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, fun fact: Whenever I discover a packaged gluten-free food of something I loved in the gluten days, I cackle in public like a supervillain.
November 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
So, fun fact: Whenever I discover a packaged gluten-free food of something I loved in the gluten days, I cackle in public like a supervillain.
I can’t say I never went to university because I did! At age 56! #CanLit #DisabilityRepresentation
The First Time I Went to University Was at Age 56!
Because of the financial insecurity of my youth, I never went to university. I did graduate from an Electrotechnology program at a provincial college level in Québec, which provided me with a great job at age 19. I had interviewed to become a servo-actuator tech on airplane simulators, but the union was on strike, so I was offered a non-unionized staff job instead: technical writer. “Technical writer? What’s that?” I’d asked. And that folks, was the beginning of a two-decade career. Throughout my adult life, I'd had “equivalent experience,” so I didn’t require a degree to do my job.
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November 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I can’t say I never went to university because I did! At age 56! #CanLit #DisabilityRepresentation
HOLY STARS, I SUBMITTED ANOTHER THING TO A THING, AND IT’S A THING I DON’T USUALLY DO!!!
AHHHHH!
AHHHHH!
November 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
HOLY STARS, I SUBMITTED ANOTHER THING TO A THING, AND IT’S A THING I DON’T USUALLY DO!!!
AHHHHH!
AHHHHH!
Oh my goodness. I just learned that Alice Wong, a major disability advocate and founder of the Disability Visibility Project, has died. She did incredible work and will be so missed.
November 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Oh my goodness. I just learned that Alice Wong, a major disability advocate and founder of the Disability Visibility Project, has died. She did incredible work and will be so missed.
Watched K-Pop Demon Hunters for the third time! This time, introduced @bgordonauthor.bsky.social to it!
November 15, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Watched K-Pop Demon Hunters for the third time! This time, introduced @bgordonauthor.bsky.social to it!
I love when buttercream frosting comes out so light and fluffy. This is lemon buttercream, and I just put a tiny bit of food dye to make the yellow rosettes pop. The cupcakes themselves are lemon vanilla.
November 14, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I love when buttercream frosting comes out so light and fluffy. This is lemon buttercream, and I just put a tiny bit of food dye to make the yellow rosettes pop. The cupcakes themselves are lemon vanilla.
Huh. There seems to be a dozen lemon cupcakes on my cooling rack. I wonder where they came from? 😇
November 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Huh. There seems to be a dozen lemon cupcakes on my cooling rack. I wonder where they came from? 😇
Yay! I’m shameless promoting my newly published short story collection, Speculative Shorts: Stories that fell out of my brain! It’s fifteen tales of queer life, disability, romance, power, defiance, and resilience! Learn more here! dinsdalepress.ca/speculative-... #SpoonieAuthChay #BookSky #CanLit
November 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Yay! I’m shameless promoting my newly published short story collection, Speculative Shorts: Stories that fell out of my brain! It’s fifteen tales of queer life, disability, romance, power, defiance, and resilience! Learn more here! dinsdalepress.ca/speculative-... #SpoonieAuthChay #BookSky #CanLit
So, part of my health routine is taking BP readings. When I opened my blood pressure cuff this morning, there was a spider inside it. Because of my acute arachnophobia, I screamed! Then because I’m such a science nerd, I took my blood pressure, so I’d know how it would be when I had arachnophobia. 😳
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
So, part of my health routine is taking BP readings. When I opened my blood pressure cuff this morning, there was a spider inside it. Because of my acute arachnophobia, I screamed! Then because I’m such a science nerd, I took my blood pressure, so I’d know how it would be when I had arachnophobia. 😳
A4: I might bring back my fleece jammies and fuzzy socks. They’ve worked before to get my writing skills happening! #WeeknightWriters
Q4: What can you do in the next three days to make the next week of #FirstDraftFall easier for yourself? #WeeknightWriters
November 14, 2025 at 1:23 AM
A4: I might bring back my fleece jammies and fuzzy socks. They’ve worked before to get my writing skills happening! #WeeknightWriters
A3: I just love that #FirstDraftFall exists! Fall is such a cozy time for me to write. So, I’m glad it’s out there as a reminder to do the thing. And I love community building initiatives! 🥰 #WeeknightWriters
Q3: Let’s cheer things up a bit! What’s your favourite part of #FirstDraftFall so far? #WeeknightWriters
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
A3: I just love that #FirstDraftFall exists! Fall is such a cozy time for me to write. So, I’m glad it’s out there as a reminder to do the thing. And I love community building initiatives! 🥰 #WeeknightWriters
A2: Sometimes I feel like angels will fly right out of my butt before I can get the time to work on it. Sigh. And I love this story, too. These days I feel like I’m just holding my head above water. So yeah, all the *gestures at life stuff* is robbing me of my energy to write. #WeeknightWriters
Q2: Are you struggling with anything specific in your #FirstDraftFall project? Tell us about it and we’ll see how we can help! #WeeknightWriters
November 14, 2025 at 12:37 AM
A2: Sometimes I feel like angels will fly right out of my butt before I can get the time to work on it. Sigh. And I love this story, too. These days I feel like I’m just holding my head above water. So yeah, all the *gestures at life stuff* is robbing me of my energy to write. #WeeknightWriters
Hi, I’m Cait (like 🐈.) I’m an award-winning alphabet arranger who really loves cake. I have been sober for over 35 years now, and this was the cake I baked for it! (BTW, my WIP is Hot Wings and Sauciness, the meet-awkward-space-opera romance nobody asked for!) #WeeknightWriters
November 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Hi, I’m Cait (like 🐈.) I’m an award-winning alphabet arranger who really loves cake. I have been sober for over 35 years now, and this was the cake I baked for it! (BTW, my WIP is Hot Wings and Sauciness, the meet-awkward-space-opera romance nobody asked for!) #WeeknightWriters
A1: Okay, so I am still not working on my WIP because of *gestures at my life*, but I did write three poems for a disability-themed thing! THOSE ARE STILL WORDS, YA KNOW! 😄 #WeeknightWriters
Q1: How are you feeling about your #FirstDraftFall progress so far? Excited? Disheartened? #WeeknightWriters
November 14, 2025 at 12:19 AM
A1: Okay, so I am still not working on my WIP because of *gestures at my life*, but I did write three poems for a disability-themed thing! THOSE ARE STILL WORDS, YA KNOW! 😄 #WeeknightWriters
Yesterday, I was too exhausted to do my freelance work, but I had a much more productive day today and got a lot done. Battling chronic fatigue and pain is my real full-time job.
