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Jennifer.. is it silly that I love kidlit and read kidlit more than adult books? Is it silly that Percy Jackson came out when I was 18 but those books are some of my favs?

I mean — I’ve made my entire career and life revolve around children’s books, and I love and read them more than adult books, so I don’t personally find that silly. I can’t speak to what other people might find silly — but since vast swaths of apparently “serious adults” do absolutely absurd things all the time, I guess it doesn’t matter what they think about it. You aren’t hurting anyone!

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if a sword is like an extension of the wielder. and a sword can be said to have its own identity. then can a sword not feel grief and sorrow at being forced to clash with its opponent forged in the same crucible but forced to turn against it. can a sword not cry out in the screech of metal on metal from the pain of betrayal.

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Girl I love you 🥺

[Carrd 🃏]

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The King of the Forest

... sees and hears everything.

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Hello Mister Gaiman!

I'm currently reading "Genderqueer" by Maia Kobabe for one of my university classes on Queer Embodiment, and found this little gem. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

Morpheus helping out a questioning genderqueer person on their journey to self-discovery sounds about right!

It really does.

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Pills.

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Fox, my kindred spirit. What have your keen eyes seen?

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Incredible power move to make one of the most beloved crpgs ever made using a modified dnd 5e system, make a ton of money and shit on most AAA game studios in the process, then say “cool. Anyway fuck dnd 5e and wizzards of the coast. We’re doing our own thing now.”

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Glob

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The house keeps its own secrets.

Based on my illustrated gothic horror series, the Deephaven Mysteries! The first book is on shelves now, with a new mystery coming this September that you can preorder wherever you get books!

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mutuals who are insane together stay together

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child handling for the childless nurse

My current job has me working with children, which is kind of a weird shock after years in environments where a “young” patient is 40 years old.  Here’s my impressions so far:

Birth - 1 year: Essentially a small cute animal.  Handle accordingly; gently and affectionately, but relying heavily on the caregivers and with no real expectation of cooperation.

Age 1 - 2: Hates you.  Hates you so much.  You can smile, you can coo, you can attempt to soothe; they hate you anyway, because you’re a stranger and you’re scary and you’re touching them.  There’s no winning this so just get it over with as quickly and non-traumatically as possible.

Age 3 - 5: Nervous around medical things, but possible to soothe.  Easily upset, but also easily distracted from the thing that upset them.  Smartphone cartoons and “who wants a sticker?!!?!?” are key management techniques.

Age 6 - 10: Really cool, actually.  I did not realize kids were this cool.  Around this age they tend to be fairly outgoing, and super curious and eager to learn.  Absolutely do not babytalk; instead, flatter them with how grown-up they are, teach them some Fun Gross Medical Facts, and introduce potentially frightening experiences with “hey, you want to see something really cool?”

Age 11 - 14: Extremely variable.  Can be very childish or very mature, or rapidly switch from one mode to the other.  At this point you can almost treat them as an adult, just… a really sensitive and unpredictable adult.  Do not, under any circumstances, offer stickers.  (But they might grab one out of the bin anyway.)

Age 15 - 18: Basically an adult with severely limited life experience.  Treat as an adult who needs a little extra education with their care.  Keep parents out of the room as much as possible, unless the kid wants them there.  At this point you can go ahead and offer stickers again, because they’ll probably think it’s funny.  And they’ll want one.  Deep down, everyone wants a sticker.

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reblog to make two female characters who never met in canon kiss

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the woman who holds the moon

prints available here. my cover for this month's issue of baffling magazine.

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A compilation of my postcard like Baldur's Gate 3 portraits 👀 prints ✦ patreon