Andrea Hairston
@andreahairston.bsky.social
novelist, drama queen, biker babe, speculating and agitating http://andreahairston.com/
I'll be teaching at @lambdaliterary.org 2026 virtual retreat! Applications open on Nov 21, 2025 and close at 11:59 PM ET on Jan 8, 2026. Accepted fellows will no longer have to fundraise for their own tuition–Lambda Literary will provide financial support to those who need it. Spread the word!
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I'll be teaching at @lambdaliterary.org 2026 virtual retreat! Applications open on Nov 21, 2025 and close at 11:59 PM ET on Jan 8, 2026. Accepted fellows will no longer have to fundraise for their own tuition–Lambda Literary will provide financial support to those who need it. Spread the word!
Pounding and Pounding! Finally a draft of THE REDEMPTION CENTER IS CLOSED ON SUNDAYS that I like! So BOOK HAUL! Charlie Jane Anders LESSONS IN MAGIC AND DISASTER was sold out, on order! SUNWARD out on Sept 16! I read SUNWARD flying coast to coast, a blast! All these books are delicious!
September 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Pounding and Pounding! Finally a draft of THE REDEMPTION CENTER IS CLOSED ON SUNDAYS that I like! So BOOK HAUL! Charlie Jane Anders LESSONS IN MAGIC AND DISASTER was sold out, on order! SUNWARD out on Sept 16! I read SUNWARD flying coast to coast, a blast! All these books are delicious!
I had a wonderful time at Worldcon in Seattle in August! Definite spiritual uplift! Imagination to power change. Here I am with Martha Wells, who released QUEEN DEMON and MURDERBOT DAIRIES--RAPPORT this year. Be Challenged, Be inspired! @marthawells.com
September 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I had a wonderful time at Worldcon in Seattle in August! Definite spiritual uplift! Imagination to power change. Here I am with Martha Wells, who released QUEEN DEMON and MURDERBOT DAIRIES--RAPPORT this year. Be Challenged, Be inspired! @marthawells.com
MINDSCAPE hit bookstores!
A quote:
We done let the poetic spirit in folk languish, like bein’ human
mean togglin’ a damn switch steada imaginin’ yourself cross
spacetime and back. Check me on that, all right? The square
root of bullshit is bullshit.
—Geraldine Kitt, Junk Bonds of the Mind
Buy Local!
A quote:
We done let the poetic spirit in folk languish, like bein’ human
mean togglin’ a damn switch steada imaginin’ yourself cross
spacetime and back. Check me on that, all right? The square
root of bullshit is bullshit.
—Geraldine Kitt, Junk Bonds of the Mind
Buy Local!
August 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
MINDSCAPE hit bookstores!
A quote:
We done let the poetic spirit in folk languish, like bein’ human
mean togglin’ a damn switch steada imaginin’ yourself cross
spacetime and back. Check me on that, all right? The square
root of bullshit is bullshit.
—Geraldine Kitt, Junk Bonds of the Mind
Buy Local!
A quote:
We done let the poetic spirit in folk languish, like bein’ human
mean togglin’ a damn switch steada imaginin’ yourself cross
spacetime and back. Check me on that, all right? The square
root of bullshit is bullshit.
—Geraldine Kitt, Junk Bonds of the Mind
Buy Local!
Readercon next weekend: P Djèlí Clark is Guest of Honor. I'm moderating a panel on his work! A Griot of this Galaxy! Cecilia Tan is also a GOH. We're doing Bisexuals in Science Fiction! Here is program schedule: schedule.readercon.org
@pdjeliclark.bsky.social @ceciliatan.com
@readercon.bsky.social
@pdjeliclark.bsky.social @ceciliatan.com
@readercon.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Readercon next weekend: P Djèlí Clark is Guest of Honor. I'm moderating a panel on his work! A Griot of this Galaxy! Cecilia Tan is also a GOH. We're doing Bisexuals in Science Fiction! Here is program schedule: schedule.readercon.org
@pdjeliclark.bsky.social @ceciliatan.com
@readercon.bsky.social
@pdjeliclark.bsky.social @ceciliatan.com
@readercon.bsky.social
Greedy dragons sit on a mountain of shiny metals and inedible crystals, blasting fire, burning everyone, everything up. What a life. Jason at Full Circle Bike Shop in Florence, MA creates a snow creature not suffering from DRAGON SYNDROME. A community spectacle!
#AnnieSpeakingGratitude
#AnnieSpeakingGratitude
February 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Greedy dragons sit on a mountain of shiny metals and inedible crystals, blasting fire, burning everyone, everything up. What a life. Jason at Full Circle Bike Shop in Florence, MA creates a snow creature not suffering from DRAGON SYNDROME. A community spectacle!
#AnnieSpeakingGratitude
#AnnieSpeakingGratitude
“What can we do? It’s here. We have to make the best of it.” Every day, a few people tell me that about something heinous. Something radically better is supposedly impossible. The relax and enjoy argument folks made about slavery. Let's meditate on the changes we've made. Activate the imagination!
February 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
“What can we do? It’s here. We have to make the best of it.” Every day, a few people tell me that about something heinous. Something radically better is supposedly impossible. The relax and enjoy argument folks made about slavery. Let's meditate on the changes we've made. Activate the imagination!
Biking up monster hills, I solve the WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON in the middle of my new novel! Nothing like hitting the road to solve a kick you in the butt problem! The trees, sky, river extend my mind! What tricks do you all have for solving impossible problems?
#rehearsethemindyouwant
#rehearsethemindyouwant
June 19, 2024 at 11:52 PM
Biking up monster hills, I solve the WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON in the middle of my new novel! Nothing like hitting the road to solve a kick you in the butt problem! The trees, sky, river extend my mind! What tricks do you all have for solving impossible problems?
#rehearsethemindyouwant
#rehearsethemindyouwant
14 Airports, 7 Hotels, 3 shows in Northampton with Tony Vacca and Pan Morigan doing music , 5 shows with 3 other wonderful authors and a 4th author moderating and 2 shows with Isis of Sistah Scifi. Finally HOME! Bunny and turtle welcome.
@panmorigan.bsky.social
@sistahscifi.bsky.social
@panmorigan.bsky.social
@sistahscifi.bsky.social
June 5, 2024 at 12:01 AM
14 Airports, 7 Hotels, 3 shows in Northampton with Tony Vacca and Pan Morigan doing music , 5 shows with 3 other wonderful authors and a 4th author moderating and 2 shows with Isis of Sistah Scifi. Finally HOME! Bunny and turtle welcome.
@panmorigan.bsky.social
@sistahscifi.bsky.social
@panmorigan.bsky.social
@sistahscifi.bsky.social
All suited up (with James Emery) to unplug the bathroom sink with a mighty plunger.
Last night, I didn't like what I was writing for my new novel. Solved some problems in my dreams and this morning GREAT FLOW!
After dislodging a bit of muck, still had to call a plumber for the sink.
Last night, I didn't like what I was writing for my new novel. Solved some problems in my dreams and this morning GREAT FLOW!
After dislodging a bit of muck, still had to call a plumber for the sink.
April 5, 2024 at 7:29 PM
All suited up (with James Emery) to unplug the bathroom sink with a mighty plunger.
Last night, I didn't like what I was writing for my new novel. Solved some problems in my dreams and this morning GREAT FLOW!
After dislodging a bit of muck, still had to call a plumber for the sink.
Last night, I didn't like what I was writing for my new novel. Solved some problems in my dreams and this morning GREAT FLOW!
After dislodging a bit of muck, still had to call a plumber for the sink.
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Trophy Hunting or Ancestral Lands? That's easy! Please sign!
Trophy Hunting or Ancestral Lands? That's easy! Please sign!
March 4, 2024 at 5:20 PM
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Trophy Hunting or Ancestral Lands? That's easy! Please sign!
Trophy Hunting or Ancestral Lands? That's easy! Please sign!
Here I am with Viola Davis on March 2, 2016 having a blast! A great conversation. We agreed. Despite what they tell you: It is our universe and we write the rules.
March 2, 2024 at 11:33 PM
Here I am with Viola Davis on March 2, 2016 having a blast! A great conversation. We agreed. Despite what they tell you: It is our universe and we write the rules.
