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Hi, it's me again. THIS IS A COUP. AN ACTUAL COUP. Not a drill, not a test, just a COUP. We are experiencing a coup in the United States, and the fact that we're not acting like that's an emergency is a problem. IT IS DAY 38 OF THIS COUP.

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This rock with a fossil '??reptile' with flat paddles arrived at my home with landscaping boulders...of no interest to our Queensland Museum, Australia, without provenance. Too hard for an artist to imagine what the creature looked like? #Art #Illustration #STEAM

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My new brushes...not Kolinsky sable standard, but only US9c —$9/100: eyeliner brushes (eBay). I'll use them to teach illumination to beginners. Good for kids, but tape the thin short handle to a pencil or stick it in bamboo with 2 opposite flat sides. #art #artwork #illustration #traditionalart

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Most people include 'circular' in a definition of a medal...but this one won at the Paris 1900 Olympic Games obviously doesn't fit. Image courtesy of EF Auctions. A possible subject for my 'Giant Book of Small Things'...teens' parents, grandparents and ancestors may have owned or used. #amquerying

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This picture reminds me of the painting used for the 1922 German notgeld emergency money note and postcard. Does anyone know who the artist was? Owls were supposed to be witches' messengers.

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A magical cat is swept into a hidden world of secret agents, underground cities, and strange allies, only to realize she must reclaim her power or watch her ruthless mentor destroy everything she loves. ✨🐈✨ #QuestPit #Q #MG #F #amquerying #writingcommunity

submitted 18 days ago • 22 comments

Introducing the three POV & the lovely Widow for my novel Threads of Aerythel: Dragonfly - a dark epic fantasy. Check out all my questpit posts for a full picture! #questpit #A #Q #DF #LGBT Post 2/4

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A centaur cheats at jousting, until the fake horse head goes KERPLOP! 🌈Mythology X SPOP 🗡️Betrayed by the man he loves 🗡️Betrayed by his father 🐈‍⬛Cat Si from Irish folklore 🐐Snarky/greedy satyr 🐎Badass centaur 🧚‍♀️Tricky pixies can't lie ☀️Gods from many pantheons #QuestPit #Q #YA #F #writing

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CABIN IN THE WOODS X JOHN DIES AT THE END X KNIVES OUT When their detective friend is murdered during their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must use their years of TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly-written campaign. #QuestPit #A #H #MY #W

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NETTLE & BONE x CAMP DAMASCUS Girl meets boy. Girl meets monsters. Girl has to save the town. Sometimes what you don't know can kill you in BLUDEYE BEACH. 🫂Found Family 👧Character driven 💕Slow burn romance 👻Monster menagerie #QuestPit #Q #F #H #A

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#2025pit Daimons Legacy: Revelations 🐉 Mystical Beings ✨ Otherworldly Realm 💜 Sapphic Love (#LGBT+) 💞 Found Family 🙅‍♀️ Defying Tradition #A #F #SF #R #OV Reny must choose between the duties of her realm and her love for a human before a vicious leader chooses for her.

submitted 34 days ago • 10 comments

17 is hard, but when you're set to take over presidency from your father, survive a ☠️ attempt, are betrayed by the two you love & learn your role is to maintain peace by keeping 200yo lies & manipulating the public or start the biggest war in centuries, 17 is REALLY hard. #QuestPit #Q #YA #SF #LGBT

submitted 18 days ago • 12 comments

After a false report sent me jail, my estranged family came forward to protect my son from my abuser while I struggled to save my humanity in jail. #Questpit #Q #NF #A #MEM

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

#Questpit #MG #YA #Q #NF Photographically self-illustrated GIANT BOOK OF SMALL THINGS...that kids' parents, grandparents and ancestors may have owned or used. Includes (top) the world's lowest value coin - 1994 Uzbekistan tiyin—$1/200,000; smallest articulated doll...want to make clothes for it?

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#Questpit #MG #YA #Q #NF Photographically self-illustrated GIANT BOOK OF SMALL THINGS ...that kids' parents, grandparents and ancestors may have owned or used. Includes objects holding world records as the smallest of their kind. Top left: 1994 Uzbekistan tiyin coin $1/200,000 - what did it buy?

