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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Some friends of mine and I were making and sharing these on Discord. ...Man, almost all of my "gateway" anime was peak 2010's Tumblr brainrot! I'm freakin' old! TwT #anime #voiceactor

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Wavyrn @wavyrnaudio.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🔔 Casting for a soulslike student game! ► CASTING CALL: wavyrn.com/xvi-casting-... ► AUDITION DEADLINE: Sep 28, 2026 ↳ 🌐 English (Irish) ↳ 💵 $100 (~35 Lines) ↳ 🎙️ Remote DM or email for inquiries! #voiceacting #voiceactor #casting #castingcalls #videogame #soulslike

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🚄 The Next Stop | Wishlist Now 🖤 @paranoiddelusion.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

🎙️ CASTING CALL 🎙️ Looking for a Male Voice Actor for a few lines in our upcoming trailer for #TheNextStop! 🚆 🗣️ Role: Dark/Tense Male Lead 📍 Unpaid for the moment (Self-funded indie) Drop your reel or DM us! 📩 RTs appreciated! #voiceacting #castingcall #indiedev #gamedev

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Currently attempting to anyway. It's a project I'm still trying to get off the ground, but I'm writing, directing, and acting in an audio drama adaptation of my novella "How Do You Free a Caged Bird?" #writesky #booksky #pretendpanel

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In this day and age of plummeting literacy rates, I just think it's great when people engage with prose fiction in any capacity whatsoever. Audiobooks are an incredibly valid and great way to engage with fiction, period. #writesky #pretendpanel

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Watching Funimation dubs when I was in middle school was ultimately what kick started my interest in voice acting, and Ouran was one of the first anime I got into at the time. Needless to say, this news stung. RIP. #voiceactor #voiceacting

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chloecavelle @chloecavelle.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The trailer for S2 of Threshold: 2042 just dropped! Hear me as Reporter 3! I'll be voicing a couple characters this season. youtu.be/3zQLcRSaPlo?... #voiceactor #audiodrama #scifi #podcast

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

ROLE ANNOUNCEMENT 🎊 I am thrilled to announce that I will be joining the cast of Threshold: 2042 for season 2! If you like sci-fi horror podcasts, I'd highly recommend checking out season 1! youtu.be/3zQLcRSaPlo #voiceactor #roleannouncements #podcasts #voiceacting

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Threshold: 2042 S2 Teaser

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Recorded another reading of a practice script I worked with. 🎙️ Hope y’all like it! \o/ Song: “give it back” by Co Shu Nie #voiceactor #voiceacting #charactervoices

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Currently spending the bulk of the holiday weekend cranking out some voice-over audition submissions, script writing, and binge-watching Attack on Titan for the first time! 🔥 #writesky #voiceactor #anime

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Currently learning how to record stuff with OBS, so here's a short video of me rehearsing with a practice script. 🎙️🎤 Hope you guys enjoy! 🙂 #voiceactor #voiceacting #voiceover

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Friendly reminder that I am a remote #voiceactor who is always looking for work! 🎙️ Need character voices for animation, dubbing, video games, audio dramas, or something else entirely? I've got you covered! o7 youtu.be/8tGl8Wvkv4I?... #voiceacting #voiceover

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Michael Emond 2026 Character Voice Sample Reel

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ToonHive @toonhive.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

‘Scott Pilgrim’ creator Bryan Lee O’Malley shares new artwork celebrating the release of ‘Coyote Vs. Acme.’ ❤️‍🔥

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

10 female characters to get to know me! Video game Edition! Bayonetta - Bayonetta Y'shtola - FFXIV Millia Rage - Guilty Gear Daisy - Mario Series Mitsuru Kirijo - Persona 3 Dizzy - Guilty Gear Naoto Shirogane - Persona 4 Midna - LoZ TP Zelda - LoZ general Rose - Street Fighter

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Me: "Oh yeah, more than half the voice-over roles I've managed to land so far involve me voicing characters who lean heavily into deadpan sarcasm." My friends, family, loved ones, and even some strangers: "Yeah, that checks out." #voiceactor #voiceacting #voiceover

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

It varies, but The Summer Hikaru Died is one of my absolute favorites right now. Honorable mentions for my current favorites also include Moriarty the Patriot, Natsume's Book of Friends, The Apothecary Diaries, and Agents of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring

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Sprouts 🌱 @ ASC @coolartcorner.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Life just be that way all the time 🙃

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I took the day off today to get some vocal rest and take a break from script writing. I spent most of the day catching up on anime and reading manga on Libby. It was indeed very chill. TwT Back to the grind tomorrow, though. 🔥 #voiceactor #writesky

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

New from 404 Media: we solved which AI company is buying massive shipments of rare books, scanning and destroying them to train AI. We put an Apple AirTag in a rare book, followed it. It ended up at an Amazon facility. Its logo is a dinosaur ripping through a book www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...

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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Describe your music taste with only three artists: Yours Truly Set It Off Good Kid

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

People having basic human rights and "genocide bad" should NOT be debatable issues. Don't be an ass. End post.

