MattBille
@mattbille.bsky.social
Writer, naturalist, historian. Space, zoology, marine life, cryptozoology, Dunkleosteus. 4 science/history books, 2 novels: Querying ecothriller Apex Predator
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www.mattbilleauthor.com
https://mattbille.blogspot.com
We are already filing, they don't have to encourage us ;)
November 18, 2025 at 5:59 AM
We are already filing, they don't have to encourage us ;)
Science, history, thrillers, SF.
November 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Science, history, thrillers, SF.
We're not going to get anything requiring a Constitutional amendment in this century, but there is a lot to improve.
November 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
We're not going to get anything requiring a Constitutional amendment in this century, but there is a lot to improve.
I grew up in Vero Beach and write fiction and nonfiction (zoology, cryptozoology, paleontology, and conservation) concerning the animal world. Write away!
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I grew up in Vero Beach and write fiction and nonfiction (zoology, cryptozoology, paleontology, and conservation) concerning the animal world. Write away!
Absolutely - a small silver lining these days for novelists. I needed to restart a gold mine in Alaska that has been killed for environmental dangers. Completely believable, alas.
November 18, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Absolutely - a small silver lining these days for novelists. I needed to restart a gold mine in Alaska that has been killed for environmental dangers. Completely believable, alas.
Pleased to meet. Storytelling involving science, often biology, can be fascinating. (Creating monsters is fun)
November 18, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Pleased to meet. Storytelling involving science, often biology, can be fascinating. (Creating monsters is fun)
Thanks! My preferred method is: keep writing. Write crud you know you will discard. Write little side stories where you play with characters. Flip someone's gender or alignment. Have then turn out to be a spy. Let enemies have sex. Whatever seems interesting. You will get back in the groove.
November 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Thanks! My preferred method is: keep writing. Write crud you know you will discard. Write little side stories where you play with characters. Flip someone's gender or alignment. Have then turn out to be a spy. Let enemies have sex. Whatever seems interesting. You will get back in the groove.
Guessing: he was a person at one firm who posted counter-arguments?
November 16, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Guessing: he was a person at one firm who posted counter-arguments?
I had an editor ask on my upcoming thriller. I said Kit Harrington, Florence Pugh, and Grace Dove as screwed-up British-born writer, geologist, and Alaska Native lodge owner. I'd hatched the idea with Jeff Goldblum, Hilary Swank, and Irene Bedard, but it took a lot of years to write and sell!
November 16, 2025 at 5:27 AM
I had an editor ask on my upcoming thriller. I said Kit Harrington, Florence Pugh, and Grace Dove as screwed-up British-born writer, geologist, and Alaska Native lodge owner. I'd hatched the idea with Jeff Goldblum, Hilary Swank, and Irene Bedard, but it took a lot of years to write and sell!
And promised me one on my next, which helped hugely. He's a prince.
November 16, 2025 at 5:19 AM
And promised me one on my next, which helped hugely. He's a prince.
If you get a chance to be at the same conference, introduce yourself. He's one of the most helpful authors I ever met.
November 15, 2025 at 11:30 PM
If you get a chance to be at the same conference, introduce yourself. He's one of the most helpful authors I ever met.
I suppose the police response is, "Is it better to have more or fewer non lethal options to dealing with some situations, like riots?" Leaving aside who gets to define a riot, does the argument make sense?
November 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I suppose the police response is, "Is it better to have more or fewer non lethal options to dealing with some situations, like riots?" Leaving aside who gets to define a riot, does the argument make sense?
I'm old fashioned and don't commute anymore, so I'm largely into physical books, which of course have an intrinsic value to us old-fashioned readers. I read ebooks when I travel.
November 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I'm old fashioned and don't commute anymore, so I'm largely into physical books, which of course have an intrinsic value to us old-fashioned readers. I read ebooks when I travel.
Agreed - I get a lot out of his classes
November 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Agreed - I get a lot out of his classes
I love Lake Iliamna: having an interest in cryptozoology, tales of a giant fish as opposed to plesiosaurs and the chance of a real solution (undocumented strain of white sturgeon) keep me curious. (Also have a novel due out '27 where scientists look for sturgeon and find something much weirder.)
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I love Lake Iliamna: having an interest in cryptozoology, tales of a giant fish as opposed to plesiosaurs and the chance of a real solution (undocumented strain of white sturgeon) keep me curious. (Also have a novel due out '27 where scientists look for sturgeon and find something much weirder.)
It also figures into my novel Apex Predator (due out Feb '27) where I take the prehistoric creature thriller but infuse real science and human drama over blood and terror: our heroes start out looking for sturgeon and rediscover Dunkleosteus terrelli instead.
November 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
It also figures into my novel Apex Predator (due out Feb '27) where I take the prehistoric creature thriller but infuse real science and human drama over blood and terror: our heroes start out looking for sturgeon and rediscover Dunkleosteus terrelli instead.
I've looked at it, being a writer of in zoology and cryptozoology and talked to "giant fish" witnesses. Like Jeremy Wade, I think there's a population of sturgeon in Iliamna: per the witnesses, even allowing for the exaggerations and error, they can get huge. I don't know if eDNA has been done.
November 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I've looked at it, being a writer of in zoology and cryptozoology and talked to "giant fish" witnesses. Like Jeremy Wade, I think there's a population of sturgeon in Iliamna: per the witnesses, even allowing for the exaggerations and error, they can get huge. I don't know if eDNA has been done.