Angelo Varlotta @varl42@writing.exchange

One of the things I miss about the Google plus interface was how easy it was to search for/find & create small communities of interest.

I wish there was a way to do that more simply in the fediverse.

Would love to find more #writers, especially #specfic (#sciencefiction & #fantasy) writers.

There are some hashtags that can help us find one another - #amwriting & #amwritingscifi for example, but I don't thing many folks use them.

So, where are my spec fic writers at???

(Boosts welcome!)

Should use my Motorola StarTAC again?

If I showed up to any tech-related meetup with this baby, I'd garner instant street cred.

i read a thing recently that blew my mind a little.
went something like:

people can imagine time travel to the past and one little act making massive differences in the timeline

but in their present they think even the greatest effort they can put in will not make any difference to the future

What blows my mind about Mastodon is not so much its design or tech.

It's that people there read content that interests them and click links. I'm so used to the complete passivity, even apathy, of Twitter users, that what people do on Mastodon never ceases to amaze me.

#mastodon #fediverse

Lunar Eclipse yesterday

Here's the most recent piece I've written on comic books: it's about what it's like to be crazy in Gotham City and, equally, what it's like to read Batman stories as someone with a mental illness.

#comics #batman #mentalillness

https://neotextreview.com/culture/residents-of-a-serious-house-a-reflection-on-the-fine-line-between-illness-and-madness-in-gotham/

Current mood.

This could be us but the internet doesn’t let me just vibe next to you

I'm Martyn. (I swear I didn't add the "y" myself.) I'm a writer living in Melbourne, Australia.

Right now I'm working on a novel as part of a PhD on superhero stories; I'm also a screenwriter with a couple of projects in development in the US. I like all forms of stories, but comic books have always been my true love.

You can read some of my work at https://www.martynpedler.com, if you like. There's flash fiction if you're time-poor too!

#introduction #writing #fiction

#introduction time I guess. Hi, I'm Matt! Scientist by day and #writer / #artist / #gamer by night. I write mostly fantasy with some horror and sci fi, and my proudest writing achievement to date is currently that time a beta reader said my draft read like a collaboration between Terry Pratchett and Clive Barker.

Hoping to make some writer friends to share our WIP highs and lows.

Today I will spend most of the day looking at the Event Horizon Telescope image of Sgr A*!

This is the first direct image of the emission immediately outside of our Milky Way’s central supermassive black hole!!!

What surprised me most of viewing Space Shuttle Atlantis up close is the level of detail I could make out. The experience was almost hyper-real.

The vehicle is on display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

#space

If you're still on #BirdSite #BadBird it's worth reading New Twitter Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. From 10 June, no rules against offensive content. You give them royalty-free license to use, publish, & distribute your Content to the rest of the world and to let others do the same. Also ups advertising & may ban adblockers (my reading). New Privacy Policy says it Infers your Identity. They link device used with account & email address or phone number. NB #NZTwits
https://twitter.com/en/tos

Normal people: "Wooah you're a scientist, you must work with loads of high tech stuff"
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