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Marco Miki

@marcomiki.bsky.social

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Born and raised in Italy, usually somewhere else. UX designer. Currently querying magical academia shenanigans (My dog is in the novel too, somehow). He/him

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Marco Miki @marcomiki.bsky.social · 8d

That’s the point, you’ll never know

Marco Miki @marcomiki.bsky.social · 8d

A true legend gone

John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 8d

We should all lead a life as interesting and useful

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Jane Goodall, legendary primatologist, has died at age 91

Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.

Marco Miki @marcomiki.bsky.social · 12d

I got mine when you still needed an invite from someone that already had gmail to get one.

Marco Miki @marcomiki.bsky.social · 14d

Querying may go nowhere but in the meantime I can print myself a few copies :) #amquerying

Me holding a copy of my book: The Shape of Magic.

Me holding a copy of my book, view of the back cover

Me holding a copy of my book, first page

Me holding a copy of my book, a page in the middle of the book

Marco Miki @marcomiki.bsky.social · 21d

Well, you're blessed, I guess
By never knowing which road you're choosing
To you the next best thing
To playing and winning
is playing and losing

Alison Krauss - The Lucky One

Marco Miki @marcomiki.bsky.social · 21d

Ama e ridi se amor risponde
Piangi forte se non ti sente
Dai diamanti non nasce niente
Dal letame nascono i fior
Dai diamanti non nasce niente
Dal letame nascono i fior

Fabrizio DeAndré - Via del Campo

Marco Miki @marcomiki.bsky.social · 21d

Days, up and down they come
Like rain on a congadrum
Forget most, remember some
But don't turn none away.

Everything is not enough
And nothin' is too much to bear.
Where you've been is good and gone
All you keep is the getting there.

Townes Van Zandt - To Live is to Fly

Marco Miki @marcomiki.bsky.social · 21d

Farewell, non pensarci e perdonami se ti ho portato via un poco d’estate
Con qualcosa di fragile come le storie passate
Forse un tempo poteva commuoverti, ma ora è inutile, credo, perché
Ogni volta che piangi e che ridi non piangi e non ridi con me

Francesco Guccini - Farewell

Marco Miki @marcomiki.bsky.social · 21d

Fatti pagare, fatti valere
Più abbassi il capo e più ti dicono di sì
E se hai le mani sporche che importa
Tienile chiuse nessuno lo saprà

Roberto Vecchioni - Luci a San Siro

Marco Miki @marcomiki.bsky.social · 21d

And the wind had its way with her hair
And the blues had their way with her smile
And she had a way of her own
Like prisoners have a way with a file

She' ain't goin' nowhere she's just leaving...

Guy Clark - She ain't goin' nowhere

Marco Miki @marcomiki.bsky.social · 21d

Operator, oh could you help me place this call?
See, the number on the matchbook is old and faded
She's living in L. A. with my best old ex-friend Ray
Guy she said she knew well and sometimes hated

Jim Croce - Operator

Marco Miki @marcomiki.bsky.social · 21d

Thread of snippets from songs that make me go "how in the hell did they write that, I wish I could do it too".

Marco Miki @marcomiki.bsky.social · 24d

Last edits done, most queries out, personal copies ordered, about 11 months from when I started to write my book I can finally say it's time to move on to the next one. The query process is not finished, barely started really, but I think I am in a place where I can start writing the next story :)

Marco Miki @marcomiki.bsky.social · Sep 9

Sometimes you gotta give yourself a little gift. Sometimes that gift is a Switch 2.

Marco Miki @marcomiki.bsky.social · Sep 9

it's an ultramarathon, not a sprint

Marco Miki @marcomiki.bsky.social · Sep 4

just to clarify, it is still incredibly unlikely but being stubborn makes it seems not so :D

Marco Miki @marcomiki.bsky.social · Sep 4

So sorry to hear this :( I experienced this first hand and it's never easy, but time does temper the grief eventually. Hugs and wishes.

Marco Miki @marcomiki.bsky.social · Aug 22

Every few years I do something that at first glance seemed unlikely to work out. Got funding for a Phd, emigrated to a different country, switched career to UX design… Now I wrote a novel? Not in my native language? And again getting it published seems unlikely… unless you are as stubborn as I am.

Marco Miki @marcomiki.bsky.social · Aug 16

almost forgot, credit for the background image to unsplash.com/@jaredd

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Marco Miki @marcomiki.bsky.social · Aug 16

Three best friends, a university for magical studies, and a conspiracy to turn the students into weapons.

🪄 magic system inspired by esoteric traditions
🏫 a magic school, but for adults!
👭 sapphic romance so sweet you will melt
🐕 the best boy sidekick (with magical powers!)

#PosterPit #Q #F #A

An image in the style of a movie poster to pitch my novel, The Shape of Magic. An open book floats in the foreground, with bookshelves in the background. The title is at the centre, and at the bottom it reads "A novel by Marco Michelutto" and, lower, "Magic university - Political intrigue - friendship conquers all". At the top there are three testimonials from beta readers. The first one says "I can imagine fantasy fans really sinking their teeth into these aspects of the world building", the second one says "I keep trying to open it back up and read another chapter, but there's no other chapter. Big sad. No more book", and the third one says "This is such a wonderful story. I enjoyed the characters, the setting, the creatures and the magic."

Marco Miki @marcomiki.bsky.social · Jul 24

Thanks, but I am good with beta readers for now, I have quite a few :)

Marco Miki @marcomiki.bsky.social · Jul 24

One of my beta readers just finished the book last night (she read it in like 4 days)

Screenshot from discord, it says: “I keep trying to open it back up and read another chapter, but there’s no other chapter. Big sad. No more book.

Marco Miki @marcomiki.bsky.social · Jul 22

This is brilliant

Reposted by Marco Miki

Fab @knifewitch.bsky.social · Jul 22

Excitingly, Past Puzzle is now available in English too, so please share my daily agony at failing at history www.pastpuzzle.de#/

Errate mithilfe von 4 historischen Ereignissen das gesuchte Jahr. Ein von Wordle und Geschichten aus der Geschichte inspiriertes Spiel.

www.pastpuzzle.de

Reposted by Marco Miki

Draculanna 🧛🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · Jul 21

One of my English teachers years ago told me this little anecdote about writing process that legit changed my life.

Writers fall into two primary archetypes. They are equally "good," just different in their processes:

1. Mozarts
2. Beethovens

🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · Oct 18

Remember, a first draft's only job is to exist

"is this a pigeon?" meme, except it's a writer looking at a perfectly normal first draft and asking "Is this the worst thing ever written?"