Michael Melgaard
@melgaard.bsky.social
Author of Not That Kind of Place (2023) and the short story collection Pallbearing (2020).
Every parent in the crowd:
April 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Every parent in the crowd:
Microsoft just added CoPilot to Word without asking me. I don’t want this to be the first thing I see when I open a new document but it seems impossible to get rid of? Anyone use a Word alternative they like?
January 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Microsoft just added CoPilot to Word without asking me. I don’t want this to be the first thing I see when I open a new document but it seems impossible to get rid of? Anyone use a Word alternative they like?
Incredible answer from George Clinton. It’s like that SNL skit.
January 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Incredible answer from George Clinton. It’s like that SNL skit.
“Thank god that’s the end of the first round.”
—The host
—The host
January 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
“Thank god that’s the end of the first round.”
—The host
—The host
Starting a new writing project.
December 8, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Starting a new writing project.
Always cite your sources!
November 26, 2024 at 2:24 AM
Always cite your sources!
Love a writer that takes a universal passing thought—in this case “The west Edmonton mall is a weird place”—and does you the solid of giving you a bemused, book-length deep dive into why that is.
But those poor dolphins…
But those poor dolphins…
November 26, 2024 at 2:22 AM
Love a writer that takes a universal passing thought—in this case “The west Edmonton mall is a weird place”—and does you the solid of giving you a bemused, book-length deep dive into why that is.
But those poor dolphins…
But those poor dolphins…
Tuvok’s heroic slide entrance 😂
November 23, 2024 at 3:59 AM
Tuvok’s heroic slide entrance 😂
Citation needed on the comedy bits claim.
November 19, 2024 at 12:02 AM
Citation needed on the comedy bits claim.
Toronto people, head over to @meetthepresses.bsky.social , 58 Cecil street until 4:30! There’s books to be bought!
November 17, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Toronto people, head over to @meetthepresses.bsky.social , 58 Cecil street until 4:30! There’s books to be bought!
I’m watching Voyager for the first time and had been warned about the transwarp slug sex episode but for some reason no one thought to mention this one, which is much, much worse.
November 17, 2024 at 2:56 AM
I’m watching Voyager for the first time and had been warned about the transwarp slug sex episode but for some reason no one thought to mention this one, which is much, much worse.
My book, Not That Kind Of Place, is on the Tyee holiday reads list!
December 2, 2023 at 2:08 PM
My book, Not That Kind Of Place, is on the Tyee holiday reads list!
This book is good and made me miss writing twitter circa 2018 or so, when I first got to know the work of a lot of Canadian writers, @caseyplett.bsky.social included!
November 21, 2023 at 1:25 AM
This book is good and made me miss writing twitter circa 2018 or so, when I first got to know the work of a lot of Canadian writers, @caseyplett.bsky.social included!
Tonight at Henderson’s Brewing Company I’ll be talking with @debdundas about my new book for the Books & Beers night. 7pm, 128 Sterling! Come on out!
October 11, 2023 at 2:38 PM
Tonight at Henderson’s Brewing Company I’ll be talking with @debdundas about my new book for the Books & Beers night. 7pm, 128 Sterling! Come on out!
Nothing I love more than a Norman Levine story where he’s not doing much other than having a mildly bad time.
August 28, 2023 at 4:29 AM
Nothing I love more than a Norman Levine story where he’s not doing much other than having a mildly bad time.
I’m hitting the road this fall with my book this fall—here’s the dates. Hope to see you out there!
August 23, 2023 at 4:09 PM
I’m hitting the road this fall with my book this fall—here’s the dates. Hope to see you out there!
So it looks like there’s a company that sells unlicensed leather-bound editions of new titles on ABE, and while I don’t condone this and it seems like an obvious scam, I am pretty into the AI-generated book description.
August 22, 2023 at 8:39 PM
So it looks like there’s a company that sells unlicensed leather-bound editions of new titles on ABE, and while I don’t condone this and it seems like an obvious scam, I am pretty into the AI-generated book description.