Magic is magic, but magical energy can be utilized in countless ways, so users have certainly categorized various practices over the centuries. There are also magical abilities available only to familiars (and dangerous techniques only accessible to humans via familiar diamond use). #Febchantment

normal day vs tossing & turning in bed with a fever all day (before eventually getting up to eat soup at 10pm)

This dude is having dental surgery in three days and that shit's expensive, so if you've been thinking about buying a murder, now is a REALLY GOOD TIME to do it

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one of the worst parts of being sick is how that dormant tooth pain decides to come out and make the experience 3x worse than it already was

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Will you be my book valentine a day late and with the incorrect colors? Please? Locus Awards voting allows public write-ins! Please write in "Guitar Concerto in C Flat Major, Op. 12: Lucina" for best novella! poll.voting.locusmag.com

CW: the main character is shot in the head (he’ll be fine) #Febchantment

I spent the whole day in bed with a fever :’)

What is up with the body aches and chills but no fever?? I really feel like I have a fever, but my body temperature is within normal range. 💀

I now have 3 in-person events scheduled for 2026 :) I need to design more stickers, update the paperback covers for Borderline & Afterglow, and finish Afterglow’s character art bookmark :)))))

wrote 866 words tonight & passed 20k words total The first draft is going to be…very short. I’m considering adding Tamber’s POV (the witch who accidentally on purpose cursed Miranda to turn into a monster), but I’m gonna finish drafting following my outline before I decide either way.

I love being a writer

it’s gonna take me forever to get used to using this keyboard lmao (my hands are small, so they make the keyboard & iPad Mini appear larger than it really is)

(1/4) Well… if a conjurer pushes past their body’s limit for processing magical energy, they’ll experience magical recoil, which can be painful (a winded feeling, headache, nosebleed, etc). If they push way too far and ignore the recoil, they could pass out, damage organs, or even die. #Febchantment

Look on my works, ye mighty, and appreciate my MS Paint skills. Then vote for me. Please.

I’m suffering (the ibuprofen is wearing off), but my iPad came today, so I tried out Procreate. I have no idea what I’m doing with this app, but I can always doodle a low effort KN

I took some ibuprofen, so now I have to prepare myself for the illness to hit full-force all at once in 4-6 hours. 😅

I am coming down with something. Aches, pains, chills, but no fever. Two aides in my classroom are already out today, including the other closer, so idk if I’ll be able to leave. 🥲

another unedited snippet from To Break A Curse (a continuation of the last one, kinda) #WIPSnips

I love that I get to have fun creating something new & share it with other people. Even if the general idea has been done before, no one has done it *exactly* like I will. It’s neat. Art (writing included) is also escapism & cathartic. I tend to process difficult emotions through OCs. #PretendPanel

#FantasyIndiesFebruary 12: comfort reads - Hope for the Flowers by Trina Paulus - the first Warrior cats arc (the prophecy begins) - The Giver by Lois Lowry - the Tokyo Mew Mew manga - (can my own work count as a comfort read???) I really need to read more lmao

I truly expected to have a harder time drafting this book, but there hasn’t been a single day where I sat down and thought “I have no idea what to write.” I just sit down and out come words. Are they good words? idk, but they’re words, and the plot keeps moving forward lol

wrote 618 words tonight

Familiars are all masters, able to channel massive volumes of magical energy, but can always learn more techniques. Mastery is harder to define for conjurers. Humans are born with a cap on the magical energy their body can handle. This can be stretched a little but not much. (1/3) #Febchantment

As an adult, I usually feel satisfied about them. I was happy with Sunrise’s first draft & have no plans to rewrite any scenes, but I’m very comfortable with the MCs. It will not be quite the same with tBaC, which is…severely underwritten. I like what I’ve written, but it’s not quite *enough*.

went with “defend” from To Break A Curse: That was it. No asking. No real discussion. No need to defend why she was calling him at 3AM or who she was actually staying with. Then she said, "Thanks. Love you. Bye”, and hung up. #WIPSnips

#FantasyIndiesFebruary 11: heartbreak in WIP To Break A Curse opens with Tamber’s online girlfriend breaking up with her over Snapchat. Then she tries to ask Miranda out (in a public & super embarrassing manner), but Miranda rejects her & makes fun of her to save face / avoid being outed as bi. 💀

wrote 1,102 words tonight not at all confident that my first draft will be novel length lmao I might make the third girl, Tamber (the one who accidentally on purpose cursed Miranda to turn into a monster), a POV character as well, but I’m not sure

The book club scam has taken an exciting new leap forward. I got one today from a "curated literary platform and newsletter" that, unusually, offered a link to its website. I'm in edits, so obviously I took the opportunity to procrastinate. /1

unedited snippet from To Break A Curse #WIPSnips

Magic users can only channel & expend so much magical energy before they’re exhausted or take recoil damage. It’s obvious to the user when they’re nearing their limit (headache, nosebleed). It also takes time for both humans & familiars to replenish the magical energy in their body. #Febchantment

Affirm buy now, pay over time basically owns my soul at this point

<< “If I can generate a book in a day, and you need six months to write a book, who’s going to win the race?” Hart told the NYT. >> Honey. You assume we are racing. I am not in this race. I don't want to be in a race. I am creating art.

#FantasyIndiesFebruary 10: love interest Pre-monster transformation, Miranda was a popular girl. Cheerleader & junior rep in student council. Fairly aloof. Rachel kept mostly to herself at school, too busy reading, but participated in the QSA. She writes horror stories for r/NoSleep. Autistic.

Age verification? I’m not exceptionally old or anything, but the first movie I remember watching in theater was Dinosaur (2000).

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I'm feeling ill and I haven't had a sale all month, anyone wanna buy a super cool fantasy book? You can even buy it direct from me so you don't have to pay Amazon anything! :D

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considering applying to vend at Nerd Pride in Eugene in July, but idk

Slightly more complex than just thinking, magic users have to focus their intent & magical energy, channeling it through their body & out (usually via hands but not always) to manifest a spell into the physical world. Things like movement & hand signals can help but aren’t necessary. #Febchantment

I would have felt bad for [Tamber] if I hadn't watched her walk up to Miranda, who had been minding her own business, and splash some weird mason jar liquid on her not even fifteen minutes prior. (from To Break A Curse) #WIPSnips

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in light of my feelings today: this is not a safe space for biphobic individuals. if you cannot respect bisexual ships i don't want to talk to you. ESPECIALLY GET OUT if you believe that m/f bisexual ships are "hetslop".

I know it’s only February, but I’m definitely doing Art Fight this year

the lack of media literacy here is so intensely baffling, I’m struggling to understand how it’s even possible for a person to be this obtuse 💀

wrote 1,297 words tonight and I finally think I can see the chemistry between my weirdo girls (if I squint a little)

tBaC is basically a romcom already. Perhaps the tone will change in later drafts, but it’s a very unserious book rn. 😅 autistic lesbian r/NoSleep writer finds a monster girl (closeted bisexual homecoming queen who was cursed by a noob witch goth) hiding in a treehouse in the woods #QueerPrompts