“Are the fae open source?” is such a terrifying question in so many ways.

Ten years ago, I sent Musketeers into space with my epic, gender-swapped space opera retelling of the Dumas novel. Now the Musketeers are back in 3 snazzy paperback editions featuring glorious art by @ravven.bsky.social books2read.com/Valiant-Stars

I feel the same way, this has bothered me since I first saw it. I suppose it's the mask drop, the sheer infantile maliciousness of it. He's a petty little vicious sociopath and boy, does he hate women.

Interesting thread of some gorgeous items.

We've been spending time this weekend in Where Winds Meet, and it's both gorgeous and has a really immersive story. Combat is fun, UI needs a bit of work, and there is a ton of depth and things to do. F2p, cosmetic cash shop. Really loving this.

Eeeek. Let's see if I can do some work before the lights go out, as they're flickering right now. (Not using the UPS that I normally use as we were trying to diagnose some computer or power issues.)

We bought a Ninja Foodi air fryer which is driving me insane because it loudly beeps ALL the time. No way to prevent it from doing so. We used to also have the Samsung washing machine further down the thread with the improbably long, cheery little tune. Cute the first time, then it wears on you. :D

"They call it a city of progress, but to me, it’s just a graveyard lit by gaslight. You can almost hear the city breathing - hungry, restless, waiting for the next soul to burn out. And those who still believe in justice wear masks to keep the dark from recognizing them..." Personal illustration 🎨

Our part of town has been pretty quiet (aside from one almighty boom last night, lord knows what they actually set off). Even the neighbours behind our place who normally have a party with a ton of fireworks were quiet. That was a huge relief because they've hit our house in past years. :/

Gee whiz you guys, I'm starting to think chortlingly uploading AI slop of you literally dumping planeloads of shit on the American populace to the resounding silence of your party and supporters might be a bad move!

I lost the framed original of this while I was going through St Pancras on Sunday Nov 2nd around 3pm. Would love if it had been found by anyone?

The billionaires can buy the newspapers and buy social media and buy attack ads, but they can't buy their way out of how much we fucking hate all of them.

We have two black cats and this year I bought bat wings for them. I was really excited to take some adorable pictures, but the one cat whom we managed to actually get the wings on sat there so miserably that we didn't bother. She wouldn't look at me for the rest of the night. Sigh...

I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you have friends struggling through the shutdown, consider inviting them over for a family dinner this week. Make too much. Insist they take leftovers home. Some folks can't say they need help out loud but will appreciate the kindness.

The worst version of myself from high school? Ugh, but I suppose that tracks. Still the overachiever with good grades and friends, all bright and shiny but secretly self-harming like mad while pretending that everything is fine. I hate that girl.

This little guy makes me happy.

Day what, a bajillion and seven? of feeling really unwell, but not obviously unwell enough that I could convince a GP to care about it. Months, anyway. Really fatigued and lowkey nauseous, headaches, etc. I'm sick of it, but not yet willing to try to get an appointment only to be told the usual.

Such sad news this morning. I loved this book.

If you see this, quote post with your favorite Pokemon (wrong answers only)

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Coming soon in 2026: rerelease of the dominion of the fallen books in North America Raise your hand if you'd like to take part in a cover reveal?

Super excited about this MG with horror elements! Agents and editors check this one out!

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This is true. I actually met my British husband in the States, where we got married. As a graphic designer he really struggled to get any hope of a legal status there, and eventually we moved to the UK where we've remained ever since.

I'm tired. Just really tired about everything, everywhere being so shitty and cruel. I really liked it here, my little feed of book people and artists and gamers, a block for the occasional bad actor. Signs are that things will change, however, and I am just so fucking tired.

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We need to raise at least 1200usd for immigration stuff, so I am doing a special offer for peeps who want signed books from me and are in the USA. If you want a book, here's the details www.patreon.com/posts/signed...

Yesterday I started watching Bon Appétit, Your Majesty and I love it (aside from having a slight quibble re the Friesian horse, but hey - they always look majestic, I admit). I do love time travel/portal stuff, but it is the actual cooking segments that are really fascinating. The chemistry of food.

Our in-laws gave us two huge bags of sloes so we made two bottles of sloe vodka (neither of us like gin) and I have a bunch left over. I was thinking about trying to make a sweet fruit bread experiment with them tomorrow? Not sure if it would work, but I don't have it in me to make jam or anything.

this is why we need to bring back shame there need to be consequences for being a huge asshole, there need to be standards for how you behave in a decent society the rules cannot be set by the worst of us

Slowing Down. 😒

It's all fun and games until a cop handles a Tylenol gelcap with no gloves and within seconds their socks are bothering them.

We spent a lot of time this weekend playing Voyagers of Nera and I really enjoyed it. It's beautiful, for one thing - water and sun and atmosphere are gorgeous. I spent a lot of time just diving and sailing, relaxing and chilling. Highly recommend. youtu.be/51tJYBEdTBQ?...

The solution right now is not saying “move to Mastodon, to Pillowfort, use Picarto galleries” etc, bc that won't stop this silent escalation of censorship and sexual repression on the internet. The issue is not which platform we choose, but rather raising our voices against what is happening.

I FEEL THIS

My cat is obsessed with this gua sha stone roller that I keep on my desk and keeps stealing it. I just stepped on it and broke it, which was both disappointing and it made me wonder why my cat would put a stone roller at the top of a flight of wood stairs. I think she has an evil plan. 😱

Day three of feeling really ill with some kind of flu - this is some bullshit right here. I blame my husband for bringing home germs from school. Blerugh.

At lunch I was watching the #kdrama The First Night with the Duke, which is incredibly silly and cute and romantic. If you're in need of something light, it might be good. (I apologise in advance if everyone dies at the end, but at this point it seems pure fun and romance!) youtu.be/aV4Y4Bav_eE?...

Finally getting to work after a messy morning, sigh. When I'm actually working I can respond to you and have a conversation which I don't remember at all later because I concentrate so deeply. Getting down to actually work though is another matter, such a Squirrel! state of mind. :/

I'm thinking about this (after trying the free trial to make sure it works well with a Wacom tablet on Windows). It's a lot of money right, but I'm so ready to give Adobe the finger. The style of cover that I've done for ten years is out of style now, business is thin, and I need to change.

Setting aside everything else, it's actually really easy to live your life in a way that makes no one, not a single person, happy when you die.

Malenia, Blade of Miquella