RL Maizes (she/her)
@rlmaizes.bsky.social
New novel out November 4 titled A COMPLETE FICTION (Ig Publishing). Author of novel Other People's Pets, winner of Colorado Book Award, and short story collection We Love Anderson Cooper. Assistant to white cat and big-eared dog. Knitter. 🧶
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RL Maizes (she/her)
@rlmaizes.bsky.social
· Jan 25
It's never an easy road getting to this place. This book received a lot of rejections until I took it back and rewrote it. I'm a better writer for it and the book is a better book. Comes out Nov. 4 of this year. I hope you all like it.
Senior Writer Bingo, anyone? electricliterature.com/senior-write...
November 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Senior Writer Bingo, anyone? electricliterature.com/senior-write...
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By: R.L. Maizes the Elder on Wednesday, November 12, 2025
By: R.L. Maizes the Elder on Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Where’s My “5 Over 65” Award?
“Senior Writer Bingo,” a graphic narrative by R.L. Maizes the Elder
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November 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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By: R.L. Maizes the Elder on Wednesday, November 12, 2025
By: R.L. Maizes the Elder on Wednesday, November 12, 2025
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A bingo card for those navigating life as an older writer (by R.L. Maizes the Elder @rlmaizes.bsky.social)
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Where's My "5 Over 65" Award? - Electric Literature
“Senior Writer Bingo,” a graphic narrative by R.L. Maizes the Elder
electricliterature.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
A bingo card for those navigating life as an older writer (by R.L. Maizes the Elder @rlmaizes.bsky.social)
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Amused/dismayed by how much I relate to this at this morning’s Commuter piece @electricliterature.com by @rlmaizes.bsky.social (and yes, I had to “Click to enlarge” in order to read it 😂) electricliterature.com?p=301992
November 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Amused/dismayed by how much I relate to this at this morning’s Commuter piece @electricliterature.com by @rlmaizes.bsky.social (and yes, I had to “Click to enlarge” in order to read it 😂) electricliterature.com?p=301992
Forget Connections! Forget Spelling Bee! Play a round of Senior Writer Bingo by R.L. Maizes The Elder at @electricliterature.com this morning. @igpublishing.bsky.social electricliterature.com/senior-write...
Where's My "5 Over 65" Award? - Electric Literature
“Senior Writer Bingo,” a graphic narrative by R.L. Maizes the Elder
electricliterature.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Forget Connections! Forget Spelling Bee! Play a round of Senior Writer Bingo by R.L. Maizes The Elder at @electricliterature.com this morning. @igpublishing.bsky.social electricliterature.com/senior-write...
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Out the door and into the world! Happy Pub Day to @rlmaizes.bsky.social #booksky #book #books #newrelease
November 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Out the door and into the world! Happy Pub Day to @rlmaizes.bsky.social #booksky #book #books #newrelease
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“In honor of the release of A Complete Fiction, a novel about #writers, I’m declaring November International Be Kind to Writers Month and International Return Writers’ Calls/Emails/Texts Month.” - @rlmaizes.bsky.social new @deborahkalb.bsky.social Q&A
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Q&A with R.L. Maizes
Photo by Steve Olshansky R.L. Maizes is the author of the new novel A Complete Fiction . Her other books include th...
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November 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
“In honor of the release of A Complete Fiction, a novel about #writers, I’m declaring November International Be Kind to Writers Month and International Return Writers’ Calls/Emails/Texts Month.” - @rlmaizes.bsky.social new @deborahkalb.bsky.social Q&A
deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2025/11/q-wi...
deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2025/11/q-wi...
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"Publishers think that readers don't like reading about writers, but I don't think that's true."
Denver Writer Explores Publishing, Social Media in Satirical New Novel
"Publishers think that readers don't like reading about writers, but I don't think that's true."
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November 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
"Publishers think that readers don't like reading about writers, but I don't think that's true."
