SO, you want to network but don't know where to begin.
1. DON'T. Make friends instead
2. It's not about what they can do for you
3. Famous people are just people first
4. If you do have to gush, don't just say 'i love your work' , pick one thing and say why. Open ended compliments are awkward
Posts by Marta da Silva
The Man with the Twisted Lip - 16-12-25. An angel sits atop a Christmas tree
Put together by Lauren Passell for LifeHacker π perhaps I shouldβve mentioned that for context uh? π€¦π»ββοΈ
@gabrielurbina.com Congrats on making The 20 Most Essential Podcasts of 2025 together with Lauren! Well deserved highlight for the both of you ππ»ππ»ππ»
idk man I don't care if you watch it, but it's insane to me that every 3-6 months we all huddle around to watch Keighley's vision of a medium that is so sterile, so stagnant, so soulless compared to the medium I exist in and love.
Games are so fucking cool right now and you would never know.
Thanks so much to @startmenu.bsky.social for having me for their Winter Spectacular! This was my first time being asked to write a guest feature, and Iβm really pleased with how it turned out!
Blue Prince isnβt just my personal GOTY, it felt like THE game that captured the absurdity of 2025. π ποΈπͺ
Really enjoying this series of The Silt Verses RPG, featuring two actors from the show and a custom scenario! Be sure to check it out ποΈ
Devs were only allowed a few (I believe two) tickets per nomination before Geoff charged them. Resale tickets were in the hundreds. And we all know what happened to Future Class (if you donβt, read my piece).
I really enjoyed my first ever game of The Silt Verses ran by the great @merelymatt.bsky.social for Merely Roleplayers! This scenario was so much fun and both @sassylich.bsky.social and Marta were a delight to play with! β₯οΈ hope to do so again soon!
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Iβm not sure there is better written horror/fantasy podcast than THE SILT VERSES
if you havenβt listened do yourself a favor and become a disciple
www.thesiltverses.com
Here for some The Silt Verses praise! It beautifully written, wonderfully acted by an incredible voice cast, and I want more people to fall in love with it!
Planning to write a thing about the archival themes in a world of gods and monsters...eventually.
The river rises!
And with today's episode, Merely Roleplayers' winter holiday in the world of The Silt Verses comes to an end.
Banish hesitation and march through all three acts now.
My latest Substackβ¦
The Game Awards are not the Oscars of video games. The Oscars miss constantly but at least they are a bona fide attempt by an industry to legitimize and promote itself; TGA is not that, it's just ads for individual products masquerading as an awards show run by one guy's particular preferences.
This episode written (and recreated by @paulkerensa.bsky.social) directed and edited by me, all put together in just over a week! Have a listen, itβs lots of fun.
Our fab cast:
Sir Alfred Robbins - @adrianmackinder.bsky.social
Cecil Lewis - @willvoice.it
Lady Tree - @helenlloyd.bsky.social
Zena Dare - @nattychisholm.bsky.social
Phyllis Twigg - Carina Saner, playing her own great-grandmother!
Dorothy Warren - @martadasilva.bsky.social
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Class of 2022 here. I donβt know what is the most infuriating thing abt this article but this one stings me the most. You try so hard to get recognised in the industry which you kinda do and then it suddenly ceases to exist. Whatβs the point in the end? π«
It's Merely Tuesday, and time for the middle act of It Feeds on Fire, Merely Roleplayers' actual play of The Silt Verses RPG.
Here's B. Narr (The Silt Verses' Faulkner) as Jasper Finch, being both a lil guy and a good egg.
I would love to see this show funded! Most audio dramas - including mine - are made on shoestring budgets.
Audio drama (in its current form) is a young industry: let's set a precedent for paying people well for their work, whilst it's in our hands to shape what this industry will grow into.
All gods must feed. Who decides who to feed to them?
Explore a new corner of The Silt Verses, with some familiar voices in unfamiliar guises.
Act 1 of 3 out today. Happy Halloweek!
www.foggyoutline.com/merelyrolepl...
I do like it when serendipitous things happen. When an actual play podcast does an episode on a system I'm interested in and the players are the voice actors in the audio drama the system is based on. Merely Roleplayers and The Silt Verses.
The Silt Verses RPG Assignment we're playing in the current Merely Roleplayers production is now available for you to play with your own game group: merelymatt.itch.io/stoneshackle
The Strata Season 13 Casting Announcement @martadasilva.bsky.social
Crowdfunding Crash Course - everything you need to get started crowdfunding your podcast. 3 hours, $40 (half of proceeds to Daisy's Legal Fund), Saturday Nov 15 10am-1pm PST. You will get access to the recording after. By Tal Minear who has done about 8 audio drama crowdfunds.
Considering crowdfunding your podcast? Not sure where to start? Let me help! I'm running an online workshop all about crowdfunding podcasts (which I have done MANY times)!
If you're Trans, BIPOC, or low income, you can DM me for a 50% off code, no questions asked.
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@thesiltverses.bsky.social of you get a chance to listen, I hope you enjoy our little romp playing in the fabulously horrid world you created, we certainly did! β₯οΈ
TUE 28 OCT: Act 1 of It Feeds on Fire, an actual play of The Silt Verses RPG, starring @fkth.bsky.social alongside Silt Verses audio drama alumni @sassylich.bsky.social and @martadasilva.bsky.social, on the Merely Roleplayers podcast
THE HOLMWOOD FOUNDATION SEASON TWO IS NOW LIVE ON KICKSTARTER!
Help us reach our goal of 40k to create Season Two of our found footage horror fiction podcast, The Holmwood Foundation.
Click the link below for more information, and an array of exciting tier rewards!
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Merely Roleplayers Studio: It Feeds on Fire, an actual play of The Silt Verses RPG
Coming soon.
Starring @thesiltverses.bsky.social' own @martadasilva.bsky.social and @sassylich.bsky.social, and RPG horror pro @fkth.bsky.social.
A god must feed. What do you do when it's your decision who to feed to it?
I wish I had the time/space to shout out everyone involved in The Silt Verses audio drama. Some of my favorite characters, performances, story arcs, and world-building in ANY media.
@thesiltverses.bsky.social