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@valeriebolling.bsky.social

Good morning, Valerie. I just registered for your January 8 online workshop at MWPA. I am looking forward to this event.

Deloris
December 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Happy Thursday #writingcommunity! 🖊️

Passing along the info from #MWPA for a great opportunity for 1st and 2nd generation Mainers to submit prose & poetry for a new anthology celebrating the many cultures & peoples of our state. 🌲🌊🦞

Good luck! 😀

#amwriting #amquerying #writesky
November 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
MAKE WAR PROFITABLE AGAIN...MWPA? Not very catchy, but clearly his goal. I'm honestly kinda shocked that Trump hasn't...although he DID just give a drone contract to one of his crackhead sons' Burisma-appointment companies...but since he monetizes EVERYTHING, maybe THAT'S why Venezuela...
November 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I met so many amazing authors at the #MWPA "Crime Wave" this weekend (held in an 1800's building thought to be haunted...). 🔎👻

The consistent advice... Aim high--don't give up on chasing our dream! 😀📝📚

#writingcommunity #amquerying #amwriting #writesky
September 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Countdown is on... to the #MWPA Crime Wave! Can't wait for the roundtables (so many to choose), speed connections, coffee, book slam, author panel, more coffee, & interview w/ Paul Doiron (followed by more coffee)!☕

#amquerying #mysterywriters #writingcommunity

www.mainewriters.org/maine-crime-...
September 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Oh hey that's me! #mwpa
August 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This 1874 Law Protects Indian Women From Their Husbands’ Debts

Last Updated:August 19, 2025, 18:15 IST The Married Women’s Property Act (MWPA), 1874, protects a married woman’s financial assets from her husband’s debts, covering income, inheritance, savings, insurance, and property Women can hold,…
This 1874 Law Protects Indian Women From Their Husbands’ Debts
Last Updated:August 19, 2025, 18:15 IST The Married Women’s Property Act (MWPA), 1874, protects a married woman’s financial assets from her husband’s debts, covering income, inheritance, savings, insurance, and property Women can hold, inherit, and sell property without their husband's interference. A colonial-era law passed nearly 150 years ago continues to act as one of the strongest legal shields for married women’s financial security in the country. The Married Women’s Property Act (MWPA), 1874, was enacted during British rule, but its relevance has only grown with time, especially as women increasingly contribute to household income and wealth creation.
n24usa.com
August 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Husband In Debt? This 1874 Law Still Secures A Woman’s Money In India

New Delhi: The Married Women’s Property Act (MWPA), 1874, though enacted in colonial India, continues to be a powerful financial shield for women even today. At its core, the Act ensures that a married woman’s income,…
Husband In Debt? This 1874 Law Still Secures A Woman’s Money In India
New Delhi: The Married Women’s Property Act (MWPA), 1874, though enacted in colonial India, continues to be a powerful financial shield for women even today. At its core, the Act ensures that a married woman’s income, inheritance, savings, insurance proceeds, and property remain her independent asset, legally protected from her husband’s debts or claims by his creditors. Key Safeguards Under Married Women’s Property Act (MWPA), 1874 Independent Ownership A married woman can own, inherit, and dispose of property in her name, without interference from her husband.
 
 Her assets cannot be automatically claimed by creditors if her husband defaults on loans.
n24usa.com
August 19, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I’m thrilled to be attending the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance's Maine Crime Wave this year in Portland — one of the region’s most vibrant gatherings of mystery, suspense, and crime writers. Who else will be there? bit.ly/4dhDvkr
#MaineCrimeWave #MaineWritersAndPublishesAlliance #MWPA
August 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Going to try out Abiotic Factor around 7pm PT. Taking a quick break from the horses this stream.
www.twitch.tv/akioetc
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwpA...
[Abiotic Factor] Noob playing solo game | taking a break from the horses
YouTube video by AkioETC
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July 24, 2025 at 1:01 AM
For those in the New England area... early bird registration is live for the #MWPA Crime Wave on September 27th! 🌲🖋️

#writingcommunity #amwriting #mysterywriters #amquerying #mainewriters
Crime Wave: Early Bird Registration — Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance
The Maine Crime Wave is open for early-bird registration through June 30. The MCW happens on Saturday, September 27 from 8:30 to 4:30 PM, with some optional activities on Friday afternoon/evening. Cli...
www.mainewriters.org
June 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
🎉 Exciting news! AUTOBIOMYTHOGRAPHY OF by Ayokunle Falomo has won the 2025 Maine Literary Award for Excellence in Publishing! 💙 Huge thanks to the MWPA!

