M. K. Martin
@mkmartinwriter.com
#Writer - mostly #SFF * #Editor * #Veteran * SJW * Linguistics * Will work for tea, but not before 9:30 am
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M. K. Martin
@mkmartinwriter.com
· Dec 30
Are you excited about civilization's end?
Do you yearn for survival tips, flash fiction, cat pictures, and random observations about Ireland from an American living abroad?
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Do you yearn for survival tips, flash fiction, cat pictures, and random observations about Ireland from an American living abroad?
If you said, "Meh, why not?" have I got a newsletter for you!
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DEAR AMERICA: A BREAKUP LETTER
Breakups are hard. But sometimes they are the best option.
In this bestselling letter to his newly ex-country, @benjamingorman.bsky.social explains why he’s leaving America, and the reason is not your first guess.
Get yours today!
bit.ly/DAABL
Breakups are hard. But sometimes they are the best option.
In this bestselling letter to his newly ex-country, @benjamingorman.bsky.social explains why he’s leaving America, and the reason is not your first guess.
Get yours today!
bit.ly/DAABL
December 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
DEAR AMERICA: A BREAKUP LETTER
Breakups are hard. But sometimes they are the best option.
In this bestselling letter to his newly ex-country, @benjamingorman.bsky.social explains why he’s leaving America, and the reason is not your first guess.
Get yours today!
bit.ly/DAABL
Breakups are hard. But sometimes they are the best option.
In this bestselling letter to his newly ex-country, @benjamingorman.bsky.social explains why he’s leaving America, and the reason is not your first guess.
Get yours today!
bit.ly/DAABL
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Boycott all movies, entertainments, concerts, newspapers which are in any way connected with the quisling authorities.
December 22, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Boycott all movies, entertainments, concerts, newspapers which are in any way connected with the quisling authorities.
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if you can’t write without asking chatgpt what to do, you can’t write. period.
December 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
if you can’t write without asking chatgpt what to do, you can’t write. period.
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Just to remind you that the livestream of the solstice sunrise from Newgrange starts 12 hours from now.
heritageireland.ie/visit/newgra...
heritageireland.ie/visit/newgra...
Newgrange Winter Solstice 2025 | Heritage Ireland
Newgrange is the best known of the 3 great passage tombs in the Brú na Bóinne complex. The passage and chamber are aligned in a
heritageireland.ie
December 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Just to remind you that the livestream of the solstice sunrise from Newgrange starts 12 hours from now.
heritageireland.ie/visit/newgra...
heritageireland.ie/visit/newgra...
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I already wrote the books. It seems mean to make me talk about them coherently.
December 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I already wrote the books. It seems mean to make me talk about them coherently.
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Support your local bookstore. They're still selling queer books while big stores are quietly removing us from the shelves.
December 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Support your local bookstore. They're still selling queer books while big stores are quietly removing us from the shelves.
Ah, the holiday season - that wonderful time of the year where our older relatives absolutely lose their ever-loving minds because the package they expected to arrive at 11:37 isn't here yet and it's 11:42 already!
Beloved elders - that package may not arrive for days.
CHILL THE F*CK OUT!
Beloved elders - that package may not arrive for days.
CHILL THE F*CK OUT!
December 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Ah, the holiday season - that wonderful time of the year where our older relatives absolutely lose their ever-loving minds because the package they expected to arrive at 11:37 isn't here yet and it's 11:42 already!
Beloved elders - that package may not arrive for days.
CHILL THE F*CK OUT!
Beloved elders - that package may not arrive for days.
CHILL THE F*CK OUT!
How ‘fun’ that BioShock 3 is being setting the Caribbean.
Unless you happen to live there, right?
There’s no chance this white man will treat the Black and brown folk of St. Kitts & Nevis with dignity or respect while he pursues his ‘freedom’ (from consequences).
Unless you happen to live there, right?
There’s no chance this white man will treat the Black and brown folk of St. Kitts & Nevis with dignity or respect while he pursues his ‘freedom’ (from consequences).
Belgian crypto billionaire Olivier Janssens is planning to establish a "libertarian community" with its own legal system in Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Belgian crypto-billionaire wants to build the ‘Dubai of the Caribbean’
Belgian crypto-billionaire wants to build the 'Dubai of the Caribbean'
www.brusselstimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:33 AM
How ‘fun’ that BioShock 3 is being setting the Caribbean.
Unless you happen to live there, right?
There’s no chance this white man will treat the Black and brown folk of St. Kitts & Nevis with dignity or respect while he pursues his ‘freedom’ (from consequences).
Unless you happen to live there, right?
There’s no chance this white man will treat the Black and brown folk of St. Kitts & Nevis with dignity or respect while he pursues his ‘freedom’ (from consequences).
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PSA: Our roadmap for 2026:
December 16, 2025 at 10:22 AM
PSA: Our roadmap for 2026:
Going into 2026 like...
December 16, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Going into 2026 like...
Truly, it's the proudly ignorant white male bullies we need to spend time and emotional labor on.
How else will we ever understand that bigots are the real victims?
I hate it here...
How else will we ever understand that bigots are the real victims?
I hate it here...
I do not want Gaston backstory, I do not need Gaston backstory, I reject Gaston backstory
he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him
he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him
Disney Developing Live-Action ‘Gaston’ Movie From Writer Dave Callaham And Producer Michelle Rejwan
Disney is in early development on a new live-action pic centered on the Beauty and the Beast character Gaston.
deadline.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Truly, it's the proudly ignorant white male bullies we need to spend time and emotional labor on.
How else will we ever understand that bigots are the real victims?
I hate it here...
How else will we ever understand that bigots are the real victims?
I hate it here...
I’m not crying, you’re crying 😭
Please go watch the Intermarche commercial, it made me cry and warmed my heart youtu.be/iLERt5ZkpQ4?...
Intermarché - Unloved
YouTube video by Romance Agency
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I’m not crying, you’re crying 😭
Want ideas? FUND HUMAN CREATIVES
I know tons of writers who have amazing ideas.
Instead, we get Disney trying to do Gaston’s backstory because money is the only motivator capitalism allows.
I know tons of writers who have amazing ideas.
Instead, we get Disney trying to do Gaston’s backstory because money is the only motivator capitalism allows.
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Want ideas? FUND HUMAN CREATIVES
I know tons of writers who have amazing ideas.
Instead, we get Disney trying to do Gaston’s backstory because money is the only motivator capitalism allows.
I know tons of writers who have amazing ideas.
Instead, we get Disney trying to do Gaston’s backstory because money is the only motivator capitalism allows.
Loner women: I shall write, craft, garden, organize book clubs, spend time with friends, travel, bake, indulge my 3-15 cats…
Loner men: I’m gonna shoot up some random public location.
So, yes, it’s a problem because men apparently aren’t strong enough to be alone without endangering others.
Loner men: I’m gonna shoot up some random public location.
So, yes, it’s a problem because men apparently aren’t strong enough to be alone without endangering others.
I think it’s also true that loneliness among women has historically been treated as an individual problem, while loneliness among men is treated as a societal problem. That, in turn, comes from an assumption that women are supposed to earn the company of others while men are entitled to it.
men’s loneliness gets “more airtime”?
baby I have lived the past three decades of my life witnessing corporate media elevate men’s loneliness into a full-blown balls-to-the-wall CRISIS once every 4-5 years
“more airtime” is hilarious
baby I have lived the past three decades of my life witnessing corporate media elevate men’s loneliness into a full-blown balls-to-the-wall CRISIS once every 4-5 years
“more airtime” is hilarious
December 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Loner women: I shall write, craft, garden, organize book clubs, spend time with friends, travel, bake, indulge my 3-15 cats…
Loner men: I’m gonna shoot up some random public location.
