I’m Not F**king Brave

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Jamieson Wolf • 3 Comments

Just to set the record straight, I’m not brave, okay? I live with spastic cerebral palsy (CP) and relapse-and-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS). I can’t count the number of people who have called me brave. I always smile and nod when they say this, but the truth is that bravery has nothing to do with it. … Continue reading →

body celebration / Cerebral Palsy / chronic pain / Represention / sex / Sexah / Why Representation Matters

How do you make this sexy? Why representation in fiction matters.

Posted on January 25, 2018 by Angela S. Stone • Leave a comment

“How do you make this sexy?” a reader asked me, gesturing to her wheelchair in the middle of one of my sex education Q&A sessions. The question stumped me because the answer isn’t an easy one. The short version is: You don’t. There isn’t anything inherently sexy about using a wheelchair or a walker, or having … Continue reading →

Author image / Cerebral Palsy / Crafting characters / Represention / Spoonie Challenges / Writing journey

Mine for Keeps

Posted on November 16, 2017 by april • 1 Comment

I remember very distinctly the first time I read about “someone like me” in a book. I couldn’t have been more than ten or twelve at the most, and the book was Mine for Keeps by Jean Little. The main character, Sally, had cerebral palsy—just like me. She wasn’t the sad, crippled friend that you … Continue reading →

Cerebral Palsy / chronic fatigue / chronic pain

Chronic Fatigue: My Story

Posted on July 11, 2017 by rachelwritesstories • Leave a comment

I was diagnosed with chronic fatigue in September 2016 when I just started college. Overall my concentration was low and I kept falling asleep in classes. I have no idea where this never-ending tiredness came from, no matter how much I slept. I thought it was the stress of college, as I’ve been out of … Continue reading →

Cerebral Palsy / Multiple Sclerosis / sex / Sexah / Spoonie Challenges / Writing journey

Doing ‘It’ with a Disability

Posted on June 29, 2017 by Jamieson Wolf • 1 Comment

The first piece of writing advice that I was given was: Write what you know. Throughout my twenty years as a writer, I’ve happily ignored that advice. I’ve written fantasy novels, horror stories, and countless short stories and poems. And throughout all of them, I wrote only what pleased me, what I felt called … Continue reading →

Blog tour stop / Cerebral Palsy / Multiple Sclerosis / Spoonie Challenges / Writing journey

Ten Years of Words

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Jamieson Wolf • 2 Comments

Most people don’t know it took me almost three years to write Lust and Lemonade. I started it on December 29, 2013 and finished the first draft on the May 23, 2015. Writing Lust and Lemonade was a labour of love, yes, but it was also one of self-discovery and healing. When I was diagnosed … Continue reading →

Cerebral Palsy / Multiple Sclerosis / Writing journey

A Patchwork Quilt of Words

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Jamieson Wolf • Leave a comment

I had thought I would eventually stop writing poems. I only started writing them in the first place to quiet the words in my head that needed to be free, and wanted air so they could thrive. When I was struck with Multiple Sclerosis in 2013, I could only write a handful of words at … Continue reading →

Cerebral Palsy / Multiple Sclerosis / Spoonie Challenges / Writing journey

Learning to Write in a Different Way

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Jamieson Wolf • 1 Comment

I have always written. Words are like breathing to me. They are my way of living life, of connecting with others, of engaging with myself. They are the way I’m able to achieve my dreams, albeit on paper. I was born with Spastic Cerebral Palsy. This causes some sort of pain twenty-four hours a day, … Continue reading →

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