This just arrived. That's my 13th book release now since 2012. Many more on the way.
#bookrelease #novella #canadianwriter #toronto #Etobicoke #torontowriter #horror #booksofbluesky #writersofbluesky #authorsofbluesky #indiewriter #indieauthor
#bookrelease #novella #canadianwriter #toronto #Etobicoke #torontowriter #horror #booksofbluesky #writersofbluesky #authorsofbluesky #indiewriter #indieauthor
April 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This just arrived. That's my 13th book release now since 2012. Many more on the way.
#bookrelease #novella #canadianwriter #toronto #Etobicoke #torontowriter #horror #booksofbluesky #writersofbluesky #authorsofbluesky #indiewriter #indieauthor
#bookrelease #novella #canadianwriter #toronto #Etobicoke #torontowriter #horror #booksofbluesky #writersofbluesky #authorsofbluesky #indiewriter #indieauthor
#AuthorAugust25 Day 8: ✨drafting or editing?✨
DRAFTING. DRAFTING. DRAFTING. i despise editing, not bc i can't kill my darlings, but bc it's WORK. I usually PAY people to edit my stuff, i <3 editors GRAAAAAHGHGH
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
DRAFTING. DRAFTING. DRAFTING. i despise editing, not bc i can't kill my darlings, but bc it's WORK. I usually PAY people to edit my stuff, i <3 editors GRAAAAAHGHGH
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
August 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
#AuthorAugust25 Day 8: ✨drafting or editing?✨
DRAFTING. DRAFTING. DRAFTING. i despise editing, not bc i can't kill my darlings, but bc it's WORK. I usually PAY people to edit my stuff, i <3 editors GRAAAAAHGHGH
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
DRAFTING. DRAFTING. DRAFTING. i despise editing, not bc i can't kill my darlings, but bc it's WORK. I usually PAY people to edit my stuff, i <3 editors GRAAAAAHGHGH
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
More in a life of homecomings on #Substack open.substack.com/pub/avivarub...
#SubstackWriter #PersonalEssay #AgingParents #CaregivingJourney #FamilyDynamics #WritingCommunity #VulnerableWriting #AuthorLife #FatherDaughter #CanadianWriter #WritersofBluesky #AvivaRubin #TorontoAuthor #TorontoWriter
#SubstackWriter #PersonalEssay #AgingParents #CaregivingJourney #FamilyDynamics #WritingCommunity #VulnerableWriting #AuthorLife #FatherDaughter #CanadianWriter #WritersofBluesky #AvivaRubin #TorontoAuthor #TorontoWriter
More in a life of homecomings
As I begin to write this, my dad Murray is in the Wheel Trans taxi heading home from his latest stint in rehab.
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June 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Check out what's happening in #Toronto this week! Visit your local event listings for more.
#torontoevents #toronto #torontolife #torontoart #torontowriter #torontoculture #writerscommunity
#torontoevents #toronto #torontolife #torontoart #torontowriter #torontoculture #writerscommunity
February 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Check out what's happening in #Toronto this week! Visit your local event listings for more.
#torontoevents #toronto #torontolife #torontoart #torontowriter #torontoculture #writerscommunity
#torontoevents #toronto #torontolife #torontoart #torontowriter #torontoculture #writerscommunity
#AuthorAugust25 Day 3: ✨favorite trope to write?✨
bickering siblings - i feel like that's my strong point. what would i kno tho i don't have any siblings. 🤷♀️ 🤷♀️ 🤷♀️ 🤷♀️ 🤷♀️ 🤷♀️ 🤞
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
bickering siblings - i feel like that's my strong point. what would i kno tho i don't have any siblings. 🤷♀️ 🤷♀️ 🤷♀️ 🤷♀️ 🤷♀️ 🤷♀️ 🤞
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
August 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
#AuthorAugust25 Day 3: ✨favorite trope to write?✨
bickering siblings - i feel like that's my strong point. what would i kno tho i don't have any siblings. 🤷♀️ 🤷♀️ 🤷♀️ 🤷♀️ 🤷♀️ 🤷♀️ 🤞
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
bickering siblings - i feel like that's my strong point. what would i kno tho i don't have any siblings. 🤷♀️ 🤷♀️ 🤷♀️ 🤷♀️ 🤷♀️ 🤷♀️ 🤞
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
#AuthorAugust25 Day 11: ✨MC Monday! Share a fact✨
Daniri, the MC, looks like this. :) pinterest vs. final drawing by talented quebec friend.