So, yes, it’s a problem because men apparently aren’t strong enough to be alone without endangering others.
Loner men: I’m gonna shoot up some random public location.
So, yes, it’s a problem because men apparently aren’t strong enough to be alone without endangering others.
Book 1: Biopharma corp uses good science for evil and now we've got fast mutants.
Book 2: More fast mutants with a side of the collapse of Western civilization.
Book3: Actually, the fast mutants are kind of manageable and it turns out the humans were the real problem all along.
Book 2: More fast mutants with a side of the collapse of Western civilization.
Book3: Actually, the fast mutants are kind of manageable and it turns out the humans were the real problem all along.
Time to eat your vegetables again y'all! What's a one-sentence elevator pitch for your book? If you need help, [thing] meets [thing] is a great baseline. #WritingPrompt
December 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Book 1: Biopharma corp uses good science for evil and now we've got fast mutants.
Book 2: More fast mutants with a side of the collapse of Western civilization.
Book3: Actually, the fast mutants are kind of manageable and it turns out the humans were the real problem all along.
Book 2: More fast mutants with a side of the collapse of Western civilization.
Book3: Actually, the fast mutants are kind of manageable and it turns out the humans were the real problem all along.
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"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—"
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
December 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—"
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
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Why would I want to read a book you couldn't be arsed to write?
I read to better understand the HUMAN experience, not to support the #nerdreich tech bros' quest to accelerate the climate crisis.
#NoAI
I read to better understand the HUMAN experience, not to support the #nerdreich tech bros' quest to accelerate the climate crisis.
#NoAI
I don’t care if your book has a Paint cover. I don’t care if you have typos. I don’t care if you took the cover photo with your phone. But I do not want to read a book YOU DID NOT WRITE.
Writing requires you to write. To feel. To think. To impart that. That is step one to Being a Writer.
Writing requires you to write. To feel. To think. To impart that. That is step one to Being a Writer.
December 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Why would I want to read a book you couldn't be arsed to write?
I read to better understand the HUMAN experience, not to support the #nerdreich tech bros' quest to accelerate the climate crisis.
#NoAI
I read to better understand the HUMAN experience, not to support the #nerdreich tech bros' quest to accelerate the climate crisis.
#NoAI
Republican women knew the whole time.
They just hoped that ‘keeping sweet and obeying’ would mean they got a better class of misogyny than those other women.
Well, turns out misogynists hate ALL women, even the ones who are complicit in their own subjugation.
#FAFO
They just hoped that ‘keeping sweet and obeying’ would mean they got a better class of misogyny than those other women.
Well, turns out misogynists hate ALL women, even the ones who are complicit in their own subjugation.
#FAFO
Republican Women Suddenly Realize They’re Surrounded by Misogynists www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
Opinion | Republican Women Suddenly Realize They’re Surrounded by Misogynists
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Republican women knew the whole time.
They just hoped that ‘keeping sweet and obeying’ would mean they got a better class of misogyny than those other women.
Well, turns out misogynists hate ALL women, even the ones who are complicit in their own subjugation.
#FAFO
They just hoped that ‘keeping sweet and obeying’ would mean they got a better class of misogyny than those other women.
Well, turns out misogynists hate ALL women, even the ones who are complicit in their own subjugation.
#FAFO
🧵 - My reading year (40 & counting).
Reviews & ratings are the lifeblood of authors, especially the self-pub and/or indies.
Plz don't tag authors - reviews are for readers.
Adding a quick plug here for Thestorygraph.com as an alternative to the one Bezos owes - Just started using it myself 🤩
1/?
Reviews & ratings are the lifeblood of authors, especially the self-pub and/or indies.
Plz don't tag authors - reviews are for readers.
Adding a quick plug here for Thestorygraph.com as an alternative to the one Bezos owes - Just started using it myself 🤩
1/?
The StoryGraph
We'll help you track your reading and choose your next book.
thestorygraph.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
🧵 - My reading year (40 & counting).
