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02.01.2026 15:50
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Screenshot of Worldcon 2025 panel description reads as follows: Strong Woman Lead # LGBTQIA+ Culture/DEl Room 420-422, 9-10 a.m. Have you ever walked into a bookshop and asked for books with strong women leads? Perhaps you've requested that love not be a major plot point? Has the staff excitedly passed you half a dozen books that, though good, have a bit of a repeating theme? Here we ask the question: Why do authors/bookshops assume the only way to have a strong woman lead is to make them gay with a woman love interest and prevent men characters from rising over the background? Isn't it possible to have a book with strong women and men characters in it and not have them fall in love?
I’m not attending Worldcon this year & everything seems to be a mess but this is so mind-bendingly bad on so many levels that I think it’s worth unpacking while I’m in the no-space of airports
Just finished reading @maddiesmartinez.bsky.social's THE MAIDEN AND HER MONSTER. I enjoyed learning more about Jewish mysticism through her well-crafted fantastical novel. The sapphic romance too was *chef's kiss.* 🤎
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THE MAIDEN AND HER MONSTER by @maddiesmartinez.bsky.social
I've been excited for this book ever since seeing the pitches online! I can't wait for this fantasy reimagining of Jewish folklore and I know the prose will be exquisite!!
thank you for including TMAHM! <3
Future Fiction #319 - Cover Reveals & Newly Discovered SFF Books @catrionaward.bsky.social @claymcleod.bsky.social @maddiesmartinez.bsky.social
😭 that makes me so happy, thank you!!
🥀 COVER REVEAL 🥀
Excited to reveal the US cover of THE MAIDEN AND HER MONSTER, my sapphic adult fantasy inspired by Jewish mythology. It comes out Sept 9, 2025 with @torbooks.bsky.social!
You can preorder now!
Designer: Lesley Worrell
Artist: Christin Engelberth
A green floral background with the title THE MAIDEN AND HER MONSTER and underneath that in smaller text MADDIE MARTINEZ. In the center obscured by a couple pale green leaves is a publishers marketplace announcement that says: Maddie Martinez's THE MAIDEN AND HER MONSTER, a sapphic fantasy pitched as reimagining the Jewish myth of golem that follows a young woman forced to venture into a cursed forest to capture the monster hunting the girls of her village; instead; she discovers a disgraced golem ready to confess, but only if she agrees to help fulfill an ancient promise first — a bargain that unravels a much more dangerous threat to her people, and forces her to face growing feelings for the very creature she was taught to fear, to Stephanie Stein at Tor and Grace Barber at Tor UK in a significant deal in a preempt by Victoria Marini at High Line Lit. On the bottom is a bush of pale green leaves decorating the space with the Tor Books logo splitting the words Fall 2025.
🥀 I’M GONNA BE A PUBLISHED AUTHOR 🥀
An absolute dream come true to announce my debut adult fantasy, THE MAIDEN AND HER MONSTER, a sapphic reimagining of the Jewish myth of golem, will be published by Tor Books and Tor UK in Fall 2025!
We are thrilled to announce The Maiden and Her Monster by @maddiesmartinez.bsky.social, a sapphic fantasy reimagining of the Jewish golem myth!
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my brain is too small for this
created an entire world for golem. now you're telling me I have to create an entire other world for my next book?!
it's the only right thing to do honestly!
Artwork from golem wip. Swirling dark forest with two characters searching their way through. First character in front is my character Malka, a white woman who is scared and holding a candle up, looking it the left at someone off screen. She’s wearing traditional medieval clothing from Eastern Europe, including a pinnofore with an intricate top. In the back is Nimrah, my golem character, holding a sword with swirling long black hair
thinking about my girls!!! ❄️
my sapphic reimagining of the jewish myth of golem ft jewish folklore, a cursed forest, and a sapphic monster romance, is such a perfect fall/winter read and it's my dream that one day people will be able to cozy up and read it as the weather turns! <3
art: milirine_
it's truly the wildest shift!
Frequency will depend on if I have any news to share, but you can generally expect Letters from the Alcove to pop up in your inbox every other month! Hope to see you there!
a square muted floral background with italic words in white that say "letters from the alcove" and below it, "a newsletter" in smaller text
🥀I’m launching a newsletter! 🥀
Letters from the Alcove is my quiet corner of the internet where I’ll give occasional updates & musings on writing. I'll be drinking a warm cup of coffee or tea when writing these letters, hope you'll join me!
➡️ tinyurl.com/44dybhf2
not niche as in plot or market but niche as in "this book was inspired by this one event that happened in 350 AD there are like three research papers on"
I hope that one day my author brand is "weird niche historical jewish fantasy books"
my love for you spans all social media platforms
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ily
*giggles like a school boy* haha nice
Green-toned moodboard for golem wip with the words "I was made to destroy" on the center black square in white lettering . Imagines going from left to right: 1st row: First imge is a dark foresty scene with a woman being consoled by another. Second is an image of a forest with creepy trees. Third is a pale, not quite human face looking down. 2nd row: First image is hebrew from a medieval manuscript, second image are the words "I was made to destroy" against a black background. Third image is a sketch of the rabbi raising his hand to a golem. 3rd row: First image is a woman with curly hair, second is a picture of the famous prague clock, and third is an old house from prague
Book trope tree with a fake book cover in the center. Surrounding it on a green floral background are the tropes: jewish mythology, critique and appreciation of religion, stories within stories, historically influenced, monster love interest, sapphic slow burn romance, and forestry horror
hi I wrote a sapphic reimagining of the jewish myth of golem that will go on sub soon! that's all you really need to know really 💃🏽