So deeply, deeply exhausted by struggling like this constantly. I’m a drop in the ocean, I know, but I’m so tired, and even if I tried to reach out for help… it doesn’t exist anymore. The world is fucked. I wanna get off, please.

So, I’ve given up on trying to get my tooth fixed, but would appreciate any help to get my meds this week 🧡 ko-fi.com/malibudarby

Mutual aid request: a few weeks ago, I had a tooth break. Had a temporary fit, but need to have it properly reconstructed. Need to raise £557 more to pay for travel & private reconstruction as my local service for disabled patients has a wait time of 45 weeks. Any and all help greatly appreciated 🧡

Mutual aid request: a few weeks ago, I had a tooth break. Had a temporary fit, but need to have it properly reconstructed. Need to raise £557 more to pay for travel & private reconstruction as my local service for disabled patients has a wait time of 45 weeks. Any and all help greatly appreciated 🧡

Not saying the UK is completely fucked, but, in my city the wait time for a wheelchair accessible NHS dental appointment is 45 weeks. 45. Weeks. Now, if I was wealthy and could just fart out the cash to pay private, I could get a wheelchair accessible appointment today… I hate it here so much.

Had a meeting with a (incredibly cool) literary agent from one of my dream agencies yesterday that was very positive… exciting things might be happening this year!! Just gotta keep on through the struggle bus for a little while longer! 💪🥸

Hey, disabled writer here, asking for a little mutual aid. I’m between benefit payments at the moment and need to get some essentials like meds and groceries. Any help or signal boosts greatly appreciated 🧡 ko-fi.com/malibudarby

Hey, disabled writer here, asking for a little mutual aid. I’m between benefit payments at the moment and need to get some essentials like meds and groceries. Any help or signal boosts greatly appreciated 🧡 ko-fi.com/malibudarby

If the Spice Girls taught us anything it was that 40% of women are named Mel.

Cartoon: Fuck it. I liked my sketch too much :) With apologies to the Addamses. Enjoy!

Cartoon: Working on a new fabric for my Spoonflower. I know Christmas is barely in the rear view mirror but I had it mostly finished and am happy to have it done now :)

2026 Sketch Bük opening spread. Trying to treat art as a hobby this year, and just enjoy it for what I’m still able to do with my MS ✌️😤

New to my convention booth this year - stickers! @printinkling.bsky.social made me the loveliest stickers of my three urban critters. Let the Ribbitt Family, Honk Paddleford, and Milo decorate your laptop, water bottle, or notebook! $5/each, 3 for $12 Find them for the first time at @ane.boston!

Colourful Cthulhu sketch. Posca paint pen colours, but rendered all digital n stuff

I’m so done with spending 2 weeks out of every 4 struggling to afford to eat… Even the concept “cost of living crisis” is so wild. Our government has helped create a problem where, the poorest and most vulnerable among us literally cannot *afford* to *live*. Barbaric.

i colored my flowers. and ambrose, i guess! he'd like to go back to his book now.

I chibi-died the protags of my latest finished manuscript, Slash Fiction - a gay, Section 28 meta-horror. Edits and revisions are delayed while I work on stuff for Curtis Brown Creative and Penguin Michael Joseph, but I managed to do this, just for fun 💪🥸

Just typed “The End” on the first draft of my queer meta-horror manuscript..!! Feels good, lads. Feels real damn good. #lgbtqwriters #horrorwriters

If you have any isolated friends/family/people in your life, give them a quick call and a check in today in lieu of a text. They probably want to speak to someone, and they’re possibly too proud/too worried about being a bother to make the first move.

Spending the holidays alone as usual, but trying to conjure a small amount of joy with my capybara jumper in lieu of an x-mas sweater. It’s not quite working yet 😅 Hope everyone celebrating has a good day. Much love 🧡

The Beast getting ready to mess up some wolves from this day in 2020. Marker drawing on toned tan paper.

'Keep going until you get to the end of the novel... everything can be fixed in editing' 📝 Acclaimed novelist and tutor of our upcoming three-month Writing Your Novel course Cathi Unsworth shares her top three tips for aspiring authors.

Heads up: the company behind the software Screenrec is currently trying to scam me into paying for a subscription to access potentially illegally obtained data and screen recordings, for an account that I never signed up for in the first place. Proper scummy behaviour.

