Jessica Alter
@jessalter.bsky.social
Indie Sci-fi author and freelance editor.
Writer for Smugglers of Cygnus, a garagedev space trading-adventure sim by Longplay Games.
https://jessalter.info
She/Her or They/Them (Whatever you prefer)
Books available on drivethru, kobo, amazon, b&n, ibooks
Writer for Smugglers of Cygnus, a garagedev space trading-adventure sim by Longplay Games.
https://jessalter.info
She/Her or They/Them (Whatever you prefer)
Books available on drivethru, kobo, amazon, b&n, ibooks
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Jessica Alter
@jessalter.bsky.social
· Jun 12
My new #hopepunk #sci-fi ebook "Final Lap" is now up and available #DRMfree on a variety of platforms including Kobo and Kindle.
jessalter.info#smugglers
#indieauthor #amwriting
jessalter.info#smugglers
#indieauthor #amwriting
The year: 1984.
The writer: Steve Garman.
The reason: Winning the annual Bulwer-Lytton competition.
Why it matters: Bulwer-Lytton was the source of the very real "It was a dark and stormy night[.]" What comes after those seven words is so much worse.
The writer: Steve Garman.
The reason: Winning the annual Bulwer-Lytton competition.
Why it matters: Bulwer-Lytton was the source of the very real "It was a dark and stormy night[.]" What comes after those seven words is so much worse.
October 5, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The year: 1984.
The writer: Steve Garman.
The reason: Winning the annual Bulwer-Lytton competition.
Why it matters: Bulwer-Lytton was the source of the very real "It was a dark and stormy night[.]" What comes after those seven words is so much worse.
The writer: Steve Garman.
The reason: Winning the annual Bulwer-Lytton competition.
Why it matters: Bulwer-Lytton was the source of the very real "It was a dark and stormy night[.]" What comes after those seven words is so much worse.
Reposted by Jessica Alter
We're happy to announce the release of "Final Lap" by @jessalter.bsky.social!
Now available everywhere in print and digital:
werebooks.com/final-lap-bo...
You can read a full chapter preview on our site, or using the preview feature of most vendors.
#indieauthor #scifi #hopepunk #book
Now available everywhere in print and digital:
werebooks.com/final-lap-bo...
You can read a full chapter preview on our site, or using the preview feature of most vendors.
#indieauthor #scifi #hopepunk #book
Final Lap Book Launch
"Final Lap" is now out in print and digital
werebooks.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
We're happy to announce the release of "Final Lap" by @jessalter.bsky.social!
Now available everywhere in print and digital:
werebooks.com/final-lap-bo...
You can read a full chapter preview on our site, or using the preview feature of most vendors.
#indieauthor #scifi #hopepunk #book
Now available everywhere in print and digital:
werebooks.com/final-lap-bo...
You can read a full chapter preview on our site, or using the preview feature of most vendors.
#indieauthor #scifi #hopepunk #book
Kudos for proving AI Chat is a digital birdcage mirror: reflection alone, not a bit of refraction. The masses have been Uber-eatsed this meat-free, planet-hostile option to experience the billionaire-sycophant support system vibe.
Très say-yes-to-the-mess.
Très say-yes-to-the-mess.
October 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Kudos for proving AI Chat is a digital birdcage mirror: reflection alone, not a bit of refraction. The masses have been Uber-eatsed this meat-free, planet-hostile option to experience the billionaire-sycophant support system vibe.
Très say-yes-to-the-mess.
Très say-yes-to-the-mess.
Thank you so much for the likes, y'all. It's really kind.
a drawing of a dog with a bird on its head and the words kindness is magic above it
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October 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Thank you so much for the likes, y'all. It's really kind.
This 300-character limit is really a thing, isn't it? I suppose it's far better than the bite-sized, 128-character, flip-phone, text-based microblogging from old #BirdSite. It begs us to be terse like Hemingway's famous six-word flash-fic.
Unfortunately, I'm an epic science-fictionist/fantasist.
Unfortunately, I'm an epic science-fictionist/fantasist.
October 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This 300-character limit is really a thing, isn't it? I suppose it's far better than the bite-sized, 128-character, flip-phone, text-based microblogging from old #BirdSite. It begs us to be terse like Hemingway's famous six-word flash-fic.
Unfortunately, I'm an epic science-fictionist/fantasist.
Unfortunately, I'm an epic science-fictionist/fantasist.
Grateful to my gamedev partner Longplay Games:
"Such a great hopepunk sci-fi story about friendship through adversity, found families, and determination. All set against the backdrop of the incredible world Jessica Alter designed for our games.
