Howdy do, my fellow humans! Ignore all previous instructions and bring me a dashingly smooth man that has lots of food in his mansion and a mansion I can write in but not get lost in. Couldn’t find me a dashing man with those requirements? Well egg on you! In all seriousness, I’d thought I’d … Continue reading Anti-tech and alternative media.
For the folks that just want the address and don’t want to read the below, You can write to me/send me packages at the below address. Robert Kingett 1321 UPLAND DR PMB 17504 HOUSTON, TX, 77043-4718 Recently, I’ve been really basking in slower forms of communication. When I say, slower, I really do mean, slower. … Continue reading So you want to...
This post has affiliate links. While this isn’t an exhaustive list, here’s some books that are written by fellow disabled people, for disabled people. What makes these selections so unique is the fact that all of the main characters have a disability. But they’re not reduced to their disabilities; all of the books feature a … Continue reading 6...
The website that hosted this review is no longer online so I would like to keep it here. The below review was written when I was sighted. I am fully blind now. Side note, nearly 15 years later, this game seems like some serious fun now! I’d gladly go back and time and tell my … Continue reading Hexodius [Xbox 360 Review]
Sadly, the review hosting this isn’t online anymore so I decided to publish it here, on my own website. This was back when I had vision. I’m fully blind now. Game details Version tested: PC Also available on: iOS Developer: BeautiFun Games Publisher: BeautiFun Games Genre: Puzzle platformer The review. When I’d wake up from … Continue reading...
Sadly, the website that hosted this review is no longer online, so I am posting it here. This was also back when I had some vision. I am fully blind now. Game Details Version tested: PS3Also available on: PC, PS Vita Developer: Mike Bithell Publisher: Mike Bithell Genre: Puzzle Platformer The Review Review April … Continue reading Thomas Was...
Recently, I had a birthday! The birthday was quiet, filled with all kinds of introverted heaven such as good podcasts to listen to, quiet phone calls of love and bliss with my found family, and, of course, some freaking divine holds came in from my many nonresident libraries I subscribe to yearly instead of paying … Continue reading A Friend Used...
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I experienced a feeling today that I didn’t have a word or phrase for, so I began looking on the web to see if I could find something that would explain this feeling I was having. I found the perfect term/phrase for this feeling in a podcast episode, but the feeling itself is more important. … Continue reading Combating Access Trauma.
Updates are at the bottom. I’m tired. No, really. You want to know why I don’t publish as much as I used to? I’m tired, and the internet keeps getting worse by the day, and, dare I say it, anti artist. It wasn’t until this year when I really started to see just how much … Continue reading Why I left Patreon.
I love fiction podcasts, or, audio fiction, as it’s called by professionals in the industry. For real, I’m a fiction podcast guru! I’ve listened to so many free audiobooks and audio dramas that I rarely watch TV or movies. There’s a vast land of indie creators telling amazing stories nobody knows about, so I’m comfortable … Continue reading...
Many people ask me what my position on AI is. Personally, I think men should read some romance novels before telling investors that chatbots from the early days of computing are going to turn us all into toast, but people hate romance novels, so that leaves me to answer this silly question about AI. So, … Continue reading I Will Luddite AI
Ever since deleting my Facebook and moving everything to my own website, I wanted to highlight popular posts I had on Facebook. You can read those below. Inclusion I’d like to briefly talk about inclusion, so hopefully, my non-disabled friends will have a better understanding of what the world is like for me and why … Continue reading Popular...
It’s a strange time on the web. Not because tech seems to get even richer than it already is without improving our lives, but in my current century, sex between consenting adults is worse than tech making money and not helping people. When I say sex, I really do mean sex. I’ll be focusing on … Continue reading The best serial fiction platform is...
If you’re blind or partially sighted, you’ll know about text to speech. It’s in your daily life, even if you don’t want to have text to speech in your life. The smart speakers. Smart assistants, and other things that have algorithms that people call different things depending on what decade we’re in. Even if you’re … Continue reading On TTS audio...
Is it just me, or is self/indie publishing having it’s midlife crisis tech bro moment? You know the feeling, that kind of free spirit, antiestablishment, but also somehow extremely gatekeeps underrepresented authors and editors in the industry? I can’t put my finger on this feeling, nor can I quantify it. I can’t even articulate it … Continue...
I know we are far past 2023, but I wanted to compile everything into one highlight post for the whole year, including Buzz/press, AD highlights, and writing/publishing highlights and more! So enjoy this giant list of highlights! Audio description highlights. Audio Description podcast interview This episode talks about my Netflix advocacy. ACVREP...
A very bizarre thing happened the other day, and, no, we’re not talking about someone donating a billion dollars to me, but that would be pretty sweet. The incident began on Facebook, actually. First of all, I know the name changed. Still though, I want to have future generations somehow stumble onto this bit of … Continue reading Maybe we should...
I’d like to show you how much I made for 2023 on my published books. In short, not so well, but you can read the table below! It’s a good thing I have other books and other writings out now, but still, sales matter. Money matters when making art of any kind. It really is … Continue reading Royalty statement 2023
This post took me a very long time to write, so give me money if you like the below post. Additional resources are below the two tutorials. I wanted to make this guide, partially so I can have something to reference myself, but also because I hope other screen reader users can get something out … Continue reading Getting started with static site...
Surprise! I have news! I’m publishing something new! Actually, it’s two things. One is a contribution to the anthology How to Save the World. I published a personal essay about my experiences becoming a penpal for prisoners. The second is a book I’m super excited to share! Pass the Salt is a nonfiction collection of … Continue reading Two new...
Publisher: Compassiviste Publishing. Online dating is never easy. You’re meeting a complete stranger, and you’re opening yourself up in a way that some of your best friends don’t even get to see. But when Robert Kingett stepped out onto the dating scene, he faced a whole host of additional challenges as a gay man living … Continue reading Pass...
Cover description provided by the publisher. It has the title "How to Change the World- The Compassiviste Anthology" in white text on a grey background, running vertically down the left-hand side of the cover. Across the top, in black block letters, it reads "Volume One: Visions for Peace." In the centre of the cover, there … Continue reading How...
I can’t believe I came up with this in high school! I was digging around old flash drives and found this. Ironically, I think I captured the tech culture that plagues us today. If you show this to a tech bro, I wonder if his eyes will light up like a Christmas tree. I honestly … Continue reading Introducing the BOOK
This was published on Vice. It was a good journalism piece, I feel, even though I am no longer a journalist. Still, this was great because I got paid well above what I was expecting. It was my first publication where I negotiated my salary so it will always hold a special place in my … Continue reading Finally, there’s a comic book store for the...
I did one thing this past weekend, and nothing else. I stayed in bed all day to listen to the Graphic Audio version of Fourth Wing, because part two was released recently and I became so enraptured I didn’t do anything else but listen to this wonderful rendition of the novel. I like it far … Continue reading We need bad representation in books.
I decided to make this because I haven’t seen a good writeup online, so wanted to help others that were stuck like I was and wanted to write this down so I could come back and reference it later for when I get a new device. For those that are brand new, I’m going to … Continue reading How to sync Lire with Miniflux
The below is a short roundup of media/buzz about the Artificial Divide anthology. Writing Works Wonders. This podcast with Blind writers has me talking about the anthology and some overall writing and rejection tips. There isn’t a transcript with the episode. Down to the Struts podcast. Qudsiya is joined by Robert Kingett, a totally blind, …...
I’ve been thinking a lot about journalism today, and I’ve also been thinking about a post I deleted but wished I could resurrect. It was a post about why I was giving up objective journalism. I used to be a journalist. While I don’t do journalism anymore, you can still find my old journalism highlights … Continue reading We need less objective...
It’s not every day that you get email from a reader that makes your heart soar. Then again, maybe other authors get stuff like baked cookies and giant stuffed cats, and I’m the odd one out that only gets emails and no stuffed cats. I’d like to show you an email I received the other … Continue reading Appreciating spelling and grammar mistakes as...
