M. K. Moretti | Fantasy Writer🍂
@mkmoretti.substack.com
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Fantasy Writer & Worldbuilding Enthusiast
Hi friends✨
Fantasy Writer & Worldbuilding Enthusiast
Hi friends✨
Mechanicus 2 OST dropped. You know that makes me ✍️✍️
Follow me on Substack! Their algorithm connects me with more fellow dark fantasy creators, so more of my thoughts are winding up in notes. I’d love to see you there!
Follow me on Substack! Their algorithm connects me with more fellow dark fantasy creators, so more of my thoughts are winding up in notes. I’d love to see you there!
M. K. Moretti ● Fantasy Writer (@mkmoretti)
What do you listen to when writing?
Nothing gets me locked in quite like the Darktide & Mechanicus OSTs. Yes, bring me to the Grimdark!
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December 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Mechanicus 2 OST dropped. You know that makes me ✍️✍️
Follow me on Substack! Their algorithm connects me with more fellow dark fantasy creators, so more of my thoughts are winding up in notes. I’d love to see you there!
Follow me on Substack! Their algorithm connects me with more fellow dark fantasy creators, so more of my thoughts are winding up in notes. I’d love to see you there!
Anyone else who both writes and DMs a ttrpg have the habit of calling side characters in your stories “NPCs”? I’ve started to confuse people
December 1, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Anyone else who both writes and DMs a ttrpg have the habit of calling side characters in your stories “NPCs”? I’ve started to confuse people
I’ve returned to substack! Reflecting on my year of writing (and lack thereof), and the questions that necessitate building realistic fantasy worlds.
Your world is hollow if left unchallenged.
Why questioning yourself is a requirement for worldbuilding.
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December 1, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I’ve returned to substack! Reflecting on my year of writing (and lack thereof), and the questions that necessitate building realistic fantasy worlds.
Onward to the beast that is the first draft… I’m trying to decide how best to tackle it. Any Scrivener users want to share how they handle project drafts?
#amwriting
#amwriting
Officially marking the 0 draft of my WIP as FINISHED!!! Time to dive into this project for real 😈
November 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Onward to the beast that is the first draft… I’m trying to decide how best to tackle it. Any Scrivener users want to share how they handle project drafts?
#amwriting
#amwriting
Officially marking the 0 draft of my WIP as FINISHED!!! Time to dive into this project for real 😈
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Officially marking the 0 draft of my WIP as FINISHED!!! Time to dive into this project for real 😈
Sleep Token girlies need to get onto DARK THINGS by STARSET !!! stat !!!
November 8, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Sleep Token girlies need to get onto DARK THINGS by STARSET !!! stat !!!
Aaaaand my attempt to return to full time from medical leave is failing miserably. I’m home early and only person happy about this fact is my currently-snuggling cat. But hey, maybe I’ll have more time to write?
#writersky #disabledwriter
#writersky #disabledwriter
November 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Aaaaand my attempt to return to full time from medical leave is failing miserably. I’m home early and only person happy about this fact is my currently-snuggling cat. But hey, maybe I’ll have more time to write?
#writersky #disabledwriter
#writersky #disabledwriter
Last night I PASSED 20K!!! I started this project on Sept 17th so is the fastest I have EVER drafted 🥺 I'm so excited!!!
#AmWriting
#AmWriting
October 31, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Last night I PASSED 20K!!! I started this project on Sept 17th so is the fastest I have EVER drafted 🥺 I'm so excited!!!
#AmWriting
#AmWriting
I did not, in fact, do it. And I almost ruined the surprise by leaving the book out twice 😅
Physical books have been extremely hard for me lately but I have a special edition book I bought to read/annotate as a gidt for my bff who will now BE AT MY HOUSE (for my wedding) in ~40 days… do y’all think I can do it??
#booksky
#booksky
September 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I did not, in fact, do it. And I almost ruined the surprise by leaving the book out twice 😅
some day i will actually write instead of going off-road into more irrelevant worldbuilding, but not today
its not a lore detour its a whole side quest
its not a lore detour its a whole side quest
September 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
some day i will actually write instead of going off-road into more irrelevant worldbuilding, but not today
its not a lore detour its a whole side quest
its not a lore detour its a whole side quest
Figuring out dragon heights/sizes with my writing partner and just hit peak autism by asking, “Can we use terms I *do* understand: dinosaurs?”
(It worked)
(It worked)
a man and a woman are sitting next to each other in a park and looking at the camera .
