The high of someone I don't know telling me they like something of mine I read is honestly one of the most powerful things I've ever felt.

If I had a nickel for every beta reader who said they liked my book, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird it happened twice.

first animation (loop loosely based on poplako's business cat animation) #furry #anthro #furryartist #art #webcomic #comic #animation

Worked on the new WIP a little last night on top of the new DnD setting. Finally getting the creative juices flowing a bit again!

Working on the new DnD campaign I'm running in a couple weeks counts as writing, yes?

I love WIPSnips! I havent been doing it lately as ive transitioned from WIP to hopefully finished product but its a great community and I love to see what everyone's working on.

The final book of the Immortal Nox series is available now on Itch, Patreon, and AmazonKU kairaloi.itch.io www.amazon.com/dp/B0B1VYP7T...

I know its not true for everyone, but for me romance and love and finding the person who makes life worth it is so uniquely human than I've never written anything without a romantic subplot. Its just what makes me happy.

5 years and our second DND Campaign is finished.

Things have been hectic at the office and therefore I havent had near as much time for anything other than couch slugging but I am still here and still working! My beta readers are making progress and I hope I can start last batch of revisions soon.

Oh no GW3 has been announced looks like i have to get all 2027s writing done this year now

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Best part of sunburn is when you get to peel yourself like a primordial lizard

Accurate

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When the post is one character too long and you have to get rid of the Oxford comma…

MAGICA RIOT PRIDE Y'ALL COOL CUTIES art by @windygria.art

Built my wife a gazebo as her mother's day gift (it was a kit, im not that handy). There's a special place in hell for the people who designed stuff with screws in places a screwdriver won't fit. Stop having me tear up my hands on shitty hex wrenches

My most recent (and only) release is THE DEVOURING, my cosmic horror/crime thriller about a married couple uncovering an occult conspiracy. It's the first book I've written and contains all the things I love and want to read about. Also, I drew the cover myself. 😊 amshilling.com/books

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Unbelievable that today I celebrate 10 years of marriage. Honestly thought I would have annoyed her away by now

It must be a very comforting thought. Everyone's secretly using AI to write emails and come up with things to say to their family for them, you're not a deeply weird person, everyone else is doing it too, just secretly! The cowards. At least you admit it. You're the brave truth teller for saying so.

I don't think about the day I get to stop working and travel or enjoy my projects and garden. I think about the day I can no longer work and lose my health insurance and stable income.

That's part of the broken social contract that I don't think the no-take-only-throw-ass economics overlords don't get. I now see any funds I have as my only defense against indiscriminate predation. I have figured out you will kill me and drain my corpse.

also like, my measure of "wealth" now is how much of things going wrong you can bounce back from and maintain a basic standard of living. It is not about improving said standard of living. I want a house so I can't be priced out of my apartment. I want retirement money so I'm not homeless at 70.

This thread really sums up how I feel as a person who admits to being extremely fortunate and comfortable finacially: any given morning it could all be taken away because of some spreadsheet somewhere

How on earth with my obsession with trading cards did I run out of penny sleeves?!

Writing's been slow, been dealing with a lot, and I'm starting to think getting a writing hangover after finishing a previous draft is a very real thing, but I managed to bang out 900 words over the long weekend. I'll take it!

It is my birthday, and after all the work I've done on myself and my passions the past 5 months, I'm manifesting that 34 is going to be my year. Things are going to go good for me, I can feel it

This is an account for my writing, but I am proud to say that for the 2nd time in our 10 years playing the beer league hockey team I captain has won a championship.

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1st chapter of a new WIP is completed. The world is starting to come together more in my head, but I'm finding I really like pantsing as much worldbuilding as I can in a new setting. Some of my favorite things have come up spur of the moment

Did a lot of work today bookmarking agents who MSWL cozy fantasy. No idea if I'll use it but felt important to keep doing things while I wait for more beta reader feedback

5 internet points if you can name the reference #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPromptsNoodle

Giant means big #WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #CozyFantasy #WriteSky #WritingPrompts

I finally watched Avatar: Way of Water. It was certainly a film

New book day!

I had surgery last week I've spent most of that time asleep or reading a book. Specifically beta reading Hedge Mage for Hire by @chschwartz.bsky.social and honestly, best use of my limited awake time I could've chosen. ❤❤❤❤ if you liked Tiffany Aching, you'd like this book

We used to be a real society, with real art

Being sick has made me completely unproductive and I hate it

Sword Spear Dagger Fireball Bow Gun

Artemisia has a full title, one that she is running away from #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #CozyFantasy

On day 4 of sickness and I've reached the part where everything hurts, super cool. It's been a long time since I remember feeling this bad.

It's too bad kids swearing is inherently funny, because you really can't let your 4 year old get away with calling his teacher an asshole

Honest to god I dont think my family has been healthy since January. Preschool has devastated us.

No caffeine, but coffee and puns! #WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #CozyFantasy

We use bells, not hours, but an "alarm clock" is the first magical artifact Artemisia invents as a hedge mage. Specifically to help a certain elf wake up for work. #WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #CozyFantasy

More food talk. I was raised on Redwall feast descriptions, after all #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #CozyFantasy