You may have already heard, but in case you haven’t, I am so excited to announce that my friend and business partner Brooke is almost complete with her SECOND full, traditional Tarot deck. This one is all about mermaids and other marine life, and it is gorgeously handpainted with expressive figures. I’ve been following her progress, and each card is an exquisite work of mood and meaning. You’ll have a wonderful time using it for divination or just looking at how pretty it is. I’ll be writing the deck guidebook, and I’m very honored to be a part of this project.
What: A witchy craft fair with workshops, Tarot readings, vendors, food, free entry AND a free gift!
Where: Falcon Bowl, 801 E Clarke St., Milwaukee, WI
When: Saturday, May 6, 12pm-6pm
Who: Brooke Miller (the artist behind the Figuratively Speaking Tarot), me, and a whole bunch of other fantastic creators, including hosts Tres Ojos and Bee Batty Studios and sponsors Materia Magicka and Ritual Floral
I’m packing up a box of books and bookmarks, including a BRAND NEW ONE Brooke painted in honor of The Book of the New Moon Door‘s upcoming publication. This is the original:
Brooke also has fancy new packaging for her cards as well as new paintings for your perusal and divination enjoyment.
Hozier and Bear McCreary, “Blood Upon the Snow” (from God of War: Ragnarök)
You know, I’ve never played a God of War game, but this song makes me want to.
That’s going to have to wait, however, because I’m starting Part Three of The Book of the New Moon Door! I’ll post a NaNo update on Friday. The last chapter of Part Two will be up here on Wednesday. There will also be a new chapter of Journey to the Water on Patreon tomorrow.
Responses to the New Moon Door poll were sparse and mixed, so I think I will maintain the chapter-by-chapter posting schedule for now. I’ll reevaluate when Part Three is written (my goal is by the end of May), and maybe again when editing is done (late summer). If all the chapters haven’t been posted by then, I may save the ending for the published book 😉
Also, I’ll make a bigger announcement later, but I’ll be at the What the Hex Witches’ Market on May 6 at Falcon Bowl in Milwaukee! Mostly, I’ll be supporting Brooke and her Figuratively Speaking Tarot, but I’ll have a few copies of Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea to sell and sign and some bookmarks to hand out. Stay tuned for more details.
As always, thanks for being here, and have an excellent week.
A tiny clockwork timer chimes with the high, broken tone of a porcelain bell, and Selen removes her new arm from its shallow basin of water. Beneath its dripping, articulated ceramic plates, two roots of living green wood stretch out with a blind will. They find the scar where Selen’s flesh ends, two inches below her elbow on the left side. It doesn’t hurt when they constrict around the stump—some laboratorial sorcery of botanical drugs and interstellar dust—but Selen’s stomach still churns with sudden vertigo, and her nerves prickle as the roots find them and connect. Two more plates snap closed around them, hiding both roots and scars from view.
Happy Labor Day! In honor of workers past and present, I hope you find some rest today.
Because I don’t have enough projects (ignore the stacks of notes and half-finished drafts; those are my emotional support works in progress), I’m starting something new on Instagram (you can also see it on my Facebook page). My friend and collaborator Brooke started a project called #tarotember last year, wherein each day of September is focused on a different tarot card or suit. Last year, she painted the majority of her deck, the Figuratively Speaking Tarot, while I took some moody pictures and made a playlist.
This year’s Tarotember prompts
This year, I am introducing the universe for a new and as-yet-untitled project, a space opera set in a galaxy of warring kingdoms and palace intrigue, psychic pilot-knights and lost alien civilizations, and also queer romance and tarot themes! The first chapter, titled “The Knight of Ships,” will release on October 1, after the challenge concludes (and one day before Bitchcraft Fair Milwaukee!). Eventually, this project will be both a book and an accompanying deck, currently titled the Tarot of the Gates. Brooke has painted a few cards for it already, and while she works on other projects, I’m creating placeholder graphics for the challenge. Each day reveals more about the setting, so follow me on Instagram and/or Facebook for some new sci-fi/fantasy goodness.
Don’t worry, I am not abandoning any of my other projects! A new chapter of Journey to the Water will release tomorrow on Patreon, and the latest chapter of The Book of the New Moon Door will appear here on the blog on Wednesday. Also, in case you missed it, Episode 6 of The Well Below the Valley is available on Patreon as of September 1, and you can read a free preview here.
As a final note, Shepard is six months old today, and just as cute as ever:
A rare moment when she’s sitting still enough for a picture.
I think that’s all for this week! Thanks for being here.
This week, the first week of 2022, I’ll have the new chapter of Journey to the Water up on Patreon tomorrow, and here on the blog on Friday. I should have an update on Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea‘s progress by the end of the week.
I’ll also be on Twitch tonight! My husband/streaming partner wants to play Jedi: Fallen Order this evening.
If you’re interested, I’m trying to stay engaged with social media by doing a one-card tarot reading every day on Instagram.
I think that’s it for today. I’ll be back soon with more updates.
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