I stopped by the micro-art store the other day, which I haven't in ages because the new, big art store is so much nicer, and there I found an amazing treasure: they had a stack of the paper I used to love, which Fabriano reformulated, in their big 'discontinued' pile.
I bought it ALL. ALL GLORIOUS ELEVEN SHEETS. *hugs it all o...
2017-11-19 12:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
I just unearthed this tiny toned sketchbook and it had this really nice unfinished piece of the Slave Queen in it. I wish I'd finished it! Though maybe I should have put it on watercolor paper and painted it? *muses*
Anyway, I thought I'd share!
2017-11-17 12:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Wow, but we had an enormously long conversation on the chat server about Kherishdar, thanks to yesterday's post. I got a lot of word requests! I didn't get to them all, because I spend a lot of time pondering every word I "find." Etymology matters! So does the sound of the word in my mouth when I roll it around.
Here are some,...
2017-11-16 16:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
You know how people give off little signs that they're under too much stress and are about to pop? Everyone's tells are different: one person might get Super Polite. One might start forgetting things, even basic information. Another might stop engaging with people.
The Ai-Naidar, being the Hyper Social people they are, have a ...
2017-11-15 13:28:55 +0000 UTC View Post
I... have no idea. Doodling, I guess? Also, don't know why Clip Studio inverted the text layer. Maybe it thinks it needed added interest.
Um, anyway. A guy!
2017-11-14 03:29:58 +0000 UTC View PostI have inflicted the basic set-up for the fansite on the chat members, and now it is time to inflict it on more people so I can continue getting feedback about it! If you're interested in posting to the fan blog, whacking at the forums, or helping me with wordpress themes, hold up a hand and I'll send you a URL!
Also, if you a...
2017-11-13 22:19:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Subtitle: "Lol, I'm hilarious!" Because she likes to say that after making me laugh with some ridiculous joke.
Speaking of ridiculous joke, this is the one going around my household (and the holt, and my workplace). I'm sorry? I think? Blame Engineer Sam. >.>
Lookit all that Peltedverse stuff coming. *rubs hands together* I hope youβre as excited as I am.
In between writing and editing and writing and putting together marketing fluff, Iβve been making cellphone charms. Because tiny = adorable.
2017-11-10 19:03:16 +0000 UTC
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In which I break out the water soluble oils (they are my compromise, since I don't have a properly ventilated studio for proper ones) to finish the final cover for Princes' Game. This is one of the few series where I feel like my covers are working as intended, so I don't feel much rush to replace them. And it's fun to finally "...
2017-11-07 14:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
*eyes graphic* Okay, so. In October, I WROTE. *checks last progress* In fact, I wrote 71,431 words to finish the draft of PG6.
There you go. I won NaNoWriMo one month early. >.>
We're lining up for the end of the year here in Jaguarverse:
Someone asked for Vasiht'h in Eldritch garb, so... my best attempt to throw a centaur into something out of Dangerous Liaisons. >.>
It's been a productive weekend; all the Kickstarter digital prizes have been delivered, the print stuff got uploaded and I'm waiting on proofs of everything, and my first readers are *tearin...
2017-11-06 00:01:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Last night was a good sketching night, and of all the ones I liked this was my favorite.
Was listening to this while drawing, for those curious about the scrawled lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcLKHhHCfLw
2017-11-04 13:33:32 +0000 UTC View Post
The folks on the chat server told me they love seeing unfinished sketches?? And I'm all 'okay'?? So here's my page from the "Creating Alien Cultures" panel. Yes, I was sketching while sitting at the table. It kept me from interrupting people who kept hogging the spotlight. -_-
Anyway, I bet a lot of you will recognize all the ...
2017-11-03 16:07:21 +0000 UTC View Post
After a trip to the Container Store and a trashbag of stuff, I feel like I'm sort of getting my office under control. (Note I don't actually have a room with a door--I'm the only person in the family without a room! This is the dining room, which we repurposed because I needed a place to work.) Today I picked up the corkboard, w...
2017-11-02 21:31:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Inevitable aftermath is inevitable.
Kickstarter ends this morning! And wow, what an ending. Four dollars off of $4300! Good lord!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mcahogarth/thief-of-songs
Now, into...
