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Alicia Adams

@aliciaadamswriting.bsky.social

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Speculative writer. You can find my stories on my website: AliciaAdamsWriting.com. Alt: Profile - mixed race (white and Asian) woman with long brown hair and glasses. Banner - Brown and white stripy cat playing on a cat tree in front of a sky at sunset.

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Alicia Adams @aliciaadamswriting.bsky.social · Aug 19

Look at all this great stuff I missed by not being on Bluesky! Woohoo!

DreamForge Magazine @dreamforgemagazine.bsky.social · Jun 2

“I mean, what is it that you need? What would you want to get from the back room that you can’t get right here in the front?” “Something— something magical. (link in the comments)

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Alicia Adams @aliciaadamswriting.bsky.social · 4d

It has taken me a long time to get here, but now I love the process. Or, _for now_ I love the process. We'll see.

But it's much more fun to be excited by the process than to be constantly discouraged. Your submission system helped me get here!

Alicia Adams @aliciaadamswriting.bsky.social · 6d

@mrahpodcast.bsky.social, if you're looking for someone who can talk well about self publishing, I bet the SLF's own C. Gockel would be great.

Alicia Adams @aliciaadamswriting.bsky.social · 7d

Really, I think this comes down to celebrating every little victory you can. And waiting instead of getting an immediate rejection is a little victory in itself.

Alicia Adams @aliciaadamswriting.bsky.social · 7d

Of course, I think Ben was talking more about novels, and that's a totally different story.

Alicia Adams @aliciaadamswriting.bsky.social · 7d

Right now I've got two stories out that are doing well. One that has been sent on to the editor in chief and one that seems to have passed to the next round (based on time / meticulously watching the Submission Grinder). And it's fun! Go, stories, go! The odds are still low, but the hope is strong.

Alicia Adams @aliciaadamswriting.bsky.social · 7d

I know Ben (@benjaminrosenbaum.com) said in the Mohanraj and Rosenbaum are Humans podcast (@mrahpodcast.bsky.social) that he likes acceptances and he doesn't mind rejections, but he hates waiting. And I get that. But sometimes I love the heck out of waiting.

Alicia Adams @aliciaadamswriting.bsky.social · 16d

Wish I was in Chicago right now:

Maria Dahvana Headley @mariadahvana.bsky.social · 16d

I'm coming to Chicago to talk about medieval monsters...

Maria Dahvana Headley @mariadahvana.bsky.social · 26d

Just in case any of you are in rhe Midwest and want to attend this Medieval Monsters conference, I'm giving the keynote on Oct 17! www.dom.edu/medieval-mon...

Alicia Adams @aliciaadamswriting.bsky.social · 16d

When I wasn't writing enough, I pushed myself to write every day, and I wrote a whole lot. Now I've purposely limited my writing time to Friday and Saturday mornings, and all week I get so eager for this time. And when it arrives it's sacred and perfect and lovely. Like coming home.

#AmWriting

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 18d

There are a few people that are inspirations to almost all scientists that I know, and Jane Goodall was one of them. RIP. 😢

Jane Goodall, the celebrated primatologist and conservationist, has died

Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91.

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Alicia Adams @aliciaadamswriting.bsky.social · Sep 18

It has been a heartbreaking week, but maybe today things will look up. Here are my silver linings:

Today I woke up and wrote a poem.
Today I woke up and read these beautiful poems by my former professor, now my friend (though we haven't spoken much. I keep in touch through his poetry).

ONE ART: a journal of poetry @oneart.bsky.social · Sep 18

Two Poems by Clint Margrave in ONE ART: a journal of poetry

oneartpoetry.com/2025/09/18/t...

Two Poems by Clint Margrave

Going Away “Six months is a long time,” Fred says at our last lunch together before I go abroad. He says that one of his poetry books is being translated and published in France and they might even…

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Alicia Adams @aliciaadamswriting.bsky.social · Sep 14

A lot of tech friends were laid off, and I've been doing everything I can to help them. SO, friends, what are resumes supposed to look like these days (especially in tech)? Is the wisdom still one page? Or should it be two pages (one page front and back)? Should you try not to end on a half page?

Alicia Adams @aliciaadamswriting.bsky.social · Sep 9

Hey! Doing well. How are you?

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · Sep 7

My cartoon for the @theguardian.com books autumn reads special.

Panel 1
A figure lies on a lounger as a hot, orange sun sets, saying
"The holiday's over."

