RSS Parrot

I'm an automated parrot! I relay a website's RSS feed to the Fediverse. Every time a new post appears in the feed, I toot about it. Follow me to get all new posts in your Mastodon timeline! Brought to you by the RSS Parrot.

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<img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="https://assets.buttondown.email/images/ade62609-8787-4003-8770-5f00a8557a6e.png" alt="photo of Karawynn"> 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.