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Why is it that any time paint is labeled “nontoxic” part of my brain goes “alright, it’s finger painting time”

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There is something repulsive about drinking a smoothie and suddenly getting a big lump of partially defrosted, unblended banana

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Sketch of an old character of mine. Seriously, I’ve had some version of this guy in my head for twenty years, and I am tempted yet again to resurrect an old comic project. Eventually. For now I’m just trying to practice drawing faster.

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Today is leg day, meaning the cat is sitting on my exercise mat and watching me judgmentally as I flail my way through Bulgarian split squats.

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Just a sketch of a little dude inspired by both Flow and a fluffy black cat that lives in our neighborhood.

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We’re watching Flow, and oh my god, this movie is gorgeous. Also, despite having my namesake, a cat, as the main character, I’m pretty sure I’m the lemur.

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I still remember, back in college, my bestie and I having a conversation about how all our favorite pairings involved at least one character with pronounced dark circles under their eyes. I am pretty sure that has held true in all the years since then.

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I ground some star anise yesterday in the spice grinder I usually use for my coffee and nope, I definitely did not get all of it out before the coffee beans went in. Tastes nice, though.

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He was just staring at this patch of sunshine on the floor.

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Starting to think it’s just a matter of time before I get into 3D printing. I want so badly to learn how to make cosplay props that move. Am I finally entering my tinkering era?

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Welp, it’s starting to look like everything I write from novella length up involves some sort of psychic connection or characters speaking in each other’s minds. What can I say? It’s one of my favorite things.

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I bought a couple pumpkins to use as indoor Halloween decorations in early October and they just… never went bad. So now it’s becoming a bit of a science experiment as to whether they’ll make it to next Halloween.

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Self portrait in the Arcane style! I really sank some time into this one because I wanted to use it as painting practice. And as an excuse to stare at tons and tons of Arcane character art.

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Every time I realize I need new running shoes, I actually needed new running shoes like three weeks ago.

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I know it’s time to get a haircut when I wake up looking like Charlie Kelly

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Is it too much to ask that I make tangible progress on all 800 of my current projects every single day?

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I swear, all the cats I see wandering around the neighborhood look like they could steal my lunch money and stuff me into a locker

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Gotta say, this is an absolutely terrible time to have OCD that specializes in catastrophizing

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My partner and I started watching Detroiters, which is basically I Think You Should Leave with a plot, and I keep wanting to call it Detroiters: Become Human-er

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January has been even quieter than December for query responses for me. I think I’ve gotten two all month. Anyone other querying folks having a slow month, or did you get a deluge of responses instead?

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My partner and I are finishing out our coop BG3 run, and man, Karlach’s speech after you beat Gortash gets me every time. It’s so well written, so emotional, and such a good example of how to center the character arc in a story with a lot of lore.

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The frustrating thing about querying is that I have no way of knowing if I’ve queried the agent who’s going to love my manuscript yet. It’s possible that person hasn’t been open since I started querying, or that I haven’t even heard of them yet. It’s weird.

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Thanks to being into Dragon Age and Arcane at the same time, my brain keeps pulling “Herald of Andraste” instead of “Machine Herald.” Or better yet, “Machine Herald of Andraste.”

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It’s been so cool to see everyone’s pitches and moodboards! I’m going to give a little boost to my queer space fantasy for my final post. #P2Ppit #Q #A #F #LGBT

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TIME TRAVELLER’S WIFE x THE LOST APOTHECARY 🎩 If Mr Darcy was ✨gay✨ 🚪 Time travel door with attitude 🏛️ BFFs with historian 🪶 Chaotic bi poet ❤️‍🩹 Third chance romance 📜 Duty vs forbidden love 🫂 Found family in another time On submission soon! #P2Ppit #A #HF #W #Agented

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WINTER’S ORBIT X BALDUR’S GATE 3 Remy, a scholar of magical architecture, must work with Felix, a secretive sorcerer, to save a war-torn kingdom from a curse. 🌌 Space fantasy 🏛️ Archaeology 🌒 Celestial magic ❤️ Friends to lovers #P2Ppit #Q #A #F

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Never Let Me Go x Frankenstein The first assembled human—ROSE is the world’s darkest secret not thought possible. If revealed, she threatens a utopia where most live in their 100s by harvesting grown organs. Captive and ailing, Rose must escape to survive and to expose the truth. #P2Ppit #AW #SF #A

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I don’t really understand how my laptop keyboard is clean when I go to bed, and my laptop is closed all night, and yet every morning it is FULL of cat fur Does my cat open my laptop and roll on it at night??

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#P2Ppit #PW #F #A #H The Backwards Knight... An old knight hopes to discover why magic returns, albeit corrupted. A farm boy marked by magic runs from the knights hunting him. An elf bound in service to The Paladin brings mages to justice. Destruction binds them, but can it also save them?

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Legend of Zelda X ToG Ellora knows that leaving her forest home is the only way of escaping her conman father, but that would also mean leaving behind her elvish paramour in a hidden world. When her father threatens all she loves, Ellora makes a play of her own to save them all. #P2Ppit #Q #A #RF

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A southern inheritance is always dark—whether it's a penchant for pills, a blood-soaked family farm, or an ancient magic. Sierra spurns them all, but when her dad disappears, she must choose which monsters to slay, and which to become. #P2Ppit #Q #YA #H #T #LGBT

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🐝 Alarra, single witch with chronic pain, needs a helper. 🧑🏻‍🌾 Robin, butch grocer, needs a second job. 💁🏻‍♀️ Trixie, Alarra’s half-satyr bff, doesn’t like this. For Alarra, working with Robin is a dream that turns into a nightmare when a ghost starts tormenting her apothecary. #RF #P2Ppit #W #A #UW

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🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒found family 👯‍♀️sapphic 💞HEA ✨scifi tattoos A group of thieves, disguised as an all-female theatre troupe, are tested to their limit when their latest heist unknowingly targets an intergalactic criminal enterprise. LEVERAGE meets FIREFLY in this romantic, feminist, space opera. #P2Ppit #A #SF #Q

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WINTER’S ORBIT X BALDUR’S GATE 3 Remy and Felix, two mages with a fractious friendship, must navigate interplanetary portal networks and face sorcerers wielding cosmic darkness to save a war-torn kingdom from a curse. #P2Ppit #Q #A #F

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One of the things I personally really enjoy about Arcane is the way the 2D effects look like my sound-to-color synesthesia. Like somehow they animated things in a way that’s really close to what I see in my mind’s eye, and I’m fascinated by it.

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I started writing fiction in earnest when I realized it was up to me to bring the stories I most wanted to read into existence. I’m interested in blending weird fiction and cozy fantasy and in space fantasy that veers more toward character-driven adventure than space opera. #P2Ppit

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I’d like to get back into submitting my short fiction. Last year, I was focusing on finishing my space fantasy novel to start querying. I’d like to aim for 100 submissions this year between querying and short stories. #P2Ppit

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