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
Daniri, the MC, looks like this. :) pinterest vs. final drawing by talented quebec friend.
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
August 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
#AuthorAugust25 Day 11: ✨MC Monday! Share a fact✨
Daniri, the MC, looks like this. :) pinterest vs. final drawing by talented quebec friend.
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
Daniri, the MC, looks like this. :) pinterest vs. final drawing by talented quebec friend.
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
📚 Friends! Let's connect on #Instagram @aviva_rubin_author www.instagram.com/aviva_rubin_... & #Substack avivarubinauthor.substack.com
#CanLit #TorontoWriter #AmWriting #BookLovers #LiteraryFiction #WritingCommunity #AuthorsOfInstagram #ReadMore #WritersLife #SocialCommentary #MemoirWriter
#CanLit #TorontoWriter #AmWriting #BookLovers #LiteraryFiction #WritingCommunity #AuthorsOfInstagram #ReadMore #WritersLife #SocialCommentary #MemoirWriter
Aviva's Substack | Aviva Rubin - Author | Substack
Welcome to the land of mixed metaphors where I will dump and/or carefully place a few sweet (and some sour) nothings for your consumption and comment. Click to read Aviva's Substack, a Substack public...
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February 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
📚 Friends! Let's connect on #Instagram @aviva_rubin_author www.instagram.com/aviva_rubin_... & #Substack avivarubinauthor.substack.com
#CanLit #TorontoWriter #AmWriting #BookLovers #LiteraryFiction #WritingCommunity #AuthorsOfInstagram #ReadMore #WritersLife #SocialCommentary #MemoirWriter
#CanLit #TorontoWriter #AmWriting #BookLovers #LiteraryFiction #WritingCommunity #AuthorsOfInstagram #ReadMore #WritersLife #SocialCommentary #MemoirWriter
#AuthorAugust25 Day 6: ✨What's the biggest word count in a day you've ever had?✨
Probably like 7k tbh. i tend to write 20 words per minute, so i was most likely unemployed when i hit that record.
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
Probably like 7k tbh. i tend to write 20 words per minute, so i was most likely unemployed when i hit that record.
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
#AuthorAugust25 Day 6: ✨What's the biggest word count in a day you've ever had?✨
Probably like 7k tbh. i tend to write 20 words per minute, so i was most likely unemployed when i hit that record.
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
Probably like 7k tbh. i tend to write 20 words per minute, so i was most likely unemployed when i hit that record.
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
Flat times and the lifespan of urgency. open.substack.com/pub/avivarub...
#ActivismFatigue #PoliticalOverwhelm #CommunityCare #Wintering #RestIsProductive #GentleMomentum #Burnout #Overwhelm #MentalHealth #Resilience #WritingLife #TorontoWriter
#ActivismFatigue #PoliticalOverwhelm #CommunityCare #Wintering #RestIsProductive #GentleMomentum #Burnout #Overwhelm #MentalHealth #Resilience #WritingLife #TorontoWriter
Flat times and the lifespan of urgency
Oh right, I used to write a Substack…
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November 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Flat times and the lifespan of urgency. open.substack.com/pub/avivarub...
#ActivismFatigue #PoliticalOverwhelm #CommunityCare #Wintering #RestIsProductive #GentleMomentum #Burnout #Overwhelm #MentalHealth #Resilience #WritingLife #TorontoWriter
#ActivismFatigue #PoliticalOverwhelm #CommunityCare #Wintering #RestIsProductive #GentleMomentum #Burnout #Overwhelm #MentalHealth #Resilience #WritingLife #TorontoWriter
#AuthorAugust25 Day 2: ✨ your latest release✨
two hot aforementioned twins hunt for a giant sea-serpent god. published with @augursociety.bsky.social 😍 i'm doing a reading aug 21st @ Society Clubhouse!
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
two hot aforementioned twins hunt for a giant sea-serpent god. published with @augursociety.bsky.social 😍 i'm doing a reading aug 21st @ Society Clubhouse!
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
August 3, 2025 at 2:54 AM
#AuthorAugust25 Day 2: ✨ your latest release✨
two hot aforementioned twins hunt for a giant sea-serpent god. published with @augursociety.bsky.social 😍 i'm doing a reading aug 21st @ Society Clubhouse!
