Marshall Ryan Maresca
@mrmaresca.com
Fantasy Author & Podcaster | Co-host of 5x Hugo Finalist
Worldbuilding for Masochists | Maradaine Saga | Velocity of Revolution |
http://mrmaresca.com
https://linktr.ee/marshallryanmaresca
Worldbuilding for Masochists | Maradaine Saga | Velocity of Revolution |
http://mrmaresca.com
https://linktr.ee/marshallryanmaresca
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I’m Marshall Ryan Maresca, fantasy author who works on all sorts of things, including:
-a big interwoven fantasy epic - The Maradaine Saga
-a dieselpunk fantasy of motorcycles and mayhem - The Velocity of Revolution
-a 5x Hugo nommed podcast (@worldbuildcast.bsky.social)
I’m Marshall Ryan Maresca, fantasy author who works on all sorts of things, including:
-a big interwoven fantasy epic - The Maradaine Saga
-a dieselpunk fantasy of motorcycles and mayhem - The Velocity of Revolution
-a 5x Hugo nommed podcast (@worldbuildcast.bsky.social)
When my releases were at their two-a-year peak, I would often be, at the same time, planning the release of Book A, doing edits on Book B, drafting Book C and pre-planning Book D.
I need to get back into that rhythm.
I need to get back into that rhythm.
The true secret to my long career: As a midlist writer hanging on to my career one book at a time, I can only control the work I do, not outcomes.
So I work: Drafting Novel W while waiting for edit notes on Novel F. When edits & draft are done, I'll return to the half finished & overdue Novel L.
So I work: Drafting Novel W while waiting for edit notes on Novel F. When edits & draft are done, I'll return to the half finished & overdue Novel L.
January 11, 2026 at 1:08 AM
When my releases were at their two-a-year peak, I would often be, at the same time, planning the release of Book A, doing edits on Book B, drafting Book C and pre-planning Book D.
I need to get back into that rhythm.
I need to get back into that rhythm.
Opening my email: A statement available from Social Security? That's odd.
Checking address it came from: an org.uk address, huh? Surely that's legit for something from Social Security...
Checking address it came from: an org.uk address, huh? Surely that's legit for something from Social Security...
January 10, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Opening my email: A statement available from Social Security? That's odd.
Checking address it came from: an org.uk address, huh? Surely that's legit for something from Social Security...
Checking address it came from: an org.uk address, huh? Surely that's legit for something from Social Security...
I mean, how many times have you seen a video that someone posted that they think proves they're in the right, and it doesn't show that at all.
Literally every sovereign citizen video out there is something they put online themselves, just them stepping on a rake and thinking they won the argument.
Literally every sovereign citizen video out there is something they put online themselves, just them stepping on a rake and thinking they won the argument.
/4 I got a NG because the prosecution thought everyone would see the video the way they did, and didn’t think too hard “well does the video actually show the crime, or just show mayhem in general?” They focused on the optics over the elements.
January 9, 2026 at 8:57 PM
I mean, how many times have you seen a video that someone posted that they think proves they're in the right, and it doesn't show that at all.
Literally every sovereign citizen video out there is something they put online themselves, just them stepping on a rake and thinking they won the argument.
Literally every sovereign citizen video out there is something they put online themselves, just them stepping on a rake and thinking they won the argument.
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Fuck you; make me.
Rep. Roger Williams: "People need to quit demonstrating, quit yelling at law enforcement, challenging law enforcement, and begin to get civil."
January 9, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Fuck you; make me.
On "hot takes from old shows", I haven't recovered from learned that the actor who played Byron on Babylon 5 is younger than me, and was TWENTY-ONE when he shot the show. Pat Tallman was his love interest and was old enough to be his mother, but you'd never think that looking at the two of them.
January 7, 2026 at 10:48 PM
On "hot takes from old shows", I haven't recovered from learned that the actor who played Byron on Babylon 5 is younger than me, and was TWENTY-ONE when he shot the show. Pat Tallman was his love interest and was old enough to be his mother, but you'd never think that looking at the two of them.
