Marco Rafalà

Last night was the 2020 CT Book Awards virtual ceremony and I'm excited to share that #HowFiresEnd received the honorable mention in fiction. Congratulations to winner Ocean Vuong, and to fellow finalist @julietgrames, who both wrote such beautiful novels!

@Emma_Sloley @Flatironbooks @cableeke @sharongracepjs Congratulations!🍾

So happy to finally share this thrilling news - I have a new novel on the way!! A dream to land at @Flatironbooks and to work with the brilliance that is @cableeke. Mega thanks to agent extraordinaire @sharongracepjs & everyone who's been so supportive on this wild ride so far 💙

@andrewkenrick Congratulations!!

I have some news… Incredibly honoured to win the Tony Lothian Prize for best unpublished biography. Now to publish it :-)

This is your chance to help the real-life "Ken and Barbie." My friend Barbara "Barbie" Palermo's husband Ken died a few weeks ago. Now, with funeral expenses and reduced income, she is struggling to keep her home and farm in Sicily. Every bit counts. gofund.me/0f4f9d16

October is Italian American Heritage Month. Established in 1989 by President George H. W. Bush, the executive order celebrates and honors Italian American leaders, saints, celebrities, and everyday folks who helped form a storied culture that has elevated our nation’s history.

Today is the paperback release of my memoir THE BLACK PERIOD, and to celebrate its 1 year anniversary, it's got a new skin - a homage to being Black in the 80s. bookshop.org/p/books/the-bl…

@StarTrekOnPPlus Marco Rafala

All hands to your stations for the series finale of #StarTrekPicard! Comment below with your name to get your rank and assignment on the Enterprise-D.

@JamCharlesworth @EsdeeBernhard @marchxness Voted. Now I’m crawling back into my hobbit hole. Stop breaking your phone.

@EsdeeBernhard @marchxness @MarcoRafala Also, thank you for the vote!

To elaborate: I found the phone! (on a windowsill at the bar where I evidently hid it most proficiently) BUT the same day I ALSO managed to spill an entire bottle of water on my laptop, the fate of which remains unresolved. So yeah. All this to say VOTE "(IH)TTOML" in @marchxness

Still stunned, but oh so grateful to receive the PEN Open Book Award for my debut memoir THE BLACK PERIOD. My deepest thanks to the judges, @jbakernyc @ninawyo @MauriceRuffin & Erika Sanchez, writers whose work I deeply respect. 💜💜 #PENLitAwards pen.org/literary-award…

@StephPostAuthor I tape mine to the walls. It’s like walking around inside the pages.

4th draft layout…. I’m an extremely tactile/visual writer and I have to do this to really ‘see’ the flow of the book….

I’m so thrilled to share this! House of Cotton is an Indie Next Pick for April! 💜

@LMGBooks So sorry to hear this, brother. Get better soon.

Didn’t have a trip to ER on my Bingo card today. Some shortness of breath after testing negative, so City MD was like, go. But all tests fine and thanks to the great Drs and nurses at NYU.

European RPG Studios Union emerges from dust of D&D’s OGL storm to ‘promote RPGs as art and protect creators’ dicebreaker.com/categories/rol…

I reviewed WotC's draft Open Game License 1.2, and was asked to share my thoughts as an intellectual property/gaming lawyer. It's better than OGL 1.1, but still needs work. So- Let's Take a Minute To Talk About #DnD's Updated Open Game License (OGL 1.2). @MyLawyerFriend/5b95fe8889b2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@MyLawyerFrien…

@ElizabethWelke Nino Ricci

Without googling it, can you name a #Canadian author?

D&D critically fails its community: eff.org/deeplinks/2023…

@LMGBooks Congratulations, brother! 🍾

Got an offer on my novel The Great Gimmelmans today, which will be my 13th title, should the contract iron out. Lucky number 13! As long as there’s readers, I’ll keep writing ✍️’em.

Italian Americana Vol. XL, No. 1. has 12 book reviews by Carol Bonomo Albright, @AndreaCiribuco @edigiunta @JosephBathanti & more, covering books by @boldwomanwrites @MichaelMirolla1 @Clynchwriter @MarcoRafala @AODonnellAngela @odogrillo & more. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/ia/issue/X…

@Asako_Soh @Modiphius @scribe_ineti Yes, with a little work. Instead of the TNG reference, link it to Operation — Annihilate from the first season of TOS. 🖖

@MarcoRafala do you think your excellent 'A Star Beyond the Stars' campaign, from the STA Starter Box, would work for a game set in the TOS film era? Aware it links to events in TNG @Modiphius @scribe_ineti

Writing a book? Send me your nonfiction and novels— @JanklowNesbit janklowandnesbit.com/people/hafizah… #amquerying #WritingCommunity #querying #writing

@ElisaSperanza @edigiunta Thank you for your kind words, Elisa. 🙏