Mia Siegert
@miasiegert.bsky.social
Author. Costume Designer. Mental health advocate. Repped by @writeloudly.bsky.social (Speilburg Lit).
Feeling ready to pass out working on edits for my next pass! Talk about a mental workout by @yourfriendmaya.bsky.social ! #writingishard
July 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Feeling ready to pass out working on edits for my next pass! Talk about a mental workout by @yourfriendmaya.bsky.social ! #writingishard
Figured if anyone got a kick out of it, @gailsimone.bsky.social might. My husband went as Catman to #Connecticon and mixed a few versions.
Unlike him, I'm not serious so I went as Booster Gold, Space Cabbie, and Sexx Luthor--yeah, like Robot Chicken DC Special 2.
Shameless or delirious from work?
Unlike him, I'm not serious so I went as Booster Gold, Space Cabbie, and Sexx Luthor--yeah, like Robot Chicken DC Special 2.
Shameless or delirious from work?
July 22, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Figured if anyone got a kick out of it, @gailsimone.bsky.social might. My husband went as Catman to #Connecticon and mixed a few versions.
Unlike him, I'm not serious so I went as Booster Gold, Space Cabbie, and Sexx Luthor--yeah, like Robot Chicken DC Special 2.
Shameless or delirious from work?
Unlike him, I'm not serious so I went as Booster Gold, Space Cabbie, and Sexx Luthor--yeah, like Robot Chicken DC Special 2.
Shameless or delirious from work?
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The moment I read the pitch for this, I KNEW I had to read it immediately! 24 hours later, I offered rep! I cannot wait for next summer! This book is BEYOND AMAZING!
The news is out!
Thanks to my rockstar agent @writeloudly.bsky.social!
THE NAMES WE BURIED
Summer 2026, Scholastic
Edited by Mallory Kass & @yourfriendmaya.bsky.social
A trans boy takes a DNA test and discovers he’s a perfect match for a family searching for their kidnapped daughter.
#lgbtqYA
Thanks to my rockstar agent @writeloudly.bsky.social!
THE NAMES WE BURIED
Summer 2026, Scholastic
Edited by Mallory Kass & @yourfriendmaya.bsky.social
A trans boy takes a DNA test and discovers he’s a perfect match for a family searching for their kidnapped daughter.
#lgbtqYA
July 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The moment I read the pitch for this, I KNEW I had to read it immediately! 24 hours later, I offered rep! I cannot wait for next summer! This book is BEYOND AMAZING!
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Coming soon: new projects from @amiekaufman.bsky.social @miasiegert.bsky.social @cynthiacliff.bsky.social @tamekafryerbrown.bsky.social + more buff.ly/ieHZH3Z
Rights Report: Week of June 30, 2025
New deals for Astrid Scholte, Amie Kaufman, Mia Siegert, and others.
www.publishersweekly.com
July 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Coming soon: new projects from @amiekaufman.bsky.social @miasiegert.bsky.social @cynthiacliff.bsky.social @tamekafryerbrown.bsky.social + more buff.ly/ieHZH3Z
The news is out!
Thanks to my rockstar agent @writeloudly.bsky.social!
THE NAMES WE BURIED
Summer 2026, Scholastic
Edited by Mallory Kass & @yourfriendmaya.bsky.social
A trans boy takes a DNA test and discovers he’s a perfect match for a family searching for their kidnapped daughter.
#lgbtqYA
Thanks to my rockstar agent @writeloudly.bsky.social!
THE NAMES WE BURIED
Summer 2026, Scholastic
Edited by Mallory Kass & @yourfriendmaya.bsky.social
A trans boy takes a DNA test and discovers he’s a perfect match for a family searching for their kidnapped daughter.
#lgbtqYA
July 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The news is out!
Thanks to my rockstar agent @writeloudly.bsky.social!
THE NAMES WE BURIED
Summer 2026, Scholastic
Edited by Mallory Kass & @yourfriendmaya.bsky.social
A trans boy takes a DNA test and discovers he’s a perfect match for a family searching for their kidnapped daughter.
#lgbtqYA
Thanks to my rockstar agent @writeloudly.bsky.social!
THE NAMES WE BURIED
Summer 2026, Scholastic
Edited by Mallory Kass & @yourfriendmaya.bsky.social
A trans boy takes a DNA test and discovers he’s a perfect match for a family searching for their kidnapped daughter.
#lgbtqYA
Announcement pending.
June 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Announcement pending.
Hey folks,
I'm mostly posting on Instagram because of the costumes.
CATS at The Fulton and Casa Manana.
Also TIIIIGHT writing deadlines!
