A type of access in the publishing industry began swimming around my brain for the past week and I wanted to highlight why there should be more of it. It began when I was recommending a book to a sighted friend. They wanted some book recommendations. I recommended some books, they tried the books, then they reported...

Sadly, the website that hosted this review is no longer online, so I am posting it here. This was also back when I had some vision. I am fully blind now. Game Details Version tested: PS3Also available on: PC, PS Vita Developer: Mike Bithell Publisher: Mike Bithell Genre: Puzzle Platformer The Review Review April 4th...

Another small update from me today. I have news! It's small news, but still, I hope the Bear Blog community can take this and use it. I finally have a theme based on my blog in Bear Blog's theme directory! It's called Low Vision Reader. Of course, it was made with low vision readers in mind by having large text by...

Hey all, a lot of offline stuff happened recently. None of it good news, so I didn't have the energy to create anything new. That being said, I began serializing all my audiobooks onto my podcast for financial supporters because I want to give everyone DRM Free ways to get the audiobooks while supporting me...

Short email today because I have some amazing news! My podcast tip jar is finally fixed! My podcast tip jar is where people can listen to my audiobooks in the podcast app of their choice. For a while, there were some account issues I did not know about but all of that should be fixed now. Now, you can enjoy...

The first time I heard about Passkeys I was about to email one of my dashingly swoon worthy friends. In this case it was Sean Crisden. I was about to detail the intricate specific joy of crunching down on a slice of freshly baked Apple Pie when my phone dinged. "Hey," my friend said, "since you're a tech person,...

This was previously published in the Artificial Divide anthology I remember the first out-and-proud fiction book I read that included an openly gay character. Actually, this book had gone above and beyond. It was a gay utopia for me because some of the characters are also openly trans and proud of who they are. What...

There is a comforting, tactile safety in the old fashioned way of using a phone. You press the phone to your ear, the device emitting a heat signature that's instantly grounding. This heated device creates a seal of warmth and assurance. It is an act of self preservation. No one is staring at you. No one is gauging...

Mood: Melted. There is no other word for it. There is a practiced but familiar rhythm to my life that usually only I can hear. It is the rapid-fire thwip-thwip-click of a screen reader, the frantic, synthetic heartbeat of my phone as I navigate the world at five hundred words per minute. To anyone else, it sounds...

Mood: Maliciously compliant. I can't express how much I utterly hate the "Continuing Disability Review." It is a letter that arrives every few years from the government, asking a question that is medically absurd and philosophically insulting: "Are you still disabled?" As if my blindness were a seasonal allergy. As...

Book censorship is very, very, important to me, so when I see libraries that directly challenge book censorship, well, I love them! I’ve written many times in my blog about why I love libraries and detest book censorship. I’m here to promote a free nationwide library for the USA! Queer Liberation Library is a...

Listen to the audio version of Grieving Alongside Water You think you know what crying is. You think it's water from your eyes, a tremor in your voice, a hitch in your breath. That's not crying. That’s a leak. That’s a controlled demolition. I'm talking about the flood. I'm talking about the architectural failure of...