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments

On a morning walk in suburban Brisbane Australia, it was great to see two bush stone curlews in a neighbour's garden. Well, I saw the feet of the other #bird.

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‪When querying, it maybe useful to focus on what is unique about your story/book. What is it REALLY about? What is the concept? I love these descriptions in the Australian Rhiza Edge publisher's catalogue, the short grabs, and the takeaways for readers in the small print under each. #amquerying

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

I was so ill with measles as a kid in the 1950s, I'm told I didn't even recognise my parents. It is not a minor inconvenience - I'm glad protection is now available and advised.

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My relative's team of 18 bullocks/oxen in the 1920s in Australia. That's a lot of cattle for an illustrator to draw! ...I wonder if I'll find anyone who'd like to be considered if a publisher is ever interested in my PB story. An illustrator option can be an asset. #illustration #kidlit #kidlitart

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Agreed - love how the Queensland State Library obtained a facsimile copy of the medieval illuminated Luttrell Psalter from down south for me to study. Wonderful!! So's my local Everton Park branch of Brisbane City Council libraries.

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It's #calligraphy play day. They're 6.4cm high separate hand-drawn & painted gifts, not a #logo. I call the style 'modern versals'. How long it would take to make it into a font, just in solid black? I'm too old to learn the technique, but I'd happily collaborate. #design #typography

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Four metres from my studio window in Brisbane, Australia - a tawny frogmouth #bird pretending to be the stump of a broken off branch. They're related to nightjars, not owls.

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Researching my doll for a potential 'Book of Small Things'. Is it the world's smallest articulated doll? Possibly (and made around 1900-1925). One source suggests that because only the head and shoulders are painted, it was meant to have clothes made for it. Really? Want to try? #KidLit #Miniature

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For my 'Giant Book of Small Things' kids' parents, grandparents, & earlier ancestors may have owned or used... Hollow wooden Mr Longbill, by Spears Games. Yes, the limbs of the baby inside do move! #Miniature Hope I'll find an agent & publisher—proposal & illustrated sample chapters available.

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Fun fiction, fascinating facts, & helpful how-to...plus some self-illustration & calligraphy. Encouraging kids & folk of all ages to experiment & be creative. Seeking a new agent & commissions. Whatever you celebrate, I wish you love, peace, joy & the best of years in 2025. #KidLitArtPostcard

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

...And what have you been creating? #Art #Artshare

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‪ You'll get 200 shiny flower centres out of a $5 sheet of 23ct gold leaf - easy for ages 4+. Pity you can't photograph or print the result in true colour. Just enjoy the process and admire. Looking forward to teaching another illumination and border design workshop... #Art #Artshare

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This is swimmer Freddie Lane who won events at the Paris Olympics in 1900. We're distantly related. His niece said he entertained her by taking his silk swimming costume out of a matchbox. It wouldn't have left much to the imagination! Yes, I have a picture book story available 🙂... #kidlit ‪

submitted 105 days ago • 1 comment

Award shortlisted #PB; #MG "Fun fiction, fascinating facts & helpful how-to" Paper-crafts; calligraphy; borders; illumination; artists books; illustration++ Seeking a new agent—my last has retired—plus commissions writing-for-children.com #kidlitartpostcard #kidlitart #kidlitartpostcardday

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2010: As an Aussie NF creator, at #LBF stands I said, "I'm looking to see if you have books likely to compete with my w-i-p & wonder if there are any subjects for which you'd like a proposal." All publishers were interested. I gained many requests and a deal. Want to go again—my agent's retired!

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Turning words into visions Words: MG; award shortlisted PB; adult NF Lettering headings, text & covers, & self-illustrate how-to & nonfiction books using traditional media. Seeking commissions & new agent—my last one retired. flickr.com/photos/65547... writing-for-children.com #kidlitartpostcard

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I recently found these earth-star (Geastrum) #fungi growing beside a paved suburban walking/bike track in Brisbane Australia. They aslo grow in my garden. I hunted for one for years when I lived in England.

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Does each #bird 'own' its post? I wonder what would happen if one left...

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