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<rss version="2.0"><channel><description>Gothic author, corp.associate, singer, composer, keyboardist, designer, university graduate, sports fan, existential seeker, anti-porn. Author of two metaphysical, symbolic fantasy-mystery novellas. Novella plots and covers are in English and NOT AI.</description><link>https://bsky.app/profile/miverrasauthor1.bsky.social</link><title>@miverrasauthor1.bsky.social - Author M. I. Verras (She/Her)</title><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/miverrasauthor1.bsky.social/post/3mjb3xrlia22l</link><description>Another option: buy it on Rakuten Kobo.&#xA;&#xA;https://www.kobo.com/ww/en/ebook/the-hidden-face-7?srsltid=AfmBOorazHsDF0kw02rifhyuUcc39Z4pVtD1cbMb42j5peS5GXogDJOi&#xA;&#xA;#books</description><pubDate>12 Apr 2026 00:31 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:sicho62br23d7jdkhsdnucfq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjb3xrlia22l</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/miverrasauthor1.bsky.social/post/3mzg32ixmek2v</link><description>We Enneagram Type Fours aren&#39;t very common. But those who are will immediately understand the following, and in turn, understand me.&#xA;https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPLuDg8NQ/</description><pubDate>03 Nov 2026 14:41 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:sicho62br23d7jdkhsdnucfq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzg32ixmek2v</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/miverrasauthor1.bsky.social/post/3mzewqwuct227</link><description>Dear valued customer,&#xA;&#xA;If you say you&#39;re paying with cash, please don&#39;t suddenly pull out a card after the register has already been opened.&#xA;&#xA;Thank you for your cooperation, and have a wonderful day.</description><pubDate>03 Nov 2026 03:51 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:sicho62br23d7jdkhsdnucfq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzewqwuct227</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/miverrasauthor1.bsky.social/post/3m7m2mfu2tk2t</link><description>Bookshop&#xA;https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-hidden-face-m-i-verras/219927e81d5af327&#xA;&#xA;Thriftbooks&#xA;https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-hidden-face_m-i-verras/39420061/?srsltid=AfmBOoot_kz2LGSqD_hcdfbhNSH7WnodBryANScBzH9HUK7dkPCmrGVZ#edition=67723160&amp;idiq=59042592&#xA;&#xA;Amazon&#xA;https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Face-M-I-Verras/dp/B0CBW5MNC2&#xA;&#xA;Barnes&amp;Noble&#xA;https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-hidden-face-m-i-verras/1143453599&#xA;&#xA;Powell&#39;s Books:&#xA;https://www.powells.com/book/the-hidden-face-9798822921337?srsltid=AfmBOoq2H-xo4x8b-Skc1VocBekJm-KxXY2tZj0hEvGOo6nQ08UGuf6K&#xA;&#xA;Left Bank Books&#xA;https://www.left-bank.com/book/9798822921320&#xA;&#xA;#books #booksky</description><pubDate>10 Dec 2025 02:54 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:sicho62br23d7jdkhsdnucfq/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7m2mfu2tk2t</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/miverrasauthor1.bsky.social/post/3mz7x2kkyg222</link><description>Please don&#39;t forget to buy my book.&#xA;&#xA;You&#39;ll find it at the top of my profile.&#xA;&#xA;I need to get back to work, so consider this a friendly reminder while I have a few hours off.</description><pubDate>01 Nov 2026 04:13 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:sicho62br23d7jdkhsdnucfq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz7x2kkyg222</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/miverrasauthor1.bsky.social/post/3mz7x2kkyg222</link><description>Please don&#39;t forget to buy my book.&#xA;&#xA;You&#39;ll find it at the top of my profile.&#xA;&#xA;I need to get back to work, so consider this a friendly reminder while I have a few hours off.</description><pubDate>01 Nov 2026 04:13 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:sicho62br23d7jdkhsdnucfq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz7x2kkyg222</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/miverrasauthor1.bsky.social/post/3myyjk3lb2c2q</link><description>Why I dislike disagreements:&#xA;&#xA;1) I won&#39;t convince them. Opinions shape identities, and people defend them at all costs.&#xA;&#xA;2) My social circle is too small to risk losing more people.&#xA;&#xA;3) I don&#39;t consider my opinion infallible. Others&#39; opinions of me matter, even though they shouldn&#39;t.