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  I’m running a Goodreads Giveaway for Rail: A High Speed Adventure, the newest novel in my global ecofiction trilogy. Hop on over to my Goodreads page to follow my author profile, and receive the notification. Environmental storytelling + solutions = your next read. https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16489046.Maia_Kumari_Bree_Chowdhury #ArcticFiction #BookGiveaway #Ecofiction #Hokkaido #JapanFiction #NYC #PaperbackGiveaway #ScribesAndMakers #Svalbard #VisionaryEcofiction #WhatToRead #WhatT...

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  Having a creative brainstorming day! I’m a sucker for sticky notes. New book ideas flowing as the rollout of my current new book continues… #ScribesAndMakers

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  @MisWiredKE@toot.community I just discovered #WritersCoffeeClub through your post. I think I would say the thing I have been struggling with is finding a new writing community online, so you’ve just contributed to solving that one. Also, I did a fantastic online workshop this past weekend and that connected me to a whole new group of writers too. 🤗 It all adds up!

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  @joyce @MisWiredKE@toot.community thank you so much!

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  I’m running a Goodreads giveaway of my new novel, ecofiction Rail: A High Speed Adventure - hop on over and have a look! https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DGYrq3PZs/?mibextid=wwXIfr #BookGiveaway #BookWyrm #Ecofiction #ScribesAndMakers #WhatToRead #WritersCoffeeClub

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  Drawn into a globe-spanning infrastructure proposal with uncertain motives, Rail: A High Speed Adventure features a designer navigating corporate ambition, ecological ethics, and the pull of home as she redefines what responsibility means. Architecture, environment, mystery, systems, and heart — all woven together. Reflection from global architect Raya Ani, FAIA, LEED AP: “Rail expands the conversation between architecture, environment, and responsibility — building on The Erenwine Agenda and p...

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  If smoke is spirit and fire is cleansing, what is happening right now? People have been suggesting that I write about fire in my next ecofiction work, and I think they’re right. There’s something here about connection, responsibility, and how we imagine solutions. CBC News is partly blocked outside of Canada, so I’m sharing a screenshot for those beyond our borders. Thank you #firefighters, including those who have come from other countries to help. Visualize #rain and tempered skies. And remem...

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  I just posted a new MKBC Studio video introducing my ecofiction trilogy: The Erenwine Agenda, Otter Coast, and Rail. It includes the new covers, the artwork behind each design, and short live readings from all three books. This one was fun to make and brings together architecture, landscape, memory, and environmental storytelling. If you enjoy ecofiction, design thinking, or interdisciplinary work, you might like this look at how the trilogy came together. Watch here: https://youtu.be/jnQ2mWvM...

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  About the art process behind my book covers…and a question... I began abstract painting around 2015–2016 after many years of realistic pen and ink sketching connected to my architectural work. Over time, colour, geometry, and nature shifted my practice toward abstraction. In 2022, I gave an artist talk at the Lundt‑Glover Gallery in Chatham, NJ, hosted by the Art League of the Chathams, where I discussed my work at the time, including digital developments in NFTs and my decision not to pursue...

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  If you’re in Canada or the US, you have just a few hours left to enter the draw to win one of three copies of my new novel. If you’re interested in #ecology, #ethics, #ecosystems or environmental solutions, this book is for you. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255448359-rail #BookGiveaway #ScribesAndMakers #WritersCoffeeClub

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  Hot off the ebook press... I have moved my doctoral‑thesis‑turned‑business‑book, From Design Thinking to Leadership, into the ebook publication stream. It is now in processing and should be available within a few days. From Design Thinking to Leadership is a qualitative study on how architects build leadership capacity through Design Thinking. It draws on interviews across the United States and Canada and examines how visualization and organizational culture shape emerging leaders across for‑ a...

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  Thrilled to share my new biz book is available! From Design Thinking To Leadership is a core text on Organizational Leadership, including social hierarchy and power dynamic analyses across architectural practice. https://www.amazon.com/Design-Thinking-Leadership-Kumari-Chowdhury-ebook/dp/B0HK2G6XMN #architecture #designthinking #organizationalleadership

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  I'll be at the Fraser River Literary Festival in Port Coquitlam BC, Canada, Sun Nov 1! If you're curious about ecofiction, come by my table and have a chat; my trilogy paperbacks will be for sale, including The Erenwine Agenda: A Hydraulic Fracturing Love Story, Otter Coast: A Medical Marijuana Mystery, and the latest novel, Rail: A High Speed Adventure. Looking forward to inspiring conversations! #BookFair #BookFestival #CanLit #Ecofiction #IndieAuthor #IndiePublisher #LiteraryF...

