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Ada Hoffmann

@ada-hoffmann.bsky.social

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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The Artist Formerly Known as 386dx4@386dx4.bsky.social · 7h ago

I just finished reading this book. I can't praise it highly enough. It is worth your time, it is worth your energy, it is worth your attention, it is worth a visit to your local library or your purchase. It may even have helped inform me as an ally in some subtle ways. 100% great stuff.

Ada Hoffmann@ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Hi, new followers! Someone else did a "happy Pride, all my books are gay!" thread and now I want to do it too. First up is IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS, just out this May. A sapphic cis woman and a trans space pirate team up to fight genAI, book bans, and censorship. Super queer and super fun!

Cover of Ignore All Previous Instructions by Ada Hoffmann. The cover art features a big cartoon Jupiter with a little cartoon spaceship flying over it against a starry background. On the cartoon spaceship there is a tiny Jolly Roger.
Ada Hoffmann@ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 3h ago

Some days the author inbox is a wasteland of AI-generated "Let me rephrase the back cover blurb of your book and offer to market it in some absurd way!" scam emails, but some days there is still that rare, precious gem of a heartfelt letter from an actual human and let me tell you. That matters.

Clarkesworld@clarkesworldmagazine.com · 4d ago

Clarkesworld has recently discovered that their August issue successfully breached containment and gained access to the Internet, where it is presently hacking reader's minds. "Oh no, what will we do? Who knew that stories could be so powerful?" said Neil Clarke, when approached for comment.

Clarkesworld@clarkesworldmagazine.com · 4d ago

The August issue of Clarkesworld is now online and features stories by Ravn J. Silver, Eilis O’Neal, Jordan Alexander, D.A. Xiaolin Spires, E.N. Auslender, Y.M. Pang, and H.H. Pak. clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_239 Subscribe today at: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

The August issue of Clarkesworld features cover art by Thomas Brissot. A young woman flanked by two robots with large swords aimed straight down appear to be conversing with a tall water bird on the edge of a leafy area. The title is "A Visit To The Oracle" and the bird's beak is open as if speaking. The background fades shows a palace of sorts behind the bird but only whiteness behind the other figures.
Finn McLellan@saranadosfiction.com · last wk.

Sure is interesting how the moment a lot of women/girls/AFAB folks start being diagnosed with something, suddenly we get an upswing in 'it's overdiagnosed'/'it's not real'/'it's just a fad'.

Ada Hoffmann@ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · last wk.

Summer is a sort of weird time in my profession. On the one hand, you have all this free time, and it's sunny and often nice out, when things aren't on fire. On the other hand, the structure and the reward systems and the colleagues that you depend on during the rest of the year are just... gone.

The Daily Tism@thedailytism.com · 2w ago

Admin assistant Natasha Weaving, 23, has acquired a reputation for saying whatever is on her mind at any given time – but this is reportedly due to people around her having no idea how fucked up it actually is in there.

“Unfiltered” autistic woman actually thinking many atrocious things she’s not saying

An autistic woman described by colleagues as “totally unfiltered” actually, alarmingly does have a filter that’s catching a high proportion of her horrifying thoughts, it has been rumoured.  Admin…

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Johannes T. Evans@johannestevans.co.uk · 3w ago

It's #DisabilityPride Month, so here's some writing tips from me, a full-time professional author who is disabled and lives with multiple chronic illnesses. I deal with chronic pain and fatigue, executive dysfunction, brain fog, and mobility issues. I have been a professional author sinve 2021.

Ada Hoffmann@ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 3w ago

Kelli works for a media company, and Rowan's entire job is smuggling queer media to people who clandestinely need it, so... actually they would both be good at this? But they would both go about it in two very different ways, and probably jealously compete to see whose approach was working better.

🌱🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊🪻@charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 3w ago

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters Your characters are suddenly in charge of all the marketing for your stories! Who do you hope is taking the job, and how is it going? Are they doing well enough you want to keep them at it? #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Stephen Collins@stephencollins.bsky.social · 4w ago

I, a human, wrote and drew this cartoon with my human body and sent it to human art printers who printed it with their human hands and you a human (?) can now buy a ltd edition print of it in my shop! Link in bio

[Scene is a kitchen, a person is boiling some peas on the hob] 1 PERSON 1: Oh dear! PERSON 2: What is it babe? 2 PERSON 1: I am so overwhelmed with cooking these peas... PERSON 2: You mean you’re not using AI peas? 3 PERSON 1: AI peas? PERSON 2: They’re peas with AI! 4 PERSON 2: AI powered peas harness the potential of your peas PERSON 1: What 5 PERSON 2 [Now in voice-over as hi tech meaningless graphics play]: Taking your peas to the next level with new AI features powering your peas 6 PERSON 2 [V/O over increasingly ridiculous graphics]: Each pea has AI in a way we haven’t quite worked out yet but it’s fine 7 PERSON 2: Putting AI to work for your peas and connecting every corner of your peas PERSON 1: Peas don’t have corners PERSON 2: It does not matter! 8 PERSON 2: Our game-changing PEA-AI gives you the freedom to get the peas done 9 PERSON 2: From opening the bag of peas to boiling the peas to eating the peas 10 PERSON 2: to spending millions on adding AI to the peas and then having to work out what that means 11 PERSON 1: Is it necessary to - PERSON 2 [grabbing her buy the cardigan]: THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET 12 [Advert ending image showing the product, a bag of peas, with its slogan] PEA-I AI PEAS WITH AI Just ‘peas’ for God’s sake buy the AI peas [Ends]
Naomi Kritzer@naomikritzer.bsky.social · 4w ago

The thing I hate the most about the endless sea of book club spam is that it's trained me to feel initial suspicion when someone sends me a nice email about liking my work.

Ada Hoffmann@ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 4w ago

I agree. One of my least favorite parts of this is the sense of paranoia - I never used to look at student work, for instance, with such knee-jerk cynicism about whether the student wrote it. I think being looked at with this kind of cynicism is *bad for students,* and for writers, and for humans.

Jason Sanford@jasonsanford.bsky.social · 4w ago

My father taught me to be wary of scams, especially when a scammer sets the rules. Well, that's the end goal of the current AI scam -- the tech bros want people to think every bit of good writing or art must be created by AI. Don't play their game by falsely accusing people of AI use. 6/

Ada Hoffmann@ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · last mo.

I used to go to a critique website where the regulars had somehow gotten it into their heads that one must never, ever use the word "was."

S R Jones @aegisimmemorial.bsky.social · last mo.

If you see this, please tell me the worst/most baffling bit of creative feedback you've ever recieved. Mine is still the time somebody told me my aliens had names that were too alien. Not that they were unpronounceable, just that they didn't sound enough like human names.

Ada Hoffmann@ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · last mo.

I love @r-emrys.bsky.social's Seeds of Story column but I was not expecting the specal treat of a shout-out to my own book! "[A] great celebration of queer artistic weirdness and a great cynical critique of LLM companies... Highly recommended!" reactormag.com/touching-gra... #IgnoreThisBook

Touching Grass and Listening to Renaissance Gossip: Inspiration Beyond Books - Reactor

What inspiration for speculative stories can we find while enjoying travel, art, music, philosophy, and history?

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Ada Hoffmann@ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · last mo.

I just got back from vacation and apparently a whole bunch of great reviews have come in! I'm going to thread them here. First up: from Whimsical Dragonette. "I really, really love this... Incredibly relevant and chilling." whimsicaldragonette.wordpress.com/2026/06/26/a... #IgnoreThisBook

ARC Review: Ignore All Previous Instructions by Ada Hoffmann

goodreads Publication Date: May 12, 2026 About The Book: A script supervisor for an AI media conglomerate is caught between her intense need for an orderly life and her deeper, darker queer desires…

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Ruthanna Emrys@r-emrys.bsky.social · last mo.

On Sunday, join the @sfwa.bsky.social Emerging Tech committee for Understanding AI: A Hype-Free Overview. What LLMs do well/badly, how to talk with employers caught up in the hype, and what to say to friends who "just asked ChatGPT". sfwa.org/events/?even...

SFWA Events - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association

The Social Room The Jemisin Suite is our official party room for receptions, special meeting events, and the weekly writing […]

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Kim Sokol (Open for Commissions/Freelance!)@kimsokol.bsky.social · last mo.

Right now the world is full of people who want to code and write and paint and film stuff and people who want to play and read and look at and watch stuff and nobody is allowed to do any of that because some unrelated third guy isn't making enough money off the deal

Rami Ismail (رامي)@ramiismail.com · last mo.

Our games industry is people. Our studios are people. Our teams people, our games by people for people. Our games are made by people, in groups of people, in teams of people, making people things for people. The magic is people, and the people deserve so much better than all this. I am so sorry.

Ada Hoffmann@ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · last mo.

I'm also in the BiblioLifestyle Summer Reading Guide: bibliolifestyle.com/best-new-sci... "What I loved most about this book was how smart and emotionally rich it felt without losing momentum... incredibly timely." #IgnoreThisBook

Best New Science Fiction Fantasy Books for Summer 2026

Discover the best new science fiction fantasy books summer 2026 has to offer, including epic fantasy, dystopian sci fi, magical adventures, and emotional speculative fiction reads.

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Ada Hoffmann@ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · last mo.

Hey everyone it is my summer recommendations post! With shout outs to @yarntheory.bsky.social, @wiswell.bsky.social, @sarahpauling.bsky.social, and @larazontally.bsky.social among others (and a long interlude about Disco Elysium...) buttondown.com/ada-hoffmann...

Stories From the Spring

If I'm trying to post these review/recommendation posts at the solstices and equinoxes, then I'm a few days late - I've gotten pleasantly sloppy with my...

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