The Disability Visibility Project<\/strong> is proud to partner with novelist Nicola Griffith in our first ever Twitter chat for disabled writers and writing disabled characters. Nicola Griffith is the creator of the #CripLit series and the DVP is the co-host\/supporting partner.<\/p>\n All disabled writers are welcome to participate in the chat but please note we will be discussing fiction. Check the #CripLit hashtag on Twitter for announcements of future chats that will focus on different genres or posts from these two websites:<\/span><\/p>\n https:\/\/nicolagriffith.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n How to Participate<\/b><\/p>\n Follow <\/span>@nicolaz<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0@DisVisibility<\/span><\/a> on Twitter<\/span><\/p>\n Use the hashtag <\/span>#CripLit<\/span><\/a> when you tweet<\/span><\/p>\n Check out this explanation of how to participate in a chat by Ruti Regan: <\/span>https:\/\/storify.com\/RutiRegan\/examplechat<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n If you don\u2019t use Twitter and want to follow along in real-time, <\/span>check out the live-stream:<\/span> http:\/\/twubs.com\/CripLit<\/span><\/a> \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n #CripLit Tweets for 7\/23 chat<\/b><\/p>\n Welcome to our first-ever #CripLit chat! Created by <\/span>@nicolaz<\/span><\/a>, this chat is for disabled writers & will cover writing disabled characters <\/span><\/p>\n If you respond to a question such as Q1, your tweet should follow this format: \u201cA1 [your message] #CripLit\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Q1 Please introduce yourself, your areas of interest as a writer, and any links to your work #CripLit<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Q2 Do you identify as a disabled writer (or writer w\/ a disability)? If so, why? Or do you prefer to be thought of as a writer, period? #CripLit<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Q3 Among writers, what groups\/communities do you have an affinity towards? Who supports you & your work? #CripLit<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Q4 Do you connect with other disabled writers? If yes, why is that important? #CripLit<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Q5 Are there disabled writers you love & want to highlight? Please describe and share your faves #CripLit<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Q6 Who are some of your favourite disabled characters? Why? #CripLit<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Q7 What is your process in developing a character, a disabled one in particular? Describe some disabled characters you created #CripLit<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Q8 What tropes and stereotypes are you careful to avoid when constructing disabled stories & characters? #CripLit<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Q9 What\u2019s your advice to disabled & non-disabled writers who want to write believable & compelling stories about disabled ppl? #CripLit<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Q10 What do you want most in terms of support? Better representation\u00a0at conferences? (If so, which ones?) Something else? #CripLit<\/p>\n Additional Links<\/b><\/p>\n Disability Art, Scholarship and Activism<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Nicola Griffith (5\/18\/16)<\/span><\/p>\n Writing Culture Has An Ableism Problem<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Denarii Monroe (6\/14\/16)<\/span><\/p>\n Writing program association continues to debate access for members with disabilities<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Josh Logue (3\/28\/16)<\/span><\/p>\n About<\/b><\/p>\n Nicola Griffith<\/b> is a native of Yorkshire, England, where she earned her beer money teaching women\u2019s self-defense, fronting a band, and arm-wrestling in bars, before discovering writing and moving to the US. Her immigration case was a fight and ended up making new law: the State Department declared it to be \u201cin the National Interest\u201d for her to live and work in this country. This didn\u2019t thrill the more conservative powerbrokers, and she ended up on the front page of the <\/span>Wall Street Journal<\/span><\/i>, where her case was used as an example of the country\u2019s declining moral standards.<\/span><\/p>\n In 1993 a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis slowed her down a bit, and she concentrated on writing. Her novels are <\/span>Ammonite<\/span><\/i><\/a> (1993), <\/span>Slow River<\/span><\/i><\/a> (1995), <\/span>The Blue Place<\/span><\/i><\/a> (1998), <\/span>Stay<\/span><\/i><\/a> (2002),<\/span> Always<\/span><\/i><\/a> (2007) and<\/span> Hild<\/span><\/i><\/a> (2013). She is the co-editor of the<\/span> BENDING THE LANDSCAPE<\/span><\/a> series of original short fiction. Her multi-media memoir,<\/span> And Now We Are Going to Have a Party: Liner Notes to a Writer\u2019s Early Life<\/span><\/i><\/a>, is a limited collector\u2019s edition. Her essays and short fiction have appeared in an assortment of academic texts and a variety of journals, including <\/span>Nature<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>New Scientist, Los Angeles Review of Books<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>Out<\/span><\/i>. She\u2019s won the Washington State Book Award, the Tiptree, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards, the Premio Italia, Lambda Literary Award (six times), and others.<\/span><\/p>\n Source: <\/span>https:\/\/nicolagriffith.com\/2014\/02\/24\/about\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Alice Wong<\/b> is a San Francisco-based disability advocate, freelance journalist, television watcher, news junkie, cat lover, and coffee drinker. Currently, s<\/span>he is the Founder and Project Coordinator for the<\/span> Disability Visibility Project<\/span><\/a> (DVP), a community partnership with<\/span> StoryCorps<\/span><\/a> and an online community dedicated to recording, amplifying, and sharing disability stories and culture. Currently she is a co-partner with Andrew Pulrang and Gregg Beratan for #CripTheVote, a <\/span>non-partisan online campaign<\/span><\/a> encouraging the political participation of people with disabilities. She is also a Staff Research Associate at the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, UCSF.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"