</description><pubDate>29 Oct 2026 05:23 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:sicho62br23d7jdkhsdnucfq/app.bsky.feed.post/3myyjk3lb2c2q</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/miverrasauthor1.bsky.social/post/3mytdipfkkk2c</link><description>Ἥλιος γὰρ οὐχ ὑπερβήσεται μέτρα· εἰ δὲ μή, Ἐρινύες μιν Δίκης ἐπίκουροι ἐξευρήσουσιν.&#xA;&#xA;Heraclitus</description><pubDate>27 Oct 2026 03:51 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:sicho62br23d7jdkhsdnucfq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mytdipfkkk2c</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/miverrasauthor1.bsky.social/post/3mykxvanr4c2r</link><description>In the state I live in, everyone is married. They get married quite young. But how many are actually confusing companionship with completeness? Every day, men who tell me they have girlfriends I&#39;ve never met come to my workplace and enjoy talking to me, emphasizing this. That&#39;s very concerning.&#xA;https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTfaeMRbM/</description><pubDate>23 Oct 2026 20:02 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:sicho62br23d7jdkhsdnucfq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mykxvanr4c2r</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/miverrasauthor1.bsky.social/post/3mykl5bxhds2q</link><description>Many users give likes and hearts to others only when they’re suffering. But when those others genuinely succeed through their own efforts, they’re suddenly labeled arrogant.</description><pubDate>23 Oct 2026 16:14 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:sicho62br23d7jdkhsdnucfq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mykl5bxhds2q</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/miverrasauthor1.bsky.social/post/3myhwqbrduk2h</link><description>Εἰσέλθετε διὰ τῆς στενῆς πύλης. Στενὴ ἡ πύλη καὶ τεθλιμμένη ἡ ὁδὸς ἡ ἀπάγουσα εἰς τὴν ζωήν, καὶ ὀλίγοι εἰσὶν οἱ εὑρίσκοντες αὐτήν.</description><pubDate>22 Oct 2026 15:04 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:sicho62br23d7jdkhsdnucfq/app.bsky.feed.post/3myhwqbrduk2h</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/miverrasauthor1.bsky.social/post/3myfmfszx722a</link><description>When it comes to several habits and combinations of experiences, I bet I’m the only woman in the world.</description><pubDate>21 Oct 2026 16:53 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:sicho62br23d7jdkhsdnucfq/app.bsky.feed.post/3myfmfszx722a</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/miverrasauthor1.bsky.social/post/3myflaqd4uc25</link><description>I promise that when I retire at 65, I’ll live life to the fullest. &#xA;Alive at 65. Alive. 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There’s no point.”</description><pubDate>20 Oct 2026 04:25 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:sicho62br23d7jdkhsdnucfq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mybs4wwtp22q</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/miverrasauthor1.bsky.social/post/3mybrjb7sos2r</link><description>Freedom fascism has led me to voluntarily delete posts expressing my opinions, not because I fear criticism or have changed my mind, but because debating closed-minded people is pointless.&#xA;&#xA;Two users I blocked wrote, “I won’t miss your posts” and “STFU.”&#xA;&#xA;Horrible.</description><pubDate>20 Oct 2026 04:14 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:sicho62br23d7jdkhsdnucfq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mybrjb7sos2r</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/miverrasauthor1.bsky.social/post/3mybq4q3kqs23</link><description>I won&#39;t miss people who can&#39;t tolerate opinions different from their own when I block them or they block me. Hardline thinkers will never open their minds enough to buy and read my books or any other author&#39;s books, let alone engage in a healthy conversation.</description><pubDate>20 Oct 2026 03:49 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:sicho62br23d7jdkhsdnucfq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mybq4q3kqs23</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/miverrasauthor1.bsky.social/post/3myaibpicds2l</link><description>To get my messages across, I first have to be very beautiful. If I’m not very beautiful, you won’t even pay attention to what I post. You won’t even notice me. Your eyes have been trained to look for what’s extremely beautiful, what’s Instagrammable. 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