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Chelsea Covington Maass

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Writer (speculative thrillers & personal essays). SCBWI & AWP member. Adjunct professor—creative writing. Mom. Dog lady. Can’t stop buying books. All the books!

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Incredible 🥹

06.03.2026 13:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ok, all the people showing up over 30 minutes early to the agent panel and holding half a row of seats…really? 🙄
#AWP26

06.03.2026 13:45 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Older Than Ghost: A Novella by Brandon White (published by Lanternfish Press)
The cover of this book features a single story brick home with an open window against the backdrop of a brilliant sunset.

Older Than Ghost: A Novella by Brandon White (published by Lanternfish Press) The cover of this book features a single story brick home with an open window against the backdrop of a brilliant sunset.

Scored an ARC of this novella from @lfpbooks.bsky.social and couldn’t wait to start reading…

Spoiler alert: it’s great!
#AWP26

05.03.2026 18:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yessss! So exciting ☠️🖤

05.03.2026 18:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Where I’ll be at #AWP:
every panel that mentions
☑️speculative
☑️haunted
☑️ghosts
☑️horror
☑️mystery

05.03.2026 12:45 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Baltimore looking moody this morning #AWP

05.03.2026 12:34 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

because I keep forgetting to mention it: LITERALLY ANYONE can nominate books for this prize! yes! that means you! you have until march 31st!

03.03.2026 16:54 👍 256 🔁 142 💬 0 📌 2

Update: the AWP help desk is very helpful! They fixed my badge and printed a new one.

05.03.2026 00:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Apparently the AWP badge couldn’t handle my double surnames situation (I swear I checked an image a few days ago showing how the badge would look, and it wasn’t like this!) Gonna need a sharpie!

04.03.2026 20:03 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Snow covered street with tire tracks going down the middle. A tree bends low enough for the tips of its branches to kiss the ground.

Snow covered street with tire tracks going down the middle. A tree bends low enough for the tips of its branches to kiss the ground.

This snow is wet and heavy! Many trees on our street are bowing low under the extra weight. Some limbs have broken off. I didn’t make it too far; the wind is viscous.
#Blizzard #Snow #Winter #Trees

23.02.2026 13:13 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Nothing like live music on a weeknight! Getting ready for a sold out show with ✨SAY SHE SHE ✨

18.02.2026 23:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Reading the 75th anniversary edition of The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter (introduction by Kelly Link). So good!

16.02.2026 01:23 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

they are so desperate

09.02.2026 02:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

So good

08.02.2026 04:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Not sure if the author @mossmontmomery.bsky.social told them to put that on the cover or not but either way, it’s good to know—I need this reassurance right now

08.02.2026 00:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Back cover of middle grade novel I AM REBEL has this statement circled: NO DOGS DIE IN THIS BOOK

Back cover of middle grade novel I AM REBEL has this statement circled: NO DOGS DIE IN THIS BOOK

This book just telling readers straight up—Listen, you are safe
🥹🥹🥹

07.02.2026 21:19 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

I like Clinique Lash Doubling. Maybe it will work for you? Good luck!

06.02.2026 21:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Wow! That’s a long time.

Just started PT for my shoulder yesterday. (A good therapist can do so much to impart hope when you’re beginning to fear pain might just be your new normal.)

05.02.2026 13:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Watching The Princess and the Frog tonight. And reading The Golem and the Jinni before bed later. Guess it’s time for fairy tales ✨🏰✨

02.02.2026 01:05 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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College approached and paid student to write op-ed in The Dartmouth The Dartmouth ran the article on Nov. 17 without knowledge that the College had been involved. 

The college at which I'm employed, which has signed a contract with the AI firm that stole books from 131 colleagues & me, paid a student to write an op-ed for the student paper promoting AI, guided the writing of it, and did not disclose this to the paper. www.thedartmouth.com/article/2026...

29.01.2026 22:40 👍 2070 🔁 809 💬 62 📌 92
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Robins have discovered winterberries at our front porch & they’re gorging themselves before the storm arrives
#birds #birdsofbluesky

24.01.2026 16:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I read The Wolves of Willoughby Chase a couple years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. You’ve inspired me to check my library for the rest of the series!

21.01.2026 14:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
All the Little Houses by May Cobb

All the Little Houses by May Cobb

so it’s ARC season and I’ve just got hold of the juiciest upcoming thriller…!!!
#MayCobb #AllTheLittleHouses

13.01.2026 13:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A poster for 'Falling in Love with Love: A History of Popular Romance: An Online Course' including front covers from the following books:
Fantomina by Eliza Haywood, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, The Sheik by E M Hull, The Quiet Gentleman by Georgette Heyer, Tabitha in Moonlight by Betty Neels, Indigo by Beverley Jenkins, Hen Fever by Olivia Waite, The Isle of the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri

A poster for 'Falling in Love with Love: A History of Popular Romance: An Online Course' including front covers from the following books: Fantomina by Eliza Haywood, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, The Sheik by E M Hull, The Quiet Gentleman by Georgette Heyer, Tabitha in Moonlight by Betty Neels, Indigo by Beverley Jenkins, Hen Fever by Olivia Waite, The Isle of the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri

I'm running a popular romance course at the University of Liverpool... but only if enough people sign up!

Come and join us!

www.liverpool.ac.uk/continuing-e...

13.01.2026 10:33 👍 145 🔁 121 💬 15 📌 31

Dear #Querying #Writers,

Come join me here on #Bluesky for an #AskMeAnything session, this coming Wednesday, January 14, from 5pm - 6pm PT / 8p.m. - 9pm ET.

Happy to share #tips for #Writing #Revising #Querying + anything I can to help you succeed.

See you Wednesday evening!

#StarlingLit

12.01.2026 22:05 👍 52 🔁 16 💬 3 📌 5
Two plain white envelopes with oversized bright yellow SpongeBob stamps affixed to the corners.

Two plain white envelopes with oversized bright yellow SpongeBob stamps affixed to the corners.

Sometimes dumb things can make you smile, like these absolutely deranged SpongeBob stamps

12.01.2026 18:48 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A happy Stúfur. He is wearing old timey clothes, is bald and has a white beard. Illustration by Brian Pilkington.

A happy Stúfur. He is wearing old timey clothes, is bald and has a white beard. Illustration by Brian Pilkington.

Tonight Stúfur, 3rd of Iceland's 13 Yule Lads, comes down from the mountains. He sneaks into houses and eats the crust left on pans after cooking.

All the children put a shoe in the window for him to put a treat or a little gift in - if they have been good that is. The bad children get a potato.

13.12.2025 22:37 👍 516 🔁 141 💬 17 📌 16

I’m also wondering what’s up with this…hope someone explains!

11.12.2025 23:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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a man says " you and me both " in front of a framed poster ALT: a man says " you and me both " in front of a framed poster
11.12.2025 23:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Anyone else sitting in their car waiting for the end of the list before they go inside?
#XPNCountdown

11.12.2025 23:03 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0