The Squid's Ink | Dominic Matte
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The Squid's Ink | Dominic Matte
@thesquidsink.com
Fantasy author writing mostly modern-ish novels and shorts.
Also enjoy food, birds, video and board games, and my dog.
https://thesquidsink.com/about/
Spent this morning plotting out my short story for the 15th. Not as productive as I'd like, but I have a solid outline and more character notes than I did before.
Once again wanting to talk about this story/series but it's so NSFW that it feels wrong to be too public 😅

#writing #writingcommunity
February 4, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Excellent dinner tonight at The Wren (Danforth, Toronto)

#food #foodporn #burger
February 3, 2026 at 12:00 AM
New short story!

Court paladin Justiciar Radiant is determined to enjoy her day off despite Brigadier Kat Morowa-Arnesdotr's repeated attempts to intrude.

Early access for paid members.

Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/lost-w...

Substack: open.substack.com/pub/thesquid...

#fantasy #shortstories
February 1, 2026 at 3:02 PM
A friend implied it would be ridiculous to go out on the coldest day of the polar vortex, so of course I had to. Those birds weren't gonna watch themselves. Not that we ended up seeing many.

#winter #toronto
February 1, 2026 at 3:48 AM
My wife after doing groceries:

"I didn't get that much cheese, just two old cheddar, two medium, two marble, one extra old, one mozzarella, one Monterey jack, one Mexican jalapeno."

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February 1, 2026 at 2:16 AM
I have a thing for making my video game characters look like regular dudes instead of appropriately sci-fi or fantasy, and if possible, dress them like me IRL.
This is my Deep Rock Galactic dwarf after the latest update.

#videogames #dwarf
February 1, 2026 at 12:02 AM
After a quick edit, tomorrow's short story is scheduled! A little sequel to Lost Witness, the story about a court paladin attempting to serve a summons to a ghost to be a trial witness.
This time she's on her day off and someone familiar keeps trying to intrude.

#writing #fantasy #shortstories
January 31, 2026 at 5:08 PM
We went out for Taco Tuesday

#food #foodporn #tacos
January 28, 2026 at 2:52 AM
I should be writing today but instead I am going to see The Fellowship of the Ring extended in theatre!

#books #booksky #lotr
January 26, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Toronto snowstorm morning-after update: the backyard is waist deep and for the first time in his nearly 9 years, Diefenbaker does NOT want to go out and play

#toronto #ontario #snowstorm #snow #snowpocalypse2026
January 26, 2026 at 3:13 PM
This is how much snow we got in Toronto today

#snowstorm #snow #toronto
January 26, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Still need to take the dog out tonight

#toronto #snow #snowpocalypse2026
January 26, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Typing this from Linux Fedora (after a reinstall hiccup caused by a drive encryption issue)!

Reinstalling all my stuff and customizing settings.

#linux
January 25, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Well I just hit the "yes install Fedora and delete entire hard drive" button.

I have a backup of my documents, I have cloud storage, I have a full disk image, and I have a separate Windows laptop.

First time therefore still scary.

#linux
January 24, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Experimenting with Linux Fedora off a bootable live USB and my impression is that I can def handle this but I'm still intimidated to do it on my real PC and find out if I can do the essential drivers and stuff that won't go on the USB.
January 24, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Bought tickets for The Lord of the Rings extended theatrical re-release! So excited!

#movies #lotr
January 24, 2026 at 12:07 AM
What are the spell components required to cast Summon [Your Name]?
January 23, 2026 at 10:44 PM
So embarrassed to find out after four years that my G-Sync monitor doesn't enable G-Sync on HDMI cable, requires DisplayPort.

It works now...
January 23, 2026 at 3:15 AM
New chapter of Ravenshore's Antimagic!
Kat and King MacReady are both about to get more than they prepared for with the sudden return of an old face.

Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/ravens...

Substack: open.substack.com/pub/thesquid...

#fantasy #fantasybooks #writing
January 22, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Well this is gonna be fun
January 21, 2026 at 8:36 PM
When we were leaving the Empire State Building, a sign used the acronym ESB and ever since I have been calling it the Empire Strikes Back.
January 21, 2026 at 4:16 PM
When we were leaving the Empire State Building, a sign used the acronym ESB and ever since I have been calling it the Empire Strikes Back.
January 21, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Kickstarter expansion and goodies are here!

#boardgames
January 20, 2026 at 11:44 PM
After I experience a story I like to read reviews and discussions to help figure out my own feelings.

Disagreeing and analyzing why is a powerful tool.

"Villeneuve's Dune is written like a bad Marvel movie, poorly acted, visually flat and unimaginative."

Oh... you're a moron.

1/2

#movies
January 18, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Blasted out a whole story draft. 2868 words. Not confident in it yet, don't feel like enough actually happened even though I hit all the points I wanted to. But maybe that's OK? I dunno. Will think about it, plenty of time before I post on Feb 1st.

#writing #writers #writingcommunity #writersky
January 17, 2026 at 9:02 PM