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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I had a whole blog post write itself in my head earlier. Then another one later. Sadly, none of them have made it to the keyboard, and I think I might've forgotten them by now. Maybe I can recall one if I dig deep enough into the recesses of my brain...

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

All set up at the Guilderland Library for the local author fair! Come visit if you’re local. #writer #market #guilderland #albany

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Morning Tea: Blueberry ginger Morning Temps: It’s only 53F out and we’re still at camp. *shivering* Good Things for the Day: It’s a holiday, and I’m still at our camp. When I go home, spouse and pup are staying so I get a night on my own with the cats. I finished my Philcon program requests.

Meet me at the Guilderland Public Library

Local Author Fair

September 12, 2026

11:00 AM to 2:00 PM

2228 Western Ave, Guilderland

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Testing out a few new things for setup. Definitely liking it but I am running out of sticker room and need to figure out earring/stitch marker display.

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Making baskets for the basket raffle has become a new fun thing for me. Intended to make two. Made five instead! Hoping for a good holiday weekend at our campground. Going to the Scottish Games tomorrow, then doing vending at the campground yard sale Sunday morning.

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Tea flavor of the day: strawberry mango Weather: cloudy, muggy, they swear I'll see the sun later... Neutral thing: the leaves are starting to turn! I love fall, but hate that it means winter's coming.

A tree, most of the leaves green, but the outer edges are just starting to turn red.

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I have drafted my newsletter, but posting it means gathering the pictures that I noted as "insert pic here" and that takes time... which means I don't have enough time to get it posted everywhere and eat something before my 4+ hour appointment today. :( Hopefully I can get it posted tonight!

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Tea flavor of the day: blueberry ginger Weather: pouring buckets, but supposedly hot later Good things for the morning: I'm on the right side of the ground. Yesterday's headache has faded for the moment. I'm excited to use Novel Navigation cards. My work basements are not leaky.

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Yesterday we did a thing where we ran, stepped on the bottom of the kicking bag, then jumped off to throw a roundhouse before landing. Yes, I participated (it was optional for adulty adults). Today? OW I regret, but it was also fun. #taekwondo

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I set a goal at the start of the month to write 100 words a day. Clear my desk after work. Draft a check-in kind of blog post. Put it out there in a world. Simple. Then... day job said "NAHHHH" and everything has been chaos.

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Thought for the morning... If your social media advisors claim you are "just being authentic" after you post things fat shaming other people, then you should realize that your advisors just told the world that your authentic self is cruel and a bully...

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Had a brief conversation about the Jesus Christ Superstar original concept album. Now I feel like I need to listen to JCS.

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

...when I try to be good and post things, but stall out when I realize my images are too big to post to the systems so I have to go back and fix them...

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Working on figuring out how to handle being more present on social media going forward. I feel like it shouldn't be this complicated (mostly because I have fond memories of early days of social media where it was all community and chatter and fun).

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

What methods do folks use to post to multiple social media accounts from a central platform? What's affordable out there? I currently use Buffer, but after three accounts I have to switch to paid. On the other hand, I like Buffer, so I'm tempted to keep it.

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Soldering is hard but worth it. Customers photo printed dot grid journals with good paper are improved by adding a charm to the ribbon! #customizingart #soldering #jewelry #bujo

Pinchers hold two sides of a jump ring—one attached to a black journal ribbon and the other to a silver star. A journal lies open in the background.

A journal cover says Make time… against the background of a closeup of the interior of a huge clock.

A dot grid journal lies open with a black ribbon that has a star charm attached.

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Baking soda is a mild base. Lemon juice is a mild acid. Mixing them in water gets you... mildly lemon flavored water where the pH should be fairly neutral. I am laughing in science at ridiculous ads...

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

This week was breaking week at TKD. Last night I finally perfected a "zipper" break (weird spacing) for a 6 board axe kick (I'll add a level to do 8 next time). My only failure? I forgot to have anyone video it for me! #taekwondo #breakingboards

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I love the scent of petrichor in the morning.

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Very excited to announce that I have been accepted as a vendor at the Local Author Fair at Guilderland Library on Saturday September 12th! If you're local, come on by. Looking forward to meeting folks and talking books!!

