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Call me Art. This is my part-time author blog, full-time outlet for the Visions and the Horrors. and the Loves also
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A nifty pinned post to point you to places around the blog (or off the blog, whatever the case may be) + ask guidelines, FAQ and navigation. Last updated: 14 October 2024

I'm known around here as Art – short for my pen name A. R. Thompson – and I'm a freelance editor and indie author (I have a book published! And I'm writing more books!). This blog is my part-time writeblr, full-time outlet for the Visions and the Horrors. Or, in other words, it's where I answer questions and blog about writing, deaf + disabled representation, autism, my special interests – primarily storytelling, mythology and folklore – and any and all fixations that come my way.

Other places you can find my stuff: my official blog for essays and short stories; my Instagram for art, crafts and dog pics; and my editing services (fiction, creative non-fiction, some academic stuff). If you’d like to support what I do, you can throw a coin to me via Ko-Fi. I also have a fandom sideblog, @denofbeloveds , which is ostensibly where I put my less-hinged fandom nonsense (the quarantine is only mildly successful).

As for that published book: When Dealing with Wolves is part one of a high fantasy duology about humans, talking wolves, and the magically-erased history they’ve forgotten they once shared. You can find more information and buy links here. Part two, The Kindness of Ravens, is in progress; its release date is a mystery.

If the askbox is open, then I’m happy to take asks for writing advice. Just be warned that my average response time for advice-related asks is currently, like. Two months. So maybe don’t send in anything time-sensitive. Also it’s helpful for us both if you check the ask guidelines and FAQ in this pinned post first.

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#ask guidelines#housekeeping notice
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Samba was pacing around my cabin whining and making her full range of Weird Fuckin Noises until I rolled back my chair to look at her. At which point she darted under my desk, lay down, and is now staring up at me with the biggest brownest most pathetic eyes and I don't know why

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big pathetic eyes intensify

you'll have to mentally add the audio of her quietly going "ooooOOOooooooOOo wooOoo" with increasing urgency though

#the writer and his dog
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Samba was pacing around my cabin whining and making her full range of Weird Fuckin Noises until I rolled back my chair to look at her. At which point she darted under my desk, lay down, and is now staring up at me with the biggest brownest most pathetic eyes and I don't know why

#the writer and his dog
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Kinda hate when ppl r like “we never should’ve colonized the Americas…imagine how much better things would’ve been if the natives were running it” when like…you don’t know that. Pre-European occupation we were a normal society of people. You should think the Americas shouldn’t have been colonized bc robbery and genocide are bad and shouldn’t happen.

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In general I resent the framing of “pre-colonization the natives were soooo progressive and incredible and flawless and socialist and enlightened to gender”. Like ok why does that matter. I mean, first of all no we weren’t. But why does that matter. You know we’re a living society right? We’re everywhere, you’ve probably seen us around doing the things you do and wearing the clothes you wear and talking the way you talk. Our culture is right here, it’s still evolving, we’re not frozen in amber. You don’t have to make up shit, and you especially shouldn’t feel a need to make shit up to make us look better.

Idk, maybe im being oversensitive or cynical especially since these types are usually trying to be allies, but it’s uncomfortable when it seems a bit like you think you need to justify why robbing and killing us is bad, and “that group of people were robbed and killed” isn’t enough of a reason, it has to be like “that group of beautiful incredible progressive enlightened people were robbed and killed” for you to think it’s worth feeling anything

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You can't use the actions of individuals or groups – even if they're part of a broader pattern – to determine inherent qualities of their entire people

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10 (free!) yves. Stories to Start With

I am asked relatively frequently where to start with my fiction, which is an excellent question—there is over half a decade's worth of it now across all genres, much of it free, and who is to say what is most representative? Well, I am, and I shall, and here we are: the official beginner's guide to the yves. Canon. Please pass this one around; I don't quite have a marketing team to do it for me. ^__^

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It is my birthday! Happy birthday to me. If you have been wondering what to get a vampire who has it all, here you have your answer: toss me a read, spread the scribbles around, and let me know what you thought in the tags... or in my askbox! I don't bite... unless you ask nicely🩸

#HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
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I would play the shit out of this.

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Please support this game! I've been following it forever and the developers obviously put a lot of love into finally repping my people as Not Just Generic Bad Guys To Be Slaughtered in QuickTime Events, but the unabashed horse girls we truly are. I really love how outspoken she is about representing proper care and compassion for these animals in the industry too.

Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori (PC & Consoles)
Experience the legendary adventures of a brave courier rider! Bond with your horse and tame the open wilds of 13th century Mongolia.
Kickstarter
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There’s some really fun stretch goals! I know a lot of folks are hoping we get to the Falconers. That would add such a fun element to the game. 🥰

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Peaceful Mode has been reached!

#they reached falconers!!#ive wishlisted this game and im really excited
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Hello friends! Someone very dear to me is trying to get their audio drama, The Keeper, off the ground. It sounds absolutely AMAZING and I want it in my ears YESTERDAY. Here's a lil description for you:

Bannau Bryncheniog, the Brecon Beacons are old. Older than man. And the creatures who call it home have lived here longer than you or I, or Leigh for that matter.
Leigh’s day job consists of checking routes for caving groups, logging people onto popular walking paths and listening out for any emergencies. Oh, and occasionally watching the night sky for the eyes that glow.
Salt circles and herbs at the door used to be something Leigh read about in fairy tales, but in this old land, tradition runs deeper than caves.'
'The Keeper' is a cosy audio drama with horror and mythology at its heart. We've built a team and now we need help to ensure we all get fair pay for this project.
All funding will go towards creating our pilot episode, with future hopes to create the full series.

If that sounds like something you'd be interested in, please take a look at their GoFundMe, and share this post if you can!

Donate to The Keeper Audio Drama - help us all get fair pay, organized by Becca Lidstone
'Bannau Bryncheniog, the Brecon Beacons are old. Older than man. And … Becca Lidstone needs your support for The Keeper Audio Drama - help u
gofundme.com
#THIS LOOKS SO GOOD#signal boost
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my mundane superpower is the ability to Find Random Small Items. not items I need. not items that I own. but Random Items in the street. I have a nice little collection on my desk now, mostly small stuffed animals.

today I added a Tiny Ram

which is a great companion for my Tiny Spoon :D

one day i'll make some kind of display apparatus for these guys, mayhaps with little labels for where they come from, but for now they all live clumped around my desktop monitor. I love them

From left to right: a plastic dinosaur found under a bench, a floppy lilac bear (not found; had since birth), a zebra (found in a puddle), a small plastic creature of some description (found) that I glued a pink Lego frog (spare from my sister's set) onto, a stuffed pug that lies on its face (found), a black sheep finger puppet (found), a McDonalds mini squishy Dracula with a missing ear (found), and a squashed stuffed dog (his name is waffle and I bought a £4.99 children's magazine simply because he looked so wretched)

#i know I've shared them before but the found family has since grown!#also i like talking about them at any opportunity because i am inordinately attached to them ❤️
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