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Morris The Spider
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Classic Car Artist | Designer | Author | Music Lover | Fueled by Chocolate

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Morris The Spider @morristhespider.bsky.social · 10d
#QuestPit
She knows his secret—wanting to be a dad. She can’t give it to him, so she lets him go. But when she’s seen with that other guy, he questions what his wish truly is. And realizes what he already has. Family. #WF #BC #AR

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Borrowed Bandana title side featuring an illustration of a framed platinum record and compact disc floating over a red bandana. Borrowed Bandana illustration of an oversized electric guitar with a rock guitarist kneeling on the top of the body and a motorcyclist driving on the strings. An illustration of an oversized electric guitar body and a singer holding a vintage microphone An illustration of an oversized electric guitar with a pin-up girl blowing kisses while sitting in the upper curve of the guitar's body. Four comparable book covers sit in a row above the guitar.
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#QuestPit
Let’s ride!
Maybe it will drown out his sadness. Or make him forget the loss. It probably won’t make that selfish desire for fatherhood fade. It definitely won’t replace Gettie. But f*ck it. It’s worth a try.
#WF #BC #CR

"Your Bike” Music by Muza Production, Adobe Stock education license
November 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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#QuestPit
She knows his secret—wanting to be a dad. She can’t give it to him, so she lets him go. But when she’s seen with that other guy, he questions what his wish truly is. And realizes what he already has. Family. #WF #BC #AR

Deep Cuts X Everything After X And Just Like That
Borrowed Bandana title side featuring an illustration of a framed platinum record and compact disc floating over a red bandana. Borrowed Bandana illustration of an oversized electric guitar with a rock guitarist kneeling on the top of the body and a motorcyclist driving on the strings. An illustration of an oversized electric guitar body and a singer holding a vintage microphone An illustration of an oversized electric guitar with a pin-up girl blowing kisses while sitting in the upper curve of the guitar's body. Four comparable book covers sit in a row above the guitar.
November 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Querying is brutal so I’m writing for my mental health and serializing a story as exclusive content for my newsletter subscribers. I’m as jazzed about the banner art as much as the story. (🕸️ 🔗 in bio)
Banner art for The Acid Trip, a serialized romance, featuring and illustrated rock guitar on top of and a pinup girl in the nook of an oversized electric guitar. The guitar strings lead into B-52 bomber contrails.
October 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Need vs. Want. Eli wants to be a dad. Gettie needs him to admit it. He won’t because she can no longer conceive, and getting what he wants means giving up Gettie. Choosing means losing. #DVPit #WF #BC #R

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October 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Psst. Did you know cancer is a disability with 20M diagnoses made a year? Fiction featuring characters who die outnumber those who survive. Let’s change that.

Scars, Cars, and a Rock Star features Gettie, an external thriver, yet internal hot mess, navigating love after breast cancer. #DVPit #WF
October 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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From red carpets to Red Rocks, Borrowed Bandana follows a singer on his first solo tour, and his soulmate, who sacrifices their romance after losing their miracle baby, so he can reflect on his desires for another chance at parenthood, knowing it was her last. #DVPit #WF
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Illustration featuring a close-up of a man's face with an audience and band playing at the Red Rocks amphitheater reflected in his sunglasses.
October 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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#UnhingedPit
52 & 39-year-old protags? Unthinkable
Not one rock star love interest, but two? Unbalanced
Music tropes instead of hockey? Unsound
Book Club themes in the age of BookTok? Unfortunate

Borrowed Bandana. Unhinged

“Your Bike” Music by Muza Production, Adobe Stock education license
September 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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#PosterPit
Need vs. Want. Eli wants to be a dad. Gettie needs him to admit it. He won’t because she can no longer conceive, and getting what he wants means giving up Gettie. Choosing means losing.

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Everything After
And Just Like That

#Q #A #BC #WF #R
August 16, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Need vs. Want. Eli wants to be a dad. Gettie needs him to admit it. He won’t because she can no longer conceive, and getting what he wants means giving up Gettie. Choosing means losing.

Deep Cuts
Everything After
And Just Like That

#PosterPit #Q #A #BC #WF #R
Borrowed Bandana poster featuring a closeup illustration of a man with the Red Rocks amphitheater reflected in his sunglasses.
August 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
morristhespider.bsky.social
From red carpets to Red Rocks, Borrowed Bandana follows a singer on his first solo tour, and his soulmate, who selflessly sacrifices their romance after losing their miracle baby, so that he can reflect on his desires for another chance at parenthood, knowing it was her last. #PosterPit #Q #BC #WF
Borrowed Bandana poster featuring an illustrated man and woman on a red carpet superimposed in front of the Red Rocks amphitheater with a bandana pattern overlaid on the night sky.
August 16, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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From red carpets to Red Rocks, a singer navigates his first solo tour as his soulmate sacrifices their relationship after their baby's neonatal death, forcing him to envision life with her or as a father without her.

#QuestPit #Q #A #BC #WF #R

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Borrowed Bandana Agent's Guide: Title slide plus genres Borrowed Bandana Agent's Guide: subplot slide featuring an illustrated open notebook with a summer tour packing list and polaroid photos Borrowed Bandana Agent's Guide: pitch slide featuring an illustration of a male character holding a GRAMMY and female character with her arm linked through his Borrowed Bandana Agent's Guide: comp slide featuring a man riding a motorcycle on a mountain highway
August 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Need vs. Want. Eli wants to be a dad. Gettie needs him to admit it. He won’t because she can no longer conceive, and getting what he wants means giving up Gettie. He needs to figure his 💩 out.

#QuestPit #Q #A #BC #WF #R

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Borrowed Bandana pitch card featuring an illustrated man riding a motorcylce on a mountain highway with invasive thought bubbles hovering over his head
August 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Need vs. want. Eli wants to be a dad. Gettie needs him to admit it. He won’t because she can no longer conceive and getting what he wants means giving up Gettie. He needs to figure his 💩 out.

#BluePit 📖 #DIS #Q #WF/BC/R
Borrowed Bandana agents guide title slide of a platinum record framed over a red bandana Borrowed Bandana agents guide details slide featuring an open notebook page with Polaroid photos clipped on the top and a summer tour packing list Borrowed Bandana agents guide pitch slide with an illustration of the male and female characters Borrowed Bandana agents guide comps slide featuring an illustration of a man riding a motorcycle
July 14, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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BORROWED BANDANA PLAYLIST:

Adventure of a Lifetime
One Little Victory
Sweet Child O’Mine
Hurt
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Over the Hill
Too Good at Raising Hell
Jolene
Epiphany
Last Kiss
Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough

#UnhingedPit #WF #BC #R
Illustrated faux Spotify playlist for the manuscript Borrowed Bandana.
July 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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🚨BREAKING: Eli Anders (39) arrested for excessive speeding, a class 3 misdemeanor, at 1:23am. A sheriff’s deputy clocked the rocker on his motorcycle driving north on US-93. The singer’s alleged speed was 115mph. Arraignment scheduled at 10am.

Daisy Jones X Sex and the City
#UnhingedPit #WF #BC #R
Illustration of the fictional character Eli Anders’ mug shot from the manuscript Borrowed Bandana
July 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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🚨 BREAKING: Eil Anders, the former frontman of Fifth and the Shots, facing allegations of using AI-generated vocals on his GRAMMY-winning hit song, was arrested in Mohave County, AZ. His arraignment is scheduled for 10 a.m.

Daisy Jones X Sex and the City
#UnhingedPit #WF #BC #R
Illustration of a newscast showing the mug shot of the fictional Eli Anders from the manuscript Borrowed Bandana
July 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Does anyone else feel like wishing someone “good luck” comes across snarky and disingenuous these days? Like it’s been ruined by sarcasm.
July 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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I won an award. Got the VP for Regional Campuses and Online Education to flash the sign of the horns with me. Such a fun event, even without the award. 🤘🤘
IU Vice President for Regional Campuses and Online Education Ken Iwama and Maria Morris smile and flash the sign of the horns. 🤘
June 8, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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Y’all! I just got followed by, not one but two, Elon Musks. They’re multiplying! If I can get one more, I can play a bot shell game.
a cat is sitting on a table looking at three red cups being stacked on top of each other .
Alt: a cat is sitting on a table looking at three red cups playing a shell game.
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May 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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#WIPPIT Eli is content not being a dad, yet he and his partner conceive, changing his mind. But neonatal death rocks his relationship, and he desires another chance, knowing it was his partner’s last. With adoption off the table, he must choose—epic love or fatherhood. #WF #R #BC
A snippet from Borrowed Bandana about how Ray fell on top of Gettie trippin' balls at Woodstock '99.
May 24, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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#WIPPIT Neonatal death rocks Eli and Gettie's relationship. He wants a child. She can’t have another. His tour and her mural commission become a Ross & Rachel-style break. But when Gettie’s friendship with her client plays out on social media, Eli questions his desires. And hers. #WF #R #BC
Borrowed Bandana pitch card featuring a girl in summer clothes, a concert image, a man on a motorcycle, and a man playing electric guitar on a red bandana-patterned background
May 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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‘87 Caprice

