Me: after Wayside School, do you want to read another funny book or an adventure book? 7yo: adventure! Me: about people, or about animals? 7yo: animals! CUTE animals! Me: great! I know of a book about some mice and squirrels-- 7yo: THOSE AREN'T CUTE!

Writers and publishers might want to know that there is a big gap in the shape of middle grade hard science fiction. My 8 year old is reading Andy Weir to get his fix.

Our 3d printer has introduced 9yo to a new hobby: painting minis.

Snail helm is go

Really happy with how this drawing turned out ! Li Yu from The Disabled Tyrant's Beloved Pet Fish 🐠 #DTBPF

Can anyone point me towards a tool for making text-based choose your own adventure stories?

💜💜 #mdzs #jiangcheng #fanart

"Record of the Missing Sect Master" is doing some *fun* things with the intersection of amnesia and identity porn.

The book was amazing! I'm hoping the drama does it justice

I've been reading the Wayside School books out loud to all three kids and they're all enjoying them! I lucked into this; in the past when I tried to pick a book to read aloud to all 3 they never stuck, but I was reading the first one to the youngest and the others decided they wanted to listen too.

3d printing is NOT going to be my new hobby, I tell myself while teaching myself to build a shape in OpenSCAD because the version I tried to make in tinkercad didn't go through with accurate measurements

Introduce yourself as what almost killed you: Hi, I'm postpartum hemorrhage

A final (?) update: pecan crescents, formerly the least appealing of the family's traditional christmas cookies, have suddenly become the favorite because they look like packing peanuts.

What the kids wanted to do with packing peanuts: form an assembly line wherein they crush them flat, then roll them as thin as they can, then pass them through the hole in a play-money coin to make sure they're small enough. The product of this factory is called "noodles of justice."

"Packing peanuts!" --things you really don't want to hear your five year old joyfully exclaim when you're on the opposite end of the house.

Three comments in the past two days from different users on my mdzs fics from 2018, is there some sort of event happening?

Best thing about rainy days: I get to use my wangxian umbrella!

I am so proud of them. the kids did it. they made a new stupid number to say. they may now take their place in history.

My biggest accomplishment of the day: acquired Pokemon booster packs for stocking stuffers! (after many sold out attempts at other stores). Shoutout to Omar's World of Comics in Lexington!

Seeking recs: beginner cross stitch patterns (individual patterns or books) for a 9yo who likes cats, dragons, fantasy. I don't cross stitch and the market seems flooded with AI, so I'd appreciate if someone could point me to designers or publishers you've been happy with!

I think it's more than a little fair for trans folks in the book community to be wary of readers who still love HP in 2025 and/or read HP-inspired romantasy novels.

I've seen people joke that Priest made Tai Sui gen so she wouldn't have to write BL with a "bad" ending but I'm actually convinced that along with xianxia tropes, Tai Sui is knowingly responding to romance tropes too.

Oh no I'm thinking about Tai Sui again

I haven't yet managed to take any of the @nbssboston.bsky.social workshops (full day workshops are impractical for me) but their open house is this Friday/Saturday and I'm excited to go!

I did the holiday love meme thing! gdgdbaby.dreamwidth.org/314179.html?...

I made a simple bookbinding press with a hand screw clamp kit! It's not fancy but it was cheap!

Let me take this opportunity to recommend The Imperial Uncle

On the one hand, the fact that I've been not that interested in reading fic lately has had me wondering what that means for a bookbinding hobby (and bookbinding community) that I came to via fic.

wen ning :D #MDZS #WenNing #魔道祖师

Memphis is experiencing gestapo-style raids 24/7 now. Our local media is failing us and the national media is ignoring this black/blue/incredibly poor city in a red state. I guess we just aren’t as sexy as LA or Portland.

Typesetting things I enjoy: shaping text around drop caps

Our very KPDH halloween

Got a halloween comment on my spookiest fic, nice archiveofourown.org/works/27326941 (in which Lan Sizhui is possessed by Wei Wuxian, and this does not go well for anyone)

Wow, this is making a huge difference!

bird boy drawn for the regalia zine #art #fantasyart #illustration #イラスト

WIP. 7yo definitely picked the one with the coolest weapon.

I remember a decade ago or so on tumblr various discourse about girl heroes never being marketed towards boys and I just want to say. I have heard tell of multiple boys planning to cosplay Rumi KPDH for halloween this year. That's progress.

KPDH costumes continue. 7yo picked the most complicated of all of Mira's outfits; we are simplifying it (wear this skirt and spike bracelets over plain black clothes).

New #SevenSeasDanmei cover reveal! ✨ COPPER COINS: TONG QIAN KAN SHI (NOVEL) Vol. 3, the finale to the #danmei adventure set in ancient China by Mu Su Li—cover art by Porridge + interior art by DALO! #CopperCoins Out in English April 2026—pre-order now! sevenseasentertainment.com/books/copper...

we have purchased our tickets for the KPDH sing along and will be attending in full cosplay :D

Done with the sewing on this one (I'll be adding some black texturing with paint later). I will not miss the shedding.

完成

[oc] church by fall out boy is playing in the background

#TheMaskedSinger #sewing

Absolutely terrible pattern grading: the sleeve on this top is only an inch and a half longer for the size 8 than for the size 3. These are children's sizes. They correspond to age, in theory. An eight year old's arm should be a lot more than an inch and a half longer than a three year old's.

5yo has drawn his first fan art 😁 (Jinu Kpop Demon Hunters)

the preferred term last time i checked is dualsex, for those who want another tag but just don't know what to use!