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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 21/09/2025

I've begun coloring again. Enjoyed playing with marker blending techniques on this mandala I drew in Affinity a while back. #coloring #mandala #handdrawn #alcoholmarkers #gelpen (All my coloring from here on out will have the red hanko seal for my name.)

Hand drawn mandala in yellows, oranges, purples, and greens. White dots and lines bring contrast and highlight areas. The mandala has many organic petal and flower shapes.

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 24/05/2025

🌟 Excited to share my latest project: Hitomezashi Style Sashiko Coasters! 🎨✨ I've been diving back into sashiko, the beautiful Japanese embroidery technique that combines art with tradition. 1/3

A set of four navy blue fabric coasters arranged in a square on a wooden surface. Each coaster features an identical diamond-shaped pattern created with white running stitches in the hitomezashi sashiko style. The diamonds are highlighted with a row of small cross stitches in alternating colors of yellow, light blue, pink, and green.

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 21/07/2024

Happy birthday to my main character, Tatsuya! Ex-gangster with a heart of gold. www.worldanvil.com/w... (Be sure to check the secrets!)

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 15/07/2024

What's your favorite Japanese food? I have many favorites. But this one brings back great memories of my first trip to Japan - Curry Cheese Donuts!

curry cheese donut - with a few bites out of it. It was so yummy!

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 31/05/2024

Finny hides from the camera, lately. I'm not sure why. He didn't used to be such a scaredy fish. He's still a water puppy, though! #FishyFriday

Purple veiltail betta hiding at the back of his tank behind plants.

Text: Grumpy-kins hiding from the camera
Finny the Betta
#FishyFriday

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 29/05/2024

Playing with the digital linework for my #mandalas. I think I like the gold glitter effect. #digitalart

Intricate mandala with gold glitter linework

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 24/05/2024

My husband makes mazes in big flat boxes for the ferrets. The love them and hide their favorite toys in the mazes. #FerretFriday

Sable ferret peeking out of a cardboard box.

Text: “Mom, you can be in the maze box too!”

Pocky the Ferret
#FerretFriday

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 22/05/2024

More #mandala digital line work colored with alcohol markers. I think I found my art medium. :D #art #mixedmedia

Mandala in vivid reds and yellows with greys and browns for accent.

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 19/05/2024

An easy to understand guide on design for accessibility with clear examples. Highly recommend! The Accessible Design Survival Guide by @Incaseofgrace incaseofgrace.itch.i...

Example of how contrast helps readability

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 17/05/2024

Ember is a puppy fish. He greets me at the front of the tank every time I stop by. #FishyFriday

Red, silver, and black betta fish swimming.
Text: Ember says, “Hi! Got treats?”
Ember the Betta
#FishyFriday

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 15/05/2024

To settle my brain before I attempt to sleep, I've been drawing #mandalas on my ipad, printing them, and coloring them with alcohol markers as I listen to super chill music. Definitely making an improvement in my #sleep cycle! #art

Mandala colored in blue-grey, purples, and vivid yellows.

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 10/05/2024

Pocky and Mochi have two modes, go go go play and sleepy. #FerretFriday

Two sable ferrets ready for a nap. Text: Sleepy carpet sharks tuckered
out after playing

Pocky and Mochi the Ferrets
#FerretFriday

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 08/05/2024

My favorite time of the year! Apple blossom season. The smell is heavenly! #spring #flowers #photography

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 25/04/2024

Ember is like a puppy dog. He zooms over for meal time and dances about until I feed him. #FishyFriday #EmberTheBetta

Image: red, white, and black Plakatt betta fish swimming in a planted tank.
text: Ember asking if it’s meal time yet... #FishyFriday Ember the Betta

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 19/04/2024

I'm excited to announce my most recent insanity project: 🎆📘The Free Books Gateway! 📘🎆 Everyone needs more books, especially free and discounted ones! So, I've curated a list just for fantasy and sci-fi lovers. 1/2

Image: (top) Warrior approaching a magical gate, (bottom) magical book
Text:
Free Books Gateway
Free and Discounted Fantasy and Sci-fi Books
ready to whisk you away for your next read!
booksgateway.carrd.co

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 15/04/2024

More free reads coming your way! Fantasy, urban fantasy, paranormal and more... storyoriginapp.com/t...

