Ardyce Alspach
@ardyce.bsky.social
Senior Editor at UNSQ :: YA/NA/adult fiction :: Freelance writer sometimes :: Professional Nerd :: neurospicy :: opinions my own :: she/her 🏳️🌈
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The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
I'm dubious about Amazon's commitment to keeping pre-existing conditions a thing of the past.
December 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
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We’re up! On NETFLIX! Please enjoy #WakeUpDeadMan at home or in theaters - we’re staying on 500 screens nationwide through next week. Theater finder link in my pinned post ☠️⏰🎄
December 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM
We’re up! On NETFLIX! Please enjoy #WakeUpDeadMan at home or in theaters - we’re staying on 500 screens nationwide through next week. Theater finder link in my pinned post ☠️⏰🎄
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Occasionally I like to post something serious about writing, and here's one of those times.
Prose writers: Read it out loud.
Comic writers: Read the dialogue out loud.
Prose writers: Read it out loud.
Comic writers: Read the dialogue out loud.
December 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Occasionally I like to post something serious about writing, and here's one of those times.
Prose writers: Read it out loud.
Comic writers: Read the dialogue out loud.
Prose writers: Read it out loud.
Comic writers: Read the dialogue out loud.
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Planning to nominate and vote on the Hugo Awards? Better move fast!
The deadline to have a WSFS membership so that you have the right to nominate for the 2026 Hugo Awards is coming up on January 31.
Your WSFS membership is available here: www.lacon.org/register
The deadline to have a WSFS membership so that you have the right to nominate for the 2026 Hugo Awards is coming up on January 31.
Your WSFS membership is available here: www.lacon.org/register
December 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Planning to nominate and vote on the Hugo Awards? Better move fast!
The deadline to have a WSFS membership so that you have the right to nominate for the 2026 Hugo Awards is coming up on January 31.
Your WSFS membership is available here: www.lacon.org/register
The deadline to have a WSFS membership so that you have the right to nominate for the 2026 Hugo Awards is coming up on January 31.
Your WSFS membership is available here: www.lacon.org/register
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C'mere, pookie. We need to talk about how now is a difficult time for lots of people in publishing. Not just bc--*waves arms*--but bc we're seeing Best of the Year lists and Award Eligibility posts, and bc the last book deals of the year are being announced while sub times are longer than ever. 1/
December 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
C'mere, pookie. We need to talk about how now is a difficult time for lots of people in publishing. Not just bc--*waves arms*--but bc we're seeing Best of the Year lists and Award Eligibility posts, and bc the last book deals of the year are being announced while sub times are longer than ever. 1/
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Hey Bluesky peeps, could you help spread the word?
My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle. I have no idea how long this sale will last.
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle. I have no idea how long this sale will last.
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
December 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Hey Bluesky peeps, could you help spread the word?
My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle. I have no idea how long this sale will last.
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle. I have no idea how long this sale will last.
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
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Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
Fellowship
theonion.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
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After gathering input from many, Mary Robinette is sharing a great list of works featuring / focusing on people who use wheelchairs. The list starts here, but scroll down for more works and up for the original request (and the replies thereto).
Here's a list of protagonists or major characters who use wheelchairs.
Novels/novellas
Borderline by Mishell Baker
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
At the Speed of Lies, Cindy Otis
By Winged Chair by Kendra Merritt
The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan
Casting Nasturtiums by Celia Lake
Novels/novellas
Borderline by Mishell Baker
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
At the Speed of Lies, Cindy Otis
By Winged Chair by Kendra Merritt
The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan
Casting Nasturtiums by Celia Lake
December 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
After gathering input from many, Mary Robinette is sharing a great list of works featuring / focusing on people who use wheelchairs. The list starts here, but scroll down for more works and up for the original request (and the replies thereto).
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BCS is one of the most valuable magazines out there.
BCS Patreon has fallen below the monthly amount we need to pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers a worthy honorarium ($125/mo). Sometimes folks need to lower or pause their support; we understand. But less than 1% of BCS readership donates or supports. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... 1/3
Get more from Beneath Ceaseless Skies on Patreon
creating an online fantasy magazine & podcast
www.patreon.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
BCS is one of the most valuable magazines out there.
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also, what is this, 1890
Honestly, people calling creators the "petite bourgeoisie" makes me want to snap.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
December 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
also, what is this, 1890
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Lots of this about. Any contact purportedly from a book club should be carefully checked out, because these days there’s a high likelihood it’s an impersonation scam.
Got one of these recently from a slopbot claiming to be the Singapore Silent Book Club—which is a real thing that exists, so I checked with the organizer of the actual club, partly just to be entirely certain and also to give them a heads up that this shit is happening using their name.
Authors beware, these AI scambotwhatevers are now plugging Silent Book Clubs and other book club things to get you interested, heads up.
December 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Lots of this about. Any contact purportedly from a book club should be carefully checked out, because these days there’s a high likelihood it’s an impersonation scam.
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This is the 94th edition of Some Queer Short SFF, so if you manage to get through all the stories out in October, just know there's a lot more where that came from.
🏳️🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - OCTOBER 2025🏳️🌈
I round up over 30 stories by @sentencebender.bsky.social @marisca.bsky.social @deeholloway.bsky.social @mimulus.bsky.social @jennahanchey.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com @thesuiway.bsky.social @straith.ca & MANY MORE!!!!
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I round up over 30 stories by @sentencebender.bsky.social @marisca.bsky.social @deeholloway.bsky.social @mimulus.bsky.social @jennahanchey.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com @thesuiway.bsky.social @straith.ca & MANY MORE!!!!
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Some Queer Short SFF - October 2025 | Charles Payseur
Get more from Charles Payseur on Patreon
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December 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This is the 94th edition of Some Queer Short SFF, so if you manage to get through all the stories out in October, just know there's a lot more where that came from.
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ℑ𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔞𝔯 𝔉𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔒𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔐𝔬𝔦
November 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
ℑ𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔞𝔯 𝔉𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔒𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔐𝔬𝔦
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In the shower this morning, I realized I have to change the entire setting of my current project. This will have time-consuming ramifications throughout, but it's best for the WIP.
When you pop a prompt into the slop machine, you don't get realizations. Just output. Nutritionless slop, never cooked
When you pop a prompt into the slop machine, you don't get realizations. Just output. Nutritionless slop, never cooked
November 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
In the shower this morning, I realized I have to change the entire setting of my current project. This will have time-consuming ramifications throughout, but it's best for the WIP.
When you pop a prompt into the slop machine, you don't get realizations. Just output. Nutritionless slop, never cooked
When you pop a prompt into the slop machine, you don't get realizations. Just output. Nutritionless slop, never cooked
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Happy Small Business Saturday!
Our biggest holiday sale ever continues today on books, chapbooks, t-shirts, keychains, art prints, and more.
Use code HOLIDAY35 at checkout to get 35% off nearly everything in our direct shop, including new releases and pre-orders!
shop.shortwavepublishing.com
Our biggest holiday sale ever continues today on books, chapbooks, t-shirts, keychains, art prints, and more.
Use code HOLIDAY35 at checkout to get 35% off nearly everything in our direct shop, including new releases and pre-orders!
shop.shortwavepublishing.com
Shortwave Publishing
Shortwave is an independent small press publisher. We offer a selection of original books, zines, chapbooks, and more.
shop.shortwavepublishing.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Happy Small Business Saturday!
Our biggest holiday sale ever continues today on books, chapbooks, t-shirts, keychains, art prints, and more.
Use code HOLIDAY35 at checkout to get 35% off nearly everything in our direct shop, including new releases and pre-orders!
shop.shortwavepublishing.com
Our biggest holiday sale ever continues today on books, chapbooks, t-shirts, keychains, art prints, and more.
