the Driveby Calligrapher
@dbcalligrapher.bsky.social
She/Her. find me at cons & signings, usually near Boston.
name - I was at an N. K. Jemisin signing and I did a piece of calligraphy for her, she said something like “wow, drive by calligraphy”, I asked if I could use that as a moniker.
name - I was at an N. K. Jemisin signing and I did a piece of calligraphy for her, she said something like “wow, drive by calligraphy”, I asked if I could use that as a moniker.
And with advice on writing- don’t leave your writing as it starts, think about how cool it could be. Don’t leave it at the magikarp stage. Do not fear the edit, embrace the edit.
November 6, 2025 at 1:09 AM
And with advice on writing- don’t leave your writing as it starts, think about how cool it could be. Don’t leave it at the magikarp stage. Do not fear the edit, embrace the edit.
@melissacaruso.bsky.social talking about the level of stress her most recent main character is under
November 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM
@melissacaruso.bsky.social talking about the level of stress her most recent main character is under
More incredible reasons to read this book. “I need you to understand that in my head she’s unreasonably large. I wanted to give her all the tropes of a historical romance male love interest.”
It’s important to Alix that we understand that Una is so big and so hot and so sad.
It’s important to Alix that we understand that Una is so big and so hot and so sad.
November 6, 2025 at 12:43 AM
More incredible reasons to read this book. “I need you to understand that in my head she’s unreasonably large. I wanted to give her all the tropes of a historical romance male love interest.”
It’s important to Alix that we understand that Una is so big and so hot and so sad.
It’s important to Alix that we understand that Una is so big and so hot and so sad.
And then talking about how, to memify it, your fave is problematic — the dawning realization that the reality of knights historically was more akin to “private security for landowners” than “the coolest girl in the kingdom AND she has a sword”
November 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM
And then talking about how, to memify it, your fave is problematic — the dawning realization that the reality of knights historically was more akin to “private security for landowners” than “the coolest girl in the kingdom AND she has a sword”
@alixeharrow.bsky.social talking about the extreme interest in lady knights that many of us had in our teen hood
Talking about @tamorapierce.bsky.social, @garthnix.bsky.social, and Mercedes lackey, among others!
Talking about @tamorapierce.bsky.social, @garthnix.bsky.social, and Mercedes lackey, among others!
November 6, 2025 at 12:33 AM
@alixeharrow.bsky.social talking about the extreme interest in lady knights that many of us had in our teen hood
Talking about @tamorapierce.bsky.social, @garthnix.bsky.social, and Mercedes lackey, among others!
Talking about @tamorapierce.bsky.social, @garthnix.bsky.social, and Mercedes lackey, among others!
At a tour event @sidequestbooks.bsky.social is doing with @alixeharrow.bsky.social! I’m very excited to read this book!
If you live in the Boston area, definitely swing by the store if you’re near Bow market.
If you live in the Boston area, definitely swing by the store if you’re near Bow market.
November 6, 2025 at 12:13 AM
At a tour event @sidequestbooks.bsky.social is doing with @alixeharrow.bsky.social! I’m very excited to read this book!
If you live in the Boston area, definitely swing by the store if you’re near Bow market.
If you live in the Boston area, definitely swing by the store if you’re near Bow market.
@fondalee.bsky.social again, giving us a tangential example of how adding little details in your writing creates good world building and settles the reader in place
October 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
@fondalee.bsky.social again, giving us a tangential example of how adding little details in your writing creates good world building and settles the reader in place
@fondalee.bsky.social on the prospect of dusting off and rewriting the practice novel she started off with
October 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
@fondalee.bsky.social on the prospect of dusting off and rewriting the practice novel she started off with
@wiswell.bsky.social being properly lauded at @sidequestbooks.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
@wiswell.bsky.social being properly lauded at @sidequestbooks.bsky.social
TikTok wants me to download their app so bad, that even though they definitely know I’m in the US and not the UK, this is there newest trick they’re resorting to. I don’t know what it said, but here’s the proposed fare changes www.mta.info/fares-tolls/...
August 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
TikTok wants me to download their app so bad, that even though they definitely know I’m in the US and not the UK, this is there newest trick they’re resorting to. I don’t know what it said, but here’s the proposed fare changes www.mta.info/fares-tolls/...
This post is making me think of what @adapalmer.bsky.social said on the Rules were meant to be Broken, structures in society panel, talking about an importance’s of figuring out who ends up at the edges of whatever society you’re creating.
