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)
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Come with me to a gothic castle north of Prague
I'm ecstatic to announce that @katiedent939 at @titanbooks has acquired my next book THE ALCHEMIST OF BOHEMIA an atmospheric dark academia fantasy with a heavy helping of romance and inspired by Czech folklore! 🏰 announced on @_thebookseller
I'm ecstatic to announce that @katiedent939 at @titanbooks has acquired my next book THE ALCHEMIST OF BOHEMIA an atmospheric dark academia fantasy with a heavy helping of romance and inspired by Czech folklore! 🏰 announced on @_thebookseller
January 14, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Come with me to a gothic castle north of Prague
I'm ecstatic to announce that @katiedent939 at @titanbooks has acquired my next book THE ALCHEMIST OF BOHEMIA an atmospheric dark academia fantasy with a heavy helping of romance and inspired by Czech folklore! 🏰 announced on @_thebookseller
I'm ecstatic to announce that @katiedent939 at @titanbooks has acquired my next book THE ALCHEMIST OF BOHEMIA an atmospheric dark academia fantasy with a heavy helping of romance and inspired by Czech folklore! 🏰 announced on @_thebookseller
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An eligibility post for you! If you are nominating for the Hugo, nebula, or Rhysling awards, I’d be really stoked if you’d consider my work!
Co-writing with @kambriel.com on our Ophelia poem was a dream!
I’m really very proud of the work I did last year!💜💜💜
Co-writing with @kambriel.com on our Ophelia poem was a dream!
I’m really very proud of the work I did last year!💜💜💜
Darlings! A fresh post.
I've got poems eligible for the Hugo @laworldcon.bsky.social), Nebula ( @sfwa.org), and Rhysling awards ( @sfpoetry.bsky.social). Links:
@strangehorizons.bsky.social -- "Of Water, Always Seeking" strangehorizons.com/poetry/of-wa...
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I've got poems eligible for the Hugo @laworldcon.bsky.social), Nebula ( @sfwa.org), and Rhysling awards ( @sfpoetry.bsky.social). Links:
@strangehorizons.bsky.social -- "Of Water, Always Seeking" strangehorizons.com/poetry/of-wa...
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January 14, 2026 at 2:18 PM
An eligibility post for you! If you are nominating for the Hugo, nebula, or Rhysling awards, I’d be really stoked if you’d consider my work!
Co-writing with @kambriel.com on our Ophelia poem was a dream!
I’m really very proud of the work I did last year!💜💜💜
Co-writing with @kambriel.com on our Ophelia poem was a dream!
I’m really very proud of the work I did last year!💜💜💜
Update: on the second plane.
I’m on a plane at 6am, which is not a time suited to my personal biorhythm. Thoughts and prayers.
January 14, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Update: on the second plane.
I’m on a plane at 6am, which is not a time suited to my personal biorhythm. Thoughts and prayers.
January 14, 2026 at 12:04 PM
I’m on a plane at 6am, which is not a time suited to my personal biorhythm. Thoughts and prayers.
Not my house, but I know my way around
January 14, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Not my house, but I know my way around
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Did you know that you, yes YOU, can vote in the Hugo Awards??
@mollytempleton.com breaks down the process, including how to register before the January 31st deadline!
@mollytempleton.com breaks down the process, including how to register before the January 31st deadline!
Anyone Can Vote in the Hugo Awards — And Here's How - Reactor
You — yes, you! — can nominate work and vote for the winners of the 2026 Hugo Awards!
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January 8, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Did you know that you, yes YOU, can vote in the Hugo Awards??
@mollytempleton.com breaks down the process, including how to register before the January 31st deadline!
@mollytempleton.com breaks down the process, including how to register before the January 31st deadline!
No, Martina and Tony, people don't do that, and if they do, BOOOOO. Boo those people.
![You’ve got super fans pausing and zooming in on individuals frames of your documentary. One allegedly shows one of the Duffers with a ChatGPT tab open on their computer. In your presence, what did they use ChatGPT for?
I mean, are we even sure they had ChatGPT open?
I’m personally not, but the internet seems sure.
Well, there’s a lot of chatter where [social media users] are like, “We don’t really know, but we’re assuming.” But to me it’s like, doesn’t everybody have it open, to just do quick research?
I do.
How can you possibly write a storyline with 19 characters and use ChatGPT, I don’t even understand.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7t2urmt3i33jl6tjgiolio6g/bafkreidw2tmcr2ayq74oqmjm5pn2tdox6hlxnpqevhuqqj6oa7nsslx3oi@jpeg)
January 13, 2026 at 10:40 PM
No, Martina and Tony, people don't do that, and if they do, BOOOOO. Boo those people.
I finally got around to watching M. Night Shyamalan's TRAP, and on the whole I found it quite wanting, but I did appreciate the bit where a character tries to use his psychopathy against him, talking like his mother, and he's just, "Really, did you think that was going to rattle me?"
January 13, 2026 at 7:42 PM
I finally got around to watching M. Night Shyamalan's TRAP, and on the whole I found it quite wanting, but I did appreciate the bit where a character tries to use his psychopathy against him, talking like his mother, and he's just, "Really, did you think that was going to rattle me?"
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I’ve basically engineered my life so I only see commercials when I’m watching something live (like the Golden Globes) and I forget how fucking weird so many are.
January 12, 2026 at 1:27 AM
I’ve basically engineered my life so I only see commercials when I’m watching something live (like the Golden Globes) and I forget how fucking weird so many are.
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.
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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.