Friends in Low Places
Posted on August 28th, 2025
A new Consulting Magic short story is out now! Friends in Low Places is the 5th short story in this universe, and is set after the 4th novel, A Flutter of Fae.
Con and Old Sprout drop in for an unexpected visit during tea time, and they bring an unusual mystery for Alex and Julian to solve. In the course of their investigation, Julian and Alex get to explore the forest around the Source, meet some of the local fae, and consult with Cody. They solve the mystery and catch the culprit and put everything to rights just in time to spoil the kittens.
Categories: Series and Books, Words Words Words
Tags: book, consulting magic
May 2025 Sketch Cards
Posted on July 29th, 2025
After doing June in June, we finally have May in July! If that’s confusing, think how I feel trying to keep track.
- SaraBeth asked for a cherry custard tart from Diffidence and the Rift, and gets a bonus leaf-plate with it. (sold)
- Jefferson prompted “bird talk!” and gets, well, this joke. (sold)
- Eric prompted “olo” which is a new color made by lasers, and I went kinda abstract with it since I had a watercolor bookmark laying around for reasons. (sold)
- Amy B asked for a skrungle and she has received. (sold)
- JoVE asked for “dawn chorus” and gets some little brown birds at dawn in rather abstracted trees.
- Rhonda wanted some spring flowers, so have a little breath of the cooler, better previous season.
- Kelly gets not only purple but also an experiment gone wrong, done experimentally on both sides of this translucent yupo. (sold)
- Lila asked for something with hockey and trees, so here’s the after-practice pond waiting for someone to come back and play. (sold)
- Rebecca S asked for Space Whales and so here are the purrgil from Star Wars.
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Completed Commissions, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Tentacles, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: amy b, cat, crow, eric, flower, jefferson, jove, kelly, lila, pen and ink, rebecca s, rhonda, sarabeth, star wars, trees, watercolor
Consulting Magic 1 & 2 on Audio
Posted on July 22nd, 2025
The wonderful Tantor Media, a division of RB Media, have very kindly licensed my Consulting Magic series for audio!
My audiobook guy (official title) has been a joy to work with, and this whole process is great. Go enjoy them so I can convince them to make more of my books into audio for you (and me)!
It’s the same narrator, Keval Shah, for all 4 books, so it’ll all feel very consistent.
I found him delightful for the small amount I heard – it turns out that listening to my own words read by someone else makes me want to jump out a window to make it stop, so, I didn’t get far.
- The Courtship of Julian St. Albans – available now!
- The Apprenticeship of Julian St. Albans – available now!
- The Guardianship of Julian St. Albans – audio publication date is 9/30/2025
- A Flutter of Fae – audio publication date is 10/21/2025
The shorts are included with the novels, so you’ll get the whole story with no gaps left by missing related works! I for one think that was very cool of them.
Categories: Floating Gallery
Tags: audiobook, consulting magic
June 2025 Patreon Sketches
Posted on June 29th, 2025
You may have noticed that May is conspicuously absent, and that’s because I did the wrong month’s prompts, whoops. May’s will be next month, promise!
- Eric asked for Han, Lando, and/or Hondo, and Hondo Ohnaka won the impromptu housemate poll so here he is. (sold)
- Jeff prompted “purple prank” and got a purple-ized version of my favorite internet joke. He’s no stranger to love, you guys. (sold)
- Amy B asked for some kind of critter and fortunately or unfortunately, this little cookie thief is what happened.
- Shannon asked for a yelling Stellar’s Jay, and I’m pretty happy with how this little guy turned out. I considered filling up the space with swear words, which is what I assume they yell, but decided against it.
- Rebecca S prompted “Magic,” and I decided to do some tea serving itself. You know, magically.
- Kelly asked for some wildflowers, and got this assortment of random purple blooms. And a bee butt, just because.