Reviews & ratings are the lifeblood of authors, especially the self-pub and/or indies.
Plz don't tag authors - reviews are for readers.
Adding a quick plug here for Thestorygraph.com as an alternative to the one Bezos owes - Just started using it myself 🤩
1/?
Reviews & ratings are the lifeblood of authors, especially the self-pub and/or indies.
Plz don't tag authors - reviews are for readers.
Adding a quick plug here for Thestorygraph.com as an alternative to the one Bezos owes - Just started using it myself 🤩
1/?
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📌 ciaraioch.com is now taking Christmas orders for prints, cards, and vouchers - each archival-quality print on heavy art paper is made in Ireland, ships internationally in eco-friendly packaging with discount tracked postage, and comes with a FREE card and treats for every customer 🎁 #SpéirGorm
December 3, 2025 at 8:25 AM
📌 ciaraioch.com is now taking Christmas orders for prints, cards, and vouchers - each archival-quality print on heavy art paper is made in Ireland, ships internationally in eco-friendly packaging with discount tracked postage, and comes with a FREE card and treats for every customer 🎁 #SpéirGorm
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#StormBram
‘The waves were so great that in their troughs the shallows of the shore were almost visible, and the schooner, with all sails set, was rushing with such speed that, in the words of one old salt, "she must fetch up somewhere, if it was only in hell".’
#Dracula #SpéirGhorm
‘The waves were so great that in their troughs the shallows of the shore were almost visible, and the schooner, with all sails set, was rushing with such speed that, in the words of one old salt, "she must fetch up somewhere, if it was only in hell".’
#Dracula #SpéirGhorm
December 8, 2025 at 10:53 AM
#StormBram
‘The waves were so great that in their troughs the shallows of the shore were almost visible, and the schooner, with all sails set, was rushing with such speed that, in the words of one old salt, "she must fetch up somewhere, if it was only in hell".’
#Dracula #SpéirGhorm
‘The waves were so great that in their troughs the shallows of the shore were almost visible, and the schooner, with all sails set, was rushing with such speed that, in the words of one old salt, "she must fetch up somewhere, if it was only in hell".’
#Dracula #SpéirGhorm
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Support your indie bookstores!
This is the end, or one of many ends >> www.thebookseller.com/news/waterst...
Waterstones would stock AI books if 'clearly labelled and customers wanted them', says CEO
Waterstones would stock books created by AI if customers wanted them and they were clearly labelled, CEO James Daunt has said, but it is “something that we would recoil [from]”.
www.thebookseller.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Support your indie bookstores!
"Do not look at Borrogg with the Fiery Eye!"
Too late; they looked. The resulting quest begins here.
Get TOND, BOOK ONE: THE SONS OF TLAEN RAS-ERKÉLTIS by @stevenericscribner.bsky today!
www.amazon.com/Tond-Book-On...
#YA #ComingOfAge #epicfantasyseries
@writerstsunami.bsky.social
Too late; they looked. The resulting quest begins here.
Get TOND, BOOK ONE: THE SONS OF TLAEN RAS-ERKÉLTIS by @stevenericscribner.bsky today!
www.amazon.com/Tond-Book-On...
#YA #ComingOfAge #epicfantasyseries
@writerstsunami.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"Do not look at Borrogg with the Fiery Eye!"
Too late; they looked. The resulting quest begins here.
Get TOND, BOOK ONE: THE SONS OF TLAEN RAS-ERKÉLTIS by @stevenericscribner.bsky today!
www.amazon.com/Tond-Book-On...
#YA #ComingOfAge #epicfantasyseries
@writerstsunami.bsky.social
Too late; they looked. The resulting quest begins here.
Get TOND, BOOK ONE: THE SONS OF TLAEN RAS-ERKÉLTIS by @stevenericscribner.bsky today!
www.amazon.com/Tond-Book-On...
#YA #ComingOfAge #epicfantasyseries
@writerstsunami.bsky.social