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M.H. Cali
@mhcaliwrites.com
Award Nominated Writer of both Comics & Novels. Queer heroines and badass characters with heart are my jam.
Founder & Manager of @42fold.studio
Neurobiologist by trade.
🐕🎶🎥🌴🌊 | she/her | No AI |

Published wide/Kobo+

🌐 mhcaliwrites.com
🌐 bio.site/MHCali
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🦄Pre-launch page is live for my next graphic novel!

Join awesome tales about the chaotic love lives of a queer bunch of mythical beings where feels & shenanigans reign supreme
💙📚🌈

The line-up of artists is INSANE & the main cover by @notanotheralex.bsky.social

www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
Get Ready for The Hectic Love Lives of the Mythical
From MH Cali - Get Ready for The Hectic Love Lives of the Mythical
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Canadians, cast your vote for Canadian word of the year!

And if you haven't already, check out the spectacular Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles (OED-style), which published its third edition in May dchp.arts.ubc.ca
2025 has been an eventful year for Canada's identity. To commemorate the year, The Society for Canadian English is choosing a 2025 word of the year (CWOTY), based on the Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles.
Have your say: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 27, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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🎨In need of art for your current or future book or project? Our end of the year sale struck early this year!💙📚🌶️📚🪐📚🌈

Shop small this holiday season, support independent artists & let's create some magic together!

Contact us to grab your discount✨

🌐 42fold.studio
November 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Hi, I'm a NY times bestseller and a multiple National Magazine Award-winning journalist.

I've had FT jobs or multiple gigs going ever since I moved to New York a decade ago.
almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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BREAKING via @jeremyfaust.bsky.social: The CDC's internal email server now lists Louisiana physician Ralph Lee Abraham, MD, as the agency's principal deputy director -- "an irresponsible choice," according to one public health expert.
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/faus...
Opinion | Top Ivermectin Prescriber Now in CDC's Second Highest Position
Ralph Lee Abraham, MD, has a questionable public health track record
www.medpagetoday.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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🎨In need of art for your current or future book or project? Our end of the year sale struck early!💙📚🌶️📚🪐📚🌈

Shop small, support independent artists & let's create some magic together!

Contact us to grab your discount✨

🎨 by the amazing @skyepatridge.bsky.social & @lianakangas.com

🌐 42fold.studio
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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In need of art for your current or future book or project? Our end of the year sale struck early!💙📚🌶️📚🪐📚🌈

Shop small, support independent artists & let's create some magic together!

Contact us to grab your discount✨

🌐 42fold.studio

🎨 below by @illaurastrates.bsky.social & @morganbeem.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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I dared to look at the Reddit sub for the theft place, and 1) those people don't understand that when they say "down with corporations" that creators are not part of corps 2) they refuse to acknowledge libraries + free library apps exist
People who pirate books: “I just think art and literature should be FREE to everyone!”

Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
November 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Perso, je propose de réguler les IA actuelles, protéger les données personnelles des citoyen•nes, protéger le droit d'auteur et ne pas inciter à la course écocidaire de l'IA comme si c'était un concours de qui a la plus grosse.
🇪🇺 IA: l'Europe doit lever les obstacles à l'adoption de l'intelligence artificielle pour éviter de se "mettre en péril" face aux États-Unis et à la Chine pionniers en la matière, a estimé lundi la présidente de la Banque centrale européenne (BCE), Christine Lagarde.
November 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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tech companies continually learning people don't want these things
November 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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It’s been such a joy to work with @notanotheralex.bsky.social & all the amazing artists on this!
💖 @illaurastrates.bsky.social @matthtaylor.com @fellhound.bsky.social @jaws-stone.bsky.social @galacticjonah.bsky.social @lengog.bsky.social & more!✨

Give it a follow to see what we’ve been up to🦄👀
the pre-launch page for @mhcaliwrites.com's next book is live! w/ an absolutely MONSTROUS line-up of #comics artists, The Hectic Love Lives of the Mythical dives into the dating lives of demons, monsters and cryptids!
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

(thanks for letting me go ham on this #art!)
November 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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No art request is too small or too big!

We are excited to collaborate with you for your book, your project, your merch design, or anything you are creating that needs art💙📚🌈📚🌶️

Don't hesitate to get in touch ✨

Psst The vast majority of our artists also accept spicy/NSFW requests❤️‍🔥

🌐 42fold.studio
🎨In need of art for your current or future book or project? Our end of the year sale struck early this year!💙📚🌶️📚🪐📚🌈

Shop small this holiday season, support independent artists & let's create some magic together!

Contact us to grab your discount✨

🌐 42fold.studio
November 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Google defaulting all Gmail users to a setting that enables Google to harvest all your emails into chatbot training is straight-up evil and invasive.

www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
If You Use Gmail, You're Going To Want To Turn Off This 1 Automatic Setting ASAP
Plus: a quick guide to the two-step process for opting out.
www.huffpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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If you're buying gifts for the holidays, maybe consider supporting artists, writers, creators. Gift someone a Patreon, commission an art piece, buy a book, purchase handmade jewelry, etc. Your support means everything.
November 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.

www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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A world without transgender people has never existed and never will.

To all transgender people out there: You are not alone.
November 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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🦄Pre-launch page is live for my next graphic novel!

Join awesome tales about the chaotic love lives of a queer bunch of mythical beings where feels & shenanigans reign supreme
💙📚🌈

The line-up of artists is INSANE & the main cover by @notanotheralex.bsky.social

www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
Get Ready for The Hectic Love Lives of the Mythical
From MH Cali - Get Ready for The Hectic Love Lives of the Mythical
www.backerkit.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Portland area artists assemble to check out this opportunity!

Science & art; two of my passions✨
ARTISTS!
I need your help!

In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.

Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
November 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Did you know that I wrote a blog post all about how I draw page dividers? Spilling all my thought processes in case it inspires you to try and draw your own ✨ Check it out!
www.alderdoodle.co.uk/blog/so-you-...
So you want page dividers for your new game — Alderdoodle - Illustration & Lettering
Let me start this by saying that I’m by no means an expert of creating layout decor nor do I claim to be one. I’m just someone who happens to enjoy drawing such things and people happen to enjoy said ...
www.alderdoodle.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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💫 ECCC 2026 pre-show #commissions are NOW OPEN 💫

limited slots available, pick up at #eccc 2026, get a ink original from me to you (and help me make the trip to eccc!)

sign up: bit.ly/4nVocRZ
November 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Gmail users!!

They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.

Pass it on!!

www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."

There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Indie authors, writers, and all creators; don't hesitate to contact us for all your covers, character art or design needs! 💙📚🌈📚🌶️

Our rates are indie-friendly & depends on the request and the artist that caught your eye, but give us your budget, and we'll see what we can do for you!
At 42 Fold, our artists deliver professional-quality work, don't use genAI & care about your projects as if they are their own✨

If you are a writer, an author, an indie creator, or an editor, & need art, we are excited to work with you!

Contact us with all your art requests 💙📚🌈📚🌶️

🌐 42fold.studio
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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I know it's been back to back to back KS promo over here but HEAR ME OUT @mhcaliwrites.com's new book is yet another book you might need in your life! Just look at the artist lineup ♥️
the pre-launch page for @mhcaliwrites.com's next book is live! w/ an absolutely MONSTROUS line-up of #comics artists, The Hectic Love Lives of the Mythical dives into the dating lives of demons, monsters and cryptids!
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

(thanks for letting me go ham on this #art!)
November 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM