Daniel Verastiqui
@danielverastiqui.com
🤯 serving up mind-blowing cyberpunk thrillers
🔜 HOUSE OF NEPENTHE (2026)
📍 Austin, Texas
🔗 Get BARTERING NOLA for free at danielverastiqui.com
🔜 HOUSE OF NEPENTHE (2026)
📍 Austin, Texas
🔗 Get BARTERING NOLA for free at danielverastiqui.com
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Daniel Verastiqui
@danielverastiqui.com
· Nov 16
📌 BTW, these are my cyberpunk novels. Here's what you can expect:
• An expansive shared universe
• Celebrity hackers with thick plot armor
• Mind-bending virtual reality
• True AI
• Synthetic humans
• Gunfights, razor-sharp wit, and dark humor at every turn
🛒 danielverastiqui.com/amazon
• An expansive shared universe
• Celebrity hackers with thick plot armor
• Mind-bending virtual reality
• True AI
• Synthetic humans
• Gunfights, razor-sharp wit, and dark humor at every turn
🛒 danielverastiqui.com/amazon
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On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
Software developers at work love AI. Indie authors on social media hate it. But what about college professors who are actively teaching writing courses?
I spoke with Dr. Casey Boyle at UT Austin and got his thoughts.
🔗 itsyourcareer.blog/writing-with...
I spoke with Dr. Casey Boyle at UT Austin and got his thoughts.
🔗 itsyourcareer.blog/writing-with...
Writing With AI: Help or Hindrance? It’s Your Career Blog | The University of Texas at Austin It's Your Career
itsyourcareer.blog
November 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Software developers at work love AI. Indie authors on social media hate it. But what about college professors who are actively teaching writing courses?
I spoke with Dr. Casey Boyle at UT Austin and got his thoughts.
🔗 itsyourcareer.blog/writing-with...
I spoke with Dr. Casey Boyle at UT Austin and got his thoughts.
🔗 itsyourcareer.blog/writing-with...
As the rejection letters spill onto the second wall of my office, I can’t help thinking there’s probably a better use for all this ink and paper.
November 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
As the rejection letters spill onto the second wall of my office, I can’t help thinking there’s probably a better use for all this ink and paper.
Even after twenty years of self-publishing, most sales still come as a surprise.
How does it even happen? Is it the ads I’m not running? My topless reels on IG? My mom spending her retirement savings on my self-esteem?
I wish I knew. 🫠
How does it even happen? Is it the ads I’m not running? My topless reels on IG? My mom spending her retirement savings on my self-esteem?
I wish I knew. 🫠
November 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Even after twenty years of self-publishing, most sales still come as a surprise.
How does it even happen? Is it the ads I’m not running? My topless reels on IG? My mom spending her retirement savings on my self-esteem?
I wish I knew. 🫠
How does it even happen? Is it the ads I’m not running? My topless reels on IG? My mom spending her retirement savings on my self-esteem?
I wish I knew. 🫠
Tearing through this book right now, wondering what kind of shenanigans Henry Miller would get up to on social media.
Monday: Henry Miller has joined Bluesky.
Wednesday: Henry Miller has been banned from Bluesky.
🔗 Get it here: amzn.to/4oM8Yzx (The audiobook is great too)
Monday: Henry Miller has joined Bluesky.
Wednesday: Henry Miller has been banned from Bluesky.
🔗 Get it here: amzn.to/4oM8Yzx (The audiobook is great too)
Henry Miller on Writing (New Directions Paperbook)
Henry Miller on Writing (New Directions Paperbook) [Miller, Henry] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Henry Miller on Writing (New Directions Paperbook)
amzn.to
November 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Tearing through this book right now, wondering what kind of shenanigans Henry Miller would get up to on social media.
Monday: Henry Miller has joined Bluesky.
Wednesday: Henry Miller has been banned from Bluesky.
🔗 Get it here: amzn.to/4oM8Yzx (The audiobook is great too)
Monday: Henry Miller has joined Bluesky.
Wednesday: Henry Miller has been banned from Bluesky.
