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Ada Hoffmann

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Spec fic writer, poet, autist. They/them. Philip K. Dick Award finalist, Rhysling & Elgin nominee, & author of the OUTSIDE series. Canadian. More about me and my books at http://ada-hoffmann.com/

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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · Apr 9

YOOOOOOOOOO

Publishers Marketplace Deal Report
Ignore All Previous Instructions
By Ada Hoffmann
Imprint: Tachyon Publications, Recorded Books
Author of THE OUTSIDE Ada Hoffmann's IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS, a light sci-fi novel pitched as a queer coming-of-age with an autistic main character and a cutting satire about AI in publishing, conglomeration of corporate ownership in media, and censorship and book banning, by Jacob Weisman at Tachyon Publications, with Jaymee Goh editing, for publication in spring 2026, by Hannah Bowman at Liza Dawson Associates.
Audo rights to Brian Sweany at Recorded Books.
Fiction: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
April 8, 2025

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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 1d

P.S. If you want to see panel descriptions and not just the titles, they're here in my newsletter: buttondown.com/ada-hoffmann...

Meet me at Can*Con! (And other news)

Let’s get to the good part first: here’s my schedule for Can*Con in Ottawa, less than two weeks from now. This is my first time making promo graphics in...

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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 1d

One thing I am determined to do before IGNORE comes out is get used to making those cute promo graphics in Canva that everyone's making now. This is my first attempt 😅

Also hi! In just 10 days you can meet me at @canconsffh.bsky.social !

Meet me at Can*Con 2025!
Sat Oct 18, 10:00 am Slow Fiction
Sat Oct 18, 5:30 pm Navigating Social Communication
Sun Oct 19, 10:00 am He's Babygirl: Reclaiming the Queercoded Villain
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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 5d

Yo, writers - it's not too late to look up your works on this page about the Anthropic settlement, and to submit a claim form if your works are eligible. Claim forms will be accepted until March 26. secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup

Submit a Claim

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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 6d

For reals though, I have seen the final cover art and it is SO CUTE #IgnoreThisBook

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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 6d

Just had my publicity meeting today with @tachyonpub.bsky.social and I am SO excited for IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS. Can't wait to be able to share more about it with you in the new year - plus a cover reveal, and a couple of other goodies soon? #IgnoreThisBook

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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you!

Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 10d

Yes, exactly. Hope can show up in so many forms.

Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 10d

And to be clear, people who write & critique hopepunk and other hopeful types of story often *are* engaging with this question very deeply - I am not attempting to claim that they aren't, or that no one is. This is more just a response to quick takes that are floating around in the discourse.

Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 10d

Because there are so many *interesting* varieties of hope - and varieties that are thought provoking enough to be useful, even if they're maybe not 100% how it would work in real life - and there are also toxic varieties, which can be toxic in more than one way.

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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 10d

I think one of the other things about the call for "hopeful fiction" - and the question of whether hopeful fiction is what we need now - is that it's paradoxically not specific enough.

Like, what kind of hope? What kind of future is hopeful? What does the author imagine about how we can get there?

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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 11d

And as long as it's not actively harmful, I feel a writer's first responsibility should be to write what's in their own unique heart. Do that with skill, and it will reach readers in helpful ways that the writer might never have anticipated.

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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 11d

I feel this so hard. I would not call my own writing nihilistic, but I do feel a knee-jerk exasperation/opposition to anyone saying there's only one way for writing to meet a historical moment. There are always going to be a multitude of readers with a multitude of needs.

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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 11d

I have been so busy at work this month, it has been hard to notice the news - but just to be clear, I second everything in ASAN's statement here. autisticadvocacy.org/2025/09/asan...

Nobody is going to "end" me or the way that my brain works, thanks.

ASAN Condemns Administration's Rampant Misinformation about Autism, Acetaminophen, and Vaccines; Calls for Respectful, Fact-Based Approach - Autistic Self Advocacy Network

On September 22nd, President Trump, RFK, and other members of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) leadership held a press conference that contained false and harmful information about au...

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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 13d

I have decided that "polarization" is a useless word.

If people sharply disagree about something, why?

"Because some mechanism rewards/encourages sharp disagreements" could be part of the answer, but is rarely the whole one, and can obscure what is actually at stake in the disagreement.