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  Happy to share that I will be attending in person at the Fraser River Literary Festival’s Local Authors Bookfair event in Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada, on Sunday, November 1. If you’re curious about ecofiction writing, stop by and say hi! I will be there with copies of all three of my novels for sale. https://coquitlam.libnet.info/event/17091495... https://coqlibrary.ca/frlf/.. #ArchitectsInFiction #BCAuthor #CanLit #Coquitlam #CoquitlamAuthor #CreativeWriting #Ecofiction #PortCoquitlam #Scribes...

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  Time for a three good things list! 1. A long weekend, even with a complex colonial history - still, a long weekend. 2. Family coming into town! See #1 above. 3. Clarity on books and art sharing. Probably due to #1. Happy Canadian Thanksgiving! P.S. I made this announcement below, on my FB author page and elsewhere - to contextualize the clarity referenced above in #3. P.P.S. What happens in hashtag world when you put a # in front of a numbered list? Do we end up with too many #1s etc? Do a...

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  Very happy that today is the paperback publication day of my third novel, Rail: A High Speed Adventure! Thank you all who have supported this journey. In Rail, a designer is drawn into a globe spanning infrastructure proposal with uncertain motives. As ecological ethics collide with corporate ambition, she must confront the meaning of home, responsibility, and legacy—while her past and future converge in unexpected ways. The trilogy blends environmental storytelling, design thinking, and near...

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  Three good things, the Sunday edition: 1. Amazing Futurescapes workshop which ended 42 minutes ago 2. New plot and character arcs coming for a new future-forward trilogy 3. Energy for the week ahead! #ThreeGoodThings #Ecofiction #ScienceFiction @ThreeGoodThings #ScribesAndMakers https://futurescapes.ink/about-futurescapes

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  Friday! Time for #ThreeGoodThings - 1. #Futurescapes workshop 2. Figuring out #Discord again after 10 years away 3. Weekend coming! And more #writing time! For good measure, maybe 3 more good things... 1. My #ecofiction trilogy is getting traction in the ebook world! 2. Only 4 days left of #presales, for paperbacks, then the trilogy will be available in both ebook and physical copy, worldwide. 3. Over 1000 people have signed up for the Goodreads #bookgiveaway I am running for Rail. p.s. Pic...

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  Paperbacks now available! 🌍📘 Three good things about this moment: 1️⃣ Print on demand means sustainable production and global access. 2️⃣ Getting books to readers is the heart of independent publishing. 3️⃣ Readers! You make the whole ecosystem real. Rail: A High Speed Adventure is now open for paperback presale worldwide. 🔗 https://bit.ly/3ThRP6t About Rail: Drawn into a globe‑spanning infrastructure proposal with uncertain motives, a designer confronts ecological ethics, corporate ambition, and...

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  My new novel is here. Rail: A High Speed Adventure is now available in the US as an ebook, with worldwide presale open. Paperback presales will begin soon. In the spirit of Mastodon and Three Good Things: 1. The time and space in which to write 2. The ability to connect with a flow of inspiration and to translate it into words 3. Indie publishing and readers who support Rail is the third installment in a trilogy following architect Amalia Sengupta Erenwine across her professional arc — from i...

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  Hi #ScribesAndMakers ... I am new and introducing myself! I believe I qualify as both a scribe and a maker. I write and publish ecofiction (mine and other people's), am a painter (abstract art inspired by my Reiki practice), and work as an architect in the realm of historic buildings (among other architectural pursuits; heritage is my fave). Just getting ready to publish ecofiction novel #3! I'll share more soon. In the meantime - Goodreads and Studio pages are linked on my bio. Have...

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  I always love writing a three good things post here on Mastodon and today is no different: 1. Collaborators 2. Creative flow! 3. Conscious choices More here - https://maiakumari.medium.com/what-makes-a-book-physical-bcdcc7897c4f #3GoodThings @3goodthings@fedigroups.social