You don't need AI or expensive supplies or even classes to make art. All you need is the willingness to practice, a desire to create, and a mountain of unaddressed childhood trauma.

#WIPSnips I don't have "sixth" or "six", so I'll give the opening of the sixth scene.

I know I don't usually talk about what's going on in my writing, but y'all... Jack is tired. I don't think he realized that until he used the mirror to visit Miss Mavis. No, I will not be giving more context at this time. #AmWriting

Loot that drops after defeating me: -deck of playing cards -deck of tarot cards -crocheted rainbow octopus -a very plain rock that you really should NOT throw out -random hat

My hands were tight fists and I had tears when this first aired. Years later, I could talk about this episode in therapy when I couldn't talk about my own experiences yet. It was the bridge I needed.

New poem, in the lovely Uncanny Magazine. :) The parsley girl is trickier than you think . . . www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

Half of the characters in this sapphic, all-women retelling of King Arthur and Robin Hood are knights, including the Queen herself! Paperback, ebook, & KU: www.amazon.com/dp/B0GG7B95VX/

#WIPSnips There are rumors of a Rhymer in the village, and Master Silverthorne was sent by the Royal City to find them. Rhymers are oracles, and Rhyming is illegal.

I closed my divination Substack. When I decided to start a blog about my writing, I seriously thought about maybe it should be a newsletter. And maybe it "should" be, but I don't want to do that again. It would seriously stress me.

It turns out I may have a mild concussion from when I had the seizure a couple of days ago. That's actually oddly comforting. It makes how I've been feeling make sense. And I know I should feel free to rest just because I need rest, but it does give me a kind of "permission to rest".

I don't know where the last four hours have gone, but I definitely didn't do what I had planned with them. My sense of time is weird to begin with. Stress warps it.

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Someone wrote the lyrics to Tyler Childers' song Long Violent History in chalk on my campus. "It's the worst that it's been since the last time it happened It's happening again right in front of our eyes There's updated footage, wild speculation Tall tales and hearsay and absolute lies"

#WIPSnips Jack's as close as you're getting to a mayor here. He kind of holds several positions, all unofficially. It is a VERY small village.

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Only four of these would be disguises for me.

Four little (2.5"x4"ish) watercolor & gouache paintings from a while back. Based on photos I took during a trip to Yellowstone.

I'm thankful for getting some serious writing time. I also think I may need to take a break tomorrow. Paint. Knit. Something.

Side note: whether or not your first book finds a wide audience does not determine your future as an author. The more books you write, the better you’ll get and the more readers you’ll find! Keep at it, is what I’m saying, in case anyone needs to hear it.

#WIPSnips I'll share a cinquain from my continuously growing collection of poems. Do you want to change the world? Listen - take a deep breath, find your courage, and go change your clothes.

It's mostly Bad News All the Time, and everyone around me is more talking AT me than talking WITH me. I can tell I'm starting to withdraw. There's a history of people noticing that as a sign of something being wrong, but then getting mad at me for withdrawing.

👀January 2026 Poetry👀 ICYMI, "Rainmaker" is a poem by Olumide Manuel about the language and sound of water. Read this one as an invocation. havenspec.com/poetry/rainm...

Star Fleet is what you get from public investment in space. Weyland-Yutani is what you get from private investment in space.

Now that I've started the week with a seizure, I wish I could believe it will only get better from here.

I've read some pretty direct and outspoken court orders from judges before, but none as withering toward the government as this one

CALLING ALL BLACK COMIC ARTISTS, WRITERS, AND ALL-AROUND CARTOONISTS! Reply to or quote this post showing off your favorite work so we can get more people reading your creations!

#WIPSnips Haven't posted one of these in a few days because I couldn't find something that fit, but I've got something today. Jack was concerned that Ruby's grandmother might perish.

DON'T LET BAD PEOPLE STEAL YOUR JOY IN LIFE. KEEP BEING CREATIVE AND LOUD.

"They don’t want me because I won’t follow orders and I won’t do the kind of Muppets they believe in." - Frank Oz #muppets #disney #hopefulcontent

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I've been thinking a lot about what I want to do with my writing, and I'm kind of surprised by the answer. Yes, I want to tell stories. But I'm also finding that I don't want my poetry to be a "sometimes" thing. I think in poetry. I constantly edit before speaking.

yeah with all this shit, dont feel bad about being a weird freak on the internet, doing harmless art and fic pieces, while grown ass men who have wealth and power schemed to do heinous shit with fucking children.

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I keep so many comments to myself because I can no longer trust that the sarcasm will be obvious. It's not that it's subtle. It's just that too many people now actually believe those things. So how would anyone know I don't? RIP Obvious Sarcasm. You were one of my best friends.

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I'm gonna get some work - *sees the news* Okay, yeah, I'm really going to get some work done today. I need to not be immersed in this.

Do one of the things that makes you feel better, because if you aren't doing any of that, you will run down. Today I did some writing. I'm a writer, & if I don't write, I run down. It's very easy for me to forget this, despite decades of knowing it. And so I am here to remind you to do your things.

Today was a whole week long. Maybe a week and a half. I no longer care about standard measurements of time. Just going with how it feels. The month has been 12 years.

I know I'm spending more time in the weirdbook because of stress and anxiety. Keeping my promise to share no matter how it turns out.

There's a lot I don't say about "Forest Tales" because I don't want to give too much away about short stories. I'm thinking maybe I'll do some blog posts that are interviews with characters. Give readers a feel for the world and characters without directly talking about the stories.

Still one of my favorite pictures from the 1,000 cranes I folded last year.

• last food: popcorn • last drink: Dr. Pepper • last book: Practical Magick by Mitch Horowitz • last show: Make Some Noise • last movie: Race to Witch Mountain • current book: Birthright by @impavid.us • tonight’s dinner: spaghetti • dessert: none ☹️ You?

Re-sharing this oldie-but-goodie poem of mine... "Worrying", originally published in the Autumn '07 issue of the print zine Skyline Magazine. Background image digital manipulation of image by dimitrisvetsikas1969 obtained from Pixabay. Free for use under the Pixabay Content License. #poem #poetry

My class was supposed to get a tv that day, but a library mix-up prevented it. I was in the bathroom when our teacher told the class about the explosion. A boy told me when I came back. I yelled at him. I thought he was just being mean. My teacher told me in the hall and held me while I cried.

I have two of these books, and Althaea's work is good if you want to really understand what you're doing and grow beyond having your hand held all the time.

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It's my birthday and I'm officially 35! Since the whole family is sick and we cant go anywhere, anyone wanna buy one of my books?😷 www.rebeccareyeswriting.com/work/book-series

This may be the only cephalopod fantasy romance in existence. There’s still plenty of time to enter this 🌍INTERNATIONAL🌍 giveaway! I’ve also set the ebook to $2 on itch for those like me who prefer to read digitally. danifinn.itch.io/disposable-m...

#WIPSnips It's not that Jack is avoiding doing something about the vines. There's just a lot of things going on. "Can't" and "won't" would eventually get the same result, though.

Nobody's awake to stop me from writing poems! Not that they'd actually try to stop me if they were awake. Look, we all need little things to be excited about.