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Just ONE WEEK until The Tolling, the third and final book in my Epitome of Science trilogy, is out in the world!

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the goal is to write well enough to get fan art of your OC

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TWO WEEKS until The Tolling comes out!

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THREE WEEKS until The Tolling is coming out!

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They should invent a method of asking for reassurance that nobody secretly hates you that doesn't make people secretly hate you.

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The countdown is on! Four weeks until The Tolling is out!

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Happy birthday @aliiveswrites !! Can’t wait for the third book!

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ONE MONTH until The Tolling comes out!

It's hard to believe that my Epitome of Science trilogy will soon be complete. I'm so excited to share this final installment with you!

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Well I broke the tradition of re-drawing one of your drawings in my own style and decided to illustrate one of your characters instead! I absolutely love naive and gentle Gear <3

Happy birthday, my beloved friend @zalazny!!! 🎉🎊 I hope you have a wonderful new year ahead of you 💕

Everyone, if you're reading this, go read @aliiveswrites's The Epitome of Science steampunk gay adventure trilogy!

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quickish Finch sketch, using Mikey North as a reference, since that's been in my head since answering the question about character casting choices

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✨ Surprise question ✨

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What would be the main cast of the Epitome of Science film adaptation?

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younger versions of now older (or dead) actors count! time doesn't matter after all!!!

(I suddenly had this thought and I was so curious about it I had to stop what I was doing to come here and ask)

Oh man, a most excellent question!

A lot of the characters I don't have a super definitive answer for, but I did manage to come up with some options/picks for most of the main cast:

Mikalai Gloucester - Mawaan Rizwan or Akshay Khanna

Zane Zephyr - Kirby Howell-Baptiste

Cassus Finch - Max Bowden (dyed redhead) or Mikey North

Antimony Jones - Katheryn Winnick

Denken - Ken'ichi Matsuyama

The Gambler - Rami Malek

The High Minister - Clark Gregg

Toby Mulligan - Christian Slater

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One of my favourite questions for figuring out a character’s motivations is which qualities they most fear being assigned to them. Are they afraid (consciously or unconsciously) of being seen as stupid? Ungrateful? Weak? Incompetent? Lazy? Cowardly? Intimidating? Like they actually care? etc.

It’s such a fun way to explore into who they are, why they do what they do, what they don’t do out of fear, and how they might be affected by the events of the story. And I love when characters have negative motivations—trying to avoid something (in this case, being seen a particular way) as much as they’re trying to achieve a goal.

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i think people get so used to their own creative work that they forget how amazing it is so i’m making this post as a reminder You are the only person capable of making art the exact way you make it. nobody else on earth can do that. there are always going to be those little habits and intricacies and details that simply cannot be replicated whether it’s in writing or painting or textiles and you make life all the better for it i love my friends’ art i love art from strangers im trying to love my own art I LOVE YOU!!! THE PERSON READING THIS!!!!!!! YOU ARE A PART OF THIS WORLD NEVER EVER STOP MAKING THINGS THAT CAN IMPACT IT

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unstoppable force meets immovable object

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If you're in the US, you can preorder a copy of The Tolling now, to be shipped out on July 1st! Preordering is a big help for authors, as it gives the publisher a good indication of how anticipated the book is.

An ebook version will be available internationally on the release date as well. And if you're like me and not in the States, you can order the paperback through your local independent bookshop, though the price may vary depending on exchange rates!

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the monk’s tea wagon

(how I think Dex’s cart looks like from A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers)

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He’s here to help :)