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Wheee thank you!

3. What were your top 5 books of the year?

Fiction, in no particular order because this is already tough:

The Lamb, Lucy Rose

Cry to Heaven, Anne Rice

Sky Daddy, Kate Folk

Bat Eater & Other Names for Cora Zeng, Kylie Lee Baker

Idle Grounds, Krystelle Bamford

Nonfiction, again in no order:

Entangled Life, Merlin Sheldrake

The Wager, David Grann

What It's Like to Be a Bird, David Allen Sibley

Chanterelle Dreams, Aminita Nightmares, Greg Marlet

Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, Carlo Rovelli

7. What was your average GoodReads rating? Does it seem accurate?

3.1, which sounds about right. I went through some slumps where I needed just super mid paperback thrillers.

11. What was your favorite book that has been out for awhile, but you just now read?

Tampa, by Alissa Nutting. It took me awhile to tackle that kind of vibe and commit to it, but I was instantly hooked once I did start.

16. What is the most over-hyped book you read this year?

The Teller of Small Fortunes, by Julie Leong. Actually, my entire book club agreed on this one-- it is possible for cozy fantasy to be too cozy.

New Doll Alert!

A Clan of Two will be available to order when commissions reopen on April 1st!

These are all the art requests I put together over the last few days. ♥ They were a great time! Want to thank @solas-disapproves, @dragonbunneri, @lapaduza, @iggika, and @curiousthimble for letting me draw their lovely OCs. 

Thanks for the ask, @curiousthimble! These were fun <3 

What's your favorite onstage experience?

Oooh, that’s a good question. I would say playing Clorinda, Cinderella’s evil stepsister. She’s such a departure of from my day-to-day personality, and a great opportunity to be comedic/funny. She was just so over-the-top and ridiculously dramatic. 

Favorite/least favorite costume worn in a performance?

Favorite: The 1750s gown I wore as the Countess Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro). It was amethyst velvet with black lace sleeves and stomacher. I wore jet jewelry with it.

Least Favorite: tied between the wimples and veils from a production of Suor Angelica I was in (I was a nun), or the page boy I played in Rigoletto. For Suor, the wimples were so tight, none of us could open our mouths to sing. And the veils were made of thick, heavy material that continually pulled the wimples back and choked you. So... yeah. That wasn’t fun. Costume department switched those out for lighter veils and we were fine. 

For Rigoletto, the director wanted me to look like a boy, and, well... several ACE bandages later (we didn’t have a binder), my bosom still showed. Between that and the horribly itchy wig, I couldn’t wait to get offstage! :)

If you could travel anywhere with unlimited funds, but you could only go to one country, where would you go?

Italy, to visit my family. I miss them a lot.

What can you hear right now?

This was a cool question, actually. I can hear:

My Dad’s TV in the next room. He’s flip-flopping between a WW2 documentary and a barbeque show. The dichotomy and sheer randomness is amusing.

My music. Currently ‘Renfri’s Theme’ from the Witcher

For Writer Wip Asks

I'm currently writing the next chapter to my BG3 story.

🧡: what were previous working titles/ideas?

None actually - I am a terrible chaotic gremlin that writes in “untitled document” until I have a final title.

💔: give a brief character bio of your 3-5 MCs

Kara Argith is my main character. She is a Lolth-sworn Drow that has never left the Underdark before the events of BG3 before. Ruthless to a point, definitely has a cruel streak but was ultimately never ambitious or cruel enough to actually make it far in drow society - much to her mother’s eternal disappointment. It, for the first time, learning that things don’t have to be a certain way and she can make her own choices.

Astation is a vampire spawn that has escaped a rather sadistic master. Comes from a noble background and brings with him a wonderful mix of superiority complex, deep-seated hurts, and control issues, and a chaotic evil energy that is both highly entertaining and hilarious.

💘: give us a huge spoiler

It includes a hilarious scene where Kara is taking a bath in a river and despite her obvious teasing he can not join her because of the whole “vampires and running water” thing.