ooh if I could ban people online from calling other people "sweet summer child," I would.
Veronica Roth
@veronicarothbooks.com
Recently: Seek the Traitor's Son (dystopian fantasy) Next: The Sixth Faction (a Divergent alternate universe story)
I reinjured my back yesterday because I dropped a pen and dared to bend down to reach for it. 37 is not finishing strong.
I was beaten to it by the amazingly generous @mollytempleton.com but yes! The blog I was nervous about yesterday is a reality today. She’s free. She’s long. She contains multiple cat photos. www.patreon.com/MicaiahJohns...
My Favorite Thing: The Cat That Hates Me + That One SFF Author Who Hates Everyone (Thoughts on Exile) | Micaiah Johnson
The first time I fed Sasha she sliced open my hand and bit my leg so hard it bruised. The second time I fed Sasha she hissed and swiped, but
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Does anyone else feel weird about cross-posting on other platforms when you’re tagging the same person in each one, like sorry buddy I know you already reacted to this elsewhere but I have to tag you every time
it's our fifteen year anniversary this year and it is unfortunately coming at a time when we're both tired of traveling, tired of eating rich food, and tired of drinking. So I guess we're gonna celebrate by...smooching the dog. (a worthwhile pursuit)
am i going to work or am i going to find that guy in Meridian who sells machine parts in Horizon Zero Dawn
In which I pitch Animorphs, a series I have not read since I was ten years old but is apparently burned into my brain
surpriiiise *jazz hands* the new divergent book has multiple POVs (but still mostly Tris lbr) people.com/the-sixth-fa...
‘Divergent’ Author Veronica Roth Returns with ‘The Sixth Faction’ — Read an Excerpt! (Exclusive)
PEOPLE exclusively reveals an excerpt of ‘The Sixth Faction,’ Veronica Roth’s new book that explores an alternate Divergent universe; ‘The Sixth Faction’ is out in Oct. 6, 2026.
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If you ever wanted to hear my thoughts about Seek the Traitor's Son, this is the interview to read!
Reactor Magazine@reactorsff.bsky.social · last wk.Divergent introduced dystopian fiction to a legion of young adult readers. Now, @veronicarothbooks.com returns to the genre with Seek the Traitor's Son. In this new interview with @mcflycahill90.bsky.social, Roth discusses dystopian fantasy, yearning, and the moment when a character becomes real:
guys recently i was talking to a friend who told me she only packed like four pairs of socks for a ten day trip because "i just rewear them" and when I was like "you know your feet sweat like a cup a day" she responded with "my feet are always dry" and I said "that's actually not how feet work"
for the past several years I have been quietly writing novels while distracting you with novellas, and this year/early next year they are all coming out in a row! Here's the timeline:
today in edinburgh me and a friend hiked up to arthur's seat and then back down and then up the salisbury crags and back down and i am tired
my brain hacking device is called Leaving My Phone Behind When I Go Somewhere and it's just an empty table where I put my phone when I go somewhere
Gizmodo@gizmodo.com · last mo.Stressed? Nuropod Says It Can Fix That—by Hacking Your Brain https://gizmodo.com/stressed-neuropod-says-it-can-fix-that-by-hacking-your-brain-2000771308
do movies NEED dance numbers. do women NEED orgasms. is pleasure actually, fundamentally sinful. what was so wrong about the town in The Giver, anyway,
in this house we like house centipedes because they eat all other bugs and also control their own population by eating each other when they run out of other bugs but one has been watching me as I work all evening and it is unsettling
shout out to anyone born in 1988 who, in their youth, made an AOL screen name with their birth year in it (as was the style at the time) and discovered later via the chat rooms that "88" was NOT COMMUNICATING WHAT THEY INTENDED, holy shit
This isn’t exactly the question asked but it made me think of Salter: "There's wide agreement that writing is difficult even for very good writers. Sometimes it's more difficult, sometimes less. In climbing the difficulty defines the achievement. In writing it doesn't have anything to do with it."
Shona Kinsella@shonak.bsky.social · last mo.Writers! I’m curious - when you are writing, do you have a sense of how good or otherwise the work is? Can you tell if a particular book/story/poem is better or worse than any other piece you have produced?
went to the Rosalía concert last night and I think I'm obsessed with her now
I did in fact survive my root canal with my dignity mostly intact
WHEN AMONG CROWS by @veronicarothbooks.com is an emotionally-charged contemporary fantasy of love, sacrifice and ancient enchantments as Polish folklore thrives in today’s Chicago 🌞✨ Now out in paperback! https://tinyurl.com/mtu57wum
all my devices keep trying to coerce me into turning on siri with that accursed red notification dot but I am HOLDING FIRM. no dot shall defeat me.
today's the day I find out if I need a root canal or not, but I'm pretty sure I do, and the thing no one tells you about root canals is that by the time you really need one, you're excited to get one. freaking pumped to chew on the left side of my mouth again! let's goooo!
listen, I do not become Mentally Altered very often but one of the best times is Tipsy on an Airplane
the special rage I feel when my dog will NOT STOP LICKING
the dog is curled up next to me very cutely and I can't even enjoy it because I'm plagued with guilt (she's getting a haircut later)
Here’s some Simon Stålenhag art to make your Saturday a little better.
i just had the horrible realization that I'm going to have to learn how chess works to write this book I have an idea for