Disability and Evolution

Disability and Evolution

I had an amazing conversation with one of my favorite people in the world recently.  My younger cousin is a brilliant thinker and insightful artist.  Conversations with him have always uplifted me and filled me with ideas.  We spoke a lot this time about disability.  Obviously, it’s a subject of great interest to me and it has taken on new meaning to him as he was diagnosed with a progressive disorder of the nervous system a few years ago. I had told him a while back that one theory about disability is: you aren’t disabled until the moment you encounter a barrier.  Even then, barriers are just opportunities to find a creative solution.  Disability really brings out creativity.  I’ve known people with some pretty severe mobility restrictions, but...

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Posted by on Oct 12, 2011 in Disability Rights | 4 comments

CONTEST

CONTEST

I am thrilled to announce that I will be running a contest for fan art based on (W)hole!  I know lots of my friends are artists, and even those who are not should try their hand at a creation. *** The prize? An autographed paperback copy of Breath(e), the sequel to (W)hole, when it comes out in January and I will ship it completely free to anywhere in the world. *** How to Enter: I want to see your interpretations of the characters in (W)hole and how you interacted with the book. 1) Make an image or a video that portrays a character, a scene, or some other aspect of my book. 2) Post it at DeviantArt, Flickr, or YouTube with the tag or title “RuthMadisonContest” 3) I will draw a random winner (and I will show the drawing on video) on January 15th, 2012...

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Posted by on Oct 10, 2011 in Blog, Featured | 2 comments

Romantic Friday Writers: Rock Candy

Romantic Friday Writers: Rock Candy

http://fridaynightwriters.blogspot.com/ This blog has a challenge for writers of romance/love stories to write 400 words on a theme each Friday.  The theme this week is Rock Candy. I am on a roll with this new story that I started three weeks ago for a Friday challenge! Word Count: 397, full critique acceptable ### Kaitlyn’s life changed forever in a candy store in the mall.  She was standing in the door, sucking on a red rock candy stick and waiting for Jason to finish choosing.  He was distracted by doing imitations of their teachers to make her laugh. She was gasping around the sweet glaze of the candy when something shifted. She never understood what it was, but suddenly everything in her became very still and it was as though she were seeing Jason for...

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Posted by on Oct 6, 2011 in Friday Excerpt | 18 comments