Maria Vale
@mariavalewrites.bsky.social
The Packing List Cover Reveal!
So proud to be part of this antho with 12 brand new stories of grown-up characters doing their best to get away from it all, only to have life--and love--catch up with them. #ThePackingList
Available starting 12/30 on KU bit.ly/3Xz129m 1/3
So proud to be part of this antho with 12 brand new stories of grown-up characters doing their best to get away from it all, only to have life--and love--catch up with them. #ThePackingList
Available starting 12/30 on KU bit.ly/3Xz129m 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The Packing List Cover Reveal!
So proud to be part of this antho with 12 brand new stories of grown-up characters doing their best to get away from it all, only to have life--and love--catch up with them. #ThePackingList
Available starting 12/30 on KU bit.ly/3Xz129m 1/3
So proud to be part of this antho with 12 brand new stories of grown-up characters doing their best to get away from it all, only to have life--and love--catch up with them. #ThePackingList
Available starting 12/30 on KU bit.ly/3Xz129m 1/3
Hey #writersky, Linktree has become utterly impossible to use now. What are your favorite alternatives? Extra points for platforms that don't require hours of spelunking just to post a link. TYSM!
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Hey #writersky, Linktree has become utterly impossible to use now. What are your favorite alternatives? Extra points for platforms that don't require hours of spelunking just to post a link. TYSM!
Hey friends, anyone in London available for a get together during the upcoming winter months? I'll be there after the holidays and through the end of April. Alternatively, if you know any great #LondonWriters groups, please let me know. TYSM!
November 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Hey friends, anyone in London available for a get together during the upcoming winter months? I'll be there after the holidays and through the end of April. Alternatively, if you know any great #LondonWriters groups, please let me know. TYSM!
"I am an Alpha without a Pack. A leader no one wants to follow. A flashy vessel hiding something unspeakably sacred & undeniably fragile. I am a monster; neither one thing, nor the other, belonging nowhere.”
First time since 2/23, A Wolf Apart is on sale for $1.99.
books2read.com/A-Wolf-Apart
First time since 2/23, A Wolf Apart is on sale for $1.99.
books2read.com/A-Wolf-Apart
November 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"I am an Alpha without a Pack. A leader no one wants to follow. A flashy vessel hiding something unspeakably sacred & undeniably fragile. I am a monster; neither one thing, nor the other, belonging nowhere.”
First time since 2/23, A Wolf Apart is on sale for $1.99.
books2read.com/A-Wolf-Apart
First time since 2/23, A Wolf Apart is on sale for $1.99.
books2read.com/A-Wolf-Apart
#romancelandia
Making a plug for The Last Wolf, v. 1 of my obscure #PNR series. It's kind of xenofiction, almost, because the world is seen through the eyes of wolves, vulnerable, wild & raw.
Don't know how long it's on sale so TYIA for any shares.
books2read.com/The-last-wolf
Making a plug for The Last Wolf, v. 1 of my obscure #PNR series. It's kind of xenofiction, almost, because the world is seen through the eyes of wolves, vulnerable, wild & raw.
Don't know how long it's on sale so TYIA for any shares.
books2read.com/The-last-wolf
October 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
#romancelandia
Making a plug for The Last Wolf, v. 1 of my obscure #PNR series. It's kind of xenofiction, almost, because the world is seen through the eyes of wolves, vulnerable, wild & raw.
Don't know how long it's on sale so TYIA for any shares.
books2read.com/The-last-wolf
Making a plug for The Last Wolf, v. 1 of my obscure #PNR series. It's kind of xenofiction, almost, because the world is seen through the eyes of wolves, vulnerable, wild & raw.
Don't know how long it's on sale so TYIA for any shares.
books2read.com/The-last-wolf
Take a look at these accounts. For my part, I found them all weirdly juvenile and blocked each and every.
A bunch of government accounts joined Bluesky today, and it seems very likely they intend to trawl the timeline for statements they can spin as inflammatory or insidious. I’m denying them access to my posts, and I suggest you do the same. Here’s how to do it in one click.
Blockety block block BLOCK!!!
October 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Take a look at these accounts. For my part, I found them all weirdly juvenile and blocked each and every.
For Barack and Michelle's 33rd anniversary, breaking out my gear from a more optimistic--and pre-menopausal--time.
Happy Anniversary, you two. We miss you.
Happy Anniversary, you two. We miss you.
October 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
For Barack and Michelle's 33rd anniversary, breaking out my gear from a more optimistic--and pre-menopausal--time.
Happy Anniversary, you two. We miss you.
