HAPPY NEW YEAR!! What are you looking forward to in 2023? I'm definitely excited, because it's my authorial debut year! DREAM TO ME comes out in just 1 month on January 31st! Have you preordered it yet? If not, you'll find a link to do so in my bio!

Ok, I'll give him this one. But only because it's really stickin' hard to scrutinize and censor someone who doesn't exist.

Welp, my entire left arm and shoulder have been claimed, so I guess I'm done writ--oh never mind. She just got up. Bummer. (Yes they're sideways, and I could fix them, but eh.)

That moment when your high schooler is struggling with French verb conjugations and asks for help.

"YES" *cracks knuckles* *opens Word* *creates a table* "THOSE FIVE YEARS OF FRENCH I TOOK OVER TWO DECADES AGO ARE FINALLY PAYING OFF. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO MAKE YOU SOME VOCABULARY FLASHCARDS, TOO? PLEASE SAY 'OUI'."

Me: Well, at least the demise of the bird app will free me from a huge source of distraction, I guess!

Also me, replacing the bird app with 3 more social media accounts:

Ahhh! I was having such a grumpy morning, then my editor alerted me to this! A glowing review from Publishers Weekly for my debut, DREAM TO ME! Day. Made.
Full review is here: publishersweekly.com/978125081

Ooh, we're sharing happy pics on ? I'm in! Here's the cover for my cats' new album, BOXES BOXES BOXES.

This is seriously my new favorite style: drawing a portrait with paper and pencil, then colorizing it in Procreate. I can't wait to do another one!

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Is it ok to shill my debut book here once in a while? Because it comes out in less than 3 months! But if you're a member of Netgalley, you can read an advanced copy and review it right now, if you'd like. Or you can add it to Goodreads. OR you can just go ahead and preorder it because of course you're going to love it, right? Right?? I'm just saying. Anyway, there are links for all of these activities right here in my linktree k'byeeeee. linktr.ee/meganpaasch !

from last night. Graphite & chalk on gray-toned paper. Today, I plan to do her hair, smooth out some of the shading transitions, and see if I can fix her mouth (I turned the corner down a smidge too far.)

1) Our power is out.
2) I used Procreate to colorize the pencil sketch I drew the other day and I freakin' love how it turned out! I'll probably do this more often.

Pencil & paper with a teensy-tiny bit of touching up in Procreate afterward. I'm trying to get better about using my physical sketchbook and not defaulting to digital all the time. Though I'll admit, I tried to double-tap undo on my sketchpad a couple of times. It didn't work for some reason. 🤔

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