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The Celerity Collective
The Celerity Collective elevates queer voices and their active allies within the independent literary community. Our organization celebrates LGBTQ stories that reflect lived experiences, emphasizing those that include disability and neurodivergence. We empower authors to take ownership over the publishing journey by providing educational materials, workshops, and social events that target writing, self-publishing, and marketing.
Our Mission Statement
Who We Are
We are a group of LGBTQ people and outspoken allies with a spectrum of neurodivergent identities and disabilities who celebrate writing and autonomy. To that end, our collective is on a mission to uplift and showcase the valuable stories from these communities, as well as the creatives who support them, as their authors pursue independent publishing.
What We do
Writing can be a lonely process, and publishing can be intimidating. Navigating this world as a minority makes doing both all the harder. We aim to provide education, support, and community to those who want to pursue their creative dreams by taking ownership of the writing and publishing process from beginning to end. You have the power, and our community will stand behind you.
Our Principles
LGBTQ, neurodivergent, and disabled authors have important stories to tell the world and deserve support that allows them access to publishing education and opportunities.
Independent publishing enables the preservation of creators' rights and transformative levels of communication, experimentation, and ownership.
Generative AI has no place in human creativity. We do not support ChatGPT or any other generative AI platforms. Our goal is to build up you as a writer in whatever ways we can, not to critique computers.
The Celerity crew
Art by TJ WillisTJ Willis
they/them
Founder, Education Coordinator, Head of Publishing InitiativesTJ has been writing fantasy fiction since they were a young child. They have been in education since 2014 and have taught writing to a wide spectrum of students, from college freshmen learning the finer points of academic papers to 6th graders discovering the joys of creating their own worlds and being independently published. They have also self-published four fantasy novels under a pen name.
Art by Jack GeyerFox Freeman
they/them
Fox is a horror-fantasy author, museum professional, and anatomy enthusiast pursuing a degree in library and information science at Denver University. They love their dog, their husband, and 80s horror movies.
501(c)(3) Coordinator, Record Keeper
Music Robeson
they/them
Admin and logistics/Chaos CoordinatorMusic has been in a love-affair with storytelling since they were old enough to hold up a book. As a queer kid in small-town Missouri, fiction posted on the budding internet meant even more to them as it offered self-discovery, validation, and connection. As Chaos Coordinator and an independent editor, Music helps storytellers of all stripes put their best book forward and meet the audiences who need them.
K.K. Salathe
She/her
Social Media EngineerKylie has been a lover of all things werewolf since she was a teenager, and began writing stories of her own. Colorado born & raised, she is preparing to self-publish her first novel, The Countdown (full title pending), which features undertones of her journey with bipolar mania and sobriety. When she’s not running Celerity’s social media account, Kylie enjoys staying active, loving on her dogs, and enjoying the outdoors.
Jack Geyer
he/him
Friendly neighborhood scribble enthusiast.
Art Director