Mia P. Manansala

Y'all, tomorrow we are going to cross 500,000 whistles shipped in February, which is just a staggering and bananas thing.

We have a few printers under our "HELP SEND FILAMENT" wishlists tonight, so if you want to keep the ball rolling...

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Donate to Support Whistle Distribution in Chicago and Beyond!, organized by Emily Hilleren Since late September, I’ve been organizing whistle kit assembly par… Emily Hilleren needs your support for Support Whistle Distribution in Chicago and Beyond!

I want to help Marie complete her utter domination by getting her the resources she needs. If we could print her tens of thousands of red cards, I have faith that she would distribute them ALL.

So help us help Marie.

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A comic in black/white/blue. Lucy rolls her bike through an alley, by a crew building a fence. Narration: My neighbors hired a crew to rebuild their fence. Crew member: "Do you need us to move our stuff out of the way?" Lucy: "Oh! No, you're all good, thanks!" Lucy: "Have a good one!" Crew member: "You, too!"

Narration: I was teaching when my phone started lighting up with alerts from the rapid response network and neighbor chat. Lucy's back is to us as she shows a group of enthusiastic children something on a notebook. Behind her, her phone in her bag is buzzing. Narration: By the time the lesson was over, they were already gone. Lucy is reading messages on her phone. Messages: Alert: black SUV Sighting: be on alert for... Confirmed abductionL alley between ----- and ----. SUV plates... We tried to get them inside, but it was too... ...Contacting an I.R. lawyer. Heading to Broadview later today.

Lucy is riding her bike home. Narration: On the ride home, I kept thinking "If I'd been there, could I have warned them? Would my ICIRR* training have helped?" *Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. Get trained and know your rights at ICIRR.org. Narration: I'd taken the training after Halloween, when the violent ICE raids had locked down our schools and driven our neighbors indoors. (Image of a halloween bucket in the shape of a jack-o-lantern) Narration: Halloween is fun here-- The community filling the streets and opening our doors to one another. But this year's was tense, frightened and subdued. Haunted.

Lucy is standing in the alley, staring at the newly built fence. Narration: When I got home, it was all done. The other two guys who had gotten inside in time stayed and finished the build. The new fence is superimposed with the brief exchange from earlier in the comic ("Have a good one" You, too") Narration: I see it every day and think about how those guys built this in the spot where strangers in masks took their friend. Narration: How many other places in our communities are similarly haunted? (Drawings of sidewalks, buildings, streets and windows)

"Haunted"
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Vote NO on the SAVE Act! The SAVE Act is a trick to undermine our voting rights. Urge Congress to vote no on the SAVE ACT.

Have you heard? There’s a new bill that makes it harder for millions of eligible Americans to vote. Join me and @standupamerica.bsky.social in urging Congress to vote NO on the SAVE Act: act.standupamerica.com/letters/no-o...

Tell Congress: Freeze Funding for ICE! Congress has a critical government funding deadline on January 30th. It’s up to them to use it for good—by opposing additional funding for DHS without safeguards that rein in violent and lawless agent...

I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Tell Congress: Freeze Funding for ICE!. Write one here: act.standupamerica.com/letters/lett...

since I have a lot more 3D printer folks following me now, I do want to remind y'all that I put all the designs for these med organizers up on MakerWorld!

Please share far & wide! We all deserve sparkle things!

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NEW: A Texas county medical examiner found that Geraldo Lunas Campos was choked to death by a guard while he was held in ICE custody earlier this month.

Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.

Haha it's absolutely a Simpsons reference! Good catch

An imagine of a pair of hands making a heart around pink and purple fireworks in the background

It's time to start making your plans!

Romancing the Vote returns July 1st - July 5th, 2026!

* authors, start annotating those books
* artists, start making that art
* experts, start plotting your consultations

Stay updated: updates.romancingthevote.com

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Fall, book 2, in my Det. Harriet Foster series, is a Kindle Exclusive Deal in the US marketplace, 12/1/2025 and running through 12/31/2025! $1.99 USD.
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How To Be A Resilient Writer First and floormoose,1 I have a book that comes out in two weeks. It’s called Lessons in Magic and Disaster and it’s about a witch named Jamie who decides to...

My latest newsletter is all about how to be a resilient writer in the face of career setbacks, ego death and creeping fascism.

I offer 17 handy tips on how to hang onto yourself and keep going when the challenging times just don't seem to stop.

