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SFF writer. Blerd. Debut novel A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST out 2025 from @orbitbooks UK / @SagaPressBooks US. Work in @fiyahlitmag & more. Rep @jenniegoloboy She/Her

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@MHAyinde

M H Ayinde 🍉 PREORDER A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST

11 months

✨I HAVE NEWS! ✨ My debut novel A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST will be published by @orbitbooks in spring 2025, the first in an adult epic fantasy trilogy. This tale of rebellion and revenge is set in a land where ancestors can be summoned in battle, and I wrote it with my whole heart

@orbitbooks

Orbit Books @ NYCC #3445

11 months

We're so thrilled to share Orbit UK has acquired an epic fantasy trilogy from debut author M. H. Ayinde, winner of the 2021 Future Worlds Prize. We'll be publishing book one in spring 2025 and you can read more about the acquisition here @MHAyinde

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@MHAyinde

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4 months

It’s here! 🥹 The cover of my debut novel A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST, the first in an epic fantasy trilogy coming next April from @orbitbooks UK! Thank you @flaptrapsart for the absolutely gorgeous cover art and @PetrikReads for sharing this beauty with the world!

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Petrik Leo (Novel Notions)

4 months

COVER REVEAL TIME! This one is an absolute stunner. I'm honored to reveal the cover art of A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST by @MHAyinde ! This is an epic fantasy debut being released in 2025 by @orbitbooks , and I am looking forward to reading it! 1/2 Cover art by the superb @flaptrapsart

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2 years

My contributor copy of F&SF arrived! It’s so surreal to see my name in this magazine! 🥹

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2 years

Today is a Very Great Day! Dreams do come true! 🥹 My influencer culture story “Piggyback Girl” will appear very soon in @fandsf (I still can’t believe I get to write that sentence!) Thank you @blackpotmojo for your faith in my snarky little social media tale.

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2 years

Contract signed! So incredibly excited to announce that my story “Girlfriend Material” will be appearing in a future issue of @FantasyMagazine Get ready for some Very Unique Flora!

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@MHAyinde

M H Ayinde 🍉 PREORDER A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST

4 years

Seeing lots of editors/agents inviting Black writers to submit. Great! But pls remember some of us aren’t quite ready. Rebalancing the scales must be an ongoing endeavour not a flash in the pan. I’ll still be disadvantaged in 6 months; hope you’ll still want to hear my voice then

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6 months

Made it round! What a beautiful experience, even if I did spend the entire second half questioning my sanity. 4h 31m 50s. Slightly slower than my first marathon but I’m just glad to have crossed the finish line! The crowd were amazing as always. #LondonMarathon

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@MHAyinde

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2 months

Huge congratulations to @WTalabi on winning the Nommo award for best novel! SHIGIDI AND THE BRASS HEAD OF OBALUFON is such a brilliant (and fun!) book. More books in this world please and thank you!!! @africansfs #Glasgow2024

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@MHAyinde

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2 years

So excited to share that my story “Fully Comprehensive Code Switch” will be appearing in @dark_matter_mag ’s Monstrous Futures anthology, edited by @AlexWoodroe Get ready to experience the next level in wearable tech!

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@MHAyinde

M H Ayinde 🍉 PREORDER A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST

3 years

🎉 Exciting news! 🎉 I’m ecstatic to be able to announce that I’m now represented by the wonderful @JennieGoloboy of @MaassLitAgency I’m so, so excited to be working with Jennie, and can’t wait for what comes next!

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@MHAyinde

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2 months

How is somewhere this beautiful real? The Scottish Highlands are breathtaking. Definitely a good place to recharge after WorldCon. Still need to share the billion pics I took at the con, but in the meantime, just look at this view! 🥹

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3 years

I see Deep Space Nine is trending, which means I’m here to remind you that one of my favourite Star Trek episodes ever is, “Far Beyond the Stars.” Such an important episode that resonated deeply with me, and Avery Brooks’ performance was just amazing. #DS9

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@MHAyinde

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3 years

Somebody pinch me, because I still can’t believe it! This Hackney girl won a (big!) thing! Thank you to the judges, sponsors, and publishing partners, and to everyone else involved in running the @FutureWorldsPrz I’m over the moon!