📖 Out Sept 2024 from Alice James Books
🔗 buff.ly/85oIsGD
#MaineLiteraryAwards #AliceJamesBooks
June 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Honored to say I won an MLA in the short fiction category last night. Many thanks to the MWPA and once again to @pangyrus.bsky.social.

#AmWriting
Good news! I’m among the finalists for the Maine Literary Awards—for Downstream Benefits, published by @pangyrus.bsky.social. Congrats to all the other #writers!

Read the story:
www.pangyrus.com/fiction/down...

CW: Depression, attempted suicide. But also ice-skating penguins and a sci-fi robot.
May 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Thinking this morning about "art as a matter of listening and not a matter of having something to say," as A. Kendra Greene puts it in this interview (shared in the MWPA newsletter).
Writer and illustrator A. Kendra Greene on becoming an artist by listening – The Creative Independent
Writer and illustrator A. Kendra Greene discusses the power of noticing, collecting fascinations, and letting curiosity guide your process.
thecreativeindependent.com
May 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
FWIW, Marin Co. has a system that sort of does that.

Measure C is a parcel tax that among others things, provides local grants (essentially, subsidies) as a way to offset the cost of defensible space and fuel mitigation.

www.marinwildfire.org/about-mwpa/m...

www.marinwildfire.org/resident-inf...
Measure C
The Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority (MWPA) is possible thanks to 71% of voters approving the MWPA Measure C in March 2020. This is a special tax charged to all parcels of real property located in ...
www.marinwildfire.org
May 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Can't wait for tomorrow's #MWPA workshop on "How to Create an Unforgettable Character" with author Steve Almond! The timing is perfect... I'm just starting to map out my new WIP. (And yes, I'm definitely a plotter!) 😀 🖋️

Happy Friday #writingcommunity!

#amquerying #amwriting #writing
May 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Hold on now. Doesn't that spell MWPA? So how are you supposed to say that? MuhWoppa? MommaWuppa. MuthaWuppa. Just weird.
March 19, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Hello New England! Only 2 days until the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance's "Come As You Are: A Community Resistance Event"!

So proud to be a Mainer. 🌲🌊

#mainewriters #mwpa #writingcomming #writing #booksky #amwriting

www.mainewriters.org/calendar/com...
Come As You Are: A Community Resistance Event — Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance
One way of resisting the cruelty and chaos of the current moment is to gather, process what’s happening, and identify actions we can take to protect the people and values integral to our communities. ...
www.mainewriters.org
March 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The surgeon general advises against watching 10 whole minutes of pure vtuber brain rot. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwPA...
March 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
- Teaching online at MWPA in March! Link to sign up:
www.mainewriters.org/calendar/pul...
- Some books I taught from recently at Tin House and Kenyon
- Cat
February 27, 2025 at 9:11 AM
It’s not a novel tactic. It is straight out of the GOP’s old protectionist playbook.

bsky.app/profile/mwpa...
Typically, tariffs are enacted either to raise revenue or to protect domestic industries from foreign competition. Trump, by contrast, is using tariffs as a coercive instrument of statecraft to achieve aims that are unrelated to trade. That's a novel tactic--but unlikely to succeed. wapo.st/42PkvGK
Opinion | Trump’s tariff tactics are an unpromising foreign policy anomaly
There’s no U.S. precedent for Trump’s tariff use. But it does evoke China’s economic bullying.
wapo.st
February 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I read this earlier and I’m not convinced we outsmarted him; I think maybe he just outstupided himself. bsky.app/profile/mwpa...
“The push to make Canada part of the U.S. reached a fever pitch following passage of the highly protectionist McKinley Tariff in 1890.”

For @time.com I discuss the last time the GOP tried to use tariffs to annex Canada.

*spoiler: it didn’t go well

time.com/7212675/tari...
Using Tariffs to Try to Annex Canada Backfired in the 1890s
Instead of compelling Canada to become an American state, the 1890 McKinley Tariff drove Canada into British hands.
time.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Zone 0 clearance is also emphasized in this excellent 1-hour discussion with Michael Wara, Director of Climate Energy and Policy Program, Stanford University, Mark Brown of MWPA, David Shew, Napa County Fire Administrator. Available to replay in full here:
west.stanford.edu/events/it-wi... #CAFire
February 1, 2025 at 1:58 AM