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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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’...
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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...
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Art is like games. There’s a lot of “grinding” to build stats before you are ready for a boss fight.
If you didn’t do the work to beat the boss fight, was the game as much fun or as meaningful to you? Aren’t the games you spent the most time and energy on the ones that stay with you?
If you didn’t do the work to beat the boss fight, was the game as much fun or as meaningful to you? Aren’t the games you spent the most time and energy on the ones that stay with you?
November 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Art is like games. There’s a lot of “grinding” to build stats before you are ready for a boss fight.
If you didn’t do the work to beat the boss fight, was the game as much fun or as meaningful to you? Aren’t the games you spent the most time and energy on the ones that stay with you?
If you didn’t do the work to beat the boss fight, was the game as much fun or as meaningful to you? Aren’t the games you spent the most time and energy on the ones that stay with you?
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Applications for our spring 2026 internships are still open! Want to intern with our copydesk, marketing + membership, events, and social media departments? Apply now!
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November 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Applications for our spring 2026 internships are still open! Want to intern with our copydesk, marketing + membership, events, and social media departments? Apply now!
Learn more at https://airtable.com/app5UeNk1TbjY8imi/pag2EATFjk8cNUcIo/form
Learn more at https://airtable.com/app5UeNk1TbjY8imi/pag2EATFjk8cNUcIo/form
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To those using Kickstarter: before backing a project, make sure it's legit. See below: Canadian artist @kness.bsky.social had their work stolen, images generated with the help of AI. 😢
Well this is not a nice start to my week. Someone reported to me that a kickstarter uses my pictures and it’s really sickening because they’re ALL mine with FREAKING AI bg. I already filed a copyright claim but it makes me sick.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
To those using Kickstarter: before backing a project, make sure it's legit. See below: Canadian artist @kness.bsky.social had their work stolen, images generated with the help of AI. 😢
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You cannot go wrong with a Cherie Priest novel, and here are some deals!
Who wants some CHEAP BOOK LOOT? Right on, I've got your back - behold: Here's what's newer, older, and super-cheap on promo from around the internet today...starting with IT WAS HER HOUSE FIRST but including GRAVE RESERVATIONS and MORE: www.cheriepriest.com/blog/novembe...
November Deals from around the Internet — The Haunt*
Hello and welcome to Monday (such as it is). Spooky season may have passed, but book deals know no such limitations - so here’s what I found around the web, for your bargain-purchasing and leisure-rea...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
You cannot go wrong with a Cherie Priest novel, and here are some deals!
I’ve got some novels in the works for Summer 2026! Keep an eye out for BEWARE THE JACKS (ages 8-12) by @llavoieauthor, UNNAMED BONES (ages 14 and up) by @lorasenfauthor, and GO-MAN VS. THE STAR DRAGON (ages 8-12, graphic novel) by @hamishsteele. Pro reviewers, reach out to [email protected]
November 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I’ve got some novels in the works for Summer 2026! Keep an eye out for BEWARE THE JACKS (ages 8-12) by @llavoieauthor, UNNAMED BONES (ages 14 and up) by @lorasenfauthor, and GO-MAN VS. THE STAR DRAGON (ages 8-12, graphic novel) by @hamishsteele. Pro reviewers, reach out to [email protected]
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Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
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Are you a marginalized author (or the editor/agent/publicist of one) who has a trad pub book coming out in 2026 that is science fiction, fantasy, or horror and either adult or young adult? This book critic wants to know about it! Small press strongly encouraged.
bookjockeyalex.com/contact/
bookjockeyalex.com/contact/
Contact
I’m currently open to sensitivity/authenticity reading. Please see the full list of what I cover and rates. In your email below, please include a description of the work, the estimated word c…
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November 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Are you a marginalized author (or the editor/agent/publicist of one) who has a trad pub book coming out in 2026 that is science fiction, fantasy, or horror and either adult or young adult? This book critic wants to know about it! Small press strongly encouraged.
bookjockeyalex.com/contact/
bookjockeyalex.com/contact/
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Look At My Book Everyone :)
November 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Look At My Book Everyone :)
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i have been DYING to share this cover for SO LONG so everyone please look at it and not my face.
We are delighted to reveal the cover for @isabel.kim's debut novel Sublimation, a story of immigration, identity, and paradox from the author of "Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole"
Revealing Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim - Reactor
A tale of doppelgangers and corporate intrigue, heartbreak and betrayal — arriving June 2026
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November 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
i have been DYING to share this cover for SO LONG so everyone please look at it and not my face.
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2025 World Fantasy Awards
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2025 World Fantasy Awards
The World Fantasy Awards were presented on November 2 at the World Fantasy Convention in Brighton, UK. Lifetime Achievement Juliet Marillier Michael Whelan Novel The Tainted Cup by…
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November 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
2025 World Fantasy Awards
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No time for subtlety tonight, folks!
