Some pics from #NoKings today. I didn’t take any pics of protestors, because I always look like a narc, but there were a lot of awesome people there.

$40 for parking. St. Louis has made it to the big time. #NoKings

Happy World Poetry Day!

Brody

A great, reaffirming piece from a book club buddy:

Loose #WIPSnips today: “The setting sun glints off the rampart of windows that frames City Hall and he shades his eyes. Get your shit together, he thinks. Why are you so jumpy? You’ve been through worse and made it out alive. He hesitates before crossing the open street. Too many lanes of fire.”

Quick blog post today on the morning writing routine. #5amwritersclub #writing #amwriting #amquerying #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky matthewstevenroy.wixsite.com/matthewroywr...

My writing buddy, checking in.

Currently working on a blog post for my website. “Oh, you have a website?” you ask. “Oh, I do,” I say. matthewstevenroy.wixsite.com/matthewroywr... #amwriting #writerscommunity #writinglife #writerslife #writeandgrind #writingcommunity #wip #poetry #writer

You know what will get this novel across the finish line AND published? Spite.

#WIPSnips Blocks away, Cinnamon sat in his minivan listening to the scanner. He supposed he could have stolen another vehicle from longterm airport parking, but he didn’t want to risk it. Loitering & illegal parking were much lesser offenses than loitering & illegal parking in a stolen rig.

(Avoiding writing and) Searching for #freelance #writing jobs. And dreaming. #amwriting #amquerying #5amwritersclub

Slow and steady, but progress #amwriting #writeandgrind #writerslife #writing #writesky

Current channel surfing #TBR

#questpit BRUTICUS Julius Caesar x Triple 9 A group of crooked cops, being blackmailed by the mob, plan one final heist. To create a distraction, they’ll attempt to kill an up and coming cop in a modern, gender-swapped #retelling of Julius Caesar set in NOLA post-Katrina. #W #A #T #LF

#questpit “Tell me how you made it through all of this / and found your way to me.” YOU & ME & THE END OF THE WORLD A collection of speculative #poetry about love, community, hope, and despair, set before, during, and after the end of the world. #Q #F #S #D

#questpit MERCENARY NATION *Very* #W short story collection following interconnected characters trying to make it in a gig economy at the end of the American Dream. Includes a ride share-driving priest, a couple of wedding singers, two young men running late for a union meeting, and others. #LF

#questpit MOTHER OF MONSTERS. Outcast Echidna & her family must stop spree killer Harry, who has targeted them in order to prove himself to his father in an inverted retelling of Hercules’ Labors. Featuring a cast of modern analogues to the characters of Greek and Roman myth. #Q #A #s #LF

#WIPSnips “She rounded the church in her canoe. Gargoyles, unnoticed in all the times she’d driven past the church in normal times, loomed and leered, perched on a jagged rooftop, ready to swoop down on her, predatory.” #amwriting #writerscommunit #writesky #writeandgrind

Been trying hard to make #writeandgrind a thing.

421 words so far, by 8am. Time for a Bluesky break. #amwriting #novel #wip #writesky #writeandgrind

The phrase “dying in the arms of your situationship” just appeared in my head and why does it describe all my fictional ships.

Anybody else try to be extra quiet so as not to wake their poor sleeping dog when they are part of the #5amwritersclub? #writingcommunity #amwriting #writesky #writeandgrind

For better or worse, I write my stories out of order, then stitch the scenes together as I develop the draft. Today was a day of good stitching. #novel #amwriting #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky

And finally… #bluesky📖 #wip #amwriting #writesky

And this #bluepit📖 #poetry #amquerying

And bumping this one #bluepit📖 #writesky #wip

Bumping this up! #bluepit📖 #writesky

MERCENARY NATION *Very* WIP short story collection following interconnected characters trying to make it in a gig economy at the end of the American Dream. Includes a ride share-driving priest, a couple of wedding singers, two young men running late for a union meeting, and others. #bluepit📖 #A #W

“Tell me how you made it through all of this / and found your way to me.” YOU & ME & THE END OF THE WORLD A collection of speculative #poetry about love, community, hope, and despair, set before, during, and after the end of the world. #bluepit📖 #A #PO #SP #Q #writerscommunity #writesky

BRUTICUS Julius Caesar x Triple 9 A group of crooked cops, being blackmailed by the mob, plan one final heist. To create a distraction, they’ll attempt to kill an up and coming cop in a modern, gender-swapped #retelling of Julius Caesar set in NOLA post-Katrina. #bluepit📖 #A #C #W

MOTHER OF MONSTERS. Outcast Echidna & her family must stop spree killer Harry, who has targeted them in order to prove himself to his father in an inverted retelling of Hercules’ Labors. Featuring a cast of modern analogues to the characters of Greek and Roman myth. #bluepit📖 #A #SP #F #Q

Hey, #WIPSnips, mark your calendar! #WSPit returns February 25th, 2026 This is an Author Hype Event WIPSnips is already great with hype, but this gives you a chance to pitch your work as a whole, published work included. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Hey there, #BluePit and #BluePitHype - here are my go-to images for my #WIP Bruticus, a modern #retelling of Julius Caesar mashed up with a heist novel. #crime #play #theatre #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmWriting #WriteandGrind

Hi #BluePit - here is my go-to image for MOTHER OF MONSTERS, my #myth #retelling novel, currently #querying The image isHercules in battle with Cerberus the Hound of the Underworld. #BluePitHype #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying

Hi #BluePit I’m Matt & I write fiction & poetry, mainly speculative stuff. I’ve been inspired by so many writers, from Kurt Vonnegut to, lately, Claudia Rankine & Danez Smith. I’ve always wanted to write & I’m throwing myself into it these days! #BluePitHype #Writesky #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying

A spotlight and a piece from a couple of magazines I’ve gotten to work with recently @vastchasmmag.bsky.social @justkeepupmagazine.bsky.social Great people! Go check them out! #poetry #poem #amwriting #amquerying #writesky #writeandgrind

#WIPSnips “home” “You left your cell phones at home, right? Pagers too? Nothing that can be tracked,” Cash said, breaking the silence. “This isn’t our first rodeo,” Gas Can snapped. “We aren’t fucking idiots.” “Hmm,” Cash responded. #amwriting #writerscommunity #writesky #writeandgrind

When I was in grade school, we’d do parties for kids with summer birthdays on their half-birthdays. Cake and decorations and singing etc. They made such a big deal of it that I was a teenager before I realized nobody actually gave a shit about half-birthdays. Anyway, it’s my half-birthday today!

Some 2026 Writing Goals: •MOTHER OF MONSTERS out in the world •BRUTICUS 1st draft finished •8 poems or short stories accepted for publication •Read 2 books a month #amwriting #writesky #writerslife #writinggoals #writeandgrind

ENTIRELY too spicy, for anyone wondering.

The Christmas stuff stays out ‘til the Epiphany. Bloody Mary’s year-round. Okay, good break. Now back to writing. #amwriting #writesky #writeandgrind #cocktail #5amwritersclub

Well, “easy” rather than “calm” #WIPSnips “And now Julia was captain, overseeing men, mostly veterans and older than she, men who shared an easy camaraderie forged by combat and a vernacular she couldn’t pierce. Inside jokes and references. Shorthand. A language that boxed her out.” #writesky

Posting this as a reminder!

Very excited to have my #poem “The Beast” published by @justkeepupmagazine.bsky.social ! Great group of folks and a great site. (The poem’s a dark one.) #amwriting #writesky #writerslife #amquerying #writeandgrind

At my desk and back on my bullshit #5amwritersclub

40,000 words knocked out on Bruticus (The Second #Novel). Miles and miles still to go, but it’s a win for today. #amwriting #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky

#WIPSnips Cinnamon floored it. “What are you doing?” Gas Can asked. “I fucked up. I didn’t look like I was minding my own business.” Cinnamon licked his lips. He looked up in the rear view mirror to see the squad car they passed flip on its sirens &cut a hard U-turn across four lanes of traffic.

A belated happy birthday to Brody (left)!!