#hereabouts

[slowsweetlove]

HAPPY SAD CONFUSED with Jodie Comer & Austin Butler

[came0dust]

i don't know much about gambit but he's cool as hell

[larissa-the-scribe]

Nature is difficult: sometimes there is rain and I have to walk my dog. Nature is Neat: there was a crow having the best time of his life, squawking and talking in a tree while vibing

[klarion-the-witch-boy]

Reader's Digest: 2023's nicest place to live, in America, is Buffalo, NY!

Every NYer I've Talked To So Far: lmao surely that is a joke??

[mathysphere]

bought some frames + hoops today for the first finishes of the new year! v. excited to show them off once I get the PDFS + photos done.

the goal for this year is smaller + faster + more experimental + more intricate--

I never actually recorded it, but I made half a script for a silly 'best n worst patterns I saw when scraping etsy listings' video and realized a couple things while listing off what I did & didn't like. so this year I'm trying to make my patterns more like the ones I admire. :)

[chiropteracupola]

when will the return to the humble phone booth occur

[oculusxcaro]

Khare used to have very long hair but after being abducted, she was unable to look after it nor did her captors take care of their subjects very well. It soon became highly neglected and tangled, its condition worsening further after escaping into the countryside so the first thing she did upon stumbling a hunter's camp, Khare stole a hunting knife, hacking off the matted mess that was once her pride and joy and has since kept things at neck length, both for easier management and so that she wouldn't be so recognizable if Prometheus still had her passport.

[spindrifters]

Hello spindrifters what is a word that describes your day

ponderous

[heavenly-hashh]

It’s so hot omg

[lamiafaae]

I'm so happy for all of you that are experiencing cicadas

[hycinthrt]

i just finished rereading pride and prejudice and i am going to make a couple of posts about it because damn what a good book but first i want to mention how endearing i find that by the second to last chapter (after jane and mr bingley are engaged) mr bingley is already calling jane’s sisters by their nicknames, like he calls them lizzy and kitty

i don’t know how common it was for the era but i just find it so cute, like sir, sir those are his little sisters already sir, he is not even married yet but those are his girls now😭😭😭

and its even cuter because does it while he is excitedly trying to get mr darcy and elizabeth to walk by themselves he is like “hihihi have you no more lanes hereabouts in which lizzy may lose her way again today? preferably with darcy whom she is engaged to hihihi🤭🤭🤭”

[linmeiwei]

A scene I would love to see included in the next Pride and Prejudice adaptation

Everybody talks about this scene focusing on Mr Bingley, but oh my God, the Darcy/Elizabeth stuff in this scene just makes me giddy:

“Good gracious!” cried Mrs. Bennet, as she stood at a window the next morning, “if that disagreeable Mr. Darcy is not coming here again with our dear Bingley! What can he mean by being so tiresome as to be always coming here? I had no notion but he would go a-shooting, or something or other, and not disturb us with his company. What shall we do with him? Lizzy, you must walk out with him again, that he may not be in Bingley’s way.”

Elizabeth:

As soon as they entered, Bingley looked at her so expressively, and shook hands with such warmth, as left no doubt of his good information; and he soon afterwards said aloud, “Mrs. Bennet, have you no more lanes hereabouts in which Lizzy may lose her way again to-day?”

“I advise Mr. Darcy, and Lizzy, and Kitty,” said Mrs. Bennet, “to walk to Oakham Mount this morning. It is a nice long walk, and Mr. Darcy has never seen the view.”

“It may do very well for the others,” replied Mr. Bingley; “but I am sure it will be too much for Kitty. Won’t it, Kitty?”

Kitty owned that she had rather stay at home.

Darcy professed a great curiosity to see the view from the Mount, and Elizabeth silently consented.

Darcy and Elizabeth:

[lackadaisycats]

Hello this is my first ask on Tumblr! I just wanted to ask Where can I read the mini comics? And the next question might be silly But I serioulsy love Mordecai would he ever let a fan hug him?

Hello! You can find most of the mini-comics collected on the Lackadaisy web site, under the Mini-Comics subheading in the Gallery. Hereabouts.

Glad to know you like Mordecai! Mordecai himself is not much of a hugger, though. In fact, you might say he is the very opposite of a hugger. He would appreciate being cordially appreciated from a slight distance.

