Veronica Roth
@veronicarothbooks.com
Author of Divergent, Carve the Mark, Chosen Ones, Poster Girl, Arch-Conspirator, When Among Crows, etc.
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Veronica Roth
@veronicarothbooks.com
· Jan 22
a woman is looking at a man with the words they call it divergent behind her
Alt: An East Asian woman, Maggie Q, says the phrase "They call it Divergent" (the text of which is in the bottom right corner of the gif), and then Shailene Woodley, a wide-eyed white girl stares at her in shock
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New Bluesky people! Especially #booksky! Do you remember this movie, perhaps with fond nostalgia, perhaps with cringe, or perhaps with both (c'est moi)? WELL-- it was based on a book, Divergent. I wrote it.
But that was FOURTEEN years ago! And since then, I have written OTHER THINGS! Like...
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But that was FOURTEEN years ago! And since then, I have written OTHER THINGS! Like...
📚💙🪐
my fellow draft-by-the-end-of-the-year people (catchy) I am here to report I met my goal yesterday (I have to write at least 2K a day for the next 50 days-- with a few days off permitted-- to get this draft done)
@adamchristopher.me ET TOI
#doneby1
@adamchristopher.me ET TOI
#doneby1
November 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
my fellow draft-by-the-end-of-the-year people (catchy) I am here to report I met my goal yesterday (I have to write at least 2K a day for the next 50 days-- with a few days off permitted-- to get this draft done)
@adamchristopher.me ET TOI
#doneby1
@adamchristopher.me ET TOI
#doneby1
petition to start categorizing all conspiracy thrillers as fantasy because clearly reality is far stupider and more brazen than we even imagined
November 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
petition to start categorizing all conspiracy thrillers as fantasy because clearly reality is far stupider and more brazen than we even imagined
Hey @adamchristopher.me how'd you do yesterday?
I wrote 3K but am probably going to start today by scrapping some of it. And I have accepted that #doneby1 is probably the best I can do cute hashtag wise.
I wrote 3K but am probably going to start today by scrapping some of it. And I have accepted that #doneby1 is probably the best I can do cute hashtag wise.
November 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Hey @adamchristopher.me how'd you do yesterday?
I wrote 3K but am probably going to start today by scrapping some of it. And I have accepted that #doneby1 is probably the best I can do cute hashtag wise.
I wrote 3K but am probably going to start today by scrapping some of it. And I have accepted that #doneby1 is probably the best I can do cute hashtag wise.
Last time I went to the dentist I got three fillings and started to have a panic attack-- it wasn't the drill or anything, but they stuffed all that cotton and whatnot in my mouth and my nose started to get stuffy so the brain was like "am I going to suffocate" etc. which has NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE
November 12, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Last time I went to the dentist I got three fillings and started to have a panic attack-- it wasn't the drill or anything, but they stuffed all that cotton and whatnot in my mouth and my nose started to get stuffy so the brain was like "am I going to suffocate" etc. which has NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE
Convincing you to read my novel(la) with the first sentence (okay, paragraph and a half.)
This is from TO CLUTCH A RAZOR.
This is from TO CLUTCH A RAZOR.
November 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Convincing you to read my novel(la) with the first sentence (okay, paragraph and a half.)
This is from TO CLUTCH A RAZOR.
This is from TO CLUTCH A RAZOR.
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Convincing you to read THE SHAMSHINE BLIND by sharing the first sentence except oopsie! I cropped the photo wrong so you get two paragraphs! share yours etc.
November 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Convincing you to read THE SHAMSHINE BLIND by sharing the first sentence except oopsie! I cropped the photo wrong so you get two paragraphs! share yours etc.
If you're trying to finish a draft by the end of the year, @adamchristopher.me and I are going to do some regular bluesky accountability. Join us!
now I need to think of a hashtag. #donebyjan1? #screamingtowardthesolstice? too long
now I need to think of a hashtag. #donebyjan1? #screamingtowardthesolstice? too long
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
If you're trying to finish a draft by the end of the year, @adamchristopher.me and I are going to do some regular bluesky accountability. Join us!
now I need to think of a hashtag. #donebyjan1? #screamingtowardthesolstice? too long
now I need to think of a hashtag. #donebyjan1? #screamingtowardthesolstice? too long
I looked up "ghouls" and what do you know
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I looked up "ghouls" and what do you know
just searched "do other people know kotallo is hot" so that's how my playthrough of Horizon Forbidden West is going.
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
just searched "do other people know kotallo is hot" so that's how my playthrough of Horizon Forbidden West is going.
40K, which I think will be a third of the draft.
a cartoon cat is sitting on a set of wooden steps .
Alt: a cartoon cat is sliding down a set of wooden steps, flattened/melted-like.
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November 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
40K, which I think will be a third of the draft.
At events I always insist that I enjoy the daily act of writing, and I'm often met with skepticism. But an activity can be frustrating/challenging and still bring joy. In fact, that's part of it-- like playing a video game on a too-easy difficulty setting, a frictionless existence is not rewarding.
Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
At events I always insist that I enjoy the daily act of writing, and I'm often met with skepticism. But an activity can be frustrating/challenging and still bring joy. In fact, that's part of it-- like playing a video game on a too-easy difficulty setting, a frictionless existence is not rewarding.
Remember how we all got swept up in Magic Eye fever for awhile? What was that about? Has anyone studied this?
November 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Remember how we all got swept up in Magic Eye fever for awhile? What was that about? Has anyone studied this?
