She talks to wolves...

I had several pieces published this very first week of the new year! And I won a giveaway, receiving an ARC of A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna Raybourn courtesy of Penguin Random House! So expect thoughts on Veronica Speedwell’s latest adventure  at some point.

Things that I wrote: 

“So Your Cat Has Worms…“, over at Front Page Meews.
“New Year Style: Now Be You“, over at ISA Professional’s blog.
A review of Ghostbusters (2016), over at Nerdspan.

Things that I read:

“Woman Facts” by Sandra Newman at McSweeney’s, being hilarious trufax about women.
A microstory about krakens and the sailors who hunt them, courtesy of Micro SF/F on Twitter.
“Nine Duels: a Tremontaine Story” by Tessa Gratton, FREE, read it and SUBSCRIBE immediately.

Things that I made:

This week’s Whiteboard Weirdness pieces were all about out with the outstayed-its-welcome and in with the you-better-do-better.

Just over a year ago, I pronounced this the Year of the Goddamn Unicorn. Well, we apparently spent the year playing leapfrog with said unicorn. I guess no one ever said we were smart. Let’s do better in 2017. Thanks to KC Green for my Whiteboard Weirdness inspiration. Fat Unicorn inspired by unicorns by janno-arts on DeviantArt, and by Jen Seng.

Welcome to 2017, the Year of the Otter! Let’s be adorable and flexible, juggle rocks, be vicious when necessary (river wolves represent!), and hold on to each other so no one floats away. Whiteboard Weirdness art inspired by Kat’s cute doodle at katdoodles.com.

Things that I’m excited about:

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Welcome to the End of the Week! Grab a cocktail, and inspect this here rundown of what I wrote (that is published), watched, created, and got all excited about.

Thing that I wrote:

A review of Star Trek Beyond, over at Buzzy Mag.

Things that I watched:

The Toothless Couch inspired by How To Train Your Dragon is a pretty impressive build from AWE me.
A 13th century Icelandic hymn – “Heyr himna smiður” – sung by Árstíðir in a train station. They’re on tour now!
An amazing fairy and dandelion wire wind sculpture by FantasyWire. BRB, conjuring money for a commission.

Things that I made:

This week’s Whiteboard Weirdness quickly led to the discovery that my markers are too chunky to do His Royal Gauntness properly – but I persevered and did his portrait anyway. With absurdly happy bats flitting about. (No detail available, but they have inverted v eyes.) I used Sarah-Jane’s cute illustration for my reference.

I also created a whole new line of products for Mama Reynard’s Tricks and Treats, that unexpected and mischievous coffee shop you may find yourself stumbling into this autumn. You can find Mama Reynard’s logo on all sorts of things at my Redbubble shopfront and my Zazzle shop, What Duck?. Here are some of my favorites:

Things that I’m excited about:

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Welcome to the weekly round-up! Mind your tongues and elbows, Ps and Qs, and whatever other things that might stick out or get you in trouble. Oh yeah, and enjoy all these things what I assembled for you.

Things that I wrote:

Pro Tips for the Great Hairstylist Quest, at ISA Professional’s blog.
Great Cats of History, Part 1, at Front Page Meews.

Things that I read:

“Tove Jansson’s Rare Vintage Illustrations for Alice in Wonderland” over at Brain Pickings is full of marvels to behold.
“Get in the Ring: Vintage Images of Female Bodybuilders and ‘Strong Women’ Showing Off,” being full of lady badasses to admire.
This GREAT post at Over the Effing Rainbow in honor of #TremonTEAM: “Everyone Loves Turnips!: A Micah Heslop Appreciation Post.”

Things that I made:

I finally achieved a day off this week and spent it catching up on Dragon Age: Inquisition, which made drawing a chibi Varric snuggling with Bianca a natural choice for this week’s Whiteboard Weirdness. For some definitions of natural, anyway. My reference illustration was the adorable “Varric Chibi” by RedPawDesigns at DeviantArt.

Things that I’m excited about: 

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I did things this week! I also enjoyed things. Here are things I did and also enjoyed:

Things that I wrote:

• Hairballs Are the Worst: What Are Hairballs and How to Prevent Them,
  over at Front Page Meews.
• Summer Hair Colors (to Dye for), over at ISA Professional’s blog.
• New Superhero Lands at Wizard World Comic Con to fight IBD,
  over at Nerdspan.

Things that I read: 

• The Bloggess created “a reading nook for tired fairies who needed to chill”.
• Sara Benincasa answers the helpful anonymous question “Why Am I So Fat?”.
• Denise Reich: “Why I Won’t Apologize for Having Fun While Chronically Ill”.

Thing that I made:

I’m not a good visual artist, but I practice anyway – mainly on the family whiteboard, using dry erase markers (and liquid chalk markers, more recently). Above, we have Elliot from Pete’s Dragon – created with the help of this DragoArt tutorial.

And finally, things that I’m excited about: 

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