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

All set up in Grafton for today! Got a great spot where I could park right next to it. Allergies from the freshly cut grass might kill me tho.

A pop up tent with cars in the background and a table in the foreground. The table is covered with books and merch and signs.

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Please, share your facts about the elusive Great Lake submarines. The world needs to know!

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

If you're local, I will be at the Grafton Summer Festival in Grafton NY on Saturday July 25! Books, stickers, zines, notecards, and more! I am very excited by some of my new merch, including a washi sticker sheet of writing inspiration and a tote bag!

A sticker sheet with a rainbow background and a title of "Encourage your inner writer" with various different writing inspiration stickers.

A pile of totebags lying flat against a striped comforter. The tote has a book on it and says "Learn Experience Escape Read"

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Last night we saw the Mystic Pizza musical at our local repertory theater (not a national tour). It was AMAZING. I was so excited for it, but also so nervous that the musical wouldn't live up to my love for the movie. It lived up to it and more. Yes, it's cheesy. That's an 80s romcom.

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I have been spending SO MUCH TIME getting my business officially set up. I can collect state tax. I can vend. I'm doing my second market this weekend! But I've also ordered, received, and packed merch. I've set everything up in Square for vending.

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I am pretty sure that reading fluffy fic I wrote isn't supposed to make me tear up. I think I am mourning words. The ability create with words.

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unforth | Claire Houck | Duck Prints Press @duckprintspress.com · 09/07/2026

The Kickstarter for our next anthology, Wild and Full of Marvels: Queer Fanworks Inspired by Folklore and Fairy Tales, launched yesterday, and we’re already almost 50% funded and a “Project We Love”! Check out the campaign and see what all the fuss is about: www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

We saw Supergirl tonight. Be good. You don’t have to be perfect. You don’t have to be nice. But just… be good.

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

My second merch order should be arriving around Friday! I am equal parts excited and nervous to see how everything turned out. This order includes more stickers, a washi sticker sheet, washi tape, dot-grid notebooks, and a tote!

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

When I signed up for my first market vending solo as an author/graphic designer it seemed SOOOO far away. Now it's tonight! And life has been full of chaos for the last two months so uh, this is my first advertising. #vending #market

Image shows an ad for A Big Gay Market and Troy Pride Night Out. A badge says "I'm a vendor!" and another badge has the name Tris Lawrence. Next market is Friday June 26th, River St-3rd St, Troy NY from 5-9pm.

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Going to see #WeTheKings for the first time in FOREVER tonight at Alive@Five. Really REALLY hoping that "Just Keep Breathing" is part of the set list--I've never gotten to hear it live and it is one of my favorite songs.

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unforth | Claire Houck | Duck Prints Press @duckprintspress.com · 01/06/2026

HAPPY PRIDE! It’s Pride Bundles for charity time! We're selling bundles, and a % of the proceeds go to the Queer Liberation Library and the Transgender Law Center. You can learn more about the bundles here: duckprintspress.com/2026/06/01/b... or go straight to our shop: duckprintspress.com/shop/

A banner over a rainbow background with several ovals in blue. The title reads Buy Queer Creations! Support Queer Causes! Duck Prints Press's 4th Annual Bundles for Charity Drive June 1 - 30. Below this, ovals highlight three areas: one has book covers and text reads 25 general imprint stories and 15 explicit imprint stories; one has a sphinx and an elderly woman touching foreheads and says 10 digital artworks; and the last reads "a share of the profits from the bundles will be donated to the Queer Liberation Library and the Transgender Law Center." Text in the bottom right corner reads duckprintspress.com/shop.

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Uploaded my first new design to RedBubble in forever. This is for everyone who has ever done dance/gymnastics/etc. and then later in life picked up martial arts... #martialarts #taekwondo #redbubble #graphicdesign buff.ly/YNtLBxJ

Five illustrated images of girls doing martial arts are arranged in an arc around the words "Dancing with damage". The girls are colored in a gradient of red at the top to blue at the bottom.

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I would like to return today; it is not performing according to specifications. It is even out of spec for a typical Monday.

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Exceedingly disappointed in StraightTalk home internet. Apparently the location where it worked for six months last year no longer has home internet service available. That isn’t a growing network. That’s called shrinking.

