"I can give you no money, but I can give you advice for a lifetime: Your thumb on the blade, and strike upwards."https://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mojtzkrtvs2gConsider: https://kategabrielle.threadless.com/designs/kay-francis/womens/t-shirt/premium [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Jun 2026 03:08 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mojtzkrtvs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mojtfmkvq22gThis is the era of video games that will never be revived as a retro-cool look [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Jun 2026 02:57 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mojtfmkvq22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3moiwng3qbk2t@nixonfoundation.bsky.social finally catching up www.austingrossman.com/crooked [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jun 2026 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3moiwng3qbk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mois2n2ric2cI stumbled on Heather O’Neill’s novel Lullabies for a little criminals and it’s stunningly good. I tried The Lonely Hearts Hotel but it’s so drenched in whimsy I can’t deal. But it still has great sentences.17 Jun 2026 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mois2n2ric2chttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mofxqcnjvc2cYesterday I was interviewed by an academic who is writing about world-building in video games. He's talking to narrative designers, and I told him he needs to talk to at least one art director. Who should he talk to?16 Jun 2026 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mofxqcnjvc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mofwyjg6uk22Why are video games so goddamn hard nowadays?16 Jun 2026 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mofwyjg6uk22https://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mo4jwv2qn222Well for some of us that's EVERY fucking summer.12 Jun 2026 20:03 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo4jwv2qn222https://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mnybv2sme22cGuy on the NY subway absolutely gripped by the D&D manual he’s reading.11 Jun 2026 03:29 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnybv2sme22chttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mmrlfzqh6k2a@merriam-webster.com Your entry for SCRIPS includes an erroneous example. "During the four-and-a-half-month program, filmmakers develop their scrips and network with industry professionals." —Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026 Sorry to bother you. My insomnia is bad enough as it is.26 May 2026 18:05 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmrlfzqh6k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mmkuzkwhps2yI found a dollar at the bodega and handed it in to the guy at the cashier like he was a lost and found. He said "Do you want it?" I said "Yeah, I kind of do."24 May 2026 02:09 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmkuzkwhps2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mm7m5pc3ac24I had to install Microsoft Authenticator on my Apple phone to get Meta Workplace working so I could use Microsoft Teams. This Future Sucks.19 May 2026 14:31 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7m5pc3ac24https://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mm2hpqrf3k2xKafka - The Trial Baker - Cassandra at the Wedding Thackeray - Vanity Fair [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 May 2026 13:28 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2hpqrf3k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mlvjkhaxak2mbook haul from PEN American Lit Gala15 May 2026 14:17 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvjkhaxak2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mkvuvedlvk23Yes, I am porting my book into Scrivener on a Saturday night. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 May 2026 00:15 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvuvedlvk23https://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mkvu5majz22hScrivener makes a lot of things easier but I will never like it.03 May 2026 00:02 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvu5majz22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mjuaged2gc2iMaybe they should have stopped calling him Little Father Time.19 Apr 2026 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjuaged2gc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mjs4lcqzpk2lI posted the third installment of my journal of taking BEAST MODE from manuscript to publication. A process I am making up as I go along. https://austingrossman.substack.com/p/publishing-a-book-part-3-the-twilight18 Apr 2026 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjs4lcqzpk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3miw3re6ajk23Rooms with no purpose, just a chair and a plant and a couple of shelves. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Apr 2026 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3miw3re6ajk23https://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mi52v4wcws2hOrigins of Beast Mode, part 2. Pitching it, writing it. https://open.substack.com/pub/austingrossman/p/secret-origins-of-beast-mode-part?r=agr&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true28 Mar 2026 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi52v4wcws2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mi4ydjnqhk2wMy view from a train passing through New London, CT. I couldn’t see where the crowd ends. #nokings28 Mar 2026 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi4ydjnqhk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mi2eu2pxbk26I grew up in Massachusetts, and I only just learned our state motto is Ense Petit Placidam, Sub Libertate Quietem: "By the Sword We Seek Peace, But Peace Only Under Liberty." Explains a lot.27 Mar 2026 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2eu2pxbk26https://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mhqtalyju226I posted about the new book, and how it came about. https://open.substack.com/pub/austingrossman/p/man-in-flight-returns?r=agr&utm_medium=ios23 Mar 2026 19:47 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqtalyju226