Empress of Crows

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I am fierce! I won bronze and silver at states for that team!

Also also this reaffirms my opinion that I should repaint the living room and kitchen because they are still these colors and I think I need a refresh!!!

Also, I remember when I posted this pic on the other place and @yoganerd.bsky.social meowed at me. 😊

I feel like this is exactly the type of mage I would be.

Screenshot of a facebook memory of me wearing a new racing kit. Text on the post says: Mar 6, 2018 Do I look fast? #newkitday #nakedwomensracing @nakedwomenracing @nakedjuice #bikelikeagirl EXTREMELY blessed to be on this great team with AMAZING sponsors: @nakedwomenracing @nakedjuice @turinbicycles...

Do you guys remember when I was a girl who went fast?

Team no longer exists, as far as I know. A couple of the sponsors are also out of business.

And I hate going outside. 😂

Just finished it!!!!!!

The cover of A Ghastly Catastrophe is a bluish green with gold lettering and silhouette figures of a Victorian couple dancing with gold filigree flourishes and blossoms of devil’s trumpet

It is PUB DAY! Veronica Speedwell’s tenth adventure is in stores now. Huge thanks to everyone buzzing, posting, buying, and showing up for events. You are the best! 🦋

But this is your sign to read them now, because you can read all 10 in one go.

So, go do it. (You know I enjoyed them bc I will absolutely DNF if I don't like a book. I rate these highly, and I purchased them bc I could not wait for the library copies.)

And.... DONE.

I finished A Ghastly Catastrophe by @deannaraybourn.bsky.social just a minute ago (including the author's note at the end.)

I started with the series on 2/15, and was done with book 9 on the 28th. I had to wait 3 days to read the last one.

She says "I have planted myself, let me blooooom!!!"

I want you to go frolic amongst the daffodils!!!!

You are not obligated to finish the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.

So I was definitely the artsy weird girl. And I'm still the artsy weird girl. I wonder how I would have reinterpreted artsy weird girl if I could go back in time with the knowledge I have now.

Who were (are) you in the friend group? The leader? The mad scientist? The iconoclast? The popular one? The weird one?

I feel like I have returned to my roots as the weird girl writing poetry on a dare in the library, and creating mini theatrical productions to marry everyone on my street.

Mine is not a writer, but an archivist. However!! I understand that the archivist is a writer-adjacent trope. But it is not a romance, unless you consider life as a romantic option.

Cat

Cat.

Thank you!!!!

Thank yoooooooou!!!

Thank you!!!! ☺️

Thank you!! I'm quite pleased with it.

Thank you!!!! 😊

I KNOW!!! I keep saying it feels like cheating, since it was my first submission, and it is the first piece of flash I've really written. But it was fully edited, thought out, and it was a perfect place to submit. The stars aligned.

A screenshot from a facebook post announcing the cover boy for the 2024 rescued and amazing calendar, and chonky bulldog named beef Wellington.

I work in dog rescue, and one of our famous dogs (he was a cover model!) was named Beef Wellington. On account of that, I strongly support the quality and joy to be found by adopting a creature of this name.

This was a wild ride I was so scared and then I was relieved. 🥲

Thank you !!!!!

YOU GUYS.

There is a lot of crap going on right now, but I have a tiny piece of good news!

I submitted a piece of Flash Fiction to a publication, and it was accepted!!

I present my first published fiction work in 20+ years, at The Archived Press.

thearchivedpress.com/moving-day-f...

A pocket pittie posing pretty on a dog bed in front of a door

Just the prettiest perfect little girl.

A pocket pittie is curled up next to her mom on the couch under a fuzzy blanket.

I don't think she knows just how much her snuggles mean to her mommy.

Ooof.