Rough sketch with green lines on a white background. A character is leaning forward on something that hasn't been drawn yet, with their hands clasped together at the right side of the drawing. Their face, looking towards the viewer with a sort of surprised and concerned expression, is round. The character wears a headscarf that drapes off to the right side of the frame, while bits of very coiled hair stick out at the temples. The back of the hair is roughly drawn in to evoke a short, loose Afro style. The character's right shoulder, which is facing the viewer, is roughly colored in with a golden-yellow to indicate that the joint will be made of gold in the final piece.

I’m working on a new setting that’s taken over my brain. Can’t talk much about it right now, because I might be getting at least a short story published in the setting at some point. I’m at least going to try submitting it in appropriately-themed magazines, anyway.

But yeah, this character is currently unnamed, and I’m trying to flesh out what they’re like and how they fit into the bigger story going on. The important bit to know for future reference is that they’re an Archivist — a person who works for the Archives of the Dead. Their job takes them away from the Archives for research, sometimes for years at a time. But something is different when they come back this time around, and getting to the bottom of it is going to be Interesting, to say the least.

I know I haven’t updated my blog here in quite a while, mental health has been kicking my ass. Still, I thought it’d be worth posting something to show that I’m still around. I’m also active on Bluesky! I updated my social media widgets in the top menu bar (upper right corner, next to the dark mode toggle and search icons) since Bluesky is the only place I’m currently active on social media. Join me there, it’s pretty nice actually.

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