HUGE AND TRUE! 🐟

“Stephan, can you help me design my cover but this is what I have in mind.”@svencomics.bsky.social

The Toronto International Festival of Authors was my ideal weekend getaway. (ideal = 1-2 free panels a day and a library nearby for me to work) ✍️

@canconsffh.bsky.social was a movie (one that I would like to own on physical media so I can rewatch it on my USB DvD player over and over again) ✨ thank you again to @augursociety.bsky.social for the reading opportunity with these stars @blooburds.bsky.social and @straith.ca

sights and smells from Can*Con @canconsffh.bsky.social last month

i, along with the rest of the Lore Magazine's team, got educated at Issues Magazine Shop's conference. wise, swaggy panelists talked to us about origin stories, trusting your editorial staff, and grants.

When they ask me what kind of research I have to do for my book.

i'm tired of this, grandpa! 😞 i got sick of working on this god damn novel for years and no one getting to read any of it. so i polished the first chapter and released a preview. 🐉💧

cover design: @svencomics.bsky.social

Uhhhh!! This manga is such a beautiful study on gorgeous, effective panel-work too! ❤️

The eye!!

“I have a rock, speckled and the color of sand. I had found it nestled in a heap of moss and cattails. I fancied it the most precious of my collection until one day a crack like Cygnus appeared on its surface, and it started to hatch.”

i’m gonna absolutely devour this Can*Con haul.

@clh2oars.bsky.social
@thescreambean.bsky.social
@donmiasek.bsky.social
@darkerthanvanta.bsky.social
@james-downe-author.bsky.social
@alexandernewcombe.bsky.social
@vincentmackay.bsky.social

Really good for a reread too

big god buried at the bottom of a city. this made me as scared as i was when i watched “bird box” by accident. (i am a baby.) @thatcalamity.bsky.social

if you read this too quickly it will read "i want to pretend i'm korean"

to be clear, the last post i was doing admin work which i can multitask with no problem

i want to pretend i'm in a korean restaurant and play kpop mvs on my second monitor but i can't DO THAT for creative writing because it's distracting :'(

i convinced myself to sit for an hour in front of my laptop tonight by streaming a playlist of Seventeen's MVs on my second monitor

🕯️Lore Mag, a saucy Toronto magazine i editor for, is having their banging launch 🎉Nov 8th at It’s Ok Studios 🎉 ! (i also wrote a funny article in Dear Diary form about how i was in the Duggar family IBLP cult.)

pairing up grant writing with this order of supreme fries I used to get in undergrad. confirming that 9 years later they still make my tummy hurt.

grant writing at goocher bistro on bloor street

I see it in the distance 🫵🌥️: the kissing book ! you can do it !

I picked up a copy of Pale Grey Dot thanks to @blooburds.bsky.social ‘s recommendation! Can’t wait to crack into it.

Not to mention that 6-7 comes with its own fun little hand gesture 🫲🫱

a little look back at Word on the Street. 👁️👃👁️ i think i almost died, but i had a great time running the Salaysay (Filipinx-Canadian) booth!

(i'm going to start cross-posting here. the unabridged versions will be on instagram. that's where the sauce will stay)

i stopped the August challenge at day 11 bc i got pneumonia but it’s two months later and im 💪💪💪💪 back

#AuthorAugust25 Day 11: ✨MC Monday! Share a fact✨

Daniri, the MC, looks like this. :) pinterest vs. final drawing by talented quebec friend.

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source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social

#AuthorAugust25 Day 10: ✨What are your overused words?✨

"look", "see", "gaze" i need more tools to describe when a character is perceiving something. tips welcome.

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source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social

see the tricky bit is that the manuscript prior to a first revision isn't coherent enough for me to just hand it to an expert to tell me what's wrong with it and help me clean it up. so for now i must truck along .pls i don't want to write this book anymore ;;__;;;

#AuthorAugust25 Day 9: ✨word count / status check in✨

30% through first revisions of the 18 chapter book. 109,973 words left to edit. (I HATE editing.)

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source: @mariahankenman.bsky.social