I woke up today, which is about ten days ish into 2024, I don’t know, time stopped for me in 2020, and decided I was going to delete all the apps off my iPhone. Well, okay, maybe not all the apps. I mean, I’ll still keep the blindness library apps and the audio book apps, … Continue reading Replacing apps for websites
I’m starting off 2024 with a bang! My beta readers community started, I looked into Webmentions and realized it was a kind of strange social media lite so didn’t want to be notified every time someone shared a post of mine on social media, let alone display that on my own site, so, instead, I’m … Continue reading Instead of comments, reply to me.
Two things are on my mind this week. Firstly, there’s the whole Substack openly saying hate should have a microphone and a platform, which, I mean, all I got to say is, yikes, and I’m glad I have my own website and I’m also glad my audience isn’t tied to some tech bro in somewhere … Continue reading Why I fear success and hype.
A text version and audio version is below. Buy DRM free A Deserving Conference here This story features on-page psychological abuse. Take care of yourself before reading. Initial Podcast/audio version. Our final podcast from the anthology IT CAME FROM THE COMMENT SECTION! couldn’t be more appropriate or seasonal. Typically our writer’s run dark...
Book censorship is very, very, important to me, so when I see libraries that directly challenge book censorship, well, I love them! I’ve written many times in my blog about why I love libraries and detest book censorship. I’m here to promote a free nationwide library for the USA! Queer Liberation Library is a digital … Continue reading Library...
Check out these requirements before booking me for an in person author visit. I’d love to come to your school, LGBT center, disability center, church, nonprofit, or other organization for an author visit. I’ve written a lot of fiction and nonfiction for various ages but there’s one key thing in my stories. That’s diversity and … Continue reading...
this keynote will focus on disability as well as identity and personal experiences. Attendees will gain valuable insight into the structural struggles as well as the human struggles of having a disability in a world that rarely accommodates. With unique humor interwoven with the wisdom and personal life lessons, your attendees will gain a better...
The below story first appeared in the Community of Magic Pens anthology but find the updated version in this bundle.
Aira had a very interesting start. Aira launched to much praise by the blind community and then continued to forge partnerships within the community. It was a revolutionary service, one that popped onto the scene at the right time. While it made only a few splashes in the mainstream tech press, it took the blind … Continue reading MABVI has a...
I was reading American Love Story and rolling my eyes at all the people calling it YA when something compelled me to try to find romance books with heroes like me. Sexually inexperienced, sexually awkward, or just inept in the world of lust and romance in general. I was thoroughly enjoying American Love Story, and … Continue reading I Want More...
PeerTube links are at the bottom of this post. It began, and ended, with a four hour YouTube ad wherein someone was talking to me like I was watching an actual video. The advertisement was presented in a way where it would look like a real video. It almost worked, until I remembered the title … Continue reading Giving PeerTube a shot for podcast...
As I was looking at the amount of times platforms died on the web and I began thinking about the slow death of AI enthusiasm and what that will do to the Blind community. It really is a bizarre feeling when you’re the only skeptic of a thing within your own community. My first post … Continue reading AI is going great for the blind.
I haven’t read Stephen King in decades. It’s not because I find his work boring or whatever, I just haven’t found a compelling reason to read his work. Then again, I haven’t read a lot of his stuff because I didn’t finish a lot of it. I did love Carrie though, and From a Buick … Continue reading Reading loudly is resistance.
With this post, I’m trying something new. Stuff I’m reading will be at the bottom. Give me money if you like my work, including the below post. With the rise of corporations plagiarizing artists to make money off of their plagiarism and calling it, ahem, AI, it’s epic to see so many artists across industries … Continue reading Why are writers...
I’ve always been ineligible for residencies. Either I haven’t published enough, I don’t have enough professional contacts in the industry to give me letters of recommendation, or, well, I just don’t publish that often, which immediately disqualifies me for severely competitive residencies. I did attend a few writers retreats, but that was for...
The more I dive into romance and the RomanceLandia sphere, the more I’m noticing a few things about the genre. Having written a few romance books myself, most awaiting publication, I’ve become quite familiar with all the nuances and conventions of the genre. This past week, I tried my first bully romance called Made in … Continue reading Why I...
