Judah Mahay

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✨Alaskan SFF Author. Explorer of this human enigma by taking science to plausible extremes and reality to the magical.✨ English Professor by day. Hockey player by night. Married | Vegan | Querying

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J. Stryker | Memento Vivere 🌿🌲🇨🇦

Perfect question. You would have to read the book to find out.

Designed a mock cover for my novelette, The Sky Gilded Gray, I've been submitting. A romantic tale where a lightning harvester’s infatuation with a princess almost gets him killed. Til he's saved by another woman, only to be trapped with his injured savior on an island where true feelings grow.

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Elle Boyd is Querying

Thank you so much!

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Author L.R. Shepherd

Thanks!

We writers tend to isolate ourselves too much and not see the worth of our accomplishments, big or small. I recently got an Honorable Mention from the Writers of the Future Award and thought of not mentioning it but these instinct isolates us all the more. Celebrate your wins.

Writing Tip: ✨Avoid Filtering✨ ♥️Love this concept. 👇Found a great article by Michael R. Emmert on this to help level up your writing: #WritingCommunity www.scribophile.com/academy/an-i...

Filtering: How to Avoid Using Filters in Writingwww.scribophile.com Sometimes the words we choose can separate the reader from the action. Learn about filtering in prose writing and how to avoid using filters in writing.

For #Juneteenth, let's repost with your favorite black author, or a black author you want to read. Dread Nation by Justina Ireland It's an alt-history contemporary fantasy based out of a school minutes from my house. The book is sitting on my desk. Can't wait to read.

Link: bookshop.org/a/8801/97800...

Dread Nation a book by Justina Irelandbookshop.org New York Times bestseller; 6 starred reviews!At once provocative, terrifying, and darkly subversive, Dread Nation is Justina Ireland's stunning vision of an America both foreign and familiar--a countr...

Found a great article for authors wanting to write disabled characters (which you should). #WritingCommunity thesuiway.beehiiv.com/p/models-dis...

Models of Disabilitythesuiway.beehiiv.com or why I needed to write that novella

I just discovered a new anthology, and I kinda freggin' love it: I just submitted my reject (21 rejections for this story, many of them personalized and asking for more, story just too weird). You should send yours as well! calendaroffools.com/submissions/ #WritingCommunity

Submissionscalendaroffools.com Calendar of Fools is seeking your rejected stories for the Intergalactic Rejects anthology. Sometimes you have a really good story that just hasn't found a home among the markets and magazines. It doe...

For the record, I want a book trailer like this one day: (Also, the book has incredibly worldbuilding and is a blast) #writingcommunity #boneseason youtu.be/HgwLfnAKgvs?...

The Bone Season trailer - a novel by Samantha Shannonyoutu.be The official trailer for The Bone Season book by Samantha Shannon. Visit the official facebook page www.facebook.com/theboneseason and join the conversation on twitter #BoneSeason. The year is 2059. Nineteen-year-old Paige Mahoney is working in the criminal underworld of Scion London, based at Seven Dials, employed by a man named Jaxon Hall. Her job: to scout for information by breaking into people's minds. For Paige is a dreamwalker, a clairvoyant and, in the world of Scion, she commits treason simply by breathing. 'Truly extraordinary and thrilling' - Andy Serkis

#WritingTip Worldbuilding according to the venerable Ursula K. Le Guin, when to keep, when to cut: "...what intensifies the reality of the story and what clogs it, and when enough is enough." #WritingCommunity www.gollancz.co.uk/ursula-k-le-...

Ursula K. Le Guin – Answers your questions for Gollancz Festival 2015www.gollancz.co.uk Ursula K. Le Guin is one of the finest writers of our time. Her books have attracted millions of devoted readers and won many awards, including the National Book Award, the Hugo and Nebula Awards a…

‪The key idea, and what I love so much, is the emphasis on keeping what “intensifies” your story. Too often worldbuilding leans on character depth and realization of place and not enough on Le Guin’s insight of a story intensifier. She was a literary genius we should all learn from.‬

I’m done. Trying not to think my first agent was a fluke. Focusing completely on the new WIP. ❌QueryTracker Premium Cancelled ❌Publishers Marketplace Cancelled ❌Pending Queries Closed ❌2 Years Querying 2 Books All that remains: 🍥7 Indie Subs Still Pending #writingcommunity

Per advice, I've compiled the books I am querying into a page on my website. For any agents or acquisition editors out there, may my near-future Frankenstein retelling or character-driven, literary fantasy pique your interest: #WritingCommunity www.judahmahay.com/amquerying/

Books I’m Queryingwww.judahmahay.com Though I’ve written four books over these last twenty years, I currently have two polished, beta-read, and heavily revised novels I’m querying: A near-future, high-concept Frankenstein retelling and a...

