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Misha Maxwell (writing? revising? querying?)
@mishamwrites.bsky.social
210 followers 870 following 360 posts
writer of queer fantasy | cat lover | tea drinker | book reader | they/them

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they're not even pretending to try
zohran mamdani text style reading primary every democrat
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 AM
mishamwrites.bsky.social
"Our AI doesn't work, is going to collect your data, and needs to be reviewed by an underpaid human. This technology is absolutely essential and will be shoved into every single aspect of your life 🙂"
an ai notice from chrome
October 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
mishamwrites.bsky.social
Feeling pretty pleased with how this adventure panned out #books
Witches, witch hunting and women by Silvia federici
October 20, 2025 at 12:26 AM
mishamwrites.bsky.social
My phone says I walked seven miles yesterday while visiting bookstores. I saw five stores, three of which were new, and got five books: 1 freebie, 2 discounted to $2, 1 on sale and 1 full price. It was a pretty amazing day but I am TIRED. #indiebookstoreday
Five books on a shelf
April 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
mishamwrites.bsky.social
Is this good? Are we winning?
a series of news headlines: china sets 34% tariffs on us goods stocks extend selloff after wipeout uncertainty as tiktok deadline looms tariffs prompts people to stock up layoffs surge to near record high
April 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
mishamwrites.bsky.social
Hanging onto this as a historical relic. May never see a book this price for the rest of my life. #booksky
Barcode showing a paperback that only cost $11.98
April 3, 2025 at 10:59 PM
mishamwrites.bsky.social
I’m so unreasonably excited to have found pink ladies at my local farmers market. I’ve never had one before but the apple hipsters assure me they’re top tier.
Two bright pink lady apples sitting on a paper bag on a counter
March 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
mishamwrites.bsky.social
Took me 60 pages before I realized that Viv’s voice in my head has become Karlach from BG3, but it’s so perfect that I’m not gonna fight it. #reading #booksky #cozyfantasy
The cover of bookshops and bonedust
March 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
mishamwrites.bsky.social
I got all the way through an entire first draft before realizing the plot is literally just this.

#writing #writerlife #lgbt
tall girl in red dress holding up a tiny girl against a wall
March 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
mishamwrites.bsky.social
Based printing press book?
Then, from 1878 to 1890, the poet became re-former, and he sought to accomplish his ideals through the medium of socialism. There was no thought of anarchy in Morris' socialism, but, as an essential part of reforming society, Art was to introduce Beauty. " Society," he wrote in 1896, "at present is organized entirely for the benefit of a privileged class; the working class being only considered in the arrangement as so much machinery. This involves perpetual and enormous waste, and the organization for the production of genuine utilities is only a secondary consideration. This waste lands the whole civilized world in a position of artificial poverty, which again debars men of all classes from satisfying their rational [ 212 ]
March 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
mishamwrites.bsky.social
This printing press book is absolutely vicious towards the English. I don’t know what yall did to this man, but he was not having it.
VII • DIDOT, BODONI, IBARRA The Birth of Modern Bookbuilding THe work of John Baskerville was more fully appreciated in France than in any other country, so it was natural that it should have produced its greatest effect on French bookmaking. Baskerville, as an Englishman, was ahead of his time. In all the early history of the Book, England was curiously behindhand. Even as late as the sixteenth century there were comparatively few private libraries in England. During the reign of Henry vil the English printers and binders found it necessary to secure legislation to prevent the importation of Italian books, which was threatening their very existence. The Venetian binders practised the art of gold tooling for half a century before it was introduced into England. Baskerville failed in his efforts to develop good taste in books in his own country because at that time good taste did not exist. The English people of the period knew little about fine printing and cared less. A law was still in force in England which required a certificate for the possession of presses or types, and the privi- L 183 ]
March 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
mishamwrites.bsky.social
Being a professional writer in 2025.

#writerlife
screenshot of a job ad. asks someone to write dialogue and narrative for a game, including character bios and backstories. the position is unpaid
March 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
mishamwrites.bsky.social
I am being savagely attacked by a 100 year old book about printing presses…

#booksky #books #writerlife #reading
Screenshot of a book. Highlighted text says: the class to which books most naturally appealed was not that most favored in worldly possessions
March 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
mishamwrites.bsky.social
I’m at the river … side
Beautiful granite boulders framing a rushing mountain fed river, the water so clear and crisp you can see the rocks at the bottom
March 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
mishamwrites.bsky.social
How it feels getting a full request right now.

#writerlife #lgbtauthor #queerauthor #writer
The dog sitting in a burning room meme. Text says "i got a full request"
February 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
mishamwrites.bsky.social
Bout to be a lot more tea drinkers in America.
A chart showing that America imports most of its tea from japan
February 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
mishamwrites.bsky.social
Howl's Moving Castle X Can't Spell Treason Without Tea

The evil vampire lord loses everything when he's sealed in time. Waking up 300 years later, he has nothing but his loyal henchman. If he wants to rebuild his empire, he'll have no choice but to be gay and do crimes.

#2025pit #A #F #LGBT #own
mood board with books, a steam train, tea and lots of rainbows
January 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
mishamwrites.bsky.social
#2025pit

What’s more pure than the most evil dark mage in all the world and his loyal henchman finding love while frustrating the forces of capitalism by messing with the police and stealing books for their illegal library? Nothing. Nothing at all 🥰

#a #f #lgbt #trans #cozy #own
A moodboard with eight image: a witch, a train, a castle, a book in foliage, a tea cup, fireflies, filled bookshelves, and a guy eating grapes
January 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
mishamwrites.bsky.social
My TBR shelf is completely out of control (and this doesn’t include my library hold list). #amreading
A shelf of books
January 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
mishamwrites.bsky.social
Please imagine the most loser-coded foppish gay villain you can.

Now make him worse.

📚HOWLS MOVING CASTLE X HOW TO BECOME THE DARK LORD AND DIE TRYING X CAN'T SPELL TREASON WITHOUT TEA📚

#BluePit 📖 #Q #A #OV #LGBT #cozyfantasy #queerbooks #diversebooks #POCcharacters #fantasy
a mood board showing two tea sets, a guy floating while reading, a man posing dramatically, an airship, an open book with string lights and post it notes in the colors of a pride flag. text reads "queer cozy fantasy"
January 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
mishamwrites.bsky.social
Okay so hear me out... A little guy and a dramatic bitch accidentally crime themselves into starting a library in a broken train car because they think they're evil masterminds on the verge of world domination...

#BluePit 📖 #Q #A #LGBT #OV #cozyfantasy
A moodboard with eight image: a witch, a train, a castle, a book in foliage, a tea cup, fireflies, filled bookshelves, and a guy eating grapes
January 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
mishamwrites.bsky.social
The thing about using the library is that I don’t know until I check it out that the book I want is a 600 page Goliath.
The will of the many hardcover book
January 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
mishamwrites.bsky.social
Someday, everyone else will get to experience these gay losers.

#writing #cozyfantasy #fantasybooks #writerlife
Library background with images of ao3 tags on top of it
January 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Me: My characters are dumb as shit

Bot Account: Click on article about garden please? 😀
screenshot of a bot trying to get me to click on an article
January 3, 2025 at 5:47 AM
mishamwrites.bsky.social
All of these bastards are going to come in at the same time. I feel it in my bones. #library #reading #reader #amreading
screenshot of three library holds
January 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM