Hi fellow book nerds! I'm trying to put together a Utopian Book Club (focused on novels and novellas). I want to include LeGuin's The Dispossessed and @pluralistic 's Walkaway, but from there I've got an endless list of mostly white dudes.

What cool utopian fiction by BIPOC writers have I missed out on?

#BookWorm #books #utopia #BIPOCLit #literature #UtopianFiction #utopian #solarpunk #novels #novella #BIPOCwriters #fiction #ImagineUtopia #eutopia #SpeculativeFiction #scifi #fantasy #BookWyrm

I have a new short story out in Brigids Gates Press’ newest anthology, Crimson Bones.

"The Die Has Been" depicts the love story between Lars Randal and Julia Greave, through belladonna and jamoon mix-ups, forbidden connections, and vicious ghosts.
Here's a link to the purchase: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C9GWKZ8N/ref=sr_1_9...

#bipocwriters #blackwriters #gothicromance #writingcommunity

'Until recently, it’s been the purview of #authors from communities that are #underrepresented in #publishing . These #books offer a new and #SociallyResponsible look at what #Earth could be like after an #apocalyptic event—written by authors who were already living in spaces damaged by #ClimateChange and who had #survived #horrors in real life.'

https://www.yesmagazine.org/issue/endings/2023/02/27/visions-beyond-apocalypse%ef%bf%bc

#POC #BIPOCWriters #literary #PeopleOfColour #BooksToRead #environmental #ClimateAction

Hello! #introductions
My name is Makeda K. Braithwaite and I’m a writer. Stepping over here as part of the great Twitter migration. Hoping to meet more creatives and writers! 
#sffbipoc #bipocwriters #fantasy

Hello! 
My name is Makeda K. Braithwaite and I’m a writer. Stepping over here as part of the great Twitter migration. Hoping to meet more creatives and writers! 
#sffbipoc #bipocwriters #fantasy

Hello!
My name is Makeda K. Braithwaite and I’m a writer. Stepping over here as part of the great Twitter migration. Hoping to meet more creatives and writers!
#sffbipoc #bipocwriters

Three Good Things: The Ecofiction Writer Edition
Epic book day: got novel #1 (The Erenwine Agenda, fracking focus) layout output done for new edition to be published with my new name change (going back to my given name, Maia Chowdhury).
Did the “accept all changes” on novel #2 (Otter Coast, medical marijuana focus) and stripped the Word document of macros, ready for book layout. Pub date for Otter Coast: Dec 21!
And just picked up the printed first draft of novel #3 (Rail, high speed logistics focus)- super rough, finishing the first pass during Nanowrimo.
As I went to Staples to pick up the print I thought “I am a writer!” It only took me 3 novels to say so to myself (it’s in my bio and LinkedIn but to say it and mean it to myself is another thing).
Does that qualify as 3 Good Things? I think it does.
#AmWriting #Architect #BIPOC #BIPOCWriters #ClimateChange #ClimateChangeFiction #Desi #EcoFiction #FictionWriter #Fracking #IndieAuthor #IndependentPublisher #Marijuana #MedicalMarijuana #MixedDesi #MixedRace #Nanowrimo #Publishing #Rail #WinterSolstice #VisionaryEcoFiction #VisionaryFiction #WomenWriters #Writer #Writing
#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings @3goodthings

@Inoshwrites this reminds me of what Nalini Singh has said about the types of books she could write for Harlequin. But I think as #bipocwriters, there must be pushback. Unfortunately, #diaspora today must fight for their seat so future ones don't have to. Also, indie publishing & self-publishing are so important for creating more inclusion. I think we're slowly seeing change of trad pub ideas.

#blackauthors #bipocwriters

Some content just for Mastodon: I've been thinking ahead to our next submissions period (date tbd). I want to balance our darker content with lighter stories. Some queer joy, some BIPOC excellence, in a climate justice context. We'll be looking mostly for novellas that make the most of the form with experimentation in structure or language. I'd love to see your weirdest/most daring stuff! Anyone working on anything like this?
#submissions #bipocwriters #lgbtqwriters #clifi #climatefiction

What drives me deeper into 'niche' books by #BIPOCWriters and #TranslatedWorks is that alot of mainstream books feature people like me and written by people like me but are not written for me. They are written for white people as an education or to show them how we are not the other. I understand the importance of such books, I truly do, but somehow, that feels so othering.