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Writer, lit and specfic | Words in Snowflake Magazine | papa to 2 young kiddos | living in Japan ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต

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MJQuigleyWrites - Twitch Weekly Reset and Casual Questing in Quel'Thelas || TTS 5 bits 18+

I am streaming some WoW: come and check out my ditzy vtuber ass get so fucking distracted by herbalism rather than doing my quests. #vtuber #twitch #streamer #VtuberEN

11.03.2026 13:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

in case you've never seen it, this is Roger Ebert on The Mummy

10.03.2026 14:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 13741 ๐Ÿ” 3138 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 91 ๐Ÿ“Œ 236

โ€˜Heyโ€™ came before โ€˜hi,โ€™ and โ€˜hi' came before โ€˜hello.โ€™

โ€˜Hiโ€™ is most likely a variant of โ€˜hey.โ€™

โ€˜Helloโ€™ is not related to either.

Goodbye.

10.03.2026 16:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 6420 ๐Ÿ” 1178 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 239 ๐Ÿ“Œ 151
Watercolor painting of a green deer with green cloth floating down between orange and pink roots.

Watercolor painting of a green deer with green cloth floating down between orange and pink roots.

In the Arrival Before Spring
8x22in, watercolor, bit of gouache
fallenlights.net <-prints
#bsnm

11.03.2026 13:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 73 ๐Ÿ” 20 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A checkerboard in the pride-progress colors in a stripe on the left, the itch.io logo on top. 
Against a white background, text reads: 
The sky is gray, the ground is brown... escape into a rainbow
A Very Queer March!
63 queer books for $60 all month.
The front cover of a book called Vengeance Is Our Legacy by MC Burnell.

A checkerboard in the pride-progress colors in a stripe on the left, the itch.io logo on top. Against a white background, text reads: The sky is gray, the ground is brown... escape into a rainbow A Very Queer March! 63 queer books for $60 all month. The front cover of a book called Vengeance Is Our Legacy by MC Burnell.

'Tis March, my dudes. The Wednesday-est of months. Fight off the doldrums and ennui with a fresh stack of queer books!

itch.io/b/3545/a-ver...

10.03.2026 00:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 9 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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It's PUBLICATION DAY for my debut novel, IN THE DESERT!
I've been writing for decades (many) and this is such a hugely big day for me.
Thank you so much to my publisher @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social for believing in this book and to everyone who has helped along the way!
Links to buy in thread 1/

03.03.2026 08:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 93 ๐Ÿ” 33 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21 ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

This is true. Characters should spend at least as much time being awe-stricken, confused, and anxious as they do being afraid

08.03.2026 21:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 32 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Iranโ€™s people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes.

08.03.2026 02:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 25308 ๐Ÿ” 8109 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 781 ๐Ÿ“Œ 329
kill the imposter syndrome in you head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they're also using chat gpt to do it

kill the imposter syndrome in you head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they're also using chat gpt to do it

Anyways.

05.03.2026 11:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 26180 ๐Ÿ” 10281 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 75 ๐Ÿ“Œ 204
A Japanese study book and notes.

A Japanese study book and notes.

A Japanese study book and notes.

A Japanese study book and notes.

A Japanese study book and notes.

A Japanese study book and notes.

Images of my Japanese studies. I am lucky to have found some native friends who are gracious with my level, allowing me mistakes but still encouraging and having fun with me (yes, I practice English with them too). I sometimes get discouraged, and yet. ไบ€ใฎๆญฉใฟ ๐Ÿข

07.03.2026 23:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

These are very good! The book theyโ€™re from is very good too!! Recommended!

07.03.2026 02:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Your Mom-Class Star Destroyer

07.03.2026 00:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 188 ๐Ÿ” 26 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ˜ป๐Ÿ˜ป๐Ÿ˜ป

07.03.2026 00:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#AwesomeCharacters

I haven't done pics yet of the folks from the new story, but I did a portrait of all my narrative povs from Tipping World! Alia, Boden, Dyafer, Horus.
Hey @jmavants.bsky.social you were off the server for a period. Were you around to see these?