Featuring pencils, brushes, blueberries, diamond and sapphire rings, chocolate chip cookies, butterflies, cinnamon sticks, budgie parakeets, and little blue pills to keep the pencils hard
Collage: ‘87 Caprice Featuring pencils, brushes, blueberries, diamond rings, chocolate chip cookies, butterflies, cinnamon sticks, budgie parakeets, and little blue pills to keep the pencils hard
May 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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#WritingCommunity Do your 2x2 16:9 agent guide images look awesome on X but cropped on 🦋? Pro tip: Size your artboards at 1100x730 for Bluesky.
May 8, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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#QuestPit Eli is content not being a dad, yet he and his partner conceive, changing his mind. But neonatal death rocks his relationship, and he desires another chance, knowing it is his partner’s last. With adoption off the table, he must choose—once-in-a-lifetime love or fatherhood.
#W #WF #BC #R
Borrowed Bandana title slide: Framed platinum record over a red bandana Borrowed Bandana theme slide: Spiral notebook with 2 clipped polaroids and a summer tour packing list Borrowed Bandana pitch slide: Eli and Gettie embracing. Eli holds a GRAMMY award. Borrowed Bandana comps slide: Motorcyclist riding in the mountains.
May 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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1. Take a ballerina w/ a panic disorder

2. Have fantasy fugitives kidnap her for their leader’s magic stuck w/in her

3. Threaten her family so she’ll live w/ them until it can be returned

4. Watch her risk everything she loves for freedom & her ballet dream

#Questpit #Q #YA #F #M #R #agentsguide
Agents Guide titled Wake beside a feather & ballerina. Top reads: "YA Contemporary Fantasy, 91,000 words, Jessica DeLand." Approx main text: "18-year-old Rikma dreams of being a professional ballerina until her father dies in a drunk driving accident. Moving in w/ her unstable uncle & cousins, she sacrifices dance to shoulder their stability despite her panic disorder. She’s kidnapped by fantasy fugitives & taken to their planet to free their captive leader—the murderous, dark psychogenic vampire, Kinito. Unbeknownst to her, a fragment of Kinito’s magic is entwined w/ her soul. They force her to use it to free Kinito, who wants back what is his. Her captors discover extracting the magic will kill Rikma & lose Kinito’s power. So Kinito threatens her family to make her live w/ them until it's returned. Grieving the ballet school they forbid, she uncovers their secrets to reclaim freedom. But when she develops feelings for 1 & others become like family, she must choose: them or her dream" Agent's Guide panel with a sitting ballerina bent over her stretched legs. Text to the left of her reads: "Overcoming Weakness, Kidnapping Romance, Uncovering Secrets, Mental Health Rep, Redemption Arcs, Forced Proximity, Banter & Humor, Found Family, Slow Burn." Text above her reads: "AAPI/ADHD Writer." There's a feather texture in the background. Agent's Guide panel showing a ballerina's legs and feet, wearing pointe shoes, with her crossed wrists tied together with rope. To the left of her legs is a badge that reads, "Killer Nashville Claymore Finalist" surrounded by the words, "Best Juvenile/YA Finalist." To the right is the word "Comps" and images of book/movie covers for "The Cruel Prince," "The Inheritance Games," "A Curse So Dark and Lonely," "The Prison Healer," and "Howl's Moving Castle." Bottom half of the panel is bordered by ice.
May 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM