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M. Verant Aug 6, 2024

A fun author interview and deep dive into the characters and writing of Miss Bennet’s Dragon https://beforewegoblog.com/spfbox-interview-with-m-verant/ #fantasy

“Mary Bennet is brilliant, on the spectrum, and a raging social activist”

SPFBOX Interview with M. Verant

Our SPFBOX interviews continue with M. Verant, author of Miss Bennet’s Dragon. SPFBO (the Self-Published Fantasy Blog Off) is a free online contest run by author Mark Lawrence. 300 authors...

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M. Verant Jul 30, 2024

This perfectly captures the fabulous strategic change I've been loving since Kamala:
“The fascists depend on fear,” as Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz put it over the weekend. “The fascists depend on us going back. But we are not afraid of weird people. We’re a little bit creeped out, but we are not afraid.” https://www.salon.com/2024/07/29/old-and-quite-weird-democrats-finally-discover-new-effective--and-hate-it/

"Old and quite weird": Democrats finally discover new effective attack — and Republicans hate it

After nearly a decade of being forced to take Trump seriously, Democrats call BS on the whole charade.

Salon.com

M. Verant Jul 23, 2024

Note to self: Pitch COCAINE SHARK! #amwriting https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/23/science/cocaine-sharks-brazil-scli-intl-scn/index.html

Sharks in Brazil test positive for cocaine, say scientists

Sharks living off the coast of Brazil have tested positive for cocaine, according to new research, the first time that the drug has been detected in free-ranging sharks.

CNN

M. Verant Jul 23, 2024

AkaSci 🛰️Jul 23, 2024

xkcd's Randall Munroe endorses Kamala Harris with the perfect tribute titled "President Venn Diagram!"

Title text: Hard to imagine political rhetoric more microtargeted at me than 'I love Venn diagrams. I really do, I love Venn diagrams. It's just something about those three circles.'

Kamala Harris loves Venn diagrams; so does Randall Munroe. And the xkcd comic is sheer perfection in its simplicity and its insightful message.

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https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2962:_President_Venn_Diagram
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2962: President Venn Diagram - explain xkcd

Explain xkcd is a wiki dedicated to explaining the webcomic xkcd. Go figure.

M. Verant Jul 18, 2024

I think I've successfully matched modern images of Dunrobin Castle to the 1813 sketch by the Countess of Sutherland. It's not a pretty graphic, but it's good enough for fiction 🙃 The Sutherlands are famous for their castle and infamous for the brutal Highland clearances ~1813, the year Pride and Prejudice was published.

M. Verant Jul 17, 2024

Check out the IPPY award medals! These things are gorgeous ❤️ I admit 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, who won gold and silver in Fantasy, respectively

M. Verant May 31, 2024

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

M. Verant May 8, 2024

GLORY AND HALLELUJAH! Word finally added Ctrl-Shift-V to paste unformatted!!!! It only took them 20 years

M. Verant Apr 20, 2024

🐉 Miss Bennet’s Dragon is this month's Fantasy Fellowship Indie buddy read! Today and Sunday it's 0.99 on Amazon US & UK

M. Verant Mar 14, 2024

Sure, it's a colossal waste of time that I should be using to write, but check out my NEW FREECELL RECORD WOOHOO 🎉 🥳 #amwriting