the river has roots by amal el-mohtar (specifically the audiobook, what gorgeous production with the music!) is almost certainly going to be my favorite read of the year. entirely stunned at how beautiful and masterful the story is. 1000/10, please go listen to it immediately #booksky #writesky

I am young and in good health and I have gotten, literally, every single vaccine that I am allowed to get (special thanks to my pharmacist for finding my complete vaccination hx and special ordering the one booster I was missing)

I ate a toaster oven s’more and I think it’s making my writing better… must repeat experiment for additional data #amwriting #writing #writesky

animal control: what the hell is that thing?! me, crouched on the ground shoveling snow into my mouth: 🙂

every winter I get to rediscover how much I love wearing my big wool coat 😊

i could be lured in with a good soup tbh

#amwriting project update! mostly been working on project sungold lately, hoping to wrangle it into a comprehensible draft ready for critique by the end of the year ☀️project sungold: 50k ⚔️project otherside: 15k ❄️project bloodrest: 7k ⛰project cirrun: outlined #writesky #writingcommunity

A very exciting commission - A magpie dragon ✨️

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didn’t post my #mealprep last week bc I got distracted with #dvpit, so here’s both weeks! breakfast: whole wheat english muffin with peanut butter and banana + protein coffee lunch: chive dumplings (half chicken half tofu) w spinach banchan dinner: roasted green tomato caprese grilled cheese

there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually

In a half-crumbled clocktower, Magpie and Calladonna survive together. But when Mag gets an opportunity to chase her dreams, they break an ancient tradition to avoid getting separated, bringing the spirits' wrath down upon them and putting the fate of the realm at stake. #DVpit #F #NA #LGBT #ND

Abandon your friend, or abandon your dream. Chosen by the spirits, Magpie is called to journey through the spiritwoods to claim an ancient power--and secretly brings her best friend along. But when the journey turns deadly, it seems as though her friend is to blame... #DVpit #F #NA #LGBT #ND

Magpie has often fallen: from rooftops, giant mushrooms, fate's graces. When she's chosen as a prestigious mediator between humans and spirits, she ascends further than she ever thought possible--so when tragedy strikes, the fall may prove fatal ...unless she learns to fly. #DVpit #F #NA #LGBT #ND

The last Conduit is dead--and Magpie of Lornwhen is thrilled about it. When a troublemaker is chosen by the spirits, she breaks an ancient tradition to keep her best friend by her side, risking her only chance at her greatest dream–and the wrath of humans and spirits alike. #DVpit #NA #F #LGBT #ND

#DVparty day 6: WIP 1 ☀️Project Sungold ☀️ LEVERAGE x SIX OF CROWS A non-binary assassin on strike. Two thieves with a psychic connection. A guilt-ridden teenage witch and the experiment she helped escape. An unlikely crew. A heist with deadly stakes. A weapon the elite must not be allowed to keep.

#DVparty day 6 WIP 2: Project Otherside TEEN WOLF x ARTHURIAN LEGEND 🐉one part swords and dragons 📖one part dark academia 🍂fall vibes 🖋secret society 🤝forced proximity 🔮hidden magical world 🌻real druids (the kind you’d meet at a farmer’s market) ⚔️monster hunting

#DVparty day 6 WIP 2: Project Otherside TEEN WOLF x ARTHURIAN LEGEND 🐉one part swords and dragons 📖one part dark academia 🍂fall vibes 🖋secret society 🤝forced proximity 🔮hidden magical world 🌻real druids (the kind you’d meet at a farmer’s market) ⚔️monster hunting

#DVparty day 6: WIP 1 ☀️Project Sungold ☀️ LEVERAGE x SIX OF CROWS A non-binary assassin on strike. Two thieves with a psychic connection. A guilt-ridden teenage witch and the experiment she helped escape. An unlikely crew. A heist with deadly stakes. A weapon the elite must not be allowed to keep.

oops forgot #DVparty!

#DVpit day 5: song!! I composed (but not fully recorded yet) an album of original music for my book. This one (tentatively titled Into the Spiritwoods) really captures the spookier aspects of the worldbuilding

no, I haven’t been listening to evolution of magic from the frieren soundtrack on repeat while I write, why do you ask? #writesky #writing #writingcommunity #fantasy

The world went dark just after she jumped off the roof. In one moment she could see the clocktower, the ledge beneath its defunct face familiar and inviting, and in the next there was nothing. It wasn't an uncommon occurrence, necessarily, but damn if that wasn't inconvenient timing. #DVparty

project sungold: 30k!

#mealprep this week: -breakfast: pumpkin flaxseed bread w dark chocolate pieces + 1/2 a protein in my coffee -lunch: sesame garlic udon w/ edamame, broccoli, and bok choy -dinner: tofu sweet potato curry w/ spinach and caramelized onions

👋💚 #bloomscrolling #gardening #photography

Them: So what have y'all been up to? Me: Haha, you know. The usual. The Usual:

happy leg day to those who celebrate

for #UnhingedPit! oh my god these clueless lesbians are roommates* (*room = partially-crumbled abandoned clocktower) #NA #YA #F #LGBT #ND #agentguide 📌

for #UnhingedPit! oh my god these clueless lesbians are roommates* (*room = partially-crumbled abandoned clocktower) #NA #YA #F #LGBT #ND #agentguide 📌

a writing project update: - when the magpie flies: querying, 81k - project sungold: draft 1, 20k of good story - project otherside: draft 1, 11k of mess - project cirrun: outline done - project bloodrest: ✨vibes only✨ #amwriting #amquerying #writingcommunity

it’s such a weird feeling to have a favorite rejection 😂 #amquerying #writingcommunity

#mealprep this week breakfast: whole wheat toast w avocado and eggs + strawberries lunch: truffle mac&cheese (protein pasta) + roasted carrots and radishes dinner: orange beef w/ brown rice and zucchini

about to try and bake something, everyone wish me luck and keep the fire department on standby

1. figure out she named herself 2. figure out how she named herself 3. spend 14 hours listening to bird noises 4. profit? #PitchDis

thinking about chicken nuggets… don’t have any :(

the number of maybe piles I’m ending up in with this new version of my query is kind of wild, I think I only got one rejection this month and it was semi-personalized saying that they liked my query #writingcommunity #amquerying

ghost + greenhouse prints to north america: inprnt.com/gallery/guil... t-shirts, prints and much more to north america, europe and oceania: redbubble.com/shop/ap/1595...

keep forgetting about #PitchDis lol for day 10: I pulled a lot of inspiration from the Camino de Santiago. My characters spend a good portion of the book walking, stuck on a singular path forward; there’s an element of reflection and contemplation that accompanied the more commercial-leaning plot.

got into a fight with a sweet potato, lost

Rock Looked Way Cooler Wet

I have to go to the thrift store to write this scene, sorry I don’t make the rules #writingcommunity #amwriting #amquerying

my apologies to my neighbors, who have surely heard the chorus several dozen times in the past 20 hours since it first came into existence. you may want to consider moving; I will not be stopping any time soon. #amquerying #writingcommunity #musicsky #musiciansky

not my brain writing music for the sequel to the book I #amquerying — a book which is fully drafted but not written, to be clear

#mealprep lunch this week is rice bowl with ground beef, mixed greens, and a dollop of spinach artichoke tzatziki + an orange on the side

#bloomscrolling #gardening #photography

proud to announce I’ve been voted “most likely to befriend the crows” by my coworkers

People love it

having #queerpit and #posterpit back to back was wild. where am I. what day is it. (3 agent likes though, so 🎉)

Chosen by the spirits, a troublemaker journeys into the spiritwoods—but her quest for destiny may be her doom. Overhead, a great Shadow writhes, growing larger and larger until it swallows up the sky… Sound on 🎵 listen to the original soundtrack for WHEN THE MAGPIE FLIES! #PosterPit #Q #F #NA