Darby Vernon
@darbyvernon.bsky.social
Author of upcoming book Madness of the Elder Vampire. || iOS App Developer || I try to post funny things.
Happy NaNoWriMo! (Or Novel November, or whatever we're calling it now.) My book (which started as a NaNo project) is currently available on BookSirens for free until Dec 9th. Early reviews have been incredible so far! Download your free eBook here: booksirens.com/book/QKOIMPO...
#booksky #nanowrimo
#booksky #nanowrimo
November 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Happy NaNoWriMo! (Or Novel November, or whatever we're calling it now.) My book (which started as a NaNo project) is currently available on BookSirens for free until Dec 9th. Early reviews have been incredible so far! Download your free eBook here: booksirens.com/book/QKOIMPO...
#booksky #nanowrimo
#booksky #nanowrimo
Apologies to my followers I'm going to get annoying and post marketing things for the next month or two.
November 1, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Apologies to my followers I'm going to get annoying and post marketing things for the next month or two.
LOOK GARY THERE I AM. I didn't even pay for this promotion. Though I hope being bundled with a bunch of romance books doesn't accidentally skew my readers into expecting mine to be romance.
October 29, 2025 at 10:31 PM
LOOK GARY THERE I AM. I didn't even pay for this promotion. Though I hope being bundled with a bunch of romance books doesn't accidentally skew my readers into expecting mine to be romance.
Sowing: "I'll just design the front for now. I'll extend the design to the back later."
Reaping: "Well this is a lot of work."
Reaping: "Well this is a lot of work."
October 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Sowing: "I'll just design the front for now. I'll extend the design to the back later."
Reaping: "Well this is a lot of work."
Reaping: "Well this is a lot of work."
My mother trying to explain comma rules to me for the 20th time. #booksky #authors #stupidGrammarRules
September 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
My mother trying to explain comma rules to me for the 20th time. #booksky #authors #stupidGrammarRules
Learning all the ins and outs of marketing my book got me like
September 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Learning all the ins and outs of marketing my book got me like
LTK. I’m 90% sure it’s a ghost job anyway.
September 12, 2025 at 1:10 AM
LTK. I’m 90% sure it’s a ghost job anyway.
I’m going to flip my shit. Would you like me to enter my name another five times just for good measure?
September 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I’m going to flip my shit. Would you like me to enter my name another five times just for good measure?
Applying for entry level jobs in a related but new field and they ask you about your grades in high school/college:
September 3, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Applying for entry level jobs in a related but new field and they ask you about your grades in high school/college:
The best VtM "covers" (or key art) are Reckoning of New York and the original Bloodlines 2. They're both pretty nice, but I wasn't sure which elements, if any, would work for my book. Eventually I decided to let the title carry the vampire angle on its own.
June 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The best VtM "covers" (or key art) are Reckoning of New York and the original Bloodlines 2. They're both pretty nice, but I wasn't sure which elements, if any, would work for my book. Eventually I decided to let the title carry the vampire angle on its own.
I forgot to mention that I also looked at Vampire: The Masquerade's book covers, since that was my biggest inspiration. But frankly, they're all really bad.
June 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I forgot to mention that I also looked at Vampire: The Masquerade's book covers, since that was my biggest inspiration. But frankly, they're all really bad.
Oh huh. I never thought about this before.
May 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Oh huh. I never thought about this before.
Why is electronic rock superstar Klayton Celldweller lying dead in a casket being sold as a stock photo for $400?
April 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Why is electronic rock superstar Klayton Celldweller lying dead in a casket being sold as a stock photo for $400?
This is probably my one area where I go way outside of what's normally accepted as proper writing style. Until a human editor tells me to cut it out, you can take my strong verbs out of my cold dead heads.
April 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This is probably my one area where I go way outside of what's normally accepted as proper writing style. Until a human editor tells me to cut it out, you can take my strong verbs out of my cold dead heads.
THE SULTRY SUMMER AIR
April 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
THE SULTRY SUMMER AIR
Using ProWritingAid to quickly self-edit this short story before submission, but I'm finding myself ignoring most of its suggestions. Ranges from "no, passive voice is fine there" to "no, that's dialog, it's allowed to be wordy" to... whatever this is. #writingCommunity
April 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Using ProWritingAid to quickly self-edit this short story before submission, but I'm finding myself ignoring most of its suggestions. Ranges from "no, passive voice is fine there" to "no, that's dialog, it's allowed to be wordy" to... whatever this is. #writingCommunity
This feels like the writing equivalent of getting a hole-in-one.
March 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This feels like the writing equivalent of getting a hole-in-one.
Writing a scene in the sequel where I answer a dangling question from the first book. This teaser just about sums it up.
March 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Writing a scene in the sequel where I answer a dangling question from the first book. This teaser just about sums it up.
Anyway, here's what the QR code for just encoding a game of Connections looks like. It's insane how big these things get with just a little bit of data. I might've been able to make it smaller with some smart data compressing techniques but I haven't done that since college.
March 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Anyway, here's what the QR code for just encoding a game of Connections looks like. It's insane how big these things get with just a little bit of data. I might've been able to make it smaller with some smart data compressing techniques but I haven't done that since college.
Wait cut off their WHAT?
February 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Wait cut off their WHAT?
I can't believe "doing research on vampires" is something I do regularly now, but here we are.
Anyway, to answer this person's question: make them vampires. Duh.
Anyway, to answer this person's question: make them vampires. Duh.
February 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I can't believe "doing research on vampires" is something I do regularly now, but here we are.
Anyway, to answer this person's question: make them vampires. Duh.
Anyway, to answer this person's question: make them vampires. Duh.