#WritingExercise: "Writing Around the Edges." I.E. no nouns for the MC. None. Yup, none. Details in the link that follows. What effect will this have? Why would you do this? Thoughts? Observations? #WritingCommunity

"Writing Around the Edges" www.judahmahay.com/writing-exer...

Writing Exercise: Writing Around the Edgeswww.judahmahay.com As many of you already know, I’m an English professor. I’ve been at this since 2016, and over that time, I’ve built up a slew of my own writing exercises. As promised in my newsletter signup, I’m goin...

#WritingPrompt: Life finds a way. #WritingCommunity

#WritingPrompt #WritingCommunity Who could this have been? Who is looking at this photo? What are they trying to figure out?

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Devon Ellington

You should totally apply! Good luck!

I just entered for a chance to win the Orbit Loot Sweepstakes that celebrates #AAPI Month! @orbitbooks swee.ps/dkqMRM_LjEmpy

Orbit Loot: AAPI Heritage Month 2024swee.ps Sweepstakes! Enter for a chance to win a book bundle in celebration of AAPI Heritage Month.Top row; left to right: The Gods Below ARC by Andrea Stewart, Mistress of Lies ARC by K. M. Enright, Godde…

I won a New York Foundation for the Arts Grant back in the day allowing me to attend a residency at the internationally acclaimed Watermill Center. This was seminal in my artistic journey. Check them out. #WritingCommunity #Artists www.watermillcenter.org

The Watermill Centerwww.watermillcenter.org The Watermill Center is a laboratory of inspiration and performance, founded by theater and visual artist Robert Wilson, which provides a unique environment for a global community of emerging and esta...

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Aviendha69 - ⊃∪∩⪽

Thanks!

What inspired your novel? I stumbled across this image on Instagram and couldn’t help but ask what their relationship was. So, I wrote a story about a remorse-filled mother and her soul-eating dragon godchild. #writingcommunity

Pinky Thinker Press is open for submissions! ✅They are amazing! ✅They pay pro rates! ✅They love experimental art. ✅Including SFF! ✅And previously published material! Share, repost, and submit! #WritingCommunity www.mignolo.art/pinkythinker...

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If you haven’t already, please consider reading my experimental fiction about a ticked off AI demanding a soul. #writingcommunity www.judahmahay.com/soul-requisi...

Soul Requisitionwww.judahmahay.com Published: Pinky Thinker Press, Issue No. 11, 5/2/2024.

My first pro-paying short story is live!!! Read the tale of an irate AI demanding a soul in Pinky Thinker Press! #WritingCommunity Digital (free): www.mignolo.art/ptp Print (buy): www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

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Yup, this is my hometown, and I can attest to the truth of this: The Cat Who Became Mayor youtube.com/shorts/Z2WOe... via @YouTube

The Cat Who Became Mayoryoutube.com Stubbs The Cat was appointed mayor in Talkeetna, Alaska.

Just signed my first professional-paying short story contract! Thank you again to Pinky Thinker Press for believing in my story of an irate AI demanding his soul! #writingcommunity

Just got the acceptance letter to teach at Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth this summer! I get to create a 1-week intensive (5hrs/day) writing course exploring “On Being Human” to genius middle school and high school kids. Stoked! And a bit terrified. Wish me luck. #writingcommunity

Update: The Cost of Undying 2 years querying 182 rejections 0 query full requests 1 pitch editor full request 1 query maybe pile In a maybe pile! First time for my dark literary fantasy. ✨Feel like this is a moment. Praying I at least get a personalized rejection. 🙏 #WritingCommunity