A. Rense
@alli.ink
🧚 👽 Speculative fiction writer. 👾 I also do pixel art!
🐈 cats 🧶 yarn ☕️ coffee
🐈 cats 🧶 yarn ☕️ coffee
I’m 41. Whenever I’m about to post something online, I think, “my parents are going to read this and tell me why I shouldn’t have posted it.”
November 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I’m 41. Whenever I’m about to post something online, I think, “my parents are going to read this and tell me why I shouldn’t have posted it.”
Any other speculative fiction writers feel like they’re racing against reality? Can we chill for a moment because I can only type so fast.
June 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Any other speculative fiction writers feel like they’re racing against reality? Can we chill for a moment because I can only type so fast.
This is so accurate I’m checking around for hidden cameras right now.
How to be a Writer, #28367:
Look for perfect notebook in which to write new idea
Peruse collection of roughly 20,000 unused notebooks
Decide they are all too pretty to use
Buy new (plain black, Moleskine) notebook
Write idea on laptop
Tea
Look for perfect notebook in which to write new idea
Peruse collection of roughly 20,000 unused notebooks
Decide they are all too pretty to use
Buy new (plain black, Moleskine) notebook
Write idea on laptop
Tea
May 31, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This is so accurate I’m checking around for hidden cameras right now.
Yesterday I was reading a story for Black Fox and my 9-year-old asked me what it was about. I said it was about "adult stuff" and he asked what the problem was. "Because if there isn't a problem, there isn't a story," he said. Wise words, kiddo!
May 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Yesterday I was reading a story for Black Fox and my 9-year-old asked me what it was about. I said it was about "adult stuff" and he asked what the problem was. "Because if there isn't a problem, there isn't a story," he said. Wise words, kiddo!
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March 23, 2025 at 11:30 PM
It’s a #tiger for #pixel_dailies and it’s green because why not. @pixeldailies.bsky.social Big yawns!
March 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
It’s a #tiger for #pixel_dailies and it’s green because why not. @pixeldailies.bsky.social Big yawns!
An ornate #frame for #pixel_dailies -- I like how it turned out!
March 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
An ornate #frame for #pixel_dailies -- I like how it turned out!
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happy black history month!
hopefully y’all are uplifting black authors year round but today is as good a day as any to share some of my favorite sapphic books by black authors 🫶🏽🫶🏽
#booksky
hopefully y’all are uplifting black authors year round but today is as good a day as any to share some of my favorite sapphic books by black authors 🫶🏽🫶🏽
#booksky
February 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
happy black history month!
hopefully y’all are uplifting black authors year round but today is as good a day as any to share some of my favorite sapphic books by black authors 🫶🏽🫶🏽
#booksky
hopefully y’all are uplifting black authors year round but today is as good a day as any to share some of my favorite sapphic books by black authors 🫶🏽🫶🏽
#booksky
Ever wonder what happens to your short story or flash fiction piece after it's sent to a lit mag? I've been a volunteer first reader since May. I wrote about the process here, including a few tips for submitting. whisperingvoid.substack.com/p/my-life-as...
My Life as a Lit Mag First Reader
Demystifying the lit mag reading process
whisperingvoid.substack.com
January 31, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Ever wonder what happens to your short story or flash fiction piece after it's sent to a lit mag? I've been a volunteer first reader since May. I wrote about the process here, including a few tips for submitting. whisperingvoid.substack.com/p/my-life-as...
Loved: Howard’s End, Of Mice and Men, Dubliners, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing
Ambivalent: The Pearl, Romeo and Juliet, The Scarlet Letter, The Jungle
Loathed: The Grapes of Wrath, A Farewell to Arms
Ambivalent: The Pearl, Romeo and Juliet, The Scarlet Letter, The Jungle
Loathed: The Grapes of Wrath, A Farewell to Arms
US and UK friends, I'm curious: What books were part of your required reading for highschool literature class? Which of them do you remember loving, and which did you loathe?
January 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Loved: Howard’s End, Of Mice and Men, Dubliners, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing
Ambivalent: The Pearl, Romeo and Juliet, The Scarlet Letter, The Jungle
Loathed: The Grapes of Wrath, A Farewell to Arms
Ambivalent: The Pearl, Romeo and Juliet, The Scarlet Letter, The Jungle
Loathed: The Grapes of Wrath, A Farewell to Arms
The collage fits oddly with the piece, I think.
I'm Not Setting Creative Goals for 2025
A manifesto
open.substack.com
January 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The collage fits oddly with the piece, I think.
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Writers: yes, you are still a "real" writer if you
- have never published anything
- have no readers
- didn't write anything this month
- didn't write anything this year
- can't articulate words anymore
- can only float and mournfully wail
- were murdered ten years ago on this very spot
- have never published anything
- have no readers
- didn't write anything this month
- didn't write anything this year
- can't articulate words anymore
- can only float and mournfully wail
- were murdered ten years ago on this very spot
December 2, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Writers: yes, you are still a "real" writer if you
- have never published anything
- have no readers
- didn't write anything this month
- didn't write anything this year
- can't articulate words anymore
- can only float and mournfully wail
- were murdered ten years ago on this very spot
- have never published anything
- have no readers
- didn't write anything this month
- didn't write anything this year
- can't articulate words anymore
- can only float and mournfully wail
- were murdered ten years ago on this very spot
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It says, “Yes, everything is broken, but I’m going to fight for beauty and joy and justice anyway, because fuck your inevitability.”
November 24, 2024 at 11:09 PM
It says, “Yes, everything is broken, but I’m going to fight for beauty and joy and justice anyway, because fuck your inevitability.”
My friend wrote this! (And I beta read it and therefore take at least 1/64th of the credit for it being awesome.)
Riyati Rebirth by @kalani-shimizu.com was one of my favorite reads this year!
If you ever thought "Puella Magic Madoka Magica wasn't dark enough" then this is the Magical Girl book for you! I highly recommend reading it and nominating it for an Indie Ink Award!
indiestorygeek.com/story/8795
If you ever thought "Puella Magic Madoka Magica wasn't dark enough" then this is the Magical Girl book for you! I highly recommend reading it and nominating it for an Indie Ink Award!
indiestorygeek.com/story/8795
November 16, 2024 at 7:15 PM
My friend wrote this! (And I beta read it and therefore take at least 1/64th of the credit for it being awesome.)
Saturday morning coffee. I love this mug—my husband got it for me, and it’s fitting because the fact that he had a cat was one of the first things I appreciated about him! 🐈
RIP Wally Cat. I miss you so.
RIP Wally Cat. I miss you so.
November 16, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Saturday morning coffee. I love this mug—my husband got it for me, and it’s fitting because the fact that he had a cat was one of the first things I appreciated about him! 🐈
RIP Wally Cat. I miss you so.
RIP Wally Cat. I miss you so.
I’m going to post some random thoughts here today because why not. It’s rather gloomy outside, but I have coffee and the kids are playing nicely together.* How’s your Saturday going?
*Knock on wood. All the wood. I need a forest for knocking.
*Knock on wood. All the wood. I need a forest for knocking.
November 16, 2024 at 2:41 PM
I’m going to post some random thoughts here today because why not. It’s rather gloomy outside, but I have coffee and the kids are playing nicely together.* How’s your Saturday going?
*Knock on wood. All the wood. I need a forest for knocking.
*Knock on wood. All the wood. I need a forest for knocking.