07.03.2026 00:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
watercolor of a bright yellow painting of a woman, hands raised, wearing a draping robe dress. She has long hair. Broken masks are between her hands.

watercolor of a bright yellow painting of a woman, hands raised, wearing a draping robe dress. She has long hair. Broken masks are between her hands.

Aaaand the yellow one.
I don't use yellow *often* but when I do, it's straight from the tube.

28.02.2026 01:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 29 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Book cover for "Interesting Times: A Hopepunk Anthology" from Suzanna Lundale and Marc Tizura, showing a sketch of a city with graffiti and designs for interesting times.

Book cover for "Interesting Times: A Hopepunk Anthology" from Suzanna Lundale and Marc Tizura, showing a sketch of a city with graffiti and designs for interesting times.

Interesting Times: A Hopepunk Anthology is LIVE!

42 stories about keeping hope against these interesting times, including my short "The First Sword" which takes place in the TBK-verse.

Ebook is live already, and the physical copies are going to be available soon!

a.co/d/04SwJ6pp

#BookSky

22.02.2026 15:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 30 ๐Ÿ” 13 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Have you ever gone into the forest and felt eyes on you? Against the backdrop of an extremely spooky misty pinewood with zero undergrowth, a book cover that's even spookier! Black background, creepy trees, an eye from the wing of a moth watching you. The book it called Fear the Wood, Thin the Trees. 'A faerie story from the Realm of the Throneless King.' Author Jeremy Rayne

Have you ever gone into the forest and felt eyes on you? Against the backdrop of an extremely spooky misty pinewood with zero undergrowth, a book cover that's even spookier! Black background, creepy trees, an eye from the wing of a moth watching you. The book it called Fear the Wood, Thin the Trees. 'A faerie story from the Realm of the Throneless King.' Author Jeremy Rayne

A collage of images: a mossy forest of twisty trees/ a lit lantern surrounded by leaves/ a tuft of thistledown on a red background/ an owl perched in leafless trees/ four painted butterflies on a blue background/ the thick bowl of a tree surrounded by glowing blue mushrooms.

A collage of images: a mossy forest of twisty trees/ a lit lantern surrounded by leaves/ a tuft of thistledown on a red background/ an owl perched in leafless trees/ four painted butterflies on a blue background/ the thick bowl of a tree surrounded by glowing blue mushrooms.

The faerie king turned to face him, and Devan saw that his eyes werenโ€™t black after all: they were dark, dark green, like malachite or an angry sea.

๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿช๐Ÿ“š๐ŸŒถ๏ธ #MMromance
books2read.com/FeartheWood
jeremyrayne.itch.io/fear-the-woo...

22.02.2026 04:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A Katsuya Terada Zelda illustration. Link walks up some dark stairs

A Katsuya Terada Zelda illustration. Link walks up some dark stairs

A Katsuya Terada Zelda illustration. Link looks at an ancient mural of a dream whale

A Katsuya Terada Zelda illustration. Link looks at an ancient mural of a dream whale

A Katsuya Terada Zelda illustration. Link battles a shadow version of themselves

A Katsuya Terada Zelda illustration. Link battles a shadow version of themselves

A Katsuya Terada Zelda illustration. Link comforts a wounded man in the sewers

A Katsuya Terada Zelda illustration. Link comforts a wounded man in the sewers

The 40th anniversary of Zelda is all the excuse you need to submerge yourself in classic Katsuya Terada art.

21.02.2026 09:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 3012 ๐Ÿ” 1046 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17 ๐Ÿ“Œ 15

Added 900+ words to my WIP, reached 46k total word count! The long middle act is challenging to wade through but Iโ€™m getting it done. ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ

22.02.2026 06:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Audio book. For your ear holes. Consider picking it up and giving it a listen.

