Ann LeBlanc
@robotleblanc.bsky.social
Writer, Editor, Woodworker. www.annleblanc.com
Stories in Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons, Apparition Lit.
Stories in Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons, Apparition Lit.
last potato harvest of the season
November 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
last potato harvest of the season
I'm thrilled to see EMBODIED EXEGESIS included in this amazing list of transfem literature! This is some incredible company to be in!!!
November 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I'm thrilled to see EMBODIED EXEGESIS included in this amazing list of transfem literature! This is some incredible company to be in!!!
I made a crumb-catching cutting board for cutting bread.
Made with cherry, hard maple, and poplar (all scrap wood left over from other projects)
Made with cherry, hard maple, and poplar (all scrap wood left over from other projects)
October 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I made a crumb-catching cutting board for cutting bread.
Made with cherry, hard maple, and poplar (all scrap wood left over from other projects)
Made with cherry, hard maple, and poplar (all scrap wood left over from other projects)
I am a *happy camper*
July 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I am a *happy camper*
I'm going to be at Readercon this weekend! Please say hello and/or ask me about woodworking!
July 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I'm going to be at Readercon this weekend! Please say hello and/or ask me about woodworking!
My contributor copy of 3Lobed Burning Eye, VOLUME X just arrived!
Thank you to @3lobedmag.com for publishing my academia-horror story about epistemological decay, and sandwiches.
Thank you to @3lobedmag.com for publishing my academia-horror story about epistemological decay, and sandwiches.
June 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
My contributor copy of 3Lobed Burning Eye, VOLUME X just arrived!
Thank you to @3lobedmag.com for publishing my academia-horror story about epistemological decay, and sandwiches.
Thank you to @3lobedmag.com for publishing my academia-horror story about epistemological decay, and sandwiches.
And that parasite's name?
May 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
And that parasite's name?
I use shellac to finish wood furniture I make. Shellac is my favorite finish because it's easy to apply, dries in 15 minutes, and is all natural and food safe.
May 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I use shellac to finish wood furniture I make. Shellac is my favorite finish because it's easy to apply, dries in 15 minutes, and is all natural and food safe.
This is the lac bug. It leaves goop on tree branches, which humans collect, boil, then stretch out into thin sheets which dry. The resulting flakes can then be melted in 190 proof alcohol to create shellac.
Shellac is used as beautiful finish for wood, and also as coatings for pills & candy.
Shellac is used as beautiful finish for wood, and also as coatings for pills & candy.
May 21, 2025 at 1:01 AM
This is the lac bug. It leaves goop on tree branches, which humans collect, boil, then stretch out into thin sheets which dry. The resulting flakes can then be melted in 190 proof alcohol to create shellac.
Shellac is used as beautiful finish for wood, and also as coatings for pills & candy.
Shellac is used as beautiful finish for wood, and also as coatings for pills & candy.
Today is for chamfering the table top
I underestimated how much my muscle memory wanted to make this a 45° chamfer (instead of 60°), so it took some adjustment to get the angle right. At some point I really should make a chamfering plane to help with this!
I underestimated how much my muscle memory wanted to make this a 45° chamfer (instead of 60°), so it took some adjustment to get the angle right. At some point I really should make a chamfering plane to help with this!
May 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Today is for chamfering the table top
I underestimated how much my muscle memory wanted to make this a 45° chamfer (instead of 60°), so it took some adjustment to get the angle right. At some point I really should make a chamfering plane to help with this!
I underestimated how much my muscle memory wanted to make this a 45° chamfer (instead of 60°), so it took some adjustment to get the angle right. At some point I really should make a chamfering plane to help with this!
I make furniture with hand tools! I have a roubo-style workbench and a mix of vintage and new hand tools.
@loveandcrossbones.org also does some really cool woodworking with hand tools, including making guitars.
@loveandcrossbones.org also does some really cool woodworking with hand tools, including making guitars.
May 12, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I make furniture with hand tools! I have a roubo-style workbench and a mix of vintage and new hand tools.
@loveandcrossbones.org also does some really cool woodworking with hand tools, including making guitars.
@loveandcrossbones.org also does some really cool woodworking with hand tools, including making guitars.
The doweling jig was crucial for assembling this table top, the largest glue up I've ever done.
The boards were 1-1/8" thick cherry, 76"+ long. Some of them had a slight bow, end to end, so I used the dowels to force them into alignment during glue up, which will save me lots of time flattening
The boards were 1-1/8" thick cherry, 76"+ long. Some of them had a slight bow, end to end, so I used the dowels to force them into alignment during glue up, which will save me lots of time flattening
May 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The doweling jig was crucial for assembling this table top, the largest glue up I've ever done.
The boards were 1-1/8" thick cherry, 76"+ long. Some of them had a slight bow, end to end, so I used the dowels to force them into alignment during glue up, which will save me lots of time flattening
The boards were 1-1/8" thick cherry, 76"+ long. Some of them had a slight bow, end to end, so I used the dowels to force them into alignment during glue up, which will save me lots of time flattening
I think m&m's are a type of arthropod, so the shellac coating (which is derived from sticky goop produced by the wonderful lac bug) on them is their exoskeleton
April 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I think m&m's are a type of arthropod, so the shellac coating (which is derived from sticky goop produced by the wonderful lac bug) on them is their exoskeleton
while you studied the blade, I was dowelmaxxing
April 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
while you studied the blade, I was dowelmaxxing
YEA! This thread gets it!