Use code HOLIDAY35 at checkout to get 35% off nearly everything in our direct shop, including new releases and pre-orders!
shop.shortwavepublishing.com
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We know that, for a ton of reasons, a lot of folks don't have as much to spend as they'd like this holiday season. Sooooooo, here's a thread of things you can do that will support your local indie bookstore or other business WITHOUT spending any more than you intended...
November 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
We know that, for a ton of reasons, a lot of folks don't have as much to spend as they'd like this holiday season. Sooooooo, here's a thread of things you can do that will support your local indie bookstore or other business WITHOUT spending any more than you intended...
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I'm extremely proud of the fact that the hardcover of Dreyer's English remains in print nearly seven years after it went on sale, and if you'd like signed copies (they make great holiday gifts!) and to support a local bookstore, head to the Signed Copies tab here:
Benjamin Dreyer
Benjamin Dreyer, author of the New York Times bestseller Dreyer’s English, is the retired copy chief and managing editor of Random House.
www.benjamindreyer.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I'm extremely proud of the fact that the hardcover of Dreyer's English remains in print nearly seven years after it went on sale, and if you'd like signed copies (they make great holiday gifts!) and to support a local bookstore, head to the Signed Copies tab here:
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Friends! It's the big annual Etsy sale!
Select listings up to 25% off at Torch & Arrow!
Goth/Steampunk/Neo-Victorian jewelry, cuff-links, tie bars, hair things & more!
I'm awaiting payment on several book things but bills noted below have made things pretty dire.
Shop: torchandarrow.etsy.com
Select listings up to 25% off at Torch & Arrow!
Goth/Steampunk/Neo-Victorian jewelry, cuff-links, tie bars, hair things & more!
I'm awaiting payment on several book things but bills noted below have made things pretty dire.
Shop: torchandarrow.etsy.com
Adding to this thread: new listings! I know it's been a rough year for everyone, my family included (just hit w/ 2k medical + car bill, so we're scrambling). If Gothy / Neo-Victorian / Vintage / Steampunky things sound cool, check out torchandarrow.etsy.com, your support is so dearly appreciated 🖤
November 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Friends! It's the big annual Etsy sale!
Select listings up to 25% off at Torch & Arrow!
Goth/Steampunk/Neo-Victorian jewelry, cuff-links, tie bars, hair things & more!
I'm awaiting payment on several book things but bills noted below have made things pretty dire.
Shop: torchandarrow.etsy.com
Select listings up to 25% off at Torch & Arrow!
Goth/Steampunk/Neo-Victorian jewelry, cuff-links, tie bars, hair things & more!
I'm awaiting payment on several book things but bills noted below have made things pretty dire.
Shop: torchandarrow.etsy.com
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ICYMI, I get royalties for this, if you want to help out a freelancing writer in the heat death of online promo.
My Lambda Award-winning debut novel THE DEVOURERS, a dark, queer, mythic realist tale about sex, love, violence, & shapeshifting, has finally surpassed 20k sales. Those may be rookie numbers to many authors, but for me, it's a big deal, even if not big money. Sincerest gratitude to my readers 🖤
The Devourers by Indra Das: 9781101967539 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
For readers of Margaret Atwood, China Miéville, and David Mitchell comes a striking debut novel by a storyteller of keen insight and captivating imagination. LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD WINNER •...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
ICYMI, I get royalties for this, if you want to help out a freelancing writer in the heat death of online promo.
