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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 2d

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

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Caitlin Rozakis @caitlinrozakis.bsky.social · 19d

Another on-point marketing/web team.

Sam Ottewill-Soulsby @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social · 19d

I absolutely adore the 404 page for the @financialtimes.com

Amusing 404 page explaining why the intended page wasn’t found using various economic concepts.

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M. Verant is finishing Dragons of the Great Wyves @mverant.com · 20d

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...

Kindle showing book cover for Dragons of the Great Wyves. Background is a Regency lady in white beside a huge scarlet dragon

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fiberartsjill.bsky.social @fiberartsjill.bsky.social · 20d

Time to reuse some buttons and lace, and of course denim #embroidery #handembroidery #broderie #upcycling

Blue denim decorated with pink and white lace, black rickrack, and silver buttons.

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 20d

I MEAN, this company - !!! 😍🦇

Smart Bitches @smartbitches.bsky.social · 20d

I've got jokes AND I've got recs!

@stephanieburgis.bsky.social , @rebeccayarros.bsky.social, @isabelcanas.bsky.social and Ali Hazelwood, of course.

Bride by Ali Hazelwood, Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas, A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience by Stephanie Burgis, and Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

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Cassandra B. Leigh @cassandrableigh.bsky.social · 20d

#BookRelease #BookLaunch #NewBook

Haunting Netherfield

Star-crossed lovers whisper in the halls of Netherfield, seeking a path to the other side.

#Ghosts #MrDarcy #PrideAndPrejudice #Regency #Romance #Romancelandia #KindleUnlimited #Books 📚💙

mybook.to/HauntNether

Cover art for Haunting Netherfield by Cassandra B. Leigh. A young woman dressed in a flowing blue cloak looks over her shoulder in the dark woods.

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M. Verant is finishing Dragons of the Great Wyves @mverant.com · 22d

I just texted: "I moved the dragon out of the toilet delivery zone for safety"

Might be the first time that sentence has ever been written #dragon #toilet

M. Verant is finishing Dragons of the Great Wyves @mverant.com · 23d

Book 3 is on it's way! DRAGONS OF THE GREAT WYVES launch day is November 6 🎉The ebook is up for preorder already geni.us/DGW-kindle

Dragons of the Great Wyves: Fire and Song (Jane Austen Fantasy Book 3)

Amazon.com: Dragons of the Great Wyves: Fire and Song (Jane Austen Fantasy Book 3) eBook : Verant, M.: Kindle Store

geni.us

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M. Verant is finishing Dragons of the Great Wyves @mverant.com · 26d

Those covers are awesome!

M. Verant is finishing Dragons of the Great Wyves @mverant.com · 26d

Gorgeous ❤️ A full box o' arcs is fun

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BBNYA @bbnya.bsky.social · 28d

Congratulations to Miss Bennet's Dragon by @mverant.com

You are through to the #BBNYA2025 final!!!

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M. Verant is finishing Dragons of the Great Wyves @mverant.com · Sep 17

Nice :) The book 3 cover is gorgeous!

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Elizabeth Schechter @easchechter.bsky.social · Sep 8

The Only Constant is Change

Have you heard the phrase "The only constant is change?" It's true, especially in publishing. Trends change, and you have to go with it. And that's why the entire Blood of the Raven series is getting new covers to celebrate the release of book three! Wait, what? Didn't…

The Only Constant is Change

Have you heard the phrase "The only constant is change?" It's true, especially in publishing. Trends change, and you have to go with it. And that's why the entire Blood of the Raven series is getting new covers to celebrate the release of book three! Wait, what? Didn't book 2 just come out a few months ago? Yes, yes it did. And yes, I do love that cover. But it appears that the cover art trend is shifting, and that shiny new cover is already dated. So... shiny new covers! AND...

www.elizabethschechterwrites.com

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M. Verant is finishing Dragons of the Great Wyves @mverant.com · Sep 1

Need your AI to go stark raving bonkers in your next story? Let us count the ways... www.livescience.com/technology/a...

There are 32 different ways AI can go rogue, scientists say — from hallucinating answers to a complete misalignment with humanity

New research has created the first comprehensive effort to categorize all the ways AI can go wrong, with many of those behaviors resembling human psychiatric disorders.

www.livescience.com

M. Verant is finishing Dragons of the Great Wyves @mverant.com · Aug 30

I'm out of ISBN numbers. Time to pay tribute $$$ to the Bowker shakedown of US publishing. Hmm
- $295 for 10. That'll last 6 years.
- $595 for 100 so I never, ever have to fork out these ridiculous prices again.
(Peers longingly north at Canada: free ISBNs + health care + a non-fascist government🍁)

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M. Verant is finishing Dragons of the Great Wyves @mverant.com · Aug 28

Oof, not Dec 15th, Dec 16th! Darn you numeric keys

M. Verant is finishing Dragons of the Great Wyves @mverant.com · Aug 28

Title seems locked: DRAGONS OF THE GREAT WYVES. That was suggested by one of the beta readers 🎉 Subtitle is... in flux

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M. Verant is finishing Dragons of the Great Wyves @mverant.com · Aug 28

Launch date looks like late Oct or early Nov. Cool, that's close to #JaneAusten 250th birthday on December 15th! Aiming for a Thursday this time.

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M. Verant is finishing Dragons of the Great Wyves @mverant.com · Aug 28

The cover artist is working on book 3 cover, so I'm officially switching from writing to launch planning. Just roughed out the launch timeline. Egad, 75 items on it already!

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · Aug 19

It's cover reveal day for The Seaglass Blade!

Much gratitude to @alawinans.bsky.social for this incredible artwork. It captured so much of the feel and themes of the book (and it's just flat out gorgeous so I love to look at it!)

www.kickstarter.com/projects/jcs...

Book cover: The Seaglass Blade, by J.C. Snow. A phoenix wraps her wings protectively over a building perched on a cliff above the sea, dark blue and filled with hints of half-seen things.

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M. Verant is finishing Dragons of the Great Wyves @mverant.com · Aug 18

Reading Peter S. Beagle's: I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons. He's one of my favorite writers, and having a new book is sweeeet... #fantasy

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M. Verant is finishing Dragons of the Great Wyves @mverant.com · Aug 18

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

Gmail error message that says: url8747.booktrovert.com doesn’t support a secure connection with HTTPS

M. Verant is finishing Dragons of the Great Wyves @mverant.com · Aug 10

I just realized that Wednesday = Daria

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · Aug 5

Always liked how early the Royal Navy started down its path of giving its most lethal warships embarrassing names.

Nothing worse than discovering you've just had the crap kicked out of you, in naval terms, by the "Peter Pomegranate"

The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · Aug 5

In 1511, £142 4s 6d (about £132,700 in modern money) was spent on supplies "for painting and staining of certain banners and streamers for the use of our ships called the Mary Rose and Peter Pomegranate"

A detail from the Anthony Roll, a Tudor depiction of all the ships in Henry VIII's navy circa 1545, showing the long flags on the Mary Rose.

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quantum katana @quantumkatana.bsky.social · Jul 30

I want to give a shout out to an online writing critique group that I've been a part of since 2018: The group is welcoming and open to diversity in all its myriad forms. Check it out at www.meetup.com/east-bay-sci... !

East Bay Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers | Meetup

Welcome to EBSFFW! The group is open to anyone 18 years old or older who is writing in the genre or who enjoys it enough to read other people's writing and provide serious and supportive critique. Wha...

www.meetup.com

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