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Revealing The Villa, Once Beloved by Victor Manibo - Reactor A dark history is unearthed amid crumbling façades in a new gothic horror arriving November 2025

It’s finally here! Thank you so much to @reactorsff.bsky.social for ushering into the world the cover for my gothic horror THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED! Welcome to Villa Sepulveda…hope you survive your stay.

11/25/25 from @erewhonbooks.bsky.social. Preorder info ⬇️

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Hey y'all! Unc editor here. We say "don't self reject" all the time. For some of us it's baked into the process already, but for others it might get lost in the sauce.

So lemme repeat: Get your subs out there. Treat it like building a muscle, or a callus. When/if it comes back as a pass/

Thanks @wcp.bsky.social for letting me interview rapper Ruby Ibarra (winner of the @npr.org 2025 Tiny Desk Contest! It was life to talk to with someone I've admired for so long, who represents the immigrant experience fearlessly.

I didn’t come off as cool.

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Crime Ink: Iconic - Bywater Books Prepare for intrigue, suspense, and unforgettable twists in this groundbreaking anthology of queer crime fiction.

Anyway, you know what to do. bywaterbooks.com/product/crim...

Cover of CRIME INK: ICONIC plus the words available everywhere Sept 2nd 2025 and the Bywater Books logo.

CRIME INK: ICONIC is coming this September! It’s an anthology of crime fiction inspired by queer icons and I’m so proud to be included!

As a fellow scaredy cat, I saw it in theaters and had to close my eyes a few times but it honestly wasn't that bad! Absolutely FANTASTIC movie btw

I just picked this book up earlier this week bc I was looking for cozy fantasy recs and an author friend was gushing about it. Moving it up the TBR!

I just received a contract on Docusign for review and signing, and it offered to give me an AI-generated summary that I could read instead to save time.

That's AN AI-GENERATED SUMMARY ***OF A CONTRACT***, in case you need to let that sink in.

This is so true. 99% of book bans have the intended effect: you never hear about those books again. The 1% of banned books that become infamous bestsellers elsewhere are not the norm.

Restoried Bookshop aims to broaden access to written works of Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders On Kedzie Avenue in Albany Park, there's a relatively new bookstore that aims to broaden access to the written works of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders.

I was featured (very briefly) in this piece on Restoried Bookshop, a Chicago indie bookstore that focuses on work by AAPI and other BIPOC storytellers 💜

The launch party for DEATH IN THE CARDS is at this store on May 17 from 3-5pm, so I hope you can join us!

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Tarot and Private Investigators in “Death in the Cards” - Chicago Review of Books Our review of Mia P. Manansala's new book, "Death in the Cards."

Woohoo! Death in the Cards is now here! Here's my interview with @mpmthewriter.bsky.social about her new series. Go and get it at your local independent bookstore or library now! chireviewofbooks.com/2025/05/13/d... #books #mysteries #yamysteries #yabooks #youngadult #murdermysteries #tarot

Thank you so, so much for this! 🥰

Thanks, Alex!

Tarot and Private Investigators in “Death in the Cards” - Chicago Review of Books Our review of Mia P. Manansala's new book, "Death in the Cards."

"[Tarot] is all about making choices, right? Each choice is not necessarily wrong; it just leads the story in a different way."

Elisa Shoenberger's interview with @mpmthewriter.bsky.social on her new novel, “Death in the Cards” (Delacorte Press) is out now.
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Crime Writers Of Color Coming Attractions: February-May 2025 by Elizabeth WilkersonWhen I lived in Japan, I was struck by how bookstores offered to wrap books at checkout. I never turned down the service; it was free. An employee would whip out a sheet of paper...

The latest Crime Writers of Color Coming Attractions kingsriverlife.com/04/19/crime-... @crimewoc.bsky.social #mysterybooks #books #cozymsytery @vgauthor.bsky.social @legalthriller.bsky.social @mpmthewriter.bsky.social @torieldridge.bsky.social 💙📚

BookPeople Events Presents Mia P. Manansala (author of ARSENIC AND ADOBO!) with Ali Hazelwood (author of CHECK & MATE) on Tuesday May 20th at 6PM

The young adult debut from the award-winning author of Arsenic and Adobo!
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Join Mia P. Manansala on May 20th discussing DEATH IN THE CARDS with Ali Hazelwood.
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More info + RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/bookpeople...

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A compilation of 24 2025 young adult book covers arranged in a rainbow, ranging from shades of deep purple to blue and finally green.

🌟 Pop! Goes The Reader's 55 Most-Anticipated Young Adult Books: April-June 2025 🌟
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I have an item in this amazing auction!

If you'd like to name a character in my next book or check out all the other offerings, go to the link in the OG post