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what u have to understand is that working on my novel, answering dms, and answering emails all cost 1 spell slot but posting? Posting is a cantrip
January 7, 2026 at 5:55 AM
what u have to understand is that working on my novel, answering dms, and answering emails all cost 1 spell slot but posting? Posting is a cantrip
If I had a nickel for every time Hugh Jackman played an old, dying version of an iconic hero who teams with a young protege to protect a bunch of children, I'd have two nickels...
Watch the trailer for The Death of Robin Hood starring Hugh Jackman, Jodie Comer and Bill Skarsgård 🏹
In theaters later this year via A24.
In theaters later this year via A24.
January 7, 2026 at 3:41 AM
If I had a nickel for every time Hugh Jackman played an old, dying version of an iconic hero who teams with a young protege to protect a bunch of children, I'd have two nickels...
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hey do you want to know about my secret wip book ok good
Exclusive: C.L. Polk Announces New Dreamy Fantasy Book ‘The Feywild Job’ and It's Cover Reveal is Stunning
No better way to get cozy than this swoony romantasy.
www.cosmopolitan.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:49 PM
hey do you want to know about my secret wip book ok good
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New pinned intro thread!
I’m Marshall Ryan Maresca, fantasy author who works on all sorts of things, including:
-a big interwoven fantasy epic - The Maradaine Saga
-a dieselpunk fantasy of motorcycles and mayhem - The Velocity of Revolution
-a 5x Hugo nommed podcast (@worldbuildcast.bsky.social)
I’m Marshall Ryan Maresca, fantasy author who works on all sorts of things, including:
-a big interwoven fantasy epic - The Maradaine Saga
-a dieselpunk fantasy of motorcycles and mayhem - The Velocity of Revolution
-a 5x Hugo nommed podcast (@worldbuildcast.bsky.social)
January 6, 2026 at 3:57 AM
New pinned intro thread!
I’m Marshall Ryan Maresca, fantasy author who works on all sorts of things, including:
-a big interwoven fantasy epic - The Maradaine Saga
-a dieselpunk fantasy of motorcycles and mayhem - The Velocity of Revolution
-a 5x Hugo nommed podcast (@worldbuildcast.bsky.social)
I’m Marshall Ryan Maresca, fantasy author who works on all sorts of things, including:
-a big interwoven fantasy epic - The Maradaine Saga
-a dieselpunk fantasy of motorcycles and mayhem - The Velocity of Revolution
-a 5x Hugo nommed podcast (@worldbuildcast.bsky.social)
New pinned intro thread!
I’m Marshall Ryan Maresca, fantasy author who works on all sorts of things, including:
-a big interwoven fantasy epic - The Maradaine Saga
-a dieselpunk fantasy of motorcycles and mayhem - The Velocity of Revolution
-a 5x Hugo nommed podcast (@worldbuildcast.bsky.social)
I’m Marshall Ryan Maresca, fantasy author who works on all sorts of things, including:
-a big interwoven fantasy epic - The Maradaine Saga
-a dieselpunk fantasy of motorcycles and mayhem - The Velocity of Revolution
-a 5x Hugo nommed podcast (@worldbuildcast.bsky.social)
January 6, 2026 at 3:57 AM
New pinned intro thread!
I’m Marshall Ryan Maresca, fantasy author who works on all sorts of things, including:
-a big interwoven fantasy epic - The Maradaine Saga
-a dieselpunk fantasy of motorcycles and mayhem - The Velocity of Revolution
-a 5x Hugo nommed podcast (@worldbuildcast.bsky.social)
I’m Marshall Ryan Maresca, fantasy author who works on all sorts of things, including:
-a big interwoven fantasy epic - The Maradaine Saga
-a dieselpunk fantasy of motorcycles and mayhem - The Velocity of Revolution
-a 5x Hugo nommed podcast (@worldbuildcast.bsky.social)
Broke my wrist in a pillow fight.
What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain.
😅
😅
January 5, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Broke my wrist in a pillow fight.