Happy Anniversary, you two. We miss you.
This is so many of my favorite SpecRom (Speculative Romance) in one conversation, so you bet I'm going to be there. And the pay-what-you-can ticket goes to support Bookstore Romance Day!
eventbrite.com/e/los…
eventbrite.com/e/los…
October 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This is so many of my favorite SpecRom (Speculative Romance) in one conversation, so you bet I'm going to be there. And the pay-what-you-can ticket goes to support Bookstore Romance Day!
eventbrite.com/e/los…
eventbrite.com/e/los…
This is so many of my favorite SpecRom (Speculative Romance) in one conversation, so you bet I'm going to be there. And the pay-what-you-can ticket goes to support Bookstore Romance Day!
www.eventbrite.com/e/lost-found...
www.eventbrite.com/e/lost-found...
October 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This is so many of my favorite SpecRom (Speculative Romance) in one conversation, so you bet I'm going to be there. And the pay-what-you-can ticket goes to support Bookstore Romance Day!
www.eventbrite.com/e/lost-found...
www.eventbrite.com/e/lost-found...
"I told Pete, we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military, National Guard, but military, because we're going into Chicago very soon. That's a big city with an incompetent governor--a stupid governor, stupid."
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Tells Top Brass U.S. Cities Should Be Military ‘Training Grounds’
www.nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"I told Pete, we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military, National Guard, but military, because we're going into Chicago very soon. That's a big city with an incompetent governor--a stupid governor, stupid."
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
Exactly one year after publication, Trump's trollsuit against the NYT and Penguin Random launches Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig's Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success into bestsellerdom. And yes, I bought a copy.
September 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Exactly one year after publication, Trump's trollsuit against the NYT and Penguin Random launches Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig's Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success into bestsellerdom. And yes, I bought a copy.
🚨Call your representative🚨
GOP has added Provision 226 to H.R. 5300 scheduled for a hearing THIS WEDNESDAY 9/17 that would allow the State Dep't to revoke the passports of U.S. citizens on vague and subjective grounds determined by Marco Rubio.
www.house.gov/representati...
GOP has added Provision 226 to H.R. 5300 scheduled for a hearing THIS WEDNESDAY 9/17 that would allow the State Dep't to revoke the passports of U.S. citizens on vague and subjective grounds determined by Marco Rubio.
www.house.gov/representati...
September 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
🚨Call your representative🚨
GOP has added Provision 226 to H.R. 5300 scheduled for a hearing THIS WEDNESDAY 9/17 that would allow the State Dep't to revoke the passports of U.S. citizens on vague and subjective grounds determined by Marco Rubio.
www.house.gov/representati...
GOP has added Provision 226 to H.R. 5300 scheduled for a hearing THIS WEDNESDAY 9/17 that would allow the State Dep't to revoke the passports of U.S. citizens on vague and subjective grounds determined by Marco Rubio.
www.house.gov/representati...
Last year, I got a DM from Jodi Picoult introducing herself as "a writer, too." I stared at that 'too' because the idea that she imagined me in her league left me beyond words.
I don't know how Molly Molloy & the Angel of Death found its way to this amazing writer and person but I am so grateful.
I don't know how Molly Molloy & the Angel of Death found its way to this amazing writer and person but I am so grateful.
Last spring, we asked Jodi Picoult what she was reading and she gave us some great recommendations!
Have you read any of these books yet?
Tell us what you are reading right now!
@jodipicoult.bsky.social @tessabailey.bsky.social @mariavalewrites.bsky.social @gillianmauthor.bsky.social
#bookrecs
Have you read any of these books yet?
Tell us what you are reading right now!
@jodipicoult.bsky.social @tessabailey.bsky.social @mariavalewrites.bsky.social @gillianmauthor.bsky.social
#bookrecs
September 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Last year, I got a DM from Jodi Picoult introducing herself as "a writer, too." I stared at that 'too' because the idea that she imagined me in her league left me beyond words.
I don't know how Molly Molloy & the Angel of Death found its way to this amazing writer and person but I am so grateful.
I don't know how Molly Molloy & the Angel of Death found its way to this amazing writer and person but I am so grateful.
Reposted by Maria Vale
#writersky Trying to find out if you might be eligible for the Anthropic settlement? I went first to the Atlantic's LibGen search engine.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Then filled out the Author & Publisher Contact information here.
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/contact
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Then filled out the Author & Publisher Contact information here.
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/contact
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
#writersky Trying to find out if you might be eligible for the Anthropic settlement? I went first to the Atlantic's LibGen search engine.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Then filled out the Author & Publisher Contact information here.
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/contact
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Then filled out the Author & Publisher Contact information here.
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/contact
#writersky Trying to find out if you might be eligible for the Anthropic settlement? I went first to the Atlantic's LibGen search engine.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Then filled out the Author & Publisher Contact information here.
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/contact
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Then filled out the Author & Publisher Contact information here.
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/contact
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
#writersky Trying to find out if you might be eligible for the Anthropic settlement? I went first to the Atlantic's LibGen search engine.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Then filled out the Author & Publisher Contact information here.
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/contact
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Then filled out the Author & Publisher Contact information here.
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/contact
So. I've dropped off both kids and for the first time in 27 years, there are no children in the house or even in the city.
I am desperately sad.
Please send pet pictures.
I am desperately sad.
Please send pet pictures.
August 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
So. I've dropped off both kids and for the first time in 27 years, there are no children in the house or even in the city.
I am desperately sad.
Please send pet pictures.
I am desperately sad.
Please send pet pictures.
Reposted by Maria Vale
Extraordinary to roll out the red carpet for plagiaristic, energy-guzzling AI companies while telling ordinary citizens to save electricity
sorry you're experiencing record breaking temperatures and drought. Have you tried deleted some of photos of your grandmother about it?
UK Asks People to Delete Emails In Order to Save Water During Drought
As Britain experiences one of its worst droughts in decades, its leaders suggest people get rid of old data to reduce stress on data centers.
www.404media.co
August 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Extraordinary to roll out the red carpet for plagiaristic, energy-guzzling AI companies while telling ordinary citizens to save electricity
Reposted by Maria Vale
My theory is that if we taxed most of these people without telling them and the people they pay to manage their money didn't tell them, they'd never notice.
And if you'd never notice you should be taxed even more.
And if you'd never notice you should be taxed even more.
MA put in a 4% millionaires tax 2 years ago, & the GOP said we'd miss revenue targets & millionaires would flee. MA collected TWICE the projected revenues, & the number of millionaires went UP 40%.
www.wbur.org/news/2025/04...
www.wbur.org/news/2025/04...
Not fleeing: New report shows more wealthy residents in Mass., 2 years into 'millionaire's tax'
Despite previous concerns, Massachusetts' "millionaire's tax" hasn't seemed to deter high-earners from continuing to live here, according to a new study from the Institute for Policy Studies.
www.wbur.org
August 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
My theory is that if we taxed most of these people without telling them and the people they pay to manage their money didn't tell them, they'd never notice.
And if you'd never notice you should be taxed even more.
And if you'd never notice you should be taxed even more.
Look what just showed up in my library!
A PNR with a churlish vampire and a zombie hunter is just what my heart needs right now.
Congratulations @oliviawrites.bsky.social! 🎉🎉🎉
A PNR with a churlish vampire and a zombie hunter is just what my heart needs right now.
Congratulations @oliviawrites.bsky.social! 🎉🎉🎉
August 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Look what just showed up in my library!
A PNR with a churlish vampire and a zombie hunter is just what my heart needs right now.
Congratulations @oliviawrites.bsky.social! 🎉🎉🎉
A PNR with a churlish vampire and a zombie hunter is just what my heart needs right now.
Congratulations @oliviawrites.bsky.social! 🎉🎉🎉
Here is my unboxing video for the gorgeous third volume of @TheBookishBox anthology series with 13 brand-new stories about summer
FYI: If you didn't manage to nab this pre-order, I'll be giving one away to my newsletter subscribers.
Just saying.
www.mariavale.com/newsletter
FYI: If you didn't manage to nab this pre-order, I'll be giving one away to my newsletter subscribers.
Just saying.
www.mariavale.com/newsletter
July 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Here is my unboxing video for the gorgeous third volume of @TheBookishBox anthology series with 13 brand-new stories about summer
FYI: If you didn't manage to nab this pre-order, I'll be giving one away to my newsletter subscribers.
Just saying.
www.mariavale.com/newsletter
FYI: If you didn't manage to nab this pre-order, I'll be giving one away to my newsletter subscribers.
Just saying.
www.mariavale.com/newsletter
Because I don't understand how Kindle Deals work, I was unaware that Molly is STILL on sale for $0.99!
Maybe it's through until the end of the month?
Anyway, thank you for your attention.
Maria
#kindledeals #ebooksales
Maybe it's through until the end of the month?
Anyway, thank you for your attention.
Maria
#kindledeals #ebooksales
🚨For a limited time, Molly Molloy & the Angel of Death is on sale for $0.99🚨
After Death saves a life he was supposed to take, the extraordinarily ordinary young woman can see him, talk to him & make him question every assumption about what it means to live.
books2read.com/MollyMolloya...
After Death saves a life he was supposed to take, the extraordinarily ordinary young woman can see him, talk to him & make him question every assumption about what it means to live.
books2read.com/MollyMolloya...
July 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Because I don't understand how Kindle Deals work, I was unaware that Molly is STILL on sale for $0.99!
Maybe it's through until the end of the month?
Anyway, thank you for your attention.
Maria
#kindledeals #ebooksales
Maybe it's through until the end of the month?
Anyway, thank you for your attention.
Maria
#kindledeals #ebooksales
Because I don't understand how Kindle Deals work, it looks like Molly Molloy and the Angel of Death is still on sale for just $0.99! I'm guessing it's to the end of the month?
Thank you for your attention....
Thank you for your attention....
🚨For a limited time, Molly Molloy & the Angel of Death is on sale for $0.99🚨
After Death saves a life he was supposed to take, the extraordinarily ordinary young woman can see him, talk to him & make him question every assumption about what it means to live.
books2read.com/MollyMolloya...
After Death saves a life he was supposed to take, the extraordinarily ordinary young woman can see him, talk to him & make him question every assumption about what it means to live.
books2read.com/MollyMolloya...
July 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Because I don't understand how Kindle Deals work, it looks like Molly Molloy and the Angel of Death is still on sale for just $0.99! I'm guessing it's to the end of the month?
Thank you for your attention....
Thank you for your attention....
With the #WWBF2025 signing/panels & a B&N Union Square event for @jenniferklambert & @sarahbethdurst, it was a busy bookish week.
BTW: I've snagged signed special editions of both Never the Roses & The Enchanted Greenhouse for upcoming newsletter giveaways 🥀 🪴 🥀
www.mariavale.com/newsletter
BTW: I've snagged signed special editions of both Never the Roses & The Enchanted Greenhouse for upcoming newsletter giveaways 🥀 🪴 🥀
www.mariavale.com/newsletter
July 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
With the #WWBF2025 signing/panels & a B&N Union Square event for @jenniferklambert & @sarahbethdurst, it was a busy bookish week.
BTW: I've snagged signed special editions of both Never the Roses & The Enchanted Greenhouse for upcoming newsletter giveaways 🥀 🪴 🥀
www.mariavale.com/newsletter
BTW: I've snagged signed special editions of both Never the Roses & The Enchanted Greenhouse for upcoming newsletter giveaways 🥀 🪴 🥀
www.mariavale.com/newsletter
This is not rationalizing immigration policy.
This is Stalinist purges.
This is Stalinist purges.
For the first time since she was freed from an immigration prison, Rümeysa Öztürk speaks. And she does so by ... writing:
"Writing is the heart of freedom of expression. Unbelievably, this single opinion piece, published in our student newspaper, would lead to my arrest and detention."
"Writing is the heart of freedom of expression. Unbelievably, this single opinion piece, published in our student newspaper, would lead to my arrest and detention."
“Even God Cannot Hear Us Here”: What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women’s Prison
Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up about her 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facility—and the generous and compassionate women she met.
www.vanityfair.com
July 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
This is not rationalizing immigration policy.
This is Stalinist purges.
This is Stalinist purges.
Hey #DMV friends!
Get 50% off your ticket to The Write Women Book Fest signing this Saturday the 19th from 12-5 at the Bowie Comfort Inn in Bowie, MD.
How? Tomorrow, Tuesday, July 15th from 7AM-8PM use the code FLASHBOOKS50 at the Eventbrite ticket page!
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-write-...
Get 50% off your ticket to The Write Women Book Fest signing this Saturday the 19th from 12-5 at the Bowie Comfort Inn in Bowie, MD.
How? Tomorrow, Tuesday, July 15th from 7AM-8PM use the code FLASHBOOKS50 at the Eventbrite ticket page!
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July 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Hey #DMV friends!
Get 50% off your ticket to The Write Women Book Fest signing this Saturday the 19th from 12-5 at the Bowie Comfort Inn in Bowie, MD.
How? Tomorrow, Tuesday, July 15th from 7AM-8PM use the code FLASHBOOKS50 at the Eventbrite ticket page!
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-write-...
Get 50% off your ticket to The Write Women Book Fest signing this Saturday the 19th from 12-5 at the Bowie Comfort Inn in Bowie, MD.
How? Tomorrow, Tuesday, July 15th from 7AM-8PM use the code FLASHBOOKS50 at the Eventbrite ticket page!
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-write-...