I was bombarded by a series of unexpected expenses over the last couple of weeks, so I’ve decided to try something new and open up commissions! I love to draw quick pet portraits (especially cats, but I’m open to any kind of critter). LMK if you’re interested, and please share!

Upcoming events at Ink Drinkers Bookshop this week: Join the Midnight Coterie this Wednesday, 13th, to discuss "The Shabti" by Megaera C. Lorenz. And join us on Friday, May 15th, to paint some cool bookshelf decorations. #inkdrinkers #booksbooksbooks

Aaaaa, thank you!!! I’m so glad you’re enjoying it!

I’ve been falling into a bit of a rabbit hole lately about Louis Wain and his increasingly weird cat paintings. Hermann absolutely has several Wain prints hanging up in his apartment. He probably wrote him fan mail at some point.

how it feels to be hyperfixated on your own ocs

The rest of Katie's [giant] radiation bill comes due on Friday. Any shares or donations are greatly appreciated 🫠

Hermann is the gracious and welcoming but somewhat fretful host. Dashiel is grill master. He’s actually not great at it, but what he lacks in cooking skills he makes up for with panache & showmanship. Lucille brings sides, Agnes brings drinks, Porphyrio crashes the party, gets drunk & belligerent.

I thought it might be fun to share a process video of one of my scrungly cat portraits! Here’s the quick greyscale version…

@megaeralwrites.bsky.social drew my scrungly babies!

Just completed a full color/less scrungly version of @hauntedtoasters.bsky.social’s lovely kitties! I loved drawing those stunning coat colors and patterns.

It’s jam!!!! Scrungle baby edition

I was honored to draw this ✨rare double scrungle✨of @hauntedtoasters.bsky.social’s two gorgeous cats! I may have a special edition of this one in the works…

please admire scrungles courtesy of @megaeralwrites.bsky.social

a scrungly Hawthorn now watches over my doomscroll

I was bombarded by a series of unexpected expenses over the last couple of weeks, so I’ve decided to try something new and open up commissions! I love to draw quick pet portraits (especially cats, but I’m open to any kind of critter). LMK if you’re interested, and please share!

Fellow ghost story aficionados, I need your help. I read a short story years ago that I *believe* dates to the very early 20th c about a skeptic who goes to a seance and ends up being haunted by an invisible entity that feels like a hairless animal and has a musky smell. I can't find it anywhere.

Aaah, this is so cool! Thanks for featuring The Shabti, @inkdrinkersbooks.bsky.social!

Do any of your characters have a theme song? Porphyrio from The Shabti absolutely does, and it's this:

I’m cursed to do my best doodles on the worst drawing surfaces. This is a character from a short story I’m working on (that might balloon into a little novella if I’m not careful…)

Here is a small sampling of illustrations that rewired my brain chemistry as a child.

My dear friend and co-conspirator Piper J Drake (Lalana) is fighting Stage IV Cancer. She's in need of a VERY expensive treatment to give her a bit more time on this Earth. Please help make this happen! Donate, Share, Boost pls 💖 gofund.me/b2674e924

Katie's surgery to remove the soft tissue sarcoma on her nose is on Friday, so please send good vibes. I know this is the worst time to ask for donations, but shares are always appreciated.

I am boosting this because it looks like this noxious bill is going to make it out of committee.

I know this is, money-wise, the absolute worst time to ask for donations, but I made a thing for Katie's treatments. They'll be rather expensive, and I don't want to not do it because she's still young and spritely and this could be almost curative.

I found more of my kid’s inexplicable drawings in my camera roll this morning. God, I love her 🤣

Well, I didn’t quite recreate my PFP, but it’s close-ish. (Also, I have now had my dastardly revenge upon the young accessory thief in my house. Ha! And again, I say ha!)

I have watched this approximately 47 times and laughed out loud 47 times

I went to an art event today and met @micowhiplash.bsky.social. I went to follow xir on Bluesky only to realize I was already following xir?! 👀 There’s something uniquely awesome about randomly encountering one of the very cool creatives I follow online in the wild. Check out this incredible art!

My daughter just described Frog and Toad as “Spy vs Spy but friendship,” and I feel like she’s onto something

Urgent message from @authorsabb.bsky.social. Call your reps to voice your opposition to the proposed nationwide book banning bill H.R. 7661.

My feral youngster has been so civil and restrained on the bus this year, with one rather notable exception 🫠

Yay, I was able to do it for real without bleach! The dye I got claimed to be specifically formulated to work on dark hair, but I was skeptical due to past lackluster hair coloring attempts. This is just about what I was aiming for, though!

I am thinking about actually dying my hair for the first time in probably 15-ish years. Does anyone have advice about dying dark brown hair copper/red with relatively little damage and bleaching? Does that L’Oréal Hicolor stuff for dark hair actually work as described?

My 6yo keeps asking to listen to the Frog and Toad Broadway musical at bedtime

Ooo I’m so fancy! I don’t get enough opportunities to be fancy.

Is this the laziest and most slapdash drawing/graphic I have done to promote my book yet? PERHAPS. Nevertheless, I hope you will consider The Shabti if you're looking for a romance with a healthy dose of the heebie-jeebies this Valentine's Day!

Is this the laziest and most slapdash drawing/graphic I have done to promote my book yet? PERHAPS. Nevertheless, I hope you will consider The Shabti if you're looking for a romance with a healthy dose of the heebie-jeebies this Valentine's Day!

‼️ URGENT MUTUAL AID REQUEST ‼️ Please help me move out safely. I'm being kicked out of my current living space. I need to be out by April 1st. The details are in the post. I need a min.of 2000 CAD. Ko-fi link here: ko-fi.com/themythicbun... #mutualaid #trans #disabled #helpsky #disabledcrowdfund

After sitting at 1.9k followers for literal years on this app, I finally broke 2k yesterday. 🍾 Hi, everyone! I’ve said it before, but I appreciate all of you so much. This is by far the coolest and most supportive community I’ve come across anywhere in the current social media hellscape.

Astronaut mug 🌌🐱🐭 [ #pottery #potterysky #ceramics ]

Looking for a spooky-cozy tale to warm you through this bleak February? My supernatural thriller/historical fantasy/MM romance about a former phony medium and an Egyptologist teaming up to investigate a haunted artifact is available from a variety of booksellers that are not THAT bookseller!

Elizabeth is a Columbia Heights fourth-grader who loves volleyball, learning English and giggling in the halls with her friends. She's been held in the Dilley Immigration Processing Center for nearly a month, and she and her mom have both fallen ill. sahanjournal.com/education/co...

I just saw a post over on Threads by some lady announcing her marriage to Leon Scott Kennedy. I gotta say, as someone who was there when Crystalwank happened, the AI-ification of this genre of shitposting saddens me. People used to work *hard* pasting on those hedz. We’ve forgotten our roots. 😔

I’m very tired

This takes enormous amounts of resources and sacrifice to pull off. Sharing this to support people on the ground: "This directory of places to donate to all comes from activists on the ground, plugged into the situation. Everything is vetted, with the exception of individual GoFundMes"

For my daughter, who is in an ELO phase.

Italian voice actor Carlo Bononi was the voice of all of the characters on Pingu. A trained clown by trade, he used a theater technique called grammelot, which consists of "speaking" in a mix of babbled gibberish noises. He improvised all the voices live and unscripted.

We just donated $1000 to the Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center’s warming shelters. It’s currently 7*F and snowing. Can you join us in helping? givebutter.com/KBNd5w