Alexis Ames
@alexisames.bsky.social
SFF writer. | #PitchWars '18. | Words in Pseudopod, Escape Pod, Radon Journal | Where to find me: https://linktr.ee/alexis.ames. | Member SFWA and Codex.
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My queer scifi book is now on 20 (!) shelves on Goodreads, which is 20 more than I was expecting. Check it out if you're looking for scifi with characters over 40, robots, and forbidden love: www.goodreads.com/book/show/24.... #WritingCommunity #SFF #lgbtq
I have a cover-shaped thing in my inbox 👀
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I have a cover-shaped thing in my inbox 👀
This weekend I finished the line edits and copy edits on my book, sent off my next book to my developmental editor, and sent the final details for the first book to the cover designer.
November 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
This weekend I finished the line edits and copy edits on my book, sent off my next book to my developmental editor, and sent the final details for the first book to the cover designer.
I know that I have a number of SFF writer friends who nominate for various awards this time of year, so to make life easy on them, here is a list of my 2025 short story publications: alexisamesbooks.com/2025/11/23/2.... #WritingCommunity #SFF
2025 Short Story Roundup
I had 10 short stories published in 2025, and a number of SFF writer friends who nominate for various awards. So, to make life easy on them (and you, dear reader!), here are my 10 publications from…
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November 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I know that I have a number of SFF writer friends who nominate for various awards this time of year, so to make life easy on them, here is a list of my 2025 short story publications: alexisamesbooks.com/2025/11/23/2.... #WritingCommunity #SFF
I'm finally on Storygraph! If anyone here uses that instead of Goodreads, you can add my book here: app.thestorygraph.com/books/a3c37e.... #WritingCommunity #SFF #LGBTQ
The Chamos Project by Alexis Ames
Twenty years after an attack perpetrated by androids takes the lives of those closest to him, Doc...
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November 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I'm finally on Storygraph! If anyone here uses that instead of Goodreads, you can add my book here: app.thestorygraph.com/books/a3c37e.... #WritingCommunity #SFF #LGBTQ
My scifi novel is now on 26 shelves on Goodreads 😱 Not a lot for most authors, I realize, but definitely 26 more than I was expecting!
November 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
My scifi novel is now on 26 shelves on Goodreads 😱 Not a lot for most authors, I realize, but definitely 26 more than I was expecting!
So we don't actually believe that jobs report about the US adding 119K jobs in September right
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
So we don't actually believe that jobs report about the US adding 119K jobs in September right
Welcome to all the other indie authors who have found me through those starter packs! I'm publishing a queer sci-fi novel in February and I'd love if you would add it on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/24.... #WritingCommunity #indieauthor #SFF
The Chamos Project
Twenty years after an attack perpetrated by androids ta…
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November 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Welcome to all the other indie authors who have found me through those starter packs! I'm publishing a queer sci-fi novel in February and I'd love if you would add it on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/24.... #WritingCommunity #indieauthor #SFF
So many new followers! I love starter packs :)
Check out my queer adult sci-fi where I make a sad man fall in love with a robot and strand them both in space. ARC sign-ups are now open! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #WritingCommunity #SFF
Check out my queer adult sci-fi where I make a sad man fall in love with a robot and strand them both in space. ARC sign-ups are now open! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #WritingCommunity #SFF
ARC Reader Sign Up - The Chamos Project
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ARC stands for "Advanced Reader Copy." Authors provide a free copy of their book before publication, in the hopes that you go on to post a review on social media, Goodreads, Am...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
So many new followers! I love starter packs :)
Check out my queer adult sci-fi where I make a sad man fall in love with a robot and strand them both in space. ARC sign-ups are now open! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #WritingCommunity #SFF
Check out my queer adult sci-fi where I make a sad man fall in love with a robot and strand them both in space. ARC sign-ups are now open! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #WritingCommunity #SFF
Which publication is going to send me my 50th acceptance? 👀
November 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Which publication is going to send me my 50th acceptance? 👀
Today is a day where I hit a bunch of nice numbers that make my brain happy (ones that end in 5 or 0): 25 adds for my book on Goodreads, 75K words written for the year, and 300 lifetime short story submissions.
November 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Today is a day where I hit a bunch of nice numbers that make my brain happy (ones that end in 5 or 0): 25 adds for my book on Goodreads, 75K words written for the year, and 300 lifetime short story submissions.
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Finished story one of five! You’re all going to get a kick out of this one. 😂
I fell behind this fall (get it?) in finishing my drafts and getting my Blood Drives shorts collection released. It’s still coming, but it’ll likely be a late-November/early-December drop instead. It will still be filled with lots of vampiric goodness throughout, so keep following me for updates! 🩸🚐
November 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Finished story one of five! You’re all going to get a kick out of this one. 😂
I'm back again to annoy my followers by talking about my queer space opera that's coming out in February! I took a pathetic guy and put him in a Situation and make him fall in love with a robot. 🤖
Check it out on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/24.... #writerslift #ShamelessSelfpromoSunday
Check it out on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/24.... #writerslift #ShamelessSelfpromoSunday
The Chamos Project
Twenty years after an attack perpetrated by androids ta…
www.goodreads.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I'm back again to annoy my followers by talking about my queer space opera that's coming out in February! I took a pathetic guy and put him in a Situation and make him fall in love with a robot. 🤖
Check it out on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/24.... #writerslift #ShamelessSelfpromoSunday
Check it out on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/24.... #writerslift #ShamelessSelfpromoSunday
Working on line/copy edits for THE CHAMOS PROJECT today, and yesterday I sent my next book off to its developmental editor. Things are rolling along! #WritingCommunity #SFF
November 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Working on line/copy edits for THE CHAMOS PROJECT today, and yesterday I sent my next book off to its developmental editor. Things are rolling along! #WritingCommunity #SFF
It's #selfpromotionsaturday and I'm here once again to plug THE CHAMOS PROJECT, my queer adult sci-fi book coming out in February!