If The Ladies Be Barenaked
TODAY'S OBSCURE GRAMMATICAL CHALLENGE
Make a band subjunctive
Would That They Were Giants
Make a band subjunctive
Would That They Were Giants
January 5, 2026 at 9:38 PM
If The Ladies Be Barenaked
WRITERS HAVE BILLS TO PAY BUY BOOKS
Just got an estimate from the kids' orthodontist, perhaps you might... buy my books... 🥲
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January 5, 2026 at 9:36 PM
WRITERS HAVE BILLS TO PAY BUY BOOKS
post a famous bathroom scene
January 5, 2026 at 6:07 AM
post a famous bathroom scene
I've been seeing a lot of Stranger Things discourse, where so many folks are being all "oh, but if you look at what's in the background here!" and "this couldn't just be continuity error, it must MEAN SOMETHING" and I am BEGGING y'all to stop what you're doing and watch ROOM 237.
January 4, 2026 at 9:32 PM
I've been seeing a lot of Stranger Things discourse, where so many folks are being all "oh, but if you look at what's in the background here!" and "this couldn't just be continuity error, it must MEAN SOMETHING" and I am BEGGING y'all to stop what you're doing and watch ROOM 237.
The lesser known Chekov's rule:
If you show people-eating bat-creatures in Act One.
They will eat the evil army in Act Three.
If you show people-eating bat-creatures in Act One.
They will eat the evil army in Act Three.
January 4, 2026 at 12:21 AM
The lesser known Chekov's rule:
If you show people-eating bat-creatures in Act One.
They will eat the evil army in Act Three.
If you show people-eating bat-creatures in Act One.
They will eat the evil army in Act Three.
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Some of you are too young to know this but you should know in 1974 Bob Fosse put on a black suit and a bowler hat and danced in the desert to play a snake for a children's movie and it's pure cinematic magic:
The Little Prince (1974) - Bob Fosse Scene
YouTube video by TheICONTheMICKing
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March 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Some of you are too young to know this but you should know in 1974 Bob Fosse put on a black suit and a bowler hat and danced in the desert to play a snake for a children's movie and it's pure cinematic magic:
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I wish more Americans had a love of reading imbued in them, and I wish American lives afforded more leisure time in which people *could* read for pleasure.
You need both.
You need both.
NEW: How many books did you read this year? If it was more than 2, congrats: you read more than the median American.
Read on for way more @today.yougov.com polling from me on America's book-reading habits in 2025. 1/
Read on for way more @today.yougov.com polling from me on America's book-reading habits in 2025. 1/
December 31, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I wish more Americans had a love of reading imbued in them, and I wish American lives afforded more leisure time in which people *could* read for pleasure.
You need both.
You need both.
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This set of observations is produced by my scrolling Reddit and otherwise listening to people talk about "how to write."
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
December 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This set of observations is produced by my scrolling Reddit and otherwise listening to people talk about "how to write."
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
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These things need to be banned. Full stop. They are dangerous in so many different ways.
Uh… check out what ChatGPT allegedly told a man before he killed his mother and then himself.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 31, 2025 at 9:51 PM
These things need to be banned. Full stop. They are dangerous in so many different ways.
I swear, “but what about Barb?” with Stranger Things now is like “what about the polar bear?” at the end of LOST: a thing fully addressed by the show already that folks who haven’t actually watched want to pretend is unresolved.
December 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I swear, “but what about Barb?” with Stranger Things now is like “what about the polar bear?” at the end of LOST: a thing fully addressed by the show already that folks who haven’t actually watched want to pretend is unresolved.
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Just heard this on NPR. This is depressing as all fuck, and every teacher ceding their job to AI and encouraging their students to cede their brains to AI ought to lose their job.
Virginia legislators to weigh AI in education; it's already in our schools
The ongoing experiences educators are having with AI may help inform Virginia legislators as they head back to Richmond for the 2026 legislative session in mid-January.
www.wvtf.org
December 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Just heard this on NPR. This is depressing as all fuck, and every teacher ceding their job to AI and encouraging their students to cede their brains to AI ought to lose their job.
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Available now at your favorite digital store!
The Bloodstained Shade by Cass Morris
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December 29, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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The Thorn of Dentonhill (Maradaine Saga: Thorn of Maradaine)
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December 29, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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