Matt Wright
@artpenwright.bsky.social
Ginger, writer, lover of all things fantasy be they novels, comics or games
I’ve been getting ads for the ‘House of Guinness’ but I don’t see the Toucan, is he going to be like a season 2 reveal?
August 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I’ve been getting ads for the ‘House of Guinness’ but I don’t see the Toucan, is he going to be like a season 2 reveal?
Reading the 'Buffalo Hunter Hunter', it's incredible, but god damn it, what is it with writers and food? It's how I know I'll never make it, I can't dedicate a paragraph to intricate descriptions of old-fashioned cuisine #booksky
July 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Reading the 'Buffalo Hunter Hunter', it's incredible, but god damn it, what is it with writers and food? It's how I know I'll never make it, I can't dedicate a paragraph to intricate descriptions of old-fashioned cuisine #booksky
Can't decide if I'm experiencing mid-life crisis or just the normal, everyday crises we're currently enjoying
July 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Can't decide if I'm experiencing mid-life crisis or just the normal, everyday crises we're currently enjoying
As a man in his 30s with a chaotic little white dog, I have never related to Superman more
July 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
As a man in his 30s with a chaotic little white dog, I have never related to Superman more
Never met a typo my fingers didn’t love
July 7, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Never met a typo my fingers didn’t love
I really should self-publish, I don’t want to test the bulwark of my opening chapters against internet virality but I do think they’d hold better
For the last 24 hours Twitter has been full of people mocking the everloving shit out of this “fantasy author” for trying to dunk on one of Hideo Kojima’s best creations: FAT MAN. If you’re wondering why everyone is making Orc City jokes, this is why:
July 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I really should self-publish, I don’t want to test the bulwark of my opening chapters against internet virality but I do think they’d hold better
Going to celebrate the 4th of July by considering becoming a New England separatist crank
July 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Going to celebrate the 4th of July by considering becoming a New England separatist crank
Me trying too hard: it’s a long walk but the punchline is worth it, the effort is endearing, walks up to the line on annoying but stays firmly in funny
Anyone else trying too hard: Cringe
Anyone else trying too hard: Cringe
July 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Me trying too hard: it’s a long walk but the punchline is worth it, the effort is endearing, walks up to the line on annoying but stays firmly in funny
Anyone else trying too hard: Cringe
Anyone else trying too hard: Cringe
Insane that I have to work today of all days, my dog’s half birthday
June 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Insane that I have to work today of all days, my dog’s half birthday
Between the squirrels, chipmunks and baby rabbits, Kirby’s morning walk is less a walk and more a shooting gallery, every step he’s after another of Bambi’s friends
June 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Between the squirrels, chipmunks and baby rabbits, Kirby’s morning walk is less a walk and more a shooting gallery, every step he’s after another of Bambi’s friends
Just finished an audiobook and it ended with a warning that this recording is not to be used to train AI, gave me a chill, sucks that we’re here with the greedy plundering our very words
June 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Just finished an audiobook and it ended with a warning that this recording is not to be used to train AI, gave me a chill, sucks that we’re here with the greedy plundering our very words
I bet Killer of Killers was as fun to make as it was to watch, you get to come up with viking kills, coordinate ninja fights, research World War II planes and then throw a Predator on top like a cherry, must have been a blast
June 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I bet Killer of Killers was as fun to make as it was to watch, you get to come up with viking kills, coordinate ninja fights, research World War II planes and then throw a Predator on top like a cherry, must have been a blast
Writing Tip #44
Start your writing session with your current WIP before you do some querying with your previous manuscript, that way you'll have some actual will to live while writing, before querying sucks it out of you
Start your writing session with your current WIP before you do some querying with your previous manuscript, that way you'll have some actual will to live while writing, before querying sucks it out of you
June 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Writing Tip #44
