Ada Hoffmann
@ada-hoffmann.bsky.social
Spec fic writer, poet, autist. They/them. Philip K. Dick Award finalist, Rhysling & Elgin nominee, & author of the OUTSIDE series. Canadian.
More about me and my books at http://ada-hoffmann.com/
More about me and my books at http://ada-hoffmann.com/
BEEP BEEP BEEP WE HAVE A COVER
November 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
BEEP BEEP BEEP WE HAVE A COVER
One of the items I bought from the Ottawa Cat Rescue booth last week was the Considerate Cat Tarot, Volume II - and now that I've got a moment to breathe, I'm getting to know the deck.
Reply with a question and I will tell your fortune with kitties*
(*for entertainment purposes only)
Reply with a question and I will tell your fortune with kitties*
(*for entertainment purposes only)
October 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
One of the items I bought from the Ottawa Cat Rescue booth last week was the Considerate Cat Tarot, Volume II - and now that I've got a moment to breathe, I'm getting to know the deck.
Reply with a question and I will tell your fortune with kitties*
(*for entertainment purposes only)
Reply with a question and I will tell your fortune with kitties*
(*for entertainment purposes only)
Might have gone a little overboard in the Can*Con vendors room this year...
October 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Might have gone a little overboard in the Can*Con vendors room this year...
And a few from closer to where I normally live.
October 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
And a few from closer to where I normally live.
Here are a few from Barcelona!
October 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Here are a few from Barcelona!
One thing I am determined to do before IGNORE comes out is get used to making those cute promo graphics in Canva that everyone's making now. This is my first attempt 😅
Also hi! In just 10 days you can meet me at @canconsffh.bsky.social !
Also hi! In just 10 days you can meet me at @canconsffh.bsky.social !
October 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
One thing I am determined to do before IGNORE comes out is get used to making those cute promo graphics in Canva that everyone's making now. This is my first attempt 😅
Also hi! In just 10 days you can meet me at @canconsffh.bsky.social !
Also hi! In just 10 days you can meet me at @canconsffh.bsky.social !
Take the fictional characters test and post the first four you recognize: openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...
(NOTE: it will also make you fill out a different survey before you get the full results)
"An awkward nerd, but with 75% chance of something spooky going on" is... accurate
(NOTE: it will also make you fill out a different survey before you get the full results)
"An awkward nerd, but with 75% chance of something spooky going on" is... accurate
May 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Take the fictional characters test and post the first four you recognize: openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...
(NOTE: it will also make you fill out a different survey before you get the full results)
"An awkward nerd, but with 75% chance of something spooky going on" is... accurate
(NOTE: it will also make you fill out a different survey before you get the full results)
"An awkward nerd, but with 75% chance of something spooky going on" is... accurate
Speaking as a Canadian: oh my god, *what?*
(Our ballots look like this:)
(Our ballots look like this:)
May 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Speaking as a Canadian: oh my god, *what?*
(Our ballots look like this:)
(Our ballots look like this:)
Cannot believe I sat through the entire first 6 hours of Trans Day of Visibility before I remembered that I am, in fact, also trans and could celebrate by making myself visible at this time.
Here is a pic from June!
Here is a pic from June!
March 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Cannot believe I sat through the entire first 6 hours of Trans Day of Visibility before I remembered that I am, in fact, also trans and could celebrate by making myself visible at this time.
Here is a pic from June!
Here is a pic from June!
When drafting is hard, we do Mad Libs.
![Screenshot of a paragraph from the zero draft of some story or other, with a lot of placeholder brackets where words are supposed to go. The full text of the paragraph reads:
“[mc],” [guy] says, extending his hand, “meet Dr. [li] and Dr. [extra]. [li first name] just won this year’s [a fancy chairship] and [name] works with her in [some capacity]. [both first names], meet [mc now with bonus last name!], one of my best and most reliable [polite word for assassin.]”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3qkufsa7fwo36jmjzh4cyges/bafkreiagmbqk6wcdx2oia4wixjxbzvaj4xu6zxte3kxmngb5fa6zs2oeb4@jpeg)
March 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
When drafting is hard, we do Mad Libs.
I don't really have any pics with enough different people in them to demonstrate how genderfluid I am, but for the gender of this *particular* current moment, here's one:
March 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I don't really have any pics with enough different people in them to demonstrate how genderfluid I am, but for the gender of this *particular* current moment, here's one:
Wait I changed my mind it's this
December 29, 2024 at 1:25 AM
Wait I changed my mind it's this
Okay but actually
December 29, 2024 at 1:21 AM
Okay but actually
I was looking for a different gif to use in a meme and I found this screenshot I took, like 2 years ago, while I was trying to put together Chapter 2 of THE INFINITE :P
![[Ev's like "hi I'm here to fix your problem"]
[Yasira and the others have complex reactions]
[Ev hamhandedly apologizes]
[complex reactions]
[actual pran is explained]
[Eva sks Yasira to stay behind]
[Tiv leaps to Yasira's defense]
[Yasira waves her off]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3qkufsa7fwo36jmjzh4cyges/bafkreigw4pwfscsphr4zajrvcjlqjjkmiryd25feucrncsaaqhbn6mhh7q@jpeg)
December 29, 2024 at 1:15 AM
I was looking for a different gif to use in a meme and I found this screenshot I took, like 2 years ago, while I was trying to put together Chapter 2 of THE INFINITE :P
Look, this uquiz did not HAVE to drag me, but,,,
![Your Result: [insert character] needs a hug. frown emoji. you poor poor thing.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3qkufsa7fwo36jmjzh4cyges/bafkreidbhqqqu4sn6h65wmmkcrkmyqphgwhot3lzvwbhp7tcjoq44w5jqy@jpeg)
December 6, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Look, this uquiz did not HAVE to drag me, but,,,
OMG there are so many new followers lately. And I have written a lot of things that some of you might not know about! Let's play this game!
November 20, 2024 at 12:00 AM
OMG there are so many new followers lately. And I have written a lot of things that some of you might not know about! Let's play this game!
Trying hard to distract myself with happy things today so here is my Can*Con swag pile!
November 5, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Trying hard to distract myself with happy things today so here is my Can*Con swag pile!
1000 followers! This place has really livened up lately.
Here, have a cat, a book, and a sunbeam.
Here, have a cat, a book, and a sunbeam.
October 20, 2024 at 5:55 PM
1000 followers! This place has really livened up lately.
Here, have a cat, a book, and a sunbeam.
Here, have a cat, a book, and a sunbeam.
Okay, it's the weekend, let's do this meme. (Though be warned: my music taste is what most people would consider "bad," unless you happen to like both Top 40 pop and symphonic metal.)
September 28, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Okay, it's the weekend, let's do this meme. (Though be warned: my music taste is what most people would consider "bad," unless you happen to like both Top 40 pop and symphonic metal.)
Ooh, let's do the meme! 1 like = 1 answer.
September 22, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Ooh, let's do the meme! 1 like = 1 answer.
On the tenth day of RESURRECTIONS, my true love gave to me... ten cats a-leapin'!
(Leapin' optional. Ninja has been in a more cozy, sedate mood lately.)
(Leapin' optional. Ninja has been in a more cozy, sedate mood lately.)
December 28, 2023 at 4:31 PM
On the tenth day of RESURRECTIONS, my true love gave to me... ten cats a-leapin'!
(Leapin' optional. Ninja has been in a more cozy, sedate mood lately.)
(Leapin' optional. Ninja has been in a more cozy, sedate mood lately.)
