#scribesandmakers 2. Are you harder on yourself or others when critiquing creative work? Why do you think that is? I'm harder on myself. It's because of past trauma. I am learning to be kinder to myself.

#scribesandmakers 1. How are things looking for you creatively this month? Alt: Pigeon? I think they are looking good! I’m crossing my fingers and toes.

#scribesandmakers 30. How did it go? It’s been a pretty good month creatively. I’ve decided that I want to focus more on alchemical healing in my newsletters so I can interest my patients in that part of my work. I’ll use my writing and photography in them. I am also working on the blocks in my […]

#scribesandmakers 29. What is your proudest or best moment with your creative endeavor this month? I finished the embroidery I've been working on since July! I'm now working on making it into a bag. I'm super happy with the embroidery. It has been a learning experience and (mostly) a joy to make.

#ScribesAndMakers 28. Talk to me day. Today's featured creator is: Nicole Hidalgo ( @Ink_Soul#scribesandmakers) HI! Im looking forward to reading This Is How Immortals Die. The graphic you made with the arrows and the covers (I forget what that's called) definitely intrigued me! You've already answered so […]

#scribesandmakers 27. What animal best exemplifies your approach to creativity? I'm not sure but I like what @saposcat had to say about dogs and cats.

I would like to thank the 12 people on my trip to New York and the 20 people on the way back to Oakland who were wearing masks on the planes and in the airports. Yes, I counted. I was also masked. (It was almost 13 people on the way to New York, but I'm sorry Lady, you seemed to have missed the […]

#scribesandmakers 26. Is there a book that got you through a difficult time? "Psalm for the Wild-Built" by Becky Chambers really touched me. I read it early in the pandemic. It got me into reading cozy fiction and I never looked back. These days I mostly read cozy fantasy and watch cozy […]

#scribesandmakers 25. How would you describe your fashion sense? I'm going to say eclectic witchy. When I dress up, I lean towards goth. My everyday choice for clothes is jeans (possibly visibly-mended) and a t-shirt referencing a sci-fi TV show or podcast. And I might put a long flowing duster […]

#scribesandmakers 24. What has been your biggest frustration with your creative work this month? I think my biggest frustration is that I can't blink and be done with the bag I'm making. I was going to cut out the pieces and bring them with me on my trip to see my mom but my husband was the […]

#scribesandmakers Sep 23: Shameless someone-else-promotion day. Let's boost away. First, I'm going to boost the #wss366 prompt. There are several of us writing good short fiction using it. Lots of cute and clever stories. Second, there is @QuasiTemporal Time & Ties. A lovely time-travel story […]

#scribesandmakers day 23: Shameless someone-else-promotion day. First, what a brilliant idea! I have bookmarked so many posts today, and boosted a bunch. Very excited to add to my endless TBR. Now lemmee tell y'all about my awesome fren, @Dex_sketches. He isn't very active in the Fediverse […]

#scribesandmakers 23. Shameless someone-else-promotion day. Let's boost away. My friend’s space opera is amazing, and there’s more of it to come! There are very diverse characters, magic, and science fiction: https://ljspencer.ie/science-fiction/

#scribesandmakers 22. Do you feel you have a good eye for composing photos? Yes, I do. That is one thing I’m usually confident about with my photography.

#scribesandmakers 21. How do you define creative rewards? Something that gives you satisfaction, something that pays you money, both, or something else? Mostly it’s people telling me they like my photos, embroidery, etc. Yes, it’s also good to sell art but it’s not the main reason I make it. I […]

#ScribesAndMakers 20. Do you have a lot of cooking equipment? Would you mind sharing a picture from your kitchen? Oh yes, we do. The “Ninja” on the right side is new to us. I’ve only used it to make a smoothie so far. I love to use the crockpot in colder weather […] [Original post on sfba.social]

#scribesandmakers 19. If you could do anything in the world, regardless of complexity, what would be your dream project? I would use my photography to raise money for causes I feel deeply about. Let’s start big: end fascism; stop transphobia; free Palestine; cure Parkinson’s. There are more […]

Why is it so hard for people to volunteer to gate check their roller bags at the airport? I said no at first and then I put essential things into a pouch and checked my bag three airports ago.

Five years ago, I said that once I started going back to the movies after COVID, I would cancel my streaming subscriptions. Well it's five years later and I've only been to a handful of movies in the theater (mostly when people rented them out for private screenings). I started going to the […]

#scribesandmakers 17. If you have creative parents, do you read what they write/appreciate their art or craft, or keep out of it altogether? My mom used to bake cheesecake and pizzelles (Italian waffle cookies, usually served during winter holidays). I definitely appreciated the pizzelles! She […]

#scribesandmakers 16. Which part of your work makes you unique/different from anyone else? The fact that I’m the one making it. The other different thing is probably not really that different. I like to take photos of horse skeletons, specifically wild horses that passed away during a harsh […]

#scribesandmakers 15. How's your creativity going? Need help/critique? My creativity is going pretty well. I finished the embroidery part of a project I'm working on! Now I have a month to make it into a bag before it's given away at an SCA (medieval) event. Most of my creative energy is […]

#scribesandmakers 14 Talk to me day. Featured creator: Grahame Fleming ( @grahamefleming ) #ttmd Hi Graham, Is there anyone (famous or not) whose story you would love to ghost write? If you could pick one of the characters from the Arthurian legend to ghost write a story for, who would it be? […]

#ScribesAndMakers - 13 Sept. Shameless self-promotion day. Let's boost away. Nobody stopped to read her Though she wrote #Yuri #Mythpunk They knew she had never been on Goodreads So they passed her novels by I meant to go over and ask for a copy Maybe write a […] [Original post on sakurajima.moe]

#scribesandmakers 9/13: Shameless self-promotion day. Let's boost away. I have a new book out today, in a sneaky pre-release in my own store. If you like fantasy RPGs, this book is for you. It's a wild romp through as many tropes as I could possibly stick in one book, from the retired fighter […]

#scribesandmakers 13 Sep: Shameless self-promotion day. Let's boost away. My pinned posts have my books. A fantasy/comedy/magical series. That people seem to really enjoy. A world of magic, but the magic is rubbish and the wizards worse.

