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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Excited to share my short story "Your Magic School Admittance Letter Never Arrives" is coming up next week on @castofwonders.org for their Banned Books Week celebration! Every story next week includes Free Little Libraries (or the speculative equivalent) in some manner, a theme close to my heart!

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Look at these beautiful Desi vampires!!! 😍😍😍

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I'm up on Characters Like Us Podcast today, talking books and my unwavering love of writing the South Asian experience: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc98...

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Ep 8. Maya Prasad on Writing Beyond Stereotypes

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

We are raising money for Queer Liberation Network and I'm offering up a critique of your query + first pages! This is a great way to help a good cause and also get prepped for querying agents! www.32auctions.com/organization...

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Queer Liberation Network (bookish and more) Auction running March 8-14, 2026 - virtual auction

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Maya Prasad Query + 5 Pages Manuscript Critique from Multipublished YA and Chapter Book Author

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

What publishing feels like literally most of the time. 🤣 I've got a new newsletter out today: 10 Things I've Learned in 2025! mayaprasad.substack.com/p/10-things-...

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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

The state library system of Hawaii has banned "banned" books displays, enforcing the phrase "freedom to read." Of course, we like that phrase too, but used without context it obscures the problem. You can't win a fight by pretending there isn't a fight

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Hawaii library system bans displays that refer to 'Banned Books Week,' rebrands to 'Freedom to Read'

Last week Lani Kawahara, who oversees the young adult section at Kauai’s largest library, set up her annual display to mark Banned Books Week, a national campaign that kicked off Sunday to spotlight…

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Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association @sfwa.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

SFWA educates authors about industry matters through many venues, including Writer Beware®, a service helmed by @victoriastrauss.com. It is a gift to be in dialogue as writers and other industry participants about the issues that matter most to our genre's future thriving. Read WB's latest here:

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Contract Controversy (and Change) at Must Read Magazines - Writer Beware

In a surprise move this past February, a new group called Must Read Magazines acquired five genre magazines: Asimov’s Science Fiction, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, The Magazine of Fantasy & Scienc...

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Outline: And then they defeat the bad guys. Me: Thanks, past self. Very helpful.

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ConCurrent Seattle @concurrentseattle.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

There’s no way to ease into this news, so here it is. Today, I am announcing ConCurrent Seattle, a one-day SFFH con intended to be an alternative program to WorldCon, scheduled for Thursday, August 14, 2025, at the ACT Theatre in downtown Seattle at 700 Union Street, across from the Sheraton. 1/7

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NightTide Magazine @nighttidemag.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

What if the boy next door turned into something you might have to kill? Abigail F. Taylor’s Maryneal 1962 is a Southern Gothic coming-of-age horror where full moons, small-town fear, and first love collide. We sat down with the author at #NightTideMag! nighttidemag.com/2025/05/23/s...

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AUTHOR SNAPSHOT: ABIGAIL F. TAYLOR

In Maryneal 1962, Abigail F. Taylor weaves Southern Gothic horror and teenage heartbreak into a haunting tale of prophecy, transformation, and the impossible choice between love and survival.

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

I thought I'd been kicked out of a couple of Slack groups that I mostly lurk in bc they were missing from my workspaces. I was like "Oh shit, am I in trouble?!" And then I remembered they were Discord groups, actually. 😜

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

One of my goals for this year was to take some time to work on short stories. They're so much fun, a sandbox where I think you can take more risks compared to novel-writing, and I think they really up my game in general. So I'm basking in having completed & submitted one this morning!

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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

New Hampshire!! Time to call Governor Ayotte to demand she veto the deeply unpopular book banning HB324. Remind her that only 39 people have spoken in favor of it, while more than 1300 opposed it. The phone number is 603-271-2121. www.wmur.com/article/nh-s...

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NH Senate passes bill to ban books deemed 'harmful to minors' in schools

A bill that could lead to certain books being banned in New Hampshire schools is now headed to the governor's desk.

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Writers, how do you mentally shift gears to a new WIP when you've been locked in a different manuscript for 6+ months? I'm curious if you have any particular rituals!

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

To the reader who thought DDLJ was out of place in Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things: Raj and Simran are to be immortalized in bronze in London's "Scenes in the Square" movie trail!!! DDLJ forever!!! variety.com/2025/film/ne...

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Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol to Be Immortalized With ‘DDLJ’ Leicester Square Statue – Global Bulletin

Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol will be immortalized in bronze this summer as their film 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge' gets a Leicester Square statue.

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

That feeling when you send a finished manuscript to your agent 🙈🙈

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Yay for book mail! Thanks for the gifts @candlewickpress.bsky.social!! I can't wait to check out book 2 in the V. Malar series by @suma-subramaniam.bsky.social!!

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Ugh, allergies make me want to nap. On the positive side I'm 20k into my revisions - 40k to go!!

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Dax, sapphic fantasy author @daxaeterna.ink · 21/03/2025

Finally found it. The average book thief makes between 60k and 99K USD. The average author makes around 10k. Most pirates are stealing from people worse off than themselves. But they cosplay as poor or use poor people as a shield to justify their class warfare. torrentfreak.com/wealthy-olde...

