Joi Massat

Colors Are So Delicious

All my other blog post WIPs require me to do more research (AKA more watching of shows) and I just haven’t circled back to that. Yet I wanted to post something, so here I am!

I like colors, I think they are very pleasing, please enjoy a carousel of color-related topics.

Tales from the Ace Zone: Sex and Gender Musings

Okay, get this: did you know that gender, sex, sexuality, romance, and aesthetic attraction…that they…that they might, might…they might…you know, they….they might be related???

I honestly didn’t because I thought I was too weird and too far beyond these things. It took some really roundabout reflection to reach these roundabout conclusions.

We Want Catgirl System and We Want It Now!

Seriously, how am I doing with this story?

Searching for Erotic Non-Erotica

In my mind, the typical exploration of sexual psychology in literary fiction is one of these:

A character meets someone at a bar, then has a one-night stand. The one-night stand represents their alienation and the thrill of something secret.
A character has a weird kink or paraphilia, one that’s probably criminal or sadistic in nature. It represents the depravity of humanity or the downfall of society. The story perhaps unintentionally suggests that anyone in real life with a weird kink or paraphilia is a depraved human emblematic of the downfall of society.

I’m so bored.

Prison School Said “No Sex Forever”

Sad but true: sometimes we can only embrace our LGBTQ+ identities through watching the straightest cis-est shit of all time.

Behind the Cast of Catgirl System

On a whim, I decided to write about characters from this story I’m making, what inspired them, and how I made certain story decisions with them. Let’s get rollin’!

Interview with David M. Donachie, Creator of Gamebooks and More

This author, illustrator, game designer and lover of mice agreed to chat with me about living a creative life.

Here are just a few of the things he’s had a hand in: a series of free Dragon Warriors modules with Red Ruin Publishing, a TTRPG where you pilot a spaceship made of dice, and the versatile GNAT System for gamebook adventures—which he used to write Heart of Keros, a free, excellent adventure and Merit Award winner from the 2023/2024 Lindenbaum Competition (which is where I first found his work).

So let’s count it down, from my least favorite to most coveted—complete with MP3s and supercompressed GIFs to give YOU a taste of the action.