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Jess Owen
@authorjessowen.bsky.social
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Hello there! I'm Jess & I write noblebright fantasy and optimistic contemporary YA!
Fantasy Books: jessowen.com
Contemporary Books: authorjessicakara.com
Extras: patreon.com/authorjessowen
Etsy (for signed books!): https://www.etsy.com/shop/authorjessowen
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Jess Owen @authorjessowen.bsky.social · Dec 30
Fair winds! If you’ve clicked my profile you will find I’m an author and artist, working in multiple genres and styles with a gentle disdain for the algorithm 😌
My flagship series is the Summer King Chronicles—a young adult coming-of-age fantasy adventure… with gryfons!
An image of the five main titles in the Summer King Chronicles by Jess E. Owen. Title lettering in an ornate frame appears above the books, and a line from a five star review reads: “I’m sitting here, wondering how to put my newfound love for this series into words.” the whole image is set against a snowy mountainous backdrop illuminated by an aurora borealis. That image is from the cover artwork for the book “A Shard of Sun,” and was painted by Jennifer Miller aka Nambroth.
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You don’t understand what this does for my soul 🥹
superboy.bsky.social 🐺 LYCANSPRITES @superboy.bsky.social · 10h
🌄 What's true for you doesn't have to be true forever...

#SongOfTheSummerKing #SKC #SummerKingChronicles #Gryphon #Wolf
A digital illustration of a woodland scene from Song of the Summer King. A red wolf, Catori, is raising a skeptical look from the far background, looking forward at a gray gryphon in the foreground. The gray gryphon looks hostile.
November 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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#OfAshesAndStarlight page 62. Comic updates weekly on mondays on FA, Bsky, Patreon, and the OAAS website https://www.oaascomic.com/.
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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After the Autumn Rain 🍂

#kidtlitart
#illustration
#watercolor
#gouache
watercolor and gouache painting of two kids sitting in the branch of an oversized tree waiting for the last of the rain to stop while one child collects water in a giant leaf
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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If you’re looking for a Christmas book I illustrated 🎄🐰❤️

Lots of cute animals✨
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/lynn-...
If I Could Give You Christmas
This sweet story about animal parents and children reminds readers of the best part of Christmas—sharing beautiful songs, special stories, fun games, and f...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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MY DEARS just a reminder I work a couple day jobs and have limited shipping windows. If you have Gryfon holiday needs, please get your orders in asap for December 15th so they can arrive in a timely fashion 💜🤗

www.etsy.com/shop/authorj...
A stack of four hardback books against a forest background; The Sumer King Chronicles series by Jess E. Owen.
November 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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“THE NON-ARTIST FIXATION ON HYPERREALISM AS THE PINNACLE OF ART IS CLEARLY PART OF THE REASON SO MANY ADULTS THINK THEY CANNOT DRAW OR CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE FAILURES, KAWAII, FOLK ART, DOODLES, OR OTHER EASIER ENTRY POINTS ARE CONSIDERED CHILDISH, WHICH IS WHY JAPANESE DRAWING BOOKS ARE BETTER…”
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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MY DEARS just a reminder I work a couple day jobs and have limited shipping windows. If you have Gryfon holiday needs, please get your orders in asap for December 15th so they can arrive in a timely fashion 💜🤗

www.etsy.com/shop/authorj...
A stack of four hardback books against a forest background; The Sumer King Chronicles series by Jess E. Owen.
November 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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As posted in a few servers and was alerted to this picture earlier today: What they said. DO NOT FILL IT OUT, it is there to fuck with your artist peers and yourself, they (paypal) can and will abuse this and steal your money by banning your account
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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This is why I wrote “Don’t Ask If I’m Okay”!

Not this meme specifically ;) but the statements therein.
❤️‍🩹🐺💙

refrag.bsky.social Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 5d
Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.

Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
November 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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PSA for any Apub authors whose books are in the Anthropic settlement list: Amazon is not participating in the settlement, since they have an investment in Anthropic. When you submit your claim form, you DO NOT have to list Amazon as an add'l rightsholder, & can claim 100% of settlement money.
November 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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New 156 page #MouseGuard Digital Sketchbook Collection! Assembling sketchbooks from 2016 - 2022 plus several pieces never collected in the sketchbooks used in the 2023 & 2024 calendars:

mouseguard.bigcartel.com/product/mouse-guard-digital-sketchbook-collection-2016-2024
November 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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One thing about me is if I say I’ll do something I’ll either do it right away or three weeks later or not at all until you remind me
November 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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It’s that time of year again — Book Angel time @oblongbooks.bsky.social ! You can come into the store to choose books for the kids in our program — or you can donate online and the booksellers will shop on your behalf. 📕 👼 📚

oblongbooks.com/bookangel
Be a Book Angel!
Provide books for a child in need with our Book Angel program! The Book Angel Program will return in 2025! Stop by our Rhinebeck store and choose a
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November 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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A great thread to start your Sunday
errantsquam.heckingsne.cc Errant (COMMS OPEN) @errantsquam.heckingsne.cc · 14d
if you see this, post your bird art 🦉

ugh i haven't drawn any New Rendered bird art in a while lol (that i can post) 😭 hello i am errant squamigera and i'm normal about bird anatomy
November 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Itz my birbday todayyy ! you are welcome to eat a carrot cake with Mallow if you arrive before he eats everythig ✨🎉
November 16, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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I’ve got recipes for spatchcocked bird, mashed potatoes and gravy, mac and cheese, and dinner rolls in my food aversion acceptance cookbook and guide COLOR TASTE TEXTURE. But I will probably never have a stuffing recipe, because nothing beats Vincent Price’s Wayside Stuffing. It’s my one must have.
November 16, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Last year for my first Thanksgiving in AoNZ we had spatchcocked roasted ducks, root veggies, mashed potatoes and gravy, and Vincent Price’s Wayside Stuffing.
A table set with two spatchcocked ducks, a bowl of roasted root veggies, a bowl of mashed potatoes, a gravy boat, and a large bowl with stuffing.
November 16, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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I feel like gryphons are having a Moment.

Or is it just because I follow the best people?
November 16, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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A very quick, rough, little sketch tonight. Still drawing daily gryphons, up to 46 consecutive days now.

#gryphonchallenge
November 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Pixels! Working on another #crossstitch #pattern, what do you all think? #gryphon #oiraon #snow #wip
A pixel art scene. A brown and tan gryphon is making a snowman resembling itself. The figures are in front of a circular background featuring snowy trees and a cloudy sky with far away figures flying in silhouettes.
November 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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I know how Orpheus felt because I Really want to lift the lid but I know the dumplings need to steam and I must have faith the simmer is gentle
November 13, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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omg frens, amazing news.. two and a half years after its release, “Don’t Ask If I’m Okay” has ‘earned out’— which means if it continues to sell then I’ll actually see royalties 🥹🥹🩷🫣🫢😭
This is a Big Deal for me personally after Furry Faux Paw floundered, and a big deal for “quiet” contemporary YA.
November 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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A jaguar in vibrant kingfisher hues..
Нестандартный покрас ягуара в палитре птички кингфишер. По джунглям где-то шарится киса..

#jaguar #art #procreate #kingfisher #cat #кот #ягуар #диджитал
September 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Write that weird little book, make that weird little painting. It was given to you for a reason and someone else needs to see it and if you don’t do it no one will
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Lights from last year.
November 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM