{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/652fd96e124b9d0012c17745/65d6084555aeee00170595a8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"#93 Amy Vickers, An Autistic Writer on Beautiful Flaws","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/652fd96e124b9d0012c17745/1708525232812-8c609dd4c75fea0d458983c808a13030.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Welcome to my next conversation in this run of episodes on writing with disabilities and limitations.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, I sit down with Amy Yuki Vickers, a new writer in our community and a recent alum of my Lit Mag Love course. Amy is the author of the blog and newsletter <em>The Intentional Hulk</em>, writes short stories and personal essays, and is at work on a memoir.</p><p><br></p><p>And, as she says in her bio, because she’s autistic, she see-saws between intense occupation and recovery. This is just one subject we discuss in our conversation. She shares her experiences as a writer and how she has set up her writing life to work for her.</p><p><br></p><p>All of the notes for this episode are up at <a href=\"http://rachelthompson.co/93\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">rachelthompson.co/93</a></p><p><br></p><p>—</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Sign up for my </strong><a href=\"https://open.acast.com/letters/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Writerly Love Digest</strong></a><strong>, filled with support for your writing practice, prompts, and lit mag publications sent every week.</strong></p>","author_name":"Rachel Thompson"}