Ryan Melsom
@ryanmelsom
Cyberpunk author, gnostic, signal digger, based in Ottawa 🇨🇦.
And where, specifically does this dude get the dopest pants that ever were worn?
Don't worry folks, crisis averted. I finally got off ass and walked out to buy some coffee. Nature will heal.
My kid has convinced me to do a Hot Ones challenge with him (Veggie wings, and no, vegetables do not have wings). Here’s the lineup. I’m stoked (and a little scared).
Okay maybe not the end end. I was shocked to learn that there is photographic evidence of Chopin's existence, and he looked like one dour, dejected fella.
Mr. Silly is the tenth book in the Mr. Men series by Roger Hargreaves. It has been published in 38 languages, and Hargreaves has identified Mr. Silly as his favourite Mr. Man.
@jeffsomers.bsky.social I saw one of your articles in the wild today, on the auto-generated news feed that pops up in my Firefox tabs. I clicked did a double take when I saw who wrote it. A useful read!
Could this be it? The foolhardy beginnings of another manuscript? Inspired by Frederico Faggin, I am now pondering consciousness-space (c-space) as a site of extra-digital resistance. Why/how publish anything when the muse continuously bombards me with this stuff? #AmWriting #AmNOTWriting
I played Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 from Sandfall Games over the holidays and it was deeply inspiring. Exceptionally beautiful art, mind-blowing narrative, amazing music, stunning game play... the list goes on. It was one of those games that regrounds your love of gaming.
Would love some support for Gods of a New World, my first sci-fi/cyberpunk novel! It's a wild, near future thriller that imagines what happens when trillionaires with super-intelligent AI at their disposal decide they don't have enough power. 🪐📚
Why not support a small press and give the gift of mind-bending AI apocalypse for the holidays this year #Booksky? Who wouldn't want to read about average people taking on trillionaire "gods" these days? #sffh #scifi #cyberpunk 🪐📚💙📚
My experiment to improve the accessibility of my writing has begun! I’m at the airport reading my first ever James Patterson novel. First observation: short chapters that always end on a cliffhanger (big or small). #WritingCommunity #amreading #BookSky
Customers who bought my AI post-apocalypse novel also bought… decaf coffee??? Oh wait: I get it! The action is just so intense that they can’t drink caffeine while reading or their minds will explode. 🪐📚
Currently reading this gem by Canadian sci-fi whiz Don Miasek while the kiddos are I karate. Fun, gritty, immersive, and super well written! #amreading #BookSky #sffh 🪐📚
I was THIS CLOSE to talking apocalypse on the CBC today. I guess I’ll just have to drown my sorrows in CBC flavoured coffee. 🥲☕️
#YOW here I come! It’s been a lovely week in Saskatoon but I am ready to be home.
I present to you The Johannine Logos of @bsky.app, built from a winding Q&A with ChatGPT. I particularly like a "new dawn, a different light, a place to breathe again." Feels like that at least sometimes.
First time finishing #PhantomLiberty last night. Went all the way down the rabbit hole with this one, fully aware I was going to get screwed but just too compelled not to find out how. Worth it! #Cyberpunk2077
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson! It's a travel week, so I'm hoping to get some good time in on the plane(s). #Amreading #BookSky 🪐📚
I'm super pleased to see that Gods of a New World just broke the top 100 in the #cyberpunk genre on Amazon.ca. This puts the book in the ranks of unthinkable names like Philip K Dick, Neal Stephenson, and Isaac Asimov. Like... Whaaa? #WritingCommunity #booksky 🪐📚💙📚
Love seeing another writer's spreadsheet. The color coding is a revelation. Here's mine. I'm so close to being done this one! #writingcommunity #amwriting