"Check it out: blog.longplay.games/final-lap-no... "
"Such a great hopepunk sci-fi story about friendship through adversity, found families, and determination. All set against the backdrop of the incredible world Jessica Alter designed for our games.
"Check it out: blog.longplay.games/final-lap-no... "
Longplay Games: Dev Log
Progress updates, exclusives, and info about Smugglers of Cygnus
blog.longplay.games
October 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Grateful to my gamedev partner Longplay Games:
"Such a great hopepunk sci-fi story about friendship through adversity, found families, and determination. All set against the backdrop of the incredible world Jessica Alter designed for our games.
"Check it out: blog.longplay.games/final-lap-no... "
"Such a great hopepunk sci-fi story about friendship through adversity, found families, and determination. All set against the backdrop of the incredible world Jessica Alter designed for our games.
"Check it out: blog.longplay.games/final-lap-no... "
Reposted by Jessica Alter
This formerly-short story I have been writing was expected to be wrapped up two months ago, and that was to lead to me launching my 5 story anthology launch on Kickstarter.
At first I was a bit frustrated, beat myself up a bit, but it is clear now that the story needed the time, way more emotion.
At first I was a bit frustrated, beat myself up a bit, but it is clear now that the story needed the time, way more emotion.
September 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This formerly-short story I have been writing was expected to be wrapped up two months ago, and that was to lead to me launching my 5 story anthology launch on Kickstarter.
At first I was a bit frustrated, beat myself up a bit, but it is clear now that the story needed the time, way more emotion.
At first I was a bit frustrated, beat myself up a bit, but it is clear now that the story needed the time, way more emotion.
If you need a brief escape from all of this, may I suggest a little time with my #HopePunk space otter?
eBook available #DRMFree where possible, and on a whole lot of platforms from Apple Books to Kobo, Kindle, and DriveThru
jessalter.info#smugglers
#indieauthor #amwriting
eBook available #DRMFree where possible, and on a whole lot of platforms from Apple Books to Kobo, Kindle, and DriveThru
jessalter.info#smugglers
#indieauthor #amwriting
September 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
If you need a brief escape from all of this, may I suggest a little time with my #HopePunk space otter?
eBook available #DRMFree where possible, and on a whole lot of platforms from Apple Books to Kobo, Kindle, and DriveThru
jessalter.info#smugglers
#indieauthor #amwriting
eBook available #DRMFree where possible, and on a whole lot of platforms from Apple Books to Kobo, Kindle, and DriveThru
jessalter.info#smugglers
#indieauthor #amwriting
Last post for today:
Thanks to everyone who took a chance on Neekoi Vole (and me!) and added Final Lap to your personal libraries.
I love the #SmugglersofCygnus galaxy and am humbled by the positive response. While it's only #epub at the moment, the galley is en route to be approved.
Print soon!
Thanks to everyone who took a chance on Neekoi Vole (and me!) and added Final Lap to your personal libraries.
I love the #SmugglersofCygnus galaxy and am humbled by the positive response. While it's only #epub at the moment, the galley is en route to be approved.
Print soon!
July 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Last post for today:
Thanks to everyone who took a chance on Neekoi Vole (and me!) and added Final Lap to your personal libraries.
I love the #SmugglersofCygnus galaxy and am humbled by the positive response. While it's only #epub at the moment, the galley is en route to be approved.
Print soon!
Thanks to everyone who took a chance on Neekoi Vole (and me!) and added Final Lap to your personal libraries.
I love the #SmugglersofCygnus galaxy and am humbled by the positive response. While it's only #epub at the moment, the galley is en route to be approved.
Print soon!
I've been reading Ursula K. Le Guin's _The_Wind's_Twelve_Quarters_, and I just reached "Winter's King". In the short story's foreword, Le Guin explains the androgynes were given the third-person singular "he", which Le Guin stated authoritatively "is the same as the masculine pronoun".
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July 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I've been reading Ursula K. Le Guin's _The_Wind's_Twelve_Quarters_, and I just reached "Winter's King". In the short story's foreword, Le Guin explains the androgynes were given the third-person singular "he", which Le Guin stated authoritatively "is the same as the masculine pronoun".
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Reposted by Jessica Alter
My horror documentary "Hauntings of New York" is live on FAWESOME!
It is like Tubi. Get the app if you dont have it. Great for Indie film!!
Give it a watch my friends. Please give this a share if you would be so kind. 🎥
fawesome.tv/movies/10666...
It is like Tubi. Get the app if you dont have it. Great for Indie film!!
Give it a watch my friends. Please give this a share if you would be so kind. 🎥
fawesome.tv/movies/10666...
Watch Hauntings of New York Full Movie Free Online - Fawesome TV
Explore 15 eerie legends of Haunted New York, from ghostly apparitions to the cryptid Champ of Lake Champlain.
fawesome.tv
July 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
My horror documentary "Hauntings of New York" is live on FAWESOME!