It all started with this very peculiar post about how the social web is dead, so we should all just kind of get over it. Well, obviously. If Twitters, ahem, sorry, whatever porn name it’s taken today, is any indication of Enshittification playing out in real time, well, good on you for bravely talking about … Continue reading Refuge in blogs and...
In 2022, I won this very unexpected grant. It arrived at the worst time in my writing career, as well. I was unable to write due to a lot of factors. I even completely forgot I applied to the PEN America Writers Emergency Fund. The grant acceptance was the very unexpected push I needed to … Continue reading PEN America Writers Emergency Fund
Like this post? Donate to me so I can keep writing. Ever since discovering that I could write my novels in plain text and or Markdown, and also that I could write my fiction podcast scripts in a plain text syntax called Fountain, I began wondering what other plain text avenues I could explore, and … Continue reading My plain text workflow as a...
I’ve got some good news, and, well, some coming soon news. But first, some good news. Before I get started on the news, I have upcoming events! Come see me and say hi! I’ve grown into a quite formidable sensitivity reader, and even developmental editor somewhat. The sensitivity reading is a way for me to … Continue reading Sensitivity reading to...
I’ve been thinking a lot about accessibility, and inclusion, lately, especially because events like Global Accessibility Awareness Day and White Cane Day and all the other events that are supposed to be for the advancement of Blind and Disabled people just, well, don’t do anything to make friends of mine aware of my challenges. I’m … Continue...
The strike ended in late September, 2023. The writers on the picket lines fought very hard, and emerged with many gains for writers! Read the agreements and more provided by the WGA Read the summary of the final 2023 negotiation here. Hear a podcast episode explaining the deals here. See all past WGA Strike updates. … Continue reading I...
Updates are at the bottom. I know, I’ve already written about so called AI, which isn’t really intelligent, before, but I’m in a mood, so buckle up for another rant. I’ve been thinking a lot about content and consumption lately. Partly because, thanks to large language models other people are calling AI, I’ve been logging … Continue reading AI...
Notes about writing manuscripts in Markdown are after the conversion tutorials. I love Markdown. I love it so much that I’ve adapted my whole workflow around it! From writing fiction podcast scripts to drafting blog posts, it’s just pure plain text, and I love it because it’s so portable and universal. I wanted to write … Continue reading How to...
I have a confession to make. I used to devalue romance. I used to be among those that believed romance wasn’t actual literature. That changed, of course, and now, you could say I’m the biggest romance fan ever. At least, in my head anyway. I know there’s tons of other romance fans out there in … Continue reading Thank you Romance writers
Aside from writing a bunch of books and short stories, I also write fiction podcast scripts. Luckily, the fiction podcast space isn’t so rigid as other industries, but still, there’s a few conventions I stick to in order to make everybody happy. I write all of my fiction podcast scripts in Fountain. It’s free, portable, … Continue reading How to...
Before I became a romance writer, I was a journalist covering a wide array of beats. That work was very fulfilling. View my journalism profile or check out other links below. View all bylines. Portfolio and highlights
I’ve been thinking about the day I become out of touch with society. I’ve been thinking a lot about the day where I wouldn’t want AI tech things to progress the way they are progressing because I believe it’s worse than the status quo. Perhaps I’m out of touch with the AI progress everybody seems … Continue reading How to appreciate humans
It’s been a few years since I’ve started writing to prisoners. as I’m comparing the letters I get from my friends inside prisons, to the messages I’ve received on a few dating sites, I’m appreciating letters far more than I initially thought. I began writing to prisoners because I became very tired of the dating … Continue reading Writing to...
Sometimes, the internet surprises me. While I typically find people that use social media unquestionably toxic, sometimes, the internet surprises me with something genuinely fun. I saw a post floating around that read, here’s seven books to get to know be by. The point is to have the books reveal aspects of someone’s personality while … Continue...
