Marta da Silva

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, it’s 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 don’t 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. What’s the point in the end? 🫠

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!

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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 Stone Shackle by Merely Matt A Silt Verses RPG assignment based on the Merely Roleplayers production.

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! ♥️

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

Coming soon: The Holmwood Foundation - Season Two Season Two of the horror-fiction audio drama about possession, queer identity, and Dracula's severed head!

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

Give folks their flowers

No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier

"They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

I did some of the UI for this! Go check it out, the animation is ~sick~

Hi again! Are you a studio or individual looking to hire Narrative talent for your games project? Good news! This great big Starter Pack below is brimming with Game Writers & Narrative Designers who are looking for work right now! I hope it helps you find somebody really special 🥰💛

It’s been mental but, I suspect, not quite as interesting as yours 😂
(Hope you manage to get back into the apt ok)

The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other - to disturb, even - is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice. As a Guild, we stand united in opposition to anyone who uses their power and influence to silence the voices of writers, or anyone who speaks in dissent. If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn't have bothered to write it into the Constitution. What we have signed on to - painful as it may be at times - is the freeing agreement to disagree. Shame on those in government who forget this founding truth. As for our employers, our words have made you rich. Silencing us impoverishes the whole world. The WA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.

WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Best news to get on hump-day? We’re nominated for another cool award!
Thank you to the Hollywood Creative Alliance and @theastraawards.bsky.social for the honour! 🙏🏻🎉
#audiofiction #scripted #podcast #TheAstras

I know I know. I’m lurking in the background m, I promise. And I now remember to check what’s going on here on an ~almost~ weekly basis.
That’s an improvement no? 😅
Here’s a nice photo to make up for my absence ✌🏻

Hope it all goes well and you recover quickly (enjoy the ice lollies!) x

Gutted I couldn’t go up to the #EdFringe this year to watch some fab theatre and support my fellow thespians, but we genuinely couldn’t find accommodation within our budget (and a reasonable distance to the venues we were most interested in). And we started looking late last year! Mental 🥲 2026 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

Excited to come and see the shows/meet y’all! Making a day of it with some friends too 😁🤘🏻

Thank you so much for your kind words! Very glad you’re enjoying the show ✌🏻😁

I made it! I’m finally on BlueSky! Are y’all proud of me???

Please bare with me as I make it through a LONG backlog of follow request and friend adds. And don’t expect massive amounts of posts on here, it’ll take me a while to get used to yet another SM platform 😮‍💨

♥️♥️♥️✌🏻