Fulvio "The Cat" Gatti
@fulviothecat.bsky.social
Speculative Fiction ESL writer dad from NW Italy. Urania Award finalist, Tangent list, Worldcon panelist. SFWA (associate). Humor and moderate wine drinking accordingly
When your 3yo asks for a book to read, while she's on the toilet, maybe you did something right
#iamparenting #writingcommunity
#iamparenting #writingcommunity
September 29, 2025 at 6:37 AM
When your 3yo asks for a book to read, while she's on the toilet, maybe you did something right
#iamparenting #writingcommunity
#iamparenting #writingcommunity
I'm a #MarvelCinematicUniverse fan, yet I just found out there is a cameo of two very prominent Marvel animated characters from the early '90 in "X-Men'94". Makes me wonder if nowaday's unstable success of the MCU is also due to original fans getting older and not having as much free time and focus
September 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I'm a #MarvelCinematicUniverse fan, yet I just found out there is a cameo of two very prominent Marvel animated characters from the early '90 in "X-Men'94". Makes me wonder if nowaday's unstable success of the MCU is also due to original fans getting older and not having as much free time and focus
Well, if Brandon Sanderson has been working for years on a Mistborn movie, and keeps having Hollywood people telling him to do a 40M Kickstarter campaign, I guess I can survive having ad a story of mine not even qualifying at a contest.
Source: panel at Worldcon 2025
youtu.be/D6RslmZn8NU?...
Source: panel at Worldcon 2025
youtu.be/D6RslmZn8NU?...
Who Gets Plot Armor and Why? | WorldCon 2025 Q&A
YouTube video by Brandon Sanderson
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September 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Well, if Brandon Sanderson has been working for years on a Mistborn movie, and keeps having Hollywood people telling him to do a 40M Kickstarter campaign, I guess I can survive having ad a story of mine not even qualifying at a contest.
Source: panel at Worldcon 2025
youtu.be/D6RslmZn8NU?...
Source: panel at Worldcon 2025
youtu.be/D6RslmZn8NU?...
Roundtable at Feltrinelli Bookstore, Torino, with Italian weird authors @luciobesana.bsky.social , Luigi Musolino, David Fragale and Francesco Corigliano, speaking about their anthology "Teratocene", Zona42 Books.
September 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Roundtable at Feltrinelli Bookstore, Torino, with Italian weird authors @luciobesana.bsky.social , Luigi Musolino, David Fragale and Francesco Corigliano, speaking about their anthology "Teratocene", Zona42 Books.
Reposted by Fulvio "The Cat" Gatti
2025 Hugo Awards
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August 17, 2025 at 5:50 AM
2025 Hugo Awards
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Yesterday I sold my first story in almost a year. Total story sales amounts to 29 now, still I had forgot how it feels.
Today, we toast!
#iampublishing
Today, we toast!
#iampublishing
August 9, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Yesterday I sold my first story in almost a year. Total story sales amounts to 29 now, still I had forgot how it feels.
Today, we toast!
#iampublishing
Today, we toast!
#iampublishing
I'm thinking @jamesgunn.bsky.social might be one of the most relevant storytellers of this time because, above all, he understands family
#superman
#superman
July 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I'm thinking @jamesgunn.bsky.social might be one of the most relevant storytellers of this time because, above all, he understands family
#superman
#superman
June 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Have you already supported @locusmag.bsky.social and its crowdfunding on Indiegogo? Time is running out and I'm checking--again--the many awesome rewards!
Hi everyone, we are running out of time for our fundraiser. We want to keep doing what we do and uplifting writers at every stage of their careers.
Please visit igg.me/at/locusmag2... to see all the ways your donation will be rewarded! We love you! Like and share if you can. Thank you. 💌
Please visit igg.me/at/locusmag2... to see all the ways your donation will be rewarded! We love you! Like and share if you can. Thank you. 💌
May 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Have you already supported @locusmag.bsky.social and its crowdfunding on Indiegogo? Time is running out and I'm checking--again--the many awesome rewards!
Love "Black Mirror", this season, too, for how sharply it finds the more painful tech-related ideas and brings them to life.
Still hate it, because most of its scripts don't even try to solve the main conflict.
Speculative fiction is about possibility!
