Martha Wells
@marthawells.com
SF/F Writer - The Books of the Raksura, The Murderbot Diaries, Witch King, Queen Demon, and more. Nebula and Hugo Award winner. NYT and Sunday Times Bestseller. (She/her) Agent: Jennifer Jackson
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Martha Wells
@marthawells.com
· Jan 6
PSA: if you get an email out of the blue that is supposedly from me, offering to help you with marketing or other publisher services, or asking for money, it is not me, it is a scammer.
This is a very common scam now, one of the many scams aimed at aspiring and new writers.
This is a very common scam now, one of the many scams aimed at aspiring and new writers.
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Her community rallied so fast and so diligently. This is a victory to uphold and celebrate. Reminds everyone that it's worth fighting back.
An immigration court dropped its case against Turkish graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, a little less than a year after federal agents arrested her on a street near Tufts University
Immigration Court Drops Case Against Tufts Student Rumeysa Ozturk
The Turkish national had been arrested by plainclothes federal officers outside her apartment.
on.wsj.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Her community rallied so fast and so diligently. This is a victory to uphold and celebrate. Reminds everyone that it's worth fighting back.
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I’m gonna be at @comptonwrites.bsky.social’s Book Birthday Tuesday night at @nowherebookshop.bsky.social. See you there, #SanAntonio Horror Folx! www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
San Antonio horror author Johnny Compton to discuss latest novel at Nowhere Bookshop
The Bram Stoker Award-nominated Compton will talk about his book Dead First with SA-based writer and illustrator John Picacio.
www.sacurrent.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:44 AM
I’m gonna be at @comptonwrites.bsky.social’s Book Birthday Tuesday night at @nowherebookshop.bsky.social. See you there, #SanAntonio Horror Folx! www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
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The monks are inviting the community to join their homecoming walk.
2,300 miles later, Buddhist monks return to Texas after 'Walk for Peace'
The monks are inviting the community to join their homecoming walk.
bit.ly
February 10, 2026 at 2:00 AM
The monks are inviting the community to join their homecoming walk.
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"We might not be able to be on the front lines with people or putting our bodies out there, but it can save someone," Teresa Magaña told me about the whistle printing and distro efforts.
She's the one behind the Form A Crowd, Stay Loud zine that's inspired whistle groups in at least 25 states:
She's the one behind the Form A Crowd, Stay Loud zine that's inspired whistle groups in at least 25 states:
February 9, 2026 at 8:42 PM
"We might not be able to be on the front lines with people or putting our bodies out there, but it can save someone," Teresa Magaña told me about the whistle printing and distro efforts.
She's the one behind the Form A Crowd, Stay Loud zine that's inspired whistle groups in at least 25 states:
She's the one behind the Form A Crowd, Stay Loud zine that's inspired whistle groups in at least 25 states:
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For those following the Red Ogre Review saga, he has made good on his promise to change his licensing terms...by doubling down.
On left: the original (awful) license. On right: the new license, mostly the same as the old license, but with some additions that I've circled in red.
On left: the original (awful) license. On right: the new license, mostly the same as the old license, but with some additions that I've circled in red.
February 10, 2026 at 1:21 AM
For those following the Red Ogre Review saga, he has made good on his promise to change his licensing terms...by doubling down.
On left: the original (awful) license. On right: the new license, mostly the same as the old license, but with some additions that I've circled in red.
On left: the original (awful) license. On right: the new license, mostly the same as the old license, but with some additions that I've circled in red.
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Just want to note that Caz is someone I know and trust, and Caz knows this family. There's a PayPal link for those who don't have Venmo.
Friends, I learned today I have another set of neighbors who need help :(
Young couple w a v giggly toddler, bought their condo last year. She works PT from home, his jobsite already got raided by ICE once, they're gonna miss their mortgage on the 15th. Amount needed: $2000
Venmo: Caz-A
Young couple w a v giggly toddler, bought their condo last year. She works PT from home, his jobsite already got raided by ICE once, they're gonna miss their mortgage on the 15th. Amount needed: $2000
Venmo: Caz-A
February 9, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Just want to note that Caz is someone I know and trust, and Caz knows this family. There's a PayPal link for those who don't have Venmo.
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Hey, all y'all who donated to the rent relief fund I posted about the other day? @ziibiing.com tells me that we helped keep THREE Minnesota families in their homes! Huge thanks to everyone, and please do follow @ziibiing.com for more ways to help!
February 9, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Hey, all y'all who donated to the rent relief fund I posted about the other day? @ziibiing.com tells me that we helped keep THREE Minnesota families in their homes! Huge thanks to everyone, and please do follow @ziibiing.com for more ways to help!