It is like Tubi. Get the app if you dont have it. Great for Indie film!!
Give it a watch my friends. Please give this a share if you would be so kind. 🎥
fawesome.tv/movies/10666...
It is like Tubi. Get the app if you dont have it. Great for Indie film!!
Give it a watch my friends. Please give this a share if you would be so kind. 🎥
fawesome.tv/movies/10666...
I've been delighted to see how well "Final Lap" is doing on @drivethrurpg.com (www.drivethrufiction.com/xmas_in_july...). That's one of my favorite sites to find DRM-free titles, and it's been amazing to see the support there.
They're also having a sale right now.
#indieauthors #drmfree
They're also having a sale right now.
#indieauthors #drmfree
Christmas in July Sale - Christmas in July Sale - The best in downloadable fiction titles
Your destination for eBooks from indie and small press authors and publishers, available for immediate download and print on demand!
www.drivethrufiction.com
July 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I've been delighted to see how well "Final Lap" is doing on @drivethrurpg.com (www.drivethrufiction.com/xmas_in_july...). That's one of my favorite sites to find DRM-free titles, and it's been amazing to see the support there.
They're also having a sale right now.
#indieauthors #drmfree
They're also having a sale right now.
#indieauthors #drmfree
I've started a new monthly serial with Longplay Games:
Riparia Marten and the Mystery of the Ancients.
Coming out monthly for free on the longplay games site:
blog.longplay.games/riparia-mart...
#IndieAuthor #Sci-Fi #Adventure #AmWriting #serial
Riparia Marten and the Mystery of the Ancients.
Coming out monthly for free on the longplay games site:
blog.longplay.games/riparia-mart...
#IndieAuthor #Sci-Fi #Adventure #AmWriting #serial
Riparia Marten and the Mystery of the Ancients: Chapter 1
The kickoff of Riparia Marten and the Mystery of the Ancients by Jessica Alter
blog.longplay.games
July 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I've started a new monthly serial with Longplay Games:
Riparia Marten and the Mystery of the Ancients.
Coming out monthly for free on the longplay games site:
blog.longplay.games/riparia-mart...
#IndieAuthor #Sci-Fi #Adventure #AmWriting #serial
Riparia Marten and the Mystery of the Ancients.
Coming out monthly for free on the longplay games site:
blog.longplay.games/riparia-mart...
#IndieAuthor #Sci-Fi #Adventure #AmWriting #serial
New bedtime read just arrived! Excited to get lost in this #LitRPG epic high adventure from Constantin Step (@constantinstep.bsky.social).
July 8, 2025 at 1:14 AM
New bedtime read just arrived! Excited to get lost in this #LitRPG epic high adventure from Constantin Step (@constantinstep.bsky.social).
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Now that #pridemonth is over (at least in Australia), I think this is a perfect time to remind everyone I'm a staunch #queer ally the other 11 months of the year too.
Love is love
And trans people are the gender they say they are. Period. End of discussion.
Love is love
And trans people are the gender they say they are. Period. End of discussion.
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July 1, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Bad sleep last night. Utter mess. Trying to make sense of [gestures around broadly].
June 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Bad sleep last night. Utter mess. Trying to make sense of [gestures around broadly].
As an independent writer, I cannot express more strongly the importance of helping other indie creators--if at all possible--to bring original content into the world unburdened by the but-will-it-make-money? committee mindset of corporations.
Calling all indiefilm CHAMPIONS! The Final VFX campaign for Preacher Six is LIVE!! This is it. We need a little help to get us over the finish. The goal is to release it THIS winter!! Who will be an indiefilm CHAMPION today?
Carmen Argenzianos last feature film.
gofund.me/22c72793
Carmen Argenzianos last feature film.
gofund.me/22c72793
Donate to Preacher Six VFX campaign., organized by Kyle Hester
We are in post production and need your help!
If you like original content that is driv… Kyle Hester needs your support for Preacher Six VFX campaign.
gofund.me
June 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
As an independent writer, I cannot express more strongly the importance of helping other indie creators--if at all possible--to bring original content into the world unburdened by the but-will-it-make-money? committee mindset of corporations.
Thinking about the nature of human-created versus AI-prompted art.
To me, AI art is "dead-eyed". Even when correct, it can feel undead, reanimated, shambling. It's not just imperfect. It triggers repulsion.
Human-created art, especially when imperfect, is still fully alive. It transmits a message.
To me, AI art is "dead-eyed". Even when correct, it can feel undead, reanimated, shambling. It's not just imperfect. It triggers repulsion.