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
two hot aforementioned twins hunt for a giant sea-serpent god. published with @augursociety.bsky.social 😍 i'm doing a reading aug 21st @ Society Clubhouse!
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
#AuthorAugust25 Day 1: ✨ Introduce yourself & what you write ✨
i'm rachel and i just had popcorn for dinner. i'm writing about two hot twins who have a complicated relationship with their childhood friend.
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
i'm rachel and i just had popcorn for dinner. i'm writing about two hot twins who have a complicated relationship with their childhood friend.
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
August 1, 2025 at 10:46 PM
#AuthorAugust25 Day 1: ✨ Introduce yourself & what you write ✨
i'm rachel and i just had popcorn for dinner. i'm writing about two hot twins who have a complicated relationship with their childhood friend.
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
i'm rachel and i just had popcorn for dinner. i'm writing about two hot twins who have a complicated relationship with their childhood friend.
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
#AuthorAugust25 Day 5: ✨Tuesday Teaser✨
From "Chapter 1 : The Aspin"
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
From "Chapter 1 : The Aspin"
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 1:53 AM
#AuthorAugust25 Day 5: ✨Tuesday Teaser✨
From "Chapter 1 : The Aspin"
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
From "Chapter 1 : The Aspin"
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
8/10 Event: Discarded Book Club www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?E... #torontoevents #torontolife #torontoart #torontowriter #writerscommunity #books #bookclub
February 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
8/10 Event: Discarded Book Club www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?E... #torontoevents #torontolife #torontoart #torontowriter #writerscommunity #books #bookclub
Can we talk about White neediness (mine)? open.substack.com/pub/avivarub...
#substack #substackwriter #substackcommunity #toronto #torontolife #torontowriter #WHITE #White #whiteneediness #canwetalk #racism #Antisemitism #jewish #jewishauthors #jewishwriters #canadianwriter #newreleasebooks #canlit
#substack #substackwriter #substackcommunity #toronto #torontolife #torontowriter #WHITE #White #whiteneediness #canwetalk #racism #Antisemitism #jewish #jewishauthors #jewishwriters #canadianwriter #newreleasebooks #canlit
Can we talk about White neediness (mine)?
Last spring as I was finalizing edits for WHITE, I started approaching folks to blurb the novel.
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January 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Here I am, reading at the Brockton Writers' Series earlier this month. My portion begins at 28:48, but all the writers are great! I'm reading from my new novel (in its early stages) about Toronto's queer community in 1981. #queerwriter #LGBTQfiction #torontowriter
www.youtube.com/live/Hb79Sq9...
www.youtube.com/live/Hb79Sq9...
Brockton Writers July 8, 2026
YouTube video by Brockton Writers Series
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July 18, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Here I am, reading at the Brockton Writers' Series earlier this month. My portion begins at 28:48, but all the writers are great! I'm reading from my new novel (in its early stages) about Toronto's queer community in 1981. #queerwriter #LGBTQfiction #torontowriter
www.youtube.com/live/Hb79Sq9...
www.youtube.com/live/Hb79Sq9...
SAFE (?) SPACE (?) My first post of 2025 on Substack: #substack #Toronto #Torontolife #Torontowriter #writercommunity #Jewish #Culture #antisemitism #Canadianwriter #Canadian #substackwriter #safespace
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January 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
SAFE (?) SPACE (?) My first post of 2025 on Substack: #substack #Toronto #Torontolife #Torontowriter #writercommunity #Jewish #Culture #antisemitism #Canadianwriter #Canadian #substackwriter #safespace
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#AuthorAugust25 Day 10: ✨What are your overused words?✨
"look", "see", "gaze" i need more tools to describe when a character is perceiving something. tips welcome.
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
"look", "see", "gaze" i need more tools to describe when a character is perceiving something. tips welcome.
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
August 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
#AuthorAugust25 Day 10: ✨What are your overused words?✨
"look", "see", "gaze" i need more tools to describe when a character is perceiving something. tips welcome.
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
"look", "see", "gaze" i need more tools to describe when a character is perceiving something. tips welcome.
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
#AuthorAugust25 Day 9: ✨word count / status check in✨
30% through first revisions of the 18 chapter book. 109,973 words left to edit. (I HATE editing.)
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
30% through first revisions of the 18 chapter book. 109,973 words left to edit. (I HATE editing.)
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
August 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
#AuthorAugust25 Day 9: ✨word count / status check in✨
30% through first revisions of the 18 chapter book. 109,973 words left to edit. (I HATE editing.)
