A sketch I drew of Kathleen O'Connor and David Thornley, the main characters from Candice Ransom's YA hist rom Kathleen, an exciting story about an Irish immigrant in the 1840s who falls in love with a rich aspiring author in Boston. #sunfireromance #sunfireseries

A sketch I did of the hero and heroine from my latest time travel romance project, HUNT THE WHITE HIND. Father Nicolas is a Franciscan friar in the 1540s SW, and Cathy, the heroine, is from the 1980s (hence the Casio). It's the ultimate forbidden love and I'm there for it #monkposting

I plan on single-handedly bringing back old school romance art with this series!

Raw scan of an old sketch of Robespierre I did back in 2007 in one of my old sketchbooks. Happy 267th birthday, Mr. Incorruptible! #robespierre #maximilienrobespierre #sketchbook #sketch #drawing #art #artistsoninstagram

And happy birthday to my favourite Arthurian character, who got dumped into a 2D villain role after the introduction of Lancelot took away his main role as Gwenhwyfar's lover… @lauraashe.bsky.social @martinb-archaeo.bsky.social @suburbanbeatnik.bsky.social

it just occurred to me that Claude Frollo in the original NDdP novel is totally a Faust character

I'm working on a series of sketches featuring (slightly) AU versions of NNdP/HOND characters. It's for a future novel (working title As Above, So Below) I'm outlining. The concept is a modern woman traveling back in time to the 1400s & meeting the historical characters who inspired Hugo's novel

Not sure why, but this Robe a la Polonais makes me think of @suburbanbeatnik.bsky.social.

Since I've read Notre Dame de Paris aka Hunchback of Notre Dame, the characters have been dancing in my head like extras in a 1980s music video. So have a book canon Frollo and Esmeralda, in the style of a 1970s/80s romance cover

I finally read Notre Dame de Paris (aka the Hunchback of Notre Dame) and I was inspired to draw a book-accurate Dom Claude Frollo

Here, at long last, is the final illustration for the #ttrpg Dandies & Dandyzettes. Here’s the last backer portrait, depicting Shaun in a greatcoat and hessian boots, ready for a duel. #dandiesanddandyzettes

Hey All: Google is pulling the "automatically on for anyone over 18" bullshit with Gemini that the Dropbox did for its AI, but I can't afford to ditch Google Drive/Docs/Workspace. If you have a personal Google Account, first go to gemini.google.com/extensions and turn everything off...

Sooooo all my reviews were deleted on Dear Author. That's interesting

I don't post much here about Dandies & Dandyzettes, my Regency TTRPG, largely because we did the kickstarter but it's not available for sale yet, but you might like to look at the illustrations by @suburbanbeatnik.bsky.social available in the updates: www.kickstarter.com/projects/204...

THERE IT IS!!!

omg it’s ME

@billjones-ci.bsky.social Howdy!

Here's the lovely Eliza, in a deep emerald satin gown with Renaissance style slashed sleeves, flanked by her daughter in lilac and son in a tawny waistcoat. It's my fourth backer portrait for the #ttrpg #DANDIESANDDANDYZETTES!

He's the Brumaire-iest!

Happy coup of 18 Brumaire everyone (the 9-10th Nov)! I did this painting in '22 for a pin-up French Republican calendar put together by @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social, which is on hiatus at the moment. But here's sexy young Napoleon emerging through the mists, ready to fuck you up

A peaceable kingdom #cats

My friend Cara Corder, artist extraordinaire, was seriously injured in a hit and run accident in Milwaukee this weekend. If you can, I hope you'll consider donating to her GoFundMe. I'm praying that she recovers, and the men who mowed her down are arrested. www.gofundme.com/f/help-cara-...

The latest illustration for tabletop #RPG #kickstarter #DandiesandDandyzettes! Here's backer Jo in an 18th/ early 19th century style cartoon, in the style of Thomas Rowlandson, defending womens' education. Done with watercolor, ink and gouache.

Here's new artwork I’ve done for the tabletop RPG DANDIES & DANDYZETTES! This is my rendition of one of our backers, Sid, in a dramatic gown, to illustrate the world of the theatre #dandiesanddandyzettes #regencyactress #ttrpg #rpg #kickstarter #bridgerton #regencyengland @mimicofmodes.bsky.social

Happy Bastille Day everyone!!