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🚨🚨 NOVEMBER SUBMISSION CALLS 🚨🚨
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November 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
🚨🚨 NOVEMBER SUBMISSION CALLS 🚨🚨
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“George Dunn sat in his cubicle at Peapod Press, a space small enough that if he stretched his long arms, he could nearly touch the fabric walls on either side.” Read from R.L. Maizes’ new novel, A Complete Fiction.
A Complete Fiction
George Dunn sat in his cubicle at Peapod Press, a space small enough that if he stretched his long arms, he could nearly touch the fabric walls on either side. His pole-vault legs had never fit pro…
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October 31, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“George Dunn sat in his cubicle at Peapod Press, a space small enough that if he stretched his long arms, he could nearly touch the fabric walls on either side.” Read from R.L. Maizes’ new novel, A Complete Fiction.
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Today @literaryhub.bsky.social an excerpt from @rlmaizes.bsky.social forthcoming novel A Complete Fiction lithub.com/a-complete-f... #booksky #book #books
October 31, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Today @literaryhub.bsky.social an excerpt from @rlmaizes.bsky.social forthcoming novel A Complete Fiction lithub.com/a-complete-f... #booksky #book #books
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"A Complete Fiction" examines the very serious questions of who has a right to tell a story, and has cancel culture gone too far in our social media-drenched world? Join us on Wednesday, November 5th for this event w/ @rlmaizes.bsky.social in convo w/ Andrea Bobotis. Tix: MaizesBBS.eventbrite.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"A Complete Fiction" examines the very serious questions of who has a right to tell a story, and has cancel culture gone too far in our social media-drenched world? Join us on Wednesday, November 5th for this event w/ @rlmaizes.bsky.social in convo w/ Andrea Bobotis. Tix: MaizesBBS.eventbrite.com
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Boulder author R.L. Maizes skewers cancel culture, social media, and sisterhood in new novel “A Complete Fiction” trib.al/kNUGPIg
Boulder author R.L. Maizes skewers cancel culture, social media, and sisterhood in new novel “A Complete Fiction”
Boulder author R.L. Maizes’s latest novel, “A Complete Fiction,” imagines a viral social media app where gossip spreads like wildfire and truth gets buried in the comments. Both funny and unsettlin…
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October 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Boulder author R.L. Maizes skewers cancel culture, social media, and sisterhood in new novel “A Complete Fiction” trib.al/kNUGPIg
I wasn't sure that this book would enter the world. To make it happen, I had to be all things people hate women to be. Assertive (aggressive, pushy). Persistent (whiny, complainy). Ambitious, hungry (greedy, unsatisfied). (A regular bitch.) Onward. I have more writing to do and more people to annoy.
September 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I wasn't sure that this book would enter the world. To make it happen, I had to be all things people hate women to be. Assertive (aggressive, pushy). Persistent (whiny, complainy). Ambitious, hungry (greedy, unsatisfied). (A regular bitch.) Onward. I have more writing to do and more people to annoy.
September 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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In the Tumbleweed, I discuss a mascot's retirement, what it teaches us about how to love, and book news starring @rlmaizes.bsky.social, @ninamcconigley.bsky.social, @khadijahqueen.com, @scottsemegran.com, @unmpress.bsky.social, @caralopezlee.bsky.social & @karenpalmer.bsky.social! bit.ly/42gAIDZ
Ralphie's Last Prance: Loving Creatures as Belonging to Themselves
A very chunky chipmunk, a new story collection, and September literary events.
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September 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
In the Tumbleweed, I discuss a mascot's retirement, what it teaches us about how to love, and book news starring @rlmaizes.bsky.social, @ninamcconigley.bsky.social, @khadijahqueen.com, @scottsemegran.com, @unmpress.bsky.social, @caralopezlee.bsky.social & @karenpalmer.bsky.social! bit.ly/42gAIDZ
After a hike, it’s important restore your depleted raspberry filling. Follow me for more nutrition tips.
August 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
After a hike, it’s important restore your depleted raspberry filling. Follow me for more nutrition tips.
