Disability Pride Month #writingprompt week of JULY 22: Joy: Talk about anything that makes you happy as a disabled writer.

My answer: if I simply see a character with a cane, I get so happy!

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What representation do you want? #disability #writing #disabilitywriting #fantasywriting

hi there, thank you for deciding to start this event ! #DisabilityWriting

my 2 main wips feature many disabled characters, & I portray their experiences as just another part of their lives. while it sometimes is a significant personal annoyance, it’s not a major source of conflict for the story (1/

I don’t know the exact harmful tropes that are prevalent in fantasy besides avoiding the super crip trope being a special consideration, but I do know now that for epilepsy in particular, a lot of people with it are annoyed at how seizures are pretty much always portrayed as (1/
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Hey @longreads — just sent “Mind Over Matter,” an essay on control, the fractured mind-body divide, and the long road to unlearning. Hope it resonates.
#personalessay #disabilitywriting #TBI #MindBody #feministwriting

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I've posted a bit out of order but I'll add this is for #DisabilityWriting a weekly prompt event I'm running for the month of July!

When Love Becomes Care: Emotional Support, Disability, and the Invisible Labour of Surviving Isolation.
open.substack.com/pub/drabbiem...

#SubstackWriters #DisabilityWriting #PersonalEssay #Storytelling #WriterCommunity #DisabilityAwareness #ChronicIllnessVoices #WritingThroughPain

Reading Anne Boyer's 'The Undying' and thinking about cancer, me/CFS, invisible illness, and the magical thinking that attends.

#cancerwriting #mecfs #millionsmissing #invisibleillness #theundying #disabilitywriting #disabledwriter

I lost a couple days of writing to migraines this week. But my desire to write was strong, even under the pain. I’m trying to nurture that tender little flame of desire, which is sometimes all we can do when life gets between us and the page.

#disabilitywriting #amwriting #migraine

DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH WEEKLY WRITING PROMPTS

Lost track of the days for a minute there! Week of JULY 15: Recs: Share your favorite media with disabled characters.

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DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH WEEKLY WRITING PROMPTS

Join me this July in chatting about WIPs and what rep means to you! EVERYONE is welcome to join, no matter how you identify within or without the disability umbrella.

Use the tag #DisabilityWriting

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DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH WEEKLY WRITING PROMPTS

JULY 8: SUBVERSION: Subversion: How do you challenge harmful tropes in your genre?

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Moving Mountains will also be available in paperback from 6th March! It's available to preorder now.

Have a restful weekend everyone x

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