Worldbuilding for Masochists
@worldbuildcast.bsky.social
5x Hugo Award Finalist podcast about fantasy worldbuilding, hosted by nerds who love to overcomplicate things: Marshall Ryan Maresca, Cass Morris, and Natania Barron
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Hilarious that, right before talking about what to do with your hands while public speaking, I give a great example of what NOT to do as my right hand just does that constant loop thing. 😅
Look, I can control it at a podium, but I'm not used to being filmed during podcasting. 😂
Look, I can control it at a podium, but I'm not used to being filmed during podcasting. 😂
How to TALK about WRITING ✍️🗣️
Ep. 188 airs tomorrow, with co-hosts @adrianmgibson.bsky.social @mjkuhnbooks.bsky.social Greta Kelly and the hosts of @worldbuildcast.bsky.social delving into interviewing, public speaking, cons and more.
Available on Feb. 3
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Ep. 188 airs tomorrow, with co-hosts @adrianmgibson.bsky.social @mjkuhnbooks.bsky.social Greta Kelly and the hosts of @worldbuildcast.bsky.social delving into interviewing, public speaking, cons and more.
Available on Feb. 3
linktr.ee/SFFAddicts
youtube.com/@FanFiAddict
February 2, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Hilarious that, right before talking about what to do with your hands while public speaking, I give a great example of what NOT to do as my right hand just does that constant loop thing. 😅
Look, I can control it at a podium, but I'm not used to being filmed during podcasting. 😂
Look, I can control it at a podium, but I'm not used to being filmed during podcasting. 😂
Thanks again to @sffaddictspod.bsky.social for joining us for this crossover episode!
Ep. 188 is LIVE! Join co-hosts @adrianmgibson.bsky.social @mjkuhnbooks.bsky.social & Greta Kelly and the hosts of @worldbuildcast.bsky.social for their epic crossover panel on HOW TO TALK ABOUT WRITING.
Stream/download/watch Ep. 188:
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Stream/download/watch Ep. 188:
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youtu.be/RywutjE_18o?...
February 3, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Thanks again to @sffaddictspod.bsky.social for joining us for this crossover episode!
There comes a time in the life of every author when they have to do that truly terrifying thing: Talk about their book. In this special crossover episode with @sffaddictspod.bsky.social, we talk about talking about writing!
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Episode 173: Talking about Writing: A Crossover Episode with SFF ADDICTS (Adrian M. Gibson, M.J. Kuhn, & Greta Kelly) | Worldbuilding for Masochists
There comes a time in the life of every author when they have to do that truly terrifying thing: Talk about their book. In this special crossover episode with SFF Addicts, we talk about talking about ...
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January 28, 2026 at 6:08 PM
There comes a time in the life of every author when they have to do that truly terrifying thing: Talk about their book. In this special crossover episode with @sffaddictspod.bsky.social, we talk about talking about writing!
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PSA: If you've got 50 bucks, you can get a huge packet of media and nominate & vote for the Hugo Awards!
We want you 🫵 to vote in The Hugo Awards and it's really not as complicated as it looks:
Anyone Can Vote in the Hugo Awards — And Here's How - Reactor
You — yes, you! — can nominate work and vote for the winners of the 2026 Hugo Awards!
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January 13, 2026 at 6:48 PM
PSA: If you've got 50 bucks, you can get a huge packet of media and nominate & vote for the Hugo Awards!
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New pinned intro thread!
I’m Marshall Ryan Maresca, fantasy author who works on all sorts of things, including:
-a big interwoven fantasy epic - The Maradaine Saga
-a dieselpunk fantasy of motorcycles and mayhem - The Velocity of Revolution
-a 5x Hugo nommed podcast (@worldbuildcast.bsky.social)
I’m Marshall Ryan Maresca, fantasy author who works on all sorts of things, including:
-a big interwoven fantasy epic - The Maradaine Saga
-a dieselpunk fantasy of motorcycles and mayhem - The Velocity of Revolution
-a 5x Hugo nommed podcast (@worldbuildcast.bsky.social)
January 6, 2026 at 3:57 AM
New pinned intro thread!
