How Science Feels
Every once in a while someone mistakes THE OUTSIDE for hard science fiction. This isn't malicious and it isn't even detrimental to me; it just means the book...
How Science Feels
Every once in a while someone mistakes THE OUTSIDE for hard science fiction. This isn't malicious and it isn't even detrimental to me; it just means the book...
Friday Chatter: Stories That Soothe
This week I wrote about how pretending to be a fictional character helped me get through something emotionally difficult. Tell me about a work of fiction...
Friday Chatter: Stories That Soothe
This week I wrote about how pretending to be a fictional character helped me get through something emotionally difficult. Tell me about a work of fiction...
Love and Fiction, part 2: Staying In Character
In my previous post on love and fiction, I talked about the role fiction and fantasy play in my relationships. Here's one anecdote I want to share about what...
Love and Fiction, part 2: Staying In Character
In my previous post on love and fiction, I talked about the role fiction and fantasy play in my relationships. Here's one anecdote I want to share about what...
What Do I Owe To My House?
I've been trying for a while to write a follow-up to my post on animism. I want to talk about my house. I want to talk about the feelings I sense my house...
What Do I Owe To My House?
I've been trying for a while to write a follow-up to my post on animism. I want to talk about my house. I want to talk about the feelings I sense my house...
The Angry Jellyfish
If you've listened to autistic people for any length of time then you already know about meltdowns. You've heard the spiel about how they aren't the same as...
The Angry Jellyfish
If you've listened to autistic people for any length of time then you already know about meltdowns. You've heard the spiel about how they aren't the same as...
Friday Chatter: Finding The Sweet Spot
On Tuesday I talked about how it’s hard for disabled people to know exactly how hard we can push ourselves, especially in times like these. What are some of...
Friday Chatter: Finding The Sweet Spot
On Tuesday I talked about how it’s hard for disabled people to know exactly how hard we can push ourselves, especially in times like these. What are some of...
The Sweet Spot
I often find myself thinking about this essay by Emily Morson in the Disability Studies Review. You should read the whole thing if you haven't before, but...
The Sweet Spot
I often find myself thinking about this essay by Emily Morson in the Disability Studies Review. You should read the whole thing if you haven't before, but...
Friday Chatter: Seeing In The Dark
It seems like “Dark Art as an Access Need” struck a chord with a few people. So now I’m curious. What kinds of things do you need in the art you see or watch...
Friday Chatter: Seeing In The Dark
It seems like “Dark Art as an Access Need” struck a chord with a few people. So now I’m curious. What kinds of things do you need in the art you see or watch...
Dark Art as an Access Need
When I was a much-younger, more-naive little Ada, I used to worry that I would hurt people by being queer. Not because being queer is inherently, directly...
Dark Art as an Access Need
When I was a much-younger, more-naive little Ada, I used to worry that I would hurt people by being queer. Not because being queer is inherently, directly...
The Birth of Nemesis
This week I want to share with you - just you, my subscribers! - a tiny little excerpt from the draft of Book 3 in the Outside series. Book 3 has a lot of...
The Birth of Nemesis
This week I want to share with you - just you, my subscribers! - a tiny little excerpt from the draft of Book 3 in the Outside series. Book 3 has a lot of...
Friday Chatter: Minor Characters
This week we talked about how I wrangled a group of minor characters when writing THE FALLEN. What do you feel makes a minor character successful or...
Friday Chatter: Minor Characters
This week we talked about how I wrangled a group of minor characters when writing THE FALLEN. What do you feel makes a minor character successful or...
Writing The Seven
When work on THE FALLEN began, I had several problems, but one of them was that I needed to introduce seven new characters all at once. I'd mentioned in THE...
Writing The Seven
When work on THE FALLEN began, I had several problems, but one of them was that I needed to introduce seven new characters all at once. I'd mentioned in THE...
Animism
I've been struggling for a while now to find a way to talk about autism and animism - the belief that natural objects, and other things that aren't people or...
Animism
I've been struggling for a while now to find a way to talk about autism and animism - the belief that natural objects, and other things that aren't people or...
Friday Chatter: Heroes and Villains
This week we talked about the challenges of making a character “good,” so I might as well open up the floor. Where do your favorite characters fall on the...
Friday Chatter: Heroes and Villains
This week we talked about the challenges of making a character “good,” so I might as well open up the floor. Where do your favorite characters fall on the...
Goodness Is Something That Blazes
I prefer villains - I really do. When I write good people, it's so easy to get frozen up before I write anything. It's easy to feel the pressure that a good...
Goodness Is Something That Blazes
I prefer villains - I really do. When I write good people, it's so easy to get frozen up before I write anything. It's easy to feel the pressure that a good...
*dramatically falls over*
Well, it has been QUITE a full week of book promo over here! My head has been full of it, really. If you are interested in THE FALLEN then there has been...
*dramatically falls over*
Well, it has been QUITE a full week of book promo over here! My head has been full of it, really. If you are interested in THE FALLEN then there has been...
HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY to THE FALLEN!!!
It’s finally launch day! THE FALLEN is out in stores NOW. “Fast-paced adventure and intricate double-crosses sweep through Hoffmann’s magnificent sequel to...
HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY to THE FALLEN!!!
It’s finally launch day! THE FALLEN is out in stores NOW. “Fast-paced adventure and intricate double-crosses sweep through Hoffmann’s magnificent sequel to...
THE FALLEN: Official Playlist
I always make a playlist for every book, music with lyrics (mostly) that make me think about the book and its characters. Sometimes the connections are very...
THE FALLEN: Official Playlist
I always make a playlist for every book, music with lyrics (mostly) that make me think about the book and its characters. Sometimes the connections are very...
FOUR DAYS until THE FALLEN!
In lieu of a normal discussion thread today, I’m going to alert you to some events that are happening REAL SOON NOW - one of them TODAY! - that I hadn’t...
FOUR DAYS until THE FALLEN!
In lieu of a normal discussion thread today, I’m going to alert you to some events that are happening REAL SOON NOW - one of them TODAY! - that I hadn’t...
ONE WEEK until THE FALLEN!
It's a week until THE FALLEN comes out, and I've got to admit I'm itching a little on the inside at the idea of writing this post - I have like six different...
ONE WEEK until THE FALLEN!
It's a week until THE FALLEN comes out, and I've got to admit I'm itching a little on the inside at the idea of writing this post - I have like six different...
Friday Chatter: Positive Change
For the last couple of weeks I’ve been using this Substack to vent a little about the publishing industry, and unpleasant things that are done there in the...
Friday Chatter: Positive Change
For the last couple of weeks I’ve been using this Substack to vent a little about the publishing industry, and unpleasant things that are done there in the...
I'm Tired Of Calling Out Problematic Things.
When I started writing for publication, back in 2010 or so, the idea that we should call out problematic things in fiction was still new. I believed in this...
I'm Tired Of Calling Out Problematic Things.
When I started writing for publication, back in 2010 or so, the idea that we should call out problematic things in fiction was still new. I believed in this...
The Problems #ownvoices Doesn't Solve
(This essay is an expanded version of this Twitter thread.) I'm still chewing over the talk Book Twitter had this month about #ownvoices. A major review...
The Problems #ownvoices Doesn't Solve
(This essay is an expanded version of this Twitter thread.) I'm still chewing over the talk Book Twitter had this month about #ownvoices. A major review...
Writing An Autistic Society
(This post is an expanded version of this Twitter thread from 2018.) Autistic people often joke that we're from another planet. When we find other autistic...
Writing An Autistic Society
(This post is an expanded version of this Twitter thread from 2018.) Autistic people often joke that we're from another planet. When we find other autistic...
Friday Chatter: Fiction
This week’s post was about a particular role fiction plays in my life and I don’t expect everyone, or even every autistic person with fiction special...
Friday Chatter: Fiction
This week’s post was about a particular role fiction plays in my life and I don’t expect everyone, or even every autistic person with fiction special...