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Mason T. Matchak

@masontmatchak.bsky.social

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A fantasy writer, among other things. But mostly a writer. Good at reposting, bad at replying. 😅 He/him.

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Mason T. Matchak @masontmatchak.bsky.social · Nov 7

Writing and other nerdy stuff.
Still trying to get published after 22 years.
I'm not giving up.

the idea slumlord✨ @mollytanzer.bsky.social · Nov 7

Advertise your BlueSky account in three w̶o̶r̶d̶s̶ phrases:

Flailing, horny weirdness, i write sff 🤷🏻‍♀️

Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · Nov 7

Videogames, books, andvideogamebooks.

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Mr. Buick @mrbuick.bsky.social · 29d

The unifying theory of all American conservatives is that they all demand that you be their friends at gunpoint, and tell them how handsome and special they are

grimm ☀️ @mugrimm.bsky.social · 29d

The conservative project always makes much more sense when you realize it's just run by upper middle class American christian nationalist who are basically completely fine in material position but furious the entire country doesn't bow to their weird cultural preferences.

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 29d

oh no, on CBS no less

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Maddy Myers 🏳️‍🌈 @midimyers.com · 1h

i forgot i made this

a screenshot of Cortana from Halo Infinite (i think) in which i have photoshopped the dialogue text box at the bottom of the screen to have her say "Can I just be a bitch for a second?"

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Mason T. Matchak @masontmatchak.bsky.social · 2h

I did this myself a while back. I always play women in games (if I can) and I've written many more woman characters than men. So I was like, is there something I'm not telling myself?

Nope. Turns out I'm fine with my assigned gender but so very tired of men being the default leads in fiction. 🙃

We Have Always Existed: Transgender History @transgenderhistory.bsky.social · 3h

I don't know who needs to hear this but it is 100% okay to explore your gender and then find out you're cis.

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We Have Always Existed: Transgender History @transgenderhistory.bsky.social · 3h

I don't know who needs to hear this but it is 100% okay to explore your gender and then find out you're cis.

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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 3h

“Life is beautiful, and life is stupid.”

—Decibel Jones, Space Opera
by @catvalente.bsky.social

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Manuscript Academy @manuscriptacademy.bsky.social · 1d

You’ve spent years writing something beautiful.

Maybe even important.

And now you have to turn it into ____ meets ____?!

Yes, we think this is unfair too.

Mostly because no one teaches you how.

We’re here to help! Class + workshop + panel October 21-23:

incomparable.manuscriptacademy.com

InCOMParable - Master Your Comp Titles

A new way to use comps to control the conversation around your book. Interactive workshopping, focused classes, and nostalgic 2000s quiz.

incomparable.manuscriptacademy.com

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GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social · 11h

Owlcat Games has launched a free game development learning resource, featuring over 350 learning resources including software recommendations, tutorials, and online courses

www.gamesindustry.biz/owlcat-games...

Owlcat Games sets up educational resource hub for game devs

Studio partners with Fireshine Games, 11 Bit Studios, Gaijin Entertainment, and Midwest Games to build database of over 350 learning resources

www.gamesindustry.biz

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Goodman Games @goodmangames.bsky.social · 1d

Jennell Jaquays was a pioneering creator in both tabletop and video gaming.

She created two immense and now legendary adventures, Dark Tower and The Caverns of Thracia. Nearly 50 years later, both are now beloved by a new generation of players.

Read more: goodman-games.com/remembering-...

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Jesse "Pecke in the Crowne" Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 7h

Julien Adolphe Duvocelle, Skull with Bulging Eyes and Hands Gripping a Wall, c. 1904, pencil and charcoal, 36 x 25 cm (Paris, Musée du Louvre)

A charcoal drawing of a skull with bulging eyes with a scythe gripping a wall (?) in a black frame decorated with bones

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Mason T. Matchak @masontmatchak.bsky.social · 9h

5/5 stars to Six Times We Almost Kissed (and One Time We Did) by Tess Sharpe
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Mason Matchak's review of Six Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did]

5/5: I know a romance novel is good if I speed through it, and I finished this book in four days, so yeah, it hooked me real damn hard and never let go. This is easily one of the most emotionally powe...

