Colour is overrated, right?
You get black & white today, both because this one kind of got away from me and the colouring is INTENSIVE, and because look how pretty! Did that sound conceited? … Continue reading
In which I draw a monkey.
And some other stuff, clearly. ‘A Little Princess’ was one of my absolute favourite books as a kid, even with its painfully Victorian outlook, for fairly shallow reasons. I loved … Continue reading
And then podcast references that only a few of you will recognize.
There was a recent episode of the Judge John Hodgman podcast involving some dude who wanted desperately to buy a large and apparently rather ugly axe to hang over his … Continue reading
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Lizzie Bennett is awesome.
Well, almost universally acknowledged, since I know a few people who still don’t like Austen (M!!!!!). NOT EVEN THE FILM VERSIONS. I asked, because sometimes, when a book is a … Continue reading
Mama just killed a witch! Put a wand up to her head, used some magic, now she’s dead.
I’m the worst at advertising, so if I haven’t mentioned it lately, these are available on t-shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/neuroticowl and on other kinds of t-shirts and a bunch of other stuff at http://www.redbubble.com/people/neuroticowl/. … Continue reading
And then Pratchett again. Because I love Terry Pratchett, and I most especially love Susan Sto-Helit.
I love characters who dress in all black somewhat less, but for you, Susan? Anything. Even adding ‘rat skeletons’ to my Google search history, which is probably making for fascinating … Continue reading
Bertie Shakespeare Smith! And some fairies. And a cupcake.
So if you like YA even a tiny bit, or if you just like awesome books and don’t care about genre (yay!), you should read ‘Eyes Like Stars’, by Lisa … Continue reading
In which I’m really not being that picky.
So while picking a quote for my Coraline illustration, I did a Google search for ‘Coraline quotes’ to see what resonated with other people, and I found something HORRIFYING. (Don’t open … Continue reading
A break for an activity!
I’m planning to put together probably a couple of coloring books with the line drawings of all the ladies, eventually — I think it would make the most sense to … Continue reading
And then more fairytales.
So I know a bunch of you haven’t read Jim C. Hines’ princess series (beginning with ‘The Stepsister Scheme’), but you really should. They’re great and full of awesome ladies, … Continue reading
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