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Now that all of my books are back in print, I wanted to offer a breakdown for anyone interested in checking out my work to date:
Current Novels:
A CHILD ALONE WITH STRANGERS
BOYS IN THE VALLEY
GOTHIC
THE THIRD RULE OF TIME TRAVEL
THE AUTUMN SPRINGS RETIREMENT HOME MASSACRE
SARAFINA (April 2026)
Current Novels:
A CHILD ALONE WITH STRANGERS
BOYS IN THE VALLEY
GOTHIC
THE THIRD RULE OF TIME TRAVEL
THE AUTUMN SPRINGS RETIREMENT HOME MASSACRE
SARAFINA (April 2026)
November 22, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Now that all of my books are back in print, I wanted to offer a breakdown for anyone interested in checking out my work to date:
Current Novels:
A CHILD ALONE WITH STRANGERS
BOYS IN THE VALLEY
GOTHIC
THE THIRD RULE OF TIME TRAVEL
THE AUTUMN SPRINGS RETIREMENT HOME MASSACRE
SARAFINA (April 2026)
Current Novels:
A CHILD ALONE WITH STRANGERS
BOYS IN THE VALLEY
GOTHIC
THE THIRD RULE OF TIME TRAVEL
THE AUTUMN SPRINGS RETIREMENT HOME MASSACRE
SARAFINA (April 2026)
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You're never going to be younger than you are now.
Stop being afraid to want things.
You should want things.
How do you start? Write down what you want.
Look at that list when you wake up.
Look at it again midday.
Look at it once more before you go to sleep at night.
Put it into action.
Stop being afraid to want things.
You should want things.
How do you start? Write down what you want.
Look at that list when you wake up.
Look at it again midday.
Look at it once more before you go to sleep at night.
Put it into action.
November 19, 2025 at 3:20 AM
You're never going to be younger than you are now.
Stop being afraid to want things.
You should want things.
How do you start? Write down what you want.
Look at that list when you wake up.
Look at it again midday.
Look at it once more before you go to sleep at night.
Put it into action.
Stop being afraid to want things.
You should want things.
How do you start? Write down what you want.
Look at that list when you wake up.
Look at it again midday.
Look at it once more before you go to sleep at night.
Put it into action.
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It’s real! The first issue of The End Times started showing up in mailboxes today. For a limited time, you can still subscribe: badhandbooks.com/preorders/th...
November 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM
It’s real! The first issue of The End Times started showing up in mailboxes today. For a limited time, you can still subscribe: badhandbooks.com/preorders/th...
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UNNAMED BONES ARCs are here! Not showing you the cover because A) it isn't final and B) we might do a cover reveal.
Out July 21, 2026 from Union Square (Hachette).
From the jacket:
"I'VE BEEN FALLING AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER. AND EVERY TIME I fall, It's DEEPER INTO THE GUTS OF SEEKER'S REST."
Out July 21, 2026 from Union Square (Hachette).
From the jacket:
"I'VE BEEN FALLING AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER. AND EVERY TIME I fall, It's DEEPER INTO THE GUTS OF SEEKER'S REST."
November 19, 2025 at 1:33 AM
UNNAMED BONES ARCs are here! Not showing you the cover because A) it isn't final and B) we might do a cover reveal.
Out July 21, 2026 from Union Square (Hachette).
From the jacket:
"I'VE BEEN FALLING AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER. AND EVERY TIME I fall, It's DEEPER INTO THE GUTS OF SEEKER'S REST."
Out July 21, 2026 from Union Square (Hachette).
From the jacket:
"I'VE BEEN FALLING AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER. AND EVERY TIME I fall, It's DEEPER INTO THE GUTS OF SEEKER'S REST."
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Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
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I've now heard from 3 authors targeted on X by a scammer impersonating Lois McMaster Bujold. Bujold impersonator refers author to "Eleanor Wood at Spectrum Literary", also an impersonation. Goal: to sell editing svcs. Scam is impersonating multiple authors & agents writerbeware.blog/2025/11/14/i...
If a Famous Author Calls, Hang Up: Anatomy of an Impersonation Scam - Writer Beware
You open your email program one morning. The usual work stuff. Some spam (annoying that it got past your filters!). A couple of newsletters (maybe later). You sip your coffee, scroll down. Wait. What’...
writerbeware.blog
November 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I've now heard from 3 authors targeted on X by a scammer impersonating Lois McMaster Bujold. Bujold impersonator refers author to "Eleanor Wood at Spectrum Literary", also an impersonation. Goal: to sell editing svcs. Scam is impersonating multiple authors & agents writerbeware.blog/2025/11/14/i...