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Valerie Herron
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PNW based illustrator of the mythological, the macabre, and the absurd.
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Penny has a less impressive collection of names. Cat’s actual name: Pennywise Cat goes by: Penny Additional Names: Panini

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Cat’s actual name: Hilbert Additional names: Hilby Hilberto Hilberto (silent H) Hiblet Hillbilly Hilbo Baggins Buddy Fluffy Buddy Mr. Buddy Dr. Mr. Buddy Air Bud GET OUT OF THE FUCKING TRASH Professor Buddy Death from Above

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It's amazing to me that "criticizing the use of AI" is supposedly classism, but "building a product on the stolen work of people with a median annual income of $25k and refusing to compensate them because you know they can't afford lawyers" isn't.

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Spending my sick time messing around with acrylics. Acrylics are weird.

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1) Got the following comment on a rejection a while back, and it sums up the difficulty of getting published almost perfectly, IMO. "An 8, while we're looking for 9s and 10s." Yep. That's what you're up against. Writing an 8 sometimes isn't good enough. #WritingCommunity

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I still refuse to acknowledge the irony of being a hermit who can't stop buying niche tabletop games that require multiple people to play.

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Valerie Herron
@nycticoraxval.bsky.social
PNW based illustrator of the mythological, the macabre, and the absurd.
33 followers38 following29 posts