project we love – Minerva Cerridwen

Release: The Neurodiversiverse!

6 August 2024 Minerva Cerridwen

The Neurodiversiverse: Alien Encounters is out today!

Thinking Ink Press presents an empowering anthology of neurodiverse stories, poetry, and art for sci-fi lovers.

Would neurodiversity be an advantage when encountering aliens? Let’s find out.

Heartbroken starships.

Human-sized hamster balls.

Superpowers unleashed by anxiety.

A planet covered in mathematical fidgets.

And we finally learn why aliens abduct cows.

Featuring stories, poems and art from Tobias S. Buckell, M.D. Cooper, Ada Hoffmann, Jody Lynn Nye, Cat Rambo, and almost forty other contributors, The Neurodiversiverse is edited by Anthony Francis and Liza Olmsted, and explores themes of autism, anxiety, synesthesia, ADHD, PTSD, OCD, avoidant attachment disorder, dissociative identity disorder, and more.

My short story “The Space Between Stitches”, featuring alien teleportation and human crochet, is part of this anthology. Atthis Arts friends Clara Ward and Stewart C. Baker also each have a story in this book.

The Neurodiversiverse: Alien Encounters is available as ebook and paperback:

Publisher’s Website – Buy links via Books2Read – Amazon US – Amazon Deutschland – Goodreads

Meanwhile, it’s time for me to pack the last things for Worldcon! I’ll be travelling to Glasgow by train tomorrow—as Bilbo would say, I’m going on an adventure! For those who want to hear me talk on panels, my schedule can be found here.

Enjoy the Neurodiversiverse! And to those of you who are going to Worldcon: see you soon!

Minerva

Neurodiversiverse, Paranatellonta

10 days left for a flourising new universe!

3 May 2024 Minerva Cerridwen

10 days left in the Neurodiversiverse Kickstarter!

Since my last blog post, the campaign has been labelled a Project We Love by Kickstarter and further Stretch Goals have been announced: bookmarks, goodie bags, an audiobook, and a sequel anthology!!!

But first, of course, we need to cross the minimum goal. Please keep sharing the Kickstarter link and consider preordering your own copy of the anthology!

On a personal note, my grandmother passed away last week. I wrote the latest Paranatellonta edition in her memory.

Love,

Minerva

the dragon of ynys

5 hours left!

15 December 2021 Minerva Cerridwen

The full set of count-down dragons is counting down the hours with us! It’s almost like New Year’s Eve came early. To see them all in detail, you can check Instagram.

There are now exactly 5 hours left in the Kickstarter for the audiobook of The Dragon of Ynys, narrated by Ryan H. Reid. It will end on December 16 2021 2:00 AM CET. So if you’d like to preorder a copy of a full fairy tale audiobook with an aro ace main character, trans and lesbian side characters, a dragon, and a message of acceptance for as little as $1, best be fast!

Or just enjoy the silly dragons, of course! ^^

Thank you for being here!

the dragon of ynys

How It Started

13 December 2021 Minerva Cerridwen

With almost $3000 on the counter (which would be a magical number to push us forward in the algorithms and general perception!), we’ve got a new update from narrator Ryan H. Reid where he is getting started on the audiobook. Ever wondered what the absolute essentials are to create an audiobook? Discover it in the new video!

At the time I write this, there are 64 hours left to preorder your The Dragon of Ynys audiobook on a “pay what you can” basis, starting from $1. And yes, offering just $1 is absolutely a legit option that helps us forward! We can’t express our thanks enough to everyone who is making this project possible and who helps us move towards the best possible quality.

The Countdown Dragons (or afteldraakjes) have all gotten their own micro-poem by E.D.E. Bell – you can see the whole thread of dragon drawings and poetry here on Twitter.

This was the latest little dragon, with 3 days to go:

If you want to know what the Dragon of Two will look like, check the thread or my Instagram this evening (European time). Feel free to show them, and of course our Kickstarter, to all your friends!

Wishing you a very nice day with delicious tea (if you like tea),

Minerva

the dragon of ynys

A Project We Love – Fully Funded!

7 December 202118 July 2022 Minerva Cerridwen

Things are moving so fast I can’t even keep up blogging about them – and I can only be very grateful for that!

We have (already!) reached the point where we can proudly say that the audiobook of The Dragon of Ynys will definitely be made. This is absolutely amazing! A big thank you to all the wonderful people who want to support us and our project. And to Kickstarter, for making us a “Project We Love” and featuring us on the main page as a “Fresh Favorite”.

Now what’s next? Well, for starters, you can still pledge to grab your own copy of the audiobook (and perhaps the ebook, paperback, or limited edition hardcover!) on the same Kickstarter page, with audiobooks starting at $1, in the next 8 days. You can even see yourself in a story in the universe of Ynys, if you select the Rainbow Catcher, or get a new story written especially for you if you select the Wish Fairy level. Moving beyond our funding goal allows us to improve the quality of the hardcover, increase the amount of new material, and of course supports Atthis Arts, which has been going through a rough time as a small publishing business – and believe me, they deserve a boost. As there are so many improvements that could be done, we don’t have any set stretch goals as yet, but of course, if we really go way beyond the goal, who knows what we’ll come up with…

For now, I just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. I think I speak for almost every writer when I say that getting an audiobook made of your work is a dream come true. It’s so magical to know that people who wouldn’t get to read the book in its current form will get access to it.

If you’d like to see something silly but fun, I’m making countdown dragons on Instagram: number-shaped dragons who will guide us through the Kickstarter campaign.

Again, thank you, and please keep sharing the news about the audiobook to everyone you think might be interested!

Hugs,

Minerva