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 13/04/2024

A smoky, sulfurous haze drifted toward the floor as the mage collapsed to his knees, gasping. He’d gotten everyone else out of this hellhole and it’d made his sacrifice worthwhile. #litgames #inkmine #LCsnippets

Image: yellow sulfur smoke or fog
Text: A smoky, sulfurous haze drifted toward the floor as the mage collapsed to his knees, gasping. He’d gotten everyone else out of this hellhole and it’d made his sacrifice worthwhile. #litgames #inkmine #LCsnippets
Liminal Chronicles Snippets #6
April 2024
by Amy Winters-Voss

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 11/04/2024

Our local cat cafe helps adopt out rescues from the animal shelter. We just enjoy visiting. (I have allergies, so no home kitties anymore.) It was fun getting to pet them. This little guy was one of my favorites. (He reminded me of my first cat.) #felineFriday

Image: fluffy black cat curled up on a cat tower shelf.
Text: Sleepy fluff bean! #felineFriday Cat Cafe Kitty

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 10/04/2024

You filled the lonely void inside my chest with a glow, a warmth that made hope bloom. But I was no knight—just a tool, a fellow secret keeper and plotter, there to get you out of a bind. “Partner” is the closest thing you called me to what I wanted. 1/2

Image: glowing circles with stars
test: You filled the lonely void inside my chest with a glow, a warmth that made hope bloom. But I was no knight—just a tool, a fellow secret keeper and plotter, there to get you out of a bind. “Partner” is the closest thing you called me to what I wanted. But it still didn’t capture my feelings. #litgames #inkmine #whistpr

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 08/04/2024

Fantasy and Adventure - stock up on free reads! (I've been drooling over several of these, myself!) books.bookfunnel.com...

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 08/04/2024

I pressed the little sakura blossom into the tome of cherished stories. Another disclosure in my collection of reminders of time with you. They testify how much you changed the course of my life. #litgames #inkmine #whistpr #LCsnippets

image: sprig of cherry blossoms on a book
text: "I pressed the little sakura blossom into the tome of cherished stories. Another disclosure in my collection of reminders of time with you. They testify how much you changed the course of my life.
#litgames #inkmine #whistpr" Liminal Chronicles Snippets
April 2024 #4
by Amy Winters-Voss

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 05/04/2024

All that blocked access was the police tape line, the pennant of his handiwork surrounding the ashes of the house I grew up in. A thin ribbon of plastic wasn’t enough to thwart me from searching for clues. I would hunt him down, no matter what. #inkMine #LitGames #whistpr

Image: police tape over black background
Text: All that blocked access was the police tape line, the pennant of his handiwork surrounding the ashes of the house I grew up in. A thin ribbon of plastic wasn’t enough to thwart me from searching for clues. I would hunt him down, no matter what.
#inkMine #LitGames #whistpr
Liminal Chronicles Snippets
April 2024
by Amy Winters-Voss
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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 04/04/2024

Ready for free reads? Pick from over 100 to add to your TBR pile. books.bookfunnel.com...

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 04/04/2024

Starvation was the point that drove me to a place I was sure I’d never escape. But you gave me the courage to leave that life behind. You became the wind inside, driving me to be a better man, and the liquid fire in my veins. #litgames, #inkmine #whistpr #LCSnippets

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 03/04/2024

When the horizon eclipsed the last sunset we had alone before you returned home, the roar of a crowd shouting at a tournament shook me. It was my heart cheering for you to have the courage to say yes—to the beginning of being my treasured wife. #inkMine #LitGames #LCSnippets

The last remnants of a sunset sky. (Text is the same as the post text.)

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 01/04/2024

Happy birthday Mochi! Hard to believe you are 4 already! We are grateful for your frisky curiosity and daredevil shenanigans, little one! #MochiTheFerret #ferret #birthday

Ferret drinking salmon oil from a small bowl. Text: Happy birthday Mochi! You deserve all the treats, my little girl! Mochi the Ferret @ferretBirthday

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 29/03/2024

Pocky crashes hard when he gets tired. Those are the only times I really get to cuddle with him. #FerretFriday #PockyTheFerret

Ferret resting with his feet and tail hanging off the pet bed. Text: Wiped out after play. Pocky the Ferret #FerretFriday

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 27/03/2024

I often have to remind myself to take a break or quit working for the day. Sounds silly, but it's true. I need that breathing room to wind down and be ready to go the next day. #amwriting #writingcommunity

Woman with eyes closed. Text: Give yourself room to breathe

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 22/03/2024

I was shocked how much faster Ember can move than Finny. #fishFriday #EmberTheBetta

Red, white, and black betta fish gliding through the water. Text: Ember goes zoom! He is so much faster in the water than my long finned betta.) #fishyFriday Ember the Betta

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 20/03/2024

One of my go to playlists for writing! Night Shift Future Garage. www.youtube.com/watc...

