Matteo Prayer
@mattprayer.bsky.social
I write speculative fiction, but don't ask me about genre! Ask me about other stuff.
www.matteoauthor.com
www.matteoauthor.com
I don't know if it's because I recently became a father, but this version of the story hit particularly close to home.
GDT's Frankenstein is coming back to theaters beginning tomorrow for one week.
Paris Theater in NYC and the Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles. Also, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Washington DC, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Orlando, and Springfield, VT.
Paris Theater in NYC and the Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles. Also, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Washington DC, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Orlando, and Springfield, VT.
January 16, 2026 at 4:04 PM
I don't know if it's because I recently became a father, but this version of the story hit particularly close to home.
Going on another cosmic horror bender.
Some don't like the "indescribeable" thing, but I'm interested in humans finding the hard limit of what they can understand.
We define ourselves on our capacity to imagine, describe, make connections. What happens when that fails?
Some don't like the "indescribeable" thing, but I'm interested in humans finding the hard limit of what they can understand.
We define ourselves on our capacity to imagine, describe, make connections. What happens when that fails?
January 16, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Going on another cosmic horror bender.
Some don't like the "indescribeable" thing, but I'm interested in humans finding the hard limit of what they can understand.
We define ourselves on our capacity to imagine, describe, make connections. What happens when that fails?
Some don't like the "indescribeable" thing, but I'm interested in humans finding the hard limit of what they can understand.
We define ourselves on our capacity to imagine, describe, make connections. What happens when that fails?
For writers, research is easier now than ever thanks to the internet.
But I can't stress enough how much more cool stuff you can find by just reading a book about the subject.
Not that you should only do the latter, but mix it up! Half the stuff going in my book I didn't look up, I found out.
But I can't stress enough how much more cool stuff you can find by just reading a book about the subject.
Not that you should only do the latter, but mix it up! Half the stuff going in my book I didn't look up, I found out.
January 9, 2026 at 1:16 PM
For writers, research is easier now than ever thanks to the internet.
But I can't stress enough how much more cool stuff you can find by just reading a book about the subject.
Not that you should only do the latter, but mix it up! Half the stuff going in my book I didn't look up, I found out.
But I can't stress enough how much more cool stuff you can find by just reading a book about the subject.
Not that you should only do the latter, but mix it up! Half the stuff going in my book I didn't look up, I found out.
If everyone on r/writing watched this, 95% of the posts would disappear.
Most of the advice is "write a lot, read a lot, think a lot" and "know what you like, accumulate experience.
Which makes sense but a lot of beginner writers are weirdly resistant to it.
Most of the advice is "write a lot, read a lot, think a lot" and "know what you like, accumulate experience.
Which makes sense but a lot of beginner writers are weirdly resistant to it.
How to Write Absurdly Well — Adrian Tchaikovsky
YouTube video by David Perell
youtube.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:56 AM
If everyone on r/writing watched this, 95% of the posts would disappear.
Most of the advice is "write a lot, read a lot, think a lot" and "know what you like, accumulate experience.
Which makes sense but a lot of beginner writers are weirdly resistant to it.
Most of the advice is "write a lot, read a lot, think a lot" and "know what you like, accumulate experience.
Which makes sense but a lot of beginner writers are weirdly resistant to it.
Apparently all the cool people I like are on Blue Sky, so why not check it out?
But that's it, I can't do more than one social.
It's a sickness, really.
But that's it, I can't do more than one social.
It's a sickness, really.
January 5, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Apparently all the cool people I like are on Blue Sky, so why not check it out?
But that's it, I can't do more than one social.
It's a sickness, really.
But that's it, I can't do more than one social.
It's a sickness, really.