Marie Vibbert

Sweeeeet! Congrats. Have the loveliest time!

I support you in your efforts, which will enrich our con culture!

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Tuesday, you crushing, relentless, inevitable beat-down of the fiction submission process.

Ah, daylight savings. For when you want the experience of jet lag without that bothersome travel.

She found her password! :D :D :D

Me: We should all wear warning labels "Writer: Will steal shit out your mouth."

@megelison.bsky.social :
We are like a nest of raccoons stealing forks from each other.

Strong gravitational force, weak gravitational force, gravity, mommie issues – the forces that hold the universe together. -- @sylvie-althoff.bsky.social during writing workshop
<3 <3

I make an arbitrary list so I can go down it. You might also write a sentence about each and see which sentence feels the most fun?

Hot tip: If you want to get baked goods from On The Rise, try the morning after daylight savings. This morning was the first time since they won that "Best in the US" title that there was no line!

Aw. So glad.

I think it was something like, "Thank you for investing in your writing by being here." :)

Degas produced numerous wax sculptures during his lifetime that were cast in bronze shortly after his death. This late work continues his fascination with dancers and the physical sensation of the human body in motion. Marks made by artist's fingers are visible in the bronze surface.

Dancer Looking at the Sole of her Right Foot https://clevelandart.org/art/2028.1947

Lovely time at Akron Book Fest, as always!

Sitting at a book fair table is possibly the most awkward thing an author will ever do, next to watch their parent read their rough draft?
The kind folks of the rubber city helped me through it!

Thank you. I feel very fortunate, Apex always has lovely covers!

Ah! My work is done.

Imposter syndrome is the mistaken belief that other people know wtf they’re doing.

Today is zooming past. Which is good. I'm excited to spend the weekend at ConCoction! Got my Golden Meeple earrings set aside!

Reminder that we're running another microfiction contest inspired by @reasie.bsky.social's upcoming deep sea sci-fi MULTITUDE! Deadline is next Monday, March 9th! 🗓️ 🦑

Wise.

If only she'd told me I couldn't do something with a steady paycheck. LOL.

An old blog post: the importance of cats to your writing process: www.marievibbert.com/the-importan...

It was even worse. I remember, she was all "girls do well in school because you write all those gossipy notes"... like internalized misogyny much?

In second grade, our teacher had us make "books." I enjoyed the project so much I told her, "I know what I want to be when I grow up! I want to write books!"

She said, "Oh, sweetie. Girls do well writing in school, but it's boys who grow up to be writers."

...my career was born to spite her.

Wonderful! I hope you have a blast!

Oh dear that sounds rather up my alley. Will look for it.

Yay! Sold a non-fiction piece. "Why It's Important That I Write About Space Janitors" will appear in Apex Magazine soon!

Words Cleveland Concoction in metalic gear font with lightning bolts text in white on dark blue underneath: Marie's Schedule: Friday March 7 crafting the villain Sunday March 9 Building a writing habit reading signing Space Opera

Come to Cleveland ConCoction this weekend in Aurora, Ohio! You'll get to see ME, and other local cosplayers, authors, performers, and artists.
https://www.clevelandconcoction.org/

oo I hadn't thought of that line. :D :D

Look, you have to accessorize your bookshelf properly. Matching covers!

The this is fine dog meme only he's saying "So I have a book coming out"

Why you should buy my book even though the world is on fire: a thread (1/12)

One of the big lies told us by the oligarchs as they seek power is that "Businessmen aren't interested in war."

War has always been about business. Ideologies, politics, tribalism... all these things are excuses business uses to apply deadly force to market share.