Sign up to get out the vote for Mamdani here:
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Sign up to get out the vote for Mamdani here:
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October 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
No time for subtlety tonight, folks!
Sign up to get out the vote for Mamdani here:
www.zohranfornyc.com/gotv?r=uf_Vq...
Sign up to get out the vote for Mamdani here:
www.zohranfornyc.com/gotv?r=uf_Vq...
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Call for recs! Have your put your favorite SFF media and artists into the Hugo rec sheet yet? :D #HugoAwards
The Hugo Awards (2026)
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October 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Call for recs! Have your put your favorite SFF media and artists into the Hugo rec sheet yet? :D #HugoAwards
Y’all, I’m watching Beyond Skinwalker Ranch and I had an #MSWL thought: rival ufologists a la Skinwalker Ranch Travis and Ancient Aliens Giorgio but make it cozy and queer.
October 28, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Y’all, I’m watching Beyond Skinwalker Ranch and I had an #MSWL thought: rival ufologists a la Skinwalker Ranch Travis and Ancient Aliens Giorgio but make it cozy and queer.
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This book remains lodged in my psyche. In a monumental career, this is one of Walton's best. Two timelines of a life collide in exquisite ways.
If you dug IN UNIVERSES, you've got to read MY REAL CHILDREN.
If you dug IN UNIVERSES, you've got to read MY REAL CHILDREN.
My Real Children, my novel about a woman with dementia who remembers two different versions of her own life, is on sale for only $2.99 as an ebook right now www.amazon.com/My-Real-Chil...
My Real Children
My Real Children - Kindle edition by Walton, Jo. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading My Real Children.
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October 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This book remains lodged in my psyche. In a monumental career, this is one of Walton's best. Two timelines of a life collide in exquisite ways.
If you dug IN UNIVERSES, you've got to read MY REAL CHILDREN.
If you dug IN UNIVERSES, you've got to read MY REAL CHILDREN.
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The reason I talk about the limbic system in creative writing classes is nothing beats the limbic system once it’s activated. Not evidence, not logic
Sensory detail—a vital part of storytelling & survival—activates the hippocampus, which is part of this system
you do not forget these stories
Sensory detail—a vital part of storytelling & survival—activates the hippocampus, which is part of this system
you do not forget these stories
Telling the same story in different ways can change the brain networks that the listener uses to form memories
Your Brain’s Memory of a Story Depends on How It Was Told
Telling the same story in different ways can change the brain networks that the listener uses to form memories
www.scientificamerican.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The reason I talk about the limbic system in creative writing classes is nothing beats the limbic system once it’s activated. Not evidence, not logic
Sensory detail—a vital part of storytelling & survival—activates the hippocampus, which is part of this system
you do not forget these stories
Sensory detail—a vital part of storytelling & survival—activates the hippocampus, which is part of this system
you do not forget these stories
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Are you an author of speculative fiction and eager to talk about your wondrous creations to a live (and - mostly - living) audience? The @britfantasysoc.bsky.social got you covered 🐉
Fill in this form if you'd like to partake in the *first* series of events in Oxfordshire: forms.gle/qR3gLtvLCFFF...
Fill in this form if you'd like to partake in the *first* series of events in Oxfordshire: forms.gle/qR3gLtvLCFFF...
October 23, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Are you an author of speculative fiction and eager to talk about your wondrous creations to a live (and - mostly - living) audience? The @britfantasysoc.bsky.social got you covered 🐉
Fill in this form if you'd like to partake in the *first* series of events in Oxfordshire: forms.gle/qR3gLtvLCFFF...
Fill in this form if you'd like to partake in the *first* series of events in Oxfordshire: forms.gle/qR3gLtvLCFFF...
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Creators of the critically acclaimed “Archive 81” release a new horror podcast, “Conversations with Ghosts.” https://podnews.net/press-release/conversations-with-ghosts
Creators of the critically acclaimed “Archive 81” release a new horror podcast, “Conversations with Ghosts.”
Fiction, interview anthology asks ghosts to confront loss, history and the things we leave behind coming October 22nd.
podnews.net
October 22, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Creators of the critically acclaimed “Archive 81” release a new horror podcast, “Conversations with Ghosts.” https://podnews.net/press-release/conversations-with-ghosts
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If you're a writer/other creator in the United States, consider creating an LLC for your business and then signing up for a local area Chamber of Commerce. Many of them have health insurance plans that pool their members and members of other CoCs to create insurance efficiencies relative to ACA.
October 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
If you're a writer/other creator in the United States, consider creating an LLC for your business and then signing up for a local area Chamber of Commerce. Many of them have health insurance plans that pool their members and members of other CoCs to create insurance efficiencies relative to ACA.
