I keep forgetting about Bsky. Like literally. I forgot how to log in. Going to try to do better about that.
Mia Siegert
@miasiegert.bsky.social
Author. Costume Designer. Mental health advocate. Repped by @writeloudly.bsky.social (Speilburg Lit).
WOOHOO! My book is OUT!!!! Please check out THE NAMES WE BURIED if you're able to! Happy Pride! www.amazon.com/Names-We-Bur...
The Names We Buried
Amazon.com: The Names We Buried: 9798225014551: Siegert, Mia: Books
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Have you ever gone to a book launch at a salon? Neither have I. Which is why you should go to Sanctuary Salon in Easton, PA for my book launch!
Sera Rivers@writeloudly.bsky.social · 3mo agoJoin us 6/6 at 7PM ET at Sanctuary Salon, Easton PA to celebrate the launch of @miasiegert.bsky.social newest #youngadult #thriller THE NAMES WE BURIED!
This webinar is cool, and two people will win free copies of THE NAMES WE BURIED! Booklist, Publishers Weekly, SLJ, and my mom liked it. #ya #lgbtq+ #lgbtqya #transya #writing #yathriller #books
Sera Rivers@writeloudly.bsky.social · 3mo agoIt’s FREE! Join #author @miasiegert.bsky.social, #scholastic #editor Mallory Kass, and me NEXT Wed. 5/27 at 7PM ET. Link: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #ireadya #booklaunch #writingworkshop #writingcommunity #thriller
I finally remembered how to log back into Bsky! I also have a book coming out! Booklist and Publishers Weekly like it. Woo.
Sera Rivers@writeloudly.bsky.social · 5mo agoHappy #TDOV! I’m so obsessed with THE NAMES WE BURIED by @miasiegert.bsky.social. I cannot wait for it to come out in June—just in time for my birthday! Pre-orders count! Get your copy today! bookshop.org/p/books/the-... #transdayofvisibility #transrightsarehumanrights
Feeling ready to pass out working on edits for my next pass! Talk about a mental workout by @yourfriendmaya.bsky.social ! #writingishard
Figured if anyone got a kick out of it, @gailsimone.bsky.social might. My husband went as Catman to #Connecticon and mixed a few versions. Unlike him, I'm not serious so I went as Booster Gold, Space Cabbie, and Sexx Luthor--yeah, like Robot Chicken DC Special 2. Shameless or delirious from work?
The moment I read the pitch for this, I KNEW I had to read it immediately! 24 hours later, I offered rep! I cannot wait for next summer! This book is BEYOND AMAZING!
Mia Siegert@miasiegert.bsky.social · last yr.The news is out! Thanks to my rockstar agent @writeloudly.bsky.social! THE NAMES WE BURIED Summer 2026, Scholastic Edited by Mallory Kass & @yourfriendmaya.bsky.social A trans boy takes a DNA test and discovers he’s a perfect match for a family searching for their kidnapped daughter. #lgbtqYA
The news is out! Thanks to my rockstar agent @writeloudly.bsky.social! THE NAMES WE BURIED Summer 2026, Scholastic Edited by Mallory Kass & @yourfriendmaya.bsky.social A trans boy takes a DNA test and discovers he’s a perfect match for a family searching for their kidnapped daughter. #lgbtqYA
Children's Bookshelf@pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · last yr.Coming soon: new projects from @amiekaufman.bsky.social @miasiegert.bsky.social @cynthiacliff.bsky.social @tamekafryerbrown.bsky.social + more buff.ly/ieHZH3Z
Hey folks, I'm mostly posting on Instagram because of the costumes. CATS at The Fulton and Casa Manana. Also TIIIIGHT writing deadlines!
Maybe if you got your head out of your ass and looked at the overwhelmingly high percentage of cismale authors who are published over any other demographic, you'd realized your work is getting passed because it sucks. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
New independent press to focus on male writers
Conduit Books will not ‘seek an adversarial stance … but the emphasis at first will be on ambitious, funny, political and cerebral fiction by men that is being passed by’
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I see Gail woke up and chose war.
Gail Simone@gailsimone.bsky.social · last yr.Authentic NYC-style pizza is the best.
I keep trying to get on board with Bsky, and I just can't figure this darn site out. :(
I haven't talked about Val Kilmer because it's very sad for me. "Batman Forever" changed my life. I had it on VHS. I watched it all the time. It... honestly explains a LOT about me in general. Some people were very cruel to him when he was grappling with health. So cruel. This is sad.
Hi new friends! You might have recently followed me because of my posts trying to educate about piracy and the royalties authors get from the library. Please introduce yourself! I'm a bigender, queer, ND writer and costume designer. I'm responsible for JERKBAIT and SOMEBODY TOLD ME. I love cats.
I don't like the cosplaying poor from people defending piracy. It's easy to tell when the information is wildly incorrect, usually when people talk about food stamps since it's been SNAP for a long time with EBT cards. You... don't bring physical stamps from other states...
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...
eBook Pirates Are Relatively Old and Wealthy, Study Finds * TorrentFreak
A new study has found that people who illegally download eBooks are older and wealthier than most people's perception of the average pirate. Commissioned by anti-piracy company Digimarc, the study sug...
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Dax, sapphic fantasy author@daxaeterna.ink · last yr.Literally every person who has proudly told me that they pirated my books has had a higher annual income than me and had secure housing and never missed a meal. But I, living below the poverty line, could never understand just how poor they are and that's why they HAD to pirate my books.
I'm not very active on Bsky. I'm alarmed at how many people are supporting piracy right to authors' faces when we're sharing how it's affected us and we're providing ways to read our work for free while we get paid. The lack of empathy coupled with entitlement is astounding. Usually people assist.
New Writer Beware blog post: authors' complaints at Clear Fork Press include royalty payment & reporting problems, contractual breaches, distribution issues, and much more writerbeware.blog/2025/03/21/a...
Author Complaints at Clear Fork Press - Writer Beware
In early February, author Vanessa Keel published a long, cautionary blog post about her experience with one small publisher. It was not a happy tale: an absent editor, little marketing support, a non-...
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Under the advice of some folk, I blocked that person who did the fanfic dig at me (which 1) I don't like because literally it's the biggest honor ever when an author receives fan-work, ever, and 2) I don't like because I take IP really seriously). I'm just... sad they chose war rather than library.
I will fight for libraries and librarians. I love LIBRARIANS!!! Also Book Bloggers? Your work is so underappreciated. Seriously, your kindness got me through some ROUGH times and I learned from YOU.
I usually don't fight with people online-- --unless it comes to piracy where it affects me, my colleagues, my industry, where all of us are struggling to make ends meet, get food, and I'm called a scarecrow? So like... The Wiz or Jonathan Crane? I'd prefer The Wiz's Scarecrow.