Alicia Z. Ramos
@aliciazramos.bsky.social
Freelance line/copy editor specializing in queer genre fiction. She/her.
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Unsolicited writing advice, no. 32388:
Think hard about your opening paragraph. It's the reader's doorway into your world. Don't block it with info dumping, jargon or backstory. Make it as enticing and accessible as you can. Invite your readers in.
Think hard about your opening paragraph. It's the reader's doorway into your world. Don't block it with info dumping, jargon or backstory. Make it as enticing and accessible as you can. Invite your readers in.
December 9, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 32388:
Think hard about your opening paragraph. It's the reader's doorway into your world. Don't block it with info dumping, jargon or backstory. Make it as enticing and accessible as you can. Invite your readers in.
Think hard about your opening paragraph. It's the reader's doorway into your world. Don't block it with info dumping, jargon or backstory. Make it as enticing and accessible as you can. Invite your readers in.
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Want to honor Alice Wong and her work? Stop saying "during Covid" or "post-pandemic!"
Want to honor Alice Wong and her work? Wear a damn mask!
December 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Want to honor Alice Wong and her work? Stop saying "during Covid" or "post-pandemic!"
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I’m fine with discussions about how to be less judgmental, but not from people who think that means trans people don’t get rights.
We’re not the judgmental ones in this whole thing.
We’re not the judgmental ones in this whole thing.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I’m fine with discussions about how to be less judgmental, but not from people who think that means trans people don’t get rights.
We’re not the judgmental ones in this whole thing.
We’re not the judgmental ones in this whole thing.
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For those keeping track, we are at the sitting member of congress being pepper sprayed by federal agents while trying to protect her constituents stage of fascism.
AZ Rep. Adelita Grijalva says she was pepper sprayed during Tucson ICE raid
"When I presented myself as a Member of Congress asking for more information, I was pushed-aside and pepper sprayed."
www.fox10phoenix.com/news/az-rep-...
Video from @repgrijalva on Instagram.
"When I presented myself as a Member of Congress asking for more information, I was pushed-aside and pepper sprayed."
www.fox10phoenix.com/news/az-rep-...
Video from @repgrijalva on Instagram.
December 5, 2025 at 11:05 PM
For those keeping track, we are at the sitting member of congress being pepper sprayed by federal agents while trying to protect her constituents stage of fascism.
I am entirely biased (I edit the books), but: I lurrrrrrve Crystal’s characters so much!
Hot Plant Daddy, book two in the Chains series, is now available!
Pick it up here: books2read.com/hotplantdaddy
#mmromance #mmreads #mmbooksky #mmkinkyromance #mmromanticsuspense
Pick it up here: books2read.com/hotplantdaddy
#mmromance #mmreads #mmbooksky #mmkinkyromance #mmromanticsuspense
December 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I am entirely biased (I edit the books), but: I lurrrrrrve Crystal’s characters so much!
MY HEART
I mean, yeah. That's the entire point? Heated Rivalry, the book, is about loneliness and isolation and shoving yourself so deeply in the closet that you can't see anything outside of it, except you can't deny yourself one fundamental sweetness. The one that allows you to express your true self.
December 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM
MY HEART
I can’t count the number of times I’ve listened to this.
If you feel the need to retreat into the past, can't think why, Death in the Spires is currently discounted to $7.99 on Audible US!
Death in the Spires
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. The newspapers called us the Seven Wonders. We were a group of friends, that’s all, and then Toby died. Was killed. Murdered. 1905. A decade after the grisl...
www.audible.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I can’t count the number of times I’ve listened to this.
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White being the color of the year is hardly a shock
Pantone’s 2026 color of the year is technically not a color at all — meet Cloud Dancer, the first-ever white shade to receive the designation from the world’s color authority.
Pantone makes a surprising choice for its 2026 color of the year
We did not see that coming.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
White being the color of the year is hardly a shock
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Calling them "drug wars" is submitting the the fascists' framing, because they're not providing any evidence whatsoever that the people they are bombing in international waters have anything to do with drugs. Also, trafficking drugs isn't a capital offense.
So, just a garden variety murder spree.
So, just a garden variety murder spree.
December 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Calling them "drug wars" is submitting the the fascists' framing, because they're not providing any evidence whatsoever that the people they are bombing in international waters have anything to do with drugs. Also, trafficking drugs isn't a capital offense.
So, just a garden variety murder spree.
So, just a garden variety murder spree.
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WASHINGTON AUTHORS!!!! It's December 1st and you still have time to submit your 2025 works for the Washington Book Award. Adult or Juv or YA, fiction or non-fiction, poetry, all the things! Indie published, Big 5 published, self published....every WA author is welcome.
And if you are
A: a Washington author and
B: have a book coming out in 2025
Have you considered submitting for next year's award? If you meet those 2 criteria then we'd love to hear from you.
washingtoncenterforthebook.org/submit-books...
A: a Washington author and
B: have a book coming out in 2025
Have you considered submitting for next year's award? If you meet those 2 criteria then we'd love to hear from you.
washingtoncenterforthebook.org/submit-books...
Submission Guidelines – Washington Center for the Book
washingtoncenterforthebook.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
WASHINGTON AUTHORS!!!! It's December 1st and you still have time to submit your 2025 works for the Washington Book Award. Adult or Juv or YA, fiction or non-fiction, poetry, all the things! Indie published, Big 5 published, self published....every WA author is welcome.
