words (STRICTLY NO ELEPHANTS, forthcoming THE TROUBLE WITH GIRAFFES) and assorted nonsense (thrifting and ttrpg) check your pockets; I just stole your dice www.lisamantchev.com
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recording author-y things is an exercise in trying to keep four rescue dogs quiet while I forget I have old-school clocks that are gonna bing-bong 11 times but not until 11:15 because old clocks and also I hate the sound of my own voice and wtf is up with the faces I'm pulling, plus curse words
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
go ahead and crown yourself The Grand Poobah de Doink of All of This and That this morning, no one can stop you
Get ready for Skullduggery, Launching today at 10am! B&G’s first original 5E urban fantasy campaign companion. Kickstarter launches on Tuesday. Aug. 26th at 10am. Check it out now! shorturl.at/elHQa
arts an' crafts side quest <3
(helpfully distributes colored pencils and glitter glue) Like that?
I love how art can be a ticket to time-travel. <3
i cannot draw, so please to imagine me hunkered over a small but colorful collection of words, trying to arrange them in a pleasing order while holding the rest of the world back like a shield so you will have something to read that isn't the fuck-awful news
me to whatever poor bastards get stuck talking to me today
Reactive/rescue dogs mean that's a no-go.
what i need: to do a thing what i need to do the thing: a modicum of quiet what i have instead: rampaging animal clown shoes
to reiterate: be more like Sir Terry in every possible way <3
(writer-brain immediately escalates the scenario to "who shot first?" because of course it did)
(counts my cursed gold) dang it...
ah, cool (picks bourbon)
Can you opt to have the desired fluid pour directly out of the eyeballs?
(innocent face paired with suspicious clacking noises from the pocket areas)
Discworld QOTD, from A Hat Full of Sky “Tomorrow, your job is to change the world into a better place. Today, my job is to see that everyone gets there.”
MORE INK. (rubs some on your fingers)(and nose)
(steps over those vines and into the picture)
I usually also know what kind of day it's going to be based on how many steps it takes to make the bed (varies from "1 step, make the bed" to "13232 steps, because everything is somehow wrong")
(out past Port Angeles, rubber-stamps this plan "APPROVED") Wild vines are creeping into our backyard, so I picked a handful of berries while I was out with the dogs this morning. <3
the insomnia ain't fun but I'm enjoying the sleep-deprived muses of my brain deciding the absolute best career option open to us right now is to build a tiny hut and sell sugar waffles to children
(heard that in Horatio Caine's voice, then the scream-intro for CSI: Miami)
Stage Left, even...
SAME. Everything about that movie was bonkers dialed up to eleven, but captivating as all heck. (still thinks about the costuming)
welp (goes to tell the oldest kid, who had a Wriggling Day theme for her 13th birthday)
"An Eight-Legged Hug at Sleeptime o'Clock" could be the name of a one-shot, in any case. (is a helper) (totally helped just now)
Don't forget the spiiiiiderrrrrrrs (they have not forgotten you, just sayin')
the urge to make something shiny whilst trapped in the nonstop barrage of shite sliding downhill, atop of, and right over the average creative right now is making my right eyeball twitch
I only started playing last September, so it's a New(er) Shiny Thing. :)
(once banged on the Wall between myself and The Mouse so hard that a picture fell off a wall two rooms away, so I felt this)
Oldest kiddo just got into them, but thankfully has her own space/job/$$$ to spend on them. ;)
(heavy breathing)
I was going to say "no such thing!" but then I remembered that one time I ordered "cold brew, no water" and spent the next hour hopscotching through the multiverse
Judging by that ZOOM at the end, I'm going with Dash, saving "Dashiell Robert Parr" for when he's put a tack on the teacher's seat again.