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Lyda, my bestie and fellow SF/F writer, has been volunteering at a food mutual aid that has had to rapidly scale up. This is their venmo, please consider donating.
I know we are all tapped out, but if you have anything to spare, the mutual aid place I volunteer at is desperate for funds to keep the lights on and folks fec. Venmo: @chef-collective-1123 or casapp: $chefcollective1123. Please share widely.
February 9, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Lyda, my bestie and fellow SF/F writer, has been volunteering at a food mutual aid that has had to rapidly scale up. This is their venmo, please consider donating.
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Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
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NEW: Of all the states that voted for Harris over Trump in 2024, there's only one where a Dem governor is overseeing an ICE's 287(g) program:
Massachusetts.
Other blue states have quit, or even outright banned it. My colleague on what's happening: boltsmag.org/massachusett...
Massachusetts.
Other blue states have quit, or even outright banned it. My colleague on what's happening: boltsmag.org/massachusett...
Inside ICE’s Only Contract with a Blue State - Bolts
As part of a 287(g) contract between state officials and ICE, Massachusetts continues to release prisoners into deportation—even as state lawmakers look to ban other forms of ICE collaboration.
boltsmag.org
February 9, 2026 at 7:35 PM
NEW: Of all the states that voted for Harris over Trump in 2024, there's only one where a Dem governor is overseeing an ICE's 287(g) program:
Massachusetts.
Other blue states have quit, or even outright banned it. My colleague on what's happening: boltsmag.org/massachusett...
Massachusetts.
Other blue states have quit, or even outright banned it. My colleague on what's happening: boltsmag.org/massachusett...
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Thanks for the support @cjtavares.bsky.social! 📚
It's here! It's here! My copy of @cornellwriter.bsky.social's brand new book SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL has arrived!!!
It's so gorgeous! And next to LOST CARGO 😍🔥
Snag your own copy from wherever you get your books and check out all of Cornell's work via her website.
It's so gorgeous! And next to LOST CARGO 😍🔥
Snag your own copy from wherever you get your books and check out all of Cornell's work via her website.
February 9, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Thanks for the support @cjtavares.bsky.social! 📚
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My sapphic Orpheus retelling set in Chicago, a meditation on life and death and how to hold both of them.
moonpalacebooks.com/item/3Czr8Ta...
moonpalacebooks.com/item/3Czr8Ta...
February 9, 2026 at 7:49 PM
My sapphic Orpheus retelling set in Chicago, a meditation on life and death and how to hold both of them.
moonpalacebooks.com/item/3Czr8Ta...
moonpalacebooks.com/item/3Czr8Ta...
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February 9, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."
February 9, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."
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Our latest bundle contains 12 stories, all translated from their original languages, so you can explore different cultures and journeys all in one place! It even has 5 StoryBundle exclusives! storybundle.com/translation
February 5, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Our latest bundle contains 12 stories, all translated from their original languages, so you can explore different cultures and journeys all in one place! It even has 5 StoryBundle exclusives! storybundle.com/translation
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I wrote about these warehouses in the context of Friday's Fifth Circuit mandatory-detention ruling over the weekend here: www.lawdork.com/p/fifth-circ...
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I wrote about these warehouses in the context of Friday's Fifth Circuit mandatory-detention ruling over the weekend here: www.lawdork.com/p/fifth-circ...
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Of the books I read for the first times in 2025, only the Cloud Roads by @marthawells.com has pulled me into rereading.
When I pitch it to friends, it’s that Wells made her own new omegaverse-like species/gender combination and the main character is a cross between Rapunzel and Wreck it Ralph
When I pitch it to friends, it’s that Wells made her own new omegaverse-like species/gender combination and the main character is a cross between Rapunzel and Wreck it Ralph
February 9, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Of the books I read for the first times in 2025, only the Cloud Roads by @marthawells.com has pulled me into rereading.
When I pitch it to friends, it’s that Wells made her own new omegaverse-like species/gender combination and the main character is a cross between Rapunzel and Wreck it Ralph
When I pitch it to friends, it’s that Wells made her own new omegaverse-like species/gender combination and the main character is a cross between Rapunzel and Wreck it Ralph
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European social movement scholars are increasingly using the concept 'direct social action (dsa)' to refer to what we colloquially call 'mutual aid'. That work pretty clearly confirms that direct social action/mutual aid is inseparable from protest.
February 9, 2026 at 5:06 PM
European social movement scholars are increasingly using the concept 'direct social action (dsa)' to refer to what we colloquially call 'mutual aid'. That work pretty clearly confirms that direct social action/mutual aid is inseparable from protest.
