@tonyphd2020.bsky.social
PhD in Learning Sciences
Research mentor to high school students
Cat parent 😺
Speculative sci-fi writer✍️
Professional improviser at ImprovCity 🎭
Research mentor to high school students
Cat parent 😺
Speculative sci-fi writer✍️
Professional improviser at ImprovCity 🎭
I was this month's staff highlight in my company newsletter!
I'm letting clients know that their kids are getting some graduate-level research mentorship and MFA-level writing advice.
I'm letting clients know that their kids are getting some graduate-level research mentorship and MFA-level writing advice.
December 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I was this month's staff highlight in my company newsletter!
I'm letting clients know that their kids are getting some graduate-level research mentorship and MFA-level writing advice.
I'm letting clients know that their kids are getting some graduate-level research mentorship and MFA-level writing advice.
It's already Christmas for Si!
November 29, 2025 at 4:03 AM
It's already Christmas for Si!
This is the closest that my mom has gotten to seeing her kids and grandkids together in one photo
November 26, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This is the closest that my mom has gotten to seeing her kids and grandkids together in one photo
I had no idea that I was wearing boxers as shorts 😂
November 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I had no idea that I was wearing boxers as shorts 😂
I finally got around to reading something by Blaylock (one of my writing teachers), and he a MASTER but doesn't get half the recognition he deserves.
His sentence structures are immaculate, and it's rich with his whimsical sense of humor with a sense of adventure in mundane. Fantastic low-fantasy ✨️
His sentence structures are immaculate, and it's rich with his whimsical sense of humor with a sense of adventure in mundane. Fantastic low-fantasy ✨️
November 14, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I finally got around to reading something by Blaylock (one of my writing teachers), and he a MASTER but doesn't get half the recognition he deserves.
His sentence structures are immaculate, and it's rich with his whimsical sense of humor with a sense of adventure in mundane. Fantastic low-fantasy ✨️
His sentence structures are immaculate, and it's rich with his whimsical sense of humor with a sense of adventure in mundane. Fantastic low-fantasy ✨️
Happy National Cat Day!
October 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Happy National Cat Day!
So excited! This is going to transform the way that I write 😎
October 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
So excited! This is going to transform the way that I write 😎
He likes to touch his paw on my arm to stay warm ☕️
October 24, 2025 at 3:21 AM
He likes to touch his paw on my arm to stay warm ☕️
This video is from 10 years ago! My then-roommate (his former owner) had just moved, and I accepted the role as his caretaker. I still tried to train him like a dog 🐕
October 20, 2025 at 8:50 AM
This video is from 10 years ago! My then-roommate (his former owner) had just moved, and I accepted the role as his caretaker. I still tried to train him like a dog 🐕
Question for all writers and readers:
In your opinion, which writers would you say have the best prose?
In my humble opinion (no order, just anyone with an A+ for woodcraft):
Ken Liu
Tim Powers
Michel Faber
NK Jemison
Fonda Lee
Dan Simmons
Vladimir Nabokov
In your opinion, which writers would you say have the best prose?
In my humble opinion (no order, just anyone with an A+ for woodcraft):
Ken Liu
Tim Powers
Michel Faber
NK Jemison
Fonda Lee
Dan Simmons
Vladimir Nabokov
October 13, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Question for all writers and readers:
In your opinion, which writers would you say have the best prose?
In my humble opinion (no order, just anyone with an A+ for woodcraft):
Ken Liu
Tim Powers
Michel Faber
NK Jemison
Fonda Lee
Dan Simmons
Vladimir Nabokov
In your opinion, which writers would you say have the best prose?
In my humble opinion (no order, just anyone with an A+ for woodcraft):
Ken Liu
Tim Powers
Michel Faber
NK Jemison
Fonda Lee
Dan Simmons
Vladimir Nabokov
I just writing finished Act III of my novel. (It will have a five-act structure, not a three-act.) I feel creatively exhausted but fulfilled.
It's enough for me to take a few weeks off from writing. ✍️
I'm so glad that my paycheck doesn't depend on this. It's purely a passion project.
It's enough for me to take a few weeks off from writing. ✍️
I'm so glad that my paycheck doesn't depend on this. It's purely a passion project.
October 10, 2025 at 6:31 AM
I just writing finished Act III of my novel. (It will have a five-act structure, not a three-act.) I feel creatively exhausted but fulfilled.
It's enough for me to take a few weeks off from writing. ✍️
I'm so glad that my paycheck doesn't depend on this. It's purely a passion project.
It's enough for me to take a few weeks off from writing. ✍️
I'm so glad that my paycheck doesn't depend on this. It's purely a passion project.
Si had a stressful day getting a haircut and bath today. He bit the groomer and broke skin 😭 I'm glad that he calmed down and gets some rest now 😴
September 30, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Si had a stressful day getting a haircut and bath today. He bit the groomer and broke skin 😭 I'm glad that he calmed down and gets some rest now 😴
I don't think that i slept this well since college
September 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I don't think that i slept this well since college
It's not published yet, but it's still cool seeing it sit alongside The Poppy War and Jade City 🤓
September 23, 2025 at 4:34 AM
It's not published yet, but it's still cool seeing it sit alongside The Poppy War and Jade City 🤓
Glad to cut down some subscriptions!
September 19, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Glad to cut down some subscriptions!
Up next... The Anubis Gates!
I never had time to read it when I was actually a student under Tim Powers, but he is a master of the craft.
Definitely a writer's writer. Someone i aspire to write like
I never had time to read it when I was actually a student under Tim Powers, but he is a master of the craft.
Definitely a writer's writer. Someone i aspire to write like
September 13, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Up next... The Anubis Gates!
I never had time to read it when I was actually a student under Tim Powers, but he is a master of the craft.
Definitely a writer's writer. Someone i aspire to write like
I never had time to read it when I was actually a student under Tim Powers, but he is a master of the craft.
Definitely a writer's writer. Someone i aspire to write like
I just finished the trilogy (Green Bone saga) and it is FANTASTIC.
I'm biased because I just love Hong Kong gangster movies and martial arts epics, so this was written specially FOR someone like me.
9/10
I'm biased because I just love Hong Kong gangster movies and martial arts epics, so this was written specially FOR someone like me.
9/10
September 13, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I just finished the trilogy (Green Bone saga) and it is FANTASTIC.
I'm biased because I just love Hong Kong gangster movies and martial arts epics, so this was written specially FOR someone like me.
9/10
I'm biased because I just love Hong Kong gangster movies and martial arts epics, so this was written specially FOR someone like me.
9/10
Play with your pets! 😺🕹
September 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Play with your pets! 😺🕹
My book is coming to life!
August 31, 2025 at 10:05 PM
My book is coming to life!
I haven't slept this well in literally three months
August 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I haven't slept this well in literally three months
Panda Express didn't even try to write a good fortune 🤣
August 19, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Panda Express didn't even try to write a good fortune 🤣
I have been making Si sleep in his own suite now, and he isn't waking me up in the middle of the night!
Now he wants to spend extra time in the morning together
Now he wants to spend extra time in the morning together
August 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I have been making Si sleep in his own suite now, and he isn't waking me up in the middle of the night!
Now he wants to spend extra time in the morning together
Now he wants to spend extra time in the morning together
