Blog – Page 2 – Matthew Kressel

DUNE MESSIAH Book Club

On the latest Geeks Guide to the Galaxy, I join Andrea Kail, Rajan Khanna, and host David Barr Kirtley to discuss Dune Messiah, the sequel to Frank Herbert’s classic novel Dune. This was a really fun discussion! Here’s …

February 28, 2023

Hopepunk and Optimistic Futures at TBRCon 2023

Super excited to be part of this virtual panel on “Hopepunk and Optimistic Futures” ! The panel will stream live on Jan 29, 12pm EST at http://youtube.com/@FanFiAddict.

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January 17, 2023

A Note About Twitter

(Reposted from Facebook)

The chaos over on Twitter these past two days, especially those who are clutching their pearls over the “death of the public sphere” has me both amused and concerned. Twitter (and this hellsite as well) is a

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October 29, 2022

A Canticle for Leibowitz

On the latest Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast, I join Lisa Yaszek, Joseph Reisert, and host David Barr Kirtley to discuss Walter M. Miller Jr.’s A Canticle for Leibowitz, a novel about human hubris, stupidity, and preservation …

October 11, 2022

New Substack Newsletter

So I’ve started a newsletter on Substack, where I plan to post articles on writing, editing, submitting, and publishing science fiction and fantasy.

Subscribe here!

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June 23, 2022

Interview on the Gryftkin Podcast

In this interview on the Gryftkin podcast, I talk about my novel Queen of Static, my Tor.com novelette “Now We Paint Worlds,” and the fine line between research and making shit up (plus Moksha and a bunch of other …

June 14, 2022

Dune Miniseries Review

On the latest Geeks Guide to the Galaxy, I join Andrea Kail, Rajan Khanna, and host David Barr Kirtley to discuss the 2000 Sci-Fi Channel miniseries Frank Herbert’s Dune, directed by John Harrison. We talk about the (sometimes …

June 13, 2022

If This Goes On Don’t Panic Podcast

A couple weeks ago I was interviewed on the If This Goes On Don’t Panic podcast along with Catherine Lundoff. Hosts Diane Morrison and Alan Bailey were loads of fund to speak with. Topics include: Queen of Static, Space Trucker …

May 17, 2022

“Now We Paint Worlds” to Appear in the Czech Magazine XB-1

I’m happy to announce that my novelette “Now We Paint Worlds” originally published at Tor.com will appear in the Czech magazine XB-1. This will be my fourth appearance in the magazine.

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April 25, 2022

The Short and the Long

I have dreams. Not the sleeping kind, but the kind of aspirational dreams where I’m like, Sure, I can sneak in a new short story for that contest before the end of the month, even though I’m 80,000 words …

April 13, 2022

The Phoenix Blog

I plan on blogging a lot more here for several reasons. For one, social media has become increasingly toxic for me. Some may be able to better navigate the Twitter and Facebook verse. But to me, it feels much like …

April 11, 2022

On Word Counts and Writing Quality

My word count was low this week as I worked my way through a pivotal and difficult section of the novel. I’m not as interested in word counts as some are, as I usually find the actual number of words

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April 8, 2022