I’m Marshall Ryan Maresca, fantasy author who works on all sorts of things, including:
-a big interwoven fantasy epic - The Maradaine Saga
-a dieselpunk fantasy of motorcycles and mayhem - The Velocity of Revolution
-a 5x Hugo nommed podcast (@worldbuildcast.bsky.social)
I’m Marshall Ryan Maresca, fantasy author who works on all sorts of things, including:
-a big interwoven fantasy epic - The Maradaine Saga
-a dieselpunk fantasy of motorcycles and mayhem - The Velocity of Revolution
-a 5x Hugo nommed podcast (@worldbuildcast.bsky.social)
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Today on Patreon: Last week on @worldbuildcast.bsky.social, we talked about building calendars for fantasy worlds, so I thought I'd share the ones I put together for the WIP!
Behind-the-Page: Shattered Souls Calendars | Cass Morris
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January 6, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Today on Patreon: Last week on @worldbuildcast.bsky.social, we talked about building calendars for fantasy worlds, so I thought I'd share the ones I put together for the WIP!
The deadline to register & be Hugo-voting-eligible is January 31st!
Did you know that ANYONE can vote in the Hugo Awards? Read on to find out how:
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Anyone Can Vote in the Hugo Awards — And Here's How - Reactor
You — yes, you! — can nominate work and vote for the winners of the 2026 Hugo Awards!
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January 9, 2026 at 12:03 AM
The deadline to register & be Hugo-voting-eligible is January 31st!
We'll be recording later this week! Get your questions in before 3pm EST on Friday, 12/26.
The end of the year approaches! That means it's time for our annual Q&A episode, so if you've got a question for the WFM hosts, respond to this thread, slide into our DMs, or email it to worldbuildcast@gmail.com.
We'll get to as many as we can in an upcoming episode!
We'll get to as many as we can in an upcoming episode!
December 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
We'll be recording later this week! Get your questions in before 3pm EST on Friday, 12/26.
Okay, so now you've Worldbuilt too close to the sun. What do you do now? Our hosts ask the question (and give some answers) about what to do with excess worldbuilding!
NEW EPISODE: Episode 170: Save It for the Patreon
Listen now: https://bit.ly/WFMPOD170
NEW EPISODE: Episode 170: Save It for the Patreon
Listen now: https://bit.ly/WFMPOD170
December 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Okay, so now you've Worldbuilt too close to the sun. What do you do now? Our hosts ask the question (and give some answers) about what to do with excess worldbuilding!
NEW EPISODE: Episode 170: Save It for the Patreon
Listen now: https://bit.ly/WFMPOD170
NEW EPISODE: Episode 170: Save It for the Patreon
Listen now: https://bit.ly/WFMPOD170
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The end of the year approaches! That means it's time for our annual Q&A episode, so if you've got a question for the WFM hosts, respond to this thread, slide into our DMs, or email it to worldbuildcast@gmail.com.
We'll get to as many as we can in an upcoming episode!
We'll get to as many as we can in an upcoming episode!
December 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The end of the year approaches! That means it's time for our annual Q&A episode, so if you've got a question for the WFM hosts, respond to this thread, slide into our DMs, or email it to worldbuildcast@gmail.com.
We'll get to as many as we can in an upcoming episode!
We'll get to as many as we can in an upcoming episode!
The end of the year approaches! That means it's time for our annual Q&A episode, so if you've got a question for the WFM hosts, respond to this thread, slide into our DMs, or email it to worldbuildcast@gmail.com.
We'll get to as many as we can in an upcoming episode!
We'll get to as many as we can in an upcoming episode!
December 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The end of the year approaches! That means it's time for our annual Q&A episode, so if you've got a question for the WFM hosts, respond to this thread, slide into our DMs, or email it to worldbuildcast@gmail.com.
We'll get to as many as we can in an upcoming episode!
We'll get to as many as we can in an upcoming episode!
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good morning, I have noticed that some of the critical responses to the Crave show Heated Rivalry have been, let's say, incomplete
sex scenes are craft! goddammit!
sex scenes are craft! goddammit!
Anatomy of a Sex Scene: Heated Rivalry Edition - Reading the End
Heated Rivalry, AKA the gay hockey show, has been getting a lot of buzz for its explicit(-ish) sex scenes, and a lot of that buzz has been coming from viewers and critics whose experience with the rom...
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December 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
good morning, I have noticed that some of the critical responses to the Crave show Heated Rivalry have been, let's say, incomplete
sex scenes are craft! goddammit!
sex scenes are craft! goddammit!