Neon city scape. Text: aesthetic writing music. Future Garage, great for writing concentration

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 19/03/2024

Have you struggled with your writing process? You're not alone. It's taken me a while to find what works best for me. In "Writing Process from a Tinker's View", I share my process and points you might want to consider for your own drafting cycle. amywintersvoss.subst...

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 19/03/2024

Need an escape? Over 90 books filled with myths, legends, and fairy tales are waiting to carry you away! books.bookfunnel.com... #fantasy

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 18/03/2024

Happy Birthday to my character Shion, the mighty river dragon! (He is so fun to write! Such a drama queen.) "When the time comes, you will be my eyes and ears—the body I am denied." <- Do you know who he said this to? (Character art by Odette.A.Bach) 1/2

Text: Happy Brithday Shion! Dragon god of the Nonogawa River
Image: Blue Japanese dragon by a forest river.

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 15/03/2024

Mochi's favorite treat is salmon oil. She can smell the bottle being opened from all the way across the room! #ferretFriday #MochiTheFerret

Little ferret slurping up salmon oil in a bowl. Text: Salmon oil is the best! Mochi the Ferret #FerretFriday

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 13/03/2024

Last few hours to fund the fun and charming The New Agent Manual: WILLOWISP solo journaling RPG set in a mysterious world of spies! I backed it because it looks really fun!) Today is also the creator's birthday. Let's make her day! <3 www.kickstarter.com/...

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 13/03/2024

I really enjoyed Becca Syme's book "Dear Writer, You Need to Quit". "QTP" will stay with me for a long time! #writingadvice #writingcommunity

Woman looking skeptical. Text: QTP - Question the Premise --Becca Syme, Dear Writer, You Need to Quit

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 08/03/2024

Finny always greets me when I come over to his tank. #FishyFriday #FinnyTheBetta

Purple betta fish with fins splayed. Text: Finneas likes to show off his plumage. #fishyFriday Finny the betta

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 06/03/2024

I've been listening to Brett Janzen's chill music on repeat as I finish up writing the draft of book 3. This is my favorite of his music. www.youtube.com/watc...

glowing circle gate with an astronaut about to enter. Text: Aesthetic writing music. Futurescapes Sub Zero by Brett Janzen. Sci-fi and fantasy

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 05/03/2024

What books have you freed from your TBR collection recently? 1/2

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 05/03/2024

Need more urban fantasy, paranormal, and supernatural books to read? I know I do! I'll be checking out several and adding to my eBook reader. books.bookfunnel.com...

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 01/03/2024

Today is my sweet ferret's birthday. How has time gone so fast that he's already 4? We'll spoil him today with treats and hopefully a trip to the store to pick out a toy. #ferretFriday #PockyTheFerret

Image: Two ferrets playing on a bean bag. One has a cartoon crown on his head. There are cartoon balloons behind the text.
Text: Happy Birthday Pocky! You deserve all the treats, my sweet boy! -- Pocky the Ferret #FerretFriday

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 28/02/2024

This one is hard for me. But perfectionism only holds me back from really learning and improving in the long run. How do you find ways to kick perfectionism to the curb? #authorlife #writingcommunity

picture: paper and fountain pen on a desk. The paper says "Progress over perfection."

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 23/02/2024

Fish will always tell you they're hungry. I have to be careful not to over feed him and Finny. So far, Ember's favorite food is frozen brine shrimp. #fishyFriday

Copper koi betta swimming. Caption: "Got shrimp?" #FishyFriday Ember the betta

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Amy Winters-Voss @amywintersvoss.com · 21/02/2024

I love to tinker with my writing process and productivity to see what works for me what what doesn't. What have you tried lately that works for you? #authorlife

Picture: candles and lavendar flowers by a sign that says "Try it"
Text: Dare to try new ways of doing things--writing and sharing your work!

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