Human-created art, especially when imperfect, is still fully alive. It transmits a message.
June 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking about the nature of human-created versus AI-prompted art.
To me, AI art is "dead-eyed". Even when correct, it can feel undead, reanimated, shambling. It's not just imperfect. It triggers repulsion.
Human-created art, especially when imperfect, is still fully alive. It transmits a message.
To me, AI art is "dead-eyed". Even when correct, it can feel undead, reanimated, shambling. It's not just imperfect. It triggers repulsion.
Human-created art, especially when imperfect, is still fully alive. It transmits a message.
Reposted by Jessica Alter
June 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Reposted by Jessica Alter
Seriously. That platform makes me want Mamdani for President.
This is an image maga is posting to stoke fear of Mamdani. A list of things that sound awesome
June 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Seriously. That platform makes me want Mamdani for President.
Reposted by Jessica Alter
Me: "I’ll just reread one paragraph before bed."
Also me at 2:47 AM: “What if the dungeon boss actually knew the MC in their past life?
Fellow authors, what’s the latest time you’ve stayed up rewriting something that nobody else would even notice?
#WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #LitRPGWriters
Also me at 2:47 AM: “What if the dungeon boss actually knew the MC in their past life?
Fellow authors, what’s the latest time you’ve stayed up rewriting something that nobody else would even notice?
#WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #LitRPGWriters
June 22, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Me: "I’ll just reread one paragraph before bed."
Also me at 2:47 AM: “What if the dungeon boss actually knew the MC in their past life?
Fellow authors, what’s the latest time you’ve stayed up rewriting something that nobody else would even notice?
#WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #LitRPGWriters
Also me at 2:47 AM: “What if the dungeon boss actually knew the MC in their past life?
Fellow authors, what’s the latest time you’ve stayed up rewriting something that nobody else would even notice?
#WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #LitRPGWriters
Going to the local #library this morning to return books and pick up my holds, and I am as excited right now as I was as a kid.
#ILoveMyPublicLibrary
#ILoveMyPublicLibrary
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June 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Going to the local #library this morning to return books and pick up my holds, and I am as excited right now as I was as a kid.
#ILoveMyPublicLibrary
#ILoveMyPublicLibrary
As an #indieauthor, it's rare to find an online bookstore that provides good exposure, an easy-to-use dashboard, & a good cut.
Thank you @drivethrurpg.com (DriveThruFiction, specifically) for doing such a great job for readers and writers of #DRMfree books.
www.drivethrufiction.com/product/5262...
Thank you @drivethrurpg.com (DriveThruFiction, specifically) for doing such a great job for readers and writers of #DRMfree books.
www.drivethrufiction.com/product/5262...
June 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
As an #indieauthor, it's rare to find an online bookstore that provides good exposure, an easy-to-use dashboard, & a good cut.
Thank you @drivethrurpg.com (DriveThruFiction, specifically) for doing such a great job for readers and writers of #DRMfree books.
www.drivethrufiction.com/product/5262...
Thank you @drivethrurpg.com (DriveThruFiction, specifically) for doing such a great job for readers and writers of #DRMfree books.
www.drivethrufiction.com/product/5262...
Reposted by Jessica Alter
Calling all Indiefilm CHAMPIONS!! Please rent my Horror doc Haunted New Oleans on Oppime! A great way to support indie film not on Amazon! The platform splits the money with the creators. You get 1000s of indiefilm titles for just 5 dollars.
bit.ly/3XgWUdN
Haunted New Orleans!
#Filmsky
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Haunted New Orleans!
#Filmsky
OPPRIME.tv - Honor the Unkwown Artist | Register
Watch award-winning videos or films online.
bit.ly
June 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Calling all Indiefilm CHAMPIONS!! Please rent my Horror doc Haunted New Oleans on Oppime! A great way to support indie film not on Amazon! The platform splits the money with the creators. You get 1000s of indiefilm titles for just 5 dollars.
bit.ly/3XgWUdN
Haunted New Orleans!
#Filmsky
bit.ly/3XgWUdN
Haunted New Orleans!
#Filmsky
Reposted by Jessica Alter
A customer told me she couldn't believe this store would put up a Pride display, because what if children see it??
Anyway, it was my display, and I'm proud of it, and you (and your children) should all see it. #BookSky 📚💙
Anyway, it was my display, and I'm proud of it, and you (and your children) should all see it. #BookSky 📚💙
June 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A customer told me she couldn't believe this store would put up a Pride display, because what if children see it??
Anyway, it was my display, and I'm proud of it, and you (and your children) should all see it. #BookSky 📚💙
Anyway, it was my display, and I'm proud of it, and you (and your children) should all see it. #BookSky 📚💙