15.02.2026 13:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you see this, post a rabbit ๐Ÿฅ•

16.02.2026 01:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 146 ๐Ÿ” 41 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

Everythingโ€™s going to be alright. Life has been curveball after curveball but Iโ€™m learning to be patient and kind to myself. Iโ€™m going to get back to my writing habit today. Just 500 words drafted is the goal. Bit by bit.

09.02.2026 01:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Image of the cover for The Dark Side of Super's audio book. A red-hued image of a figure in a trench coat with glowing eyes staring at the viewer, amidst a sea of faceless people. 

Words read: The Dark Side of Super. Matthew Siadak. Narrated by Molly Briar. And features the logo for Adler Audios.

Image of the cover for The Dark Side of Super's audio book. A red-hued image of a figure in a trench coat with glowing eyes staring at the viewer, amidst a sea of faceless people. Words read: The Dark Side of Super. Matthew Siadak. Narrated by Molly Briar. And features the logo for Adler Audios.

The Dark Side of Super's audio book is available RIGHT MEOW. This is not a drill, this isn't even a dill pickle, this is the real thing.

Narrated by Molly Briar and produced by Adler Audios, you do NOT want to miss out on this! AT ALL! It's so good!

books2read.com/darksideofsu...

#BookSky

06.02.2026 21:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 27 ๐Ÿ” 15 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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A sneak peak at the new world! This short comes off as slice-of-life, I think, but is actually my (fae) MC's inciting incident: the asshole in the cowboy hat turns up dead in mysterious circumstances, and Rithucaride decides they'r...

I'm not going to ask you to buy my books today out of solidarity with MSP. If you're curious about my new world or new story, I've uploaded a short that you're welcome to have for free. No interacting with problematic corpos.

Come hang out with some faeries. On me. bookhip.com/WZHCWJN

30.01.2026 19:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Watercolor landscape of dark land with yellow green trees growing above, and the roots growing below.

Watercolor landscape of dark land with yellow green trees growing above, and the roots growing below.

A strange pale deer with branches and bones. Green, Teal, and gold seem like an abstract forest growing and hiding him.

A strange pale deer with branches and bones. Green, Teal, and gold seem like an abstract forest growing and hiding him.

Landscape in dark blue and gray, with a white river like path flowing from top to bottom. It's abstract and seems to be either the woods, or just one large tree split in half with a door in the middle.

Landscape in dark blue and gray, with a white river like path flowing from top to bottom. It's abstract and seems to be either the woods, or just one large tree split in half with a door in the middle.

watercolor of a purple raven with wings in a downbeat. A feather is near him, with a ribbon swirling around.

watercolor of a purple raven with wings in a downbeat. A feather is near him, with a ribbon swirling around.

Hey #portfolioday!
I'm Laura, a fantasy abstract fine artist that sometimes does illustrations! Huge fan of stories, whether they're a single line or pages upon pages. I work in watercolor, graphite powder, and gouache
My style vibes with what I need it to do
laura@fallenlights.net
fallenlights.net

13.01.2026 14:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 161 ๐Ÿ” 66 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. Itโ€™s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

28.01.2026 17:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 97502 ๐Ÿ” 40886 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4302 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5362
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flower field ๐ŸŒท๐Ÿฐ๐ŸŒป

#art #softart

27.01.2026 14:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 142 ๐Ÿ” 59 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Alright. Iโ€™ve let myself wallow in my state of things enough. I need to find my joy again. Joy in writing, in particular. Iโ€™ve got a short work day today, letโ€™s hit a small goal of 300 words drafted down. Who cares about deadlines. Iโ€™ll finish it when I finish it.

27.01.2026 21:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A Path of Endless Crossroads by mcburnell Volume 1 of The Tipping World

ICYMI!

Book 1 of my complete fantasy series The Tipping World on sale through the end of the month on most platforms!

Break into the epic for just $1.99!
books2read.com/rl/The-Tippi...
mcburnell.itch.io/a-path-of-en...

26.01.2026 03:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 9 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The long middle of my book beckons. Wade into the swamp of it again. Alright. Letโ€™s get lost. I am drafting again.

25.01.2026 14:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0