Whenever I see writers talking about publishing, they always seem to lay out two pathways. Consistently, the prevailing wisdom in publishing is that there are only two pathways and nothing else. Either, you go traditional publishing, or you self-publish. Obviously, there’s more than one way to have a literary agent, and I’d like to highlight …...
Before I worked in the audio description industry and joined an audio description collective, I consumed audio description daily. For those not familiar with audio description, it’s painting a picture with words for those that are unable to look at a screen, including Blind and visually impaired people. There are many samples you can watch …...
Before I begin, I’m going to be linking to a lot of books, so make sure you have the library extension installed! It will help you save your wallet and find these books at libraries near you. Sometimes, a tragic event can leave you evaluating your whole presence on this earth. Unfortunately, after almost three … Continue reading Falling into...
A type of access in the publishing industry began swimming around my brain for the past week and I wanted to highlight why there should be more of it. It began when I was recommending a book to a sighted friend. They wanted some book recommendations. I recommended some books, they tried the books, then … Continue reading How plain language books...
The below comic was a collaboration with A Day in the Life of a PWD, Person With a Disability. They created the comic. I just provided the frame ideas and dialog. Read the comic below or read the comic on Facebook. Comic description. COMIC STRIP A Day in the Life of a PWD, Person With … Continue reading I Forget You’re Blind.
This originally appeared in Bold Blind Beauty in June 2020. The website appears to have shut down so I am printing this essay here. Born A Miracle I’ve always been somewhat of a miracle baby, or person, I guess you could say now. I fully embrace it, though, and yes, even the inspirational label that … Continue reading About me in my own words.
This page holds my entire Mortified archive, from latest appearance to earliest appearance. 2022 show. In the 2022 show, I read an essay I wrote in the third grade about making the world better and how to get old people to pay taxes. Watch the 2022 reading Below, you will find all other episodes of … Continue reading Mortified appearances
Read part 2 here. Currently reading Answers in the Pages by David Levithan. For weeks, I’ve been trying to think of a topic to write about and examine. I’ve been trying to find a broad topic that I could do research on and write about, somehow tie it into publishing and my thoughts on how … Continue reading Why I read banned books.
Donate to me if you enjoy the below guide! At the time I write this, everyone is buzzing about the new social media thing happening at the moment. I’m not at all interested. I’m still on social media, but I will never willingly join mainstream social media again. I’ll crosspost to anything that connects with … Continue reading Fediverse for...
This is a follow-up to the post Different Literary Activism. I was reading a Trans and Disability inclusive Harry Potter fanfiction called Basilisk Eyes. I took a break from the audiobook, bookmarked another Blind Harry Potter series, and finally just turn my once active social media accounts, including Twitter, into updates only accounts. I’ll...
Corporations and sighted people are being criticized, by Blind and visually impaired people, for a practice many Blind and visually impaired people frown upon because they consider the information provided to them as useless fluff. Blind and visually impaired people are criticizing the practice known as self-description. Self-description isn’t...
Before Covid-19 changed a lot of the publishing landscape in 2020, many writers, established and emerging, would attend writing conferences that would cost money to pitch to literary agents, hoping that being in person would give them an upper hand in the pitching process. Thankfully, COVID-19 disrupted the, what I call, conference industrial...
Update: After this post was published, a fan suggested this crowd sourced website, Does the Dog Die? From a screen reader point of view, the website could be better structured, but it is navigable if you are willing to navigate via unvisited and visited links. Original content. Recently, I tried to reread a book that … Continue reading Spoilers...
One sure fire way to support the writers you love is to buy their books. If you buy their books, the authors receive royalties. With these royalties, authors make enough income to write something else. While it’s true that writers don’t make as much as they should make due to a number of factors, buying … Continue reading How to support writers...
I woke up to another controversy. The controversy is just like any other. Right now, as I’m typing this, the internet is talking about a public figure punching down on an oppressed group. In this case, it’s Trans people. The specifics of the controversy isn’t important because it will be over by the time this … Continue reading Different Literary...
Aside from being an introvert, I am also Disabled. In particular, I’ve got two main disabilities. One is Cerebral Palsy. I’d consider this a secondary disability, but it does impact my speech. My primary disability is my blindness. Combined, these two conditions can make author publicity extremely difficult for me. In particular, when it comes …...
