Michal
@inkasrain.bsky.social
there are no cats in America, and the streets are paved with cheese.
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Michal
@inkasrain.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Hey, I’m Michal. (Not Michael.) Writer of screen (prev. The Dragon Prince) and prose. Former entertainment journalist, semi-current podcaster, occasional songwriter/lyricist, and always religious Jewish human who swears. Still not bound to please thee with my answers.
YouTube has started pointing me toward AI sea shanties.
I knew nothing was sacred, but this is something else.
I knew nothing was sacred, but this is something else.
November 25, 2025 at 12:16 AM
YouTube has started pointing me toward AI sea shanties.
I knew nothing was sacred, but this is something else.
I knew nothing was sacred, but this is something else.
SUNDAY! Join me and @naominovik.bsky.social in conversation about her landmark work of Jewish fantasy, SPINNING SILVER!
11:30 am at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, followed by a signing at 12:50!
Attendance is FREE, sign up here —https://mjhnyc.org/events/2025-new-york-jewish-book-festival/
11:30 am at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, followed by a signing at 12:50!
Attendance is FREE, sign up here —https://mjhnyc.org/events/2025-new-york-jewish-book-festival/
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
SUNDAY! Join me and @naominovik.bsky.social in conversation about her landmark work of Jewish fantasy, SPINNING SILVER!
11:30 am at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, followed by a signing at 12:50!
Attendance is FREE, sign up here —https://mjhnyc.org/events/2025-new-york-jewish-book-festival/
11:30 am at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, followed by a signing at 12:50!
Attendance is FREE, sign up here —https://mjhnyc.org/events/2025-new-york-jewish-book-festival/
The absolute GALL of quoting Byron and P. Shelley in an adaptation of Frankenstein. HONESTLY.
November 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The absolute GALL of quoting Byron and P. Shelley in an adaptation of Frankenstein. HONESTLY.
Incredibly excited for this!
Next weekend (Sun, Nov 16), I'll be at the 2025 New York Jewish Book Festival, hosted by the Museum of Jewish Heritage to discuss SPINNING SILVER with Michal Schick at 11:30 AM, with a signing to follow.
The festival is free to attend with registration - sign up at mjhnyc.org/events/20...
The festival is free to attend with registration - sign up at mjhnyc.org/events/20...
November 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Incredibly excited for this!
AI is a choice.
AI is a choice.
AI is a CHOICE.
AI is a choice.
AI is a CHOICE.
November 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
AI is a choice.
AI is a choice.
AI is a CHOICE.
AI is a choice.
AI is a CHOICE.
NYCC! I’m moderating “Telling Jewish Stories in YA Fiction” with @andreamax.bsky.social (The Art of Exile), @sachalamb.bsky.social (When the Angles Left the Old Country), AR Vishny (Night Owls), and @levacrosen.bsky.social (Lavender House, Tennessee Russo series, etc.)!
Thursday! 2pm! Room 406.3!
Thursday! 2pm! Room 406.3!
October 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
NYCC! I’m moderating “Telling Jewish Stories in YA Fiction” with @andreamax.bsky.social (The Art of Exile), @sachalamb.bsky.social (When the Angles Left the Old Country), AR Vishny (Night Owls), and @levacrosen.bsky.social (Lavender House, Tennessee Russo series, etc.)!
Thursday! 2pm! Room 406.3!
Thursday! 2pm! Room 406.3!
My favorite kind of email is when Venmo and Zelle are like, “You just sent someone money!”
THANKS. I FORGOT.
THANKS. I FORGOT.
September 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
My favorite kind of email is when Venmo and Zelle are like, “You just sent someone money!”
THANKS. I FORGOT.
THANKS. I FORGOT.
when you’re pretty sure the rapture didn’t happen, but you just spent two days in shul surrounded by Jews so it’s not like you‘d be able to tell.
September 25, 2025 at 1:50 AM
when you’re pretty sure the rapture didn’t happen, but you just spent two days in shul surrounded by Jews so it’s not like you‘d be able to tell.
the thing about the Mets is that you do love them. you love them so much.
THEORETICALLY.
THEORETICALLY.
September 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
the thing about the Mets is that you do love them. you love them so much.
THEORETICALLY.
THEORETICALLY.
Can’t wait to go to Disneyworld and ride the Jungle Fever Cruise, Don’t Test Track, Rise of the Vaccine Resistant, and It’s A Sick World!
Plus there’ll be like no lines.
Plus there’ll be like no lines.
Florida surgeon general says state will eliminate all vaccine mandates
"Every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery," Dr. Joseph Ladapo said. "Who am I to tell you what your child should put in [their] body?"
www.nbcnews.com
September 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Can’t wait to go to Disneyworld and ride the Jungle Fever Cruise, Don’t Test Track, Rise of the Vaccine Resistant, and It’s A Sick World!
Plus there’ll be like no lines.
Plus there’ll be like no lines.
You really do have to hand it to the Mets, they can lose under literally any circumstance.
July 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
You really do have to hand it to the Mets, they can lose under literally any circumstance.
I hate this for me, but I’m going cold turkey on the Mets for now. I don’t need the stress.
June 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I hate this for me, but I’m going cold turkey on the Mets for now. I don’t need the stress.
Uhhh I think I have a synopsis for this book-thing.
I don’t really know how I feel about it or how the story will eventually look.
But… progress?
I don’t really know how I feel about it or how the story will eventually look.
But… progress?
June 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Uhhh I think I have a synopsis for this book-thing.
I don’t really know how I feel about it or how the story will eventually look.
But… progress?
I don’t really know how I feel about it or how the story will eventually look.
But… progress?
With respect to both, “28 Years Later was shot on an iPhone” is the “Ariana Grande had to audition for Glinda like everyone else” of 2025.
June 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
With respect to both, “28 Years Later was shot on an iPhone” is the “Ariana Grande had to audition for Glinda like everyone else” of 2025.
Ah yes, this is the Mets
June 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Ah yes, this is the Mets
Okay but we haven’t seen the sun in New York City since like Thursday
June 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Okay but we haven’t seen the sun in New York City since like Thursday
I can’t claim that this is the best use of either my time or my money, but I got myself a refurb iPad and am trying to teach myself Procreate.
(It’s hard, tips and advice DEARLY WELCOMED)
(It’s hard, tips and advice DEARLY WELCOMED)
June 17, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I can’t claim that this is the best use of either my time or my money, but I got myself a refurb iPad and am trying to teach myself Procreate.
(It’s hard, tips and advice DEARLY WELCOMED)
(It’s hard, tips and advice DEARLY WELCOMED)
Doing “research” on minor league baseball for a feature counts as writing… my novel… right?
June 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Doing “research” on minor league baseball for a feature counts as writing… my novel… right?
well finished THAT chapter
a man stands in front of a green door with the number 20 written on it
ALT: a man stands in front of a green door with the number 20 written on it
media.tenor.com
June 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
well finished THAT chapter
Sorting through some stuff. I have a lot of socks.
A LOT of socks.
A LOT of socks.
June 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Sorting through some stuff. I have a lot of socks.
A LOT of socks.
A LOT of socks.
Did I get to the “BRILLIANT ECCENTRIC DETECTIVE REVEALS ALL” scene in The Tainted Cup right as Shavuos ended, yes, yes I did.
Anyway, great book, would slap in animation.
Anyway, great book, would slap in animation.
June 4, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Did I get to the “BRILLIANT ECCENTRIC DETECTIVE REVEALS ALL” scene in The Tainted Cup right as Shavuos ended, yes, yes I did.
Anyway, great book, would slap in animation.
Anyway, great book, would slap in animation.
Shoutout to the huge group of girls who just spoiled the whole of SINNERS for me in the AMC bathroom lol
May 29, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Shoutout to the huge group of girls who just spoiled the whole of SINNERS for me in the AMC bathroom lol