Ayana Gray
@ayanagray.bsky.social
New York Times-bestselling author of monstrous stories. I, MEDUSA: Fall 2025
For the Bluesky folks: the cover to my villain origin story novel, I, MEDUSA. So so happy with how it came out!
Cover Designer: Will Staehle
Art Director: Greg Mollica
Cover Designer: Will Staehle
Art Director: Greg Mollica
March 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
For the Bluesky folks: the cover to my villain origin story novel, I, MEDUSA. So so happy with how it came out!
Cover Designer: Will Staehle
Art Director: Greg Mollica
Cover Designer: Will Staehle
Art Director: Greg Mollica
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Trump would not DARE speak to Putin, Xi Jinping, Kim Jong Un, or Viktor Orban the way he did to Zelenskyy today.
Trump is an absolute embarrassment to our country.
Trump is an absolute embarrassment to our country.
February 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Trump would not DARE speak to Putin, Xi Jinping, Kim Jong Un, or Viktor Orban the way he did to Zelenskyy today.
Trump is an absolute embarrassment to our country.
Trump is an absolute embarrassment to our country.
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I’m still processing what we saw in the Oval Office and it’s difficult to put into words how disgusted and ashamed I am.
This was a coordinated assault on an ally to benefit a dictator and authoritarian regime. Trump and Vance aren’t just Putin’s puppets, they’re his assets.
This was a coordinated assault on an ally to benefit a dictator and authoritarian regime. Trump and Vance aren’t just Putin’s puppets, they’re his assets.
February 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I’m still processing what we saw in the Oval Office and it’s difficult to put into words how disgusted and ashamed I am.
This was a coordinated assault on an ally to benefit a dictator and authoritarian regime. Trump and Vance aren’t just Putin’s puppets, they’re his assets.
This was a coordinated assault on an ally to benefit a dictator and authoritarian regime. Trump and Vance aren’t just Putin’s puppets, they’re his assets.
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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.
February 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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.
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.
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.
February 17, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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.
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.
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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.
February 17, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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.
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! 🥹
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! 🥹
February 17, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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! 🥹
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! 🥹
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! 🩷
NEW EPISODE
Endless subgenre classification isn't about the books themselves. It's about 🫵 YOU
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Endless subgenre classification isn't about the books themselves. It's about 🫵 YOU
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Episode 174—The Subgenre is YOU
This week we use one of publishing’s favorite new portmanteaus–romantasy–to talk about the fluid nature of genre and subgenre, and discuss the ways in which these endless classifications can help brin
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February 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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! 🩷
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! 😅
February 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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! 😅
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😙 Seven figure book deal
August 2, 2023 at 6:50 PM
😙 Seven figure book deal
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!
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!
August 2, 2023 at 9:18 PM
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!
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!
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.
August 2, 2023 at 4:42 AM
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.
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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
clerk: have you ever been convicted of a crime?
me: is... is that still necessary
August 1, 2023 at 10:10 PM
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
clerk: have you ever been convicted of a crime?
me: is... is that still necessary
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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
August 1, 2023 at 5:38 PM
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
Well, this is a little scary. Any writers or readers out there?
August 2, 2023 at 2:49 AM
Well, this is a little scary. Any writers or readers out there?