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Writer. Artist. Dreamer.
https://www.instagram.com/cat_ziska/

WIP series entitled: Warriors of Destiny; starting with Bloodmane. Also writing and illustrating a children’s book.
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CAZ @cat-ziska.bsky.social · Nov 16
Sometimes I wish I could give everyone that's hurting one big hug. Good and tight. Moreover, I wish that's all it took to make things right.

#WritingCommunity #writers #bekindtoeachother
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Ever since the move, I wondered what I'd do for #Halloween2025 ...fortunately, my workplace decided to have a pumpkin painting contest! 😈

#WritingCommunity #pumpkincat #PumpkinDecor #Halloween #halloweenart #artist
October 27, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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As I prep for #Halloween2026, the exchange I had with a neighbor while painting my murals last year comes to mind:

Random Dude: Looks tedious!
Me: Anything worth doing requires tedium!

Just because no one else gets it, doesn't mean you shouldn't DO THE THING.

Find joy!

#artists #WritingCommunity
September 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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God I've forgotten how strange it feels to finish a draft. I know the whole thing is far from finished, but man...it's like the ultimate check box for my OCD brain. It's borderline euphoric.😂
#WritingCommunity #Bloodmane
September 5, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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At 120k words...this dumpster fire of a draft is finished!!!
🎉🎉🎉🎉🥳🥳🥳🎉🎉🎉🎉

Time for the beta-readers to have some fun! 😈
#WritingCommunity #Bloodmane
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September 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Let the great overview for draft 1 BEGIN!!!

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #Bloodmane
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August 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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My alpha-reader actually liked my current ending for Bloodmane. 🥹 This makes me so happy. I was so worried it fell flat.

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #Bloodmane
August 12, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Draft 1 for Bloodmane is complete. 🤪
Time to trim this 124k word beast!!!

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #Bloodmane
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August 8, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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I swear this year is sprinting by. I need to do a vibe check with the apartment complex to see what I can do for #Halloween2025. 😬
August 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Just 3 days left to pre-order! #BookSky 📚💙
August 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Only the epilogue to #Bloodmane stands in my way in wrapping up the first draft. The jitters are real. After wrestling with my mental h̶e̶l̶l̶ health for 4 years, I'm ready to see this through.

Send all the good vibes fellow #writers. Let's do this.

#WritingCommunity
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August 1, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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I will forever appreciate those that check-in with me and communicate. Know that I will always do my damnedest to reciprocate, even if your mental state drives you seclusion. I will always root for you, near or far.

Society needs this more than ever.

#WritingCommunity #anxiety #bekind
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July 31, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Draft 1 for chapter 21 is complete...only the epilogue remains. Sitting pretty at 122,210 words right now!! 🥳

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #Bloodmane
July 31, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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Me: *is 200 words away from exceeding 120k limit she set herself and still has a chapter's worth of a story to wrap up*
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Also Me: Fuck it, it's only the 1st draft. *keeps going*

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #Bloodmane
June 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Currently reading through mom's old romance books for funsies...I just found out that one of the books I enjoyed is part of a trilogy. I have books 1 and 2. Magically, 3 was on Amazon, even though it was out of print...I'm ridiculously excited about this. 😈 #WritingCommunity #reading
June 7, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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That moment when you have a brief, yet hilarious impromptu flirtation between characters...and you decide to utilized that heavily in the next book.

Oh yes...

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #Bloodmane
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April 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Just breached 100k for #Bloodmane, woo!!!

#WritingCommunity #amwriting
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April 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Struggling to wrap things up for #Bloodmane, but damn it's tugging at the heartstrings.

#amwriting #WritingCommunity
March 29, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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#WritingCommunity #amwriting #Bloodmane

Whenever stuck, cue the cockroach character and see what happens! Today, the solemn phrase "Your words. My hands." took on a whole new hilarious meaning. 😂
March 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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That moment when you write a line that sums up the majority of your work:

Alas.
Fate remained callous and cruelest to those least deserving.

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #Bloodmane

I swear I write grit with a silver lining, but DAMN.
March 6, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Ugh..I hate how extending/adding to a chapter kills momentum...even when it's a great improvement. 😑

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #Bloodmane
February 27, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Given the current political climate…I think it’s only proper for this to be next on my reading list. #WritingCommmunity #reading #NightDawnDay
February 13, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Regardless of how you feel about the cybertruck (or Elon)…I think we can all agree that googly eyes make everything better. 😂
January 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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I've reached 90k for #Bloodmane!!!
Only 10k to wrap it up. 😆

#WritingCommunity #amwriting
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December 6, 2024 at 5:26 PM
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About 1k away from hitting 90k on draft 1 of Bloodmane.
Sooo, freakin' close to my 100k goal!!!

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #Bloodmane
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November 26, 2024 at 5:16 PM
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Sometimes I wish I could give everyone that's hurting one big hug. Good and tight. Moreover, I wish that's all it took to make things right.

#WritingCommunity #writers #bekindtoeachother
November 16, 2024 at 4:57 AM