...I don't wanna talk about what it took to get IV and V, but I'm happy to see them join the horde
(didn't even find the marble in the oatmeal today, ffs)
the amount of potatoes I just shoveled into the air fryer can only be described as "inadvisable" but also "to be expected"
Look, some of us watched the Beast transform at the end of the cartoon and thought "put the monster back" and now we have our own money and buy books and write smut and play D&D while waiting to install the library ladder
If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages
fanfic is MOST EXCELLENT for writing with some early guardrails in place. maybe the best bit is that it gets people past the "where to I start?!" and just chucks them straight in the water, with floaties
that just made my brain contemplate what socioeconomical settings could be dialed down to "barely functional" just to induce the teetering, but I am also something of a monster
... we just met, so I'll wait a bit before helpfully offering to glue you to your office chair. ;)
“A Story For the Queen” 🐻📕 - A new original painting up on jameshance.com this afternoon ☺️ ✨🎨(Gesso / Acrylic Gouache on Canvas Panel)
me, having written a bunch of fiction: "pfffft, novels are not a big deal, you just have to put your ass in the chair and do the work" same person, but staring at ttrpg stuff with a bunch of ideas and a heart full of longing: (puts head between knees, breathes into a paper bag)
...I 100% imagined the "shhhhhGUNK" noise that would make on arrival, for all the reasons
You... you gotta little somthin' on your cheek, there.
see also: where vampires go for after-dinner drinks (absolutely not implying you might be a vampire but also not NOT saying it, just in case)
It does sound like a piece of impressively French furniture, now that you mention it...
FINALLYYYYYYYYY #daggerheart #criticalrole #darringtonpress #TTRPG
We're elated to welcome @lisamantchev.bsky.social to the Bigfoot Kids' Book Festival! Lisa will be sharing her latest book The Trouble with Giraffes with us. You can join us at the Bigfoot Kids' Book Festival on Sat, Oct 11th from 10am-4pm at the Redmond & Senior Community Center!
Answering interview questions while the dog farts under my desk may not be Peak "Living The Dream" but sure, it's close.
"stop choosing violence, damn it" (me, to the dog who is being a spicy meatball this morning)
a little luck for your day, if you need some
THE FIRST REVIEW IS IN (and they didn't hate it thank goodness, a memoir) "A kid-friendly look at the multifaceted work that underpins true inclusivity."
"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm
Uhhhh. (stares over my shoulder at the Distant Past, where we hung four LEGO pirate ships on the walls of the nursery)
Death, with a small cough and a rearranging of voluminous robes that trail off into some odd combination of mist and smoke, gently scented with both moss and graveyard and--oddly--cotton candy: AHEM. YES. WELL. THANK YOU FOR SWIPING RIGHT.
my squishy little sorcerer just saying "f*ck it" and wading out into a battlefield full of warriors and demons last night
That happens almost every novel draft. "Surely no one will notice that I filled in this plothole with silly putty and cupcake sprinkles..."
... and it's a book-shaped thing!
there is a 4.5" stuffed giraffe in my foyer, and no, that's not a euphemism, that's a legit business purchase, okay?
so... THE DRAGON ON THE SUBWAY should be a thing. Someone get on that. <3
Happy Terry Pratchett Day, on what would have been his 77th birthday.
Oh, I saw, and it was the cherry on the shit sundae of this week (month? YEAR?)
(assorted gleeful noises)
And here I was, thinking I'd found a head instead of losing a body!
new 3D printer, who dis?
HOORAY! Love to hear it! (And I will figure out a way to get that copy signed for you as soon as I have the stickers/swag to go with) ;)
All the preorder links just went live! www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Tr...
We interrupt your doomscrolling to bring you glad tidings from the clubhouse! Cover is up, you can scroll the interior artwork, and preorder buttons ARE LIVE. There is also apparently going to be a two-book box set (WHAAAAT) and all of this will be in time for the tiny elephant's 10th anniversary.
it's finally Thursday and my sorcerer is headed into the Runewaste... #dungeonsanddragons
(BURIED IN A PILE OF DICE FOR THE SAME REASONS)
Okay, but you kinda HAD TO
Me, peering into the innards of the 3D print of the pepperbox while Angel explains how it's all going to come together: It's like all our hobbies have finally merged into One. Giant. SUPERHOBBY. (mad scientist laugh before I stomped off like Stitch leveling San Francisco, for dramatic purposes)
(drops this here)
soooo who is the best Vox Machina character, and why is it No Mercy Percy?
Scratch-n-sniffs. Especially popcorn and PB&J. ;)
Well, you're safe, seeing as it's Almost Friday most places!
oh my gosh HELLO. I literally just thought of you at Halloween when your jacket came up in my memories feed! <3
Nothing says "the holidays are coming and family might be visiting" like the urge to chuck everything you own onto the lawn in an effort to clean the place up and make it seem like you're not six weasels with a hoarding problem all crammed in the same pair of yoga pants.