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One more day for the reprise of the Murderbot, Witch King, and my other fantasy novels Humble Bundle! #booksky
Unlock and upgrade in the Return to Metroidvania rebundle, read up on exciting Sci-Fi with Matha Wells’ Murderbot & more, and add character to your game environments with the Best of Synty 4 Game Dev Assets rebundles! https://bit.ly/4oxXmjd
December 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
One more day for the reprise of the Murderbot, Witch King, and my other fantasy novels Humble Bundle! #booksky
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The Maradaine Saga:
Deft do-gooder defeats drug-dealers with dextrous derring-do!
Constable colleagues crack cases with competent craft!
Stealthy siblings stop sadistic scheme and seek satisfaction with swindles and stabbing!
Pacifist paladins protects populace from perilous plots!
maradaine.com
Deft do-gooder defeats drug-dealers with dextrous derring-do!
Constable colleagues crack cases with competent craft!
Stealthy siblings stop sadistic scheme and seek satisfaction with swindles and stabbing!
Pacifist paladins protects populace from perilous plots!
maradaine.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The Maradaine Saga:
Deft do-gooder defeats drug-dealers with dextrous derring-do!
Constable colleagues crack cases with competent craft!
Stealthy siblings stop sadistic scheme and seek satisfaction with swindles and stabbing!
Pacifist paladins protects populace from perilous plots!
maradaine.com
Deft do-gooder defeats drug-dealers with dextrous derring-do!
Constable colleagues crack cases with competent craft!
Stealthy siblings stop sadistic scheme and seek satisfaction with swindles and stabbing!
Pacifist paladins protects populace from perilous plots!
maradaine.com
Apropos of ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, we felt like reminding you that @natania.bsky.social's first appearance on the show was Episode 73: This is Cerulean, Right?: Fashion, Politics & Power
Just. Y'know. In case you were wondering about such things.
Just. Y'know. In case you were wondering about such things.
Episode 72: This is Cerulean, Right?: Fashion, Politics, and Power, ft. NATANIA BARRON | Worldbuilding for Masochists
Fashion: not just a frivolity, but a component of worldbuilding that can communicate so much about your world's resources, industry, and power structures, as well as characters' individual choices and...
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December 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Apropos of ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, we felt like reminding you that @natania.bsky.social's first appearance on the show was Episode 73: This is Cerulean, Right?: Fashion, Politics & Power
Just. Y'know. In case you were wondering about such things.
Just. Y'know. In case you were wondering about such things.
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Soon people will get to read my novelette! *vibrates with excitement
For reasons only known to the shipping gods, we got two boxes of 💓Beating Hearts & Battle-Axes🪓 hardcovers ahead of schedule! We'll be shipping these with their respective orders asap.
December 1, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Soon people will get to read my novelette! *vibrates with excitement
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Oh hey Reactor best of 2025 poll is open! Go vote for your favorites! (Whether or not they happen to include THE LAST SOUL AMONG WOLVES) reactormag.com/cast-your-vo...
Cast Your Vote for the Best SFF of the Year! - Reactor
Books! Movies! TV shows! Video games! Short fiction! And more!!
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December 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Oh hey Reactor best of 2025 poll is open! Go vote for your favorites! (Whether or not they happen to include THE LAST SOUL AMONG WOLVES) reactormag.com/cast-your-vo...
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FROM UNSEEN FIRE, Book 1 of the Aven Cycle, is on sale in ebook this holiday weekend!
Historical fantasy set in an alternate ancient Rome: A trio of sisters and an ambitious senator use wit, charm, and magic to realize their dreams for the city they love.
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Historical fantasy set in an alternate ancient Rome: A trio of sisters and an ambitious senator use wit, charm, and magic to realize their dreams for the city they love.
books2read.com/b/from-unsee...
November 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
FROM UNSEEN FIRE, Book 1 of the Aven Cycle, is on sale in ebook this holiday weekend!
Historical fantasy set in an alternate ancient Rome: A trio of sisters and an ambitious senator use wit, charm, and magic to realize their dreams for the city they love.
books2read.com/b/from-unsee...
Historical fantasy set in an alternate ancient Rome: A trio of sisters and an ambitious senator use wit, charm, and magic to realize their dreams for the city they love.
books2read.com/b/from-unsee...
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If you want to give/get signed books by me for the holidays, you can place an online order with Hyperbole Bookstore (a family-owned indie) in College Station, TX hyperbolebookstore.com and ask for signature via their email contact for the Murderbot books, Witch King, Queen Demon, anything in print.