#watching #TVshows #netflix #writingcommunity
Still hate it, because most of its scripts don't even try to solve the main conflict.
Speculative fiction is about possibility!
#watching #TVshows #netflix #writingcommunity
May 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Love "Black Mirror", this season, too, for how sharply it finds the more painful tech-related ideas and brings them to life.
Still hate it, because most of its scripts don't even try to solve the main conflict.
Speculative fiction is about possibility!
#watching #TVshows #netflix #writingcommunity
Still hate it, because most of its scripts don't even try to solve the main conflict.
Speculative fiction is about possibility!
#watching #TVshows #netflix #writingcommunity
I guess you're really a writer when you don't feel threatened anymore by everyone else who writes, or tries to
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
May 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I guess you're really a writer when you don't feel threatened anymore by everyone else who writes, or tries to
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
Reposted by Fulvio "The Cat" Gatti
The voting process for the 2025 Hugo Awards is now open, and you can cast your vote until July 23rd. The award ceremony will take place on August 16th at the Seattle Convention Center. Here are all the finalists in my category!
May 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The voting process for the 2025 Hugo Awards is now open, and you can cast your vote until July 23rd. The award ceremony will take place on August 16th at the Seattle Convention Center. Here are all the finalists in my category!
I'm the kind of reader, and commuter, that when he believes he has no books with him, he usually can find two books in his travel bag
#iamreading
#iamreading
April 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I'm the kind of reader, and commuter, that when he believes he has no books with him, he usually can find two books in his travel bag
#iamreading
#iamreading
I though the Internet was full of unrequested, sometimes pointless and sometimes contradicting writing advice.
Then I became a parent and started reading about parenting
#writingcommunity
Then I became a parent and started reading about parenting
#writingcommunity
April 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I though the Internet was full of unrequested, sometimes pointless and sometimes contradicting writing advice.
Then I became a parent and started reading about parenting
#writingcommunity
Then I became a parent and started reading about parenting
#writingcommunity
Shout out to Master of Arts @manzieriart.bsky.social who is both a finalist to the Hugo Awards for the 3rd time and a Italia Award winner, both category "best artist"! Proud of you, but not surprised, Man!
April 13, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Shout out to Master of Arts @manzieriart.bsky.social who is both a finalist to the Hugo Awards for the 3rd time and a Italia Award winner, both category "best artist"! Proud of you, but not surprised, Man!
March 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
When you're like me and you've been submitting stories for 7 years, you start appreciating more the quick rejection markets. Still a rejection, but they let you move on, instead of leaving you hanging for months
--and sometimes, in the worst cases, just disappearing
#writingcommunity
--and sometimes, in the worst cases, just disappearing
#writingcommunity
March 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
When you're like me and you've been submitting stories for 7 years, you start appreciating more the quick rejection markets. Still a rejection, but they let you move on, instead of leaving you hanging for months
--and sometimes, in the worst cases, just disappearing
#writingcommunity
--and sometimes, in the worst cases, just disappearing
#writingcommunity
I have a story that has been under consideration by a pro market for 500 days, give or take.
Being a SFF writer definitely let you travel through time.
#writingcommunity
Being a SFF writer definitely let you travel through time.
#writingcommunity
March 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I have a story that has been under consideration by a pro market for 500 days, give or take.
Being a SFF writer definitely let you travel through time.
#writingcommunity
Being a SFF writer definitely let you travel through time.
#writingcommunity
Wow, I just got a rejection for a story that includes feedback about the rejection.
It's a short sentence that makes no sense at all.
And I'm the one that, being ESL, should know English poorly.
#writingcommunity
It's a short sentence that makes no sense at all.
And I'm the one that, being ESL, should know English poorly.
#writingcommunity
February 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Wow, I just got a rejection for a story that includes feedback about the rejection.
It's a short sentence that makes no sense at all.
And I'm the one that, being ESL, should know English poorly.
#writingcommunity
It's a short sentence that makes no sense at all.
And I'm the one that, being ESL, should know English poorly.
#writingcommunity
I'm old enough to know that, even if I've not written a complete new story in months, I'm still a writer.
I'm aware enough to realize it's OK, I will find time to write again, sooner or later.