@FutureWorldsPrz

FutureWorldsPrize

@FutureWorldsPrz

3 years

And the winner of #FutureWorldsPrize 2021 is... @MHAyinde for her story A Shadow in Chains! Congratulations!

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@MHAyinde

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3 years

“It’s Still Colonialism When It Happens to Elves.” This #FIYAHCON2021 panel was so good for my soul. Related topics: It’s still racism when it happens to [insert any inherently evil fantasy species here.] And it’s still classism when you call them ‘trolls.’ (1/5)

@kamharellano

kate heceta-arellano

3 years

Happening in 2 hours for #FIYAHCON2021 with @nimlothdecuba @aliettedb @tobi_thedreamer @zenaldehyde and yours truly 🥰

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4 years

I still can’t quite believe this, but... I’ve got a short story in the January issue of @fiyahlitmag ! This is my first published work of fiction, and I am so excited to be part of this amazing magazine!

@fiyahlitmag

FIYAH Literary Magazine

4 years

Behold the cover and TOC for FIYAH #17 ! Featuring prose and poetry by M. H. Ayinde, Kalynn Bayron, Kel Coleman, Jade Stewart, Martins Deep, Ernest O. Ògúnyẹmí, and K. Cerese Wright Artwork by the incomparable @nilaffle Issue drops 1/1/21 Full post here:

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@MHAyinde

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2 months

🎉NEWS!!!🎉 A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST is coming to North America with @SagaPressBooks !! I’m so excited to be working with @NiviaEvans and the team to bring this tale of ancestor magic and stolen histories to readers!🔥⚔️

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1 year

Birmingham I am IN YOU for @BritFantasySoc Fantasycon. I am NERVOUS and I am A BIT STAR-STRUCK I’ll be on three panels. 12.30pm Sat - World Ending Villainy 4.30pm Sat - Feminism in Fantasy 12pm Sunday - A Conclave of Mages & Sages #fantasycon

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@MHAyinde

M H Ayinde 🍉 PREORDER A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST

9 months

SELF-REJECTION 🧵(Because I count myself as something of an expert! 😅) We writers with underrepresented identities are more inclined to think we’re not good enough/there’s no place for our work. This tendency comes from growing up not seeing ourselves reflected. FIGHT IT! 1/8

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10 months

(Don’t self-reject!!!)

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2 years

I’m so incredibly excited to announce that my story “Our Grandmother’s Words” will be appearing in a forthcoming issue of @BCSmagazine It’s a story about how language and storytelling connect us to our cultures, and is very close to my heart.

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@MHAyinde

M H Ayinde 🍉 PREORDER A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST

1 year

So excited to receive my contributor copy of @dark_matter_ink Presents: Monstrous Futures, edited by @AlexWoodroe Look! It’s my actual words in an actual physical book, for the first time ever! Can’t wait to read the other stories in this anthology…

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2 years

Queen on her throne.

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2 months

Brilliant historical fantasy panel today, featuring @FatimaTaqvi @SteveAryan @silvanhistorian @KateForsyth and @MicroSFF Most important takeaway: I should probably never write historical fantasy, because I love going down a research rabbit hole, and with history it’s next level!

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M H Ayinde 🍉 PREORDER A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST

4 years

Cube-based tech start-up recruits new CEO.

@BeyondTrekPod

Beyond Trek Podcast 🖖🎙🎧

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Explain a Star Trek episode plot poorly

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Baby’s first WorldCon! I’m lucky enough to be on quite a few panels across four days. If you see me, pls say hi. I am awkward and I have RBF but I’m really looking forward to meeting writer and reader friends IRL! #Glasgow2024 #ForOurFutures #WorldCon

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M H Ayinde 🍉 PREORDER A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST

9 months

Don’t mind me, I’m just a Brit attempting to do a last-minute awards eligibility post despite my very British aversion to blowing my own trumpet. Sorry about this. Anyway, here are the works I had published this year, all short fiction: 🧵1/6

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Awards Eligibility Post, 2023!