FIRST TIME EVER, the Voyage Into Genre podcast will hit the road this May for a LIVE TOUR! Join me and other brilliant SF & F authors with new books!
5/13 - Seattle, WA
5/14 - Grand Rapids, MI
5/15 - Cincinnati, OH
5/16 - Raleigh, NC
5/17 - New York City, NY
Info at bit.ly/VoyageIntoGenreLive
5/13 - Seattle, WA
5/14 - Grand Rapids, MI
5/15 - Cincinnati, OH
5/16 - Raleigh, NC
5/17 - New York City, NY
Info at bit.ly/VoyageIntoGenreLive
February 28, 2024 at 11:10 PM
FIRST TIME EVER, the Voyage Into Genre podcast will hit the road this May for a LIVE TOUR! Join me and other brilliant SF & F authors with new books!
5/13 - Seattle, WA
5/14 - Grand Rapids, MI
5/15 - Cincinnati, OH
5/16 - Raleigh, NC
5/17 - New York City, NY
Info at bit.ly/VoyageIntoGenreLive
5/13 - Seattle, WA
5/14 - Grand Rapids, MI
5/15 - Cincinnati, OH
5/16 - Raleigh, NC
5/17 - New York City, NY
Info at bit.ly/VoyageIntoGenreLive
Finished the first season of FOUNDATION last night during my 1-hour break from Working Too Hard! Thanks to @astridbear.bsky.social Astrid Bear for pointing me to the show. I've got Season 2 discs all ready to go. What other good tips do you all have for extending my mind and lifting my spirits?
January 31, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Finished the first season of FOUNDATION last night during my 1-hour break from Working Too Hard! Thanks to @astridbear.bsky.social Astrid Bear for pointing me to the show. I've got Season 2 discs all ready to go. What other good tips do you all have for extending my mind and lifting my spirits?
Coming to your local bookstore on May 7, 2023! ARCHANGELS OF FUNK: Episodes from the continuing drama of Cinnamon Jones (scientist, artiste, and hoodoo conjurer), her Circus-Bots, and cyborg dog--They try to hold on to who they've been while surviving the present coming up with the next world.
October 10, 2023 at 4:24 PM
Coming to your local bookstore on May 7, 2023! ARCHANGELS OF FUNK: Episodes from the continuing drama of Cinnamon Jones (scientist, artiste, and hoodoo conjurer), her Circus-Bots, and cyborg dog--They try to hold on to who they've been while surviving the present coming up with the next world.
nationalpartnership.org/report/wage-...
Women STILL earn (on average) 78 cents for every dollar white, non-Hispanic males do. Latina workers earn 52 cents, Black women 66 cents, White women 74 and Asian American women 89 cents. Find your state for specific breakdown.
Then ACT UP!
Women STILL earn (on average) 78 cents for every dollar white, non-Hispanic males do. Latina workers earn 52 cents, Black women 66 cents, White women 74 and Asian American women 89 cents. Find your state for specific breakdown.
Then ACT UP!
September 21, 2023 at 5:08 PM
nationalpartnership.org/report/wage-...
Women STILL earn (on average) 78 cents for every dollar white, non-Hispanic males do. Latina workers earn 52 cents, Black women 66 cents, White women 74 and Asian American women 89 cents. Find your state for specific breakdown.
Then ACT UP!
Women STILL earn (on average) 78 cents for every dollar white, non-Hispanic males do. Latina workers earn 52 cents, Black women 66 cents, White women 74 and Asian American women 89 cents. Find your state for specific breakdown.
Then ACT UP!
A new year! Coming right at me! Like this squirrel, who stopped and posed. Copy editing my new novel ARCHANGELS OF FUNK. I still like it.
September 17, 2023 at 10:57 PM
A new year! Coming right at me! Like this squirrel, who stopped and posed. Copy editing my new novel ARCHANGELS OF FUNK. I still like it.
During the full moon, lifting sacred pipes and lighting scared fires.
August 29, 2023 at 4:18 PM
During the full moon, lifting sacred pipes and lighting scared fires.
So the work ain't done, but sixty years ago, my mother and I went to March on Washington for jobs and freedom.
August 28, 2023 at 11:03 PM
So the work ain't done, but sixty years ago, my mother and I went to March on Washington for jobs and freedom.