Payson R. Harris

They/Them. Author, rugger, & baker. Autistic, non-binary, self-deprecating, argumentative, poly, & queer.

Always busy. Always curious. Always eager.

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@Mastercard is coming for queer content creators. My work contains queer characters, but is not adult. And still it has been delisted because of you.

This is unacceptable. Stop harming queer people.

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So happy the ministry is learning about the way LiveWorkPlay supports people in the community!

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Today @LiveWorkPlay hosted the Honourable Minister Michael Parsa from the Ontario Ministry of Children Community and Social Services @ONSocialService with special guests from @UnitedWayEO and @tdplace_Levy and our federal public service employment partnership, to talk about successful employment outcomes for people with intellectual disabilities in the private and public sectors. Minister Parsa asked important questions, including some discussion of challenges to scaling up our employment supports model, and we communicated that the main barrier is the time and resources required to develop relationships with jobseekers and employers so we can bring them together for a match and an employment relationship that devleops into career advancement and long term success. We look forward to further conversations in the new year and we thank Minister Parsa and his team for finding time to speak with us on this visit to Ottawa.

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On my way to Can*Con to pitch my third novel!

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@laine_johnson1 @_MarkSutcliffe Please, I can afford another $15 a month in taxes if it means less traffic and cleaner air (because transit will be better).

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This @nalgene beauty lasted me through 3 moves and 400 rugby practices. RIP.

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It's my patented jersey tackle for the last game of the season!

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The rejection letters beneath my feet just help me reach for success.

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The rejection letters beneath my feet just help me reach for success.

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New Blog is up!

https://t.co/JA0BYpIB4u

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@DavidTHazan @sami_kivela @elliewrightart @SimonBowland @jamesbemmett @MadCaveStudios @comicsbeat @smartinbrough This looks so awesome! I can't wait!

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I've pre-ordered it! Can't wait to read!

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New Newsletter is up!

https://t.co/oRDMkCGQTd

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8 months ago: "None of my 3 books I've finished have gone over 75k words."

Starting this rewrite: "A lot of scenes don't further the plot enough. I can cut them and then expand the internal story."

Cutting 40k words from a 75k story: "I hope this remains a novel."

Now:

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Rewrite of book #2 is done. This took almost a full year, partly because of the move and financial drama, and partly because I cut 40k words and then added 80k. So basically writing a whole new novel.

I still have so much polishing to do, but this is a huge milestone.

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I made some changes to the ending of my novel in progress, and I was sobbing reading it, tears streaming into my mouth. I believe in this novel so much, and the ending is so perfectly bittersweet.

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February Newsletter is up!

https://t.co/rshFkPbPzb

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Newsletter is up!

https://t.co/HVJiPtMNqE

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Kholodets, pizza, honey garlic pasta, roast squash and sweet potatoes, banana chocolate cake, fruit aspic with flummery, and mint oreo ice cream.

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Good morning Ottawa!

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Back at running!

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Last night's noms. Panzerotti, fries, and ratatouille. Cookies for dessert (not pictured). Was supposed to make ice cream too but forgot to put the churner in the freezer.