OK hold my hand, because I've never written one of these before, and as a Brit, self-promotion makes my skin itch. But 2023 was a good year for me for short fiction publications, so I'm going to make...

www.mhayinde.com

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2 months

A little pic from today’s Nommo awards. Was so good to be able to attend in person. Huge congratulations to all the winners! @africansfs #Glasgow2024

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2 months

Today’s nerdy t-shirt. Had some great panel conversations but have reached my max capacity for people-ing. (Which autocorrect changed to “people-omg” … extremely accurate!) Onwards to Day 3! #WorldCon #Glasgow2024

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5 months

Happy 50th birthday, @orbitbooks ! Had a great time at the party this week. Such a fun, uplifting night surrounded by wonderful people. Had to take a selfie when I got home (photobombed by my 8yo) as my name badge says “M H Ayinde, Author” so it must be real, no takesy backsies!

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@MHAyinde

M H Ayinde 🍉 PREORDER A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST

2 years

I also finished #HisDarkMaterials … honestly, I think this season was my favourite. This has been a solid adaptation but I was not expecting them to be able to pull off the third book so well. Ruth Wilson’s Mrs Coulter remains sublime. The ending totally destroyed me.

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5 months

CW: pet death Yesterday afternoon our sweet, grumpy 18yo girl moved on to the next realm. We were all with her, at home, as she took her last breath. This pic perfectly captures her DGAF attitude. A whole house, but only the pile of clean towels will do. I miss her so much.

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2 months

At frickin last!!!!!! Let’s go, @strangehorizons !!! Great speech, too! #HugoAwards

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M H Ayinde 🍉 PREORDER A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST

2 months

It’s 1am and I’ve had too much caffeine. What a fun and full-on first day of #WorldCon Met so many lovely people. Brain too scrambled to write anything coherent so instead please appreciate today’s t-shirt, from one of my fave moments in Star Wars. #Glasgow2024

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@MHAyinde

M H Ayinde 🍉 PREORDER A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST

11 months

This story is about one of the most damaging ways in which colonialism robs us of our connection with our heritage. It’s a personal, painful one, and it was such a joy to be able to share it earlier this year in @BCSmagazine Read for free below…

BCS Online Magazine

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BCS of 2023! "Our Grandmother’s Words" @MHAyinde , BCS #376 . "whatever was written by the white-clad outlander was taken from our minds. I wondered if he were an evil spirit, able to reach inside our heads and pluck the knowledge from within."

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M H Ayinde 🍉 PREORDER A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST

3 years

Guess what I’m drinking my chai out of? Yup, #FIYAHCON swag has arrived in London, mate! My chai just levelled up 600%. Thank you, @fiyahlitmag !

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M H Ayinde 🍉 PREORDER A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST

3 months

I attended the brilliant “Fantastic Worlds” panel yesterday at @WaterstonesPicc where I got to listen to the very talented trio @AndreaGStewart @tashadrinkstea and @ge_summers talk worldbuilding. I was taking notes! So good to finally meet Andrea in person for the first time!

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M H Ayinde 🍉 PREORDER A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST

3 years

Guess who cried during #SonicTheHedgehog2 ? Me. I cried during Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Please excuse me while fangirl about this beautiful movie…

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3 years

Overjoyed that @fiyahlitmag won the Best Semiprozine Hugo. Like many, my first fiction sale was to FIYAH, & I’ll be forever grateful for their faith in me. The confidence that sale gave me means more than I can ever put into words. Huge congrats this amazing, tireless team #hugos

@worldcon2021

DisCon III - The 79th Worldcon

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Congratulations to @thehugoawards winner for Best Semiprozine,FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction! @fiyahlitmag #Worldcon2021 #Worldcon #DisConIII #hugos 1/2

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1 year

Monstrous Futures epicness has arrived in London, innit! This awesome anthology from @dark_matter_ink includes my story “Fully Comprehensive Code Switch.” And check out the shop for more swag.

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4 months

The cover of my earliest work of literature. There may be something else COVER SHAPED for a more recent LITERARY ENDEAVOUR launching very very soon. 👀🔥🗡️📖

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@MHAyinde

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10 months

I’m thrilled to be on the judging panel for this year’s @FutureWorldsPrz ! Winning the 2021 prize opened a lot of doors for me - and next year, my debut novel comes out with @orbitbooks If you’re an unpublished SFF writer of colour based in the UK, send in your work! Link below

@FutureWorldsPrz

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@FutureWorldsPrz

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We're so excited to introduce you to our AMAZING judging panel for #FutureWorldsPrize 2024...

