Mary E. Lowd (the cosmos’ dog)
@marylowd.bsky.social
Sci-fi/furry writer; author of Otters In Space series, Entangled Universe trilogy, etc. Editor of Zooscape & Deep Sky Anchor. (she/they)
I've created 124 songs in the last month and a half. Five soundtrack albums to accompany my short story collections, and one entirely original album.
And I've made it through the first third of NaNoWriMo... sans actual NaNoWriMo...
So, I've been keeping pretty busy.
And I've made it through the first third of NaNoWriMo... sans actual NaNoWriMo...
So, I've been keeping pretty busy.
November 12, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I've created 124 songs in the last month and a half. Five soundtrack albums to accompany my short story collections, and one entirely original album.
And I've made it through the first third of NaNoWriMo... sans actual NaNoWriMo...
So, I've been keeping pretty busy.
And I've made it through the first third of NaNoWriMo... sans actual NaNoWriMo...
So, I've been keeping pretty busy.
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Yes, it's partly that there may be unanticipated upside. But I don't think we need to know how much. It's really that this falls under the broader category of artistic freedom / freedom of expression, and we have at this point a pretty well-established history of regretting it when we restrict that.
November 7, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Yes, it's partly that there may be unanticipated upside. But I don't think we need to know how much. It's really that this falls under the broader category of artistic freedom / freedom of expression, and we have at this point a pretty well-established history of regretting it when we restrict that.
Reposted by Mary E. Lowd (the cosmos’ dog)
For the record, I would dissent on this.
There's a long history of anxiety around simulating humans. It's part of Plato's objection to writing, and it's why novel-reading has often been viewed as weakening young people's sense of reality.
But I don't think we really want laws against make-believe.
There's a long history of anxiety around simulating humans. It's part of Plato's objection to writing, and it's why novel-reading has often been viewed as weakening young people's sense of reality.
But I don't think we really want laws against make-believe.
November 7, 2025 at 3:25 AM
For the record, I would dissent on this.
There's a long history of anxiety around simulating humans. It's part of Plato's objection to writing, and it's why novel-reading has often been viewed as weakening young people's sense of reality.
But I don't think we really want laws against make-believe.
There's a long history of anxiety around simulating humans. It's part of Plato's objection to writing, and it's why novel-reading has often been viewed as weakening young people's sense of reality.
But I don't think we really want laws against make-believe.
Reposted by Mary E. Lowd (the cosmos’ dog)
They Are The Same Picture
October 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
They Are The Same Picture
“The human tendency to focus on the inconsequential to avoid focusing on the traumas at hand could be completely ridiculous at times.”
— Chimera (Parasitology Book 3) by Mira Grant
— Chimera (Parasitology Book 3) by Mira Grant
November 4, 2025 at 9:46 AM
“The human tendency to focus on the inconsequential to avoid focusing on the traumas at hand could be completely ridiculous at times.”
— Chimera (Parasitology Book 3) by Mira Grant
— Chimera (Parasitology Book 3) by Mira Grant
Reposted by Mary E. Lowd (the cosmos’ dog)
If you want to try it out, it's freely available here:
tracker.marylowd.com
It works on desktop and mobile. All you need to sign up/login is an email address to get the magic link.
tracker.marylowd.com
It works on desktop and mobile. All you need to sign up/login is an email address to get the magic link.
Word Tracker
tracker.marylowd.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:36 PM
If you want to try it out, it's freely available here:
tracker.marylowd.com
It works on desktop and mobile. All you need to sign up/login is an email address to get the magic link.
tracker.marylowd.com
It works on desktop and mobile. All you need to sign up/login is an email address to get the magic link.
Reposted by Mary E. Lowd (the cosmos’ dog)
This was partly to help @marylowd.bsky.social
track her words and partly an excuse to try out vibe coding.
I hate CSS and I don't know Javascript, so I couldn't have made this without AI. In a few hours, I had an initial prototype. Then I spent a few days iterating and creating version 2.
track her words and partly an excuse to try out vibe coding.
I hate CSS and I don't know Javascript, so I couldn't have made this without AI. In a few hours, I had an initial prototype. Then I spent a few days iterating and creating version 2.
