AJ Van Belle/Alexandra Vivelo
@ajvanbelle.bsky.social
Writer and scientist who cuddles dogs, builds worlds. Rep: Lauren Bieker. www.ajvanbelle.com. Rhysling & Best of the Net nominee.
Junior literary agent at The Booker Albert Agency.
Nonbinary/transmasc 🏳️⚧️
Junior literary agent at The Booker Albert Agency.
Nonbinary/transmasc 🏳️⚧️
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I am beyond thrilled to announce that Bloomsbury has acquired my YA nonfiction book A DOZEN DYSTOPIAS AND HOW TO DODGE THEM, about the real science behind fictional dystopian scenarios. This is an absolute dream project.
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Consider checking out this awesome starter pack by @ewdocparris.com for sci-fi creators and fans!
Your random reminder that I’ve got a starter pack for #ScienceFiction creators, reviewers, and fans. If you make #SciFi, if you’re a reviewer devoted to sci-fi, or if you’re an uber sci-fi fan and you want to be in on the fun, leave me a comment.
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#BookSky 📚🪐
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#WritingCommunity
#BookSky 📚🪐
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November 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Consider checking out this awesome starter pack by @ewdocparris.com for sci-fi creators and fans!
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ICYMI, our general submission window is open this entire month!
We want stories and poetry with a strong voice and a sense of adventure, stuff that makes us feel things, stuff that lets us use our hearts and our brains and leaves us wanting more!
Guidelines & schedule:
www.havenspec.com/submit/
We want stories and poetry with a strong voice and a sense of adventure, stuff that makes us feel things, stuff that lets us use our hearts and our brains and leaves us wanting more!
Guidelines & schedule:
www.havenspec.com/submit/
November 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
ICYMI, our general submission window is open this entire month!
We want stories and poetry with a strong voice and a sense of adventure, stuff that makes us feel things, stuff that lets us use our hearts and our brains and leaves us wanting more!
Guidelines & schedule:
www.havenspec.com/submit/
We want stories and poetry with a strong voice and a sense of adventure, stuff that makes us feel things, stuff that lets us use our hearts and our brains and leaves us wanting more!
Guidelines & schedule:
www.havenspec.com/submit/
I am knitting a very small scarf for our Halloween spider so he can be warm enough while he stays on the porch until Christmas, and I will not be taking questions.
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I am knitting a very small scarf for our Halloween spider so he can be warm enough while he stays on the porch until Christmas, and I will not be taking questions.
I am beyond thrilled to announce that Bloomsbury has acquired my YA nonfiction book A DOZEN DYSTOPIAS AND HOW TO DODGE THEM, about the real science behind fictional dystopian scenarios. This is an absolute dream project.
Sign up for my newsletter for updates! ⬇️
Sign up for my newsletter for updates! ⬇️
November 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I am beyond thrilled to announce that Bloomsbury has acquired my YA nonfiction book A DOZEN DYSTOPIAS AND HOW TO DODGE THEM, about the real science behind fictional dystopian scenarios. This is an absolute dream project.
Sign up for my newsletter for updates! ⬇️
Sign up for my newsletter for updates! ⬇️
There has never been a tougher time OR a more exciting and possibility-filled time to be an author.
November 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
There has never been a tougher time OR a more exciting and possibility-filled time to be an author.
Normalize checking bios/usernames and respecting gender identities. I am trans & use they/them or he/him. I.e., my gender identity is NOT what was assigned at birth.
I've always known I'm trans, but it wasn't until 2019 that I had words for it and stopped using she/her pronouns.
I've always known I'm trans, but it wasn't until 2019 that I had words for it and stopped using she/her pronouns.
November 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Normalize checking bios/usernames and respecting gender identities. I am trans & use they/them or he/him. I.e., my gender identity is NOT what was assigned at birth.
I've always known I'm trans, but it wasn't until 2019 that I had words for it and stopped using she/her pronouns.
I've always known I'm trans, but it wasn't until 2019 that I had words for it and stopped using she/her pronouns.
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The sub call for Indigenous writers is now open! strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
Indigenous Author Submissions
On November 3rd, we will be opening for speculative fiction stories written by Indigenous authors. We will be capping submissions at 500.
strangehorizons.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The sub call for Indigenous writers is now open! strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
My couch is unequivocally the Coziest Place™️ to be
November 3, 2025 at 5:12 AM
My couch is unequivocally the Coziest Place™️ to be
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We're not going to be able to offer out our annual LGBTQIA+ Writer's Grant this year as it stands, but we hope to offer it out again in 2026.
We will be opening up free short story editing for LGBTQIA+ writers again after Xmas though, details here:
sliceduppress.com/editing-serv...
