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Dylan ⭐️ @dtpowell.bsky.social · 20h

Testing new marker brushes & textures in Procreate with this figure sketch!
#art #sketch #procreate

Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 5d

Once again, my debut novel is now available in paperback format and is free to read for Kindle Unlimited subscribers!

If you like dark fantasy, be sure to give it a read!

Link to purchase below:
a.co/d/bBiqTce

#booksky #newreleases #darkfantasy #urbanfantasy #indieauthors #kindleunlimited

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 6d

Some quick and dirty portrait practice to keep from getting rusty.

#art #artsky #drawing #portraits #procreateart #digitalart #characterart

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 6d

Me: "Geez, why am I so tired and lethargic?"

Also me: *Stays up until 3 AM playing video games/working on book writing.

#writingcommunity #writesky

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 6d

My debut novel, Specters: Echoes of Despair, is now available for purchase in paperback format!

Link to purchase on Amazon: a.co/d/4CYZd3Y

#booksky #writingcommunity #indieauthors #fantasybooks #darkfantasy #urbanfantasy #literaryfiction #writingandbooks #newreleases

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Dylan ⭐️ @dtpowell.bsky.social · 7d

✏️ Some recent life portraits I did at the Manifest Drawing Center!
#art #illustration #portrait

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 10d

About halfway through the first draft of my second book project.

This piece is quite a bit shorter than my last novel, Specters, but it is shaping up quite nicely.

#writingcommunity #booksky #WIP #indieauthors #writingandbooks #writing

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 11d

Me telling my friend about my next novel:

"Oh yeah, this project won't be as dark and depressing as my last one... It'll be darker!" 😀

#writingcommunity #booksky #writingandbooks #indieauthors #writing

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 12d

Positive Affirmations in 2025:

"This is fine."

"Everything is fine."

"Keep saying everything is fine, and everything will be fine."

#mentalhealthhumor #positiveaffirmations #memes #comedy

a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in front of a fire with the words this is fine .

ALT: a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in front of a fire with the words this is fine .

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Dylan ⭐️ @dtpowell.bsky.social · 12d

🎴Politoed Hanafuda!
#pokemon #art #fanart #illustration

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 14d

It's a dark fantasy coming-of-age story, loosely modeled after the five stages of grief, that follows someone who can see ghosts made of human despair after a near-death experience as a child.

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 14d

I just released my first ever novel, so ask me anything!

#booksky #writingcommunity #indieauthors #darkfantasy #urbanfantasy #fantasybooks #ama #askmeanything #reading #writing

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 14d

My debut novel, Specters: Echoes of Despair, is available for free to Kindle Unlimited Subscribers!

#booksky #writesky #writinandbooks #indieauthors #literaryfiction #kindleunlimited #fantasy #darkfantasy #urbanfantasy #newreleases #reading

www.amazon.com/Specters-Ech...

Specters: Echoes of Despair

Amazon.com: Specters: Echoes of Despair eBook : Emond, Michael, Colby, Scott: Kindle Store

www.amazon.com

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 15d

Thank you! I designed it myself.

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 15d

My debut novel, "Specters: Echoes of Despair" is available now on Amazon!

#booksky #writingcommunity #writinandbooks #fantasy #darkfantasy #literaryfiction #indieauthors #newreleases #urbanfantasy

www.amazon.com/dp/B0D4F796P...

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 19d

I worked on some poetry to work through some of these chaotic thoughts as of late, and I thought I would share what I wrote, as is my First Amendment right.

#writingcommunity #writesky #poetry #booksky #poems #writingandbooks

Wake up to this dystopian fiction brought to life,
Wonder if I’ll make it through this ongoing hellscape alive.
Hear the screams of reason as she’s forced onto her knees,
Beaten senseless by masked agents in all their sadistic glee,
She’s bound and gagged while their cruelty thrives.

Scream into the void while surrounded by misery,
An echo chamber of hate and anger that feeds into this endless tragedy.
Sustained on nothing but sweet nothings and empty promises,
So many go insane as they throw themselves into the abyss.
It’s all according to plan based on their goddamn hypocrisy.

Damned if I do… Damned if I don’t…
Silence feels as suffocating as a punch to the throat.
I’ve long since run out of fucks to give,
Peeling back the rotting flesh on this pig carcass wearing fresh ruby red lipstick,
Revealing the putrid decay that long since festered underneath.

In my hand, I hold a red spider lily.
Conformity was never in the cards for me.
If truth and honesty are a sin, leave me to die,
Because my very existence is already a crime.
This flower will mark the grave for freedom’s demise

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Dylan ⭐️ @dtpowell.bsky.social · 19d

Heatmor composition sketch! 🔥
#pokemon #fanart #art #sketch

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 21d

Speaking as someone who was diagnosed at age 5, remind me to print on a T-shirt:

"I'd rather be autistic than a dipshit fascist."

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 23d

Flailing around trying to format an ebook document properly was a fun way to find out that I apparently suck at handling a word processor. 🙃

Call me a corkscrew, because I am spiraling.

#writingcommunity #booksky #writesky #writingandbooks #indieauthors

a cartoon dog is sitting at a table in front of a fire with the words it 's fine everything is fine

ALT: a cartoon dog is sitting at a table in front of a fire with the words it 's fine everything is fine

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 24d

Once again, I'm a big believer in making characters "suffer for the sake of plot."

#writingcommunity #booksky #bookskyvids #writingmemes #bookmemes #memes #writingandbooks

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 24d

Book cover designed, ISBNs purchased and all I have to do is one final comb over of my ebook doc.

I’ll be set to release my debut novel VERY soon.

#booksky #writingcommunity #writesky #indieauthors #fantasy #darkfantasy #urbanfantasy #fiction

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · 27d

Trying to prep my debut novel for publication, and I am getting my ass beat by formatting and final proofreading.

The horrors persist, but so do I.

#booksky #writesky #writingcommunity #writingandbooks #indieauthors #literaryfiction

a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in front of a fire with the words this is fine .

ALT: a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in front of a fire with the words this is fine .

media.tenor.com

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Dylan ⭐️ @dtpowell.bsky.social · Sep 13

Mega Delphox sketch! 🧹
#pokemon #fanart #art #sketch

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · Sep 8

Finished making the prelim book flat for my debut novel.

I'm really happy with how it turned out.

(The grey spot is the placeholder for the ISBN label.)

#writesky #booksky #indieauthors #art #design #typography #indieauthors #darkfantasy #writingcommunity #urbanfantasy #fantasybooks

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Michael Emond @vinegarmichael.bsky.social · Sep 8

#writesky #writingcommunity #booksky #writingandbooks #poems #poetry

Once again, I am trapped in this same old routine.
I hate how I’m always stuck on the ground.
My frustrated sigh is carried off on the autumn wind,
Just yet another ambient sound in the world’s chaotic symphony.

Hey, lil sparrow singing by my windowsill.
What’s it like to fly?
Because I’m so sick of standing still while staring up at the sky.
I need a fresh perspective,
So tell me how the world looks in your eyes.

I remember when you came to see me that day,
A sad melody tied to a sepia-stained memory.
Precious and warm as the color gold,
It was only a moment, barely a frame on the world’s silver screen,
But still, I wouldn’t trade it for anything.

Hey, lil sparrow.
I was so sad to see you leave that day,
I wish that I also got to fly away.
So as my words are carried off into the wind’s song,
I ask you one single thing.

Fly into the sky, bold and free,
Soar for both you and me.
Live that dream that for me will always be a fantasy

Hey, lil Sparrow,
I’m so glad that you came.

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