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May 21, 2023
👉 Read Me First
Hello, and welcome. I’m Jordan Acosta, a British-Filipino speculative writer and Creative Director based near London, represented by John Baker at Bell Lomax Moreton. Here, you'll find a central index for my fiction and essays, as well as the archive for my erratic newsletter, the Acosta Dispatch. This no-frills blog feed is hosted by ...
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September 4, 2025
The Acosta Dispatch #9 – Novelettes, Ai Psychosis and Unsettling Japanese Fiction
https://www.jordanacosta.co/p/the-dispatch-9-novelettes-ai-psychosis _ jordanacosta.co
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September 3, 2025
More Free-to-use Picture Resources for Writers
https://www.jordanacosta.co/p/more-free-to-use-picture-resources _ jordanacosta.co
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September 2, 2025
Free-to-use Picture Resources for Writers
https://www.jordanacosta.co/p/free-to-use-picture-resources _ jordanacosta.co
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September 1, 2025
Putting the Blurb Before the Book
https://jordanacostaco.substack.com/p/putting-the-blurb-before-the-book _ jordanacosta.co
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August 29, 2025
The Acosta Dispatch #8 – Palate Cleansers
https://www.jordanacosta.co/p/the-dispatch-8-on-palate-cleansers _ jordanacosta.co
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August 27, 2025
The Acosta Dispatch #7 – Writing a First Chapter
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August 25, 2025
The Acosta Dispatch #6 – Greenland, What to Do Next & Resisting GenAi
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August 24, 2025
The Acosta Dispatch #5 – Editing for Submission & Dracula
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August 22, 2025
The Acosta Dispatch #4 – The London Book Fair & Editing
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August 21, 2025
The Acosta Dispatch #3 – Pitches & Robust Ideas
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August 21, 2025
The Acosta Dispatch #2 – On Location, Bio-hacking & the Magic Castle
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August 20, 2025
The Acosta Dispatch #1 – Agents, Literary & Literary
Welcome to the inaugural edition of my newsletter, the Acosta Dispatch, published every first Thursday. Here you will find updates on what I've been up to, short reviews and more. This month, I outline how I found my literary agent John Baker at a convention, before delving into the murky world of secret agents in my monthly book revie...
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February 11, 2025
Dark Century
An investigator from the Danish Interior Ministry uncovers a decades-long conspiracy centuries after climate collapse, where fevered witch hunts collide with the shadow of le Carré’s Cold War. “'Dark Century is a gripping and utterly original twisted post-apocalyptic mystery in a thrilling world of persecution, brutality, and intrigue'...
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