August 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This post is making me think of what @adapalmer.bsky.social said on the Rules were meant to be Broken, structures in society panel, talking about an importance’s of figuring out who ends up at the edges of whatever society you’re creating.
Went to Leigh Bardugo’s reading earlier, and she gave some context for the passage she was reading from partway through Ninth House, the whole room cracked up.
August 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Went to Leigh Bardugo’s reading earlier, and she gave some context for the passage she was reading from partway through Ninth House, the whole room cracked up.
Was doing some personal housekeeping while listening during the Libraries panel, but i did get one quote written down. @adapalmer.bsky.social was talking about the connections made between readers, and with curators, when reading the same book; many of whom you don’t know the names of.
August 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Was doing some personal housekeeping while listening during the Libraries panel, but i did get one quote written down. @adapalmer.bsky.social was talking about the connections made between readers, and with curators, when reading the same book; many of whom you don’t know the names of.
And finally, @adapalmer.bsky.social on a roll about the interesting Tiffany-problem-esque issue of historical accuracy being perceived as inaccurate, this time highlighting the bright magenta dyes that Vikings achieved using lichen, belying the modern assumption that they wore almost entirely drab
August 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
And finally, @adapalmer.bsky.social on a roll about the interesting Tiffany-problem-esque issue of historical accuracy being perceived as inaccurate, this time highlighting the bright magenta dyes that Vikings achieved using lichen, belying the modern assumption that they wore almost entirely drab
And relatedly: @adapalmer.bsky.social again, noting that worldbuilding has to be believable if you want people to read your story, while real history is often entirely off the rails
August 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
And relatedly: @adapalmer.bsky.social again, noting that worldbuilding has to be believable if you want people to read your story, while real history is often entirely off the rails
@adapalmer.bsky.social talking about the problems that come up when, if trying to write something historically set with accurate period language, people still might not believe it.
August 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
@adapalmer.bsky.social talking about the problems that come up when, if trying to write something historically set with accurate period language, people still might not believe it.
@henrylienauthor.bsky.social again, asking authors when to stop worldbuilding so you don’t end up with a massive google doc of facts and no story
August 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM
@henrylienauthor.bsky.social again, asking authors when to stop worldbuilding so you don’t end up with a massive google doc of facts and no story
Nancy Kress telling us not to make the mistake of forgetting to think in advance about what the society you’re writing in is like, because not doing so will result in either a headache or a bad story- or both.
August 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Nancy Kress telling us not to make the mistake of forgetting to think in advance about what the society you’re writing in is like, because not doing so will result in either a headache or a bad story- or both.
Our valiant moderator @henrylienauthor.bsky.social introducing himself
August 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Our valiant moderator @henrylienauthor.bsky.social introducing himself
In the pre-con conversation, @adapalmer.bsky.social talked about the surprising prevalence of giraffes in the adulations of the magi in Renaissance Italy (ada if I misoverhood what you were saying I beg forgiveness)
August 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
In the pre-con conversation, @adapalmer.bsky.social talked about the surprising prevalence of giraffes in the adulations of the magi in Renaissance Italy (ada if I misoverhood what you were saying I beg forgiveness)
@benjaminckinney.com was the one who convinced me to start posting my calligraphy, so I’m contractually required to make sure I get to at least one of his panels at any convention- he did a great job moderating the transhumanism panel, and reiterated this crucial underpinning to the discussion
August 17, 2025 at 2:05 AM
@benjaminckinney.com was the one who convinced me to start posting my calligraphy, so I’m contractually required to make sure I get to at least one of his panels at any convention- he did a great job moderating the transhumanism panel, and reiterated this crucial underpinning to the discussion
Here we have a buck wild fan question, which was in fact validated by @brandonsanderson.com as possible in Cosmere logic. #cosmere #wordofbrandon #worldcon
August 16, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Here we have a buck wild fan question, which was in fact validated by @brandonsanderson.com as possible in Cosmere logic. #cosmere #wordofbrandon #worldcon
Some insight into the way @brandonsanderson.com weighs plotting vs character driven writing- when a character would seem likely to do something, he’ll follow through on what that would mean for the story.
August 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Some insight into the way @brandonsanderson.com weighs plotting vs character driven writing- when a character would seem likely to do something, he’ll follow through on what that would mean for the story.