Mara Lynn Johnstone
@marlynnofmany.bsky.social
Author of science fiction and fantasy. Exploring the multiverse, with pens, pencils and enthusiasm! She/her. Further shenanigans all over the internet and at MaraLynnJohnstone.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM
December 7, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Typo of the day: "underwoot" instead of "underfoot." Sounds like someone trying to down play their excitement.
December 5, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Typo of the day: "underwoot" instead of "underfoot." Sounds like someone trying to down play their excitement.
I'm not on Twitter anymore, but I got this via Tumblr, and people in the comments will definitely want to know:
December 2, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I'm not on Twitter anymore, but I got this via Tumblr, and people in the comments will definitely want to know:
I got my author copies! Just in time for the bookselling event this weekend. Woo!
(The hand on the cover is more pink than it was supposed to be, but ... oh well. Otherwise everything looks good.)
(The hand on the cover is more pink than it was supposed to be, but ... oh well. Otherwise everything looks good.)
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I got my author copies! Just in time for the bookselling event this weekend. Woo!
(The hand on the cover is more pink than it was supposed to be, but ... oh well. Otherwise everything looks good.)
(The hand on the cover is more pink than it was supposed to be, but ... oh well. Otherwise everything looks good.)
Robin never planned on a career gallivanting about space. While on a break between jobs, an opportunity pops up that she can’t ignore. There are space goats to wrangle, cats to rescue, adventures to be had, and alien coworkers to introduce to the many baffling joys of having a human onboard.
November 8, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Robin never planned on a career gallivanting about space. While on a break between jobs, an opportunity pops up that she can’t ignore. There are space goats to wrangle, cats to rescue, adventures to be had, and alien coworkers to introduce to the many baffling joys of having a human onboard.
Who's writing a November novel this year?
No gods, no masters, no centralized authority. Just words on the page and triumph in the air.
#NaNoWriMo #NotNaNo #Novelvember #Novelmber #FirstDraftFall #AndManyOtherTagsI'mSure
No gods, no masters, no centralized authority. Just words on the page and triumph in the air.
#NaNoWriMo #NotNaNo #Novelvember #Novelmber #FirstDraftFall #AndManyOtherTagsI'mSure
October 31, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Who's writing a November novel this year?
No gods, no masters, no centralized authority. Just words on the page and triumph in the air.
#NaNoWriMo #NotNaNo #Novelvember #Novelmber #FirstDraftFall #AndManyOtherTagsI'mSure
No gods, no masters, no centralized authority. Just words on the page and triumph in the air.
#NaNoWriMo #NotNaNo #Novelvember #Novelmber #FirstDraftFall #AndManyOtherTagsI'mSure
#DnD
Oh look, a new party guest who isn't at all startling to the regular townsfolk.
Urchins: "Can we climb you? Can we pet you? Are you ticklish?"
Dragon: "Yes, no, and no."
Urchins: "Why aren't you ticklish?"
Dragon: "Scales."
Urchins: "Okay, cool."
Oh look, a new party guest who isn't at all startling to the regular townsfolk.
Urchins: "Can we climb you? Can we pet you? Are you ticklish?"
Dragon: "Yes, no, and no."
Urchins: "Why aren't you ticklish?"
Dragon: "Scales."
Urchins: "Okay, cool."
October 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
#DnD
Oh look, a new party guest who isn't at all startling to the regular townsfolk.
Urchins: "Can we climb you? Can we pet you? Are you ticklish?"
Dragon: "Yes, no, and no."
Urchins: "Why aren't you ticklish?"
Dragon: "Scales."
Urchins: "Okay, cool."
Oh look, a new party guest who isn't at all startling to the regular townsfolk.
Urchins: "Can we climb you? Can we pet you? Are you ticklish?"
Dragon: "Yes, no, and no."
Urchins: "Why aren't you ticklish?"
Dragon: "Scales."
Urchins: "Okay, cool."
October 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
It's festival day in #DnD! Surely nothing at all can go wrong!
There's already a faceoff between the Three Kobolds In A Trenchcoat and now Three Goblins In A Trenchcoat (which is just Snick Snack and Snarl being territorial).
"This town ain't big enough for the six of us. I mean, two of us."
There's already a faceoff between the Three Kobolds In A Trenchcoat and now Three Goblins In A Trenchcoat (which is just Snick Snack and Snarl being territorial).
"This town ain't big enough for the six of us. I mean, two of us."
October 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It's festival day in #DnD! Surely nothing at all can go wrong!
There's already a faceoff between the Three Kobolds In A Trenchcoat and now Three Goblins In A Trenchcoat (which is just Snick Snack and Snarl being territorial).
"This town ain't big enough for the six of us. I mean, two of us."
There's already a faceoff between the Three Kobolds In A Trenchcoat and now Three Goblins In A Trenchcoat (which is just Snick Snack and Snarl being territorial).
"This town ain't big enough for the six of us. I mean, two of us."
You know it's a good #DnD game when there's multitasking craftwork at the same time. I made the bracelets, and the mage player finished wax-hardening her mug. Successes all around!
