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Maia Strong
@maiastrong01.bsky.social
Author, Actor, Aerialist; writing what I want to read; cis, bi, she/her; atheist witch 🏳️‍🌈🩷💜💙 ☕️🌧🐈 Rep: Matthew Valdez, MLA
I'm here for writers and cats.
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www.maiastrong.com
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If you’re a world-weary, burnt-out reader fed up with the apocalyptic vibe and breakneck pace of the real world and want a safe, cozy place to hang out with characters who feel like friends, my books are for you! (🔗 in bio)
When I wrote two SF novels in 2019 that made passing mention of “the American dissolution”, I didn’t think it would be so fucking prophetic.
October 24, 2025 at 3:01 AM
"We sort of forgot about the Mariners."

NO SHIT, DEREK! FU and your east-coast myopia.

#GoMariners #TridentsUp #MarinersWin #MLB #NationalAnnouncersSUCK
October 6, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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Opening line from LIVER:

Airplanes remind Emily of the silk nests of tent caterpillars that decorate the piedmont forests of North Carolina: beautiful, social creatures that can defoliate a crabapple tree in less than a season.

#DVParty #A #LF #spec
October 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Opening line from FALL DAMAGE:

Wrapping up after a D&D session was a chaotic storm full of jokes and scrambling to jot down notes to remember for next week.

Tonight was different.

#DVParty #fantasy #YA
October 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Opening line from CURSES, KISSES, AND OTHER COMPLICATIONS:

Every witch worth her salt knows blood on the moon means trouble’s on the horizon. Yet I ignore the glow drenching the clouds in crimson as I throw my car in park—let bad luck ruin someone else’s night. I’m busy.

#DVParty #Upmarket #R #A
October 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
It’s one of those days where, if I didn’t have aerial this evening, I’d be drinking by now. But it’s not all bad. Waste Mgmt pickup up twice today. I feel a little like I won the yard-waste lottery. 🤣
September 30, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Oh, to be this relaxed. 😴
September 29, 2025 at 12:59 AM
October baseball is coming back to Seattle!! Yeah, baby! #GoMariners #Mariners #MarinersBaseball
September 24, 2025 at 4:40 AM
The pumpkin beers have been spotted in stores! I repeat, the pumpkin beers have been spotted in stores! Expecting the ciders any day now! This is not a drill! 🎃🍻😋
September 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Today is your last chance to buy my books online before prices go up Monday, 15 Sept. (You can still pay the old price at Third Place Books LFP, Phinney Books, & Beguiled Books while supplies last.) What are you waiting for?

#selfpublishing #selfpub #indiebooks #indieauthor #theclockisrunning
September 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Dessert mode ACTIVATE:

Best pie: lemon* meringue or key lime*
Best ice cream: mint chocolate chip
Best donut: maple bar
Best bar: lemon*
Best cake: Guinness chocolate
Best other: macarons

*unapologetic lemon/lime - ie, it must be TART
Dessert mode ACTIVATE:

Best pie: a tart key lime (or anything my mom makes.)
Best ice cream: Phish Food
Best donut: sour cream (but only done right with the crunchy split top and glaze)
Best bar: lemon
Best cake: cheese
Best other: kransekake
Dessert mode ACTIVATE:

Best pie: apple
Best ice cream: yes
Best donut: no
Best bar: something with oats, dried cherries, pecans, and chocolate
Best cake: hummingbird
Best other: lebkuchen
September 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
There are only a few days left to grab any/all of my books at their current prices. So don't just sit there on your hands. Pick up a book or two (or more!) before it's too late!

#indieauthor #indiebooks #selfpublishing #selfpub #ebooks #paperbacks #inflationcomesforusall
September 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Quick reminder that I'll be spending 15 Sept updating the prices on my books. HOWEVER! There's still time to buy any of my titles before then! Pop over to my website (link in bio) for buy links, cover art, & snippets!

#ebooks #paperbacks #capitolismisabitch #indieauthor #indiebooks #selfpublishing
September 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I’ve seen many folks say they love:
Stand-alone series
Series in one world w/different MCs
Characters from earlier books making cameos in later books

I have that. Lots of it. So, #editors, check in with my #agent, @m1stervaldez.bsky.social at Megibow Lit, for my spec mm contemporary romance. 💖📚
September 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Don’t know if I have anyone in common with Isobel Grey, but if I do and you know what happened to her on here, please message me. She vanished from Tuesday to Wednesday, I’m concerned about her. 🥺
August 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Eddie Vedder in the broadcast booth talking about how music seems like a transferable skill for a baseball player.

Me on the sofa thinking about my major-leaguer MC learning to play guitar from the LI.

Guess I was onto something when I wrote that one. ⚾️🎸

#romanceauthor #romance
August 27, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The time is coming for me to raise my prices. I've kept them on the low side, but a shift towards market standard is in order. However! There's still time to grab any of my titles before that happens! Pop over to my website (link in bio) for buy links and pretty cover art and even some snippets!
August 19, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I planned and the bus failed, therefore I missed the light rail I wanted. Of course trains don’t run as often in the weekends, so I’m stuck waiting for the next one. 😤
August 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
QT this post with someone you wish was still alive.
August 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
It rained here last night and is all soggy and grey outside now and I couldn’t be happier! ☁️🌧☁️🌧
August 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Had a grand day out with my dear friend, @katedavies.bsky.social , for #romancebookstoreday yesterday! Thank you, Hardcovers Bookstore and Beguiled Books for your friendliness and warm welcomes!
August 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Chill, relaxed morning of coffee, emails, and the newspaper (just the digestible bits, thx) with the cats before I head to the aerial studio. 🥱☕️💻🗞🐈‍⬛
August 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
IT’S RAINING! 🌧🥳🌧🤗🌧
August 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Looking for a book to read? Or 20? I'm part of a group of disabled, queer writers in two book bundles for Disability Pride, each with 20 books for $30. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ My book, Pet, is available in Bundle 2! #BookSky

Links to both bundles here:
disabilitypac.carrd.co

Direct to bundle 2: itch.io/b/3173/disab...
July 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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I could definitely use a repost!

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July 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM