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Petrichord

New and Improved #Introduction just for Beige.Party!

Hey there! I’m Petrichord (she/her). Please don’t call me Petri—it makes me think of the biology class I failed in college. I signed up for Mastodon back in 2018 but only recently started using it this past year, and then my instance (octodon.social) announced its shutdown so I've decided to migrate here to make new friends! Better late than never, right?

By day, I’m a marketer from New Jersey. By night, I’m a do-everything-else-to-stop-the-encroaching-feeling-of-doom-er. My distraction of choice is #Acting. I have a BFA in #MusicalTheatre performance, and I spend my free time working professionally and with community theatre companies. I sing, dance, act, choreograph, direct, and design costumes. I also run a shadowcast of The #RockyHorror Picture Show and have been a performer with the cast for over a decade.

Other things I’ll probably post about include #Burlesque, #Cosplay, #VideoGames (especially #Horror, #Mystery, and #RPGs), #TabletopGaming & #DnD (I used to be a DnD and Tabletop Gaming Streamer for a pretty big company though I don't do that anymore), #BoardGames, and #Books.

Fun facts: I’m an award-winning writer, but executive dysfunction usually wins, so long posts are rare victories. I’m #ActuallyAutistic and have #ADHD, which means I’m very socially awkward, so chaos comes naturally.

I love Porgs, glitter, and indie perfumes. Eat the rich. Let’s be friends. 😘

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Christina Anne Hawthorne

Trust in the Forgotten, an otherworld historical fantasy is live on Amazon today (paperback tomorrow).

Riparia Dellbane, a rebel courier striving to vanish, overnight becomes evil’s quarry, alive or dead, while a handsome man offers assistance to someone who's no one. To survive, she must find out why.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Fantasy #Read #Fiction #Readers #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon #WorldOfOntyre #WordWeavers #WritersCoffeeClub #Romance #Adventure #Mystery

amazon.com/dp/B0DMYBTTTR?ref_=

Image is the cover to Trust in the Forgotten, a fantasy novel. The background is a hand-drawn map rendered in negative, the color gold and black. Between the two lines of the title are two turquoise eyes. Beneath the title is the subtitle, Book 1 of the Kovenlore Chronicles. At the bottom is the author's name, Christina Anne Hawthorne.
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N Toyohito / 縁 豊人

#Antumbra chapter 1 page 3 update:
Ended up redoing 2 panels, because the reader (you) would end up not having a clue what was happening!

Today I learned two things:
1. when a character is facing one way, keep them facing that way, unless something majorly important needs to be conveyed (change the focus to another character for example),
2. avoid making 180 degrees view turn, as that disorients
3 (bonus). be ready to accept that a page can be completely different from what I had in mind and should end up requiring a redoing.... 😭

Edit: man, making comics is a tough thing....

Pre-inking sketch of a manga page in blue pencil. 7 panels. 5 and a half have the outline inked. Two on the right, one on the left. Top right shows a man reaching for something in the pocket of his shirt beneath his robe. Bottom right is a close up to his hand holding a vitage/90s era mobile phone typing a number. The left one shows him in a slight bottom angle, having a smirk talking to someone on the phone. The man has slick hair combed back, he wears circular/round glasses and has a necktie. The focus in from the tie-knob up to the top of his head. Bottom right panel shows the man in a corridor from a security camera-like view/angle, still holding and talking to his phone with his left arm, and his right in a gesture. At its left is and unclear draft of the same man in a closeup, upper half of torso and him looking a bit upward. At its right are two more panels both with ground-level view/angle. The top one shows the man's two feet (internal half) while walking and a door in between them at the background. The bottom one shows a door with a sign on it with some letters.
#mastoart#wip#pencil
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N Toyohito / 縁 豊人

#Antumbra chapter 1 page 3 update:
Gradually pushing forward. Panels have been decided (I just didn't have the capacity to even do another line last night XD).

It might need some minor changes/tweaks in the panels of the man walking down the corridor, but not sure yet.

