This looks totally normal... right?

Why, yes, I did make another Vigo the Carpathian -themed New Year’s Eve dessert. Because of course, I would.

I am so blessed and so lucky and so hopeful right now. Don’t give up.

I really enjoyed doing this this year! …once the kids were asleep.

Merry Christmas and happy holidays to you all! May your season be filled with good news, blessings, and happiness that continues to blossom!

Really hoping for a Christmas miracle today.

And then there’s these dorks. (I love them. I love them so stupidly much.)

@delablo.bsky.social HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEL, YOU PARTY ANIMAL YOU.

Seriously, you ever want birthday hype men, surround yourself with a couple primary school kids. They are THE ULTIMATE.

39 is shaping up to be pretty good.

Why are all women’s holiday lotion scents candy apples/berries/vanilla? I don’t want to smell like dessert! I WANNA SMELL LIKE A FRICKIN’ CHRISTMAS TREE.

Had some revelations this long weekend. To no one’s surprise, they both include muppets.

There’s nothing like being told my writing voice “is an absolute delight.” 🥹❤️❤️❤️

I will forever adore how heart-wrenchingly beautiful Jason Mraz can make the term “mother fucker.”

When my mom saw me this morning, she said my jeans looked nice and like I wasn’t “pouring out of them.” This is just one example of why I keep trying to promote body acceptance and diversity.

WIP. Not gonna lie, I missed these doofuses.

The thing about growing up around a narcissist is that you just come to accept how it is and where your place is…but it strikes you years later about how OFF things were.

Finally finished this Stoak picture I've been toying with for months. Now that, y'know. Fall is almost over. In their defense, no one ever said the Suppressors were particularly good with timeliness. ...or much else.

Finally finished this Stoak picture I've been toying with for months. Now that, y'know. Fall is almost over. In their defense, no one ever said the Suppressors were particularly good with timeliness. ...or much else.

WELP. Laptop drive just errored and lost all the editing progress I’d made on one of my manuscripts. Whole file gone. 😭

Youngest was crying and told me with the saddest little thumbs-up that he’d like some chocolate milk. Sweetheart, I, too, feel like crying and drinking chocolate milk.

*Sings to the tune of Golden* I’m so tired Not yet wired I need more caffeine~🎶

Just a little Constance and Ander animation repost from this summer because, hey, I’m still proud of this…and the weather is FINALLY feeling like fall!

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER x SCOOBY-DOO, complete with: Ghosts Misfit ensemble cast Hidden pasts Urban legends brought to (after)life Slow-burn oppsits attract Unhinged spirits Rapidfire banter Missing people Human experiments Humor, heartache,& horror #questpit #a #h #q #uf #spec #paranorma

reality TV is booming, media image is everything, and 1 bad connection means blacklist life. Alix may not have star power, but his talent is bar none. that talent gets him into the biggest singing competition…except it’s rigged, and they want him out, no matter what. #questpit #na #ocd #ownvoices

When exorcising ghosts, it helps to have a medium with a cool head and sympathetic heart. Constance is a medium with none of those. In a blend of horror/comedy that gets darker as it goes, traveling ghost hunters get in too deep when the dead won’t RIP #questpit #a #q #uf #spec #h

Got a full ms rejection from one of my dream agents today. It being a rejection was gutting, but also uplifting. It was SO COMPLIMENTARY: they enjoyed the characters & dialogue, it was engaging, well-paced, the humor hit, and praised my writing—they just didn't have the right connections to sell it.

I can honestly say, for as much as I love Halloween, I haven’t been this excited for it in years. I work at a primary school, and the kids have been over the moon to see me dressed as Zoey. 🥰❤️

Is Constance the hero we need? NOPE. But when spirits grow restless and the boundary between life and death is threatened, this foul-mouthed bruiser is the closest thing a team of freelance ghost hunters have to experience. 👻 #ghostpit #a #q #h #pn #uf #spec

👻 it’s bedtime for Barbara, but she’s SURE they’re coming to get her. What “they?” She doesn’t know, because every bump in the night sounds like a ghoul ready to pounce. Can Bruce assure her zombies aren’t going to eat her? #ghostpit #c #pb

👻 Missing people 👻 human experiments 👻 urban legends come to (after) life Freelance ghost hunters get in too deep when the dead won’t RIP. #ghostpit #a #q #h #uf #pn

👻 “Dead is dead, and it’s better for everyone if they stay that way.” A brash medium with a death on her conscious, Constance’d rather keep her ability secret and abandon spirits.But when her only friend recruits her for a ghost hunting team, fate has a way of catching up #ghostpit #a #q #pn #uf #h

Fam, I not only have playlists for manuscripts and playlists of songs that remind me of the characters, but I have CHARACTERS’ playlists. That is, playlists of what they’d listen to. …i don’t have a problem.

Finished an autumn Constance pic today. It's a deceptive serene moment, but just give her time.... #amquerying

Million dollar Halloween costume idea. A dolphin with a spatula: a burger flipper. I look forward to seeing this post when I’m not deliriously half-alseep.

Listed some recent art in the shop! Still have a bunch of stickers and other stuff, too. 5% off code: HIFIVEBRUH I just had to drop a few hundred on bills, allergy meds, and groceries so a boost will help a lot. ❤️ #Artist #ShopSmall #Halloween #Werewolf

Why are there SO MANY SETS OF TWINS AROUND HERE?! - the frustrations of a primary school educator with mild prosopagnosia

Did a little animation of Stoak from my ghost hunting book!

Came across this in my office today while going through things. Man. Time flies.

Alix doesn't look like the media's ideal star, but his singing is unrivaled. When he’s mistakenly entangled in a rigged competition, he must prove talent and passion exceed catering to demographics…or risk industry blacklisting‬ ‪🎶Mid-2000s vibes‬ ‪🎶Underground music‬ ‪🎶Badass techies‬ #DVPit #na

BUFFY x SCOOBY-DOO When exorcising ghosts, it helps to have a medium with a cool head and sympathetic heart. Constance is a medium with none of those. A blend of horror/comedy that gets darker as it goes, traveling ghost hunters get in too deep when the dead won’t RIP #dvpit #h #com #uf #paranormal

Tris has never heard of "Dermatillomania" she just thinks she's a freak. But her “organic cinnamon roll” crush Ky understands her struggle—her disorder. With his help, she’ll discover that she is more than her scars and worth more than her pain. #dvpit #na #contemp #r #ownvoices

Constance is a bruiser w/the ability to exorcise ghosts, but w/a death fresh on her conscious, she’d rather keep it secret. When her friend starts a ghost hunting business,she hopes it fails so they give up & call it a midlife crisis. Too bad life—& death—have other plans. #dvpit #h #uf #paranormal

CYRANO DE BERGERAC x WICKED College soph Tris is good at pretending to ignore the stares that come with a life covered in scars. But when the bookstore hippie helps her understand her disorder, she’ll have to accept her flaws and advocate for herself to forge her future. #dvpit #na #contemp #r

all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.

Current WIP features a secondary character from my dermatillomania book! A former party girl works to heal from burnout and rediscover herself…while finding herself inexplicably drawn to the sarcastic comic shop nerd that is absolutely, totally, 100% not her type. …right? #dvparty

The MCs of my dermatillomania book meme-ified! #dvparty

Happy October! May the Halloween-ing ever-intensify!