One of the cruelest tricks society played on creative people was planting the idea that being proud of your work is somehow unseemly and egotistical. You made a thing! You like it! You SHOULD be proud of it. Brag all you want!

I mean it from the bottom of my heart, just create for yourself first and then for the five people you keep captive in your basement.

Thrilled to welcome brand-new independent bookstore Wildwood Bookstore & Market to Milton! Don't miss their grand (soft) opening right here on Main Street this weekend. #MiltonON #MiltonDBA #bookstore #GTA wildwoodbookstore.ca

It was a crazy busy in the bookshop today. I took almost four times what I'd expect to take on a normal Weds. I guess the ramp-up to Christmas has started, which is good news. Independent bookshops make around a third of their yearly income over the seasonal period, so remember to shop local!

It's my birthday! Does this sound interesting? Does this sound like something right up your friend's alley? Please share so I can feast on interactions and make friends to talk about my lil guys with!!!

every author in the class action, please file the claim.

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Pope Leo absolutely cooking

IRON KEEP A NEW AGE OF FIRE OUT NOW ironkeep.bandcamp.com/album/a-new-...

ALT Text benefits everyone Alt text helps with accessibility, identifying/explaining elements you might not get to in your posts and makes your posts/work more discoverable - Make sure to toggle it on to “require alt text” in your settings

Winter is close #digitalart #noai

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

Don’t forget! All my original paintings are currently 60% off the price listed on my website AND I’m offering free shipping in the US! This is the biggest discount I’ve ever done! KateAveryArt.com

In case you missed it earlier, I've started collecting links for my annual eligibility and recommendation links post. I added several earlier and will update again soon, so please spread the word and keep sending your links my way! acwise.net/what-have-yo...

Unless a local organization is specifically asking for certain items which you already happen to have, then give money instead! (Even if it’s just $5!)

I've been seeing a lot of pixel artists struggle with Bluesky's image compression, so I'd thought I'd share how to get clear, crisp pixels on the site! Share to help a fellow pixel-artist! #pixelart #tutorial

If you see this, post your bird art 🐦 books2read.com/crowtower

Only a few days to go! Join us this Saturday at 3:00pm for an afternoon with @thescreambean.bsky.social and @brandoncrilly.bsky.social in conversation!

Hey everyone! I have some art prints for sale that would make for some great gifts! I've also lowered the prices! 11x17s are $15 instead of $20 and 8x10s are $10 instead of $15! DM me if you're interested! I also have a threadless store. Check it out! travisbolekart.threadless.com

Moon Opal portrait 🌙 Commission for Melville Icicle.

Thrilled to welcome back tattoo witch AJ Grey with book 2 of Joe Weinberg's Grey Witch Adventures, VIRTUES OF SKIN! Coming May 2026. Preorder now: books2read.com/grey-witch-2 More details: brainlagpublishing.wordpress.com/2025/11/07/n...

My new album "FINAL FANTASY VIII Harp Collections, Vol. 1" is up on streaming platforms! 🎵 Full version on YT: youtu.be/kbT7ijzN6gI

Hey! Apparently it's #IReadCanadian day! If only there was somewhere readers looking for new #Canadian SFF authors to read could find a bunch of them all in one place... 🤔 a.co/d/azXj9pF

The best thing you can do to help your favorite author is to pre-order 150,000 copies of their next book.

If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.

motivational image. What are you learning next?

Let’s do this!! My 50% off sale is now live! All my original paintings are now half off the price listed! KateAveryArt.com

Mountain landscape. An illustration originally done for an animation.

I'll be selling my books in Newmarket this month @newmarket_farmersmarket with a couple of other amazing writers: Nanci M. Pattenden & Val Tobin <3 Be sure to check us out! November 22nd & 29th 9am-2pm 200 Doug Duncan Drive

I worked very hard on this

Coming soon, to a streaming service near you...🎶 Artwork by the talented @vhyrel.bsky.social 💙 (www.vhyrel.com)

Yes, yes, I fell behind in the last week… I swear I’m catching up. Just looooook at this little dude. He’s so cute!

I was fighting fascism with the power of love and kindness and just really getting my ass handed to me. proteanmag.com/2025/11/01/w...

Come one, come all! Join us for the launch of Year's Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3 this Saturday, Nov 8 at Bakka-Phoenix @ 3pm. Ten contributors will be doing brief readings from their work and the fine folks at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social will have copies for sale. See you there and pls share WIDELY.

Made a blog post to share those art challenges I did.

the horseless head man

We'll be closed all day Sunday November 2nd for our semi-annual inventory count. We'll be back open for our regular hours on the 3rd. On a totally unrelated note, on Saturday November 1st, all books will be 10% off! (Please buy everything in the store, that way we don't have to do inventory.)

QRP your horned art!

#EasyAutumn day 25: Mask and DoDtober prompt Game Cube games. #fanart #TalesOfSymphonia #TalesOf

What even is anatomy

Highly recommend: throwing any and all creatives a DM/comment/email to let them know how their work touched you, whether now or in the past. I never expect a reply. But doing this regularly not only helps others see their art is valued, but improves your own confidence & connection.

Nikeah #FF6

#EasyAutumn day 17: Moon.

i THINK this is gonna be a PRETTY FUN show. hope to see you there!

So stoked to be on this line up!

We're getting into the home stretch of the spooky season! This week we ask about the taste of Halloween: are you #TeamSpicy or #TeamSweet?