Melissa Maday
@melissamaday.bsky.social
Editor by day, novelist at night. Smithie, expat, wife, book nerd, Anglophile, Midwesterner, recovering academic, cat mom. Ask me about Sylvia Plath.
Here’s a view of the Persian Guif from my favorite Abu Dhabi beach. Iran is on the other side of this water.
Today, I’m praying for peace for this region and the world.
Today, I’m praying for peace for this region and the world.
June 22, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Here’s a view of the Persian Guif from my favorite Abu Dhabi beach. Iran is on the other side of this water.
Today, I’m praying for peace for this region and the world.
Today, I’m praying for peace for this region and the world.
Watching my favorite Gene Hackman movie. What a wonderful actor he was. RIP Gene.
March 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Watching my favorite Gene Hackman movie. What a wonderful actor he was. RIP Gene.
Ah, I’ve been eagerly awaiting this book’s release date. Sometimes, it pays to be many times zones ahead of my homeland. #amreading @darlingaxe.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Ah, I’ve been eagerly awaiting this book’s release date. Sometimes, it pays to be many times zones ahead of my homeland. #amreading @darlingaxe.com
Preparing the guest room. But not for this cat.
November 15, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Preparing the guest room. But not for this cat.
I’m doing NaNoWriMo, as per usual, but this year I’ve started with no plan and asked a few writerly friends to send me names and images to include in my story. Mostly, they’re brilliant — but one smarty pants sent me this photo! It’s going to be an interesting month!
November 2, 2023 at 7:12 AM
I’m doing NaNoWriMo, as per usual, but this year I’ve started with no plan and asked a few writerly friends to send me names and images to include in my story. Mostly, they’re brilliant — but one smarty pants sent me this photo! It’s going to be an interesting month!
Sylvia Plath, at Smith College in Northampton, Mass., 70 years ago. She was 21 in this photo.
October 11, 2023 at 11:02 AM
Sylvia Plath, at Smith College in Northampton, Mass., 70 years ago. She was 21 in this photo.
Ah, expat life is tricky sometimes — I'm setting up weekend zooms with friends 8, 9, and 11 time zones away.
5:30 a.m. it is, then.
5:30 a.m. it is, then.
October 7, 2023 at 2:06 AM
Ah, expat life is tricky sometimes — I'm setting up weekend zooms with friends 8, 9, and 11 time zones away.
5:30 a.m. it is, then.
5:30 a.m. it is, then.
A friendly reminder for my
morning of writing:
morning of writing:
September 27, 2023 at 8:19 AM
A friendly reminder for my
morning of writing:
morning of writing:
Feeling a bit homesick (🇺🇸living in 🇦🇪) so I went for a Saturday comfort breakfast, chicken and waffles. My 🇬🇧 husband is appalled.
September 23, 2023 at 8:54 AM
Feeling a bit homesick (🇺🇸living in 🇦🇪) so I went for a Saturday comfort breakfast, chicken and waffles. My 🇬🇧 husband is appalled.
My client just sent me this photo of the view from her backyard in Utah, and it made me instantly homesick for 🇺🇸. #expatlife
September 23, 2023 at 2:24 AM
My client just sent me this photo of the view from her backyard in Utah, and it made me instantly homesick for 🇺🇸. #expatlife
What I'm writing about today:
Here are poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes on their honeymoon in Paris in the summer of 1956 — though their marriage was still a secret from nearly everyone. At the last minute, she asked him to remove his wedding ring for the photo — just in time.
Here are poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes on their honeymoon in Paris in the summer of 1956 — though their marriage was still a secret from nearly everyone. At the last minute, she asked him to remove his wedding ring for the photo — just in time.
September 21, 2023 at 2:20 PM
What I'm writing about today:
Here are poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes on their honeymoon in Paris in the summer of 1956 — though their marriage was still a secret from nearly everyone. At the last minute, she asked him to remove his wedding ring for the photo — just in time.
Here are poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes on their honeymoon in Paris in the summer of 1956 — though their marriage was still a secret from nearly everyone. At the last minute, she asked him to remove his wedding ring for the photo — just in time.
Well, good evening, BlueSky world, from Abu Dhabi.
September 20, 2023 at 2:04 PM
Well, good evening, BlueSky world, from Abu Dhabi.