Maya Prasad
@msmayaprasad.bsky.social
YA & kid lit author of DRIZZLE, DREAMS, AND LOVESTRUCK THINGS (Disney) and SEJAL SINHA BATTLES SUPERSTORMS (S&S / Aladdin) | she/her | In heaven with a cup of lavender tea, pop music, and a view of the sea.
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What publishing feels like literally most of the time. 🤣
I've got a new newsletter out today: 10 Things I've Learned in 2025! mayaprasad.substack.com/p/10-things-...
I've got a new newsletter out today: 10 Things I've Learned in 2025! mayaprasad.substack.com/p/10-things-...
December 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
What publishing feels like literally most of the time. 🤣
I've got a new newsletter out today: 10 Things I've Learned in 2025! mayaprasad.substack.com/p/10-things-...
I've got a new newsletter out today: 10 Things I've Learned in 2025! mayaprasad.substack.com/p/10-things-...
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The state library system of Hawaii has banned "banned" books displays, enforcing the phrase "freedom to read." Of course, we like that phrase too, but used without context it obscures the problem. You can't win a fight by pretending there isn't a fight
Hawaii library system bans displays that refer to 'Banned Books Week,' rebrands to 'Freedom to Read'
Last week Lani Kawahara, who oversees the young adult section at Kauai’s largest library, set up her annual display to mark Banned Books Week, a national campaign that kicked off Sunday to spotlight…
apnews.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The state library system of Hawaii has banned "banned" books displays, enforcing the phrase "freedom to read." Of course, we like that phrase too, but used without context it obscures the problem. You can't win a fight by pretending there isn't a fight
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SFWA educates authors about industry matters through many venues, including Writer Beware®, a service helmed by @victoriastrauss.com. It is a gift to be in dialogue as writers and other industry participants about the issues that matter most to our genre's future thriving.
Read WB's latest here:
Read WB's latest here:
Contract Controversy (and Change) at Must Read Magazines - Writer Beware
In a surprise move this past February, a new group called Must Read Magazines acquired five genre magazines: Asimov’s Science Fiction, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, The Magazine of Fantasy & Scienc...
writerbeware.blog
July 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
SFWA educates authors about industry matters through many venues, including Writer Beware®, a service helmed by @victoriastrauss.com. It is a gift to be in dialogue as writers and other industry participants about the issues that matter most to our genre's future thriving.
Read WB's latest here:
Read WB's latest here:
Outline: And then they defeat the bad guys.
Me: Thanks, past self. Very helpful.
Me: Thanks, past self. Very helpful.
July 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Outline: And then they defeat the bad guys.
Me: Thanks, past self. Very helpful.
Me: Thanks, past self. Very helpful.
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There’s no way to ease into this news, so here it is. Today, I am announcing ConCurrent Seattle, a one-day SFFH con intended to be an alternative program to WorldCon, scheduled for Thursday, August 14, 2025, at the ACT Theatre in downtown Seattle at 700 Union Street, across from the Sheraton. 1/7
May 27, 2025 at 10:58 PM
There’s no way to ease into this news, so here it is. Today, I am announcing ConCurrent Seattle, a one-day SFFH con intended to be an alternative program to WorldCon, scheduled for Thursday, August 14, 2025, at the ACT Theatre in downtown Seattle at 700 Union Street, across from the Sheraton. 1/7
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What if the boy next door turned into something you might have to kill? Abigail F. Taylor’s Maryneal 1962 is a Southern Gothic coming-of-age horror where full moons, small-town fear, and first love collide.
We sat down with the author at #NightTideMag!
nighttidemag.com/2025/05/23/s...
We sat down with the author at #NightTideMag!
nighttidemag.com/2025/05/23/s...
AUTHOR SNAPSHOT: ABIGAIL F. TAYLOR
In Maryneal 1962, Abigail F. Taylor weaves Southern Gothic horror and teenage heartbreak into a haunting tale of prophecy, transformation, and the impossible choice between love and survival.
nighttidemag.com
May 23, 2025 at 12:30 PM
What if the boy next door turned into something you might have to kill? Abigail F. Taylor’s Maryneal 1962 is a Southern Gothic coming-of-age horror where full moons, small-town fear, and first love collide.