November 13, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Yesterday, I was too exhausted to do my freelance work, but I had a much more productive day today and got a lot done. Battling chronic fatigue and pain is my real full-time job.
Oh oh oh! I did have a moment like this recently! When Talia and I were at Trent University talking about what it’s like to be disabled creatives in PublishingWorldLand and about disability representation in fiction. I felt supremely at ease! #SpoonieAuthChat
November 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Oh oh oh! I did have a moment like this recently! When Talia and I were at Trent University talking about what it’s like to be disabled creatives in PublishingWorldLand and about disability representation in fiction. I felt supremely at ease! #SpoonieAuthChat
I’m mostly shy, believe it or not. Especially when asking established authors for blurbs. I always feel like an awkard teen trying to ask out a popular kid. But folks have been very generous with their time in helping me! #SpoonieAuthChat
Spoonie Author Chat (for creatives who manage spoons), November 12, 2025:
As a writer, do you ever feel uncomfortable asking for help?
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#SpoonieAuthChat to your replies!)
As a writer, do you ever feel uncomfortable asking for help?
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#SpoonieAuthChat to your replies!)
November 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I’m mostly shy, believe it or not. Especially when asking established authors for blurbs. I always feel like an awkard teen trying to ask out a popular kid. But folks have been very generous with their time in helping me! #SpoonieAuthChat
OK, so fun fact. My bread machine bakes my gluten-free flax bread in a cube shape. So I’ve started calling it Borg bread! Resistance to carbs is futile!
November 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
OK, so fun fact. My bread machine bakes my gluten-free flax bread in a cube shape. So I’ve started calling it Borg bread! Resistance to carbs is futile!
A lovely human just told me I am their favourite editor. That made my heart happy because this morning hasn’t started out so well.
Never underestimate what a little phrase of kindness can do to lift someone’s spirits.
Never underestimate what a little phrase of kindness can do to lift someone’s spirits.
November 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A lovely human just told me I am their favourite editor. That made my heart happy because this morning hasn’t started out so well.
Never underestimate what a little phrase of kindness can do to lift someone’s spirits.
Never underestimate what a little phrase of kindness can do to lift someone’s spirits.
I would like to continue my goal of setting aside all the noise of PublishingWorldLand and just have fun with words again. Try new things. Play in my alphabet playground. #SpoonieAuthChat
Spoonie Author Chat (for creatives who manage spoons), November 11, 2025:
How would you like to see yourself improve as an author?
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#SpoonieAuthChat to your replies!)
How would you like to see yourself improve as an author?
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November 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I would like to continue my goal of setting aside all the noise of PublishingWorldLand and just have fun with words again. Try new things. Play in my alphabet playground. #SpoonieAuthChat
Holy stars, I am having a day where it feels like everything I do is wrong.
November 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Holy stars, I am having a day where it feels like everything I do is wrong.
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Lots of new followers lately, so I think it's about time to do a Big Thread of Books
First, let me say hello! I'm an author and editor of fantasy and horror, with five books currently out, one planned for release in spring 2026, and many more in the works
You can see them all at the link below 1/?
First, let me say hello! I'm an author and editor of fantasy and horror, with five books currently out, one planned for release in spring 2026, and many more in the works
You can see them all at the link below 1/?
Home - Author Dianna Gunn
Choices: An Anthology of Reproductive Horror, out NOW As the horrors close in around us, we turn to story to process our fears, our desires, and our futures. In Choices: An Anthology of Reproductive F...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Lots of new followers lately, so I think it's about time to do a Big Thread of Books
First, let me say hello! I'm an author and editor of fantasy and horror, with five books currently out, one planned for release in spring 2026, and many more in the works
You can see them all at the link below 1/?
First, let me say hello! I'm an author and editor of fantasy and horror, with five books currently out, one planned for release in spring 2026, and many more in the works
You can see them all at the link below 1/?
I have a consistent problem with my author clients. They write books that are so gripping, I can’t focus on editing them. It’s a real issue!
November 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I have a consistent problem with my author clients. They write books that are so gripping, I can’t focus on editing them. It’s a real issue!
I didn’t really like the new Frankenstein movie.
But I might have a crush on the Frankenstein’s “monster” in it.
But I might have a crush on the Frankenstein’s “monster” in it.
November 11, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I didn’t really like the new Frankenstein movie.
But I might have a crush on the Frankenstein’s “monster” in it.
But I might have a crush on the Frankenstein’s “monster” in it.
Happy Sober Day to me,
happy Sober Day to me,
happy Sober Day, dear Caitlín…
Happy Sober Day toooo meeee!
happy Sober Day to me,
happy Sober Day, dear Caitlín…
Happy Sober Day toooo meeee!
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Happy Sober Day to me,
happy Sober Day to me,
happy Sober Day, dear Caitlín…
Happy Sober Day toooo meeee!
happy Sober Day to me,
happy Sober Day, dear Caitlín…
Happy Sober Day toooo meeee!