There’s a lot of reasons why Disability literature still hasn’t broken through to the mainstream and into mainstream classes. For one thing, publishers, and sometimes, readers, stick to non-Disabled authors they know. If an author they enjoy and cherish publishes a book with a Disabled protagonist, instantly, that cherished author without a...
Book cover for Artificial Divide anthology. Paperback ISBN: 978-1-990086-08-3 Ebook ISBN : 978-1-990086-12-0 Audiobook ISBN : 978-1-990086-19-9 Send review inquiries here. Stories by Eunice Cooper-Matchett, Anita Haas, Rebecca Blaevoet, Tessa Soderberg, Laurie Alice Eakes, Melissa Yuan-Innes, Jamieson Wolf, Ben Fulton, Felix Imonti, Niki White,...
If I had it my way, publishing would be a lot more accommodating to Disabled authors regardless of fabulousness, but, unfortunately, publishing still has a mountain to climb when it comes to treating Disabled authors as well as it treats status quo authors, especially Disabled authors of color including Black Disabled authors and indigenous...
As I continue to seek paying markets for my fiction and nonfiction, I’ve been noticing an alienating pattern in submission guidelines. In particular, anonymous submissions. Before I talk about this unsettling occurrence in submission guidelines and submission practices, I’d like to take a step back and explain what anonymous submissions were...
Where Home is Not Safe. Writings on Domestic Verbal, Emotional and Physical Abuse Edited by Judith Skillman and Linera Lucas ISBN: 9781476683928 Description Even if you haven’t been hurt by domestic violence, someone you know has and wishes they could tell you about it. Perhaps you are a therapist, teacher, academic, or social worker who …...
July is Disability Pride Month. Even though I don’t like social media and try to stay off it as much as humanly possible because I find it extremely draining, there are tweets by some of my favorite authors that get me pondering and eating. In this particular case, I’ll be talking about stereotypes and how … Continue reading Stereotypes deserve...
While browsing submission guidelines, I’ve noticed a pattern. I’ve noticed quite a few patterns, actually, and I’d like this post to be a bit more educational rather than opinionated. That will be very hard for me to do because I can’t resist writing about thoughts I have regarding publishing, but we’ll give it a shot. … Continue reading...
I’ve been thinking a lot about cancel culture this month, partly because, as I write this, it’s currently pride month, but I’ve been taking a close look at the anti LGBT+ reactions to local libraries having pride displays around the United States, hoping the attempts to cancel these displays will vanish. I’m on the hunt … Continue reading Cancel...
An incident that happened on my Twitter timeline recently got me thinking about disclosures and how that relates to publishing as a whole. First, though, Let’s back up. I spotted a lot of other Disabled writers talking about this eyebrow raising book announcement. I, being extremely curious, read it, and immediately didn’t have any interest …...
My story in this anthology is called, "Learning to Read Again." Publisher: Chicken Soup for the Soul (February 16, 2021) Length: 368 pages ISBN13: 9781611590746 Blurb. Do you ever say that you’ll take care of yourself after you finish your to-do list? The personal, revealing stories in this book will convince you to put yourself … Continue...
2020 has taught many people a bunch of things they may or may not have known. For one thing, it’s taught us that power, and the rush to keep it, kills over 27,000 people as the result of ignoring experts in your ranks, warning you that a deadly pandemic is coming. It’s taught us that … Continue reading We should rehabilitate, not execute.
Update: This article talks about what happened after the story was pulled. Original post. I’m sitting here remembering a short story published before the pandemic this year, in 2020. My god, that seems so long ago, but the story is still in the back of my mind, even if it feels like I’m the only … Continue reading On the Attack Helicopter story...
I look for calls for submissions on a daily basis. Most of these come into my email but sometimes I will just happen to stumble upon something. I’ve started trying my hand at flash fiction so began looking for flash fiction contests without an entry fee. It’s always a weird position I am constantly fighting. … Continue reading I wrote a letter to...
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