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Art: La Mancha

Drew this one on location! In La Mancha, from the famous novel Don Quixote.

Art: Gray Angel

Going through old (4+ years?) toned paper sketchbooks... here's an angel.

Hi Peoples (March 1 of 2)

Hey, y'all, I'm gonna be unavailable for a while... but I've set up these automated posts so you'll get content twice a month for the foreseeable future. Enjoy them, and thanks for patronage! Thank you also Discord managers!

Monthly reminder: downloadable patron content is here.

Free Month on Locals

Use this link to get a free month of content on Locals, see if you enjoy it. We're having a great discussion about compassion on my last audio ramble ("Tough Love Nun"), finishing up a readalong (Rosary) and voting on the next, and sharing what we're up to this week in studio check-in. :)

https://studiomcah.locals.com/support/promo/PATREONGUEST

Jaguar's Heart: Confronting the Alien

And here's the least audio I'll be cross-posting from Locals. If you enjoyed "I Built an Unsustainable Career" and this piece, please consider transferring your membership from Patreon to Locals. Address there is: https://studiomcah.locals.com/

This post is public, so it is shareable. Enjoy!

Quick News/Updates

Just to keep y'all informed:

• I have a new email address! Please find me at jaguar@mcahogarth.org. I have been migrating off the gmail address for a couple of weeks so if you sent email there and got nothing, please try at the mcahogarth address instead.
• Today at noon, EST, the Discord server is going down. Thank you, everyone, for joining me there. I hope we will have ne...
  2021-02-22 13:08:57 +0000 UTC View Post

Hi Peoples! (February 2 of 2)

Hey, y'all, I'm gonna be unavailable for a while... but I've set up these automated posts so you'll get content twice a month for the foreseeable future. Enjoy them, and thanks for patronage! Thank you also Discord managers!

Monthly reminder: downloadable patron content is here.

Moving On

Friends:

For decades, I’ve watched my liberal artist peers talk casually and constantly about their beliefs in public, on social media, and to their audiences, without repercussions… and as a conservative art-maker, I have envied them, and wished that similar actions on my part wouldn’t invite my cancellation. But I have been silent, because silence was safer.

But the world has changed, and silence is no longer safer. Silence is a path to an Othering so complete there will b...

Hi Peoples! (Feb 1 of 2)

Hey, y'all, I'm gonna be unavailable for a while... but I've set up these automated posts so you'll get content twice a month for the foreseeable future. Enjoy them, and thanks for patronage! Thank you also Discord managers!

Monthly reminder: downloadable patron content is here.

Various Statuses

Kickstarter Mailing

The post office is *really* slow right now. As you can see, I dropped them off on the 25th, but only 32% of them have made it to their destinations. If you backed the KS and you still haven't received your paperback, it is crawling toward you, I promise. If you want a tracking number, tell me and I'll get it to you.

Other Signed Books

A couple of you have ask...

Discord Integration Broken

Patreon's having trouble with discord integration, so if you are joining or have joined the server at a level with discord rewards and haven't received them, and you want them, please message me so I can get you a server invite code.

Hi Peoples! (January 2 of 2)

Hey, y'all, I'm gonna be unavailable for a while... but I've set up these automated posts so you'll get content twice a month for the foreseeable future. Enjoy them, and thanks for patronage! Thank you also Discord managers!

Monthly reminder: downloadable patron content is here.

New Wingless Cover Concepts--Vote!

I asked one of my readers, who does graphic design, to come up with some new concepts for the Princes' Game series, which I want to rebrand... and she's done excellent work! Please go have a look and help me decide!

https://forms.gle/6Sc4qh18xBYU2W9Z7 

Hi Peoples (January 1 of 2)

Hey, y'all, I'm gonna be unavailable for a while... but I've set up these automated posts so you'll get content twice a month for the foreseeable future. Enjoy them, and thanks for patronage! Thank you also Discord managers!

Monthly reminder: downloadable patron content is here.

Happy New Year, Everypeople! and News!

I'm still recombobulating after the holiday season, but I wanted to bring you up to date with a few things:

• First, In the Court of Dragons, the new collection, is out! Eight new stories about major characters (Reese, Hirianthial, Sediryl, Val, the Queen Ransomed) and minor characters (Everdawn and Cirrus, the females of...
  2021-01-04 15:04:16 +0000 UTC View Post

Happy New Year! And Check Your Tiers!

Welcome to 2021, everyone! I hope yours is treating you well! I am still on vacation, but I hope to get back to work sometime next week.

Meanwhile, Discord users, Patreon is messing something up (again) and removing reward roles from you even though I didn't change anything. I can only guess they're tinkering without telling us, as usual. Please do me these favors:

• Check your reward tier. If you are pledging over $5 and don't have one select...
  2021-01-02 13:23:49 +0000 UTC View Post

Retrospective 2020

I try to take stock of where I’ve been and what I’ve learned at the end of the year, and we’re at the end of this one, so… let’s get started!

WRITING

If I had to pick one thing I learned in 2020, it’s that flowing like water is a necessity. I guess some people are really good at beating their heads against obstacles until they crumble, but I’m not that Hulklike, so I have to make...

Nochebuena

To all my patrons: Merry Christmas, to those celebrating, and happy holidays to those who aren't! I hope the season brings you joy and hope. 💚

Tiny Excerpt: Simone and the Worldlord

I started writing this "short" story for the latest collection, but this first scene convinced me it was going to be at least novella-sized, so I put it on the backburner.

I thought you all would like to see that first scene, both because of the content and because it offers some insight into the writerbrain's decision-making process. (Can you tell from this first scene why I thought it would take at least 40 pages, if not more, to write the remainder?)

Here's the link: 2020-12-24 13:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post

Still Prefer Paper

Me, diagramming the timeline for In the Court of Dragons.

The New Book Is Out!

Most of you already know this, because Kickstarter Backers (thank you!). But for those of you who missed it, or those of you who want extra links, here are the goods:

• Buy the book (paperback or e-) at retailers: https://books2read.com/courtofdragons 
• Add the book to your Goodreads TBR pile: 2020-12-21 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post

Longest Night Holiday Short! Now as an Ebook!

Last December I wrote this short about Jahir's first holiday after the war... but I never turned it into something you could download. I have done! Now, you can grab it as an ebook! Here's the link:

https://BookHip.com/NMLGHB 

The original short was shared as a google doc, and if you prefer to "group-read" or see what other people commented, 2020-12-17 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post

painting painting

Trying to get the last release of the year ready to go...

Finalizing the Last Book of the Year

Should be out next week! Kickstarter backers, you'll get it first. Stories in this collection include:

• Hirianthial and Reese
• The Faulfenza on Escutcheon
• More about the harem females and palace servants in the Chatcaavan palace
• Lisinthir and Jahir
• Ridiculous hijinks and heartwarming redemptions

Stay tuned!

Busy Jaguar

What I'm up to:

• Finalizing the last book of the year, In the Court of Dragons, the Kickstarter-enabled volume of Peltedverse shorts... nearly done!
• Finally taking the bull by the horns and fighting ACX to release my audiobooks so I can shut down my account there and move to a less egregious audiobook distribution system. Expect availability of my audio editions to fluctuate while I'm working through this; your best bet is to 2020-12-04 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post

Mermaid Quaintrelle

Crayola crayons, November 2020.

Caturday: Pet the Cat Edition

In case you needed a "second person viewpoint" cat photo. "The cat leans on you. You reach over and scritch him, and he slow-blink smiles at you."

It is Saturday and I love me some Saturday. I hope yours is treating you well! Just in case you need something to help it be more awesome, have my favorite pumpkin recipe! (It's my only pumpkin recipe, so I guess by default that makes it my favorite 😂)

2020-11-07 12:11:09 +0000 UTC View Post

News, and Oil Painting Progress

This was the piece I was working on during the stream on Tuesday. If you missed the streams, you can catch them now on my youtube channel. I hope to continue working on this soon, we'll see! I'm still doing massive experimentation with the new camera's set-up.

Unrelated, except as news: the latest hour and a half of the Amulet Rampant audiobook dropped! 2020-11-06 14:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post

Streaming Today!

At 1 pm EST, and again later in the day--I'm not sure if before or after dinner, but I'm thinking before because it gets dark so quickly. I'm trying something new today, and streaming an oil painting! 

https://www.twitch.tv/mcahogarth 

I hope some of you stop by for some relaxing unicorn goodness. 💖

Streaming Today! 1 pm EST

I'm going to try out my new camera today at 1 pm EST, until 2, so join me if you'd like to watch me doodle!

https://www.twitch.tv/mcahogarth