September 14, 2025 at 12:10 AM
You know it's a good #DnD game when there's multitasking craftwork at the same time. I made the bracelets, and the mage player finished wax-hardening her mug. Successes all around!
#DnD
Melvin the Merchant has finished the Mimic Containment Device for Mr RattyFace!
So now I have a pet mimic in a pokeball. Which looks like this.
Melvin the Merchant has finished the Mimic Containment Device for Mr RattyFace!
So now I have a pet mimic in a pokeball. Which looks like this.
September 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
#DnD
Melvin the Merchant has finished the Mimic Containment Device for Mr RattyFace!
So now I have a pet mimic in a pokeball. Which looks like this.
Melvin the Merchant has finished the Mimic Containment Device for Mr RattyFace!
So now I have a pet mimic in a pokeball. Which looks like this.
There may come a day when I spell "embarrassed" with the correct double letters on the first try. Maybe.
August 27, 2025 at 12:56 AM
There may come a day when I spell "embarrassed" with the correct double letters on the first try. Maybe.
Me: "Oh huh, I did already use that name somewhere. But it's in a different universe entirely, so it's not like the two characters will ever meet."
Me: "Unless I say so, of course. Writer's prerogative."
#WriterLife
Me: "Unless I say so, of course. Writer's prerogative."
#WriterLife
August 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Me: "Oh huh, I did already use that name somewhere. But it's in a different universe entirely, so it's not like the two characters will ever meet."
Me: "Unless I say so, of course. Writer's prerogative."
#WriterLife
Me: "Unless I say so, of course. Writer's prerogative."
#WriterLife
It is currently about Stabby the Roomba! So yes.
August 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
It is currently about Stabby the Roomba! So yes.
Every writer needs a bouncer for when people interrupt the writing.
August 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Every writer needs a bouncer for when people interrupt the writing.
Oh hey, look what my husband made with the school's 3D printer a while ago:
August 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Oh hey, look what my husband made with the school's 3D printer a while ago:
#DnD
Robot: *swings down and stabs it in the face, in a dramatic swashbuckling maneuver that does NOT kill it*
Orc: *rips its knee off*
NOW it goes down. Leaving two immovable rods and multiple broken bits behind.
Robot: *rides it down, whooping wildly*
Robot: *swings down and stabs it in the face, in a dramatic swashbuckling maneuver that does NOT kill it*
Orc: *rips its knee off*
NOW it goes down. Leaving two immovable rods and multiple broken bits behind.
Robot: *rides it down, whooping wildly*
August 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
#DnD
Robot: *swings down and stabs it in the face, in a dramatic swashbuckling maneuver that does NOT kill it*
Orc: *rips its knee off*
NOW it goes down. Leaving two immovable rods and multiple broken bits behind.
Robot: *rides it down, whooping wildly*
Robot: *swings down and stabs it in the face, in a dramatic swashbuckling maneuver that does NOT kill it*
Orc: *rips its knee off*
NOW it goes down. Leaving two immovable rods and multiple broken bits behind.
Robot: *rides it down, whooping wildly*
At long last, we return to the #DnD!
The three sensible types are walking on the walkways like they're meant to be used.
The robot with the magic shoes is David Bowie-ing it, because of course she is.
The three sensible types are walking on the walkways like they're meant to be used.
The robot with the magic shoes is David Bowie-ing it, because of course she is.
August 9, 2025 at 10:50 PM
At long last, we return to the #DnD!
The three sensible types are walking on the walkways like they're meant to be used.
The robot with the magic shoes is David Bowie-ing it, because of course she is.
The three sensible types are walking on the walkways like they're meant to be used.
The robot with the magic shoes is David Bowie-ing it, because of course she is.
Let's hear it for escapism! #WriterLife
August 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Let's hear it for escapism! #WriterLife
The anode rod! It corrodes so the rest of the tank doesn't, and it's meant to be replaced when it gets really bad.
(Ours hasn't been replaced yet in Too Many Years, which is probably why there's so much sediment at the bottom of the tank, making it drain abysmally slowly.)
(Ours hasn't been replaced yet in Too Many Years, which is probably why there's so much sediment at the bottom of the tank, making it drain abysmally slowly.)
July 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The anode rod! It corrodes so the rest of the tank doesn't, and it's meant to be replaced when it gets really bad.
(Ours hasn't been replaced yet in Too Many Years, which is probably why there's so much sediment at the bottom of the tank, making it drain abysmally slowly.)
(Ours hasn't been replaced yet in Too Many Years, which is probably why there's so much sediment at the bottom of the tank, making it drain abysmally slowly.)
Good news for enjoyers of cheap ebooks! Everything on D2D/Smashwords is half off this month.
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Including this book!
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Including this book!
July 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Good news for enjoyers of cheap ebooks! Everything on D2D/Smashwords is half off this month.
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Including this book!
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Including this book!
I bring you this Terrible Comic via campground wifi! I gave up on drawing the leaves remotely accurately, and no one's gonna stop me.
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June 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I bring you this Terrible Comic via campground wifi! I gave up on drawing the leaves remotely accurately, and no one's gonna stop me.
#TerribleComicDay
#MakeATerribleComicDay
#MakeATerribleComicDay2025
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