#scribesandmakers 13. Shameless self-promotion day. Let's boost away. I've started adding image descriptions to the photos on my Cicuto Photography site. If you'd like to check them out, they are in the Landscapes and Twisted Trees galleries: https://www.denisecicuto.com/

#scribesandmakers 11. You've found a device that can doodle on the moon, in a way that is visible from earth. You have 10 minutes, what do you doodle? Credit: Lydia Vvinters I don't draw much so this is what I doodled:

#scribesandmakers 10. Do you consider reading a creative activity? Why or why not? Yes, I do. When I read fiction, I’m imagining a version of world that the author has created. (Sometimes it’s also influenced by the audiobook narrator.) Imagining is a creative activity. Sometimes parts of what I […]

How would I survive without quinoa bowls as a default easy meal? Also, the dill dressing from Trader Joe’s is amazing.

#scribesandmakers 9. Do you like music with unusual time signatures? Apparently I do! Thanks to @seanpatrickphd for the examples.

#scribesandmakers 8. Have you ever viewed or read something because of effective promotion? What got your attention? I'd like to say I don't usually follow things because of effective promotion. But if someone does a good job of spreading word of mouth, then that is effective promotion too […]

#scribesandmakers 7. What's your favorite visual art media, either to view or create with? I love looking at all different kinds of art. Sculpture really intrigues me. I create mostly with photography. That's my first love.

#scribesandmakers 6. What's the hardest thing about gardening? I think the hardest part is keeping critters out (my kitten included) so that plants are undisturbed. The second hardest thing is remembering to water them. I have an alarm set now so I water them daily. My hubby is recovered […]

#scribesandmakers 5. What would be a major accomplishment on your current project if you could complete it this month? Well, it will be a major accomplishment when I finish the embroidery on my current project. I should actually be done with that this weekend! The 'stretch goal' will be […]

#scribesandmakers 4. Talk about the book that got the fewest votes yesterday, or say something about them all. “Where Peace Is Lost” really spoke to me and inspired me to embroider the ‘Litany of Peace’ from it. I’ll link to my review on StoryGraph and share a link to a post with the embroidery […]

#scribesandmakers 2. What creative activities are you hoping to work on this month? i’ll be finishing up the embroidery project I’m working on and making it into a bag. I’ll do the weekly 52Frames photo challenges. And I have a creative project to do for an astrology class. And maybe I’ll […]

#ScribesAndMakers 1. With many new people here, let's do another round of introductions. Tell us something about yourself and your creativity. Hi! I'm Denise. I'm a photographer and embroiderer. I like all kinds of crafts. This is the time of year when I like to […] [Original post on sfba.social]

#scribesandmakers 29. Are there any sounds that bring back good memories for you? The ocean, as many have said. Some ice cream truck songs (others are grating). All my favorite 80's music takes me back to my high school years. Cicadas.

#scribesandmakers 28. You're a bored ghost talking to an aspiring author through a ouija board. Who would you pretend to be? Credit: Lydia Vvinters I didn't know how to answer this until I changed "author" to "photographer" in my head. I think I'd pretend to be the ghost of Henri […]

#scribesandmakers 27. What is a genre or style that you think is underappreciated? Photographing abandoned things. I participate in a weekly photo challenge and ‘abandoned’ was the theme a few weeks ago. I think there’s beauty in seeing how time and nature reclaim things. Or noticing a bloom or […]

#scribesandmakers 26. Is there a song where you enjoy the sound but hate the lyrics, or vice versa? I learned Chinese herbs in acupuncture school by listening to covers an American herbalist & musician made. The lyrics were about the properties of the herbs and they were set to popular 50's and […]

#scribesandmakers 25. What do you think makes for good alt text? Everything I learned about alt text I learned from people who need it. There has been a lot of good input from people today on this topic. Basically I try to describe colors and relative positions of things (near, middle, far). I […]

#scribesandmakers 24. Is there a smell that brings back good memories for you? Yes, absolutely. Pizzelles are one of them. They are Italian waffle cookies that my mom used to make when I was growing up. The house was filled with the scent of anise seed. I got a small pizzelle iron as a gift last […]

#scribesandmakers 23. How many pixies can fit on the end of a paintbrush? Does it matter which end? That would be [redacted]

#ScribesAndMakers 22. Do you have a favorite texture? If so, can you describe it? I think it's my kitten's fur. I'd never had a cat with soft fluffy fur before Candy. It's like moving my hand through a cloud I can touch. Her tail is like a feather duster. Here […] [Original post on sfba.social]

#scribesandmakers 21. What cliche best sums up your creative life? The main photo on my about page used to be this:

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#scribesandmakers 20. If your favorite show was cancelled without enough time to tell the full story, how would you want the writers to handle it? I've seen several answers here today that I agree with: Leave it open-ended so people can write fanfic. At least give us a wrap-up film like we got […]