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Mason T. Matchak @masontmatchak.bsky.social · 9h

4/5 stars to Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame by Neon Yang
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
#Booksky

Mason Matchak's review of Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame

4/5: I was surprised at this book's length, or lack thereof - it seems like a book about a lady knight who slays dragons going to a place that sees dragons very differently should be a longer story, p...

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June White 🫀 @cuntmoney.bsky.social · 15h

Fiction is an experience you co-create and that makes it very special.

You don’t direct the movies you watch. You can’t change video game graphics or sound. You’re not a part of the band playing the music you listen to. But fiction is nothing without your imagination bringing it to life.

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most life-affirming literary opinion.

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 22h

I just want you all to know that when we told you that they wanted to destroy everything and you thought Black women were exaggerating? This was the "ironic" racism you said we were overreacting to 10 years ago. Racism has never had generational limits

Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 23h

Finding the little joys in life doesn't mean ignoring the big terrors.

Flowers grow between the cracks of broken sidewalks all the time.

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Michael G. Williams 🏳️‍🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social · 1d

A very sincere happy 48th birthday to the day activist Thom Higgins threw a cream pie at anti-queer hatemonger Anita Bryant. :)

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 1d

The best thing you can do for your writing is to take good care of yourself. The work comes easier, faster, and better when you've got full bars.

Corollary: The best thing we can do to get more amazing art from our faves is to take good care of the artists.

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most life-affirming literary opinion.

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Matthew Claxton @matthewclaxton.bsky.social · 1d

We don't tell young writers "You gotta be a huge freakin' weirdo!" often enough.

It's an asset!

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 1d

Please be conscious if you protest this weekend that there are feds at the protest. They look like you and they sound like you, not like Steve Buscemi in that one clip with the skateboard. Thinking you can spot them is self delusion. Nobody you haven’t met needs to know your last name.

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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 1d

I am being asked to tell my department which pieces of lab equipment should be supported with backup power because they expect rolling blackouts and brownouts in 2026 due to increased energy demands from AI. In case you're wondering how my day is going.

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 1d

Feeling the need to remind myself of this Ursula K LeGuin quote today:

"We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings."

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sea shanty stan account ⛵️ @anarchoshanties.bsky.social · 1d

You owe it to me, you owe it to all of us, but most of all you owe it to yourself.

Do not let them steal your hope and joy from you. Cherish life, and wield that joy like a hammer to shatter the machinations of small evil men and their withered souls at their core and bring about a better world!

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sea shanty stan account ⛵️ @anarchoshanties.bsky.social · 1d

I'm going to make it.

You're going to make it.

We're all going to make it through, in memory of those we lost and for the sake of those yet to come as well as our own.

Darkness abounds. Do not yield to it! Crush it, shatter it, with your bare hands if need be, but DO NOT give in to despair!

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sea shanty stan account ⛵️ @anarchoshanties.bsky.social · 1d

in these times, i think we can all do with the wise words of Big-D

Big-D from hit indie web series Hunter: the Parenting, shouting "YOU WILL NOT GO TO ANY HELL! AND I WILL TEACH YOU TO STRANGLE GODS AND DEMONS AND MONSTERS WITH YOUR BARE HANDS!"

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

The Regime's goal is to grind everyone down. Plain & simple. Our goal is to refuse this by taking turns to fight where and how we can. When one group needs to bow out, then another group needs to step in and so on. We don't all have to do everything. We can all do something though. Stay in the fight

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 1d

This is why I get so exasperated when people suggest SF written 50+ years ago as the place for new readers of the genre, especially young readers, to start with. There is SO MUCH that will throw them out of the work, from outdated tech to outdated social structures. They'll leave and not come back.

J. Hammer-Slay PhD 🎃🧛‍♂️🧟‍♂️🧌👻 @jhammersley.bsky.social · 1d

Yup was just gonna comment on this! My kids always notice how outdated computers or other technology seem when I make them rewatch e.g. original Star Wars trilogy rr something

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