Artemis Quinn 🏳️‍⚧️🎨📚

#MorbidMarch In the center of the living room, amidst the fineries of the marble fireplace and scalloped furniture, there is a heaviness that no amount of fresh air can dislodge. If you stand quietly in the heaviness, the echoes of a woman's crying creep at the edge of perception. Your heart aches.

#MorbidMarch The Fall of the House Of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe.

#MorbidMarch Gilt always makes me think of art frames, and when I think of fine art frames, I tend to think of the artist Tanya Gomelskaya. She does a lot of artwork that incorporates the frame into the piece, and the result is twisted and amazing.

www.tanya.gallery/artwork

#QueerWriters My top goals this week -

🖤 Read beta feedback for Yule Parlay
🖤 Edit YP and polish it up for the editor
🖤 Keep drafting Such Sweet Sorrow

I've got some art goals in there too, but my focus is Yule Parlay.

#FantasyIndiesMarch 9

I think Rebecca would fight her fate; she feels like she should be able to forge her own destiny.

Thank you! ♡

#QueerWriters This is from Yule Parlay.

#FantasyIndiesMarch 8

In Such Sweet Sorrow, Rebecca's terrified of fire, deep water, and drowning. She's also really scared of things she cannot explain; her logic is her crutch, so when she faces something illogical, it causes her to spiral.

Thanks! I'm a little overloaded right now but once I close out a few projects it'll even out.

I've got a bunch of stuff I need to get done this week. One story that I need to finish for paid patrons, one that I need to implement feedback on before I send it to an editor on the 16th. Also need to get some homework done for an art mentorship, but I should have time.

#MorbidMarch This is a snippet from Such Sweet Sorrow.

Right? Falling asleep outside in November is not a fun time lol

Rebecca's fine in the end, she just needs some time to turn her brain off for a while

#MorbidMarch In the Woods by Tana French was one of the first mysteries I read. It's a pretty good one. I haven't read the rest of the series yet but I'd recommend this book!

Holy crap I have an art show in two weeks. I need to get my inventory in order!

And make signs.

Thank you!

#FantasyIndiesMarch 7

This is one of the scarier moments in Such Sweet Sorrow.

Thank you! It's seems to be healing up. Not 100%, but getting there!

#QueerWriters I injured my hand last week, so i lost two days of work. I did the best I could in that time, but it wasa slow week.

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#PretendPanel Right now, energy. I've been doing a lot and trying to hit some deadlines so I've had a lot less bandwidth to market.

Nothing wrong with that, really. It's still an image that gets your point across.

I hear you on that! I have 2 graphics for my book that i regularly share, but I should probably make a few more.

#MorbidMarch It's a tiramisu; the bitterness of the poison hidden with espresso, honey, orange, and cream. A maple syrup drizzled over the top for good measure.

Fun fact: The pastry that makes up tiramisu is called lady's fingers. She wonders if he'll think about that while clawing at his throat.

#MorbidMarch T. Kingfisher - she's a master at integrating humor into her horror and making relatable, ordinary characters.

V.E. Schwab - Holy shit, the prose. Her writing draws you in.

Sarah Maria Griffin - Also for compelling storytelling!

#MorbidMarch In #TFTNG, the main vampire character Acanthus poisons his Sire in order to get away from him the first time. I went back and forth between strychnine and cyanide for the poison, but ultimately chose cyanide because of the time period and region that they're in.

This place is on my bucket list to visit!

#PretendPanel Marketing is so hard! I run out of creative ways to talk about my projects. Still trying to be loud. I think I'm okay at it, but I hate doing it lol.

As for the bonus Q, read your WIP aloud. Seriously. Better yet if you let someone else read it aloud and note where there are issues.

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I'm editing this week. This is from Such Sweet Sorrow, and one of the lightest conversations through most of the book. I like this exchange a lot; a bit of normalcy in the suck.

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I have notes all over the place, but each set of notes is organized and clean.