#disabled author

I woke up today to find out that Alice Wong has past away as of November 14th at the age of 51. Not only was her work deeply impactful to the disabled community, but she was only just beginning to be a disabled elder - she was younger than my mother. She was brilliant, unabashed, and dreamed of an inclusive future. If you haven't yet, please go check out her books:

moderated by @everythingwsnormalhere and @fortheloveofgrantaire, disabledtober is a full-month writing challenge focused entirely on disabilities!! whether you are disabled or not, you are welcome to join in :)

this challenge will last for the entire duration of october! the prompt list will come out at some point during the month of august, and i will post the link of an anonymous form for prompt suggestions as soon as i can

this blog will also reblog disability-related writing advice, so stay tuned for that!!

if you're interested, make sure to follow this blog!! have a good disability pride month, and good writing <3

UPDATE [pt: update], the prompts form is now open! check it out here:

My partner @jessequinones is autistic and has some learning disabilities that affect the way he speaks and writes, which, apparently, is making some people think the posts he’s writing are AI. I can confirm they’re not, we share an office space and I watched him write them myself. We’re also both vehemently anti-ai in general.

Happy Disability Pride Month! 🌈♿🦓🦻🧑‍🦯🧑‍🦽‍➡️🧑‍🦼‍➡️🧏🦾

This month Haunting the Scavenger is featured in the Disability Pride Month Bundle on itch.io alongside 30+ other fantastic independent disabled horror, fantasy, and scifi authors. As someone who lives with Chronic Migraines, Ehlers–Danlos Syndromes, and Thalassemia B Intermedia my experiences inform my work and I am proud to be a disabled creative!

Anyways!

Yall asked for more Moonrot Petre, so I give yall angst! :D the petre is in the second chapter… sorry 😅

https://archiveofourown.org/works/84286941/chapters/222297896

Summary:

It's February. Pearl has been falling behind on her work since the start of the year. All her continued failures weigh over her like a shadow until she feels undeserving of the slightest thing. Guilty.

Cleo tries to help, but neither really know how to fix this. It all adds up into one bad night.

Or; Pearl’s self-worth is reliant on her productivity, so what happens when she gets seasonal depression and just… can’t.