Monique AC
@moniqueac.bsky.social
Queer SF writer. Space, cats, writing, running, & politics. SFWA. Codex. First Reader (Diabolical Plots & Small Wonders). Con stuff, Rainbow Space Magic & Can*Con. Settler. On unceded Anishinabe Algonquin territory (Ottawa, Canada).
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@moniqueac.bsky.social
· Oct 21
It's October 21... HAPPY RELEASE DAY!
Ghost to Ghost to Ghost - an anthology of 19 Haunting Tales from Canada.
Happy publication day to the authors of these wonderful short stories and flash fiction.
The paperback has been available for a while and today the eBook is here.
books2read.com/u/3GkdOL
Ghost to Ghost to Ghost - an anthology of 19 Haunting Tales from Canada.
Happy publication day to the authors of these wonderful short stories and flash fiction.
The paperback has been available for a while and today the eBook is here.
books2read.com/u/3GkdOL
Ghost to Ghost to Ghost: an anthology of haunting tales from Canada is out today 🎉
You can read my northern Ontario climate horror story, "The Fish of Cart Lake" (along with other great stories). 🐟 👻
You can read my northern Ontario climate horror story, "The Fish of Cart Lake" (along with other great stories). 🐟 👻
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So excited to be in this anthology from @inkedingraypress.bsky.social! (More details soon, scheduled to come out in Fall 2026)
inkedingray.com/announcing-h...
inkedingray.com/announcing-h...
Announcing Hope in a Grimdark World Authors! |
Coming Fall 2026! A new anthology from Inked in Gray STELLAR PARALLAX: HUMAN HOPE IN GRIMDARK WORLDS.Let’s not sugarcoat it — things are rough, and we don’t ...
inkedingray.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
So excited to be in this anthology from @inkedingraypress.bsky.social! (More details soon, scheduled to come out in Fall 2026)
inkedingray.com/announcing-h...
inkedingray.com/announcing-h...
So excited to be in this anthology from @inkedingraypress.bsky.social! (More details soon, scheduled to come out in Fall 2026)
inkedingray.com/announcing-h...
inkedingray.com/announcing-h...
Announcing Hope in a Grimdark World Authors! |
Coming Fall 2026! A new anthology from Inked in Gray STELLAR PARALLAX: HUMAN HOPE IN GRIMDARK WORLDS.Let’s not sugarcoat it — things are rough, and we don’t ...
inkedingray.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
So excited to be in this anthology from @inkedingraypress.bsky.social! (More details soon, scheduled to come out in Fall 2026)
inkedingray.com/announcing-h...
inkedingray.com/announcing-h...
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I'm going to do a little thread on how the money from books works for traditionally published authors because people have questions, and this is always useful info to share IMO. First, a big disclaimer that every contract is different, and there are a million factors that can change things. 1/
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I'm going to do a little thread on how the money from books works for traditionally published authors because people have questions, and this is always useful info to share IMO. First, a big disclaimer that every contract is different, and there are a million factors that can change things. 1/
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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We're officially OPEN TO NONFICTION AND REPRINT SUBMISSIONS! We are looking for full nonfiction pieces (not pitches) and reprints of stories currently unavailable for free online.
🪐See our guidelines for details: othersidespec.com/guidelines
🗡️Submit here: hybrispress.moksha.io/publication/...
🪐See our guidelines for details: othersidespec.com/guidelines
🗡️Submit here: hybrispress.moksha.io/publication/...
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
We're officially OPEN TO NONFICTION AND REPRINT SUBMISSIONS! We are looking for full nonfiction pieces (not pitches) and reprints of stories currently unavailable for free online.
🪐See our guidelines for details: othersidespec.com/guidelines
🗡️Submit here: hybrispress.moksha.io/publication/...
🪐See our guidelines for details: othersidespec.com/guidelines
🗡️Submit here: hybrispress.moksha.io/publication/...
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Tomorrow (Nov 25) is the UN's International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and the start of #16Days of Activism on Gender-Based Violence
I'm offering 2 FREE bystander intervention webinars to mark the date: 1 in English et un en français
Learn community care with me. Sign up! ⬇️
I'm offering 2 FREE bystander intervention webinars to mark the date: 1 in English et un en français
Learn community care with me. Sign up! ⬇️
@julieslalonde | Linktree
Come learn bystander intervention with me - It's free!
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November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Tomorrow (Nov 25) is the UN's International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and the start of #16Days of Activism on Gender-Based Violence
I'm offering 2 FREE bystander intervention webinars to mark the date: 1 in English et un en français
Learn community care with me. Sign up! ⬇️
I'm offering 2 FREE bystander intervention webinars to mark the date: 1 in English et un en français
Learn community care with me. Sign up! ⬇️
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“But I wouldn’t describe our foreign policy as feminist foreign policy,” he said.
That's Carney saying we do not have a feminist foreign policy.