I'm mostly posting on Instagram because of the costumes.
CATS at The Fulton and Casa Manana.
Also TIIIIGHT writing deadlines!
May 29, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Hey folks,
I'm mostly posting on Instagram because of the costumes.
CATS at The Fulton and Casa Manana.
Also TIIIIGHT writing deadlines!
I'm mostly posting on Instagram because of the costumes.
CATS at The Fulton and Casa Manana.
Also TIIIIGHT writing deadlines!
Maybe if you got your head out of your ass and looked at the overwhelmingly high percentage of cismale authors who are published over any other demographic, you'd realized your work is getting passed because it sucks.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
New independent press to focus on male writers
Conduit Books will not ‘seek an adversarial stance … but the emphasis at first will be on ambitious, funny, political and cerebral fiction by men that is being passed by’
www.theguardian.com
April 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Maybe if you got your head out of your ass and looked at the overwhelmingly high percentage of cismale authors who are published over any other demographic, you'd realized your work is getting passed because it sucks.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
I see Gail woke up and chose war.
April 30, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I see Gail woke up and chose war.
I keep trying to get on board with Bsky, and I just can't figure this darn site out. :(
April 6, 2025 at 6:43 AM
I keep trying to get on board with Bsky, and I just can't figure this darn site out. :(
I haven't talked about Val Kilmer because it's very sad for me. "Batman Forever" changed my life. I had it on VHS. I watched it all the time. It... honestly explains a LOT about me in general.
Some people were very cruel to him when he was grappling with health. So cruel.
This is sad.
Some people were very cruel to him when he was grappling with health. So cruel.
This is sad.
April 3, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I haven't talked about Val Kilmer because it's very sad for me. "Batman Forever" changed my life. I had it on VHS. I watched it all the time. It... honestly explains a LOT about me in general.
Some people were very cruel to him when he was grappling with health. So cruel.
This is sad.
Some people were very cruel to him when he was grappling with health. So cruel.
This is sad.
Good.
NaNoWriMo: partnered with vanity presses that prey on authors, had a child grooming scandal, accusations of being a hostile work environment and all volunteers quit or got fired, started heavily promoting AI and called people ableist for being anti-AI
Also NaNoWriMo: No one wants to give us money 😔
Also NaNoWriMo: No one wants to give us money 😔
Less than a year after a full-throated embrace of AI, NaNoWriMo is shutting down :
April 3, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Good.
Author milestone: earned out my advance. :)
April 1, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Author milestone: earned out my advance. :)
Hi new friends! You might have recently followed me because of my posts trying to educate about piracy and the royalties authors get from the library.
Please introduce yourself!
I'm a bigender, queer, ND writer and costume designer. I'm responsible for JERKBAIT and SOMEBODY TOLD ME. I love cats.
Please introduce yourself!
I'm a bigender, queer, ND writer and costume designer. I'm responsible for JERKBAIT and SOMEBODY TOLD ME. I love cats.
March 22, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Hi new friends! You might have recently followed me because of my posts trying to educate about piracy and the royalties authors get from the library.
Please introduce yourself!
I'm a bigender, queer, ND writer and costume designer. I'm responsible for JERKBAIT and SOMEBODY TOLD ME. I love cats.
Please introduce yourself!
I'm a bigender, queer, ND writer and costume designer. I'm responsible for JERKBAIT and SOMEBODY TOLD ME. I love cats.
I don't like the cosplaying poor from people defending piracy. It's easy to tell when the information is wildly incorrect, usually when people talk about food stamps since it's been SNAP for a long time with EBT cards. You... don't bring physical stamps from other states...
March 22, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I don't like the cosplaying poor from people defending piracy. It's easy to tell when the information is wildly incorrect, usually when people talk about food stamps since it's been SNAP for a long time with EBT cards. You... don't bring physical stamps from other states...
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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...
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...
March 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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...
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...
I'm not very active on Bsky.
I'm alarmed at how many people are supporting piracy right to authors' faces when we're sharing how it's affected us and we're providing ways to read our work for free while we get paid.
The lack of empathy coupled with entitlement is astounding. Usually people assist.
I'm alarmed at how many people are supporting piracy right to authors' faces when we're sharing how it's affected us and we're providing ways to read our work for free while we get paid.
The lack of empathy coupled with entitlement is astounding. Usually people assist.
March 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I'm not very active on Bsky.
I'm alarmed at how many people are supporting piracy right to authors' faces when we're sharing how it's affected us and we're providing ways to read our work for free while we get paid.
The lack of empathy coupled with entitlement is astounding. Usually people assist.