We sat down with the author at #NightTideMag!
nighttidemag.com/2025/05/23/s...
We sat down with the author at #NightTideMag!
nighttidemag.com/2025/05/23/s...
I thought I'd been kicked out of a couple of Slack groups that I mostly lurk in bc they were missing from my workspaces. I was like "Oh shit, am I in trouble?!" And then I remembered they were Discord groups, actually. 😜
May 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I thought I'd been kicked out of a couple of Slack groups that I mostly lurk in bc they were missing from my workspaces. I was like "Oh shit, am I in trouble?!" And then I remembered they were Discord groups, actually. 😜
One of my goals for this year was to take some time to work on short stories. They're so much fun, a sandbox where I think you can take more risks compared to novel-writing, and I think they really up my game in general. So I'm basking in having completed & submitted one this morning!
May 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
One of my goals for this year was to take some time to work on short stories. They're so much fun, a sandbox where I think you can take more risks compared to novel-writing, and I think they really up my game in general. So I'm basking in having completed & submitted one this morning!
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New Hampshire!! Time to call Governor Ayotte to demand she veto the deeply unpopular book banning HB324. Remind her that only 39 people have spoken in favor of it, while more than 1300 opposed it. The phone number is 603-271-2121. www.wmur.com/article/nh-s...
NH Senate passes bill to ban books deemed 'harmful to minors' in schools
A bill that could lead to certain books being banned in New Hampshire schools is now headed to the governor's desk.
www.wmur.com
May 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
New Hampshire!! Time to call Governor Ayotte to demand she veto the deeply unpopular book banning HB324. Remind her that only 39 people have spoken in favor of it, while more than 1300 opposed it. The phone number is 603-271-2121. www.wmur.com/article/nh-s...
Movie you’ve seen more than six times, no Star Wars or Trek or LOTR
April 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Movie you’ve seen more than six times, no Star Wars or Trek or LOTR
Writers, how do you mentally shift gears to a new WIP when you've been locked in a different manuscript for 6+ months? I'm curious if you have any particular rituals!
April 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Writers, how do you mentally shift gears to a new WIP when you've been locked in a different manuscript for 6+ months? I'm curious if you have any particular rituals!
To the reader who thought DDLJ was out of place in Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things: Raj and Simran are to be immortalized in bronze in London's "Scenes in the Square" movie trail!!! DDLJ forever!!! variety.com/2025/film/ne...
Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol to Be Immortalized With ‘DDLJ’ Leicester Square Statue – Global Bulletin
Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol will be immortalized in bronze this summer as their film 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge' gets a Leicester Square statue.
variety.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
To the reader who thought DDLJ was out of place in Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things: Raj and Simran are to be immortalized in bronze in London's "Scenes in the Square" movie trail!!! DDLJ forever!!! variety.com/2025/film/ne...
That feeling when you send a finished manuscript to your agent 🙈🙈
April 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
That feeling when you send a finished manuscript to your agent 🙈🙈
Yay for book mail! Thanks for the gifts @candlewickpress.bsky.social!! I can't wait to check out book 2 in the V. Malar series by @suma-subramaniam.bsky.social!!
April 8, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Yay for book mail! Thanks for the gifts @candlewickpress.bsky.social!! I can't wait to check out book 2 in the V. Malar series by @suma-subramaniam.bsky.social!!
Ugh, allergies make me want to nap. On the positive side I'm 20k into my revisions - 40k to go!!
March 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Ugh, allergies make me want to nap. On the positive side I'm 20k into my revisions - 40k to go!!
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Finally found it. The average book thief makes between 60k and 99K USD.
The average author makes around 10k. Most pirates are stealing from people worse off than themselves. But they cosplay as poor or use poor people as a shield to justify their class warfare.
torrentfreak.com/wealthy-olde...
The average author makes around 10k. Most pirates are stealing from people worse off than themselves. But they cosplay as poor or use poor people as a shield to justify their class warfare.
torrentfreak.com/wealthy-olde...
March 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Finally found it. The average book thief makes between 60k and 99K USD.
The average author makes around 10k. Most pirates are stealing from people worse off than themselves. But they cosplay as poor or use poor people as a shield to justify their class warfare.
torrentfreak.com/wealthy-olde...
The average author makes around 10k. Most pirates are stealing from people worse off than themselves. But they cosplay as poor or use poor people as a shield to justify their class warfare.
torrentfreak.com/wealthy-olde...
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FYI - Authors Guild has tools on what you can do if your book is on this list: authorsguild.org/news/meta-li...
Meta's Massive AI Training Book Heist: What Authors Need to Know - The Authors Guild
Today, The Atlantic published a search tool that allows authors to check if their works are in LibGen, an illegal pirate site AI companies copied for their AI systems. This is a similar tool to the on...
authorsguild.org
March 21, 2025 at 3:48 AM
FYI - Authors Guild has tools on what you can do if your book is on this list: authorsguild.org/news/meta-li...
Yay!! Gotta celebrate the wins in dark times!
Good news from Colorado: A U.S. District Judge ordered a school district to restore library books they banned by next week, prohibiting the district from further restrictions on access to books that the school board objects to politically.
#UniteAgainstBookBans
www.denverpost.com/2025/03/19/e...
#UniteAgainstBookBans
www.denverpost.com/2025/03/19/e...
Federal judge orders Colorado district to return banned books to school libraries
The order prohibits the school board from removing books “because the district disagrees with the views expressed therein or merely to further their preferred political or religious orthodoxy.”
www.denverpost.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Yay!! Gotta celebrate the wins in dark times!
OMG I DID IT!!! My WIP draft is complete!!!! At 60k and before my goal of April 1st!!!!
a man wearing a blue jacket with the letter h on it is singing into a microphone
ALT: a man wearing a blue jacket with the letter h on it is singing into a microphone
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March 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
OMG I DID IT!!! My WIP draft is complete!!!! At 60k and before my goal of April 1st!!!!
I made 55K on my WIP! (In fact, ended on the round number of exactly 55,000 words today, haha). I'm on track to finish this draft by early next week, with I think a little over 60k total. Wooooo!
March 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I made 55K on my WIP! (In fact, ended on the round number of exactly 55,000 words today, haha). I'm on track to finish this draft by early next week, with I think a little over 60k total. Wooooo!
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Only 5 days left to apply to the Editor-Writer mentorship program! This year we have kidlit editors and adult romance mentors, so check for your genre and get your application in soon!
www.thewordfordiversity.org/editor-write...
www.thewordfordiversity.org/editor-write...
March 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Only 5 days left to apply to the Editor-Writer mentorship program! This year we have kidlit editors and adult romance mentors, so check for your genre and get your application in soon!
www.thewordfordiversity.org/editor-write...
www.thewordfordiversity.org/editor-write...
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Call for volunteer readers for the Editor-Writer mentorship!
Before the applications are sent to editors, our amazing volunteer readers review them and provide feedback to applicants. We are in need of readers for 2025!
Form to volunteer: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Before the applications are sent to editors, our amazing volunteer readers review them and provide feedback to applicants. We are in need of readers for 2025!
Form to volunteer: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
March 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Call for volunteer readers for the Editor-Writer mentorship!
Before the applications are sent to editors, our amazing volunteer readers review them and provide feedback to applicants. We are in need of readers for 2025!
Form to volunteer: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Before the applications are sent to editors, our amazing volunteer readers review them and provide feedback to applicants. We are in need of readers for 2025!
Form to volunteer: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Nearly 4k written today! I guess I really wanted to get to the end of this draft!!
March 5, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Nearly 4k written today! I guess I really wanted to get to the end of this draft!!