That was the premise of my novella. We got electro-millipedes, space lampreys, cyber-catboys, and what one reader described as "the most tender and emotional post-human vore-inflation scene they've ever read."
That was the premise of my novella. We got electro-millipedes, space lampreys, cyber-catboys, and what one reader described as "the most tender and emotional post-human vore-inflation scene they've ever read."
April 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
YEA! This thread gets it!
That was the premise of my novella. We got electro-millipedes, space lampreys, cyber-catboys, and what one reader described as "the most tender and emotional post-human vore-inflation scene they've ever read."
That was the premise of my novella. We got electro-millipedes, space lampreys, cyber-catboys, and what one reader described as "the most tender and emotional post-human vore-inflation scene they've ever read."
Come hear me read from something ✨tragic✨ next week!
Feral drones, doomed love, and experimental epistolary nonsense! Also featuring my woodworking workshop in the background.
Get the zoom link here: strongwomenstrangeworlds.weebly.com
Feral drones, doomed love, and experimental epistolary nonsense! Also featuring my woodworking workshop in the background.
Get the zoom link here: strongwomenstrangeworlds.weebly.com
April 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Come hear me read from something ✨tragic✨ next week!
Feral drones, doomed love, and experimental epistolary nonsense! Also featuring my woodworking workshop in the background.
Get the zoom link here: strongwomenstrangeworlds.weebly.com
Feral drones, doomed love, and experimental epistolary nonsense! Also featuring my woodworking workshop in the background.
Get the zoom link here: strongwomenstrangeworlds.weebly.com
I found the perfect cheese to pair with Countess by @sillysyntax.bsky.social
It's got a purple rind!
It's got a purple rind!
March 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I found the perfect cheese to pair with Countess by @sillysyntax.bsky.social
It's got a purple rind!
It's got a purple rind!
Also, @domsdickey.bsky.social was brilliant as the featured reader, and you should buy their books!
www.neonhemlock.com/books/redund...
www.neonhemlock.com/books/redund...
March 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Also, @domsdickey.bsky.social was brilliant as the featured reader, and you should buy their books!
www.neonhemlock.com/books/redund...
www.neonhemlock.com/books/redund...
Made a quick cutting board organizer, with the help of this wooden dado plane.
January 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Made a quick cutting board organizer, with the help of this wooden dado plane.
ACK!! I am so thrilled that EMBODIED EXEGESIS won the award for best anthology!!!
Thank you so much to everyone who voted, and to Bethany for all the amazing hard work of creating this award.
December 31, 2024 at 4:08 PM
ACK!! I am so thrilled that EMBODIED EXEGESIS won the award for best anthology!!!
Thank you so much to everyone who voted, and to Bethany for all the amazing hard work of creating this award.
After months of work, I finally finished this desk!
This is my 2nd time using drawbored mortise-and-tenons.
This is my 2nd time using drawbored mortise-and-tenons.
December 30, 2024 at 6:55 PM
After months of work, I finally finished this desk!
This is my 2nd time using drawbored mortise-and-tenons.
This is my 2nd time using drawbored mortise-and-tenons.
That is a really nice looking fillester plane!
I have a similar one, and it's a joy to use. Amazing how fast it is at making repeatable rabbets.
Though I sometimes have trouble with the mouth getting clogged when using it cross-grain.
I have a similar one, and it's a joy to use. Amazing how fast it is at making repeatable rabbets.
Though I sometimes have trouble with the mouth getting clogged when using it cross-grain.
December 28, 2024 at 12:22 AM
That is a really nice looking fillester plane!
I have a similar one, and it's a joy to use. Amazing how fast it is at making repeatable rabbets.
Though I sometimes have trouble with the mouth getting clogged when using it cross-grain.
I have a similar one, and it's a joy to use. Amazing how fast it is at making repeatable rabbets.
Though I sometimes have trouble with the mouth getting clogged when using it cross-grain.
Dear Readers,
I am beaming transgender cheese directly into your brain.
Love,
Ann
I am beaming transgender cheese directly into your brain.
Love,
Ann
December 27, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Dear Readers,
I am beaming transgender cheese directly into your brain.
Love,
Ann
I am beaming transgender cheese directly into your brain.
Love,
Ann
I also recently got to eat Rush Creek Reserve from Uplands Cheese, and omg it was probably the most decadent thing I've had in a long time. Thank goodness I was able to share it with a bunch of friends, since it is a devour in 1 sitting type of deal.
December 24, 2024 at 3:54 PM
I also recently got to eat Rush Creek Reserve from Uplands Cheese, and omg it was probably the most decadent thing I've had in a long time. Thank goodness I was able to share it with a bunch of friends, since it is a devour in 1 sitting type of deal.