mariya
writer | yappologist | indoor cat | 24 | words floating around in cosmic horror monthly, the bitchin' kitsch, livina press, etc
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- Cycle of trauma continues 'cause my mom just asked me for a recipe and I had to tell her I don't measure anything
- I am no longer 24 and I did not work on my novel 😔
- Omg intros 👀 hi #writersky I'm Mariya, a 24 y/o writer based in Toronto! I centre family, hope, and revolution in my work and I've dabbled in poetry and short stories (read em in my bio!). This year I'm working on my first novel, a Mughal-inspired fantasy blending politics, adventure, and dragons!
- I know my cup is refilling because I have an INCREDIBLY strong urge to craft
- Why are FMCs allowed to like food but not allowed to gain weight #booksky
- Got an editing gig for a local musician's substack 🥳
- Maybe this is the motivation I need to get my own substack going
- "How's married life" idk man this is the first time I'm learning how to love in proximity rather than growing up with it
- Reposted by mariyaSome of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.
- Nasser Hussain's work is super fun omg #poetrysky
- I have to read 11 books in 2 weeks to meet my goal,,, can I do it, chat? #booksky
- Reposted by mariya"Ars Poetica with Ecology" by Gospel Chinedu is suffused with longing and grief. What animal will you become to outrun disasters?
- Reposted by mariya"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—" Reviews. Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.) Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
- So my husband can drop all the Pokémon evolutions at any given moment, but EYE talk about the Wild Hunt inspired post-apocalyptic Western novella and I'm the weird one got it 👍
- I'm hungry for poetry
- Wrote a bad poem so I'm counting it as progress
- Forgot about nano 2.0 so guess who's already behind 🤪 #writesky
- Forgot about nano 2.0 so guess who's already behind 🤪 #writesky
- I am a prologue truther
- Btw if we're moots and you see me cross posting here and on X, please know that I have a very limited amount of original ideas and need to milk every single one
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- I've realized I just have a fear of writing after so long because I don't think I can anymore
- I finally have the energy to write but idk WHAT to write 😭
- My apologies for calling baseball boring, it's actually the best sport to play in the background while you read
- Maybe my reading slump is because my purpose for reading has changed
- Okay I think a realistic writing goal is research in October for "nano" prep
- Everything I've learned about the new TS album had been against my will and I think you all should go stream THAT'S SHOWBIZ BABY! instead
- Reposted by mariyaVolume 15 - Faith, is now live to the world. Printed copies will be available soon. paddlerpress.ca/issues-trip-...
- If you see this say hi? 👉👈 I'm trying to find my community again #writesky
- First submission in almost two years, how long will that first rejection take
- Word on The Street Lit Festival <3
- Reposted by mariyarepeating the phrase "full books" as I slam my head against my desk until I pass out
- Reposted by mariyaAssata Shakur has "died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age." She was 78.
- The one thing I had going for me as a desi girl was NOT being iron deficient but it seems I am actually like other girls 😭
- just finishing up katabasis but if you liked it for its academic approach to whimsy, might I suggest the Mad Sisters of Esi? And if you liked it for the magic and academic aesthetic, might I suggest Blood Over Bright Haven?
- I'm getting that itch to submit again for the first time in almost a year 😶🌫️😶🌫️
- Mayhap I have an interview coming soon 👀
- Since it's been a while since I've connected here, let me clarify: empathy for the yt dude but not all those he spewed rhetoric against and actively harmed with his platform is yt supremacy and is not welcome here
- Reposted by mariyaUpdate: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative
- Reposted by mariyaI squealed when I saw this and had to take a seat on the stairs to read it. My novella has a review in Strange Horizons!!
- Hello hello gonna try and get back to using this app more consistently as I restart my writing journey <3
- Something to be said about finally being in the mindset to create again
- patterns patterns circles reflections life is a cycle unto cycle
- Reposted by mariyaRemember when writers didn’t use AI and instead just stole their wife’s work and claimed it as their own?
- Bad news: I haven't had time to write Good news: I got married!
- Sorry for disappearing tho love yall <3
- respectfully, karaoke on public transit should be banned before 8 am
- btw did I ever share that I got engaged
- I went from I have months to write my fiancé a wedding day poem to we get married in a week 🧍♀️
