Mai Zai Robbs (Mayah) 🌈♾️✊🏽
@mtothez.bsky.social
Afro-Salvi | Early Diagnosed Autistic | Non-Binary/Questioning
Have you met one of those really gay kids you on the street? Yep. That's me!
MG/YA older teen writer hopefully to be published in 2026-27.
Have you met one of those really gay kids you on the street? Yep. That's me!
MG/YA older teen writer hopefully to be published in 2026-27.
Slowly and surely, Veronica Roth's dystopian world is closer than we think...
September 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Slowly and surely, Veronica Roth's dystopian world is closer than we think...
I'm alive.
I'm dead.
I'm alive.
I'm dead again.
I'm dead.
I'm alive.
I'm dead again.
September 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I'm alive.
I'm dead.
I'm alive.
I'm dead again.
I'm dead.
I'm alive.
I'm dead again.
When I tell you BSP is the hardest, most arduous piece in the world, I am telling you it is ARDUOUS.
Writing this is like birthing out a large baby while thorns are poking at your feet. It isn't all fun and games in writing middle grade.
Keep this in mind if you write in MG. It will be hard.
Writing this is like birthing out a large baby while thorns are poking at your feet. It isn't all fun and games in writing middle grade.
Keep this in mind if you write in MG. It will be hard.
August 23, 2025 at 9:24 AM
When I tell you BSP is the hardest, most arduous piece in the world, I am telling you it is ARDUOUS.
Writing this is like birthing out a large baby while thorns are poking at your feet. It isn't all fun and games in writing middle grade.
Keep this in mind if you write in MG. It will be hard.
Writing this is like birthing out a large baby while thorns are poking at your feet. It isn't all fun and games in writing middle grade.
Keep this in mind if you write in MG. It will be hard.
I should stop using exclamation points. I don't speak like that.
August 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I should stop using exclamation points. I don't speak like that.
In other news... @ellipsus.com is officially the home for my new projects. To a new, AI-free writing landscape we go!
August 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
In other news... @ellipsus.com is officially the home for my new projects. To a new, AI-free writing landscape we go!
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Andrew Joseph White is the trans, autistic, and bestselling author of Hell Followed With Us, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth, Compound Fracture, and more. His work focuses on the intersection of transgender and autistic identity. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Andrew buff.ly/OcpAUkM
July 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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If you see this, you probably either follow me or you just found out I write for some reason. Let me break your current feed:
I'm writing some stories. If you are a parent, I need to get your feedback on my ideas since I am writing for children. HMU if you got a chance.
#amwriting
I'm writing some stories. If you are a parent, I need to get your feedback on my ideas since I am writing for children. HMU if you got a chance.
#amwriting
July 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
If you see this, you probably either follow me or you just found out I write for some reason. Let me break your current feed:
I'm writing some stories. If you are a parent, I need to get your feedback on my ideas since I am writing for children. HMU if you got a chance.
#amwriting
I'm writing some stories. If you are a parent, I need to get your feedback on my ideas since I am writing for children. HMU if you got a chance.
#amwriting
Your reminder? Read Killers of The Flower Moon. Great story. You'll learn a lot.
Once a racist, always a racist!
1993 congressional testimony, Donald
Trump said that Native American casino owners didn't deserve special status because "they don't look like Indians to me."
1993 congressional testimony, Donald
Trump said that Native American casino owners didn't deserve special status because "they don't look like Indians to me."
July 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Your reminder? Read Killers of The Flower Moon. Great story. You'll learn a lot.
Drake releasing an all-purpose diss track was NOT on my Bingo this year.
July 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Drake releasing an all-purpose diss track was NOT on my Bingo this year.
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You should fight for disabled people because it’s the right thing to do. Ableism feeds eugenics. No one is expendable. Our value should never be tied to economic contributions.
Failing that, do it because one day you will become disabled. Given enough time, almost everyone joins our minority group.
Failing that, do it because one day you will become disabled. Given enough time, almost everyone joins our minority group.
May 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
You should fight for disabled people because it’s the right thing to do. Ableism feeds eugenics. No one is expendable. Our value should never be tied to economic contributions.
Failing that, do it because one day you will become disabled. Given enough time, almost everyone joins our minority group.
Failing that, do it because one day you will become disabled. Given enough time, almost everyone joins our minority group.
Upon starting all over again, my middle grade sci-fi fantasy world set in video game antagonist academy might have a LGBTQ+ side character.
I don't know if upper middle grade is the kind of category that these kinds of stories would be targeted to, however.
I don't know if upper middle grade is the kind of category that these kinds of stories would be targeted to, however.
July 7, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Upon starting all over again, my middle grade sci-fi fantasy world set in video game antagonist academy might have a LGBTQ+ side character.
I don't know if upper middle grade is the kind of category that these kinds of stories would be targeted to, however.
I don't know if upper middle grade is the kind of category that these kinds of stories would be targeted to, however.
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I try to be in with the kids and all I get is my bad social skills in conversation.
July 6, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I try to be in with the kids and all I get is my bad social skills in conversation.
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We are delighted to share that THE SONGBIRD AND THE RAMBUTAN TREE by Lucille Abendanon is the Gold Winner in the 2024 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards! ❤️
This middle grade historical fiction novel is available now!
northstareditions.com/jolly-fish-p...
This middle grade historical fiction novel is available now!
northstareditions.com/jolly-fish-p...
July 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
We are delighted to share that THE SONGBIRD AND THE RAMBUTAN TREE by Lucille Abendanon is the Gold Winner in the 2024 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards! ❤️
This middle grade historical fiction novel is available now!
northstareditions.com/jolly-fish-p...
This middle grade historical fiction novel is available now!
northstareditions.com/jolly-fish-p...
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We The People ✊
LA, CA
LA, CA
July 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
We The People ✊
LA, CA
LA, CA
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It's crucial to know your rights and how to protect yourself under this new law.
July 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It's crucial to know your rights and how to protect yourself under this new law.
It's been a difficult few days. My MG projects have yet to be redone, I might lose my Medi-Cal under Trump, and I'm not sure exactly if all hope is lost, but I also really don't know if MG is the genre I want to pursue if all I do is sacrifice my characters to "fit" trends.
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July 4, 2025 at 6:38 AM
It's been a difficult few days. My MG projects have yet to be redone, I might lose my Medi-Cal under Trump, and I'm not sure exactly if all hope is lost, but I also really don't know if MG is the genre I want to pursue if all I do is sacrifice my characters to "fit" trends.
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Some of you would truly fit this.
"Deep dives into specific events and people fascinate me, such as THE RADIUM GIRLS and THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS."
Rose Ferrao #MSWL
psliterary.com/submissions/
Rose Ferrao #MSWL
psliterary.com/submissions/
June 30, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Some of you would truly fit this.
Not great with sites like these, but I'm thinking of gathering book recs from LGBTQ+ indie middle grade authors. I'm planning on being traditionally published, mid-list or not, and I'd like to support you all.
Any volunteers?
#kidlit #indieauthors #readingcommunity #middlegradebooks
Any volunteers?
#kidlit #indieauthors #readingcommunity #middlegradebooks
June 30, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Not great with sites like these, but I'm thinking of gathering book recs from LGBTQ+ indie middle grade authors. I'm planning on being traditionally published, mid-list or not, and I'd like to support you all.
Any volunteers?
#kidlit #indieauthors #readingcommunity #middlegradebooks
Any volunteers?
#kidlit #indieauthors #readingcommunity #middlegradebooks
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While many of us in the writing community were happy to see B&N’s recovery, this news about smaller publishers’s difficulties with the chain is troubling.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Independent Publishers Are Fed Up with Barnes & Noble
While presses of all stripes are glad that James Daunt has put the largest bricks-and-mortar bookstore chain in the U.S. back on its financial feet, many indies feel deliberately left out of the retai...
www.publishersweekly.com
June 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
While many of us in the writing community were happy to see B&N’s recovery, this news about smaller publishers’s difficulties with the chain is troubling.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
This could be a good setting for a sapphic YA novel. Just saying.
Atmospheric mystery set in a fogbound London. Marvellously moody thrills with economic style to burn and wonderfully strong female leads. 1946
#horrorcommunity #horrorfamily #horrormovie #horrorfilm #horrorfan #classichorror #horroraddict #filmsky #horrorsky #mutantfam #horrorfam #monsterfam #horror
#horrorcommunity #horrorfamily #horrormovie #horrorfilm #horrorfan #classichorror #horroraddict #filmsky #horrorsky #mutantfam #horrorfam #monsterfam #horror
June 26, 2025 at 8:31 AM
This could be a good setting for a sapphic YA novel. Just saying.
Are we redoing everything from that experimental-ish MG standalone with series potential? Yes. Are we also planning on a less original, supervillain MG sci-fi fantasy in a video game world? Also, yes.
Will MSWL want this? We'll see.
Will MSWL want this? We'll see.
June 26, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Are we redoing everything from that experimental-ish MG standalone with series potential? Yes. Are we also planning on a less original, supervillain MG sci-fi fantasy in a video game world? Also, yes.
Will MSWL want this? We'll see.
Will MSWL want this? We'll see.
Tweens, families, and parents alike:
Would you be interested in a middle grade nonfiction book about the confectionery industry during WW1/WW2?
Would you be interested in a middle grade nonfiction book about the confectionery industry during WW1/WW2?
June 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Tweens, families, and parents alike:
Would you be interested in a middle grade nonfiction book about the confectionery industry during WW1/WW2?
Would you be interested in a middle grade nonfiction book about the confectionery industry during WW1/WW2?