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Support the 2026 @apexmag.bsky.social Kickstarter! Apex publishes amazing SF, dark fantasy, and horror and we need their stories now more than ever.
I'll give an Apex gift subscription and dedication to one random person who promotes this Kickstarter! 1/
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I'll give an Apex gift subscription and dedication to one random person who promotes this Kickstarter! 1/
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Apex Magazine 2026
An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.
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October 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Support the 2026 @apexmag.bsky.social Kickstarter! Apex publishes amazing SF, dark fantasy, and horror and we need their stories now more than ever.
I'll give an Apex gift subscription and dedication to one random person who promotes this Kickstarter! 1/
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
I'll give an Apex gift subscription and dedication to one random person who promotes this Kickstarter! 1/
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
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Writers - the scam predators are changing up their tactics. If you don't follow Victoria Strauss and Writer Beware, why on earth not?
New #WriterBeware blog post: An army of bots on Discord, flashier websites, impersonations: the Nigerian marketing scams are not just proliferating, but morphing. I've never seen anything like it. writerbeware.blog/2025/10/20/a...
Army of Bots: Deeper Into the Vortex of Nigerian Marketing Scams - Writer Beware
I’ve published a couple of posts now about the tidal wave of AI-driven marketing scams from Nigeria that has swept over the writing world in the past year or so. A hallmark of these scams has been how...
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October 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Writers - the scam predators are changing up their tactics. If you don't follow Victoria Strauss and Writer Beware, why on earth not?
“Seasons of Glass and Iron” is one of my most favorite stories. I can’t wait for this collection!
Absolutely thrilled to share the cover to next year's short story collection coming out from @tordotcom.bsky.social! I'm obsessed with it!
Comes out March 24, 2026, but you can pre-order it now wherever you like getting your books! Here's Macmillan's link.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Comes out March 24, 2026, but you can pre-order it now wherever you like getting your books! Here's Macmillan's link.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
October 15, 2025 at 12:14 PM
“Seasons of Glass and Iron” is one of my most favorite stories. I can’t wait for this collection!
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Thanks, as always, to amazing KGB Fantastic Fiction reading series & our awesome hosts! Loved reading beside beloved @shvetathakrar.com!
My impassioned tale of spectral vengeance, "Frau Perchta Comes for the Count", is featured in this Castle of Horror anthology:
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My impassioned tale of spectral vengeance, "Frau Perchta Comes for the Count", is featured in this Castle of Horror anthology:
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A spooky fun night was had this October 8th, with guests Leanna Renee Hieber & Shveta Thakrar. Mercurio D. Rivera subbed for Ellen. Here are Mercurio and Matt’s photos from the event.
@leannareneehieber.bsky.social @shvetathakrar.com @mercuriodrivera.bsky.social @datlow.bsky.social
@leannareneehieber.bsky.social @shvetathakrar.com @mercuriodrivera.bsky.social @datlow.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Thanks, as always, to amazing KGB Fantastic Fiction reading series & our awesome hosts! Loved reading beside beloved @shvetathakrar.com!
My impassioned tale of spectral vengeance, "Frau Perchta Comes for the Count", is featured in this Castle of Horror anthology:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
My impassioned tale of spectral vengeance, "Frau Perchta Comes for the Count", is featured in this Castle of Horror anthology:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
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Scam alert: there's an IngramSpark impersonator at ingramsparkbookpublishers dot com. Part of a wave of publishing/ghostwriting scams from Pakistan that hijack authors looking to self-publish--they often "borrow" well-known publisher names but this one also "borrows" the real IngramSpark's logo
October 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Scam alert: there's an IngramSpark impersonator at ingramsparkbookpublishers dot com. Part of a wave of publishing/ghostwriting scams from Pakistan that hijack authors looking to self-publish--they often "borrow" well-known publisher names but this one also "borrows" the real IngramSpark's logo
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Hey guess what? My 2023 novelette "Here Instead Of There" is available at @escapepod.org in two parts!
It's about ethics, meteorology, crony capitalism, and some courageous dirtbags.
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escapepod.org/2025/10/09/e...
It's about ethics, meteorology, crony capitalism, and some courageous dirtbags.
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Escape Pod 1013: Here Instead of There (Part 1 of 2)
Waking up sick in a punk house shouldn’t be a surprise to anybody so I don’t know why it always came as a surprise to me. My head throbbed so bad I couldn’t tell the difference between the hangover…
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October 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Hey guess what? My 2023 novelette "Here Instead Of There" is available at @escapepod.org in two parts!
It's about ethics, meteorology, crony capitalism, and some courageous dirtbags.
escapepod.org/2025/10/02/e...
escapepod.org/2025/10/09/e...
It's about ethics, meteorology, crony capitalism, and some courageous dirtbags.
escapepod.org/2025/10/02/e...
escapepod.org/2025/10/09/e...