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Storycrafting Sessions: Disability in Writing FULL SCHEDULE - Weeknight Writers We are pleased to announce our full schedule for Storycrafting Sessions: Disability in Writing, happening on May 30th! This will be a full day of FREE virtual panels discussing various aspects of effe...

Today we are THRILLED to announce the full panel schedule for our upcoming virtual conference, Storycrafting Sessions: Disability in Writing, happening on May 30th! Keep reading this thread or head over to weeknightwriters.com/2026/04/18/s... for the full details! 1/?

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I’m over the halfway mark to help me for May. Thank you so, so much to those sharing and donating.

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Donate to Help a Disabled TMU Social Work Student Survive, organized by Red Berry The Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) and Ontario Disability Support… Red Berry needs your support for Help a Disabled TMU Social Work Student Survive

The Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) are at odds often, so before I started school, I did my research.

It still didn’t pan out.

Please share or check out my GFM, and consider contacting your local MP:

gofund.me/c1ad650fc

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Going Under; April 15 2026 — The Irritable Queer I received some bad news regarding my book, ‘ The Other Face of Sympathy ’. As you probably know, it was published last fall by Renaissance Press as my debut novel. I’d put some of my writing out th...

www.theirritablequeer.com/queer-ramblings/2026/4/15/going-under

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Only gonna read clean romance from now on. Janitorial staff deserve to get their freak on.

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Hello friends - I am going to be releasing my newsletter/starting it up again in order to distribute chapters of my now-unavailable ebooks! If you're interested in a sapphic fairytale or a virtual reality MMORPG gone horribly wrong, subscribe at www.theirritablequeer.com!

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333+ million children globally live in extreme poverty, lacking access to health, nutrition, education and opportunity.

Canada must make impactful investments to build a stable, secure world for all: bit.ly/Results-Canada-take-action.

@MarkJCarney @ResultsCda #cdnpoli

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Please Listen; April 9 2025 — The Irritable Queer I try to keep this blog focused on the positives. Honest, I do. But I’m so tired, and so hurt, and so tired of being hurt. I don’t know how to respond when family and friends defend J.K. Rowling or her works – not that I have friends who do, because they know she’s a wretch of a human being who p

If you don't oppose Rowling's views, you are transphobic.

That's that, and this explains why.

www.theirritablequeer.com/queer-ramblings/2026/4/9/please-listen

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Devastating to learn a hernia won't spontaneously fix itself. If that's the cause of my sudden onset hip pain, I shall be displeased

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No Fool; April 1 2026 — The Irritable Queer Happy April, everybody! Here’s a fun fact about me: I loathe April Fool’s Day. The closest I’ve come to pulling a real prank was kind of the inverse of one, in that I just sincerely let people know ...

www.theirritablequeer.com/queer-ramblings/2026/4/1/no-fool

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Happy #TransDayofVisibility, horror lovers!

If you're looking for a book featuring a transgender protagonist (written by a transgender author) look no further than 'The Other Face of Sympathy'; Edward learns of monsters via the diaries they left when they were human.

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Incoming Onslaught; March 25 2026 — The Irritable Queer First off – if you haven’t watched it already, go check out Drinking With Authors to hear me chat with marvellous host Nick Savage about homelessness in Toronto, the use of AI, my thoughts on conten...

www.theirritablequeer.com/queer-ramblings/2026/3/25/incoming-onslaught

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Drinking with Authors | Episode 450 | Red Berry
Drinking with Authors | Episode 450 | Red Berry YouTube video by Drinking With Authors The Podcast

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A fantastic (and fun!) interview I did with @drinkingwauthors.bsky.social!

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My Cup of Tea; March 18 2026 — The Irritable Queer Have you ever wondered what it would be like to sit down with me with a cup of tea, have a chat? This Saturday, an episode of Drinking With Authors comes out featuring yours truly! We chat about som...

Keep an eye out this Saturday for me on @drinkingwauthors.bsky.social!

www.theirritablequeer.com/queer-rambli...

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I normally don't care about the Oscars, but I've got to say, I'm glad Sinners and K-pop Demon Hunters both got the recognition they 100% deserved.

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Let’s Get Published! Free Query Critique As part of her commitment to uplifting diverse voices, Carmeline offers three query letter critiques per month at no charge to BIPOC writers. This is on a first come, first…

Hey #writingcommunity! This is your semi regular reminder that I offer 3 FREE query critiques each month for #bipocwriters.

Contact info 👇🏼

carmelinemelchior.com/editorial-se...

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Royalty; March 11 2026 — The Irritable Queer Having a form of flesh and bone is rough. I’ve been stuck in a cycle of pain in which I sleep badly (because of the pain) and then I’m in pain all day (because I barely slept). I’m feeling down about ...

www.theirritablequeer.com/queer-rambli...

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An aesthetic board, images listed from left to right: A woman in a white dress holding a sword; a long, red-carpeted staircase curving down; a close-up of a camera lens; a fair-haired woman with blood red lipstick holding a bloody knife by her face; a dark-haired woman wearing a crown and exhaling smoke; a woman with blue and pink paint streaked down her face, a butterfly over her mouth; a woman's chest bound in rope with three bloody nails hammered into them; a smoking gun; a red moon in a nearly-black sky.

An aesthetic board, images listed from left to right: A woman in a white dress holding a sword; a long, red-carpeted staircase curving down; a close-up of a camera lens; a fair-haired woman with blood red lipstick holding a bloody knife by her face; a dark-haired woman wearing a crown and exhaling smoke; a woman with blue and pink paint streaked down her face, a butterfly over her mouth; a woman's chest bound in rope with three bloody nails hammered into them; a smoking gun; a red moon in a nearly-black sky.

If I launched a Kickstarter for a TTRPG that's basically Magical Girls meets The Hunger Games, based on an original rule system, all about beautiful people who fight an unending tide of monsters (called the Corrupted)...

Who would be interested in that?

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Just voted in Canada's federal NDP election! Good luck to my chosen candidate!

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CW: War in Iran

Last night, I dreamed a popular shoe brand had put out a commercial set in Iran. The children wearing the shoes were outrunning bombs and the others were being graphically killed.

I woke up having a panic attack because I could almost believe it was a real ad.

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When I hear someone has 'old school values', my mind instantly leaps to it being a euphemism for being a bigot. Is that a me thing, or is that the insinuation, fr?

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Escape the Empire; March 4 2026 — The Irritable Queer Why hello, you’re looking at the blog of someone who’s just been certified by the Canadian Training Institute in Crisis Intervention! I’m coming to you this week having had a pretty great weekend, fol...

www.theirritablequeer.com/queer-ramblings/2026/3/4/escape-the-empire

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Hi Laura! What was formative media for you? Do you ever try to replicate the themes, characters, or vibes from that media?

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Getting Mad; February 25 2026 — The Irritable Queer My motivation is pretty low, lately. I’d almost wonder if I’m in a depressive slump if my mood was lower, but I’m pretty okay, overall. Getting back into the groove of school has been challenging afte...

www.theirritablequeer.com/queer-ramblings/2026/2/25/getting-mad

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All ghost kitties are purr-tergeists.

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Talent is for the poors
Talent is for the poors YouTube video by Hidden Rabbits

Going down the rabbit hole that is the 'Hidden Rabbits' channel and thinking Real Hard as I listen to their episode on nepotism.

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Will do my best to tune in (once my kid's gone to bed)!

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Year of the Horse; February 18 2026 — The Irritable Queer Happy Year of the Horse, everybody! I’m a member of the horse zodiac, so I’m hoping that’s a sign something big will happen this year. Preferably a decent book deal. We’re not off to the strongest st...

www.theirritablequeer.com/queer-ramblings/2026/2/18/year-of-the-horse

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No one respects the amount of self-restraint I use on a daily basis. ESPECIALLY not my cats, whose ears I regularly wish to chomp on, but I don't, because of aforementioned self-restraint.

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Becoming Irrelevant; February 11 2026 — The Irritable Queer School has me feeling a bit stagnant from a career standpoint, and that feels rather counter to the point. I haven’t written anything new in a bit – though I do have a new novel concept – and I haven’...

www.theirritablequeer.com/queer-ramblings/2026/2/11/becoming-irrelevant

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