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3 years

Submission Grinder timeline graph: a haiku… Oh little black dot Bear spring buds of acceptance On your journey left

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2 months

I have my hands on a copy! Also this stall has the best tentacles inflatable!

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@BrentCLambert

Brent C. Lambert - Author of A NECESSARY CHAOS

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I’m in this! If you’re at Glasgow go grab a copy 🙌🙌

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2 years

Monstrous Futures is out today! I'm so excited to be part of this science fiction-horror anthology, which includes my story "Fully Comprehensive Code Switch." This is a story about fitting in and it's very close to my heart. Thank you once again @AlexWoodroe

@dark_matter_ink

Dark Matter INK

@dark_matter_ink

2 years

Our MONSTROUS FUTURES have arrived, courtesy of 29 incredibly talented authors who will haunt you with their dark visions of tomorrow. Learn more @ Add the book to your TBR @ #Goodreads : (ed. @AlexWoodroe intro @AFSulli )

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M H Ayinde 🍉 PREORDER A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST

3 years

I love epic fantasy, but the aspect of the genre I find most troubling is the casual way the supposed fantasy creatures of many authors are clear analogues for non-western cultures. Sometimes this is laziness. But sometimes it’s… not. #FIYAHCON2021 (2/5)

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M H Ayinde 🍉 PREORDER A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST

3 years

👀Exciting news! My adult epic fantasy novel A SHADOW IN CHAINS has been shortlisted for the #FutureWorldsPrize for unpublished SFF writers of colour! I’m delighted, and still in shock. Congrats to my fellow shortlisted writers; every one of these stories sounds amazing!

@FutureWorldsPrz

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@FutureWorldsPrz

3 years

So drumroll please… Our eight shortlisted stories and writers for #FutureWorldsPrize 2021 are: A Shadow in Chains by M H Ayinde ( @mhayinde ) The Sawling by Jordan Collins Frankincense by Salma Ibrahim In the City of Villages by Franchesca Liauw 1/2

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So much said with the eyes in this picture! Bring on November!!

@netflix

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Nothing ever stays dead. Arcane returns this November.

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Hi #WritersofTwitter I’m Modupe H Ayinde and my epic fantasy novel A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST comes out next year with @orbitbooks It has ancestor magic, lost civilisations, BATTLES and more⚔️ [Pls enjoy this pic of me + my long-suffering teen, who’s sick of my demands for selfies]

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Hi #WritersofTwitter , I'm Mahmud El Sayed, a British-Egyptian writer and translator. I write about sentient libraries, generation ships and memory taxes. Help me make literary Arabfuturism a thing! 1/

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@saaraelarifi I just got this very exciting email!

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Final t-shirt of WorldCon! It’s been an amazing, uplifting, intense, exhausting few days, but I’ve had the best time with the best people! #Glasgow2024

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I’m a huge fan of Andrea’s writing, so to read this from someone whose work I admire and enjoy so much means the world to me!🥹 (Legit spent 30 mins attempting to adequately put my feelings into this tweet!)

@AndreaGStewart

Andrea Stewart *THE GODS BELOW out now!*

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I'm still going through my backlog of ARCs, am in the middle of @MHAyinde 's A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST and it is 🤯 Meticulously crafted, a masterful raising of stakes, fantastic world building, hitting so many perfect notes. My kids need to leave me alone for a bit so I can read 😅

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Best News Ever. Especially this part: “The author will adapt the books herself.” The Broken Earth trilogy is one of my all-time faves and I am SO GLAD N. K. Jemisin will be adapting it herself. Cannot wait to see my boy Alabaster on screen!

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M H Ayinde 🍉 PREORDER A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST

2 years

IT LIVES! My story “Night of the Living Spa Weekend”, about self-care and lifelong friendship, appears in the latest issue @fiyahlitmag Can’t wait to read the rest of this issue, which looks 🔥as always! Thank you so much @davaunsanders for your faith in my quirky little tale!

@fiyahlitmag

FIYAH Literary Magazine

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Issue No. 26 of #FIYAHLitMag is now available for purchase. | $3.99 👨🏿‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏾💫 Writers: SISI AFRIKA, Habiba Dokubo-Asari, @MHAyinde , @monihymn , @ebonidunbar , @AwuahMainoo , @DavidOmodero , @sjpo_well , and @TashaTheAmazon . 🎨: @Back2Black13 To buy or gift:

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Family are over from America, which means I FINALLY GET MY HANDS ON THESE BEAUTIES!!!