ALT: a man and a woman are sitting next to each other in a park and looking at the camera .
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August 23, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Figuring out dragon heights/sizes with my writing partner and just hit peak autism by asking, “Can we use terms I *do* understand: dinosaurs?”
(It worked)
(It worked)
You know when you’re on a long drive and there’s another car there the whole time so you feel like you’re buddies? Its that but with library books
Shoutout to the 1 person loaning the same audiobook series as me that has +/- 30hrs to each book. Don’t worry babes you’ll get book 2 back soon 🫶
July 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
You know when you’re on a long drive and there’s another car there the whole time so you feel like you’re buddies? Its that but with library books
Shoutout to the 1 person loaning the same audiobook series as me that has +/- 30hrs to each book. Don’t worry babes you’ll get book 2 back soon 🫶
July 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Shoutout to the 1 person loaning the same audiobook series as me that has +/- 30hrs to each book. Don’t worry babes you’ll get book 2 back soon 🫶
Physical books have been extremely hard for me lately but I have a special edition book I bought to read/annotate as a gidt for my bff who will now BE AT MY HOUSE (for my wedding) in ~40 days… do y’all think I can do it??
#booksky
#booksky
July 17, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Physical books have been extremely hard for me lately but I have a special edition book I bought to read/annotate as a gidt for my bff who will now BE AT MY HOUSE (for my wedding) in ~40 days… do y’all think I can do it??
#booksky
#booksky
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Is it your review? Did you write it? Are you personally friends with the fictional characters in the fictional world in which it takes place? No? Then don’t have an opinion on someone else’s reading experience with a book. You had yours, let folks have theirs. OH MY GOSH.
July 3, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Is it your review? Did you write it? Are you personally friends with the fictional characters in the fictional world in which it takes place? No? Then don’t have an opinion on someone else’s reading experience with a book. You had yours, let folks have theirs. OH MY GOSH.
disappeared into the void teaching myself about linguistics so I can create a conlang for my fantasy realm for… no real reason?
July 3, 2025 at 9:58 AM
disappeared into the void teaching myself about linguistics so I can create a conlang for my fantasy realm for… no real reason?
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What I try to explain to people is that writing a book is hard and sometimes miserable and editing a book is hard and sometimes miserable but then once in a while everything crystallizes and you can see how to make it really good and it’s the best feeling in the world. That’s where I am right now.
July 3, 2025 at 4:10 AM
What I try to explain to people is that writing a book is hard and sometimes miserable and editing a book is hard and sometimes miserable but then once in a while everything crystallizes and you can see how to make it really good and it’s the best feeling in the world. That’s where I am right now.
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Listen do you want to try writing the book or amputating a limb with the civil war bone saw? It's going to feel about the same.
May 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Listen do you want to try writing the book or amputating a limb with the civil war bone saw? It's going to feel about the same.
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just caught up on news alerts for the day, threw my laptop into a river, ran wildly through the moors to never be seen again
May 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
just caught up on news alerts for the day, threw my laptop into a river, ran wildly through the moors to never be seen again
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one thing I respect about medieval beekeepers is their total commitment to looking like Doctor Who villains
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May 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
one thing I respect about medieval beekeepers is their total commitment to looking like Doctor Who villains
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I am juggling more wips than a clown could keep airborne, have all the patience of an incensed alleycat, all the chill of a foraging squirrel in late autumn, and am more possessive of my books than a stressed out dog is over the last available chew toy.
There was only one option for my books tbqh
There was only one option for my books tbqh
Indie, trad, fanfic, just for your own eyes? What made you decide to go down the route you're on wrt writing and publishing? #WritingPrompt
May 8, 2025 at 7:39 AM
I am juggling more wips than a clown could keep airborne, have all the patience of an incensed alleycat, all the chill of a foraging squirrel in late autumn, and am more possessive of my books than a stressed out dog is over the last available chew toy.
There was only one option for my books tbqh
There was only one option for my books tbqh
Summarize your WIP with a single gif 👀
May 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Summarize your WIP with a single gif 👀
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Still holding out for that Star Trek future.
May 3, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Still holding out for that Star Trek future.
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“I asked ChatGPT” well I asked the three Fates and the one with the scissors got very agitated when I told her you were using your one precious life thread talking to that cursed thing
May 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
“I asked ChatGPT” well I asked the three Fates and the one with the scissors got very agitated when I told her you were using your one precious life thread talking to that cursed thing
How’s your mental health?
May 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
How’s your mental health?