- It’s SaraBeth’s birthday this month, and she asked for something fun! And, uh, well. I had fun. The cat, not so much. (sold)
- Jo suggested camping in the rain, and I decided I wanted the dreary storm outside and a warm glow coming from inside the tent.
For the record, if you were to follow my Patreon (there’s a free option!), you’d also get a cat pic with this post.
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Completed Commissions, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, People, Figures and Faces, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: amy b, bird, cat, copic marker, eric, jefferson, jove, kelly, pen and ink, rebecca s, rick astley, sarabeth, shannon, star wars, tea, watercolor
Diffidence and the Rift
Posted on May 23rd, 2025
Diffidence Obedience Atonement Smythe is a grad student who prefers to never use his full name. Ever. He’s finishing a Ph.D. in Extemporaneous Magic, and his research project for his dissertation is closing the Rift between worlds that he accidentally opened when he was thirteen. Obviously, caffeine is an important part of his life.
Ergi Thusol-Von Klempt is a half-orc who works in the infamous Goblin Market, selling magical pastries to those who need them – or, in Diff’s case, just want them. He’s got bubblegum-pink hair, lovely lilac skin, and a smile like sunshine, at least if you ask Diff. Ergi is intrigued by his frazzled, but handsome, frequent customer.
The Goblin Market is a magical space that anyone can find if they truly need it, and most people visit once or twice if at all. Diff is there several times a week as he untangles the layered mysteries of the Rift, and has had years to develop his crush on Ergi.
In this cozy urban fantasy, Diff and Ergi find some solutions to life’s problems in the Market, along with the courage to talk to each other.
Diff might even find a future beyond the Rift that has consumed over a decade of his life.
Tags: m/m romance, half-orc/human, crushes to lovers, open-door spice, found family, unusual magic, fiber arts, lots of tea, this book will make you hungry
Available May 29th on Amazon – preorder today!!
Categories: Sale Post, Words Words Words
Tags: book, goblin market
March 2025 Patron Sketches
Posted on April 30th, 2025
Confession, I did these by accident last month, but here they are today!
- Not a request! Just a tree sunset kinda thing, per my usual ouevre
- Eric asked for Mustang and got a sad wet version of Roy from FMA:B
- Amy B requested raccoons and got this trio of trash pandas
- Jefferson prompted “chaos” and that’s exactly what he got (sold)
- Rey asked for “Facts Matter” for what I think are obvious reasons, so I went with word art in soothing neutrals (sold)
- Kelly wanted a cheetah and I was just feeling the emoji style
- SaraBeth asked for a guillotine, power to the people
- And finally some twilight and a weird tree I saw on my trip
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Completed Commissions, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, People, Figures and Faces, Pretty Words, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: amy b, cat, copic marker, eric, fmab, jefferson, kelly, pen and ink, rey, sarabeth, tree, watercolor
100 Cats no.91-100
Posted on April 22nd, 2025
And here we have the finale, the last 10 cats in this months-long project. Thanks for coming on this journey with me!
“Peek,” 3.5″x2.5″ watercolor on paper (sold)
“Flop,” 6″x4″ watercolor on paper
“Ball,” 6″x6″ watercolor and ink on paper
“Cylon,” 2.5″x3.5″ pen & ink and copic marker on paper (sold)
“Vulture,” 3.5″x2.5″ watercolor on paper (nfs)
“Whelmed,” 5″x7″ watercolor, ink, and acrylic on paper
“Weirdo,” 3.5″x2.5″ acrylic on paper (sold)
“Problem,” 3.5″x2.5″ acrylic on paper (sold)
“Regal,” 6″x8″ watercolor, ink, and acrylic on paper
“Liquid,” 8″x8″ watercolor and acrylic ink on paper
And that’s it! If there’s any of these you love that aren’t marked as sold, they might still be around for purchase — just drop me a line!
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Completed Commissions, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: 100 cats, 100cats, acrylic, acrylic ink, cat, copic marker, for sale, nfs, pen and ink, sold, watercolor
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