It's Geeky Lunch Chat with Games time! I'm in a LotR Christmas jumper and we're playing the Nordic Expansion for Ticket to Ride. Join us :) www.twitch.tv/dcbradshaw www.youtube.com/@dcbradshaw

I decided to color this drawing I made of red rhinoceros beetle sitting okn a gopher skull Ink pen #sciart #beetles #skulls #inverts

So very proud to be part of the CBC Breakthrough Class of 2025! Working with Jake Arnott is an absolute joy. With one horror novel being developed as part of this mentorship, and another horror novel being shortlisted for the PMJ Undiscovered Writers Prize 2025, I’m very excited for what’s next!

I’m officially a Penguin Michael Joseph Undiscovered Writers’ Prize 2025 shortlistee! My folk horror novel, Our Devils Need No Doors is down to the final 10 and in great company 😊 #HorrorWriters #LGBTQIA+Writers www.instagram.com/p/DSM-6rhiPP...

"RemoveWindowsAI" is a script created by zoicware, available on GitHub, that does exactly what it says: it remove every AI feature in Windows 11. Do what you wish to do with this information. I'm sharing this because some folks are forced to use Win11 at work or other places for any reasons.

I’m officially a Penguin Michael Joseph Undiscovered Writers’ Prize 2025 shortlistee! My folk horror novel, Our Devils Need No Doors is down to the final 10 and in great company 😊 #HorrorWriters #LGBTQIA+Writers www.instagram.com/p/DSM-6rhiPP...

So very proud to be part of the CBC Breakthrough Class of 2025! Working with Jake Arnott is an absolute joy. With one horror novel being developed as part of this mentorship, and another horror novel being shortlisted for the PMJ Undiscovered Writers Prize 2025, I’m very excited for what’s next!

Been trying to deal with this bullshit for hours and hours worth of calls. Scottish Power have a hardship fund, which is cool… but utterly useless if, like me, you are disqualified from accessing the hardship fund based on a technicality. Such a bloody joke 🙃

Two new Tomb Raider games, let’s freaking gooooooooooo!!!

4) Late Night Pizza I was lucky enough to catch the closing crew with all the lights on at Silver Beach Pizza in St. Joseph, MI.

A thread of my favorite pictures I took this year 🧵📷 1) Mills In A Crosswalk There was so much joy at the @startplaying.bsky.social GEN CON party this year, and Mills seemed to capture all of it in a crosswalk outside 8 Bit Bar.

'Winning a scholarship on the Breakthrough Writers Programme transformed my approach to writing.' – Zoë Wilkinson In 2025, we supported 97 talented, under-represented writers via our Breakthrough Writers' Programme. Meet the Breakthrough Class of 2025:

I’ve McFucking had it with this bullshit. For my American friends, that’s around $385 for one utility in a one bedroom apartment. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

In positive news. It’s official. I’m breaking through 😳 #WriterSky #AuthorSky #LGBTQIA+Writers www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/breakthrough...

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In positive news. It’s official. I’m breaking through 😳 #WriterSky #AuthorSky #LGBTQIA+Writers www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/breakthrough...

Travelling to and from hospital several times in the past couple of weeks while I fight stacked infections has drained my already meagre funds. If anyone’s able to help out for the cost of food and meds to keep me going until the 11th, I’d be very appreciative 🧡 Sorry ko-fi.com/malibudarby

Travelling to and from hospital several times in the past couple of weeks while I fight stacked infections has drained my already meagre funds. If anyone’s able to help out for the cost of food and meds to keep me going until the 11th, I’d be very appreciative 🧡 Sorry ko-fi.com/malibudarby

Spent the past 2 weeks dealing with a nasty infection that simply will not bugger off 🫠 Chronic illness and a lowered immune system is not the vibe for me, I’m afraid.

Down to $400 away from rent being paid! I unfortunately need to pay this ASAP. Any help is appreciated yall. ko-fi.com/dndjordanlea... #mutualaid

This Wednesday, we’re honouring the creator of Horror Writers Chat, Matt aka MG Mason @chaoticauthor.online, who sadly passed away last week 🕯️ I’ll be asking questions Matt would ask and you’ll have an opportunity to share your happy memories of Matt and #HorrorWritersChat See you then 🖤

I've added some Christmas cards and prints to my KO-FI shop in very limited quantities. Have a look! ko-fi.com/glennquigley...

Christmas card design from this day in 2020. Of course I haven't even started this year's card yet...

Creator Day Sale You can get all 3 for the price of 1 or buy them individually at half price. Whatever makes you happy. Sale starts in a few hours. More proper post tomorrow? Who knows! Hopefully LOL itch.io/s/170672/cre...

Editorial cartoon: Quiet Piggy. A Charlotte's Web treatment that I just wasn't seeing so....