Happy World Linguistics Day from Vila do Conde, Portugal!
Happy World Linguistics Day from Edmonton, Canada!
Happy World Linguistics Day from Montreal, Canada!
(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
November 26, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy World Linguistics Day from Vila do Conde, Portugal!
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And, also, if you run a business that regularly purchases shipping supplies: ULINE is run by some of the worst people on Earth. Get your boxes and tape elsewhere.
Remember: don't eat the mid tier fast food chicken, don't play the wizard game, don't shop at the hobby store run by the bad guys from Indiana Jones, and don't donate to the bigot bucket.
I know it's a tad early but I know those bitches with the buckets will be out soon. Don't gove them a penny. The volunteers may not know but the salvation army is no ally and actively combative and harmful to many queer minorities especially during the holiday season
November 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
And, also, if you run a business that regularly purchases shipping supplies: ULINE is run by some of the worst people on Earth. Get your boxes and tape elsewhere.
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This was one of Trump's very worst moments. And that is saying something.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This was one of Trump's very worst moments. And that is saying something.
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Way too many folx are still proudly sharing their Substacks, so I am reminding folx that they remain a Nazi bar, and there are some decent newsletter alternatives like Ghost, Beehiiv, Buttondown, etc, so please finally exit the fucking Nazi bar that remains Substack as you can do much much better! 🙏🏽
Are you aware that Substack remains a Nazi bar?
www.patreon.com/posts/119943...
www.anildash.com/2024/11/19/d...
www.thehandbasket.co/p/substack-a...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... (Free link: archive.is/uyugO)
www.patreon.com/posts/119943...
www.anildash.com/2024/11/19/d...
www.thehandbasket.co/p/substack-a...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... (Free link: archive.is/uyugO)
Substack Has a Nazi Problem
The newsletter platform’s lax content moderation creates an opening for white nationalists eager to get their message out.
www.theatlantic.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Way too many folx are still proudly sharing their Substacks, so I am reminding folx that they remain a Nazi bar, and there are some decent newsletter alternatives like Ghost, Beehiiv, Buttondown, etc, so please finally exit the fucking Nazi bar that remains Substack as you can do much much better! 🙏🏽
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don't forget 🤖🚫
July 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
don't forget 🤖🚫
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
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Hey, #Lynnwood, WA! A colleague of mine lost a necklace that is very important to her at our conference at Lynnwood Event Center last weekend (11/8).
It is a gold necklace with an uncut ruby that isn't quite facet grade so it's a pink/red color with lots of ridges.
Please share so this gets out!
It is a gold necklace with an uncut ruby that isn't quite facet grade so it's a pink/red color with lots of ridges.
Please share so this gets out!
November 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Hey, #Lynnwood, WA! A colleague of mine lost a necklace that is very important to her at our conference at Lynnwood Event Center last weekend (11/8).
It is a gold necklace with an uncut ruby that isn't quite facet grade so it's a pink/red color with lots of ridges.
Please share so this gets out!
It is a gold necklace with an uncut ruby that isn't quite facet grade so it's a pink/red color with lots of ridges.
Please share so this gets out!
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The Epstein story gets a something that is tearing at the heart of the electorate: elite impunity. The idea that wealthy and powerful people can do terrible things *at scale* and face no consequences for them. Whatever political party actually stops it could rule the country for a generation.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The Epstein story gets a something that is tearing at the heart of the electorate: elite impunity. The idea that wealthy and powerful people can do terrible things *at scale* and face no consequences for them. Whatever political party actually stops it could rule the country for a generation.
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The fact him or one of his staffers would post this on *this* platform is yet another sign of how unfit this man is to do anything other than retire.
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 5:53 AM
The fact him or one of his staffers would post this on *this* platform is yet another sign of how unfit this man is to do anything other than retire.
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This administration’s goal is to roll us back to before the New Deal and so impoverish US citizens that they will fill the jobs left by all the Latinos kidnapped by ICE.
They want peasants dependent on the whims of the tech lords
They want peasants dependent on the whims of the tech lords
November 10, 2025 at 5:42 AM
This administration’s goal is to roll us back to before the New Deal and so impoverish US citizens that they will fill the jobs left by all the Latinos kidnapped by ICE.
They want peasants dependent on the whims of the tech lords
They want peasants dependent on the whims of the tech lords
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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I’m tired of people acting like the shitty status quo is a fact of nature instead of something humans can change
The people in charge know that it’s not
That’s why they’ve put so much time, money, and effort into convincing us otherwise
The people in charge know that it’s not
That’s why they’ve put so much time, money, and effort into convincing us otherwise
This is probably not incorrect.
Doesn’t mean we shouldn’t constantly demand it happen and toss aside Democrats who won’t do it.
Some form of justice has to occur in order to move forward.
Doesn’t mean we shouldn’t constantly demand it happen and toss aside Democrats who won’t do it.
Some form of justice has to occur in order to move forward.
November 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I’m tired of people acting like the shitty status quo is a fact of nature instead of something humans can change
The people in charge know that it’s not
That’s why they’ve put so much time, money, and effort into convincing us otherwise
The people in charge know that it’s not
That’s why they’ve put so much time, money, and effort into convincing us otherwise