Ami Greko: I’ve noticed at readings that you seem to have some pretty epic tattoos—are there any that you’d be willing to share the story behind?
Tamora Pierce: Oh, not epic. I have cat tracks (my cats walk all over me), a badger paw print, and crow tracks (I love crows, and I cared for a baby before I handed him over to rehabilitators one year). I had the 1970s feminist symbol that seems to be coming back in style, the Venus symbol with a clenched fist in the circle. I have the Egyptian feather of truth, which is weighed against your heart to determine if your soul is too heavy with bad deeds to go on to the afterworld. I have a spiral, both for Winding Circle and for the journey: from birth to death, from darkness to light, and from ignorance to knowledge.
And I have Mr. Fear, who’s a big screamy face in profile with a yellow eyeball and a spiky thing around his ear to the top of his head and under his chin back and up over his head. He’s for all the loudmouths in the media who want you to be afraid of everything, so when I get tired of their yammering I just mash his face against the table and say, “Shut up.” Or he’s all of my fears, and I do the same thing. Or if somebody drives past me when I’m driving, honking at me and flipping me off, I just show that person Mr. Fear. Usually they just go away after that.
Goodreads | Tamora Pierce (Author of Alanna) September, 2013
AHHH, the writer of the Alanna series answered my question about tattoos!
I've really been Jonesing for more Brother Monster posts. I'd be Kite appreciative if you would talk about it more! Then again, maybe I should reread the old posts first, to make sure there are no clues or theories I'm Miss N.
mr.jones and miss n HIGHLY APPROVE OF THESE PUNS. mr.kite, on the other hand…
It’s midnight and already October 1st, so hereby I start OC October by sharing a doodle of a really old OC of mine, a cheerful adventurer by the name of Flame. (here’s a super old doodle of him)
You have to understand, when I created this guy I was barely out of my tweens and very new to storytelling. Flame’s design was cheesy and his story was badly written and all over the place in terms of genre. He is incredibly important to me, however, because he was my first attempt at creating a complex character - his story was that he used to be a terrible criminal who realized far too late that he regretted all of the things he had done, and desperate to somehow redeem himself, he undertook a magical procedure that changed him into something called a Prophecy. Prophecies were human-shaped shells for…well, actual prophecies, and their life was very short, given that when they were read by the person they were made for, the prophecy inside of them would be extinguished and they would die.
Flame was an incredibly cheerful, seemingly idiotic rascal of a guy who dragged the other main character of his story through all sorts of amazing adventures. He had a very serious and dangerous side to him, though, which showed itself when he was in danger, and at times he was very cold and cruel to those standing in his way.
Flame is a seriously old character, but to this day I still have a soft spot in my heart for him. Without him, I don’t think I would’ve kept going in my attempts to create better stories and better characters, so he really is the start of so many wonderful creative things that I’ve made in my life.
Guess who’s going up as my computer desktop tonight?
(Level up!)
(life is a garden, not a road. we enter and exit through the same gate. wandering, where we go matters less than what we notice.)
An 8tracks mix for Camilla Lloyd of The Human Game fame - she is a very determined and powerful young woman who relies more on her actions than her words. Her mix mostly features songs that are somewhat distant in tone, with voices that mix together and seem shapeless in their form.
Here is the list of songs in this mix under the cut:
(On Tarnished Coast, if you’re ever looking’ for me!)
i am downloading guild wars 2 (which has now been released as FREE TO PLAY) and am seriously considering making a Mr. Kite Norn with a Raven as his Spirit of the Wild please send help
Cancel on Casual Friday/BroMon & Human Game peeps go to an amusement park/Go paranormal teenage romance/Monsterhearts style. Draw the HG characters as a bunch of awkward teenage monsters (you decide what Monster they are).
Because I like giving people options.
honestly send me your ridiculous and overly adorable human game aus and ideas and i’ll try to draw them it’ll be great and this offer stays open forever