Why I sometimes engage in retail therapy, a short play:
Me to the publishing world: Here I am!
Publishing world:
Me to Prana: *Looks at smock blouse*
Prana: Hi
Prana: Hi again! We see you!
Prana: Hi, hi, hi!
Me: *Takes out credit card*
Me to the publishing world: Here I am!
Publishing world:
Me to Prana: *Looks at smock blouse*
Prana: Hi
Prana: Hi again! We see you!
Prana: Hi, hi, hi!
Me: *Takes out credit card*
August 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Why I sometimes engage in retail therapy, a short play:
Me to the publishing world: Here I am!
Publishing world:
Me to Prana: *Looks at smock blouse*
Prana: Hi
Prana: Hi again! We see you!
Prana: Hi, hi, hi!
Me: *Takes out credit card*
Me to the publishing world: Here I am!
Publishing world:
Me to Prana: *Looks at smock blouse*
Prana: Hi
Prana: Hi again! We see you!
Prana: Hi, hi, hi!
Me: *Takes out credit card*
SCAM ALERT
Sadly, Richard Powers doesn’t want to be my pen pal, but I’m considering being the pen pal of this scammer because they know just what to say to a girl.
Sadly, Richard Powers doesn’t want to be my pen pal, but I’m considering being the pen pal of this scammer because they know just what to say to a girl.
July 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
SCAM ALERT
Sadly, Richard Powers doesn’t want to be my pen pal, but I’m considering being the pen pal of this scammer because they know just what to say to a girl.
Sadly, Richard Powers doesn’t want to be my pen pal, but I’m considering being the pen pal of this scammer because they know just what to say to a girl.
My good-natured publicist, @iammblankenship.bsky.social, and me taking deep breaths when we realized it's only three months to pub date for A Complete Fiction. "It's going to be all right," she said, doubtfully. @igpublishing.bsky.social
July 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
My good-natured publicist, @iammblankenship.bsky.social, and me taking deep breaths when we realized it's only three months to pub date for A Complete Fiction. "It's going to be all right," she said, doubtfully. @igpublishing.bsky.social
You’d be smiling, too, if you were wearing this adorable hat AND had supported one of your favorite literary magazines. Get one of your own from @electricliterature.com. Link in comment. H/T (pun intended!) Courtney Maum
July 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
You’d be smiling, too, if you were wearing this adorable hat AND had supported one of your favorite literary magazines. Get one of your own from @electricliterature.com. Link in comment. H/T (pun intended!) Courtney Maum
Not me sending a three-paragraph email pitch to a podcast this morning and forgetting to say: I'd like to be a guest on your podcast. 🤣😭
July 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Not me sending a three-paragraph email pitch to a podcast this morning and forgetting to say: I'd like to be a guest on your podcast. 🤣😭
$15.16 is the price to pre-order A Complete Fiction at my publisher, @igpublishing.bsky.social , in a sale having NOTHING TO DO with any other company whose merchandise might be on sale. You know what else you can buy for $15.16? A personalized bottle opener on Etsy. No judgment. igpub.com/a-com…
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July 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
$15.16 is the price to pre-order A Complete Fiction at my publisher, @igpublishing.bsky.social , in a sale having NOTHING TO DO with any other company whose merchandise might be on sale. You know what else you can buy for $15.16? A personalized bottle opener on Etsy. No judgment. igpub.com/a-com…
Chapsticks are pack animals. You’ll never find one alone. Tissues, similarly. You’ll never have one clean one in your pocket but you might have a dozen used. Reading glasses, likewise. You think they talk to each other about what they’ve seen? And pens, who gather to mourn friends who’ve died.
July 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Chapsticks are pack animals. You’ll never find one alone. Tissues, similarly. You’ll never have one clean one in your pocket but you might have a dozen used. Reading glasses, likewise. You think they talk to each other about what they’ve seen? And pens, who gather to mourn friends who’ve died.
New author photo.
June 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
New author photo.