If you're doing a "Well, actually..." on me right now, you've been brain rotted by partisanship and you're engaging in bad faith debating.
That's Carney saying we do not have a feminist foreign policy.
If you're doing a "Well, actually..." on me right now, you've been brain rotted by partisanship and you're engaging in bad faith debating.
November 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
“But I wouldn’t describe our foreign policy as feminist foreign policy,” he said.
That's Carney saying we do not have a feminist foreign policy.
If you're doing a "Well, actually..." on me right now, you've been brain rotted by partisanship and you're engaging in bad faith debating.
That's Carney saying we do not have a feminist foreign policy.
If you're doing a "Well, actually..." on me right now, you've been brain rotted by partisanship and you're engaging in bad faith debating.
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Our final Guest of Honour for 2026 will be author @chuckwendig.bsky.social!
Chuck is a NYT bestselling author, writes games, comics, film and TV, and we are so excited that he will be joining us in the fall!
Chuck is a NYT bestselling author, writes games, comics, film and TV, and we are so excited that he will be joining us in the fall!
November 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Our final Guest of Honour for 2026 will be author @chuckwendig.bsky.social!
Chuck is a NYT bestselling author, writes games, comics, film and TV, and we are so excited that he will be joining us in the fall!
Chuck is a NYT bestselling author, writes games, comics, film and TV, and we are so excited that he will be joining us in the fall!
No problem finding a picture for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme. Here are 3 ring-billed #GroundedGulls along the #RideauCanal #Ottawa
November 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
No problem finding a picture for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme. Here are 3 ring-billed #GroundedGulls along the #RideauCanal #Ottawa
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I have said this before in various contexts, and often include it when I teach classes & workshops:
Submission Grinder is one of the best tools for writers out there.
If you run a spec fic/fantasy (etc) mag make sure they know about you.
thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com
Submission Grinder is one of the best tools for writers out there.
If you run a spec fic/fantasy (etc) mag make sure they know about you.
thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com
The Submission Grinder
thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I have said this before in various contexts, and often include it when I teach classes & workshops:
Submission Grinder is one of the best tools for writers out there.
If you run a spec fic/fantasy (etc) mag make sure they know about you.
thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com
Submission Grinder is one of the best tools for writers out there.
If you run a spec fic/fantasy (etc) mag make sure they know about you.
thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com
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I'm in the current issue of Analog. I managed to negotiate to a contract I was willing to sign. Naively, I thought that established writers giving this feedback would eventually make a dent.
It hasn't. I don't know that it will. I just wrote to Trevor withdrawing a story I'd sold to him.
It hasn't. I don't know that it will. I just wrote to Trevor withdrawing a story I'd sold to him.
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 6:10 PM
I'm in the current issue of Analog. I managed to negotiate to a contract I was willing to sign. Naively, I thought that established writers giving this feedback would eventually make a dent.
It hasn't. I don't know that it will. I just wrote to Trevor withdrawing a story I'd sold to him.
It hasn't. I don't know that it will. I just wrote to Trevor withdrawing a story I'd sold to him.
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In one week, LIVE ON THE INTERTRON, join 2025 GoH @premeemohamed.com, @gregoryawilson.com, Can*Con Vice Admiral @brandoncrilly.bsky.social, and @valerievaldes.bsky.social as they engage in a rare and perilous cross border communique!
9 pm EST on Nov 25th on the Arvan Eleron Twitch channel!
9 pm EST on Nov 25th on the Arvan Eleron Twitch channel!
November 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
In one week, LIVE ON THE INTERTRON, join 2025 GoH @premeemohamed.com, @gregoryawilson.com, Can*Con Vice Admiral @brandoncrilly.bsky.social, and @valerievaldes.bsky.social as they engage in a rare and perilous cross border communique!
9 pm EST on Nov 25th on the Arvan Eleron Twitch channel!
9 pm EST on Nov 25th on the Arvan Eleron Twitch channel!
I'm going to go with the Alternative #GullsInFlight for #BirdOfTheDay because I took this one yesterday (Rideau Canal, Ottawa)
November 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I'm going to go with the Alternative #GullsInFlight for #BirdOfTheDay because I took this one yesterday (Rideau Canal, Ottawa)
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How Much It Costs to Run a Literary Journal – 2025
Radon Journal is a not-for-profit science fiction publisher committed to transparency. This is our yearly public financial thread. We also want to show aspiring editors the true costs of running a semi-pro journal. #writingcommunity (1/10)
Radon Journal is a not-for-profit science fiction publisher committed to transparency. This is our yearly public financial thread. We also want to show aspiring editors the true costs of running a semi-pro journal. #writingcommunity (1/10)
November 17, 2025 at 12:50 AM
How Much It Costs to Run a Literary Journal – 2025
Radon Journal is a not-for-profit science fiction publisher committed to transparency. This is our yearly public financial thread. We also want to show aspiring editors the true costs of running a semi-pro journal. #writingcommunity (1/10)
Radon Journal is a not-for-profit science fiction publisher committed to transparency. This is our yearly public financial thread. We also want to show aspiring editors the true costs of running a semi-pro journal. #writingcommunity (1/10)
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✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
November 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
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“The end which our enemies have in view is plain. Their object is to prevent good people from extending to us their sympathy while they themselves may rob us in the dark and murder us without pity.”