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unforth | Claire Houck | Duck Prints Press @duckprintspress.com · 12/04/2026

An ill-timed cold has meant I’ve done less promo than usual on our current Kickstarter. We’ve got 48 hours left in our campaign, and we’re about $1700 short of our goal All you need to do to help is boost this post! Ready to learn more? Visit our Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc... 🌈📚

A banner with text that reads Ducks in a Row | Duxxx in a Row, Curated Collections of Queer Stories. Beside this are two mock-ups of books, their cover titles matching the text. Duxxx shows art of a line of people sunning themselves on the beach while reading, and Ducks shows a group of people cuddling in a pillowfort while one of them reads aloud. There's a "Projects We Love - Kickstarter" badge in the upper right corner.

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

As I prepare for markets and conventions I am reminded of the most irritating part of being an author trying to sell books: they are soooo heavy!!

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

My son complains when my husband doesn't answer texts. My husband complains when my son doesn't answer texts. ...I have texted both of them tonight to crickets... pot... kettle... y'know?

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Packing party! Signing has been completed for those requested and everything is being packed to go out Monday. Thank you to Duck Prints Press!! ❤️❤️❤️

The author holding copies of her three books.

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

My very first merch order! Some of these are also part of the stretch goal sticker sheet from my Kickstarter so if you got that you’ll get those! Kevin and I have already put Team Not Dead Yet on our water bottles for TKD.

Eleven stickers with quotes on them and one keychain.

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unforth | Claire Houck | Duck Prints Press @duckprintspress.com · 30/03/2026

HAPPY LAUNCH DAY! Our Kickstarter for DUCKS IN A ROW and DUXXX IN A ROW has gone live. Over 40 stories by our queer creators, collected in two lovely volumes for the first time. Check out the campaign, and boosts of this post are very appreciated! www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc... 🌈📚 📚💙

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

The weather is up and down and I can't even enjoy the good parts. Both spouse and I have come down with some kind of bug so he's coughing up a storm and my face is on fire and I'm exhausted after a trip up and down the stairs. And coughing, but not nearly as bad. Ugh. Sighs.

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unforth | Claire Houck | Duck Prints Press @duckprintspress.com · 24/03/2026

COVER REVEAL! Our next two anthologies are collections of short stories from our 2021-2023 archive, a general imprint anthology of 22 stories and an explicit imprint anthology of 19 stories! KS launches March 30: www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc... Cover art is by @dylanmeconis.bsky.social 🌈📚 📚💙

The front cover of a book entitled Ducks in a Row: A Curated Collection of Short Stories. It shows a pillowfort in rich, warm shades of red, with a group of people of different skin tones, hair colors, and gender presentations gathered beneath as a central person with short pink hair, white skin, and black ear gauges reads aloud from a book. In the foreground, a cat, iguana, and cat cuddle with a duck plushie.

The cover of a book entitled Duxxx in a Row: A Curated Collection of Explicit Stories. Artwork shows a line of five people sunning themselves on a beach, their sunburns/tan line patterns showing where hands have touched them, mouths have kissed them, and clothes have been. All are reading, lying atop a beach towel with colorful umbrellas overhead and blue waves lap at the bottom of the image.

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Crowdsourcing for recommendations… if you get notecards printed as art merch (folding, with envelopes, preferably both square and rectangular available, and wouldn’t mind seeing seed cards available as well) — where do you get them at a good quality and reasonable cost?

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Started the process of making my first merch order for merch I designed on my own. Excited. Nervous. Feel like a fake because it's all graphic design, not original art. But. It's also fun, and the words at the least are my own.

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The Peaceful Navigator @peacefulnavigator.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

ADHD comes with a special talent for running into random objects.Things will literally appear in your path out of nowhere, and you will run into them multiple times. This is nonnegotiable.

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

My head is all over the place today, and refusing to focus on any one thing, despite meds. Ugh. Can I return to the days where ADHD was my superpower, rather than a liability?

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

In an effort to convince myself that I really do have things to talk about and look alive to the outside world... I am going to start posting about my baking experiences. I am gluten free, and have to keep lower sugar/not high carb due to diabetes.

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Day job is always in a basement office, whether that's on campus or at home. But at least at home I have a casement window and some natural light!

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