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ayanagray.bsky.social
New York Times-bestselling author of monstrous stories. I, MEDUSA: Fall 2025
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If you enjoy a writer, artist, or any creative, please tell them you liked their work while they are still here. It will inspire them to keep creating & following their passion while they can.

submitted 5 days ago • 6 comments

In other news, as a treat for finishing copyedits, I started Alix E. Harrow’s newest book (The Everlasting, out this fall) and … Y’all know how you can recognize some artists on the radio by the distinct quality of their voice instantly? That’s how I feel about Alix’s writing. She is SO talented.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Storytellers will be the ones to see us through this. Stories help us remember where we come from and what we’ve been through. They inspire us to imagine new and better futures. A love of storytelling fosters empathy, compassion, and curiosity.

submitted 7 days ago • 14 comments

I finished copyedits of my fourth book today! 🎉🎊 Writing itself doesn’t get easier, but the process itself gets more familiar each time. Sometimes, I think back to 2019 when I was trying to imagine ever finishing even 1 book. Pretty humbling to now say I’ve finished 4. Life is neat sometimes! 🥹

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

So happy Print Run is back and, as usual, coming in like a flashlight in a dark storm. Really enjoyed this episode and looking forward to more! 🩷

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Hello! The idea of being on another medium makes me so tired but I’m not in Twitter and Threads sort of sucks, so! Trying to find my folks here! If you’ve followed me and I haven’t followed back, give me some grace—I’m wading in and the water is cold! 😅

submitted 8 days ago • 8 comments

😙 Seven figure book deal

submitted 571 days ago • 1 comment

Is it too soon to ask for your bookish hot takes? Mine is that readers really would be better served if “teen” and “young adult” books were put into separate age categories. 🤷🏾‍♀️ Impractical for retailers? Maybe! But the difference between 12 and 25 (the ages of characters in YA) is huge!

submitted 571 days ago • 3 comments

The way my brain turns on at night is uncanny. I can stare at a chapter I’m writing all day long, and every word will feel like pulling water from stone. Then, at 10 pm sharp, a city lights up in my head and the ideas come too fast to write them down. It is infuriating, but also magical.

submitted 572 days ago • 1 comment

me: I need a passport so I can go to australia clerk: have you ever been convicted of a crime? me: is... is that still necessary

submitted 572 days ago • 49 comments

Very excited to announce that the first episode of INKBOTTLE, a podcast on the creative life and parenting with me and my wife @brittanyacts.bsky.social , is now live wherever podcasts can be found. Links here: https://linktr.ee/inkbottlepod

submitted 572 days ago • 2 comments

Well, this is a little scary. Any writers or readers out there?

submitted 572 days ago • 6 comments