November 1, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This was partly to help @marylowd.bsky.social
track her words and partly an excuse to try out vibe coding.
I hate CSS and I don't know Javascript, so I couldn't have made this without AI. In a few hours, I had an initial prototype. Then I spent a few days iterating and creating version 2.
track her words and partly an excuse to try out vibe coding.
I hate CSS and I don't know Javascript, so I couldn't have made this without AI. In a few hours, I had an initial prototype. Then I spent a few days iterating and creating version 2.
Reposted by Mary E. Lowd (the cosmos’ dog)
I made a thing!
Since the NaNoWriMo website is gone (RIP), I vibe-coded a NaNo-style word tracker, including many stats, UI options, and a cat picture reward for each daily milestone.
Since the NaNoWriMo website is gone (RIP), I vibe-coded a NaNo-style word tracker, including many stats, UI options, and a cat picture reward for each daily milestone.
November 1, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I made a thing!
Since the NaNoWriMo website is gone (RIP), I vibe-coded a NaNo-style word tracker, including many stats, UI options, and a cat picture reward for each daily milestone.
Since the NaNoWriMo website is gone (RIP), I vibe-coded a NaNo-style word tracker, including many stats, UI options, and a cat picture reward for each daily milestone.
I always loved the picture book “Sylvester and the Magic Pebble” as a kid. My story “Geese and Gingerbread” is kind of my homage to it, and it turned into a very nice fairy tale song:
youtu.be/TCZ9nX-RWfk?...
youtu.be/TCZ9nX-RWfk?...
Geese and Gingerbread
YouTube video by Mary E. Lowd - Topic
youtu.be
October 30, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I always loved the picture book “Sylvester and the Magic Pebble” as a kid. My story “Geese and Gingerbread” is kind of my homage to it, and it turned into a very nice fairy tale song:
youtu.be/TCZ9nX-RWfk?...
youtu.be/TCZ9nX-RWfk?...
My novella, “Commander Annie,” is very strongly inspired by a friendship breakup I went through in middle school. It was fully my first heartbreak. And there’s something just so healing about this catchy 80s-style song I’ve made to go with the story:
youtu.be/p9mt3Ke-SBI?...
youtu.be/p9mt3Ke-SBI?...
Commander Annie
YouTube video by Mary E. Lowd - Topic
youtu.be
October 30, 2025 at 3:10 AM
My novella, “Commander Annie,” is very strongly inspired by a friendship breakup I went through in middle school. It was fully my first heartbreak. And there’s something just so healing about this catchy 80s-style song I’ve made to go with the story:
youtu.be/p9mt3Ke-SBI?...
youtu.be/p9mt3Ke-SBI?...
I wrote my ultra short story, “Greatest of Them All,” at a conference about women in fantasy called Sirens. It seemed like the perfect intro to COMMANDER ANNIE AND OTHER ADVENTURES to tie the whole book together.
And now it makes a pretty little song:
youtu.be/mcxOU3ew3dQ?...
And now it makes a pretty little song:
youtu.be/mcxOU3ew3dQ?...
Greatest of Them All
YouTube video by Mary E. Lowd - Topic
youtu.be
October 29, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I wrote my ultra short story, “Greatest of Them All,” at a conference about women in fantasy called Sirens. It seemed like the perfect intro to COMMANDER ANNIE AND OTHER ADVENTURES to tie the whole book together.
And now it makes a pretty little song:
youtu.be/mcxOU3ew3dQ?...
And now it makes a pretty little song:
youtu.be/mcxOU3ew3dQ?...
I had to do a fair bit of tweaking and reworking of the lyrics and prompt for the song version of “The Muddy Unicorn.” I wanted more background vocals than Suno kept giving me, but in the end, it turned out really pretty:
youtu.be/TISirV8yYTM?...
youtu.be/TISirV8yYTM?...
The Muddy Unicorn
YouTube video by Mary E. Lowd - Topic
youtu.be
October 29, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I had to do a fair bit of tweaking and reworking of the lyrics and prompt for the song version of “The Muddy Unicorn.” I wanted more background vocals than Suno kept giving me, but in the end, it turned out really pretty:
youtu.be/TISirV8yYTM?...
youtu.be/TISirV8yYTM?...
My husband made a joke about a place looking like Treegadoon… and so, of course, I had to spend several months writing a novella about an otter swept up into a disappearing-reappearing squirrel city, which you can now listen to in song form!
youtu.be/O08Izdqx_rc?...
youtu.be/O08Izdqx_rc?...
Treegadoon
YouTube video by Mary E. Lowd - Topic
youtu.be
October 29, 2025 at 4:17 AM
My husband made a joke about a place looking like Treegadoon… and so, of course, I had to spend several months writing a novella about an otter swept up into a disappearing-reappearing squirrel city, which you can now listen to in song form!
youtu.be/O08Izdqx_rc?...
youtu.be/O08Izdqx_rc?...
So, I took the first chapter of Pride & Prejudice and converted it into a parody about a cat and dog arguing over a cardboard box… and then I converted that into a song… you know, just normal things to do.
youtu.be/R0-mYfX8vL8?...
youtu.be/R0-mYfX8vL8?...
Excerpt from Purride and Purrejudice
YouTube video by Mary E. Lowd - Topic
youtu.be
October 28, 2025 at 6:25 AM
So, I took the first chapter of Pride & Prejudice and converted it into a parody about a cat and dog arguing over a cardboard box… and then I converted that into a song… you know, just normal things to do.
youtu.be/R0-mYfX8vL8?...
youtu.be/R0-mYfX8vL8?...
My story, “The Best Puppy Ever,” is from the point of view of a Bernese mountain dog who’s unknowingly a pregnancy surrogate for her owners. I bet there aren’t a lot of other songs out there with that premise…
youtu.be/HXMYNYhrOfI?...
youtu.be/HXMYNYhrOfI?...
The Best Puppy Ever
YouTube video by Mary E. Lowd - Topic
youtu.be
October 28, 2025 at 6:21 AM
My story, “The Best Puppy Ever,” is from the point of view of a Bernese mountain dog who’s unknowingly a pregnancy surrogate for her owners. I bet there aren’t a lot of other songs out there with that premise…
youtu.be/HXMYNYhrOfI?...
youtu.be/HXMYNYhrOfI?...
I’d been meaning to write a story about a rabbit befriending a carnivorous plant for many years before it actually happened, and the result, “Frond Farewell,” turned into such an incredibly beautiful song about unlikely friendships:
youtu.be/pzqkOxVmtkM?...
youtu.be/pzqkOxVmtkM?...
Frond Farewell
YouTube video by Mary E. Lowd - Topic
youtu.be
October 28, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I’d been meaning to write a story about a rabbit befriending a carnivorous plant for many years before it actually happened, and the result, “Frond Farewell,” turned into such an incredibly beautiful song about unlikely friendships:
youtu.be/pzqkOxVmtkM?...
youtu.be/pzqkOxVmtkM?...
Did you ever wish for a song with the moral that the best comfort comes from eating dragonflies? Well, fortunately, I turned my story, “An Otter’s Soul,” into a song, and it’s exactly that!
youtu.be/YuZBcEToi1Q?...
youtu.be/YuZBcEToi1Q?...
An Otter's Soul
YouTube video by Mary E. Lowd - Topic
youtu.be
October 28, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Did you ever wish for a song with the moral that the best comfort comes from eating dragonflies? Well, fortunately, I turned my story, “An Otter’s Soul,” into a song, and it’s exactly that!
youtu.be/YuZBcEToi1Q?...
youtu.be/YuZBcEToi1Q?...
Someone who should have known better told me that I’m not as special as I think I am… so I wrote “Sarah Flowermane and the Unicorn” as a place to put that feeling. And it converted really beautifully into a song about not needing the approval you seek:
youtu.be/Gd_8CNf__H8?...
youtu.be/Gd_8CNf__H8?...
Sarah Flowermane and the Unicorn
YouTube video by Mary E. Lowd - Topic
youtu.be
October 28, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Someone who should have known better told me that I’m not as special as I think I am… so I wrote “Sarah Flowermane and the Unicorn” as a place to put that feeling. And it converted really beautifully into a song about not needing the approval you seek:
youtu.be/Gd_8CNf__H8?...
youtu.be/Gd_8CNf__H8?...
