iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Nora's Guide to the Galaxy @ngttg.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It's possible I bit off more than I could chew in this one, trying to touch on the basics of habitability in 16 minutes! But hey I got to throw in a self citation 😏 youtu.be/oLwTB3oPz88 🧪🔭👩‍🔬

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Life on Other Planets: What Does It Take?

YouTube video by Dr. Nora's Guide to the Galaxy

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Rainbow Space Magic @spacemagiccon.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Rainbow Space Magic 2026 will be on October 3-4, 2026! RSM is free, virtual convention for queer #speculativefiction. Register now to receive updates & Zoom links when the time comes at www.rainbowspacemagic.org #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror

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Lavie Tidhar @lavietidhar.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

The 2026 Best of British SF/F bundle is now available! storybundle.com/bestof w/ @ianmcdonald.bsky.social @julietemckenna.bsky.social @annasmithspark.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social & more! Just $30 for 15 books! Plus supporting @locusmag.bsky.social! Reposts appreciated!

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Audrey Zhou @audreyzhou.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Congrats to all the Shirley Jackson Award winners and nominees!! It was so nice to meet so many people in person at my (first!) Readercon + I’m very pleased with my finalist rock

Stone with “2025 Shirley Jackson Awards” inscribed

Woman smiling and holding rock with one hand.

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Daniel Burke - 🍺Innkeep @innkeep.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Le Guin on the idea that there is a secret to getting good at writing.

I will dispose of the first myth as quickly as possible. The “secret” is skill. If you haven’t learned how to do something, the people who have may seem to be magicians, possessors of mysterious secrets. In a fairly simple art, such as making pie crust, there are certain teachable “secrets” of method that lead almost infallibly to good results; but in any complex art, such as housekeeping, piano-playing, clothes-making, or story-writing, there are so many techniques, skills, choices of method, so many variables, so many “secrets,” some teachable and some not, that you can learn them only by methodical, repeated, long-continued practice — in other words, by work.

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Nadia W. Aldsen @aldsen.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

#EuroCon #MetropolCon 2026 was a glittering, dazzling blur of new impressions and inspirations! I had the joy of participating in a panel about female leads in scifi films and series with #BeckyChambers, @MaryStormhouse and @AnetteSchaumloeffel.

Sitting on a stage at MetropolCon 2026 and discussing: Nadia W. Aldsen, Mary Stormhouse, Becky Chambers and Anette Schaumlöffel.

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Nadia W. Aldsen @aldsen.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Last preps for MetropolCon in Berlin, starting tomorrow, July 2 😊

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Divinations Magazine ✨️ @divinationsmag.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

"She stares at the cake. It’s a true work of art: Several layers, luscious pink frosting, skillfully decorated with crimson triangles made of fondant and sumptuous slices of salami sausage." Creature's Comfort by aldsen.bsky.social is available in Issue 6: divinationsmagazine.co.uk/issue-6-crav...

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I was just offered to be on a pilot TV show where people debate various "controversial" topics; they wanted me as an expert defending the reality of the moon landings. I turned them down flat. I will not elevate conspiracy bullshit into something debatable. Been down that road. It goes nowhere.

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Nadia W. Aldsen @aldsen.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Want to plan your speculative adventure at #EuroCon #MetropolCon in Berlin from July 2nd ro 5th? Check out the program and enjoy: guide.metropolcon.eu

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ConClár Program Guide

MetropolCon 2026 Programme Guide

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Divinations Magazine ✨️ @divinationsmag.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

❤️ Issue 6: Craving is finally here to pull you into a world of hunger, obsession, and desire gone rotten. It's full of haunting fiction and poetry, available in web format and PDF! 🔗 divinationsmagazine.co.uk/issue-6-craving

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Nadia W. Aldsen @aldsen.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

🐷Meet creepy Salami, the pig-faced cushion! My short story “Creature’s Comfort” is published by #DivinationsMagazine, a British gem for sublime horror. 🐷 divinationsmagazine.co.uk/issue-6-craving

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Issue 6

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 15/04/2026

Opens slush pile. Reads generated story... Bans. Reads generated story... Bans. Reads generated story... Bans... Screams. Closes computer. Screams again. Runs off into the woods. Sees squirrel. Hmmm... Squirrels have never submitted a generated story. Squirrel gets treat.

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Nadia W. Aldsen @aldsen.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

At #Eurocon #Metropolcon in Berlin July 2-5 you'll be able to lunch on Mars!

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Nadia W. Aldsen @aldsen.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I am thrilled to share some big news: My specfic short story "Shelter" has been published by clarkesworldmagazine.com! clarkesworldmagazine.com/aldsen_04_26/

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Shelter by Nadia W. Aldsen

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

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Nadia W. Aldsen @aldsen.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

I’m thrilled to be involved in a brandnew European Master's program in #CreativeWriting! Spread the word and apply if you are proficient in English and can write in Dutch, Italian, Spanish, or German or if you maintain a hybrid language practice that combines English with one of these languages.

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Nadia W. Aldsen @aldsen.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Internal focalisation: The #POV camera sees everything going on around and inside a character (1st person and 3rd person limited POV). Zero focalisation: An omniscient #POV knows everything inside and outside all characters and potentially all past and future events. #creativwriting #specfic

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Nadia W. Aldsen @aldsen.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

External focalisation: The #POV works like a surveillance camera. It observes all characters but can only guess what’s going on inside their heads and hearts (3rd person, sometimes used in mystery novels).

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Nadia W. Aldsen @aldsen.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

#POV is a magical camera: It can zoom into characters’ heads and possibly know their past and their future. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focalis... #creativwriting #specfic #narratology

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Focalisation - Wikipedia

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Unsolicited writing advice: no. 1026: POV is a camera. You get to decide what to point it at; how close to zoom in; when to cut; how many cameras to use. Make sure what you show makes sense; feels satisfying to the reader.

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Nadia W. Aldsen @aldsen.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Just stumbled across this: "Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art. Very often in our art, the art of words." (Ursula K. Le Guin 2014)

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Nadia W. Aldsen @aldsen.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

An academic publishing company asked me if I was interested in writing a textbook on AI and writing. NO, I said, I am too busy with other projects. What I should have said: I'm actually working on a story about an AI running Mars. Are you interested in opening your program to speculative fiction?

A sculpture of planet Mars, about double as high as a person, displayed on a street. It looks like a huge basketball.

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

STARRED review in Library Journal for WE WILL RISE AGAIN, the speculative activism anthology edited by @drkarenlord.bsky.social, @older.bsky.social and me! Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...

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We Will Rise Again

From genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer transfor...

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Nadia W. Aldsen @aldsen.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

#Eurocon is going to be in #Berlin from July 2-5 2026! It's called "MetropolCon Berlin" and the first guests of honor have been invited--and agreed to come. Looking forward to #AikiMira and #BeckyChambers ! www.metropolcon.eu/en/ #MetropolCon #siencefiction #speculativefiction #fantasy

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Metropol Con Berlin - A multimedia Event for Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror

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Nadia W. Aldsen @aldsen.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Books are our bread! Seen at #berlinartweek, created by Armenian artist Ani Ba.

Several dozen square pieces of Lavash, an Armenian flatbread, are bound like a book.

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