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eBook Pirates Are Relatively Old and Wealthy, Study Finds * TorrentFreak

A new study has found that people who illegally download eBooks are older and wealthier than most people's perception of the average pirate. Commissioned by anti-piracy company Digimarc, the study sug...

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Yay!! Gotta celebrate the wins in dark times!

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

I made 55K on my WIP! (In fact, ended on the round number of exactly 55,000 words today, haha). I'm on track to finish this draft by early next week, with I think a little over 60k total. Wooooo!

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The Word | A Storytelling Sanctuary @wordisdiversity.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Only 5 days left to apply to the Editor-Writer mentorship program! This year we have kidlit editors and adult romance mentors, so check for your genre and get your application in soon! www.thewordfordiversity.org/editor-write...

Pink square with multicolor text that reads: "The Editor-Writer Mentorship: promoting writers from the margins; 5 days left to apply, Applications due: March 17, 2025, 11:59pm US Denver/Mountain Time, Presented by The Word | A Storytelling Sanctuary"

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The Word | A Storytelling Sanctuary @wordisdiversity.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Call for volunteer readers for the Editor-Writer mentorship! Before the applications are sent to editors, our amazing volunteer readers review them and provide feedback to applicants. We are in need of readers for 2025! Form to volunteer: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Light pink background with multi-color text: "The 2025 Editor-Writer Mentorship Call for Readers! Current applicants cannot volunteer."

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Nearly 4k written today! I guess I really wanted to get to the end of this draft!!

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Shveta Thakrar @shvetathakrar.com · 04/03/2025

Divining the Leaves is out in the wild today! I hope you love exploring the magical forest. ✨🍃

It's the cover of Shveta Thakrar's book Divining the Leaves featuring Desi teen characters in front of a magical tree.

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

I'm receiving multiple texts a day asking for donations from ALREADY IN OFFICE Dems. Dude, no. Actually freaking DO SOMETHING for us and then maybe we'll donate to help your next election.

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Derrick Chow @derrickchow.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

It's my graphic novel and YA debut, y'all!

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

I've been resonating a lot with Susan Dennard's posts lately - the one about getting off social media and this one about being a fluid creator. Case in point, I decided to trash the last 1/3 of my draft, re-outline and rewrite. My word count has gone backward but I feel good about it!

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Goal Setting for the Fluid Creator

No, they're not "SMART" goals

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Me: I need to follow more #booksky people and get more bookish content Also me: clicks "like" on another ragey (but salient and justified) political post. 🙈

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Revising your outline counts as writing. Revising your outline counts as writing. Revising your outline counts as writing. 😓

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Waka T. Brown @wakatb.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Hurray! RICK KOTANI'S 400 MILLION DOLLAR SUMMER publishes today! My dedication in this book is “FOR THE TEAM" -- Team @harperkids.bsky.social, Team ACM, my editor Alyssa Miele, & agent @pennymoore.bsky.social have all helped make my book dreams come true. I hope you like Rick's story! #booksky

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Writer friends, I highly recommend applying to this mentorship program to get feedback in your MS from an editor at a major publishing house!

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attractive girls consume literature @grahseeya.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

god i love teens, this is why ill never give up writing ya

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 15/02/2025

Re-upping this PW article about payment problems at Albert Whitman, because I just got another complaint about unpaid advances, and per Publishers Marketplace, AW is still acquiring books www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

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Albert Whitman Under Fire Again from Authors and Agents

Albert Whitman & Company co-owner Patrick McPartland acknowledged the publisher’s recent difficulties amid authors and agents' complaints about delayed payments and a lack of transparency.

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Made it to 40k in my WIP!!! Notwithstanding the fact that I literally stopped mid-sentence this Friday, this means I'm still on track to finish my ~60k draft by the end of March.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

This is the year where I will finish reading all the books I bought in 2022, or die trying.

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Vaishali K Grover @vaishalikgrover.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Reminder for the #WritingCommunity. Wednesday, February 12th is Manuscript Wishlist Day. It’s NOT a pitch event, but seems to be a way to discover agents and editors / what they are currently seeking. Guidelines: www.manuscriptwishlist.com/2025/01/the-... ✨Happy finding everyone! #MSWL✨

February 12 is the official Manuscript Wish List Day #MSWL is written in large serif letters. @ManuscriptAcademy and @ManuscriptWishList appear on the bottom of the flyer.

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Is it weird that sometimes when I'm trying to very diligently make progress on my WIP, I still get less word count than the days when I have a slow start, take lots of breaks, and allow myself to get distracted reading random shit on the internet?

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I made it to just past 30K in my WIP, and I was aiming for that to be around the midpoint of the outline and it actually was! I'm on track!!

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Linda Cheng @lychengwrites.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

The brand new paperback edition of my #ya #sapphic #horror GORGEOUS GRUESOME FACES is coming Nov 4 with some super exciting ✨bonus content✨! More info to come! Aaaand it's also that time again, preorder on BN.com with code PREORDER25 for 25% off 2.5 - 2.7 😘 #writingcommunity #bookcommunity

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

I thought this was a thoughtful (and hopeful!) analysis about what Tr&mp is doing. It did sort of make me feel better - that he is not as in control as he wants to pretend. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...

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Opinion | Don’t Believe Him (Gift Article)

Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very different than what he wants you to see.

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