Emmylou Kotzรฉ, she/her, demi-bi writer of SF, F, โ๏ธ๐คromance and poetry. Editor of The Pink Hydra. Author of FOREST OF THE MORNING trilogy. Novella PARTNERS IN CRIME with OMAM Publishing out now! Proudly ๐ฟ๐ฆ. Check out my Feeds! โจโ๏ธ
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โRuptured Coreโ
Finally painted something inspired by the remains of an old redwood nearby.
Process pics, full material list, & commentary on my Patreon:
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#TraditionalArt#Painting#Fantasy
๐๐จ๐ฆ The second Artwork I made for Crossroads, Issue 2, for a piece on the murder ballad "The Twa Sisters"
๐ถ And he made a little fiddle of her breastbone
Oh, the wind & rain
The sound could melt a heart of stone
Crying oh the dreadful wind & rain ๐ถ
Okay, it's out now so I can share!
One of the Artworks I made for the Crossroads Folk Horror zine, Issue 2: The Devil Has the Best Tunes
Watercolor on Arches ๐๐จ๐ฆ
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#WritingPrompt
Cover by me, typo by Bjorn Larssen.
Disaster young man Spencer addicted to self-destruction and his traumatized bodyguard Duncan go from hate to whatever the fuck! the fuck are we doing even... Sex and... Fuck!
On KU.
Of course for today's #LitHodgepodge I have to present a two-character unitโฆ
What do you think these cosmic rivals destined to fight each other in every life will next reincarnate as!? ๐ฅฐ
Catching up with #TROPRewatch in my own time and I came back to the Feed just to grind my personal axe about how I DON'T think Theo is going to end up falling to the dark / becoming a Ringwraith. ๐
Spoken about this before and Estrid is the shady one in that storyline. ๐
Plus, I think there's...
end up mentoring Isildur's son (if they reach that far in the series, here's hoping)
Only time will tell whether the showrunners agree with me, of course. ๐
(While I'm here, I also gotta say: there's something shady up with Celeborn's return. I don't trust this triumphant love story they seem...
Catching up with #TROPRewatch in my own time and I came back to the Feed just to grind my personal axe about how I DON'T think Theo is going to end up falling to the dark / becoming a Ringwraith. ๐
Spoken about this before and Estrid is the shady one in that storyline. ๐
Plus, I think there's...
a reason they keep putting Theo in close contact with Elves and gave him Galadriel's effin sword. AND I think there's a reason beyond his friendship with Isildur that's more than just giving the actors something to do.
I'm gonna put it out there... I think Theo might become the first Ranger and...
โAncient Bridgeโ, gouache & coloured pencil
The original is available and so are fine arts prints!
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Made a fantasy portrait of my kitty Teyo for Trekellโs pet portrait contest. I always use the contest as a chance to explore and play- this one was a lot of fun to imagine! He is talking to a wind spirit here. #watercolor#petportrait
๐๐๐ซQueer & trans* SFF poets: share your work pub'd this September!
Drop the title/link for your recent poetry to be included in the monthly Queer Spec Poetry Roundup on Stardust & Verse!
Originals & reprints welcome; feel free to interpret queer/trans* and speculative broadly.
Shares appreciated!
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Dreamscapes in acrylagouache & coloured pencil โจ
Available as postcards: lindenshieldarts.com
(and on demand as larger fine arts prints)
#TraditionalArt#Painting
#WIPSnip game!
*grimaces* So I haven't actually written much this week... or the week before... etc, but this is from the chapter I'm technically "writing" at the moment!
My book's *OTHER* antagonist is the secret one, but this guy... Yeah.
CW FOR DISCUSSION OF SEXUAL SLAVERY
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Okay letโs play a #WIPSnip game!
Find a snippet from your current WIP, preferably written this week, where your Antagonist demonstrates why theyโre the main opposition to your MC!
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Is anyone doing it like THE RINGS OF POWER costume designer Kate Hawley. This show is such a Pre Raphaelite fever dream ๐๐๐
(This painting: "The Love Potion" by Evelyn de Morgan)
The Triple Strike series is officially complete at 5 books! If you've been wanting to read it, but don't like getting pretty regularly cliff-hangered, now's your chance to check it out in full!
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#WIPSnips Oct 21 - "breeze"
The wind is practically a character in this chapter where Ash & Karlan are each dealing with their unresolved feelings.
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Set your fucking clocks lads. UNLUCKY SKIN tonight.
A werewolf wreaks havoc on a Black Forest village. A young man, marked from birth, has his curiosity awoken when a wounded stranger appears in his cattle shed. As the chaos escalates, they are drawn together. But which of them has more to hide?