In Which I Am Actively Getting A Divorce

[rushthatspeaks]

Hello! It's been a while!

A cool thing that happened during that while is that I wrote an article with some friends. Political Agency and Inevitability in Speculative Fiction, at Strange Horizons (January 2026), is a look at some of the ways speculative fiction can play with historiography and metaphysics-- and some of the ways speculative fiction frequently does not wind up doing so. Ruthanna Emrys and Alexis Shotwell were wonderful collaborators, and I really love how this piece turned out.

In the not-so-great-happenings direction, I am still in the middle of getting a divorce.

And I am also still disabled and unemployed. I'm hopeful that after I am no longer legally married to my ex, I'll be in a more stable position to wrangle longer-term solutions, but the first step is definitely getting through the divorce process. Unfortunately, I have been unable to find a pro bono lawyer.

I have, therefore, set up a GoFundMe, because I do not have the funds to pay a divorce lawyer otherwise. I would deeply appreciate any donations people are able to make. Rest assured that I completely understand if you can't, because I know how tough times are for a lot of people right now.


Here's the fundraiser link, with more details at the site.

Comments

[phi]

I'm sorry to hear about the divorce.

Do you know about conciliation? It's a free service offered by the middlesex courts. You file your petition then ask the judge to send you and the other party to conciliation. You can have your own lawyer for this process, but you don't have to. And if there aren't very many assets and you mostly agree on a parenting plan and just need it made into official legalese, conciliation can be a good alternative to lawyers fees.

There's an explainer here: http://www.bullwinkelbrooks.com/conciliation.html

[rushthatspeaks]

Thank you! I am aware of conciliation, and I appreciate you mentioning it, but we've gotten to the point where we definitely need lawyers involved and to go through the entire process.

[genarti]

Congratulations on the article! I'm looking forward to reading it -- it sounds very cool.

And good luck with the divorce process; I'm sorry about its necessity and I hope it goes as smoothly as possible with helpful results at the end. <3