Matthew Roy
@mattroywriter
Writer and poet. Mainly speculative/genre stuff. Querying MOTHER OF MONSTERS, my first novel. Banging away at the second. he/him
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. #A #C #W #BluePit
46,000 words, a weather report, and a Happy Mother’s Day wish! #amwriting #wip #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky
May goal board is up! #amwriting #amquerying #writerslife #writeandgrind #poetry #wip #poems #writesky
National Poetry Month! Here’s my #poem “I’ve Watched the World and You” in @penumbricmag.bsky.social a couple of years ago. (pg 70 in the PDF) #amwriting #amquerying #writeandgrind www.penumbric.com/currentissue...
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.
Slow and steady, but progress #amwriting #writeandgrind #writerslife #writing #writesky
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
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
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
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
Super nice note from the folks at Vast Chasm, who recently published my #poem, “I’m in Our Coffee Shop.” Made my day. #amwriting #amquerying #writeandgrind
The BerenSTEIN Bears (serious Mandela Effect vibes), and specifically The Space Grizzlies book, which lit my imagination like no other. #Bookvember
Big couple of months! My #poem “Kal-El on the Beat” is in the latest issue of So It Goes! #poetry #amwriting #amquerying #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky
New folder same open mic night at the Heavy Anchor #poetry #amwriting #writesky
Word count and weather update on the novel WIP. A slow slog but made some progress on a couple of tricky scenes today. #amwriting #writeandgrind #writesky
Scattershot writing morning. Dusted off a short story from 2015 (it’s not bad, but does need work) and a couple of poems. Gonna dig into the novel. Coffee has been consumed. Time for a Bloody Mary. #amwriting #amquerying #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky
Late start to the writing this morning but that’s okay. Time to hit it. #amwriting #amquerying #writeandgrind #writerslife #writing #writesky