An Appeal for Justice, by Louis Riel (1885)
historyiswhat.noblogs.org/post/2023/11...
An Appeal for Justice, by Louis Riel (1885)
historyiswhat.noblogs.org/post/2023/11...
November 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
“The end which our enemies have in view is plain. Their object is to prevent good people from extending to us their sympathy while they themselves may rob us in the dark and murder us without pity.”
An Appeal for Justice, by Louis Riel (1885)
historyiswhat.noblogs.org/post/2023/11...
An Appeal for Justice, by Louis Riel (1885)
historyiswhat.noblogs.org/post/2023/11...
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"Carney said Riel’s execution divided a young nation but his legacy helps to unite a Canada determined to learn from history."
Turns out what Canada learned from this history is to continue occupying and extracting resources from the land regardless of Indigenous peoples.
Turns out what Canada learned from this history is to continue occupying and extracting resources from the land regardless of Indigenous peoples.
WINNIPEG – Prime Minister Mark Carney has paid tribute to Métis leader Louis Riel on the 140th anniversary of Riel’s execution.
Prime Minister Mark Carney in Winnipeg for Grey Cup, Louis Riel ceremony
WINNIPEG – Prime Minister Mark Carney has paid tribute to Métis leader Louis Riel on the 140th anniversary of Riel’s execution.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
"Carney said Riel’s execution divided a young nation but his legacy helps to unite a Canada determined to learn from history."
Turns out what Canada learned from this history is to continue occupying and extracting resources from the land regardless of Indigenous peoples.
Turns out what Canada learned from this history is to continue occupying and extracting resources from the land regardless of Indigenous peoples.
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I dunno, man. Seems pretty wild to write an extensive piece like this and only give a cursory mention of why so many people "declined to be interviewed."
The man has sued so many people for even just TWEETING about the case. But I still gotta listen to CanLit elites play the victim? C'mon.
The man has sued so many people for even just TWEETING about the case. But I still gotta listen to CanLit elites play the victim? C'mon.
Opinion: A decade ago, writer Steven Galloway’s cancellation tore CanLit apart. The effects linger to this day
The bestselling novelist faced sexual-assault allegations, costing him his job. Marsha Lederman asks, would this case be handled differently today?
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I dunno, man. Seems pretty wild to write an extensive piece like this and only give a cursory mention of why so many people "declined to be interviewed."
The man has sued so many people for even just TWEETING about the case. But I still gotta listen to CanLit elites play the victim? C'mon.
The man has sued so many people for even just TWEETING about the case. But I still gotta listen to CanLit elites play the victim? C'mon.
An excellent thread on Wuthering Heights & race
When people say that Wuthering Heights doesn't have anything to do with race or that no film has engaged with race, what they mean is that for them Romani people do not count and they also haven't been paying attention. I'm going to share a little material from a recent talk. Content note: racism 1/
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
An excellent thread on Wuthering Heights & race
What we can't afford is Landsdowne 2.0, but somehow you think there's money for that.
What people need, when there is a rising cost of living, is a government that provides truly necessary services, which this budget does not do.
What people need, when there is a rising cost of living, is a government that provides truly necessary services, which this budget does not do.
Some city councillors are calling for higher tax increases, but in a time of rising food and housing costs, we can't afford to add to the burden of renters, homeowners, and small businesses.
November 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
What we can't afford is Landsdowne 2.0, but somehow you think there's money for that.
What people need, when there is a rising cost of living, is a government that provides truly necessary services, which this budget does not do.
What people need, when there is a rising cost of living, is a government that provides truly necessary services, which this budget does not do.
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Re: Epstein’s emails
November 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Re: Epstein’s emails
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Main St. in Ottawa is an example of a change what would not be allow under Doug Fraud's Bill 60. This video also gives you a peek at the new connection from Hawthorne to Colonel By. It's pretty good. The other side, going the other way, is crap (no video yet). #ottBike #NoBill60
November 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
Someone says “I thought you were dead” and Bond gives a rakish smile and a wink, then they move on.
They’re really overthinking this. If there’s one thing you learn as a writer, it’s don’t overexplain.
They’re really overthinking this. If there’s one thing you learn as a writer, it’s don’t overexplain.
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Someone says “I thought you were dead” and Bond gives a rakish smile and a wink, then they move on.
They’re really overthinking this. If there’s one thing you learn as a writer, it’s don’t overexplain.
They’re really overthinking this. If there’s one thing you learn as a writer, it’s don’t overexplain.