Nicole Lavigne has a BA in English and Theatre from the University of Ottawa. She still lives in Ottawa but considers all of Canada her home after bouncing across the country as a military brat during her childhood. She is a professional storyteller, published writer, Web & Logistics Coordinator for Can-Con, Co-Chair for the Ottawa … Continue reading
H. E. Casson (they/them) is a queer poet and performer whose words have been shared by Cast of Wonders, Lunate, The Quilliad, Serotonin, and Taco Bell Quarterly—among others. They are a Best of the Net nominee and have been selected for the Best Indie Speculative Fiction 2020 anthology. H. E.’s voice can be heard in the Moonbase Theta Out and … Continue reading
Worst trilogy ever, by the way. The actually happenings and behaviour during this COVID-19 pandemic would have been rejected by every publisher, I’m sure, for being so unrealistic. Yet, I also feel I need to apologize to the writer of JAWS. People really would put the economy over the lives of swimmers in shark-infested waters. … Continue reading
Once again, editors Cait Gordon and Talia C. Johnson are joining up for another multi-genre fiction anthology. Nothing Without Us, their first anthology, became a Prix Aurora Award finalist for Best Related Work and has so far been taught three times as part of a disability studies course at Trent University! For Nothing Without Us … Continue reading
Jen Desmarais is the creator of the sex education game Blush, and co-author of the upcoming Assassins! Accidental Matchmakers (Fall 2022), also to be published by Renaissance. Co-founder of JenEric Designs, she creates unique geeky crocheted items. Her blog, The Travelling TARDIS, was nominated for the Prix Aurora Awards for four years in a row … Continue reading
Michelle Butler Hallett, she/her, is a history nerd and disabled person who writes fiction about violence, evil, love, and grace. Her 2016 novel This Marlowe was longlisted for the ReLit Award and the Dublin International Literary Award, and her first novel, Double-blind, was shortlisted for the Sunburst Award. She lives in St. John’s, Newfoundland. You can follow Michelle … Continue reading
Whew, that summer hiatus felt super quick, but it’s September, so it’s back to the Spoonie Author Network! There are some exciting things on the horizon: Our monthly Spoonie Authors Podcast, hosted by Dianna Gunn, resumes on September 10, featuring Tangela Williams-Spann, author of Sad, Black, and Fat: Musing from the Intersection. (Here’s my review … Continue reading
Dianna Gunn is a freelance marketing consultant, dark fantasy author, and an indie author community mentor. Dianna produces the Spoonie Authors Podcast and is the curator of the Twitter writing chat #WeeknightWriters, which happens every Thursday, 7:00 p.m. EST. (Once a month, she hosts #SpoonieAuthChat on Sundays at 1 p.m. EST with great marketing-based topics!) … Continue reading
Editor’s note: The last twelve months (and counting) of living during a global pandemic has had an affect on us Spoonies, so I thought I would do a six-week series, asking some of our contributing authors the same questions about how they are managing spoons, one year later. You can read all six of these … Continue reading
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