I'm trying to use the word "snag" in a sentence and the more I think about it the more it sounds like nonsense snag snagged snag hit a snag snagged her for a photo snagangagngwoeiegng
November 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I'm trying to use the word "snag" in a sentence and the more I think about it the more it sounds like nonsense snag snagged snag hit a snag snagged her for a photo snagangagngwoeiegng
Today is the day I return to back squats after throwing my back out last month
fingers crossed it works out
fingers crossed it works out
November 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Today is the day I return to back squats after throwing my back out last month
fingers crossed it works out
fingers crossed it works out
a thing I would love to change about the anxious brain is that twenty people can say something nice to you and ONE person says something mean and that one mean thing will stick in your mind for the rest of your goddamn life but the twenty nice things? gone immediately.
November 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
a thing I would love to change about the anxious brain is that twenty people can say something nice to you and ONE person says something mean and that one mean thing will stick in your mind for the rest of your goddamn life but the twenty nice things? gone immediately.
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We're really excited to be bringing @kerstinhall.bsky.social 's ASUNDER to the UK next year!
Here's why @veronicarothbooks.com and @isabelcanas.bsky.social think you should dive into to this deliciously dark fantasy...
Preorder now: https://geni.us/asunder
Here's why @veronicarothbooks.com and @isabelcanas.bsky.social think you should dive into to this deliciously dark fantasy...
Preorder now: https://geni.us/asunder
November 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
We're really excited to be bringing @kerstinhall.bsky.social 's ASUNDER to the UK next year!
Here's why @veronicarothbooks.com and @isabelcanas.bsky.social think you should dive into to this deliciously dark fantasy...
Preorder now: https://geni.us/asunder
Here's why @veronicarothbooks.com and @isabelcanas.bsky.social think you should dive into to this deliciously dark fantasy...
Preorder now: https://geni.us/asunder
happy n7 day to all who celebrate
Remember, press F to stop mingling
Remember, press F to stop mingling
November 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
happy n7 day to all who celebrate
Remember, press F to stop mingling
Remember, press F to stop mingling
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I love great novellas, and you all need to put these two urban fantasies by @veronicarothbooks.com on your list, When Among Crows, and To Clutch A Razor. Writing the second book in a series isn't easy, but this one is amazing.
Looking forward to more in the Curse Bearer series. 🙌
Looking forward to more in the Curse Bearer series. 🙌
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I love great novellas, and you all need to put these two urban fantasies by @veronicarothbooks.com on your list, When Among Crows, and To Clutch A Razor. Writing the second book in a series isn't easy, but this one is amazing.
Looking forward to more in the Curse Bearer series. 🙌
Looking forward to more in the Curse Bearer series. 🙌
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here's the (gorgeous) cover for my next book, Seek the Traitor's Son!
Quick pitch:
It's about the daughter of a bounty hunter
the Knight sworn to protect her
...and the prophecy that ruins both of their lives.
5/12/26!
Art: @pablohurtado.bsky.social
Cover design: @katieklim.bsky.social
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here's the (gorgeous) cover for my next book, Seek the Traitor's Son!
Quick pitch:
It's about the daughter of a bounty hunter
the Knight sworn to protect her
...and the prophecy that ruins both of their lives.
5/12/26!
Art: @pablohurtado.bsky.social
Cover design: @katieklim.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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here's the (gorgeous) cover for my next book, Seek the Traitor's Son!
Quick pitch:
It's about the daughter of a bounty hunter
the Knight sworn to protect her
...and the prophecy that ruins both of their lives.
5/12/26!
Art: @pablohurtado.bsky.social
Cover design: @katieklim.bsky.social
👀
here's the (gorgeous) cover for my next book, Seek the Traitor's Son!
Quick pitch:
It's about the daughter of a bounty hunter
the Knight sworn to protect her
...and the prophecy that ruins both of their lives.
5/12/26!
Art: @pablohurtado.bsky.social
Cover design: @katieklim.bsky.social
I'm in NYC right now for a work thing and I'm going to bed early and I'd BETTER get woken up by enthusiastic election-related honking in the middle of the night
November 5, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I'm in NYC right now for a work thing and I'm going to bed early and I'd BETTER get woken up by enthusiastic election-related honking in the middle of the night
I don't know why, I am not a mindless shopper by any means, but if I see a crew neck sweatshirt, especially in a tourist-y context, I WILL want to buy it.
October 30, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I don't know why, I am not a mindless shopper by any means, but if I see a crew neck sweatshirt, especially in a tourist-y context, I WILL want to buy it.
ICYMI:
"...But if you believe that *now* is the genre’s highest priority, rather than the future, it does change whether you think it’s still worth something, whether you think dystopian fiction is 'doing its job.'" shorturl.at/3El55
"...But if you believe that *now* is the genre’s highest priority, rather than the future, it does change whether you think it’s still worth something, whether you think dystopian fiction is 'doing its job.'" shorturl.at/3El55
October 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
ICYMI:
"...But if you believe that *now* is the genre’s highest priority, rather than the future, it does change whether you think it’s still worth something, whether you think dystopian fiction is 'doing its job.'" shorturl.at/3El55
"...But if you believe that *now* is the genre’s highest priority, rather than the future, it does change whether you think it’s still worth something, whether you think dystopian fiction is 'doing its job.'" shorturl.at/3El55
every day i inch closer to being the kind of person who does a full stretching routine in the airport
October 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
every day i inch closer to being the kind of person who does a full stretching routine in the airport
A newsletter in which I argue for a more expansive way of reading dystopian fiction shorturl.at/3El55
How to Read Dystopian Fiction in Dystopian Times
Senior year of high school, I read 1984 by George Orwell for the second time.
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October 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A newsletter in which I argue for a more expansive way of reading dystopian fiction shorturl.at/3El55
i have discovered that no one is more stubborn than me when confronted with nonsense MLM health products peddled by family members
October 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
i have discovered that no one is more stubborn than me when confronted with nonsense MLM health products peddled by family members