M. Verant has finished Dragons of the Great Wyves
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Fantasy novelist, writer, SFWA, techie, liberal, musicophile. If your big complaint about Jane Austen is too few dragons, I write for you. mverant.com
Two days left in the Miss Bennet's Dragon 0.99 sale (US/UK) geni.us/MBD-bsky Wish I had scored the coveted BookBub US Featured Deal promo, but running this new ad which is performing well, so it's all good 😀
November 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Two days left in the Miss Bennet's Dragon 0.99 sale (US/UK) geni.us/MBD-bsky Wish I had scored the coveted BookBub US Featured Deal promo, but running this new ad which is performing well, so it's all good 😀
Author, are your queries summarily rejected? I have discovered the cause! Agents are busy signing characters from the comics. This is the third one this year
October 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Author, are your queries summarily rejected? I have discovered the cause! Agents are busy signing characters from the comics. This is the third one this year
New #ARC for interested #booksky readers:
o Releasing November 6
o Multi POV fantasy + romance, straight & queer
o Noblebright (intense but not dark)
o Gaslamp + Dragons
o Completes a trilogy
ARCs via #NetGalley www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
o Releasing November 6
o Multi POV fantasy + romance, straight & queer
o Noblebright (intense but not dark)
o Gaslamp + Dragons
o Completes a trilogy
ARCs via #NetGalley www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
September 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
New #ARC for interested #booksky readers:
o Releasing November 6
o Multi POV fantasy + romance, straight & queer
o Noblebright (intense but not dark)
o Gaslamp + Dragons
o Completes a trilogy
ARCs via #NetGalley www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
o Releasing November 6
o Multi POV fantasy + romance, straight & queer
o Noblebright (intense but not dark)
o Gaslamp + Dragons
o Completes a trilogy
ARCs via #NetGalley www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
I really like NetGalley's new consumer site Booktrovert. But when gmail users with Enhanced Safe Browsing enabled click a book link, they get this error. Time to update to https, perhaps? :) @booktrovertcom.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I really like NetGalley's new consumer site Booktrovert. But when gmail users with Enhanced Safe Browsing enabled click a book link, they get this error. Time to update to https, perhaps? :) @booktrovertcom.bsky.social
We just planted a baby jacaranda!
May 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
We just planted a baby jacaranda!
BookBub is setting up a service to run websites for authors. It's in beta and I just got an invite -- I blurred the url because I can't share it, but hopefully this will become generally available before too long.
May 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
BookBub is setting up a service to run websites for authors. It's in beta and I just got an invite -- I blurred the url because I can't share it, but hopefully this will become generally available before too long.
Saw Sinners -- wow, what a movie! If you're in the Venn diagram of Blues + Horror, this movie is for you. I'd go again just for the soundtrack (which I'm listening to right now)
April 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Saw Sinners -- wow, what a movie! If you're in the Venn diagram of Blues + Horror, this movie is for you. I'd go again just for the soundtrack (which I'm listening to right now)
Look at what their cancellation form email says! Oh, the irony.
February 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Look at what their cancellation form email says! Oh, the irony.
Sadly, in the Washington Post subscription cancelation flow, the "Other" choice does not allow free-form input, so I couldn't write "Because your owner is a dick" #wapo
February 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Sadly, in the Washington Post subscription cancelation flow, the "Other" choice does not allow free-form input, so I couldn't write "Because your owner is a dick" #wapo
Interesting Amazon book promo method I haven't encountered before: an email allowing preorder of a free "sneak peak" of an upcoming release. I'm guessing this is only available to trad. I signed up though :) I love Joe Abercrombie
February 21, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Interesting Amazon book promo method I haven't encountered before: an email allowing preorder of a free "sneak peak" of an upcoming release. I'm guessing this is only available to trad. I signed up though :) I love Joe Abercrombie
I've finished my full pass check of the draft ms! Almost ready for beta read 1
February 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I've finished my full pass check of the draft ms! Almost ready for beta read 1
ROFL actual screenshot I just took of the DOGE website
February 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
ROFL actual screenshot I just took of the DOGE website
Okay, it's TIME! My writing music track today:
December 12, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Okay, it's TIME! My writing music track today:
Check out the IPPY award medals! These things are gorgeous ❤️ I had a moment of indie imposter syndrome -- do we deserve nice things? -- but... heck yeah! 😃 Bring on the bling! #amwriting
This is the bronze for EMMA'S DRAGON. Congrats to Samantha Shannon and Jes Battis, gold and silver, respectively
This is the bronze for EMMA'S DRAGON. Congrats to Samantha Shannon and Jes Battis, gold and silver, respectively
July 17, 2024 at 8:01 PM
Check out the IPPY award medals! These things are gorgeous ❤️ I had a moment of indie imposter syndrome -- do we deserve nice things? -- but... heck yeah! 😃 Bring on the bling! #amwriting
This is the bronze for EMMA'S DRAGON. Congrats to Samantha Shannon and Jes Battis, gold and silver, respectively
This is the bronze for EMMA'S DRAGON. Congrats to Samantha Shannon and Jes Battis, gold and silver, respectively
May 30 is our 31st wedding anniversary. I always give my beautiful wife roses, but yesterday I somehow miscounted 😄 and gave her 34.
Henceforth 34 roses shall be known as a trumpviction of roses
Henceforth 34 roses shall be known as a trumpviction of roses
May 31, 2024 at 10:57 PM
May 30 is our 31st wedding anniversary. I always give my beautiful wife roses, but yesterday I somehow miscounted 😄 and gave her 34.
Henceforth 34 roses shall be known as a trumpviction of roses
Henceforth 34 roses shall be known as a trumpviction of roses
Our new toaster can remove gluten!
July 9, 2023 at 12:39 AM
Our new toaster can remove gluten!
Melissa Etheridge concert last night was AWESOME! There's no video upload here yet, but here's a still from when she teamed up on drums. She spent the entire evening shredding on guitar and singing up a storm. Venue was full of loud love :)
July 5, 2023 at 2:12 AM
Melissa Etheridge concert last night was AWESOME! There's no video upload here yet, but here's a still from when she teamed up on drums. She spent the entire evening shredding on guitar and singing up a storm. Venue was full of loud love :)
At Melissa Etheridge concert. ZZ Ward just opened, amazing!
July 4, 2023 at 3:21 AM
At Melissa Etheridge concert. ZZ Ward just opened, amazing!
I cannot express how excited I am that Jane Austen is in any way connected to the next season.
A photo of my desk may convey it. (the Jane Austen doll was embroidered by my daughter!)
A photo of my desk may convey it. (the Jane Austen doll was embroidered by my daughter!)
July 4, 2023 at 12:44 AM
I cannot express how excited I am that Jane Austen is in any way connected to the next season.
A photo of my desk may convey it. (the Jane Austen doll was embroidered by my daughter!)
A photo of my desk may convey it. (the Jane Austen doll was embroidered by my daughter!)
If I ever meet the product manager who decided to "improve" Word by showing this dialogue every time you open a .doc with Track Changes enabled, we're gonna have... well, words #author
July 3, 2023 at 3:27 AM
If I ever meet the product manager who decided to "improve" Word by showing this dialogue every time you open a .doc with Track Changes enabled, we're gonna have... well, words #author