There’s just really not quite any other feeling like having whole albums of music perfectly, carefully tailored to my own tastes, filled with messages that mean something to me.
October 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
There’s just really not quite any other feeling like having whole albums of music perfectly, carefully tailored to my own tastes, filled with messages that mean something to me.
Being able to make my own music with Suno these last few weeks has been such a massively seismic shift in my life. Famine to feast literally overnight, and it’s been taking everything in my brain to process it. I’ve never had enough of the kind of music I want ever before.
October 27, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Being able to make my own music with Suno these last few weeks has been such a massively seismic shift in my life. Famine to feast literally overnight, and it’s been taking everything in my brain to process it. I’ve never had enough of the kind of music I want ever before.
We were playing Catan with friends, arguing about trading sheep, and the line, “but it COULD have been 1 sheep with 15 other sheep!” happened. Which led to a flash fiction. Which led to this delightfully silly song:
youtu.be/eImcqLtWHGI?...
youtu.be/eImcqLtWHGI?...
One Sheep
YouTube video by Mary E. Lowd - Topic
youtu.be
October 27, 2025 at 9:10 AM
We were playing Catan with friends, arguing about trading sheep, and the line, “but it COULD have been 1 sheep with 15 other sheep!” happened. Which led to a flash fiction. Which led to this delightfully silly song:
youtu.be/eImcqLtWHGI?...
youtu.be/eImcqLtWHGI?...
My kid had to write a research essay a few years ago with the title “Jellyfish for Dinner,” so I promised to work on a short story by the same name while he worked on the essay… anyway, this means there’s now a song by that title too:
youtu.be/TRGdiEwwGk0?...
youtu.be/TRGdiEwwGk0?...
Jellyfish for Dinner
YouTube video by Mary E. Lowd - Topic
youtu.be
October 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM
My kid had to write a research essay a few years ago with the title “Jellyfish for Dinner,” so I promised to work on a short story by the same name while he worked on the essay… anyway, this means there’s now a song by that title too:
youtu.be/TRGdiEwwGk0?...
youtu.be/TRGdiEwwGk0?...
My story, “Hide the Honey,” was inspired by my first experience drinking caffeine when I was a kid. It was such a giddy high, and this song absolutely captures the bubbly, fizzy nature of it:
youtu.be/MaWVBZZXYj4?...
youtu.be/MaWVBZZXYj4?...
Hide the Honey
YouTube video by Mary E. Lowd - Topic
youtu.be
October 27, 2025 at 7:53 AM
My story, “Hide the Honey,” was inspired by my first experience drinking caffeine when I was a kid. It was such a giddy high, and this song absolutely captures the bubbly, fizzy nature of it:
youtu.be/MaWVBZZXYj4?...
youtu.be/MaWVBZZXYj4?...
“The Freedom of the Queen” is one of those weird flash factions I dashed off while feeling really tired and overwhelmed by parenting… and it turned into such a gorgeously haunting song:
youtu.be/USx7lkt2qog?...
youtu.be/USx7lkt2qog?...
The Freedom of the Queen
YouTube video by Mary E. Lowd - Topic
youtu.be
October 27, 2025 at 7:39 AM
“The Freedom of the Queen” is one of those weird flash factions I dashed off while feeling really tired and overwhelmed by parenting… and it turned into such a gorgeously haunting song:
youtu.be/USx7lkt2qog?...
youtu.be/USx7lkt2qog?...
I’d forgotten what a wild story “Frankenstein’s Gryphon” is until I was turning it into a song… both story and song really go places…
youtu.be/5qieH0NDJic?...
youtu.be/5qieH0NDJic?...
Frankenstein's Gryphon
YouTube video by Mary E. Lowd - Topic
youtu.be
October 27, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I’d forgotten what a wild story “Frankenstein’s Gryphon” is until I was turning it into a song… both story and song really go places…
youtu.be/5qieH0NDJic?...
youtu.be/5qieH0NDJic?...