Start your writing session with your current WIP before you do some querying with your previous manuscript, that way you'll have some actual will to live while writing, before querying sucks it out of you
Start your writing session with your current WIP before you do some querying with your previous manuscript, that way you'll have some actual will to live while writing, before querying sucks it out of you
My dog, Kirby, keeps following me upstairs because he loves me, but I want him to stay downstairs because it’s cooler and I love him
June 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
My dog, Kirby, keeps following me upstairs because he loves me, but I want him to stay downstairs because it’s cooler and I love him
"A sad indictment of the world we live in that we run out of jokes before we run out of enemies,"
-'The Devils' by Joe Abercrombie
#Booksky
-'The Devils' by Joe Abercrombie
#Booksky
May 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"A sad indictment of the world we live in that we run out of jokes before we run out of enemies,"
-'The Devils' by Joe Abercrombie
#Booksky
-'The Devils' by Joe Abercrombie
#Booksky
Look I don’t believe in simulation theory, but whenever I go to Trader Joe’s everyone’s actions are perfectly optimized to get in my friggin way
May 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Look I don’t believe in simulation theory, but whenever I go to Trader Joe’s everyone’s actions are perfectly optimized to get in my friggin way
I thought I was immune to devolving parasocial relationships to podcasters, but then I bought Age of Wonders 4 due to a throwaway joke on Behind the Bastards
May 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I thought I was immune to devolving parasocial relationships to podcasters, but then I bought Age of Wonders 4 due to a throwaway joke on Behind the Bastards
Reposted by Matt Wright
Trump officials' showings at hearings today were disasters, but it doesn't make headlines bc the media's default assumption is that Rs are clownish rascals. But if Dems didn't know what was happening at their agencies or what habeas corpus is, it'd be front page news. This is a key media asymmetry.
May 21, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Trump officials' showings at hearings today were disasters, but it doesn't make headlines bc the media's default assumption is that Rs are clownish rascals. But if Dems didn't know what was happening at their agencies or what habeas corpus is, it'd be front page news. This is a key media asymmetry.
I’ve heard it said that the true mark of a writer’s skill is their ability to surprise you, I enjoyed the pulpy, punk adventure’s of Richard Kadrey’s ‘Sandman Slim’ books, and wasn’t sure what to expect with 'The Grand Dark'
#Booksky
#Booksky
May 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I’ve heard it said that the true mark of a writer’s skill is their ability to surprise you, I enjoyed the pulpy, punk adventure’s of Richard Kadrey’s ‘Sandman Slim’ books, and wasn’t sure what to expect with 'The Grand Dark'
#Booksky
#Booksky
Polygon was amazing, I’m sad to see it go, Susana in particular was my favorite comic critic ever, I found so many good books thanks to her, it’s a real shame
I scribbled down a heartfelt ode included in this but haven't had the heart to read anybody else's yet aftermath.site/polygon-vox-...
A Fond Farewell To Polygon, From The People Who Worked There - Aftermath
"It was a good website. I doubt I'll ever find a place like it for the rest of my career"
aftermath.site
May 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Polygon was amazing, I’m sad to see it go, Susana in particular was my favorite comic critic ever, I found so many good books thanks to her, it’s a real shame
As a confirmed catholic I always take conclave week off, just in case I get called up to the big show
May 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
As a confirmed catholic I always take conclave week off, just in case I get called up to the big show
Been playing Expedition 33, and that opening, the world building, the melancholy with the pageantry, 'the mater of factness' and yet the sorrow, due to personal, as well everything else going on, 2025 has felt like a doomed expedition into an already broken world, it all really hit me
May 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Been playing Expedition 33, and that opening, the world building, the melancholy with the pageantry, 'the mater of factness' and yet the sorrow, due to personal, as well everything else going on, 2025 has felt like a doomed expedition into an already broken world, it all really hit me
I am saddened by the news, but pumped Ralph Fiennes has another shot at this thing
April 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I am saddened by the news, but pumped Ralph Fiennes has another shot at this thing