Marco Michelutto

@marcomiki.bsky.social

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Born and raised in Italy, usually somewhere else. UX designer. Writer. Technically a Tolkien scholar. He/him The Shape of Magic out on the 31st of July! https://marcomiki.carrd.co

ratings on Goodreads for The Shape of Magic, my debut novel. Eight 5 star ratings (40%), six 4 star ratings (30%), four 3 star ratings (20%), two 2 star ratings (10%) and zero 1 star ratings (0%).
a sales report from IngramSpark showing 20 sales for my book, The Shape of Magic, coming from the United Kingdom.
A screenshot from Goodreads showing that members that read my book also read Alexandre Dumas, Garth Nix, and Naomi Novik.
promo card for my patreon post. On it, the cover of my upcoming novel and the title of the blog post: "My book has a banging cover. Here's how you can get one too."
a European red squirrel relaxing on a tree branch
a screenshot from final fantasy 8 showing a new rule of triple triad was added to a region. The original name of the rule is replaced by "political instability", so the text now reads:"The political instability rule has spread throughout the region". Three characters standing up have Italian flags on them, one sitting down with his arms crossed has an English flag on him.
Top 5 books in the "reader recommended" list for Sci Fi and Fiction on Netgalley. My book, The Shape of Magic, is second.
screenshot of a review for The Shape of Magic on Netgalley. 5 stars. Text: An academic fantasy unlike anything I've ever read, this captivating novel blends history, fantasy, and mystery to tell an intricately crafted story filled with rich characters, an engaging magic system, and a richly detailed world! Thank you to NetGalley and to Miki Publishing for a free ARC in exchange for an honest review!
a screenshot of Netgalley's "most requested books" list, my book's title is circled.
Screenshot of the Goodreads review page header. Shows the title, name of the author, release date (31st of July) and review score: 4 stars, out of two ratings and two reviews.
Video of a small dog (pomeranian mix) sleeping belly up on a sofa chair, he looks very cute.
Two piles of books and comic books, too many to name individually
Picture of my dog Kevin in the snow. He is a pomeranian mix with white and tan hair, and two big brown eyes.
An example of futurist writing by Marinetti. Words are placed at odd angles and capitalizes oddly. Hard to describe briefly.
Picture of the book “Dellamorte Dellamore”, a novel by Tiziano Sclavi that inspired the Dylan Dog comic book.
A bachelor dissertation on worldbuilding in the works of Tolkien. For the university of Trento, academic year 05/06. Philosophy degree.
Old xmas decoration, looks like a fish
Old xmas decoration, looks like a girl
A screenshot from query tracker, showing that the age of my query for this specific project is 100 days
Me holding a copy of my book: The Shape of Magic.
An image in the style of a movie poster to pitch my novel, The Shape of Magic. An open book floats in the foreground, with bookshelves in the background. The title is at the centre, and at the bottom it reads "A novel by Marco Michelutto" and, lower, "Magic university - Political intrigue - friendship conquers all". At the top there are three testimonials from beta readers. The first one says "I can imagine fantasy fans really sinking their teeth into these aspects of the world building", the second one says "I keep trying to open it back up and read another chapter, but there's no other chapter. Big sad. No more book", and the third one says "This is such a wonderful story. I enjoyed the characters, the setting, the creatures and the magic."
Screenshot from discord, it says: “I keep trying to open it back up and read another chapter, but there’s no other chapter. Big sad. No more book.
a word count against target for my work in progress novel. Currently 79200 words out of 86000, 92.09% done.
screenshot of a reddit chat message. It reads "Just finished your work. I enjoyed it a lot. Your prose in particular is impressive. And the fact you still have plans for more drafts means it has a ton of potential to be absolutely incredible."
a meme where a dog refuses to give a frisbee back, modified to say "no method! only madness" instead of the usual sentence