I'm alarmed at how many people are supporting piracy right to authors' faces when we're sharing how it's affected us and we're providing ways to read our work for free while we get paid.
The lack of empathy coupled with entitlement is astounding. Usually people assist.
Why on earth would you laugh about this?
March 22, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Why on earth would you laugh about this?
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New Writer Beware blog post: authors' complaints at Clear Fork Press include royalty payment & reporting problems, contractual breaches, distribution issues, and much more writerbeware.blog/2025/03/21/a...
Author Complaints at Clear Fork Press - Writer Beware
In early February, author Vanessa Keel published a long, cautionary blog post about her experience with one small publisher. It was not a happy tale: an absent editor, little marketing support, a non-...
writerbeware.blog
March 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
New Writer Beware blog post: authors' complaints at Clear Fork Press include royalty payment & reporting problems, contractual breaches, distribution issues, and much more writerbeware.blog/2025/03/21/a...
Under the advice of some folk, I blocked that person who did the fanfic dig at me (which 1) I don't like because literally it's the biggest honor ever when an author receives fan-work, ever, and 2) I don't like because I take IP really seriously).
I'm just... sad they chose war rather than library.
I'm just... sad they chose war rather than library.
March 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Under the advice of some folk, I blocked that person who did the fanfic dig at me (which 1) I don't like because literally it's the biggest honor ever when an author receives fan-work, ever, and 2) I don't like because I take IP really seriously).
I'm just... sad they chose war rather than library.
I'm just... sad they chose war rather than library.
Lunch would be absolutely fucking amazing.
Every writer whose work has been stolen should be allowed to visit the Meta offices and just take whetever they want. Office supplies, computers, chairs, people’s jackets and lunches, whatever. Give it.
Meta used at least 16 of my books, and numerous articles, to help train the AI it will use to make billions.
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
March 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Lunch would be absolutely fucking amazing.
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thread.
I’m going to be very blunt and say: do not send Atthis Arts any money or manuscripts. The four-alarm red-flag phrase here is “borrow … to pay due royalties.”
Let me explain for those who don’t already know roughly how money works in small presses.
Let me explain for those who don’t already know roughly how money works in small presses.
March 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
thread.
I will fight for libraries and librarians. I love LIBRARIANS!!!
Also Book Bloggers? Your work is so underappreciated. Seriously, your kindness got me through some ROUGH times and I learned from YOU.
Also Book Bloggers? Your work is so underappreciated. Seriously, your kindness got me through some ROUGH times and I learned from YOU.
March 21, 2025 at 6:33 AM
I will fight for libraries and librarians. I love LIBRARIANS!!!
Also Book Bloggers? Your work is so underappreciated. Seriously, your kindness got me through some ROUGH times and I learned from YOU.
Also Book Bloggers? Your work is so underappreciated. Seriously, your kindness got me through some ROUGH times and I learned from YOU.
I usually don't fight with people online--
--unless it comes to piracy where it affects me, my colleagues, my industry, where all of us are struggling to make ends meet, get food, and I'm called a scarecrow?
So like... The Wiz or Jonathan Crane? I'd prefer The Wiz's Scarecrow.
--unless it comes to piracy where it affects me, my colleagues, my industry, where all of us are struggling to make ends meet, get food, and I'm called a scarecrow?
So like... The Wiz or Jonathan Crane? I'd prefer The Wiz's Scarecrow.
March 21, 2025 at 6:31 AM
I usually don't fight with people online--
--unless it comes to piracy where it affects me, my colleagues, my industry, where all of us are struggling to make ends meet, get food, and I'm called a scarecrow?
So like... The Wiz or Jonathan Crane? I'd prefer The Wiz's Scarecrow.
--unless it comes to piracy where it affects me, my colleagues, my industry, where all of us are struggling to make ends meet, get food, and I'm called a scarecrow?
So like... The Wiz or Jonathan Crane? I'd prefer The Wiz's Scarecrow.
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The person who punched Richard Spencer and instantly made him a meme never got caught. Just threw one punch and skipped off into immortality. I think about that a lot.
one of the most important things to learn, if you're out there doing things:
you don't get to talk about it.
you don't get to brag about it, you don't get to tell your friends, you don't get drinks bought for you in the bar off the story.
it's *always* shut the fuck up friday
you don't get to talk about it.
you don't get to brag about it, you don't get to tell your friends, you don't get drinks bought for you in the bar off the story.
it's *always* shut the fuck up friday
March 21, 2025 at 3:55 AM
The person who punched Richard Spencer and instantly made him a meme never got caught. Just threw one punch and skipped off into immortality. I think about that a lot.