🔗 Get it here: amzn.to/4oM8Yzx (The audiobook is great too)
It's a digital arms race to the bottom.
OpenAI Launches the AI Browser War
ChatGPT Atlas will try to map the company's way to more users.
gizmodo.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
It's a digital arms race to the bottom.
"Every night, we weaponize his own nonsense against him. He can’t not respond. He tries to resist, but the words just burst out of him. You can see the pain in his eyes, the internal battle between rebellion and needing to complete the loop."
Read: danielverastiqui.com/old-man-shakes-fist-at-words/
Read: danielverastiqui.com/old-man-shakes-fist-at-words/
Old Man Shakes Fist at Words
I don’t know if it’s because I’m a writer or because of the anxiety disorder that’s been quietly narrating my life since middle school, but I am always listening. People talk, and my brain just… grabs...
danielverastiqui.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"Every night, we weaponize his own nonsense against him. He can’t not respond. He tries to resist, but the words just burst out of him. You can see the pain in his eyes, the internal battle between rebellion and needing to complete the loop."
Read: danielverastiqui.com/old-man-shakes-fist-at-words/
Read: danielverastiqui.com/old-man-shakes-fist-at-words/
There's a moment each day when the solar tops off the batteries and starts selling electricity back to the power companies for PENNIES, and that's when the AC goes down to 70, baby. ❄️
October 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
There's a moment each day when the solar tops off the batteries and starts selling electricity back to the power companies for PENNIES, and that's when the AC goes down to 70, baby. ❄️
I watch my favorite #horror movie, the star-studded House on Haunted Hill, every October, and my favorite part is still watching Chris Kattan just trying to get paid and get the f out of there.
October 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I watch my favorite #horror movie, the star-studded House on Haunted Hill, every October, and my favorite part is still watching Chris Kattan just trying to get paid and get the f out of there.
Every time I'm cutting dialogue...
October 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Every time I'm cutting dialogue...
I’ll tell you what, no one is looking forward to the end of this Texas summer more than me and this huge crack in my windshield.
October 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I’ll tell you what, no one is looking forward to the end of this Texas summer more than me and this huge crack in my windshield.
Sweet Jeebus.
October 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Sweet Jeebus.
Overheard father-son exchanges at the park this morning:
🤕 “You just bumped your head; it hurts, but you don’t have to cry about it.”
🐿️ “Don’t throw rocks at squirrels; serial killers do that.”
Dunno if these kids are headed in different or the same directions.
🤕 “You just bumped your head; it hurts, but you don’t have to cry about it.”
🐿️ “Don’t throw rocks at squirrels; serial killers do that.”
Dunno if these kids are headed in different or the same directions.
October 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Overheard father-son exchanges at the park this morning:
🤕 “You just bumped your head; it hurts, but you don’t have to cry about it.”
🐿️ “Don’t throw rocks at squirrels; serial killers do that.”
Dunno if these kids are headed in different or the same directions.
🤕 “You just bumped your head; it hurts, but you don’t have to cry about it.”
🐿️ “Don’t throw rocks at squirrels; serial killers do that.”
Dunno if these kids are headed in different or the same directions.
There’s a scene in Tin Cup where Kevin Costner gets the yips and starts trying all these random gadgets and gimmicks to get his swing back.
As a kid, I thought “how desperate” and “have some respect for yourself” but then I grew up and became an indie author and now I see you, Kevin.
I see you.
As a kid, I thought “how desperate” and “have some respect for yourself” but then I grew up and became an indie author and now I see you, Kevin.
I see you.
October 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
There’s a scene in Tin Cup where Kevin Costner gets the yips and starts trying all these random gadgets and gimmicks to get his swing back.
As a kid, I thought “how desperate” and “have some respect for yourself” but then I grew up and became an indie author and now I see you, Kevin.
I see you.
As a kid, I thought “how desperate” and “have some respect for yourself” but then I grew up and became an indie author and now I see you, Kevin.
I see you.
