All disabled writers are welcome to participate in the chat including reporters, essayists, poets, cartoonists, bloggers, freelancers, unpublished or published. We want to hear from all of you! Check the #CripLit hashtag on Twitter for announcements of future chats that will focus on different genres or topics.<\/span><\/p>\n Follow <\/span>@nicolaz<\/span><\/a> @DisVisibility<\/span><\/a> @writersdelite<\/span><\/a> on Twitter<\/span><\/p>\n Use the hashtag <\/span>#CripLit<\/span><\/a> when you tweet. If you only want to respond to the questions, check <\/span>@DisVisibility<\/span><\/a>\u2019s timeline during the chat. The questions will be tweeted several minutes apart. \u00a0<\/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 Welcome to #CripLit! Created by @nicolaz, we will discuss ableism & the publishing industry. Our guest host for this chat is @writersdelite<\/p>\n When we mention the publishing industry we include agents, editors, booksellers, publishers, media (print and online publications) #CripLit<\/span><\/p>\n …production and distribution companies (for screenwriters), etc. #CripLit<\/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, describe your background in writing, and any links about you & your work #CripLit<\/span><\/p>\n Q2 What made you want to become a writer? How did you start & what are some of the major issues you face now in your writing? #CripLit<\/span><\/p>\n Q3 How is the publishing industry ableist\/racist\/sexist\/cis-normative (among \u00a0others)? Share your thoughts and experiences. #CripLit<\/span><\/p>\n Q4 <\/span>What barriers (physical, cultural, emotional) do you face as a disabled writer? #CripLit<\/span><\/p>\n Q5 Were you expecting the barriers you\u2019ve encountered? What did you do? How did you feel? How did organisers respond? #CripLit<\/span><\/p>\n Q6 If you are a freelancer or are published, what is your advice to disabled writers who want to get their work out? #CripLit<\/span><\/p>\n Q7 In your interactions w\/ the industry, how does ableism inform their ideas of what it takes to be a \u2018professional\u2019 writer? #CripLit<\/span><\/p>\n Q8 What’s your advice to other disabled writers on navigating and making connections w\/ the publishing industry? #CripLit<\/span><\/p>\n Q9 In your opinion, how has ableism shaped the kinds of #CripLit published & authors that are promoted?<\/span><\/p>\n Q10 What messages do you want to send to those in the publishing industry (agents, book buyers, editors) about #CripLit & ableism?<\/span><\/p>\n This concludes our 2nd #CripLit chat! Please keep the convo going. Thank you very much to our guest host <\/span>@writersdelite<\/span><\/a>!!<\/span><\/p>\n Be sure to tweet co-hosts <\/span>@nicolaz<\/span><\/a> @DisVisibility<\/span><\/a> questions, comments, and ideas for the next #CripLit chat<\/span><\/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 Dear Able Friends: I Am Not Your Inspiration Porn <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Karrie Higgins (10\/5\/15)<\/span><\/p>\n 4 Ways the Publishing Industry Promotes Ableism<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Katherine Lampe (10\/9\/15)<\/span><\/p>\n Fat Writers: On Privilege, Ableism, and Humanity<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Kristian Wilson (5\/19\/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 Denarii Monroe<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Denarii (rhymes with \u201ccanary\u201d) is an aspiring screenwriter, freelance writer, and a weirdo born, raised, and based in New York. She’s a Rutgers University alum and a two-year Pace University dropout; she studied English and Adolescent Education, respectively. She’s written for BlogHer, Black Girl Dangerous, Everyday Feminism, Wear Your Voice Mag, Extra Crispy (a subsidiary of Time, Inc.), and is a regular contributor at Ravishly. You can follow her on Facebook and find her on Twitter and Instagram ([at]writersdelite). Selfies, pictures of her dog named Dog, the new addition to her family – a kitten named Cat, raving about Matthew Gray Gubler, and ranting (or retweeting) about the writing process and racist, ableist, classist, fat-antagonistic heteropatriachary. She loves <\/span>Buffy the Vampire Slayer<\/span><\/i>, as well as soul food, red wine, cooking and baking, and the blues. Hanson is her favorite band ever (yes, <\/span>that<\/span><\/i> Hanson).<\/span><\/p>\n Source: <\/span>http:\/\/www.ravishly.com\/contributors\/9223<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Nicola Griffith<\/b> is a native of Yorkshire, England, where she earned her beer money teaching women\u2019s self-defence, 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, among others, the Washington State Book Award, the Tiptree, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards, the Premio Italia, and six Lambda Literary Awards.<\/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, cat lover, and coffee drinker. Alice<\/span> 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. 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