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Hey, friends! My name is Michael Emond, and I'm a remote #voiceactor based out of Cleveland, Ohio. Whether it's smartasses, innocent children, psychotic villains, or something inbetween, I'd love to help bring your projects to life! #voiceacting #samplereels #charactervoices

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I am STILL auditioning voice actors, looking for an audio engineer, and an artist for an assassin thriller audio drama! Deadline is 12 AM @ August 31st! Link to CCC Project Page Below For More Details: www.castingcall.club/projects/how... #voiceactor #castingcall #audiodrama #podcasts

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

OPEN CASTING CALL! Currently looking for voice actors for a Gritty Assassin Thriller Audio Drama Podcast! More details can be found on the CCC Page below! www.castingcall.club/projects/how... #voiceactors #voiceacting #castingcall #opencastingcall #voiceover #audiodramas #indieprojects

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Because I'm lowkey a massive workaholic and want to experiment with new forms of storytelling, I am currently trying to adapt my novella "How Do You Free a Caged Bird?" into an audio drama podcast. Wish me luck, y'all! o7 #writesky #writingcommunity #booksky

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I'm partial to the "Out of Character is Serious Business" variety where an outgoing character, or a playful one full of sass, becomes deadly quiet and serious when someone's REALLY stepped in it. Tranquil fury is criminally underutilized in fictional media. #writesky #writingcommunity

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

One of my friends pointed out that my author photo/voice actor headshot gives "Girl with a Pearl Earing" and I can't unsee it now, lmao. #writingcommunity #authors #voiceactors

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Practically woke up this morning to someone on Discord glazing my character voice sample reel. If any of y'all need me, I'll be spending the rest of the day floating on Cloud-9! ^.^ #voiceacting #voiceover #goodvibes

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

It's been long overdue, but I finally made a character voice sample reel! \o/ It's nothing fancy, just a quick and dirty rundown of some of the character voices I can offer for various projects. Hope you guys like it! o7 #voiceacting #voiceover #voiceoverartist #samplereels #charactervoices

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

A vibes-based snippet detailing a character's struggle to retain coherence/sanity as he copes with losing his faith in humanity, among other things. I'm trying to level up ⬆️ my prose game a little bit. #writesky #writingcommunity #WIPSnips #WIP #booksky

Weeks had passed, and Sven still remained in the grips of a restless depression and hatred for the world. Most days, it was hardly a trifling matter to compartmentalize the madness, to put on the persona of a dutiful Earl’s son and carry on like he wasn’t dead inside. However, some days weren’t so kind. Some days, the sea of anger threatened to drown him in the undertow, and every utterance he made to the contrary felt like briny ocean water forcibly poured down his throat.

That lazy afternoon, the young lord read through a novel he had recently bought in a desperate effort to distract himself from nihilistic musings regarding human depravity. He didn’t care if the novel was a work of classic literature or a piece of tawdry pulp fiction. Anything was fine as long as it was a distraction. He’d sooner read pages from the dictionary or an overly dry medical textbook for fun than sit idle with his thoughts. He sat in a red velvet armchair by the mansion’s library window under the light of the midday sun, wishing that the cosmic body’s rays would rekindle some semblance of lost warmth in his weary soul.

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I've been working on a trial chapter for a low-fantasy concept that I'm fleshing out. Here's a little snippet of how it's going~ ✒️ 📜 📚 #booksky #writesky #writingcommunity #authors #WIP #WIPSnip #lowfantasybooks #fantasybooks

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

"In this world, there's nothing more dangerous than a broken man with something to prove and nothing to live for.” At the risk of tooting my own horn, I freaking cooked with that one. Major pop-off moment. #writesky #writingcommunity #summerofstories #authors

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Dylan ✨ @dtpowell.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

A very spiky lad 💥 #art #characterdesign #sketch

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Currently reading: "Katabasis" by R.F. Kuang I'm trying to do better at reading contemporary fantasy novels and similar genre trade fiction to improve my prose a bit and to get a better idea of modern-day genre expectations. #writesky #writingcommunity #summerofstories

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Get to know your oomfs! Name: Michael Age: "Young at heart" Zodiac sign: Gemini Bday: June 11th Fav musical artists: Paramore/Hayley Williams, Yours Truly, Good Kid, and Set it Off Country: USA Fav color: Red, Midnight Blue, or Black Fave Season: Autumn/Fall

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

By some divine miracle, I actually have the #WIPSnips word in my snippet today! ("Assistant" is close enough- let me have this!) #writesky #booksky #authors #writingcommunity

“Soren Sylva, eh?” Ezra thought aloud.

He took a few steps on the way before fluidly turning on the back of his heel to address Soren in a dramatic flourish.

“Alright, Soren. Here’s the deal,” Ezra said. “I can’t just leave a newly turned vampire to their own devices, but I also don’t have the luxury of sitting around to babysit you all day.”

The private detective crossed his arms.

“Starting today, you will serve as my personal assistant, tagging along and helping me with various jobs I take on. In exchange, I will offer you a roof over your head, a steady supply of blood to feed on, and a guarantee that I will keep you in one piece.”

Ezra smirked. A powerful one that cemented in Soren’s eyes the sheer self-possessed confidence that the detective carried, along with his certainty that he laid out a proposal that was impossible to refuse. It wasn’t born of a shallow and inflated ego, but instead bore the weight of profound life experience and sheer determination. His self-assuredness was just as mesmerizing as it was intimidating. Whether it was in a straight-up fight or a battle of wits, Ezra was clearly not someone to be trifled with.

“I assume those terms are satisfactory?” he asked with a cheeky undertone.

Soren bit his lip. Saying he was stuck between a rock and a hard place would have been a massive understatement. Even setting aside the fact that he was now a vampire, he was still unhoused, unemployed, with nowhere else to go, in a city he knew nothing about. He still had no idea whether or not he could fully place his trust in the dubious stranger who turned him, but what other choice did he have? Ezra was his only source of information regarding vampires, and the second-best-case scenario otherwise would be dying on the streets.

Soren sighed. “They are…” he relented.

“Splendid,” Ezra cheered. “I look forward to working with you.”

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

In the Nightshade Case Files? Very much so! In the eyes of the Big Bad, Ezra is someone who turned his back on them, as well as the very things they both believed in. Soren likens the big bad to a creepy stalker ex-boyfriend. #writingcommunity #authors #writesky

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Finally got off my ass and signed up for a library card! \o/ Currently going through the Libby catalogue like a kid in the candy store, lmao. #writesky #booksky #writingcommunity

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

A re-imagining of Sleeping Beauty where she's a warrior who awakens from a 1000-year coma to stop a fae-themed zombie apocalypse. Musings for a dark academia fantasy involving demons. A deadly murder mystery game starring a burnt-out novelist. The list goes on. #summerofstories #writesky

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Hey, friends! I've uploaded another chapter of the Nightshade Case Files on #royalroad \o/ Link to read the fic below: www.royalroad.com/fiction/1498... #booksky #writesky #authors #fantasybooks #urbanfantasy #vampirebooks #webnovels

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Yet again, I lean into vibes. Some may question Ezra's methods, but damn it! He gets results! #writesky #booksky #writingcommunity #WIP #WIPSnips #urbanfantasybooks

“My, my! Why that’s no way to treat a lady!”

Ezra stood roughly fifteen away, Soren practically cowering behind him. The mugger jumped at the PI’s sudden appearance. “The fuck did you come from!?” he spat

The blonde vampire coyly tilted his head. “Oh, sorry. Am I interrupting something?”

The mugger pressed the muzzle to the woman’s forehead. Tears started to stream down her cheeks.

“I don’t know what you’re playing at, but take another closer and I shoot,” he warned.

Ezra gave the mugger a friendly grin. “Don’t you know it’s dangerous to point firearms at people?” he said.

Faster than the human eye could blink, Ezra appeared in front of the mugger. On sheer reflex, he moved to aim at Ezra’s head and shoot, but the Vampire grabbed the gun by the muzzle and pointed it upward. The mugger desperately tried to free the gun from Ezra’s grasp with all his might, but it didn’t so much as budge an inch in the PI’s vice-like grip.

“If you’re not careful, someone could get hurt,” Ezra said, without dropping his friendly grin.

The vampire’s eyes gave a warm crimson glow. He proceeded to squeeze the gun in his hand. The metal warped and twisted, cracking and popping in anguish. It wasn’t long before the weapon crumpled into pieces, and Ezra nonchalantly dropped them to the ground like shards of cheap plastic.

“…And we wouldn’t want anyone to get hurt now, would we?”

The mugger fell backwards, landing on his back. He stared upon Ezra with his mouth agape, unable to utter a single syllable, as if he had come face to face with a demon that crawled straight out of Hell. Finally, after a few agonizing moments of silence, he let out a horrified shriek.

“M-M-MONSTER!” he cried.

The disarmed mugger scrambled to his feet, running away as fast as his legs could carry him. He bolted away in a full sprint, not looking back and screaming the whole way.

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

While I do love a genuinely well-designed and memorable book cover, I don't want or need anything too fancy, especially if something like sprayed edges is going to make the book comically expensive to buy in print. (I know I'm a day late on this one.) #writesky #pretendpanel #writingcommunity

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

My relationship with visual art making is pretty complicated nowadays, so I don't really make stuff much anymore. Characters displayed: Kohaku (Painter of the Strange) Ezra Belladonna (The Nightshade Casefiles) Leon Graves (How Do You Free a Caged Bird?) #summerofstories #writesky #authors

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

My main hustle along side writing is voice acting. And of course, if I get hammered by writers block, it’s nothing binge watching an anime or going ham on a single-player RPG can’t fix. (It’s research, I swear!) #writesky #writingcommunity #summerofstories #authors

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