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Well then.

A vampire holding an ornate cane in one hand. Text reads: I”m disabled of course I’m a villain!

Sending love to those most directly affected by this latest round of absolute political bullshit.

I'm out of helpful things to say. This time - not being in the US - I'm not at the centre. I know many of you are, and I'm sorry.

I'm just pushing myself to do what I can from where I am to make the world a bit less awful. Today I had a sobering reminder of how privileged I have to have a day job, and in particular get to lead a specific project, that does actually a difference. I don't know where I'd be without it.

What does doing what I can look like right now? It includes supporting Hīkoi Mō Te Tiriti and Palestine solidarity actions as much as I can. It also includes taking this survey because libraries are important and a starting point for community building and organising. For you it might mean creating holiday cards for incarcerated people, getting your documents updated or helping other do so, joining your union, getting involved in your community.

These are specific examples for who I am and where I am. It will be different for you. Find what you can do, and what you're good at. Do what you can. Take care of each other.

Saturday is an event I've been organising for a while: "I'm disabled... of course I'm a villain" at LitCrawl. We're taking on the disabled villain trope, talking about everything from wheel-chair using vampires to Darth Vader, from mad scientists to Richard III via Thingee's unfortunate optical accident.

If you're local I'd love to see you there. Saturday 9th November 7:15pm @ Te Auaha. No tickets, donation at the door as you can afford, there'll be NZSL interpreters and the venue is wheelchair accessible.

I'll be skulking around various other Verb events as well. Say hi if you see me! Hair is currently part brown, part "electric lime".

My Work

I write sapphic urban fantasy with varying levels of romance as Andi R. Christopher. You might like to check out Succulents and Spells, a witchy story set in Wellington, or Tides of Magic, the first in my sea magic filled Charley Deacon series.

As Andi C. Buchanan I write speculative fiction of varying lengths, some non-fiction, and very occasional poetry. Here are a few starting points to check out:

  • my first full-length novel, Sanctuary, is about a queer + neurodivergent found-family who live in a haunted house
  • in my essay "No Car, No Kids" collected in the Otherhood anthology, I write about disability, (not) parenting, and the contexts in which we make our choices
  • and my short-story "If we do not fly at sunset", about being young, and queer, and magical, is free to read online at Lightspeed magazine.

You can find all my links at: https://linktr.ee/andiwrites

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