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Marshall Ryan Maresca

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Fantasy Author & Podcaster | Co-host of 5x Hugo Finalist Worldbuilding for Masochists | Maradaine Saga | Velocity of Revolution | http://mrmaresca.com https://linktr.ee/marshallryanmaresca

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Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · Nov 11

Since we have another burst of new followers: Welcome! I work on all sorts of things, including:

-a big interwoven fantasy epic
-a dieselpunk fantasy of motorcycles and mayhem
-a 4x Hugo nommed podcast
-An anthology of magical gates to travel anywhere but bringing nothing

Check it all out!

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Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 1d

(No photos because I’m not gonna take a picture of random women and put it online, that’s creepy.)

Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 1d

I’m outside for lunch today, and there are two people at another table who have a Very Big Dog (who is being a Very Good Boy), but he’s so big when he’s sitting up it just looks like he’s at the table with them.

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Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 1d

The original thread says something about having a condition that kept blood from circulating to his brain properly, so…

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Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 1d

I mean, the back third of Time Enough For Love is:

Lazarus: I’ve done everything there is to do, life isn’t worth living any more.
Scientist: We have figured out time travel.
Lazarus: I can fuck my mom! A reason to live!

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Julia Vee @juliavee.bsky.social · 1d

NYC! Come see us at PT Knitwear on Monday 10/13 💖

Matthew Kressel @matthewkressel.net · 1d

This Monday, I'll be participating in the Traveling SFF Book Festival, hosted by Yume Kitasei, with Micaiah Johnson, Veronica Roth, and Julia Vee. At PT Knitwear, 180 Orchard St, Oct 13th, 6:30pm. @yumewrites.bsky.social @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social @veronicarothbooks.com @juliavee.bsky.social

A flyer advertising The Traveling SFF Book Festival, New York City, Monday, Oct 13th, 6:30 pm, with Micaiah Johnson, Yume Kitasei, Matthew Kressel, Veronica Roth, and Julia Vee. Panel Discussion: History & Speculation. Author photos and covers of their recent titles line the bottom of the flyer.

The text of the Traveling SGG Festival full schedule and panelists can be found here: https://www.yumekitasei.com/travelingsffbookfestival

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Matthew Claxton @matthewclaxton.bsky.social · 1d

"Jesus Christ, Bob, what the fuck?"

- Heinlein's editor, probably at least seven or eight times a book after 1970

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Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 1d

Just the other night I was explaining to some folks the VARIOUS forms of incest apologia in TIME ENOUGH FOR LOVE.

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Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 1d

Heinlein doesn't fall cleanly in the Left/Right paradigms we think of today, that's for sure. But the What The Fucks imbedded in his work are SOOOOOO WHAT THE FUCK, BOB.

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Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 1d

Mine -- Menchaca-- is a major road in south Austin.

It's pronounced MAN-SHACK.

Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 1d

Menchaca.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 2d

I have heard-- this may be apocryphal-- that he wrote "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit" on the margins of someone's paper he was grading, and that person must have been SO confused when they go their paper back.

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Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 2d

The "Drawn by Tolkien on an unused page from a University of Leeds examination booklet" aspect of this REALLY speaks to me. Like, this man just needed to let a map POUR out of him and used whatever piece of paper was closest.

The Wonder of Tolkien @tolkienwonder.bsky.social · 2d

The first Silmarillion map. Drawn by Tolkien on an unused page from a University of Leeds examination booklet.

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Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 2d

What about writing a SYNOPSIS of a book you have written?

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Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 2d

I'm intrigued.

Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 2d

You ever look up some actors on Cameo and think, "Oh, no, I know you're not huge, but you should be charging more." Like, Terry Ferrell should be able to ask more than $75.

Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 2d

I loved the bit in JLU where Batman goes to the future and Old Man Bruce is all "I can't believe I was ever this naive".

Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 2d

VOICED BY ANGIE HARMON AT THAT.

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Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 2d

I’ve got your back, friend.

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 2d

#GauntletChat A2: Pure cussedness, mostly, with the steady dedication of a persistence hunter.

And, in this case, allowing @mrmaresca.com to harass me / keep me accountable.

Novel Gauntlet Challenge @novelgauntlet.com · 2d

#GauntletChat Question 2 ✏️ How do you maintain momentum for longer (fiction) projects? Any tips/tricks to share?

#NovelGauntlet

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Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 3d

I say this as someone who loves MI movies, but all the places they’re extracting data from seem way too inconvenient for the folks who need that data. The one in MI:5, if you stub your toe, you’re locked out.

Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 3d

Whenever I see this proposal, I just know that Tom Cruise is going to be diving to exfiltrate critical info from one of these things someday soon

www.sciencealert.com/chinas-new-u...

China's New Underwater Data Centers Could Slash Power by Up to 90%

Power-hungry data centers run hot, so one Chinese company is planning to submerge a pod of servers in the sea off Shanghai with hopes of solving computing's energy woes.

www.sciencealert.com

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Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 3d

Hey I Exist As An Author: Crickets.
Hey Here Is A Dumb Bit: Thunderous Applause

Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 3d

Tuesday's grey and Wednesday, too!

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Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 3d

Man, I'm only on a couple "Copyright Cops" list. I need to be more strident about things.

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R @arrkonthelibrarian.bsky.social · 4d

Just read A Murder of Mages by @mrmaresca.com and it has cured my reading slump! An adventure that has just enough weight to it, a fascinating world, and complex characters. I'm now waiting impatiently for the library to send me ALL THE OTHER BOOKS.

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Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 4d

To this date, none of y'all know for sure when you've met Marshall and when you've met Ryan.

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 4d

Hide the existence of your identical twin for decades so you can do a stage magic act in which it seems like you teleported.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 7d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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