It's not painless, oh no
#writingcommunity
I'm aware enough to realize it's OK, I will find time to write again, sooner or later.
It's not painless, oh no
#writingcommunity
February 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I'm old enough to know that, even if I've not written a complete new story in months, I'm still a writer.
I'm aware enough to realize it's OK, I will find time to write again, sooner or later.
It's not painless, oh no
#writingcommunity
I'm aware enough to realize it's OK, I will find time to write again, sooner or later.
It's not painless, oh no
#writingcommunity
Living in a non-English speaking country brings to eleven the silliness of the comments from aspiring writers.
I had this friend who complained that the "Kenobi" series was poorly acted. After watching it dubbed.
Now, this fellow writer is yelling how he hates Dickens' style--its translation.
I had this friend who complained that the "Kenobi" series was poorly acted. After watching it dubbed.
Now, this fellow writer is yelling how he hates Dickens' style--its translation.
February 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Living in a non-English speaking country brings to eleven the silliness of the comments from aspiring writers.
I had this friend who complained that the "Kenobi" series was poorly acted. After watching it dubbed.
Now, this fellow writer is yelling how he hates Dickens' style--its translation.
I had this friend who complained that the "Kenobi" series was poorly acted. After watching it dubbed.
Now, this fellow writer is yelling how he hates Dickens' style--its translation.
A hero capturing the zeitgeist for every generation:
Boomers: Batman (Keaton), Indiana Jones;
Gen X: The Hulk (TV);
Xennials (older millennials): Iron Man;
Younger millennials: Harry Potter, Goku;
Gen Z: ???
What am I missing? What would you change?
#writingcommunity
Boomers: Batman (Keaton), Indiana Jones;
Gen X: The Hulk (TV);
Xennials (older millennials): Iron Man;
Younger millennials: Harry Potter, Goku;
Gen Z: ???
What am I missing? What would you change?
#writingcommunity
February 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
A hero capturing the zeitgeist for every generation:
Boomers: Batman (Keaton), Indiana Jones;
Gen X: The Hulk (TV);
Xennials (older millennials): Iron Man;
Younger millennials: Harry Potter, Goku;
Gen Z: ???
What am I missing? What would you change?
#writingcommunity
Boomers: Batman (Keaton), Indiana Jones;
Gen X: The Hulk (TV);
Xennials (older millennials): Iron Man;
Younger millennials: Harry Potter, Goku;
Gen Z: ???
What am I missing? What would you change?
#writingcommunity
I think TV series have started declining when they started having season finales with unsatisfying endings. I understand the need to sell the next season, but if you ask me to follow a story for many hours, and you don't bother closing your plots/arcs, you wasted my time
#writingcommunity
1/2
#writingcommunity
1/2
February 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I think TV series have started declining when they started having season finales with unsatisfying endings. I understand the need to sell the next season, but if you ask me to follow a story for many hours, and you don't bother closing your plots/arcs, you wasted my time
#writingcommunity
1/2
#writingcommunity
1/2
I subscribed to "Marvel Unlimited", thinking the craziest thing I'll find would Deadpool or something. Instead, I just read a story where Iron Man and Doctor Doom team up to fight a symbiote-controlled Santa Claus.
January 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I subscribed to "Marvel Unlimited", thinking the craziest thing I'll find would Deadpool or something. Instead, I just read a story where Iron Man and Doctor Doom team up to fight a symbiote-controlled Santa Claus.
I understand some small markets can decide to only offer a few bucks for a story.
What I'm less inclined to, is follow their guidelines, when they say "no" to simultaneous submissions.
Leaving a story in a limbo for months is not easy, and sometimes less than smart #writingcommunity
What I'm less inclined to, is follow their guidelines, when they say "no" to simultaneous submissions.
Leaving a story in a limbo for months is not easy, and sometimes less than smart #writingcommunity
January 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I understand some small markets can decide to only offer a few bucks for a story.
What I'm less inclined to, is follow their guidelines, when they say "no" to simultaneous submissions.
Leaving a story in a limbo for months is not easy, and sometimes less than smart #writingcommunity
What I'm less inclined to, is follow their guidelines, when they say "no" to simultaneous submissions.
Leaving a story in a limbo for months is not easy, and sometimes less than smart #writingcommunity