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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I've been prepping for this day!

A wall unit with eight sections, 2x4, laying down lengthwise. Each cubby has at least one video game console, plus there are a few on the top as well. There is an xbox 360, an n64, a snes, gamecube, wii, wii u, three generations of playstation, a sega duel system, and both nintendo switches. There is also a tower for controllers on the top. A powered off tv is on the wall above it.

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Lady and Grif have entered the chat.

Two dogs looking over the edge of a netted hammock. The one on the left is a grey and white husky with bright blue eyes. The one on the right is a tawny colored sheppard mix with a dark muzzle. Both are smiling.

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Twinsies! We had the same idea with the kallax! (I want to see your cable management when you're finished with it. Mine's atrocious.)

An eight section black wall unit on its side, with a video game console in each section. There are even some doubled up. The top has more consols, including handhelds. There is a controller tower on the top. The cables behind the unit look like a bag of snakes. Please don't judge me.

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Nice day for feeding my birds. One of these things is not like the other.

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Pretty excited about my haul from @bluenosemontreal.bsky.social yesterday. I traded in some games that I wasn't using and got store credit enough to buy these gems, plus some other ones I've never heard of before. Breath of Fire was on my acquisition list for a while now. #gaming #retrogaming

A game disk for the original PlayStation. It is for Breath of Fire 4. The disk is a very attractive shade of blue.

Three video games; two are CD's and one is a cartridge. They are Spyro Remastered Trilogy for XBox One, Frogger for PlayStation, and Gex: Undercover Gecko for N64

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

It helps to be an artist 😜 From left to right we have Tennicus, the patriarch and elderly statesman, Tennicus. Ryvus, his adopted son and half-elf. Dom, the rebel leader turned councilman. Oz, an elf with no magic who joined the human army. And Mark, the ex-imperial turned rebel hero.

Character art. There are five figures. From left to right; a tall, dark skinned older man with long ears, wearing a yellow and orange wrap. Next, a slightly shorter brown skinned man with white hair in a sandy colored robe, standing barefoot. Next, a short, pale skinned man with a man-bun, dressed in a grey, white and red military outfit is adjusting his glasses. Next is another dark skinned man with long ears and short ears. He's tall and lanky. He's wearing a tight sleeveless dark shirt and grey military pants, with a rifle slung over his shoulder. Lastly is a tall woman in the same military colors with a long grey coat. She has a buzz cut and she's reaching for a gun at her hip.

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Altaïr hit 'send' accidentally while making biscuits 🤷🏻‍♀️

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

So, my cable management needs some work, but I have a three way splitter for both hdmi and RCA. Allows for 6 of my systems to be plugged in all at once. I could get another splitter and do another thee on the last hdmi port on my tv 😅

A collection of gaming systems all hooked up to the tv. There are 8 cubbies in the wall unit, each with a console, plus two of the cubbies are split in two. More gaming stuff is on the top, including two more consoles, some gaming-related ornaments, controllers and hand helds. An absolute tangle of cables can be seen behind everything. The screen on the tv is showing the main map for Starfox 64.

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Everyone appreciate my fluffy dog taking the stairs. *Sproing!*

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

My sister gave me the very best Christmas gift, but I have no one to appreciate it with me, so you all have to listen to me gush. I had been joking that I wanted to make a conspiracy board for decoration and a joke, and she went and made me a kit!

A manilla envelope with the word 'confidential' scrawled across it

A spool of red twine, a pack of thumbtacks, three polaroids featuring random things, a pile of random documents with some old black and white photos, and a hand written note that reads 'they're on to me. I only hope you've got what it takes to put the pieces together '. A veritable starter kit for the paranoid conspiracy nut.

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

😲 My current play! 🥳 What coincidence!

A black ikea kallax shelving unit, 4x2 shelving, on its side. It's being used as a shrine and set up to my videogames. Cable management is somewhat organized chaos. There are many consoles, including sega, nintendo, x box and PlayStation, from retro to modern, along with some handhelds and various controllers. Above is my sad little tv, BUT on it is my current game of Starfox 64

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

My job- Amazing. Rewarding. Can't believe they pay me for this. Also my job-

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

In the spirit of the spooky season, I'm playing this gem of a wii game. The second they introduced the button for a 180° turn, I knew it was going to be full of jump scares #retrogaming #scary #ghost #nintendowii

The cover a wii game. In black and white, there is an ominous young girl holding a stuffed cat, and the name of the game is on top in blue and reads Calling. Both letter Ls and the letter I are slightly taller than each letter before, cleverly designed to look like cell phone signal bars.

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

I made it to a neighboring city's comicon this weekend and added a new signature to my collection. John de Lancie has a great sense of humour. #startrek #nextgen

A cropped photo of the cast of Star Trek The Next Generation. There are parts of other characters and autographs visible in the image, but front and center is Captain Picard. Written on his forehead in black sharpie is the letter Q. Across his chest is written 'Picard deserves it', and underneath that is the signature of John de Lancie.

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

#fantasyindiesseptember Day 30- Monthly Wrap-up Thanks to one and all for following and playing along. And a big thank you to @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social and @l.v.russell_author for putting these events together every month.

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

#fantasyindiesseptember Day 29- are you/MC introvert, or ambivert? Mark is an extrovert. She likes people and she'll get energized by being around them. Ryvus is an introvert. He finds people exhausting and when he's around them he feels constantly on guard.

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

#fantasyindiesseptember Day 28- What Stage is Your WIP in? A little past the beginning. I have a very, very old draft from before a lot if the ideas were refined in the first two books. And I have an experimental draft where I had condensed all four books into one. Now I have to plot a new draft.