Man you pause for three seconds on one of those Instagram ads claiming they can teach you to sell 60k books in 6 days just daydreaming of a life that could have been and then that’s just your feed from now on.
October 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Man you pause for three seconds on one of those Instagram ads claiming they can teach you to sell 60k books in 6 days just daydreaming of a life that could have been and then that’s just your feed from now on.
I've always been hesitant to put the words "A NOVEL" on my book covers because someone will inevitably write a review that begins with "The cover advertises this book as 'a novel' but when you get far enough into..." and so forth.
September 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I've always been hesitant to put the words "A NOVEL" on my book covers because someone will inevitably write a review that begins with "The cover advertises this book as 'a novel' but when you get far enough into..." and so forth.
The only thing you really need to know about Pflugerville Texas is that if you want Whataburger on Thursday you better get in line on Wednesday.
September 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The only thing you really need to know about Pflugerville Texas is that if you want Whataburger on Thursday you better get in line on Wednesday.
The airplanes in my dreams are some of the most poorly maintained aircraft known to humankind.
September 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The airplanes in my dreams are some of the most poorly maintained aircraft known to humankind.
I think I’m going to be sad when my kids are grown up and off living their own lives because then there won’t be anyone left to sneeze directly into my eyeball.
September 28, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I think I’m going to be sad when my kids are grown up and off living their own lives because then there won’t be anyone left to sneeze directly into my eyeball.
Just saw a million dollar idea. Sure, you'll end up a political prisoner at some point, but for a while there... you're gonna be RICH! And that's what America is all about.
I know antifa isn't a real organization because I don't get 40 texts a week from them asking for donations.
September 23, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Just saw a million dollar idea. Sure, you'll end up a political prisoner at some point, but for a while there... you're gonna be RICH! And that's what America is all about.
🚀 Outrage of the Day™ (PC/Mac/Mobile)
🎯 Every morning, the world wakes up furious, and it’s your job to figure out why. OotD™ turns the daily ritual of doomscrolling into a strategic, mind-melting hunt for the latest source of social distress. Can you figure it out before your coffee gets cold?
🎯 Every morning, the world wakes up furious, and it’s your job to figure out why. OotD™ turns the daily ritual of doomscrolling into a strategic, mind-melting hunt for the latest source of social distress. Can you figure it out before your coffee gets cold?
September 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
🚀 Outrage of the Day™ (PC/Mac/Mobile)
🎯 Every morning, the world wakes up furious, and it’s your job to figure out why. OotD™ turns the daily ritual of doomscrolling into a strategic, mind-melting hunt for the latest source of social distress. Can you figure it out before your coffee gets cold?
🎯 Every morning, the world wakes up furious, and it’s your job to figure out why. OotD™ turns the daily ritual of doomscrolling into a strategic, mind-melting hunt for the latest source of social distress. Can you figure it out before your coffee gets cold?
"The #CDC only recommends the vaccine for patients 65 and older or if you have a preexisting condition. Do you have any preexisting conditions?"
"None that I can prove," said Steve.
"But DO you?"
"What do you need to hear from me right now?"
Continued: danielverastiqui.com/when-getting...
"None that I can prove," said Steve.
"But DO you?"
"What do you need to hear from me right now?"
Continued: danielverastiqui.com/when-getting...
September 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
"The #CDC only recommends the vaccine for patients 65 and older or if you have a preexisting condition. Do you have any preexisting conditions?"
"None that I can prove," said Steve.
"But DO you?"
"What do you need to hear from me right now?"
Continued: danielverastiqui.com/when-getting...
"None that I can prove," said Steve.
"But DO you?"
"What do you need to hear from me right now?"
Continued: danielverastiqui.com/when-getting...
"Well that's not how spines work."
-- Me, knowing very little about how spines work, while watching 28 YEARS LATER
-- Me, knowing very little about how spines work, while watching 28 YEARS LATER
September 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"Well that's not how spines work."
-- Me, knowing very little about how spines work, while watching 28 YEARS LATER
-- Me, knowing very little about how spines work, while watching 28 YEARS LATER