Panel 2
Now wheeling a suitcase towards a plane in warm eveniong light
"It's nice to sit around in the sun reading all day."

Panel 3
The plane rises amongst the clouds
"But all good things must come to an end."

Panel 4
The figure deplanes with the suitcase in drizzle
"Coming home has its own pleasures."

Panel 5
The rain is harder. The figure shelter under an umbrella and looks into a shop window containing a selection of books and a sign reading
"New books for autumn!"

Panel 6
The figure now sits at home by an open fire, happily reading a new book. The suitcase has not yet been unpacked.

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ONE ART: a journal of poetry @oneart.bsky.social · Sep 7

Today!!

ONE ART's September Reading

2:00-3:30pm Eastern

Featured Poets: James Crews, Gloria Heffernan, William Palmer, Michael T. Young, Andrea Potos

www.tickettailor.com/events/onear...

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ONE ART's September 2025 Reading – Zoom, Sun Sep 7, 2025 - ONE ART’s September 2025 Reading We’re pleased to announce ONE ART’s September 2025 Reading! Featured Poets: James Crews, Gloria Heffernan, W...

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Alicia Adams @aliciaadamswriting.bsky.social · Sep 6

Oh well. Maybe there will be a resurgence of local, in-person singing. When I lived in New York (feels like a million years ago now), we used to do sing-alongs in someone's apartment. He played his gorgeous piano, and we brought our little ukuleles and just had so much fun. I miss that kind of fun.

Alicia Adams @aliciaadamswriting.bsky.social · Sep 6

Fair. I've never been to an in-person writing con, but I'm hoping to make one eventually, and I might have prioritized one if there was singing involved.

I have been going to the virtual WisCons, but virtual roundsings seem difficult or at least less fun.

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Alicia Adams @aliciaadamswriting.bsky.social · Sep 5

@elysdir.bsky.social, my spouse and I love your collection of rounds on the Constellation Press site: constellationpress.com/rounds/about/

Do you ever host roundsings at cons?

» About these recordings

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Alicia Adams @aliciaadamswriting.bsky.social · Sep 3

@tylerdilts.bsky.social, I am very late, but congrats on your Edgar nomination! Well deserved!

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Alicia Adams @aliciaadamswriting.bsky.social · Sep 2

Music theme! Looking forward to reading the issue. #SFF

DreamForge Magazine @dreamforgemagazine.bsky.social · Sep 2

DreamForge Anvil – Issue 21 | The Sound of Hope is Online!

From concrete guitars echoing through Cold War Berlin to an android missionary bringing the blues to a tone-deaf planet, these stories explore the sound of hope. go.dfstory.com/anvil21

Alicia Adams @aliciaadamswriting.bsky.social · Sep 1

Open today!

Hearth Stories @hearthstories.bsky.social · Sep 1

We open up for submissions tomorrow! (Happy labor day)

Speculative (fantasy, generally) short fiction (1k-10k words) in non-technological settings. Take a look/we'd love to hear from you starting tomorrow!

hearthstories.org/submissions....

#writingcommunity

Hearth Stories: Submissions

Submission guidelines for Hearth Stories magazine. What to send, what not to send, when to send, where to send.

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Alicia Adams @aliciaadamswriting.bsky.social · Sep 1

Awesome! Congrats Morris!

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gwendolyn maia hicks @prioryruins.bsky.social · Aug 31

contract signed (??!!) so i think i can officially say that i will be hanging in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social with “Six Views of a Speedster,” a poem that’s sort of about anxiety and body dysphoria, but at its heart is a love note to those super-folx in fiction who can run really really fast. 👟⚡️

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Hearth Stories @hearthstories.bsky.social · Aug 29

Wow! A great day for Hearth Stories alumni! Congrats @aliciaadamswriting.bsky.social This looks like a great anthology and a wonderful story!

Alicia Adams @aliciaadamswriting.bsky.social · Aug 28

My 7500-word story "An Exponentially Branching Tree" came out yesterday in the Way of Worlds anthology! It's available for purchase in paperback or ebook.

An epic game of go determines who lays claim to a newly discovered planet.

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An Exponentially Branching Tree : Alicia Adams

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Alicia Adams @aliciaadamswriting.bsky.social · Aug 28

An Exponentially Branching Tree : Alicia Adams

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Hearth Stories @hearthstories.bsky.social · Aug 26

We have added PDF to the formats we provide through the website. All back-issues now have PDF as an available option. Not sure the level of interest, but hopefully it covers a few folks that would prefer it.

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