Talarico won the nomination and celebrated by sending me an unsolicited text message on my mobile phone device. I didn't think there was anything that could ever convince me to vote Republican, but this... this came close.
2026 is the year the internet begins to eat itself in earnest, all while the Japanese are turning footsteps into electricity.
When it comes to #Kindle preorders, I never have a plan or a goal or an expectation. All I ever have is a date, and that date was… yesterday.
Anyway, if you can’t resist a social media post CTA, preorder House of Nepenthe at the link below.
danielverastiqui.com/amazon/house-of-nepenthe
I’ve carefully prepared a rabbit hole for you, and I recommend it for fans of Anaïs Nin, Paris in the 1930s, or anyone still mad at their dad. And honestly, aren’t we all?
danielverastiqui.com/on-trauma-ti...
TIL 8% of all GoFundMe campaigns are for people who want to eat at Five Guys.
Your Napster transfer speeds are gonna be through the roof!
Ah yes, the Newhart Method.
What kind of world are we living in?!
Managed to snag a table at @stapleexpo.bsky.social, which will be the first time I’ve ever sold my books at an event like this.
The good news is that, as a person living in 2026, I’m skilled at condensing panic and anxiety into a small, dense metal ball that will live in my stomach until April.
The writing goes poorly today.
Like, eat an entire pizza in one sitting at lunch type of poorly.
House of Nepenthe.
June 2, 2026.
danielverastiqui.com/house-of-nepenthe
#ScienceFiction #Cyberpunk #NewNovel
Adding “don’t throw things in my mouth” to the list of things I never thought I’d yell at a four-year-old.
“This looks like a good place to throw up.”
— every dog that ever was or will ever be, probably
Here’s the link where you can order Punk Rock Entrepreneur, or pre-order Burnout Revolution and its companion zine about the four day work week. It’s all my stuff in one spot!
TL;DR: How is Sarah Connor supposed to save the world if she's in the can watching recipe videos on Instagram?
I would recommend this to anyone with parents, grandparents, or a Facebook account. The future may depend on it.
"I learned not to be ashamed of myself, to talk freely about myself, to advertise myself, to elbow my way in here and there when necessary. The greatest man America ever produced was not ashamed to peddle his own book from door to door."
- "Henry Miller on Writing"
Why have a blog if you're not going to answer the toughest questions of your generation?
The cover letter to my first submission: August 12, 1971 1381 East 72nd Street Brooklyn NY 11234 Edward L. Ferman The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fistion 347 East 53rd Street New York, NY 10022 Dear Mr. Ferman, I am submitting for possible publication the enclosed story, "Gem of the Gods". Too long has Sword and sorcery been dead. I hope this may help revive it. A stamped self-addressed envelope is enclosed in case of rejection. Sincerely yours, Scott Edelman
On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
Software developers at work love AI. Indie authors on social media hate it. But what about college professors who are actively teaching writing courses?
I spoke with Dr. Casey Boyle at UT Austin and got his thoughts.
🔗 itsyourcareer.blog/writing-with...
As the rejection letters spill onto the second wall of my office, I can’t help thinking there’s probably a better use for all this ink and paper.
Even after twenty years of self-publishing, most sales still come as a surprise.
How does it even happen? Is it the ads I’m not running? My topless reels on IG? My mom spending her retirement savings on my self-esteem?
I wish I knew. 🫠
Tearing through this book right now, wondering what kind of shenanigans Henry Miller would get up to on social media.
Monday: Henry Miller has joined Bluesky.
Wednesday: Henry Miller has been banned from Bluesky.
🔗 Get it here: amzn.to/4oM8Yzx (The audiobook is great too)
"Every night, we weaponize his own nonsense against him. He can’t not respond. He tries to resist, but the words just burst out of him. You can see the pain in his eyes, the internal battle between rebellion and needing to complete the loop."
Read: danielverastiqui.com/old-man-shakes-fist-at-words/
There's a moment each day when the solar tops off the batteries and starts selling electricity back to the power companies for PENNIES, and that's when the AC goes down to 70, baby. ❄️
I've found KDP to be faster, easier, and cheaper than Ingram Spark, but I've also encountered plenty of bookstores with a strict "no amazon" policy. I totally get it, but still a bummer. Ingram is geared toward wider distribution, whereas Amazon is only interested in its own store.
I watch my favorite #horror movie, the star-studded House on Haunted Hill, every October, and my favorite part is still watching Chris Kattan just trying to get paid and get the f out of there.
Every time I'm cutting dialogue...
I’ll tell you what, no one is looking forward to the end of this Texas summer more than me and this huge crack in my windshield.
Sweet Jeebus.
