Chris Dodds

I’ve avoided reading much about autism, partially because the little I have read made me angry and partially because of the dumpster fire of self-diagnosis and DSM-5-inspired interpretive dance that has flooded the internet the last few years.

Four months on from April: 14 pieces 119 total submissions 80 rejections 8 personalized rejections 2 short lists 1 long list 1 published (short CNF) 2 accepted, forthcoming (novella & a short story) Has turned into: 19 pieces: 1 novella, 5 short CNF, 13 s…

My first guitar was a 1930s Harmony acoustic that was mostly held together by its own memory of having been a guitar.

Someone is speaking at the lectern.

Three months on from January: 12 pieces: 1 novella, 3 short creative nonfiction essays, 8 short stories 80 total submissions 43 rejections 6 personalized rejections 1 short list 1 long list 1 acceptance 1 thing I can’t talk about yet, but is very exciting.

It’s one thing to write a book, another thing to get it published, and yet another thing to market it.

I wrote a while back about the back piece I’ve been working on.

I kept seeing people talk about making bank on Kalshi.

Remember that exciting thing I couldn’t discuss?

My publishing “system” is picking up steam.

The public announcement is up.

Holiday nostalgia isn’t really a thing for me.

I’ve put in some work to get a few of my pieces published.

Oklahoma launched a new portal for medical cost data because the federal one sucks and enforcement has been minimal.

I released Fish Stick, a stateless incident management bot for Slack.

I built a Firefox extension that blocks mainstream news sites while keeping investigative journalism and wire services accessible.

I listened to the final episode of WTFPod on the way to Santa Fe last week (Airpods plugged in, daughter yelling along with Bluey from the seat behind me).

I started my back piece over a year ago, a mosaic of mandalas, necker cubes, and pseudo-sacred geometry in black and grey.

I started writing again this year - really writing, for the first time in decades.

I’ve been thinking a lot about the idea of self this year.

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