We will be opening up free short story editing for LGBTQIA+ writers again after Xmas though, details here:
sliceduppress.com/editing-serv...
sliceduppress.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
We're not going to be able to offer out our annual LGBTQIA+ Writer's Grant this year as it stands, but we hope to offer it out again in 2026.
We will be opening up free short story editing for LGBTQIA+ writers again after Xmas though, details here:
sliceduppress.com/editing-serv...
We will be opening up free short story editing for LGBTQIA+ writers again after Xmas though, details here:
sliceduppress.com/editing-serv...
Benefits of writing short stories if you consider yourself primarily a novelist? It forces you to be very intentional about creating a story arc and building a world…because you have to do it in under ~5K words
November 2, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Benefits of writing short stories if you consider yourself primarily a novelist? It forces you to be very intentional about creating a story arc and building a world…because you have to do it in under ~5K words
My to-do list has been hijacked by ✨vague agent things✨ both yesterday and today, in the best possible way!
October 31, 2025 at 7:14 PM
My to-do list has been hijacked by ✨vague agent things✨ both yesterday and today, in the best possible way!
Anybody want to join my low-stress, high-encouragement discord for writing companionships? A few of us are planning to do independent writing projects in November now that NaNo is no more. It's a set your own goals, go at your own pace type of thing. Comment or DM if interested!
October 31, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Anybody want to join my low-stress, high-encouragement discord for writing companionships? A few of us are planning to do independent writing projects in November now that NaNo is no more. It's a set your own goals, go at your own pace type of thing. Comment or DM if interested!
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Issue 8.2 features...
✒️ “The Thunder Boy” by Cathy Smith
✒️ “What’s Mine” by Lulu Kadhim
✒️ “Of Seagrass Fins and Slippery Fingers” by @ajvanbelle.bsky.social
✒️ “For Godzilla” by @quratdar.bsky.social
augursociety.org/augur-issue-...
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✒️ “The Thunder Boy” by Cathy Smith
✒️ “What’s Mine” by Lulu Kadhim
✒️ “Of Seagrass Fins and Slippery Fingers” by @ajvanbelle.bsky.social
✒️ “For Godzilla” by @quratdar.bsky.social
augursociety.org/augur-issue-...
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Augur Issue 8.2 Augur Magazine Issue 8.2 - Augur Literary Society
Augur Magazine Issue 8.2 asks you to exist in the in-between, in the cycles where yes, all things grow and die–but all things also live, vibrantly, exquisitely, and unapologetically–in revolutions whe...
augursociety.org
October 30, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Issue 8.2 features...
✒️ “The Thunder Boy” by Cathy Smith
✒️ “What’s Mine” by Lulu Kadhim
✒️ “Of Seagrass Fins and Slippery Fingers” by @ajvanbelle.bsky.social
✒️ “For Godzilla” by @quratdar.bsky.social
augursociety.org/augur-issue-...
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✒️ “The Thunder Boy” by Cathy Smith
✒️ “What’s Mine” by Lulu Kadhim
✒️ “Of Seagrass Fins and Slippery Fingers” by @ajvanbelle.bsky.social
✒️ “For Godzilla” by @quratdar.bsky.social
augursociety.org/augur-issue-...
🧵
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I'd like to point out that many of us are just trying to hang on to our sanity in these insane times.
Often, for example, I won't talk about [current thing] because I simply do not have the reserves. It doesn't mean I don't care.
It means I need frivolous stuff like gremlins trivia to -->
Often, for example, I won't talk about [current thing] because I simply do not have the reserves. It doesn't mean I don't care.
It means I need frivolous stuff like gremlins trivia to -->
October 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I'd like to point out that many of us are just trying to hang on to our sanity in these insane times.
Often, for example, I won't talk about [current thing] because I simply do not have the reserves. It doesn't mean I don't care.
It means I need frivolous stuff like gremlins trivia to -->
Often, for example, I won't talk about [current thing] because I simply do not have the reserves. It doesn't mean I don't care.
It means I need frivolous stuff like gremlins trivia to -->
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This is my second year coming back as a WriteHive mentor, and I’m so excited!
If you’re looking for help in whipping your manuscript into shape, definitely check out the mentors’ manuscript wishlists!
If you’re looking for help in whipping your manuscript into shape, definitely check out the mentors’ manuscript wishlists!
📢ANNOUNCING the Mentors for the upcoming #HiveMentor program! We have 20 talented mentors from Traditional Publishing, Small/Independent Press, Self-publishing, Cooperative Publishing, Multi-Author Series, Serials & Web Novels and Kickstarter!
Take a look 🐝 writehive.org/writehive-me...
Take a look 🐝 writehive.org/writehive-me...
2026 Mentors | WriteHive Mentorship Program - WriteHive
We have organized our mentors alphabetically to help users navigate the page. If you need to do a quick search of a mentor’s industry
writehive.org
October 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
This is my second year coming back as a WriteHive mentor, and I’m so excited!
If you’re looking for help in whipping your manuscript into shape, definitely check out the mentors’ manuscript wishlists!
If you’re looking for help in whipping your manuscript into shape, definitely check out the mentors’ manuscript wishlists!
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✨Announcement✨
Absolutely thrilled to announce that I've been chosen as a WriteHive mentor this year!
I could not be more excited to read all of your pitches and be a part of this fantastic organization.
Swipe to see my wishlist and important dates!
@writehive.bsky.social
#HiveMentor
#WriteHive
Absolutely thrilled to announce that I've been chosen as a WriteHive mentor this year!
I could not be more excited to read all of your pitches and be a part of this fantastic organization.
Swipe to see my wishlist and important dates!
@writehive.bsky.social
#HiveMentor
#WriteHive
October 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
✨Announcement✨
Absolutely thrilled to announce that I've been chosen as a WriteHive mentor this year!
I could not be more excited to read all of your pitches and be a part of this fantastic organization.
Swipe to see my wishlist and important dates!
@writehive.bsky.social
#HiveMentor
#WriteHive
Absolutely thrilled to announce that I've been chosen as a WriteHive mentor this year!
I could not be more excited to read all of your pitches and be a part of this fantastic organization.
Swipe to see my wishlist and important dates!
@writehive.bsky.social
#HiveMentor
#WriteHive
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Aaaaaaah! I’m mentoring for @writehive.bsky.social’s mentorship program this coming year! Check out my MSWL, bio, and all that jazz at the link in the repost. And note all the important stuff coming up!
#hivementor
#hivementor
October 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Aaaaaaah! I’m mentoring for @writehive.bsky.social’s mentorship program this coming year! Check out my MSWL, bio, and all that jazz at the link in the repost. And note all the important stuff coming up!
#hivementor
#hivementor
Excited to be a WriteHive mentor again! This is my fourth time mentoring with this program and I can't wait to read the awesome submissions again this year.
#HiveMentor
#HiveMentor
October 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Excited to be a WriteHive mentor again! This is my fourth time mentoring with this program and I can't wait to read the awesome submissions again this year.
#HiveMentor
#HiveMentor
Writers, what is most often the very first whiff of a story idea you get? A vibe? Characters? A central conflict?
I want to see something.
I want to see something.
October 26, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Writers, what is most often the very first whiff of a story idea you get? A vibe? Characters? A central conflict?
I want to see something.
I want to see something.
Escape from LA.
October 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Escape from LA.
My phone just randomly piping up with a notification that says, "Welcome to Canada!" when I haven't left Canada since January.
October 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
My phone just randomly piping up with a notification that says, "Welcome to Canada!" when I haven't left Canada since January.
Sharing writing, as well as any other form of art, is about connecting with other humans. That connection is no less real when it happens asynchronously. And focusing on the positives of that helps us keep going.
October 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Sharing writing, as well as any other form of art, is about connecting with other humans. That connection is no less real when it happens asynchronously. And focusing on the positives of that helps us keep going.
I'm taking pitches at Savvy Authors Pitchfest starting now, through 7:59 Eastern time this Friday.
October 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I'm taking pitches at Savvy Authors Pitchfest starting now, through 7:59 Eastern time this Friday.
Recently, because of [redacted but soon to be announced book project], my bedtime reading has consisted solely of dystopian novels.
My brain is steeped in fictional future war-torn lands and alien invasions. Plus dystopian current events (but the books have better plots).
My brain is steeped in fictional future war-torn lands and alien invasions. Plus dystopian current events (but the books have better plots).
October 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Recently, because of [redacted but soon to be announced book project], my bedtime reading has consisted solely of dystopian novels.
My brain is steeped in fictional future war-torn lands and alien invasions. Plus dystopian current events (but the books have better plots).
My brain is steeped in fictional future war-torn lands and alien invasions. Plus dystopian current events (but the books have better plots).
The Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction Vol. 3 is out, and my sci-fi poem "Star Stitcher" is in it!!! Being in this volume is a dream come true, and the company this poem is in? To die and land among the stars for. Edited by @ourmankoto.bsky.social
Ebook & print: shorturl.at/aL9Ad
Ebook & print: shorturl.at/aL9Ad
October 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction Vol. 3 is out, and my sci-fi poem "Star Stitcher" is in it!!! Being in this volume is a dream come true, and the company this poem is in? To die and land among the stars for. Edited by @ourmankoto.bsky.social
Ebook & print: shorturl.at/aL9Ad
Ebook & print: shorturl.at/aL9Ad