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Barret with me today, keeping me grounded. Am now in overwhelmed zombie mode. #WorldCon #Glasgow2024

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Such a fun night yesterday at the launch of THE PRINCIPLE OF MOMENTS by @esmiejp This book is epic and I am so excited about where the series is headed. Also had a lot of fun catching up with my fellow @FutureWorldsPrz alumni - big things lie ahead for this crew!

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Glasgow, here I come! This is what I look like when I’m not smiling! Here also is a reminder of my schedule! If you’re at WorldCon, say hi! I have book cover postcards and ALL the nerdy opinions! #Glasgow2024 #WorldCon

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Me: I’m gonna get so much done on this long-a*** train journey, I’m gonna read, catch up on some shows, prepare for my panels, do a bit of life admin… Me 5 mins into journey…

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Hugo Award ceremony about to begin! #Glasgow2024 #WorldCon

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What did you look like in 2013? 2013 was a really rough year for me, but I do miss having locs. Also I apparently still wear the same earrings every day!

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What did you look like in 2013? Me as a bridesmaid at my best friend’s wedding with my 9 month old daughter.

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To everyone at the @FutureWorldsPrz especially @Ben_Aaronovitch @andoh_adjoa and @sarahshaffi - thank you for continuing to uplift marginalised voices. Winning the prize in 2021 with the opening of this novel meant so much to me.

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3 years

At #futurescapes_2022 crying right now at @clpolk ’s speech. As someone over 40, I so deeply appreciate them talking about their age, and that we have to ignore the voices (often internal) that tell us age matters. And it’s so lovely to see so many other 40+ writers in the chat.

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4 months

Had a great time yesterday at the 2024 @FutureWorldsPrz award ceremony! Huge congratulations to winner @Ese_Journo and runner-up Farah Rahman, and to all the finalists. So much talent in one room! Can’t wait for what comes next for everyone!

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4 months

Spotted in my local Waterstones in North London! @Wiswell

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4 months

Thanks again @PetrikReads for the cover reveal of A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST! Also, did someone say JoJo’s?! We’re big fans in this house! (Although full disclaimer: these are my middle kid’s manga.) I usually say “Final Fantasy summons but make it ancestors.” But Stands work too!

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Petrik Leo (Novel Notions)

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Been a while since I shared this here. SFF Spotlight ep 64 is up! Today's ep features @BrandSanderson @DonatoArts @BiblioTheory @gen_dimova @MHAyinde @GrimOakPress @eent @aptshadow @TravisBaldree @ZOMGfantasy @RCahillAuthor @FletcherMR @JannyWurts

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10 months

There are extroverts in my kitchen. I am leaving them all there while I hide away and watch One Piece because it has been a DAY at the day job and I need to be by myself. (Trying to learn not to be apologetic when I feel like this, and accept it as part of who I am)

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5 months

Finally out in the UK and on my bookcase! Happy release day, @_vajra 🎉

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Vajra Chandrasekera

5 months

SAINT officially reaches the UK today! I'm still too covidy to celebrate appropriately, so please do so on my behalf, I mean, ideally by buying the book but also running around and screaming is perfectly acceptable

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1 year

Fantasycon was great fun this weekend. It was my first in-person con, but everyone was really friendly and welcoming. I got to meet lots of wonderful and talented people. Thank you to all the organisers at the @BritFantasySoc

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7 months

Great episode, especially the discussion about class, which we don’t talk about enough in publishing. “Not only are the doors all open for them, they don’t even know there are doors.” THIS is privilege, and it has a huge impact on confidence and self-belief.

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Publishing Rodeo Podcast

@PublishingRodeo

7 months

What's the deal with author book events? Are they useful, do they even sell copies, and why do they all follow the same format? 👀 Sam Missingham @samatlounge joins us to talk about book events, book publicity, and author empowerment.

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1 year

Did not die but almost fainted in the #RoyalParksHalf today! Take them heat warnings seriously, kids! Such a beautiful route. Finished in 2:01:28, which I’m really pleased with for my first race following my foot surgery.

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10 months

Happy New Year! It’s 2024, which means I can now scream I HAVE A BOOK OUT NEXT YEAR!!! 😱

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1 year

“The worldbuilding is lush and sweeping, and the complex relationships make for a riveting read.” Such a lovely write-up of my story “The Invoker and Her Quartet,” from the Spring 2023 issue of @kaleidotrope Magazine. 🥹 (Link below!)

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Locus Magazine

1 year

@ClowderofTwo recommends “The Invoker and Her Quartet” by @MHAyinde from @kaleidotrope and “Spell for Grief and Longing” by @ebonidunbar from @fiyahlitmag . Read more short fiction recommendations here -

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3 years

Twitter friends! In 20 days, I’ll be running the London Marathon for the mental health charity, Mind. I’m running in memory of someone very dear to me, who contracted and died of Covid-19 while staying on a mental health ward. (1/2)

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2 years

Do YOU want a tale of self-care, lifelong friendship, and, um, a very unique spa? Well do I have the story for you! “Night of the Living Spa Weekend” will be out next month in @fiyahlitmag I’m so excited to be back in this phenomenal magazine — and just look at that cover! 😍

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FIYAH Literary Magazine

2 years

"Enter galactic, just you and me." 🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏿👨🏿‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏿👨🏿‍🤝‍👨🏾 Here's #FIYAHLitMag Issue No. 26 illustrated by @Back2Black13 and the TOC feat. SISI AFRIKA, Habiba Dokubo-Asari, @MHAyinde , @monihymn , @ebonidunbar , @AwuahMainoo , @DavidOmodero , @sjpo_well , & @TashaTheAmazon !

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2 years

My story “The Invoker and Her Quartet,” about ancestor magic and sibling rivalry, is in the current issue of @kaleidotrope ! … And if you like ancestor magic and messy family dynamics… well, this is what my longform fiction is all about. ⚔️

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4 months

The current issue of Gamut magazine includes my story “The Techwork Horse” and features cover art inspired by that tale! This story is set in an early version of the world of A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST (very mild thematic spoilers therein.) Beautiful artwork by @multigrade

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House of Gamut

4 months

For July, Gamut Magazine has a special theme—it’s all 𝘍𝘈𝘕𝘛𝘈𝘚𝘠 & 𝘚𝘊𝘐𝘌𝘕𝘊𝘌 𝘍𝘐𝘊𝘛𝘐𝘖𝘕! From clones to crystal horses, 𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗨𝗘 𝟳 explores the dark side of these speculative genres. Read it ➡ 📖 If you have yet to subscribe,

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M H Ayinde 🍉 PREORDER A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST

1 year

Huge congratulations to @FutureWorldsPrz 2023 winner @mahmud0elsayed and runner up @dustburgers 🎉 I had such a great time chatting with them & finalists @aeshields2 @makiarianne @JustMarveWrites @MelJRey @calah @amjamb These talented writers have very bright careers ahead!

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3 years

As was mentioned in this panel, very often these creatures are from the east or the south. They’re ugly. They’re violent. And the “humans” (often from a giant quasi-European continent) are by contrast refined and civilised. #FIYAHCON2021 (3/5)

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3 years

This is even extends to the names of the these creatures’ homelands, and the frequency with which their languages/voices are called “guttural” (and the sounds of those languages, which to my ear echo a number of non-western languages I could name.) #FIYAHCON2021 (4/5)

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9 months

Carry yourself with the confidence of someone who sees themselves reflected everywhere, every day, in every possible light, and who’s never had to explain who they are or meet certain expectations or dispel any stereotypes (easier said than done, I know!) YOU ARE GOOD ENOUGH! 6/8

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M H Ayinde 🍉 PREORDER A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST

2 months

The gorgeousness has arrived! I’m currently reading this book and it is SO GOOD! The way @AnnabelCWrites describes magic makes every scene feel so vivid. Plus a magical city, a chaotic disaster wizard, and a magic system with secrets. Get it on your TBR!

@orbitbooks

Orbit Books @ NYCC #3445

2 months

Check out the epic cover for The Outcast Mage by @AnnabelCWrites ! A mage bereft of her powers must find out if she is destined to save the world, or destroy it, in this spellbinding fantasy debut perfect for fans of James Islington and Trudi Canavan. Out January 2025

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9 months

I am rereading my book. I still love it. There’s no joy like rereading the thing you created and knowing you did what you set out to do.

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11 months

Anyways, get ready for working-class protagonists, an underdog with mummy issues, a morally grey monk, and SO MUCH ANCESTOR MAGIC, all set in a queernorm world inspired by multiple precolonial cultures I’m off to hide in a corner & continue crying 20yrs worth of happy tears 😭

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M H Ayinde 🍉 PREORDER A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST

3 months

My preorder arrived early! Out in the UK on Thursday and out in the US … TODAY! 🥳 So excited to read this, by @prashatsa

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4 years

@nameshiv Definitely worth correcting! It is cheesy perfection.

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9 months

Teen to me: GET OUT OF MY ROOM! Teen to cat: I’m so sorry I moved your box! Look, I put it back in your spot! Are you ok? I’m so sorry!

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6 months

IT HAPPENED!!!! MY STARTER WORD IS TODAY’S WORDLE!!! I’M LIVING THE DREAM! #wordle Wordle 1,035 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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M H Ayinde 🍉 PREORDER A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST

4 months

Me: think I’ll just delete this chapter [one day later]: Ok, I’ll keep it, but limit it to 2k words [3 hours later]: Ok this chapter is now a 5k word saga, fml… In case you’re wondering how I approach self-editing…

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3 years

This is a great, important piece. As someone with an African name (Yoruba) I know what it’s like when people mock your name, or decide to call you something else because they don’t want to learn it. Oops… I think this might be a thread. (1/5)

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M H Ayinde 🍉 PREORDER A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST

3 years

So honoured that my story “The Techwork Horse” from @fiyahlitmag Issue 17 is featured on The @locusmag 2021 Recommended Reading List, along with so many other wonderful stories. Congrats to all the writers named here!

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Locus Magazine

3 years

The Locus 2021 Recommended Reading List is live!

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M H Ayinde 🍉 PREORDER A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST

2 years

@marie_croke Or that any fantasy book written by a woman is YA. 😠

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2 months

Today’s t-shirt. But what are days? What are shirts? Who even am I? My brain has ceased braining.

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M H Ayinde 🍉 PREORDER A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST

3 months

I’m sad and I’m angry, but I’m not surprised. What’s happening right now is the culmination of years of wilful demonising of some of the most vulnerable and marginalised in our society. All of it a deflection from the real issue.

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M H Ayinde 🍉 PREORDER A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST

1 year

It’s my middle kid’s last day of primary school today. He held my hand for our entire walk there (and his sister’s hand, for a bit.) I used to find the morning school run so stressful. Now I just wish it would last a little longer for him. Emotional day. 🥹

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M H Ayinde 🍉 PREORDER A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST

2 years

@madeehahwrites @LSBU I am so sorry you went through this. Well done for speaking up. I can’t believe all these screen shots were just dismissed.

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M H Ayinde 🍉 PREORDER A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST

2 years

My copy of the latest @shoreinf has arrived! This issue includes my story “The Walls of Benin City,” about the survivor of an apocalypse searching for the last outpost of humanity. Buy this fab issue here ->

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M H Ayinde 🍉 PREORDER A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST

3 years

Honestly, this is a huge topic and I could rant about it all day! #FIYAHCON2021 (5/5)

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2 months

I am now more northerly than I have ever northed in my life, despite half my ancestors being from the north of this land.

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M H Ayinde 🍉 PREORDER A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST

2 years

New story day! “Our Grandmother’s Words” is a tale of creeping colonialism and insidious magic, and is available to read here: This is a very personal story for me, and I’m really excited to share it!

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Our Grandmother’s Words by M.H. Ayinde

There was a horrible power in the Ishanis’ twisted words, something not of the gods at all. I did not know if it was the feather or the scroll, or perhaps the act of bringing the two together, but...

www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com

BCS Online Magazine

2 years

New Issue: BCS #376 out today, featuring stories of characters struggling to preserve their culture by M.H. Ayinde and @KelHuttonAuthor , a 1hr podcast of the Hutton narrated by Laurie McDougall, behind cover art by Erin Costello:

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3 years

This entire thread but especially this:

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