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Megan Paasch
@meganpaasch.bsky.social
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YA author, artist, historian, & cat lady. Last name rhymes with "smash." DREAM TO ME: out now via Feiwel & Friends! Rep'd by @socalledyalife.bsky.social
Location: Outside Seattle near some cows
Website: https://meganpaasch.com
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We amuse me sometimes.
A text conversation with Jon. Me: Oh! It's back! Jon: I fixed the dns Me: Wait…..how? If ziply is showing as down for [town name blacked out]... Jon: The physical network was fine Me: I just realized I have no idea what a dns is Me: Data navigation system Jon: The dns server was down. It's the "domain name system" Me: Dramatic noodle soup Me: Oh Me: Dromedary nunchuck service Jon: It knows where things like www.domain.com are Second part of text conversation with Jon, with some overlap. Me: Dromedary nunchuck service Jon: It knows where things like www.domain.com are Jon: If the server is down then things will break Jon: I set it to the servers managed by google Me: Ok but hear me out. Disciples of Nantucket Sunshine Me: (I'm paying attention, I swear) Me: But also trying to make you laugh. Is it working? Me: Also thank you for fixing it Jon: Doomsday Nation Singalong Me: YESSS Me: I think that's my favorite
December 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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My mom, who hasn't done anything with Legos since I was a kid, decided to get herself "one of those adult Lego sets." I asked her to send me a pic of which one she got. She sent me this. "It's an RV!"
A picture of the meth lab RV from Breaking Bad Lego knock-off set. Complete with bullet holes in the camper door and for some reason, a couple of torsos without heads or legs in the front "yard"?
November 30, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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Use only ONE piece of art to convince folks to follow you
A digital painting of a young gothic girl in a black dress standing in front of a window seat. To the left is a table with a pile of books and birchwood perch with a raven on it. A full moon is framed by the window, spilling moonlight onto the scene.
November 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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I don't think I've ever seen hailstones this large here before. So...yeah...that was an exciting (and noisy!) 5-10 mins this afternoon. #pnwweather
A perfectly round hailstone, approx half an inch in diameter, in the palm of my hand.
October 20, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Nina has decided she is also a Mass Effect fan. Nina has good taste. #HappyCaturday #MassEffect3Leviathan #MassEffect #MassEffectLegendaryEdition #MassEffect3
A close up of the back of a gray cat's head as she watches female Commander Shepard in a cut scene from the Mass Effect 3 Leviathan DLC on a laptop screen in front of her.
October 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Had a strange, yet amusing dream last night & apparently felt it was worth remembering when I briefly woke up during it at 2:53 am, so I wrote down some "helpful" key words. Forgot all about it until I turned on my phone this morning and was greeted by this insightful gem. Ah, yes, I remember now. 😂
A screen shot of the iPhone notes app with an entry labeled September 3, 2025 at 2:53am" That says, "Hot house too hot frozen couch skit"
September 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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It came! Behold, my soot sprite towel! (Yes, I am excited about a towel, shut up.) #MyNeighborTotoro
A close up of a white terry cloth hand towel with a dark gray polka dot pattern where here and there, some of the polka dots are actually soot sprites from Miyazaki's "My Neighbor Totoro." The wall behind the towel is a dark pinkish-purple.
August 30, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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Post a picture of when your pet was little.
A tiny gray tabby kitten with wide, curious eyes
July 8, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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Timeline cleanse: Cat Tetris!
Two tabby cats cuddle up together in a way where they fit into the corner of a couch, making a near perfect rectangle.
June 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Progress! #wip #dragonage #solavellan #fanart
A partially complete digital painting of Solas and the Inquisitor from Dragon Age: Inquisition. The faces are almost fully painted except for the lips and some other details, but the Inquisitor's hair and both character's clothing is only filled in with flat color so far. Solas is turned slightly toward the camera, gazing lovingly at the female Dalish elf Inquisitor, who is turned slightly away from the camera. They look like they're probably going to kiss in a second. Maybe you should give them some privacy.
February 17, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Had to start a frivolous fanart piece to calm down. Here's the rough sketch so far. Going to call this one "Ar lath ma, Vhenan." #dragonage #solavellan #fanart
A digital rough outline sketch in black over blue guidelines on a white background. Solas from Dragon Age: Inquisition, is turned slightly toward the camera, gazing lovingly at the female Dalish elf Inquisitor, who is turned slightly away from the camera. They look like they're probably going to kiss in a second. Maybe you should give them some privacy.
February 15, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.

