I’m doing the final proofs of a novella and editor changed my “timeout” to “time-out” and my “wind-up” to “windup” and I’m never going to be a real writer

I am banging the drum for Dragonstairs Press's newest chapbook: Basil, Pepper, Salt, and Garlic Greens. Which goes on sale Saturday. Today, I present its opening paragraphs. If you read them, you'll know whether and how much you want to own a copy. floggingbabel.blogspot.com/2026/05/comi...

In case you missed it: I've got a new story up on Beneath Ceaseless Skies this month! "Slayer of Dreams" is free to read online, so check it out (and consider chucking BCS some Patreon bucks, if you can - it's a great publication that publishes some of the best secondary world fantasy out there!).

Signed copies through New York’s iconic Strand Bookstore, shipped to where you are. Until June 26, when I’ll be there in person with @victormanibo.com! www.strandbooks.com/foundling-fa...

"Readers who insist that good art must be devoid of politics will not find a home here. If, however, you’re interested in fiction that takes risks, pushes boundaries, and is unafraid to be furious about the state of society, then this book is for you." 😍 lareviewofbooks.org/article/rabb...

The sale is still on despite technical difficulties - code MEMORIAL20 is up and running!

ENDS TODAY! It's a sitewide book #sale! Get 20% off when you use code Memorial20 when you buy direct from our homepage all holiday weekend! buff.ly/wWjEH72

My next book is *The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI*. Pre-order, including a DRM-free audiobook or ebook, at my Kickstarter, and help me continue to prove that DRM-free isn't just the *right* way to reach audiences, it's also the *best* way: www.kickstarter.com/projects/doc... eof/

Hi Kat! My book Audition For The Fox is a novella about trickster gods and time travel, fighting fascism through being a little scamp and building community, and how sometimes you’re not a fuck up, you just haven’t met the right Fox god you vibe with and who throws you back in time.

ENDS TODAY! It's a sitewide book #sale! Get 20% off when you use code Memorial20 when you buy direct from our homepage all holiday weekend! buff.ly/wWjEH72

It's a sitewide book #sale! Get 20% off when you use code Memorial20 when you buy direct from our homepage all holiday weekend! buff.ly/wWjEH72

It's a sitewide book #sale! Get 20% off when you use code Memorial20 when you buy direct from our homepage all holiday weekend! buff.ly/wWjEH72

It's a sitewide book #sale! Get 20% off when you use code Memorial20 when you buy direct from our homepage all holiday weekend! buff.ly/wWjEH72

It's a sitewide book #sale! Get 20% off when you use code Memorial20 when you buy direct from our homepage all holiday weekend! buff.ly/wWjEH72

Started reading Samantha Mills' "Rabbit Test And Other Stories." amzn.to/4sU6e4N 📖🐇 The boat-related time travel story "Strange Waters" was excellent. #books #reading #SpeculativeFiction #ScienceFiction #SciFi #Fantasy #ShortStory #ShortStories @samtasticbooks.com @tachyonpub.bsky.social #BookSky

I'll be in conversation with @edenrobins.bsky.social, and if you haven't read her book yet it's written all in obituaries and was a finalist for the LeGuin. I cannot wait for this!

June 24 6pm Join MASS MoCA’s Research & Development Store and the #NorthAdams Public Library for a reading, conversation, and book-signing with @megelison.bsky.social on her latest book, FOUNDLING FATHERS buff.ly/gYboVhC #event #MA @arleysorg.bsky.social @ktliterary.bsky.social

BookMail I so love Kasey over @tachyonpub.bsky.social for gifting me the best books. Daryl Gregory is amazing this one is out 10/27/26 (no books were harmed in this pic 😆) #booksky

I reviewed Ignore All Previous Instructions by Ada Hoffman, pubbed yesterday from @tachyonpub.bsky.social. Three cheers for queer and neurodivergent representation! And also spaceships.

TOMORROW 10am-5pm join the acclaimed author of THE UNKILLABLE FRANK LIGHTNING @joshrountree.bsky.social at #GABFest #AustinPublicLibrary #austin buff.ly/ShseESL

"If you come for the romance and the heist, you’ll get them. But this book is urgent for another reason entirely. And I can’t recommend it enough." What an amazing review from Vincent Halles at Phrasemaker. This reviewer GETS IT. Thank you!! thephrasemaker.com/2026/05/08/r... #IgnoreThisBook

#SummerReading Season continues! We've rounded up 17 of the week's best new #books, including the latest by @veronicarothbooks.com, @isaacfitzgerald.bsky.social, @nickgreene.bsky.social, @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social, @reasie.bsky.social, @joannastern.bsky.social, and others not on BlueSky! #BookSky

Great shout-out to IGNORE by @jordankurella.com on Nerds of a Feather: "This book is an incredible rocket-ride of spacefaring adventure and romance with the kind of drama that I don’t usually see in science fiction..." www.nerds-feather.com/2026/05/6-bo... #IgnoreThisBook

Happy release day to @shannonchakraborty.bsky.social and @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social, two wonderful fun hopeful poignant important thought-provoking pirate books out today!!!

