Midge Raymond
@midgeraymond.bsky.social
Author of FLOREANA, MY LAST CONTINENT, FORGETTING ENGLISH, and co-author of DEVILS ISLAND. Co-founder of Ashland Creek Press. www.MidgeRaymond.com
Sacramento-area folks: @jyunker.bsky.social 's play SPECIES OF LEAST CONCERN will be part of the Playwrights' Revolution series at Capital Stage! See it on August 15! capstage.org/playwrights-...
Playwrights’ Revolution | Capital Stage
PLAYWRIGHTS’ REVOLUTION is a new play festival culminating in series of staged readings seeking to identify and develop exciting new plays and playwrights.
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The Galápagos archipelago is in the middle of the climate crisis … learn how animals like Galápagos penguins are coping with El Niño. #Floreana #BookSky #Galápagos
What can the Galápagos Islands’ animals teach us about the threats of El Niño?
In this week’s newsletter: the archipelago at the centre of the extreme weather phenomenon could help scientists predict how other marine ecosystems will adapt to our warming climate
theguardian.com
This is not at all surprising, but it’s so very sad: theconversation.com/i-cant-work-... #MyLastContinent #Antarctica
‘I can’t work in the farce of climate change cruise tourism anymore’: why Antarctic guides quit their dream jobs
The moral struggles of guiding tourists through a pristine landscape.
theconversation.com
Thanks so much, @wizardofclaws.bsky.social , for this wonderful chat about FLOREANA and penguins and animal literature and more! 🩵
Elise Myslinski@wizardofclaws.bsky.social · 3w agoIn today's interview, @midgeraymond.bsky.social discusses her latest novel, Floreana! #booksky #vegan #animalrights #penguins #author #writing
Hey, mystery readers! DEVILS ISLAND is $.99 on the Kindle today (Friday, July 10)! www.amazon.com/Devils-Islan...
Devils Island - Kindle edition by Yunker, John, Raymond, Midge. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
Devils Island - Kindle edition by Yunker, John, Raymond, Midge. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting whi...
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Happy World Oceans Day! Today I'm celebrating my favorite ocean beings: penguins! Particularly the endangered Galápagos penguins. FLOREANA is a mystery based on bizarre, real-life events in the 1930s on Floreana Island & also a story about penguins & conservation.
“You want your book to align with a publisher’s strengths not only to increase the chances of being published but most of all to successfully promote the book once it’s published.“ Midge Raymond, cofounder of Ashland Creek Press, discusses how a press selects what to publish: at.pw.org/AERRaymond
Check out a couple of small press submission tips at @pw.org ! www.pw.org/agents_edito... #booksky #submissions #submitting #writers
Midge Raymond of Ashland Creek Press
“You want your book to align with a publisher’s strengths not only to increase the chances of being published but most of all to successfully promote the book once it’s published.
pw.org
An AI scam every writer should know about ... and an AI fail that was too funny not to share: www.midgeraymond.com/blog/blog/20... #booksky #writing #writerbeware #AIscams
AI scams: horrific and sometimes hilarious | Midge Raymond
AI scams that target writers are alarmingly sophisticated ... except when they're not.
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Attention writers: Here's yet another AI email scam to be aware of! #writerbeware #writers #publishing ecolitbooks.com/2026/05/26/y...
Yet another scam to be aware of... : EcoLit Books
Scams targeting writers are becoming more sophisticated than ever ... here is another one to beware of.
ecolitbooks.com
Beware of lost-pet scams, which are becoming more sophisticated & scary - check out @ashland-news.bsky.social to learn more: ashland.news/catty-corner...
Catty Corner: Lost-pet scams are targeting vulnerable humans - Ashland News - Community-Supported, NonProfit News
Catty Corner: If your beloved cat goes missing, you’ll be posting photos and your contact information everywhere — as you should. But this also leaves you vulnerable to lost-pet scams. Learn how to fi...
ashland.news
How many species of penguins are in the world? The short answer is 18 - the long answer is a bit more complicated...
How many species of penguin are there? | Midge Raymond's Blog
When I first became obsessed with penguins about 20 years ago, after an expedition to Antarctica and then volunteering for a penguin census in Argentina, there were 17 species of penguin, according to...