The latest artwork I’ve done for the #ttrpg DANDIES & DANDYZETTES! Here’s the first backer portrait, one Mr. Messman, a scholarly young gentleman #dandiesanddandyzettes #bridgerton #regencydress #regencyman #regecygentleman #rpg #kickstarter #tabletopgames #art #regency #regencyengland

This article explains how AI is contributing to climate change. It uses massive amounts of electricity and water which is coming straight from over-tapped reservoirs and aquifers in the US & the Global South. This is disturbing but an important read. www.levernews.com/the-unknown-...

Happy #BRIDGERTON Day! The Vauxhall final for DANDIES & DANDYZETTES is at last complete. In the famous #Vauxhall pleasure gardens, as musicians play and the whale oil lamps shine, people flirt and dance and fight in a whirl of activity. #dandiesanddandyzettes #ttrpg #kickstarter #regencyengland

The hand written notes in my library copy of Connie Willis’s Blackout are hilarious

One of the things I love most about these facial reconstructions of earlier humans is the sheer amount of human personality the artists put into them Like you just feel an instant kinship, it’s so easy to imagine these people having families and communities and rich inner lives

Grrr, bad link. Better link: www.everand.com/audiobook/71...

I wanted to announce that I have not only moved, but I have adopted two new kitties— black cat Sunny and dilute calico Angel! They are so sweet and adorable and they love everyone. I’m so happy with them.

I’ve been rereading Connie Willis’s Oxford Time Travellers series. To Say Nothing of the Dog is, as always, a masterpiece

My friend Sylvia Baumgarten aka Sylvia Halliday aka Louisa Rawlings died last week. Our friendship began in the 1990s, when I wrote her a fan letter about one of her early Harlequin historicals, Wicked Stranger...

My next long-awaited update for Dandies & Dandyzettes! Drinking, debauchery and revelry was a way of life at Vauxhall pleasure gardens (brawling too). #dandiesanddandyzettes #sketch #drawing #ttrpg #rpg #regencyengland #Regency #vauxhall #vauxhallpleasuregardens

Dionysus and Ariadne for @margaretkart! She's wearing the famous Minoan priestess outfit with belt, apron and flounces, with a pose inspired by classic romance comic artist Nell Brinkley. #dionysus #ariadne #greekmythology #drawing #sketch #ancientgreekmyths #romanceart

Justinian and Theodora romance sketch! I totally love these two as a couple-- the courtesan that married a prince!-- and there's not much art for them out there. #justinian #theodora #empresstheodora #art #illustration #sketchbook #sketch #romanceart #byzantineempire #byzantium

So this has been my current quest. Byzantine set romance novels with Greek heroes! Exactly two exist! Are there any more???? www.reddit.com/r/Historical...

Good-bye 2023, hello 2024! One of my New Year's Resolutions is to draw more (whispers-- and to catch up on my commissions) and here are sketches of Byzantine emperor Justinian and his wife Theodora, based on the famous San Vitale mosaics and a few busts that exist. #justinian #theodora #sketch #art

Chatgpt stole 4+ of my books to develop their model... then denied my latest novel The Tangled Lands existed... When told it did, they wrote ridiculous stuff outlining the supposed story of said book which was total nonsense. And we are supposed to think Chapgpt is a good thing? Reliable?

there are "Romaboos" and "Byzantaboos" (Roman and Byzantine fanbois). May I suggest "Frevaboo"? @nuitsdeyoung.bsky.social

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! An excellent way of bringing in the New Year is to listen to DJ Dierdre O'Donoghue's amazing alternative shows from the 80s and 90s www.kcrw.com/music/shows/... #kcrw @dierdreodonoghue

Illustration for a medieval romance I did in 2017. It's King John's birthday, born on Xmas Eve in 1166. Happy birthday you magnificent bastard #art #illustration #medieval #kingjohn

Restraining myself from educating someone about how Beau Brummell Didn't Do What You Think (Thanks, Rowland)

Romance authors using AI generated clinches should be put in a wood chipper

I did a sketch! The first time since my cat Peggy died. It's a scene from Gillian Bradshaw's Render Unto Caesar, which is one of my favorite books ever. #gillianbradshaw #RenderUntoCaesar #sketch #romanceart #drawing #art #ancientrome #historicalfiction

Peggy died three weeks ago... her loss leaves a big hole in my life. I'm looking to adopt another cat, but it's a process... I still miss her.

I actually read this a couple of months ago but just realised that I posted a quick review on Goodreads/Amazon but forgot to post on social media! I enjoyed this Arthurian novel by @julietemckenna.bsky.social