ANNOUNCING: THE INFINITE Advent calendar!
Everything Is True
Ada Hoffmann's author newsletter
Two months to go until THE INFINITE's launch, and I'm so excited to share the conclusion of this trilogy with all of you! And since the book comes out in January, I've decided to do something fun to help build hype - an ADVENT CALENDAR.
Every Tuesday from now until the launch, I'll share a little treat here on Substack related to THE INFINITE - something fun to read, play, or listen to. These treats will be free for everybody and they'll keep going until the book itself is out and on your shelves!
Here's the schedule:
Week One (Dec 6): Character reintroductions. In THE FALLEN, there were a lot of new faces, and there'd been six months that passed since the end of the first book, so I did a whole bunch of Twitter threads talking about each of the characters. In THE INFINITE, there are fewer new people - it starts the very next morning after the end of THE FALLEN. But for you it's probably been a little while since you read that book! So I'll bring out each of these people and give a (non-spoilery for THE INFINITE, but definitely spoilery for THE FALLEN) quick update on where each of them are now.
Week Two (Dec 13): A quiz: which hero from the OUTSIDE series are you? People loved the uquiz I made with THE FALLEN that tells you which AI God you'll end up with when you die. (Mine has changed a few times over the years, but as of press time it’s Techne.) So with this book I'm giving you not one but two new ones! First, which of our fractious team of heroes most resembles you?
Week Three (Dec 20): Content warnings. Not as much fun as a uquiz but I know how much it means to some readers to have these in advance. I'll be posting them on my website the same way I did for THE OUTSIDE and THE FALLEN, with both a simple list version and a more detailed / possibly spoilery version.
Week Four (Dec 27 25): A cute, silly, not-necessarily-canon bit of holiday flash fic. Think of it as autofanfiction. (There will be spoilers in it for THE FALLEN, but not for THE INFINITE.) This one, I'll be releasing two days early, so that you get it in your inboxes bright and early Christmas morning. If you don't celebrate Christmas, then: happy flash fic two days early day! :D
Week Five (Jan 3): The second of the two uquizzes: which villain from the OUTSIDE series are you? Everyone loves a villain, or at least I do :D
Week Six (Jan 10): I'll share my updated Pinterest board for the OUTSIDE series, with bonus pictures and sections specifically for THE INFINITE. Mild spoilers may abound!
Week Seven (Jan 17): I'll share my personal Spotify playlist for THE INFINITE, which tells the story of Yasira & company's battle against the gods by means of a bunch of fun, pulse-pounding, mainly female-fronted metal. (A lot of my previous book playlists have bounced all over the place in terms of genre, but this one turned out very cohesive, a more or less unbroken line of songs to just throw up your horns to.) If you don't have Spotify, there will be a version of it on YouTube as well. I'll also share thoughts on what each song means for me and why it reminds me of the events of the book.
Week Eight (Jan 24): LAUNCH DAY!!!!!!!!
Week Nine (Jan 31): One more piece of autofanfiction, purely as a thank-you to everyone for being here with me through the launch week.
In addition to these little Advent treats, each free post will contain a roundup of links to other promo activities I've done. I'm expecting there to be a blog tour, some podcast and virtual panel appearances and a few other exciting, not-quite-yet-announceable things. These will start small but increase in number as we ramp up closer to the launch day. I'm planning both a virtual and an in-person launch; details of the in-person launch are still being worked out, but the virtual launch will be hosted by Angry Robot and will guest star Ever Dundas, author of HELLSANS. I think we'll have a lot of queer, disabled, dystopian things to talk about!
This is a lot of free posts I have planned, but if you are a paid subscriber, don't fret! You'll still get your weekly Friday Chatter threads and your 2-3 exclusive paid posts each month. During the Advent Calendar season, these paid posts will appear later in the week, usually Thursdays. They may or may not have bonus content related to THE INFINITE - as always, the paid posts will have to do with whatever's foremost in my mind. Plus, being a paid subscriber gives you the ability to comment on any post, ask for more of what you love, and share the hype.
I'm also planning a few extra free posts that aren't about THE INFINITE. For instance, in late December / early January I plan to post the traditional retrospective of my favorite short stories / poems of the year. And if I manage to finish reading any autistic books (although reading time has been a bit scarce lately!) I may post a bonus Autistic Book Party episode as well. These posts, too, will go up later in the week.
It's going to be a very busy couple of months here at Everything Is True and I'm so glad to have you with me!
Meanwhile:
I posted the wrong date for my appearance on the SFF Addicts Podcast, talking about Robots & AI with Daniel H. Wilson, Emma Mieko Candon, and I.S. Lee - I posted the recording date instead of the release date because I forgot that it wasn’t a live event. The actual release date is TODAY, so if you want to hear me gush about AI with some very smart people, click the link and tune in!