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Sangamithra Iyer’s lovely, inspiring memoir, Governing Bodies: A Memoir, A Confluence, A Watershed, is told in three parts: in letters to her grandfather, to her late father, and to her readers. ... Read more
Book Review: Sangamithra Iyer’s Governing Bodies
Sangamithra Iyer’s lovely, inspiring memoir, Governing Bodies: A Memoir, A Confluence, A Watershed, is told in three parts: in letters to her grandfather, to her late father, and to her readers. ... Read more
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What will a “super El Niño” to do Galápagos penguins? | Midge Raymond's Blog
There’s a scene in Floreana in which Mallory — a penguin researcher returning to the field after a decade away — tells her intern Hannah about the effects of weather on the lives of Galápagos penguins...
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Join us this Friday, May 22, at 11 a.m. for a workshop on advocating for animals in our communities! mailchi.mp/kerulos/livi...
🌎 Special Living One: Animal Advocacy Writing Workshop
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Join Midge and John this Friday via Zoom at 11am Pacific... More here: kerulos.org/living-one/ #animals #deer #writing #writingforanimals
Join local writers at SOU's Hannon Library on Thursday, May 14! ashland.news/local-author... #writers #booksky #localauthors #SouthernOregon
Local authors set for meet-and-greet at SOU’s Hannon Library - Ashland News - Community-Supported, NonProfit News
Readers and writers will come together for a meet-and-greet at 5 p.m. Thursday, May 14, in Southern Oregon University’s Hannon Library. The free public event will feature readings from seven local aut...
ashland.news
@midgeraymond.bsky.social wrote a great novel about a disaster just waiting to happen on a cruise in the Antarctic. She worried it was too extreme, but was told by those that know that they worried about it all the time. If there's a disaster, there's no way to get help there in time.
Reuters@reuters.com · 3mo agoHantavirus cruise ship part of Antarctic tourism boom that some want better regulated reut.rs/4tts67F
I was offline in a faraway place on Earth Day (the best way to celebrate!), and as I catch up I'm thrilled to share these inspiring words from EARTH JOY WRITING author @cassiepremosteele.bsky.social ... cassiepremosteele.substack.com/p/what-to-do...
What To Do on Earth Day
"...using your own hands, writing your own words, using your own voice and body and stories."
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While AI is used in ways both good and evil, here’s an example of where it does some serious good: monitoring vulnerable wildlife!
Floreana's Smart Island Monitoring System - Island Conservation
Thrilling new tech brings conservation solutions to a remote island in the Galápagos!
islandconservation.org
Southern Oregon: Join me and 20+ local authors at the Rebel Heart Books Local Author Fair at the Jacksonville Public Library on Saturday, April 18 from 1 to 3 p.m.! #BookSky #shoplocal
I’m a little concerned by this Pew study: 75% of U.S. adults have read all or part of at least one book in the past 12 months. And 25% read no books at all. Only 14% read more than 20 books. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Do Americans read print books, e-books or audiobooks more? | Pew Research Center
Most U.S. adults read books, with print still favored over digital formats, though e-book and audiobook use has grown. Habits vary by demographics and few join book clubs.
pewresearch.org
Learn about Sangu Iyer's amazing memoir, GOVERNING BODIES, over at EcoLit Books! ecolitbooks.com/2026/04/11/b... @milkweededitions.bsky.social @ecolit.bsky.social
Book Review: Sangamithra Iyer's Governing Bodies : EcoLit Books
Sangamithra Iyer’s lovely, inspiring memoir, Governing Bodies: A Memoir, A Confluence, A Watershed, is told in three parts: in letters to her grandfather, to her late father, and to her readers. ... R...
ecolitbooks.com
I loved being part of this conversation!
Midge Raymond@midgeraymond.bsky.social · 4mo agoWhat a wonderful conversation about multi-species connections, literature, reading, and writing with @asle-us.bsky.social & Boria Sax, Lesley Wheeler, Lay Sion Ng, Nate Otjen, Mildred Kiconco Barya, & Amy McIntyre. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBlt...