C Eagle Commission- Bibliophile Griffon by ~the-gneech on deviantART

Pretty much what the title says- commish for one of the nicest guys it’s been my pleasure to meet. Rock on, you aquiline dude!

-The Gneech

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Random Thought the First: I had a funny idea for a Fictionlet, but a) The original gag was somebody else's whom I don't know, and b) it's kinda raunchy, even for Brigid's ribald sensibilities. So I think I'm going to pass. I will say it involved a Toy Story fanfic in which adult toys also came to life.

Random Thought the Second: I think I need to ( Read more... )

Kamau Commission- Gryphon Crash by ~the-gneech on deviantART

October commission for my old buddy Kamau, of a scene from a story he’s working on. Recently transmuted mage Rorlyn undergoes an epic fail in a flying lesson.

-The Gneech

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Spiritwolf Commission: Alaion by ~the-gneech on deviantART

Spiritwolf’s elven monk Alaion, equipped with bracers of defense and ready to lay some smackdown.

Thanks, Lanny!

-The Gneech

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Spiritwolf Commission- Shade the Magus by ~the-gneech on deviantART

October commish (1/2) for Spiritwolf - his swashbuckling warrior-mage Shade, adding a bit of kick to his sword for this attack.

-The Gneech

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My Warcraft hunter finally hit level 60 the other night, and is now the proud owner of a griffon, which makes getting from place to place sooooooooooo much easier. No more circling around and around the labyrinthine rock walls that always seem to be right between me and where I want to go, now I just give a whistle and poof! I can go right over ( Read more... )

I am a fan of some problematic things. In fact, I'd go as far as to say many problematic things. When I stop to examine it, it's actually kind of daunting. Just for starters...

Robert E. Howard: Huge racism problems. Huge misogyny problems. Usually not hatred so much as ignorance and constant "othering," but occasionally quite nasty.

H.P. ( Read more... )

Diversity in “the fandom” (by which I mean a broad umbrella term that encompasses SF, fantasy, comics, conventions, and such related geeky pursuits) is a big issue lately, which is an awesome thing. But it’s one of those things which, because it involves human beings, tends to be complex and confusing at times.

I’m thinking just this moment of John ( Read more... )

A lot of stuff has happened this week and is continuing to happen; not that you'd know it from reading this journal, of course, because I have been too busy doing stuff to post about it. But I'm attempting to rectify that now.

Let's do the good stuff first! As you may or may not know, lythandra's birthday is in just a few days, and to that end, we splurged ( Read more... )

I didn’t talk about it much on Friday because I wanted it to sink in a little first; but on Friday I was informed that my job in its current form would cease to exist at the end of September.

So, yeah. Not a surprise, if you’ve been following the saga of my transition to pro writer, but still A Thing. I had hoped to have a nice, easy transition ( Read more... )