same loneliness, and I like to think we’re all separately together
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THE REANIMATOR MYSTERIES series is perfect for lovers of Gothic coziness. There are 3 books with
💀Pushing Daisies x Sleepy Hollow vibes
🫀An autistic necromancer
⚰️His reanimated lover
🪦 Solving mysteries in 1890s NYC
🏳️🌈MM paranormal historical romance
🔗⬇️Available wide!
#romancelandia
🌈📚 #booksky
💀Pushing Daisies x Sleepy Hollow vibes
🫀An autistic necromancer
⚰️His reanimated lover
🪦 Solving mysteries in 1890s NYC
🏳️🌈MM paranormal historical romance
🔗⬇️Available wide!
#romancelandia
🌈📚 #booksky
May 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
THE REANIMATOR MYSTERIES series is perfect for lovers of Gothic coziness. There are 3 books with
💀Pushing Daisies x Sleepy Hollow vibes
🫀An autistic necromancer
⚰️His reanimated lover
🪦 Solving mysteries in 1890s NYC
🏳️🌈MM paranormal historical romance
🔗⬇️Available wide!
#romancelandia
🌈📚 #booksky
💀Pushing Daisies x Sleepy Hollow vibes
🫀An autistic necromancer
⚰️His reanimated lover
🪦 Solving mysteries in 1890s NYC
🏳️🌈MM paranormal historical romance
🔗⬇️Available wide!
#romancelandia
🌈📚 #booksky
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My #ShamelessPromo for #SpoonieAuthChat is made up of three books, which means 50 disabled creatives! Nothing Without Us has 22 stories, Nothing Without Us has 27 stories, and then there’s lil’ ol’ me, the author of the disability-hopepunk adventure, Season One: Iris and the Crew Tear Through Space!
Hi, #BookSky! I’m an autistic, queer, and disabled award-winning author and anthology editor. Here are three books featuring disabled heroes!
Iris and the Crew (S1):
books2read.com/iatcS1
Nothing Without Us:
books2read.com/nwu
Nothing Without Us Too:
books2read.com/nwutoo
#Disabilty #SFF #CanLit
Iris and the Crew (S1):
books2read.com/iatcS1
Nothing Without Us:
books2read.com/nwu
Nothing Without Us Too:
books2read.com/nwutoo
#Disabilty #SFF #CanLit
May 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
My #ShamelessPromo for #SpoonieAuthChat is made up of three books, which means 50 disabled creatives! Nothing Without Us has 22 stories, Nothing Without Us has 27 stories, and then there’s lil’ ol’ me, the author of the disability-hopepunk adventure, Season One: Iris and the Crew Tear Through Space!
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Swilua and I are basically the same person but like different sides of the coin
confessed to my colleagues I didn’t start out funny, but when you’re the weird autistic kid you tell the truth in unexpected ways & that’s the same basic format as a joke, so at some point I just started confidently pretending I was doing it on purpose & confidence changes laughing AT to WITH
May 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Swilua and I are basically the same person but like different sides of the coin