Hyperbole Bookstore
A family-owned independent bookstore in College Station, TX
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November 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
If you want to give/get signed books by me for the holidays, you can place an online order with Hyperbole Bookstore (a family-owned indie) in College Station, TX hyperbolebookstore.com and ask for signature via their email contact for the Murderbot books, Witch King, Queen Demon, anything in print.
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Signed books make great gifts!!! If you'd like a signed and personalized copy of THE SPELLSHOP, THE ENCHANTED GREENHOUSE, or THE LOST, either for yourself or as a gift, order from Books of Wonder by Nov 30, and I’ll be delighted to sign one for you! booksofwonder.com/products/978...
November 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Signed books make great gifts!!! If you'd like a signed and personalized copy of THE SPELLSHOP, THE ENCHANTED GREENHOUSE, or THE LOST, either for yourself or as a gift, order from Books of Wonder by Nov 30, and I’ll be delighted to sign one for you! booksofwonder.com/products/978...
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For Black Friday, I'm gonna give you all the ultimate bargain.
Thousands upon thousands of books (including mine!), shows, movies, music, and comics FOR FREE and ON DEMAND.
Seriously! It's FREE!
You just gotta sign up with your local library card. SUPER COOL right?
www.hoopladigital.com
Thousands upon thousands of books (including mine!), shows, movies, music, and comics FOR FREE and ON DEMAND.
Seriously! It's FREE!
You just gotta sign up with your local library card. SUPER COOL right?
www.hoopladigital.com
hoopla digital: audiobooks, ebooks, movies, tv and comics.
hoopla is a groundbreaking digital media service offered by your local public library that allows you to borrow movies, music, audiobooks, eBooks, comics …
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November 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
For Black Friday, I'm gonna give you all the ultimate bargain.
Thousands upon thousands of books (including mine!), shows, movies, music, and comics FOR FREE and ON DEMAND.
Seriously! It's FREE!
You just gotta sign up with your local library card. SUPER COOL right?
www.hoopladigital.com
Thousands upon thousands of books (including mine!), shows, movies, music, and comics FOR FREE and ON DEMAND.
Seriously! It's FREE!
You just gotta sign up with your local library card. SUPER COOL right?
www.hoopladigital.com
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I'm going to do a little thread on how the money from books works for traditionally published authors because people have questions, and this is always useful info to share IMO. First, a big disclaimer that every contract is different, and there are a million factors that can change things. 1/
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I'm going to do a little thread on how the money from books works for traditionally published authors because people have questions, and this is always useful info to share IMO. First, a big disclaimer that every contract is different, and there are a million factors that can change things. 1/
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After a long journey, we have finally arrived at THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED. I’m so grateful for getting to tell this complex and horrifying Gothic tale, and especially proud as I think this is my best work to date. I hope you all fall in love with it as much as I have. … ⬇️
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
After a long journey, we have finally arrived at THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED. I’m so grateful for getting to tell this complex and horrifying Gothic tale, and especially proud as I think this is my best work to date. I hope you all fall in love with it as much as I have. … ⬇️
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Hey, props to writers who got literally anything done this year.
November 26, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Hey, props to writers who got literally anything done this year.
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Excellent thread by @portersqbooks.bsky.social on supporting local book stores.
Why not preorder Star Wars: Low Red Moon from them? The title was inspired by one of their locals! portersquarebooks.com/book/9780593...
Then submit the preorder for a free book plate! readstarwars.com/lrm-preorder
Why not preorder Star Wars: Low Red Moon from them? The title was inspired by one of their locals! portersquarebooks.com/book/9780593...
Then submit the preorder for a free book plate! readstarwars.com/lrm-preorder
We know that, for a ton of reasons, a lot of folks don't have as much to spend as they'd like this holiday season. Sooooooo, here's a thread of things you can do that will support your local indie bookstore or other business WITHOUT spending any more than you intended...
November 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Excellent thread by @portersqbooks.bsky.social on supporting local book stores.
Why not preorder Star Wars: Low Red Moon from them? The title was inspired by one of their locals! portersquarebooks.com/book/9780593...
Then submit the preorder for a free book plate! readstarwars.com/lrm-preorder
Why not preorder Star Wars: Low Red Moon from them? The title was inspired by one of their locals! portersquarebooks.com/book/9780593...
Then submit the preorder for a free book plate! readstarwars.com/lrm-preorder