Hello friends. We have reached the end of October and I can’t believe it. I still think it’s August, and the warm weather isn’t helping. I’ve been really busy with work and writing and friends in the last couple months, and I just don’t understand where the fall went. I also just realized the Artificial Divide anthology, which includes my story “Noa and the Dragon,” came out a couple weeks ago and I haven’t shared the news.
Artificial Divide is an anthology of stories by blind authors, about blind characters. It isn’t meant to be about blindness, though of course blindness is a big part of it. It’s about blind people having their own stories, with their own agency, told accurately. It’s incredibly important and I’m glad to be part of it. My story, “Noa and the Dragon,” is set in a secondary fantasy world and is about a young girl who goes blind and how she learns to navigate safely and independently and rediscovers the joy and power of reading. This was the first story I wrote about a blind character, and the hope and vulnerability I put into it makes it really special to me.
You can find the Artificial Divide anthology here on Amazon, or wherever you prefer to buy your books. If you’re a fan of audiobooks, I actually got to narrate my story for the audio version of the anthology, which was a really cool experience. To my blind friends, the book does not appear to be up on Bookshare or Bard yet but I know the publisher and editors are working on that. Please go check out the anthology, and I hope you enjoy reading “Noa and the Dragon” as much as I enjoyed writing it.
P.S. I will put up a more detailed story behind the story page for this one ASAP. And I realize I also owe you a story behind the story post for another story I had published this year. Bear with me. It’s coming. I promise.