After this page Antumbra officially begins in its current timeline with it's first satiating chapter! :D

Pre-inking sketch of a manga page in blue pencil. 7 panels. 5 and a half have the outline inked. Two on the right, one on the left. Top right shows a man reaching for something in the pocket of his shirt beneath his robe. Bottom right is a close up to his hand holding a vitage/90s era mobile phone typing a number. The left one shows him in a slight bottom angle, having a smirk talking to someone on the phone. The man has slick hair combed back, he wears circular/round glasses and has a necktie. The focus in from the tie-knob up to the top of his head. Bottom right panel shows the back of the man in a corridor, still holding and talking to his phone with his left arm, his right in a gesture. At its left is the same man, further down the corridor, still talking, his right arm now behind his back. The last two panels, at its left are not paneled yet, and have a draft of a scene.
#mastoart#wip#pencil
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Joyce Lionarons

Do you need something to take your mind off the #USElection? Why not read a mystery novel set in the Middle Ages? I have two series: the Matthew Cordwainer medieval mysteries and the Gavin Rownt medieval mysteries. Guaranteed to keep you distracted!
amazon.com/s?k=joyce+lionarons
#FediBookFair #Medieval #Mystery #books

www.amazon.comAmazon.com : joyce lionarons
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nerd teacher 🦇

If anyone has any recommendations for either East Asian or Southeast Asian mystery novels that have been translated into English (see end for exclusions), please feel free to throw them at me. It's just been an area of interest for the past year or so, and I've really liked most of the books I've read thus far.

Excludes:

  • Yokomizo Seishi (because I've read everything that's been published in English)
  • Ayatsuji Yukito (same as above)
  • Takagi Akimitsu (he was fun)
  • Qiu Xiaolong (because he pissed me off with the one book I did read for the sudden last minute inclusion of "Ah! Multiple personalities!" as the solution)
  • Togawa Masako (on my list already)
  • Shimada Soji (same as above)
  • Yamada Futaro (also same)

(Perhaps next year, I can venture into another region. So if you know of something you really like that isn't geographically relevant, then feel free to add it.)

#books#bookstodon#mystery
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AI6YR Ben

Interesting, the bear occupied property here may be owned by a (former?) JPL scientist. Any #JPL people with resources to see if this person is still alive or not (if we give you a name?) House unoccupied since 2019, strange smells from the house, bear moved in, car immobilized and abandoned in the driveway... city can't contact the owner, LA Times was unable to find the person, etc. 👀

Can hand over the name in a DM, thanks to an intrepid investigator here...

Possible owner was a member of the JPL's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) project, based on some searching.

latimes.com/california/story/2 #mystery #detectivework

Los Angeles Times · Bears are learning 'like Jurassic Park' in one SoCal foothill communityBy Nathan Solis
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crashmoney

20 books that have had an impact on who you are. one book a day, 20 dates. no explanation, no reviews, just book covers (with alt text).

Day 6/20: One for All – Lillie Lainoff

loved the female friendship and fight scenes. completely re-defined how i view chronic illness in fiction, and has since become one of my favorite comfort reads.

(so i guess we’re giving up on the “no explanation, no reviews” thing 🙈 also, inconsistent posts because life is a little insane right now)

#20Books #20Books20Days #books #bookstodon #HistoricalFiction #mystery #retelling #ChronicIllness #POTS #OwnVoices @bookstodon

The image features the book cover of "One for All" by Lillie Lainoff. It showcases a woman with long, wavy hair holding a sword, partially obscured by her dress. The background is dark with decorative elements and golden detailing at the sides.
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Strange Seawolf 🕒 CET

If you ask Harold Galahad, he isn’t fit to lead the crew of the half-destroyed cargo spaceship Herald Petrel back home. But nobody asks Harry.

A character-driven space odyssey with a trauma-ridden captain, a diverse--and quirky--crew, and a #mystery to be solved. A tale about #loss, #love, #humanity, #coping, and #hope in a hopeless situation.

Get it here: books2read.com/HeraldPetrel

@bookstodon
#ScienceFiction #SpaceOpera #SciFi #SpaceOdyssey #HeraldPetrel #ReadingCommunity #PTSD #grief

Book cover of the SciFi novel Herald Petrel by Strange Seawolf, depicting Captain Harold Galahad running down a beaten up corridor on a space ship. He looks determined and wears a deranged company uniform with a long, flowing cloak, under his arm he carries a green glowing machine part. Artwork by Alj: https://www.instagram.com/aljeensane/
Back of the book with the blurb reading: If you ask Harold Galahad, he isn’t fit to lead the crew of the half-destroyed cargo spaceship Herald Petrel back home. But nobody asks Harry. An explosion leaves the ship helplessly floating in space and Harry reliving his own personal nightmare. He doesn’t want to be a captain anymore, and nobody trusts him as captain—least of all himself. The crew behaves strangely, his first officer is less than helpful, and the more he finds out, the more Harry has to challenge his own beliefs. While forced to relive the darkest part of his past, Captain Harold Galahad needs to figure out what happened and find a way back home.
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