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

#fantasyindiesseptember Day 27- Saturday Snippet Ryvus fucks up a spell There wasn't enough time to carefully prepare the spell Ryvus was about to use. Tennicus was a master at its fine calculations. He tried to impart his knack for it to Ryvus, who had never been one for delicateness or details.

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

#fantasyindiesseptember Day 26- Free Friday or Share Something You're Looking Forward To Greatly looking forward to #firstdraftfall this year. For once, the start of a new project coincides with it, so I've been putting off the project a little until then :D

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

#fantasyindiesseptember Day 25- What would be your MC's favorite subject in school? Mark would probably sleep through most classes. She *might* stay awake for history. Ryvus would have liked home-ec, though by now he could probably teach the class.

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

#fantasyindiesseptember Day 24- Interesting Fact(s) from Your WIP's World History During the Great War, there was supposed to be a prisoner exchange between the elves and humans. The human army shot and killed their own soldiers as they were brought to the exchange to make a point about capture.

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

#fantasyindiesseptember day 23- What Grammar Rule Catches You Out? Uhhhhh....all of them? I used to read a lot, so I just go with what I'm used to seeing/what sounds right. I, in fact, have no idea what I'm doing.

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

#fantasyindiesseptember Day 22- What Type of Book Would Your MC Write? Neither are avid readers, nor particularly creative, so I don't think either would be inclined to try, or be very good at it. But Mark would probably write a memoir about the war. Ryvus would likely write a sappy romance.

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

#fantasyindiesseptember Day 21- Pass on Some Author Wisdom You can fix bad writing. You can't fix no writing. So don't let the fear of falling short of perfection keep you from starting towards it.

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

#fantasyindiesseptember Day 20: Saturday Snippet Collin defends his involvement in illegal science and speaks of his mentor. “Did you ever ask me how he died? Or why I started studying neurology?” he demanded loudly. “When he took me in he was already dying. His body was betraying him bit by bit."

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

#fantasyindiesseptember Day 19: Free Friday or pet photos Pet photos? That's easy! Behold, Princess Lady the husky, and Grif the Maneater, the shepherd mix.

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Two dogs with their heads resting on the edge of a white mesh hammock. The one on the left with a grey and white husky with a white mask and blue eyes. The other is a shepherd mix. Sandy brown with a dark muzzle and really nice black eyeliner going on. Brown eyes. Both dogs have their mouths open and are smiling happily (because they want food)

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

#fantasyindiesseptember day 17- Power Hungry Characters in WIP The only one that's really in it for power and ego is Fraccus, high priestess of the elven church. She loves the power and the devotion that her position commands and she'll do anything to keep it.

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

#fantasyindiesseptember day 17- Your Autumn TBR First up is a beta read of my friend @danielaegan.bsky.social new book. After that, I really should get around to reading the next book in The Expanse.

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

#fantasyindiesseptember Day 16- Marketing Advice You kidding? I don't have any. I assume a big part of it is actually telling people about your book.

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

#fantasyindiesseptember day 15- Where would your MC like to visit? Neither Mark nor Ryvus are terribly interested in traveling. They did enough of that during the war. But Mark might enjoy the capital city of the neighboring country, and Ryvus would probably like the coastal bluffs there.

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

#fantasyindiesseptember Day 14: Your Favorite Books The Lost Fleet books - Jack Campbell The Lies of Locke Lamora - @scottlynch78.bsky.social The Powder Mage books - Brian McClellan Blood Drive books - @danielaegan.bsky.social Ciaphas Cain books - Sandy Mitchell

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

#fantasyindiesseptember Day 13- Saturday Snippet When asked for help and insight to break up a cabal of scientists, Ryvus gets them up to speed. "The Emperor and his scientists kept me locked in a cage. I was an animal to them. I wasn't privy to their staff meetings."

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

#fantasyindiesseptember Day 12: Free Friday or books that remind you of autumn Free Friday On fall and the harvest, two of my characters are from farms. One's from a dairy, the other from a ranch. Ryvus is a homesteader, so he grows most of his own food.

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

#fantasyindiesseptenber day 11- Do You Know What Your Next WIP will be? I have two old stories I'd like to work on next. One's got some great and well thought out characters and settings, but shit all in the way of good story. The other has a great magic system but little else going for it.

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

#fantasyindiesseptember day 10- Does your MC Cover Knowledge or Power? Both Mark and Ryvus covet power. In their world, knowledge is tied to evil and misery. They want power to stop knowledge from doing harm. Danny covets knowledge. He sees it as an equalizer and a way to better life.

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

#fantasyindiesseptember Day 9: What magic or superhuman power would you and your MC choose to have? Both Mark and myself wish there was more time in a day. 'No need to sleep' would be our choice. Failing that, teleportation.

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

#fantasyindiesseptember day 7- Would/Does your MC Like School? Mark's probably like me. She'd be alright with sitting through classes and pretending to pay attention, but I bet that anything she didn't feel had a practical application she wouldn't be able to focus on.

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

#fantasyindiesseptember day 7- Something in your WIP that surprised you Little spoiler-y, but... One of my characters switching sides and turning on the team. Didn't have that in the original outline 🤯

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

#fantasyindiesseptember day6- Saturday Snippet Mark's soldiers express concern over Ryvus' violent past. “Face it boss; the empire broke your friend's brain. You don't see his brother trying to smoke his own guys.”

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

#fantasyindiesseptember day 5- Free Friday or share some of your favorite fandoms Favorite fandom? Star Trek, I guess. I've made some amazing friends attending cons. Had lovely chats with people from all walks of life, and (touch wood) never had a bad experience.

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CreativeMaus @creativemaus.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

#fantasyindiesseptember day 4- Character Hobbies Mark's precious little downtown is spent in the boxing ring, or in bed (with her sparring partner) Ryvus gardens and cooks, or goes for walks in the woods. Danny enjoys the theater and reading.

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