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
30% through first revisions of the 18 chapter book. 109,973 words left to edit. (I HATE editing.)
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
#AuthorAugust25 Day 7: ✨Show us an aesthetic from one of your books✨
ripped right from Amihan's (supporting character) Pinterest board. final drawing by a talented friend in quebec.
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
ripped right from Amihan's (supporting character) Pinterest board. final drawing by a talented friend in quebec.
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
#AuthorAugust25 Day 7: ✨Show us an aesthetic from one of your books✨
ripped right from Amihan's (supporting character) Pinterest board. final drawing by a talented friend in quebec.
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
ripped right from Amihan's (supporting character) Pinterest board. final drawing by a talented friend in quebec.
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
#AuthorAugust25 Day 4: ✨MC Monday! Share a fact✨
Daniri, the MC, doesn't like fish as much as me. hmm i wonder why (this is genuinely important to the plot)
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
Daniri, the MC, doesn't like fish as much as me. hmm i wonder why (this is genuinely important to the plot)
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
August 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
#AuthorAugust25 Day 4: ✨MC Monday! Share a fact✨
Daniri, the MC, doesn't like fish as much as me. hmm i wonder why (this is genuinely important to the plot)
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
Daniri, the MC, doesn't like fish as much as me. hmm i wonder why (this is genuinely important to the plot)
#writingcommunity #torontowriter #canadianwriter
source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social
Blood on the Ground features 6 short horror stories set in the south. Tales of monsters, ghosts, revenge, and a little cosmic horror as well.
#indie #indieauthor #indiewriter #writers #writersofbluesky #torontowriter #indigenous #indigenousauthor #horror #cosmichorror #monsters #writerslife
#indie #indieauthor #indiewriter #writers #writersofbluesky #torontowriter #indigenous #indigenousauthor #horror #cosmichorror #monsters #writerslife
November 26, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Blood on the Ground features 6 short horror stories set in the south. Tales of monsters, ghosts, revenge, and a little cosmic horror as well.
#indie #indieauthor #indiewriter #writers #writersofbluesky #torontowriter #indigenous #indigenousauthor #horror #cosmichorror #monsters #writerslife
#indie #indieauthor #indiewriter #writers #writersofbluesky #torontowriter #indigenous #indigenousauthor #horror #cosmichorror #monsters #writerslife
5/10 Event: Poetry & Song Writing Workshop Group www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?E... #torontoevents #torontolife #torontoart #torontowriter #writerscommunity #books
February 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
5/10 Event: Poetry & Song Writing Workshop Group www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?E... #torontoevents #torontolife #torontoart #torontowriter #writerscommunity #books
The start of the Dillon series. A monster hunter/detective along with a strange cast of friends and enemies. A little noir, a little comedy, and a lot of monsters.
#writer #writerslife #writersofbluesky #torontowriter #indieauthor #indiewriter #writers #books📚
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#writer #writerslife #writersofbluesky #torontowriter #indieauthor #indiewriter #writers #books📚
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Title: The Gate at Lake Drive
Meet Dillon, the Monster Dick. He’s a detective of sorts, a man hired to hunt down things that have come into our world that have no right to be here. Whether it’s a monster made up of paint cans a…
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January 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The start of the Dillon series. A monster hunter/detective along with a strange cast of friends and enemies. A little noir, a little comedy, and a lot of monsters.
#writer #writerslife #writersofbluesky #torontowriter #indieauthor #indiewriter #writers #books📚
ifwgpublishing.com/title-the-ga...
#writer #writerslife #writersofbluesky #torontowriter #indieauthor #indiewriter #writers #books📚
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10/10 Event: Groundwork 03 by Grape Witches www.eventbrite.ca/e/groundwork... #torontoevents #torontolife #torontoart #torontowriter #writerscommunity #books
February 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
10/10 Event: Groundwork 03 by Grape Witches www.eventbrite.ca/e/groundwork... #torontoevents #torontolife #torontoart #torontowriter #writerscommunity #books
9/10 Event: #TIFA Presents Colum McCann & Diane Foley festivalofauthors.ca/event/colum-... #torontolife #torontoart #torontowriter #writerscommunity #books
February 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
9/10 Event: #TIFA Presents Colum McCann & Diane Foley festivalofauthors.ca/event/colum-... #torontolife #torontoart #torontowriter #writerscommunity #books