Joan Marie Verba

Your brain is lying to you — and so is theirs www.smartbrief.com/original/you...

Keep writing. You didn’t create all these fictional people and ruin their lives just to abandon them halfway through.

625 New Cosy Crime Novels for Autumn! (My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com)

Bought a new sweatshirt (and made it into a short-sleeved one).

HOT TAKE There should’ve been one and only one episode about the mirror universe.

Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.

Frodo and Sam walked all the way to Mordor—the least we can do is keep Minnesota’s crossings safe. Drivers: stay alert, slow down near crosswalks and watch for people walking. Learn more about pedestrian safety: https://bit.ly/3tQOPkU

It does, however, work for me. I have been eating breakfast, lunch and dinner, period, for decades. No snacks, no snacking. Your mileage may vary, of course.

Know your ABCs? Apply them behind the wheel: Always buckle your seat belt.

From Galveston Bookshop on Facebook

Did this one for fun to celebrate the 60th. Enjoy.🖖 #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds

I drove to the post office this morning. The car I parked next to had this card inserted into the window. While I can understand the observation in this case, I'm not sure I'd have the nerve to leave this card in someone else's window. (I didn't touch it. I just photographed it.) (See alt text)

Many years ago, I wrote down this bit of a speech Obama gave to an audience in Silicon Valley. Because it absolutely NAILED the difference between government and business.

Speaking of promoting your work...the Storybundle with my book is live! Don't just get it for mine, get it for all the other cool magic users too! The Wizards, Warlocks and Soothsayers Bundle storybundle.com/sfwa

The Chain Story Project has released the latest story: Devourer of Crowns by S. E. Lindberg and Jason M. Waltz. It is absolutely wild! Please read, enjoy like and share! (Sharing is what makes it possible for us to bring you #freefiction. Thank you.) www.chainstorycore.com/blog/devoure...

The last time I researched this, I discovered the timeline "sport is open to all; woman wins; sport is immediately closed off to women; women's league is eventually formed years later" is almost universal. Women's leagues were overwhelmingly created *strictly* to protect the egos of men.

At the conclusion of #SelfPublishedAuthorsAppreciationWeek #SPAAW, an image of novels I've published from 2020 until now. More information (including a form to fill out for those wishing to subscribe to my newsletter) at joanmarieverba.com #booksky

#SelfPublishedAuthorsAppreciationWeek #SPAAW #booksky

A food allergy awareness video (5 minutes): www.foodallergy.org/our-initiati...

Email from an experience provider asking me to do a half day's work, on a Sunday *and* give them a bunch of free books, in return for **afternoon tea**, because of course there is no budget to pay the author, why would there be something like that.

#SelfPublishedAuthorsAppreciationWeek #SPAAW #booksky Today is the start of Self-Published Authors Appreciation Week

People are gonna fucking hate this if it actually happens. Enjoy all these post 8am sunrises

My one piece of advice to new writers is that it is really, really helpful to make friends with other writers at every step of the journey. You never know when their shared experience, wisdom, or good humor will save you from some heartache.

The Chain Story Project just released its latest: A Dangerous Place by Michael A. Stackpole. (Story's great, you'll laugh, you'll cry.) Please enjoy, like and share. (Reposting is life for a project like this. Thank you.) www.chainstorycore.com/blog/a-dangerous-place

Back home after ConVergence. Highlights were readings by @joanmarieverba.bsky.social and @naomikritzer.bsky.social Great seeing all of you that I saw. Sorry to miss those I didn’t. Such a wonderful con. #cvg2026

Check out Joan Marie Verba Fantasy, Horror, Paranormal, Sci-Fi Joan Marie Verba (she/her) is an autistic author, publisher, and web developer. She earned a bachelor of physics degree from the University of Minnesota ... www.limfic.com/mbm-book-aut... #AuthorSpotlight @joanmarieverba.bsky.social

My books table at Convergence #CVG2026 Selling my books as well as books by other authors.

You get a lot of resistance to this idea from clichéd rightwing-type ideology. One such cliché was described well by Robert Anton Wilson:

Here are novels on my backlist: Defying the Ghosts (defyingtheghosts.com) Sword of Queens (see joanmarieverba.com/books.html) Twelve (twelvefairytale.com) Summoned by Dragons (summonedbydragons.com)

@wsbookclub.bsky.social Summer is arriving soon. Post a dragon. Here's the dragon on the cover of my novel Summoned by Dragons, at summonedbydragons.com

The Chain Story Project is pleased to offer The Krells of Tancras Moor by, um, ME! Just click through on the link below and snag a copy. It's #freefiction Enjoy and please, PLEASE, share. Sharing keeps the Chain Story going. www.chainstorycore.com/blog/the-krells-of-tancras-moor

Attention, everyone! Self-published Authors Appreciation Week returns in July. You can find details on what it is and how you can join the fun below! Let's make it even bigger than last year! #bookblogger #Selfpublished #SPAAW ##SelfPublishedAuthorsAppreciationWeek #booksky

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