[see-arcane]

A message to all the assorted unscrupulous undead: Beware the Ides of March.

To everyone else: Grab your kukri blades, your bowie knives, your stakes, your bone saws, and whatever else you have on hand to appropriately accessorize with your new copy of The Vampyres.

The book is out! Loose! Running rampant and bloodstained through the terrains of eBook and paperback alike!

My beautiful little baby, toddling into the literary world to deliver havoc unto the dastardly bastards of the revenant realm. I’m so proud. (And so happy to feel the stress headache finally start to crack.)

Now that The Vampyres is out in the open, a brief FAQ under the cut:

Where can I get the eBook?

Check out the Universal Book Link (UBL) here:

It’ll show you all the places you can grab a virtual vampyre by the throat.

Where can I get the paperback?

For folks in ‘murrica, I’d say hit up Bookshop.org to go and grab it from your physical store of choice:

You can also just search The Vampyres C.R. Kane and see the waterfall of options. Not sure of the exact timeline, but it should be more widely available in the coming weeks. At least hereabouts:

Pictured: Places to potentially purchase a paperback.

Can I get it at my library?

If you ask for it, yes! You’ll need the ISBNs when filling out your library’s request form, so:

eBook ISBN: 9798218374594

Paperback ISBN: 9798218374587

What’s the status on that paperback cover business?

Current status is still ???

At least in the sense that I’m not sure what version of the book cover you might get at the moment. Original matte? Temporary glossy? Updated matte that’s here to stay? No idea at the moment. My self-publishing page shows the update’s confirmed, but the online stores are still using the first version as the preview image and I’m not sure when that gets swapped out. At least the books are all print-on-demand, so whatever you order, just know it’s not coming from some thrown-away backup heap. It’s fresh from the book oven press.

Anything else I need to know?

First, reviews are extremely welcome! I am running on negative budget when it comes to waving my little flag to announce that I Made a Scary Vampire Book, so I’m really relying on word-of-mouth if I want it to actually get its head above water. Leaving stars and comments wherever you can, be it in the online stores, the Goodreadses or Smashwordses or whatever else, would be a big help.

(Really though, I can and will dissolve into a puddle of relieved ego if I see so much as one (1) Nice Comment on Tumblr, my cesspool of choice.*)

*This is not hyperbole. I can count on one hand how many PROMOTION © ™ posts I’ve made on Twitter and have fingers left over. This novella is tailored to my fellow fiendish bookworms on here.

Second, to those coming by this stuff for the first time and don’t know what all this hoopla is about, a preview of my novella, The Vampyres, is available on my website. Give it a gander if you want to see under-appreciated classic supernatural bogeymen dropped into their own horror story.

Thirdly, lastly, vitally: thank you.

The Vampyres is a beautiful accident that came together out of an itch to rattle something out just for myself; a break from a bloated piece that had turned into a chore which burned me out and threw away the fun of scribbling. A lightweight read that saved me from being crushed by a cinderblock.

By the same token, the people on here have shouldered me up and out of the creative pit of thinking ‘This is all for nothing.’ For all that I talk of how much I’m powered by spite and the desire to Read a Specific Thing only to realize I Have to Write That Thing First, I’d be a liar if I said the kindness and excitement of the folks who’ve been reading my nonsense for (holy hell) TWO YEARS in the wake of the first big Dracula Daily surge didn’t have a major role in getting this thing done.

I did make The Vampyres for me. But it’s for you guys too. For everyone who saw one of my rambles or little fictions and spoke up to say, I love this! I was thinking this! I wanted this! Finally, finally!

When you crack open the cover for the first time, on a screen or in your hands, I want you to know I’m thinking Thank You at you. I hope you enjoy all the horrors inside.

Postscript:

If you want more info on other stuff I'm tinkering with, check out my website here:

[wingsofsong]

Way back when during inktober 2021 I followed an ASOIAF prompt list and ended up with a scene inspired by one of my favorite Hyle Hunt quotes; the prompt being "rope."

"Hanging seems your favorite sport in these parts," said Ser Hyle Hunt. "Would that I had some land hereabouts. I'd plant hemp, sell rope, and make my fortune."

I'm a big fan of Brienne's Feast story and Hyle is one reason why.