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This Administration’s attacks on Minnesota continue, this time by threatening to allow copper-sulfide mining in the watershed of the Boundary Waters when a majority of Minnesotans have made it clear they don't want this mine.
Not this mine. Not this place. Keep public lands in public hands.
Not this mine. Not this place. Keep public lands in public hands.
February 9, 2026 at 5:41 PM
This Administration’s attacks on Minnesota continue, this time by threatening to allow copper-sulfide mining in the watershed of the Boundary Waters when a majority of Minnesotans have made it clear they don't want this mine.
Not this mine. Not this place. Keep public lands in public hands.
Not this mine. Not this place. Keep public lands in public hands.
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You can support a good cause and get a little printable reading challenge zine from me in this bundle along with a lot of other cool stuff! Please check it out!!
February 9, 2026 at 4:04 PM
You can support a good cause and get a little printable reading challenge zine from me in this bundle along with a lot of other cool stuff! Please check it out!!
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I hear from people who are surprised I'm still talking about ICE, they thought they'd withdrawn from MN.
No, they have not. In some respects they've escalated.
Some asked why MN is a target. Are there are there a lot more illegals or criminals here?
No, it's not about that. It's about a grudge.
No, they have not. In some respects they've escalated.
Some asked why MN is a target. Are there are there a lot more illegals or criminals here?
No, it's not about that. It's about a grudge.
February 9, 2026 at 9:15 AM
I hear from people who are surprised I'm still talking about ICE, they thought they'd withdrawn from MN.
No, they have not. In some respects they've escalated.
Some asked why MN is a target. Are there are there a lot more illegals or criminals here?
No, it's not about that. It's about a grudge.
No, they have not. In some respects they've escalated.
Some asked why MN is a target. Are there are there a lot more illegals or criminals here?
No, it's not about that. It's about a grudge.
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Quick update just to say that the ebook of BUT NOT TOO BOLD is in a promo price of $1.99 on several ebook retailers like Kobo and Amazon 🕷️
www.amazon.com/But-Not-Bold...
www.amazon.com/But-Not-Bold...
Hi 👋
If you're new here, I have a fairytalesque novella with Tordotcom called BUT NOT TOO BOLD about a monstrous spider woman with a taste for human brides 🕷🗝
You can find it in your favorite online bookshop, or order on the link below:
linktr.ee/hachepueyo
If you're new here, I have a fairytalesque novella with Tordotcom called BUT NOT TOO BOLD about a monstrous spider woman with a taste for human brides 🕷🗝
You can find it in your favorite online bookshop, or order on the link below:
linktr.ee/hachepueyo
February 9, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Quick update just to say that the ebook of BUT NOT TOO BOLD is in a promo price of $1.99 on several ebook retailers like Kobo and Amazon 🕷️
www.amazon.com/But-Not-Bold...
www.amazon.com/But-Not-Bold...
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Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes is $1.99! I loooove this whole series!
bookshop.org/a/1382/97800...
amzn.to/4ajJGDs
bookshop.org/a/1382/97800...
amzn.to/4ajJGDs
Chilling Effect: A Novel
A Novel
bookshop.org
February 9, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes is $1.99! I loooove this whole series!
bookshop.org/a/1382/97800...
amzn.to/4ajJGDs
bookshop.org/a/1382/97800...
amzn.to/4ajJGDs
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Hi!!! If you tried to donate to Hailey over the weekend and it didn't go thru, please try again. <3
Her funds were being frozen because she's in Brazil and there was some fuckery with the payment processor. But it should be okay now.
Anything you can afford is super massively appreciated!
Her funds were being frozen because she's in Brazil and there was some fuckery with the payment processor. But it should be okay now.
Anything you can afford is super massively appreciated!
Here's another #transcrowdfund:
Hailey Kaas is a brilliant writer, translator, educator and activist in Brazil, and one of my fav humans. She founded Brazil's first transfeminism website/collective.
Hailey's mom has cancer and she's had to quit working to take care of her:
ko-fi.com/haileykaas
Hailey Kaas is a brilliant writer, translator, educator and activist in Brazil, and one of my fav humans. She founded Brazil's first transfeminism website/collective.
Hailey's mom has cancer and she's had to quit working to take care of her:
ko-fi.com/haileykaas
Support Hailey Kaas
Support Hailey Kaas
ko-fi.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Hi!!! If you tried to donate to Hailey over the weekend and it didn't go thru, please try again. <3
Her funds were being frozen because she's in Brazil and there was some fuckery with the payment processor. But it should be okay now.
Anything you can afford is super massively appreciated!
Her funds were being frozen because she's in Brazil and there was some fuckery with the payment processor. But it should be okay now.
Anything you can afford is super massively appreciated!