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Friends
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Reading and thinking.
On a couple of prior posts, I had people commenting that there's some older scifi that's worth reading for disability related input. I haven't gotten to Starship Troopers, but I have read Barrayar and The Warrior's Apprentice. As the library didn't have Cordelia's Honor on audiobook, I started with the 2nd book in the series. (I am now worried that ( Read more... ) -
Confession: I’m part of the problem
After the write-up on current media having few depictions of disabled people, I had one of those uncomfortable moments of cognitive dissonance as I realized I don’t have any disabled characters in my fantasy or scifi work. I have a number of characters (main and secondary) who are disabled in my contemporary fiction ( Read more... ) -
Disabilities in the Media
Jim Hines asked about representation in fiction. http://jimhines.livejournal.com/717967.html I got to thinking about disabilities and, by extension, service dogs. Because I'm curious, Wiki http ( Read more... ) -
Free short story
Neil Gaiman's giving away a short story, and every download is a dollar toward a charity. Check out www.audible.com/ScareUs the promos on til the 31st. -
Dare To Suck: Sodai Inari Painting.
I started this back in late January, and I've worked on it off an on as I could beat down the "OMG, this is horrid!" mental critic. I haven't painted anything I really cared about in a long while (flowers in matching color schemes for Mom's decorating's been about it).
But when I saw this picture
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Photo out takes
I got over 300 photos of the pack, I'll be posting a few collections.
Wordy Wednesday: Why is it that when I try to get photos of Twist looking regal, she gives me Weirdo!Puppy photo ops?
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Crossposting like whoa
Eye exams for service dogs, certified therapy dogs, police K9s, search and rescue dogs are free in May if you register this month at http://acvoeyeexam.org/2012/animals/qualifications.shtml and there's a participating eye vet near you. It's how I found out ( Read more... )