Forbidden love, robots, and a stranded spaceship - add it on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/24... #WritingCommunity #SFF
Forbidden love, robots, and a stranded spaceship - add it on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/24... #WritingCommunity #SFF
The Chamos Project
Twenty years after an attack perpetrated by androids ta…
www.goodreads.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
It's #selfpromotionsaturday and I'm here once again to plug THE CHAMOS PROJECT, my queer adult sci-fi book coming out in February!
Forbidden love, robots, and a stranded spaceship - add it on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/24... #WritingCommunity #SFF
Forbidden love, robots, and a stranded spaceship - add it on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/24... #WritingCommunity #SFF
Anyone out there have suggestions for publications that will take general fiction? Looking for a home for a sad/hopeful non-spec story about grief, loss, and second love. #WritingCommunity
November 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Anyone out there have suggestions for publications that will take general fiction? Looking for a home for a sad/hopeful non-spec story about grief, loss, and second love. #WritingCommunity
Do I have any writer friends here who have Tumblr blogs? I revived mine (after a year of inactivity lol) and would love to connect there as well! www.tumblr.com/blog/alexisi...
#WritingCommunity #SFF
#WritingCommunity #SFF
November 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Do I have any writer friends here who have Tumblr blogs? I revived mine (after a year of inactivity lol) and would love to connect there as well! www.tumblr.com/blog/alexisi...
#WritingCommunity #SFF
#WritingCommunity #SFF
200 words down so far this morning and I finally cracked 90K on a novel I started 2 years ago. #NaNoWriMo
November 14, 2025 at 12:49 PM
200 words down so far this morning and I finally cracked 90K on a novel I started 2 years ago. #NaNoWriMo
I had ten (10!) short stories published in 2025. I've rounded them up here, and links/summaries can be found at alexisamesbooks.com/short-fiction/. 🧵 #SFF #WritingCommunity
SHORT FICTION
2018: “Iterations” – Nolos, Spring 2018 Issue, Aurora University An amnesiac time traveler’s trip to the past goes haywire. “Summer’s End” – Blackwick Writers Guild, Fall 2018 Issue A trial in th…
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November 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I had ten (10!) short stories published in 2025. I've rounded them up here, and links/summaries can be found at alexisamesbooks.com/short-fiction/. 🧵 #SFF #WritingCommunity
Nope. I have notebook after notebook full of story ideas I'll never have time to write.
Writers, do you ever fear running out of story ideas? This is one fear I don’t have #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 13, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Nope. I have notebook after notebook full of story ideas I'll never have time to write.
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On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
65 degrees in November is absolutely terrifying but no one's going to admit that because everyone thinks cold = bad and hot = good.
November 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
65 degrees in November is absolutely terrifying but no one's going to admit that because everyone thinks cold = bad and hot = good.
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I’m writing a serial!! Join Malia and her beloved Grampire on supernatural adventures in their small town…all while they try and prevent the end of the world 😬
Read Grampire for FREE at Royal Road (coming soon) and my newsletter! And if you can’t wait, it’s up on my Patréon right now…👀 🔗s in bio!
Read Grampire for FREE at Royal Road (coming soon) and my newsletter! And if you can’t wait, it’s up on my Patréon right now…👀 🔗s in bio!
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I’m writing a serial!! Join Malia and her beloved Grampire on supernatural adventures in their small town…all while they try and prevent the end of the world 😬
Read Grampire for FREE at Royal Road (coming soon) and my newsletter! And if you can’t wait, it’s up on my Patréon right now…👀 🔗s in bio!
Read Grampire for FREE at Royal Road (coming soon) and my newsletter! And if you can’t wait, it’s up on my Patréon right now…👀 🔗s in bio!
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OSCAR ISAAC, on whether he'd return to "Star Wars":
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
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".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
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Oscar Isaac Was ‘Not So Open to Working With Disney’ After Jimmy Kimmel Suspension, Said He’d Return to ‘Star Wars’ if Disney Does ‘Not Succumb to Fascism’
Oscar Isaac was not open to working with Disney after Jimmy Kimmel's suspension and will only return to 'Star Wars' if the studio avoids fascism.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
OSCAR ISAAC, on whether he'd return to "Star Wars":
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
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If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 AM
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
I'm on the hunt for ARC readers! Sign up here if you'd like to receive a free digital copy of THE CHAMOS PROJECT a month before publication: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F....
November 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I'm on the hunt for ARC readers! Sign up here if you'd like to receive a free digital copy of THE CHAMOS PROJECT a month before publication: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F....