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Welcome to *Nine Lives*. My name is Karawynn Long, and I’ve been writing things online since 1993.
I’ve also written some things offline: I’m an award-winning author of speculative short fiction, and I’m now writing an epic science fantasy novel.
The comma in the sentence above conceals a whole lot of life: a corporate career as a graphic designer, the raising of two stepdaughters, a move to a new country, and so much more.
I ran away from home as a teenager. I spent a year as a sex worker. I had multiple romantic relationships, usually in parallel. I learned to accept my intrinsic asexuality … and then had to figure out what that meant for my marriage. I became a radical anticapitalist. I developed a painful autoimmune disease that paralyzed both my arms. I went through menopause. I discovered I’m autistic.
Not strictly in that order, mind you.
I’ve lost track [which of my nine lives](https://buttondown.email/ninelives/archive/everything-old-is-new-again/) I’m on now, but I have some stories to tell, is what I’m saying. I also love having deep conversations with other people, I read widely across multiple disciplines, and I’m always chasing those electric, goosebump moments when a connection arcs between separate points with eye-watering brilliance.
I hope you’ll come light things up with me. Please remember that reflective responses are always welcome, but respect and kindness will be enforced.
“Weird” Might Save America
https://buttondown.email/ninelives/archive/weird-might-save-america/
Published: August 5, 2024 16:00
For reasons of time and sanity, I do not go out looking for political news. I have a system where it comes to me, slowly, by email and podcast, from carefully curated sources. That way I get to miss 1) much of the ultimately trivial media churn, and 2) all…
Preparing for the Next Market Crash
https://buttondown.email/ninelives/archive/preparing-for-the-next-market-crash/
Published: June 2, 2024 18:30
Twice a year — in April, after US taxes are complete, and six months later in November — I do a full accounting of our household’s financial assets, then run some projections for retirement dates and major financial outlays.
It’s all happening a little…
My Kind of People
https://buttondown.email/ninelives/archive/my-kind-of-people/
Published: February 25, 2024 22:00
First, let me utilize my newsletter to (gasp!) convey some actual news: “Hope Is the Thing With Feathers” is a Finalist for Best Short Story in the Asimov’s 2023 Readers’ Award. As a result, it is available for a limited time on the publisher’s web site as…