2017-11-01 11:17:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Google Docs has fixed their outage! Come on back to the playground! :D
2017-10-31 19:40:29 +0000 UTC View Post
No, it's not you (or me). We've been hit by this:
https://www.engadget.com/2017/10/31/google-docs-users-locked-out/
As soon as the link becomes functional again, I'll tell you! In the meantime, I'm... uh... sorry for...
2017-10-31 18:10:15 +0000 UTC View Post
This is what happens when jaguar novels run over their word count
Significantly over their word count
aaaaaaaaaaaarghomnomnomgrrrrrrrrrrrr
2017-10-30 00:36:31 +0000 UTC View Post
I thought only cats on the internet did stuff like this.
Oh wait my cat is on the internet
"Dear Mom: Thank you for the cake. I am writing this to you while eating crackers spread with my own artisanal goat cheese aged in casks in my cellar. I am kind to animals, make thousands of gold a day, and ride a horse, but I have no friends. Girls don't talk to me, and I'm too tired to go to the only bar in town. I have no lif...
2017-10-23 23:31:18 +0000 UTC View Post
I am maybe two weeks from completing the draft for From Ruins (PG6). If you'd like to first-read for this series and want time to re-read any (or all!) of the previous books, I would start now...!
I'm probably going to do a full series re-read myself after I'm done with the draft, just to fuss over the details. (Like ...
2017-10-20 01:47:31 +0000 UTC View Post
...and... uh... 235% funded, 7 minutes in? But all the prizes are still available except the original artwork for the wallpaper?
Go look, anyway! This is for the print editions of my fantasy romances, with the four human sexes. About the musicians (book 1) and the sea serpents (book 2):
The folks in the JaguarHolt got me into Stardew Valley, and I am trying to decide if I like it. I used to love the bits out of the Harvest Moon series and Stardew is so much like it that sometimes I mix them up in my head: the gameplay is almost *exactly* the sam...
2017-10-14 12:23:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Because you all were so nice as to give me suggestions! I didn't take them all, but I did some of them!
Someone asked for Pelted kids? So a Seersa, Eldritch, Phoenix (next line), Faulfenza and Chatcaava. Bottom is a sketch of a Phoeni...
2017-10-10 20:13:39 +0000 UTC View Post
We have hit (and passed) the beginning of October! Which means it's time for progress reports, starting with productivity.
So, September was broken up painfully by Hurricane Irma and my surgery, which means even though on the writing front I was concentrating solely on a single project, I only managed to get from 22% complete ...
2017-10-09 17:56:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Author Michael Anderle got this shot of me working between seminars at the conference this weekend and kindly emailed it to me. I think it's a cute photo. :D
Anyway, I finished the piece for the Kickstarter! Here's a photo of the end result:
2017-10-08 14:45:22 +0000 UTC
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Brought my painting of Clouds to the NINC Conference (for writers) and got a lot of work done listening to a couple of promotion seminars. The conference so far has been more notable for the chance to catch up with people I like than to learn anything new, but hey, I like people I like so no complaints. π
The good news is t...
2017-10-07 10:36:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Having never had a cat before, I am endlessly... appalled? Astonished? At the positions they sleep in. How is this even comfortable? o_O
Anyway! Chat Day was fun! Thank you all for coming! We fell back down the Patreon goal ladder this week, so we're back to hitting the "I don't have to worry about what I'm writing so much" mi...
2017-09-30 12:21:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Now that I'm back to my usual writing routine, I am outlining/thinking out loud with a pen as I work, planning ahead to scenes to come. Here's a quick pen doodle from the car-line, working on Princes' Game 6. Some of you mentioned enjoying my messy, unfinished work and... well, this is as messy and unfinished as it comes. I can'...
2017-09-26 20:12:08 +0000 UTC View Post
I am getting back into the groove of working, post-operatively, and spent a profitable morning writing PG6; so good to get back to that (and so many good things in it! Vasiht'h fans will be pleased, particularly). This afternoon, I made jewelry to start making a dent in all my various unexpected expenses. (And maybe, just a litt...
2017-09-25 23:22:10 +0000 UTC View Post