I knew there was one more launch day announcement I was forgetting to make and of course it's THE BIG IDEA! You can read me here on John & Athena Scalzi's blog talking about the ideas behind IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS: whatever.scalzi.com/2026/05/12/t... #IgnoreThisBook

Also I am on Autostraddle's list of Top Anticipated LGBTQ Books for May 2026. Autostraddle!! Somehow this feels like breaching containment and reaching the mainstream. Granted, this is the queer mainstream but that only makes it cooler www.autostraddle.com/our-most-ant...

IGNORE is on BookBub's list of May's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy (and even in the title graphic, look at that!) www.bookbub.com/blog/new-sff...

Congratulations Ada!

We are proud of @pematson.bsky.social 's review. Do YOU read @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social ? @pematson.bsky.social does! And so should you

This book is pretty awesome. You should buy it and/or go to one of these events!

Agreed!

IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS, a chilling title that blooms as you read its story, latest by ADA HOFFMANN via @tachyonpub.bsky.social is out now: #Booksky expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2026/05/igno...

Tour dates!

IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS, a chilling title that blooms as you read its story, latest by ADA HOFFMANN via @tachyonpub.bsky.social is out now: #Booksky expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2026/05/igno...

TONIGHT!

Upcoming: THE PORCELAIN SISTERS by @darylwriterguy.bsky.social... civilianreader.com/2026/05/12/u... Big fan of the author's work. Looking forward to reading this. Due out in October, pub'd by @tachyonpub.bsky.social.

Celebrate the #booklaunch of Ada Hoffman's IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS! TODAY 6PM @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social #Toronto buff.ly/0bGaj19 There will be a reading, Q&A, and Ada will sign copies of their books! Can't make it? Order your signed and personalized copy online

It's a #BOOKBIRTHDAY IGNORE ALL INSTRUCTIONS by @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social is now available wherever books are sold #giveaway #thestorygraph buff.ly/tWj1nkj MOST EVERYWHERE #goodreads ENDS TODAY buff.ly/QpydExD US ONLY @hannahnpbowman.com

Meg Elison on tour in support of Foundling Fathers. “Relentlessly, brutally, scathingly, funny. I’d expect nothing less from the one and only Meg Elison.” —Sarah Gailey, author of Spread Me @megelison.bsky.social @arleysorg.bsky.social

IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS, a chilling title that blooms as you read its story, latest by ADA HOFFMANN via @tachyonpub.bsky.social is out tomorrow: #Booksky expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2026/05/igno...

Hurtling through the Hyperspace today is none other than @samtasticbooks.com, talking about her fiction and her recently published collection Rabbit Test and Other Stories by @tachyonpub.bsky.social. renanbernardo.substack.com/p/into-the-h...

If you need some thought-provoking, gripping, good-for-your-soul science fiction, this might very well be a book for you.

This is TOMORROW! Come by tomorrow evening and join us in celebrating the launch of IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS by @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social!

Through June 26 via #TheStrand, #preorder a #signed copy of @megelison.bsky.social's FOUNDLING FATHERS buff.ly/Oytgufz "Hilarious, curious, and furious, it gives this country’s toxic nostalgia the wedgie it deserves.” @wiswell.bsky.social @arleysorg.bsky.social #NYC #satire #foundingfathers

#giveaway Two ways to win IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS by @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social #thestorygraph buff.ly/tWj1nkj MOST EVERYWHERE #goodreads ENDS TOMORROW buff.ly/QpydExD US ONLY “Intimate, hopeful, and completely charming.” @kellyrobson.com @hannahnpbowman.com

#giveaway Two ways to win IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS by @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social #thestorygraph buff.ly/tWj1nkj MOST EVERYWHERE #goodreads buff.ly/QpydExD US ONLY "[T]his is science fiction with heart, soul, and brains.” @mariahaskins.com @hannahnpbowman.com

Celebrate the #booklaunch of Ada Hoffman's IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS! Tuesday May 12 6PM @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social #Toronto buff.ly/0bGaj19 There will be a reading, Q&A, and Ada will sign copies of their books! Can't make it? Order your signed and personalized copy online

#giveaway Two ways to win IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS by @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social #thestorygraph buff.ly/tWj1nkj MOST EVERYWHERE #goodreads buff.ly/QpydExD US ONLY "A triumph of queer love and expression. A total adventure of a read." @jordankurella.com @hannahnpbowman.com

Come by and let’s hang!

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