I mean...yes.
A picture of Astarian from Baldur's Gate 3 wearing (I think) the Wave Mother's robe (I may have the name of it wrong) and pointing while looking a little annoyed (or possibly he's just thinking real hard.) A screenshot of a social media post written by someone with the user name @SimsJoseph is in the upper left corner as though it's a dialogue bubble for Astarian and says, "All clothing is unisex if you stop being a little bitch about it"
February 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Heyyy it's already live! Just downloaded their ebook app from the app store, and "Dream to Me" is on there! Check it out! bookshop.org/p/books/drea...
A screenshot of the top search result for "Dream to Me" on the Bookshop.org ebook app showing the top result as "Dream to Me" by Megan Paasch.
January 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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"Without downloading any new pics, what's your energy going into 2025?"
A weird plant that looks like a screaming face with bugged out eyes with the text "Me too, plant. Me too."
December 28, 2024 at 1:40 AM
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Ta-da! My first ever book tree. It's a little wonky and it's leaning a bit, but you can only tell that from certain angles. Lots of friends books in here (not all are visible from this angle) and lots of classics and a few old childhood and teenaged favorites...
Lots of books arranged in a circular fashion, with each row narrowing to make a conical pile. Colored lights are spiraled around the book tree and a porcelain snow-covered house ornament with lit windows sits at the top.
December 25, 2024 at 1:53 AM
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Feels like a good Christmas Eve Day to watch Hogfather.
A gif from Hogfather of Susan, a woman with blonde hair with a black streak in it, pulled back into an up-do, wearing a black cloak. She is speaking to a figure (Death) in black whose back is toward the camera, and is saying, "You're saying humans need...fantasies to make life bearable."
December 24, 2024 at 7:52 PM
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The juxtaposition of these two articles is just...wow.
A screenshot of the Guardian news outlet's app with an article at the top titled "US founder of neo-Nazi network sentenced to two years of time served" and an article at the bottom titled "A woman made a vague threat to a healthcare company - does she really deserve up to 15 years in prison?"
December 14, 2024 at 6:07 PM
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I guess this means I don't need to feel guilty if I play #Veilguard all day though. Finally started it a couple days ago. Behold: Elythe Aldwir, AKA Rook, a Dalish Veil Jumper Rogue.
A screenshot of a video game character: an elven woman with the very tips of her ears poking out from a mop of short, loose, auburn curls. She has green eyes, light skin, and faint, traditional Dalish face tattoos in a faded green. She's wearing the traditional rust and cream leather armor of a Veil Jumper.
December 10, 2024 at 8:00 PM
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How's the writing going? It's fine. Everything is juuuuust fine. (I DO have more than 1 chapter written. I just can't seem to leave this one alone for now.) #authors
A screenshot of a chapter card in Scrivener. The title of the card is "Chapter 1-" with the rest of the title blurred out. The description section says "This version has been Frankensteined from 4 other versions of chapter 1. Now...stop messing with it until it's time for revisions. Thanks."
January 19, 2024 at 8:35 PM
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Your New Year's predictions are the last four memes you saved
First pane: Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst) tearfully telling Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire), "Tell me the truth... I'm... I'm ready to hear it." Second pane: Peter Parker telling Mary Jane, "You need to drink water and do something abt that clothes pile." Third pane: Mary Jane tearfully closing her eyes, about ready to start full on sobbing. A picture of the late Queen Elizabeth II in a pink dress coat and hat, standing on a black square on a checkered floor. A few squares away is a bishop. The caption says "A moment of tension in Vatican. If the bishop moves forward the queen can take him." First pane, a brown chonky tabby cat is lying its side and someone is vacuuming its fur. The caption says "I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer." Second pane: The cat has rolled onto its back. It looks a little more concerned and has granted onto the vacuum with one paw. The caption says: "Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear." Third pane: The cat is still on its back, but has let go of the vacuum, short of surrendering, but looking even more concerned, eyes widened. The caption says, "I will permit it to pass over and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path." Fourth pane: A close up of the cat's face with the vacuum on its upper chest, The cat's eyes are very wide and concerned; it looks a bit freaked out, but is holding fast. The caption says "Where the fear has gone there will be nothing... Only I remain." A rudimentary drawn chart. The top is a green rectangle that says "Shiny new project." A line leads down to a blue diamond that says "Do you have time?" One line stretches out from the diamond to the right and has the word "No" above it. It leads to a red rectangle that says "Don't do it." Another line stretches down from the diamond and has "Yes" written next to it. It leads to a read rectangle that says "No you don't."
January 2, 2024 at 4:55 PM
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Bringing this one back like I do every year, because I think I'm clever.
A meme with the words at the top, "You've seen Elf on a Shelf. But have you seen..." and below is a picture of a large boulder with Agent Mulder from x-Files photoshopped in, leaning against it. Yes, that's right. Mulder on a Boulder. You're welcome.
November 29, 2023 at 7:19 PM
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🙄
A comment thread started by Megan Paasch on someone else's FB post. The first comment by Megan says: "Thank you for speaking out about this. As an author and artist who is battling the misuse of Al in my industry as well, I really appreciate it." [Redacted user name (name & pic scribbled out)] replies with, "Megan Paasch - do you mean as a writer? I'm curious about what you consider "misuse of Al"" ("Do you mean as a writer" has been highlighted in blue.) Megan replies to the reply with, "[Redacted user name] I meant what I said. I am a published author and an artist. Misuse of Al includes things like training Al with..." (The rest of the comment is cropped out. "I meant what I said. I am a published author" is highlighted in red.)
November 17, 2023 at 4:46 PM
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Signed a couple of copies of "Dream to Me" at the Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park! Go grab 'em before someone else does!
43 year old woman with long brown hair, wearing a rust colored plaid flannel shirt with a gray shirt underneath and glasses with mint colored frames, signs a copy of the YA book, "Dream to Me" with a room full of bookstore shelves in the background.
November 14, 2023 at 11:37 PM
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Me: "Sorry, I need to reschedule my appointment. The kitten fell asleep on me & it's illegal for me to move until she wakes up & gets off of me on her own free will."

Doctor: "No problem. I'll wave the last minute cancellation fee due to circumstances outside your control."

#cats #kittens
A small gray tabby asleep in the crook of an arm, which is sandwiched between the back of a gray couch and a purple & golden-yellow (UW Huskies colors) quilt. Her face is pointed towards the camera & she looks like she's smiling. A small gray tabby nearly asleep, lying on her side with her front legs stretched forward on a purple quilt. A small gray tabby curled up in the crook of an arm, fast asleep. A small gray tabby facing away from the camera, sleeping in the loaf position with her face down on a human wearing a sage green t-shirt with small white daisies printed on it.
November 2, 2023 at 7:12 PM
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Thought I'd give it a go.
A playground, slightly blurry, color washed out, corners of the photo darkened, sky washed out completely.
October 28, 2023 at 8:19 PM