spent most of today chilling, tidying, and playing palia. i now have an outdoor pavilion that i am almost done decorating AND a windmill on my lot!!

this month that submission reply rate is gonna shoot up which means my stats will look pretty, but your inboxes... might not. but at least you'll know!

deffz check out this webinar!! jes is AMAZING and she'll be covering some of her usual suspects when she ends up rejecting a query -- if you're in kidslit, especially! and you might get some feedback you can use for future edits and queries this year :3

#querystatus: I have about 130 queries left to read. Still reading August submissions. If you've received a query rejection from me, you now have the opportunity to get more detailed feedback as to why. Webinar details just posted on WritingCommunity.ca! writingcommunity.ca/2085-2/

Happy Zohran Mamdani is the Mayor of New York City to all who celebrate 😭❤️

things I'm doing in 2026 that happen to be things I've spent ages debating about and coincidentally decided on this month: - buying a tufting gun and frame - going back to school to get more hireable in my non-publishing industry! - writing my novel, which incidentally i have been ignoring for years

a retail store just emailed me to say my $10 worth of points is gonna expire if I don't use it before 2026... who made it so points can expire?? why?? and i haven't USED it because i need to pay x amount for free shipping and i don't HAVE that right now!!

triangles: the strongest most stable shape OF THEM ALL legend of zelda devs: what if we put three triangles together and the whitespace between them makes a BONUS FOURTH TRIANGLE

"new years resolutions" but in vision board format is great some are easy. some are just "learn to bake macarons" and "get a haircut that's good for my natural curls" others are more... "find a paying career so i can keep agenting freely in this terrible job market and recession"

Heads up, the annual year-end free trial period for Publishers Marketplace is live. Great way to do research for those of you gearing up to query in the New Year. lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/12/a-pm...

who else has 0 plans for new years and will probably stay home gaming and watching the nyc ball drop on tv

Thank you, @locusmag.bsky.social!!

DAWN OF THE FIREBIRD by Sarah Mughal Rana is an instant Sunday Times bestseller!! 🥳 Congratulations Sarah and Paige (@pterlip.bsky.social)!!

need to remind myself not to look at comment sections on ig because people are just rude and dumb most of the time

Almost time for 2026 🥳 #art #newyears

books coming out in january 2026 that i'm looking forward to: ⊹ the poet empress by shen tao ⊹ you'll never forget me by isha raya

I feel just a little shameless doing this but I saw other people doing it and I gotta learn to promote myself. Hi, I'm Mika and it's my birthday today! If I could have one wish it'd be for you to share my art. No pressure though I already had a banger day. Appreciate you all ❤️

barely read anything other than client work this year, but i can say i absolutely flew thru these:

in case anyone is interested... kobo's got a ton of books on sale for less than $5 right now, including!! Oxford Soju Club by Jinwoo Park Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne Not Safe for Work by Nisha J. Tuli Below Zero by Ali Hazelwood Julie Chan is Dead by Liann Zhang

you know those themed ambient fireplace/yule log videos on streaming services? like the frozen one on d+ ?? i dont understand the point behind theming them if its literally just a crackling fireplace. i once watched twenty minutes of one expecting a character to walk by or something and NOTHING.

still my favorite christmas post

my nails are short rn bc i started doing kickboxing and didnt want to fuck up my natural nails, but once my membership is over I'll be growing them out again :3 smth between these two is probably my ideal length

i did end up doing my nails btw! this is one cost of essie's after school boy blazer with two coats of mooncat's mercury's tears on top! it looks rly cool, like a blue toned oil slick!

happy holidays 💜✨

if you/this product went viral then why am i only seeing this because of a sponsored ad....................

me, years ago, searching indigo high and low for a poetry book by a palestinian author: huh i cant find it and it's not online either? me, now, enlightened: yeah ofc they didnt have it, heather reisman supports the iof.

as a former retail worker: damn that sucks for the employees just trying to make a living w the current job market being ass. as a Pro-Palestine activist: GOOD bc FUCK indigo. source: www.torontotoday.ca/local/busine...

is2g days feel like entire weeks in the winter. like, mom and i just watched at least 3 eps of only murders in the building s4 and then dad and i watched a 2+ hour movie and it's not even 9pm yet.

is there such a job as just "pottery painter" and can i be hired for it

ok so i just put in a preorder for the atla mooncat restock and heres the haul that i can look forward to sometime in jan/feb 2026: - spirit water - jasmine dragon - bloodbender - treachery in the blue - queen of the dead - dark horse - millennia (from the star wars set!)

For fiction fans, contributors to the latest anthology of Palestinian spec fic talk about the question: “can ideological fantasy be challenged, and perhaps ruptured, through the imaginative power of fiction itself?” arablit.org/2025/12/15/o...

i just checked my account and i have... expendable money this month...?? that rarely happens?? and holo taco has a topper bundle and mooncat has their atla shades and ?? that hair claw mello has a sale and???? CRAFTING SUPPLIES MAYBE HMMMM

doing one of those Everything Showers tonight, literally EVERYTHING!!!!! mainly bc i havent done a proper face masking sesh in a while or a pre-shampoo hair treatment/scalp oiling, and i just think... i deserve these things. i have the stuff for them. i just usually can't be arsed to do any of it.

Starting December 22, Sonic Rumble will never be the same. Sonic & Godzilla coming soon!

today's plan: did too much yesterday, I'm exhausted. so I'm gonna chill and game today, go to my workout class, come home, shower, game some more, snuggle w my cat, sleep

no one should feel like less of a person because they decided what they once wanted isn't something they want to pursue anymore. it's okay to admit things aren't working. it's okay to evolve, grow, and change your priorities regardless of the amount of time, effort, energy, etc, that you've put in

on the topic of "keep trying," something I was chatting about last night regarding getting published, and something that @jinwoo-park.com discussed in a video I saw this morning on Instagram... (here's the video, you should absolutely give it a watch!) www.instagram.com/reel/DSSgMME...

sometimes my adhd works in my favour a bit TOO well and i get an obscene amount of work done

any of y'all know much about narrative design in gaming? i have a few questions if u wanna dm me! 💜

today's agent grievance: please stop sending queries to my email, i ONLY take queries through querymanager. this has been my way of doing things since i started and it has never changed. unless you are explicitly invited BY ME to send something to my email, DON'T DO IT.

"indie" books and games aren't necessarily broke or underfunded. people are mad that clair obscur swept the game awards but had a budget of 10mil, meanwhile they are an INDEPENDENT STUDIO. indie does not mean broke/underfunded indie means it does not have major corporate/publisher backing

"Maybe we don't exist..."~Vivi #FinalFantasy

i think my biggest gripe with "women were made to have children" is that there are so many diagnoses that are barely researched/underfunded/ignored that PREVENT those with uteruses to even bear kids. like, if that's why u think women exist, lmaooo ok.

If you see this, we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you’re using without explanation.

manifesting: 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 ai bubble 🕯 🕯 to pop disastrously 🕯 🕯 for all involved 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯

ngl i understand why scifi and spec fic are always like "people are addicted to the virtual world" bc we have games like palia and fields of mistria where we get to live out a much more ideal life where working = helping/participating in the community and having a home without the financial stress.

another great cozy sim is fields of mistria! if anyone loves stardew or palia, its deffz for u!! im not super far in it or anything but all the characters are super cute :3