Marie Vibbert
Hugo and Nebula nominated author with over 100 works in print, computer programmer, weirdo from Cleveland.
Class-conscious science fiction. Unionize the world.
- Galactic Hellcats 3: The Mother of All Hellcats is now 10,000 words long! Woot! ... I split the party. Oh dear.
- Horray for Gay! She's such a darling person: www.sfwa.org/2026/02/04/2...
- Sometimes I think of doing a twitch stream of my writing process, but it would be like - one minute of writing, jump up, make tea, come back, surf web, doomscroll, oops I gotta soak beans for dinner tomorrow... okay, where was I? Start new project, blog, back to one minute of writing. #writer
- It's Thursday! I blogged. On Nagging, and why it's a problem: www.marievibbert.com/nag-nag-nag/
- In other news, either The Thing is emerging from Euclid Avenue, or I have another excuse to pimp my upcoming squid-alien book, Multitude. (Baby, is that you?)
- Why does the Olay Body Wash my husband buys have "Body Wash" written in the tiniest type, in light grey, like they're ashamed of what they are? Related: why does their body wash bottle look so much like our shampoo bottle? No one has their glasses in the shower, Olay!!
- All packets of note cards should come with at least one extra envelope for when you screw up addressing. ... brought to you by my stack of leftover, envelope-less note cards.
- My friend @sylvie-althoff.bsky.social made the Locus reading list for her story “Hot Teeth“ in the Lesbians in Space anthology! This is her first time on the list and um... her... some small number-eth story. Check it out! bookshop.org/p/books/lesb...
- I'm very much having a "rewrite chapter one again" kind of time lately. #writerslife
- Tuesday, you groundhog shadow!
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- What even is "ordinary work day"??
- A drawing by my twin sister Grace was the original inspiration for my novel Galactic Hellcats. Here's a sketch she did recently of Ki, while working with me on my new Visual Novel / Dating Simulator Hellcats in Love - launches Feb 14!
- Here's the game I worked on for the Global Game Jam #ggj2026 globalgamejam.org/games/2026/f...
- Global Game Jam! Computer crashed, screwed up the code repo, and then spent all night troubleshooting GarageBand. ... so, you know, the normal.
- I don't update my YouTube often, but this is a momentous occasion. youtu.be/oFPlZXphV2w?si=BQIJ…
- It'd be awesome if we plastered these stickers on every stop sign in the country: pmpress.org/index.php?l=...
- Triangulation: Bad Romance closes to submissions TOMORROW. Get your trash couples in spec fic into my grubby little hands: www.parsecink.org/submissions
- Remember to pre-order Multitude to get a cute little cephalopod of your own! apexbookcompany.com/products/multitude?…
- No business as usual today, #Cleveland ! Rally on Public Square at 2pm. Stay warm!! I'm so proud of all the local businesses that are joining in. Small businesses can least afford to take a day off. Support them tomorrow! Mac's Backs, Lakewood Art Supply, Brewnuts - and more!
- Can't drop everything and drive to St. Paul? Here are some ways you can help: www.standwithminnesota.com
- I've been told I'm good at social media, so here's what I do: marievibbert.com/how-to-social-media/
- To save time and money, I colored in the "fight cloud" graphic for my Hellcats in Love Visual Novel myself in GIMP. Did it turn out okay? Is the size good? I wanted the figures to peek out a little.
- At this point, the only thing that'll bring me back into active Browns fandom is if the team is purchased by the city, like Green Bay.
- Attention Pittsburgh-adjacent SFF writers! The Confluence writing workshops with ME are open for registration! confluence-sff.org/writing-workshops The 30th annual Parsec Short Story Contest opens on January 1st and closes on March 31st.
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- Current state: medicinal application of cat videos.
- Took a glamor shot of my book covers to use as the end credits screen for my visual novel / dating simulator "Galactic Hellcats in Love" due to launch February 14!
- A question I get a LOT at writing events is, "How do I find a writing group?" @literarycleveland.bsky.social has you covered! A Writing Group Matchmaking Session: www.litcleveland.org/events-progr...
- And for meine Deutschen: Kauft meine Bücher! Ihr müsst sie nicht lesen, kauft sie einfach. Sie eignen sich hervorragend als Dekoration.
- For mis hispanohablantes: ¡Compra mis libros! No tienes que leerlos, solo cómpralos. Son una decoración preciosa.
- *peeks cautiously through the snow-mounded window* Tuesday, is that you, again?
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- I don't know who needs to hear this, but: Lip balm first, THEN hand cream. That cap ain't coming off otherwise.
- In happier news, look! I made tortellini! Gonna cook these up for dinner with marinara.
