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Jo Bee, Purveyor of Dark Whimsy
@jrbee.bsky.social
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I wanna WRAC! (Write, Read, Art, Craft)
Introvert. Owned by one cat. Dogs are also pawsome.

Writer of books, haver of a bookish YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@jrbee
(She/ her)
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#SundayPixSounds, I could hear these munching on leaves, and they were so loud! Unfortunately, by the time I came to film them, they were in a silent post-food coma
Bunch of mostly green with black faces and black-banded caterpillars on some oak leaves. They are quite hairy looking, in a spikey sort of way.
December 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Spilled cat food everywhere, and it would have been a disaster, but I had help from someone small and purry. She was born for that kind of cleaning!
Black cat sitting in a box, looking at you. She'd like you to join her, but she's not sure if you'll fit.
December 18, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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I'll give this a go, since I'm still coldy, but I will be relying heavily on Storygraph to remind me of what I've read XD
Panel one for Book Wrap Up for the Year 2025 1. First book finished 2. Top 3 (or 5) books read in 2025 3. New genre tried this year 4. Favorite new author from 2025 5. Favorite character you met in 2025 6. Favorite romance / romantasy / romance sub plot from 2025 7. Best mystery / thriller / crime fiction from 2025 8. A book you want adapted on screen 9. Countries visited through the books in 2025 10. A book that you wish had a sequel / alternate ending 11. A book with unnecessary sequel (or prequel that came later) 12. A book that made you sad/made you cry 13. A book that someone recommended and you loved 14. A book that was not worth the hype on SM 15. Some books deserve DNF. Which were yours? #bookwrapup25 panel 2 Book Wrap Up for the Year 2025 16. A book that more people need to read 17. Re-reads from previous years 18. A series you finished in 2025 19. Most read genre in 2025 20. A book adaptation you saw and liked in 2025 21. A series you started new & plan to continue 22. A book you wish you could live in/be a part of 23. Book with the prettiest cover 24. A book that made you want to travel 25. A book that made you happy / laugh 26. A book with the best friendship 27. Best world-building in a book from 2025 28. One new lesson you learned from the books this year 29. Most inspiring character you met in 2024 30. Last book you read in 2025 31. A book you look forward to read in 2026 #bookwrapup25
December 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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This once had wings – this is my attempt at avoiding posting my fav butterfly pic once again, I feel like I've shared it a fair bit by now.

Also, this years old drawing of a dragon I did of the embodiment of the zodiac Leo

#SundayPixWings
A lil bird skull resting on a brown oak leaf with a dry, faded red rose on its head. The dragon is light brown with dark brown accents. It walks along looking nonchalant, with red wings draped down its back like a royal red robe, its tale is resting on its shoulder, with one hand holding in abesent-mindedly, like one would with a ponytail.
December 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Cat I can do
Close up of Black cat with green eyes. She has her back foot pressed up against her mouth - toe beans on full display- and she looks smug
December 13, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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I grabbed this piece of info from a indie writer's group on fb. Hopefully it's helpful to you?
- [ ] As a former retailer buyer, major price points are $2.99, $3.99, $4.99, then it skips to $7.99, $9.99, $12.99 and $14.99. $5.99 and $6.99 were considered dead price points. As in why lose $2 when to the consumer it’s the same as $7.99? But it’s also important to look at other ebooks- not just indie but trad too - and see what your genre is priced. It shouldn’t be what you would spend, but what is that genre buyer willing to spend. I’d say having a cover that is on trend with traditional and best selling books also allows you to charge more.
December 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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#SundayPixBelovedCritters

The loaf of my life

The meme of a critter that inspired my kids' book, The Raindrop Ramblers

The Critter who used to bounce off the window to demand the peanuts be replenished
A black cat with green eyes and a smol face, swaddled in a blue patchwork quilt A bug with: an orange face and butt section, black eyes, back and chest, and wings, climbs a stalk of grass, waves at us and says "Oh, Hi." The face of a squirrel looking in through a window, demanding peanuts with menaces
November 30, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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I finish my bag enough that I can use it!

I just want to add a zip and a magnet clasp for the flap.

#sewing
Hand made handbag close up, it has a multicolour splatter pattern on dark blue, a pocket on the flap, another on the front of the bag. It has wood buttons Wide shot of the bag with its comfortably wide strap
November 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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This should definitely be a thing!
Faith Naff says "I think trans people should get thrown transition showers like brides and pregnant people get. All your friends come over to celebrate this big moment in your life, gift you things you'll need to start living your true gender, and just have a big party. Can we make that a thing?"
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Day 14: post your pet(s)

this is perdy under two blankets (our last house was cccccold!)
I knitted one for her, and also made her a quilt)

#FantasyIndiesNovember
A black cat asleep under two blankets. Paws jutting out, one straight with beans on display, the other curled as if she's making biscuits. The quilt is blue patchwork, and the knitted blanket has the design for the doors of durin from LOTR
November 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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@wombat37.bsky.social Number 2 in steampunk sci fi!
Screen grab of rankings for the summer realm
November 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
“I’m horrible, actually” says a man with wolf gloves and wolf mask in a cardigan and skirt. One arm is threaded through a picnic basket handle and the other is on his hip
November 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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9. I don’t have room for a bookshelf - books are in storage, but I do have my next physical books to read lined up.
10 books lined up on a wooden dresser, with a flat one on top with an oak loaf bookmark on top. A kindle lays in front on them. There’s a heart-shaped coaster, a round wooden jewellery box and a black jewellery box as book ends. The books are the entire series of Eragon, a magazine book collection of short stories, two hardback books of sci-fi stories, Edgar Allen poe collection, madness visible a memoir of war, catch 22
November 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Tortoise lamp anyone?
A bronze tortoise with a green glass shell that forms the light shade
November 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Caephilly castle mirroring itself #SundayPixMirror
In the morning, the moat was frozen, and all the birds that came into land skidded on the ice
A ruin of a welsh castle. It has two tiers, the lower tier is a huge outer wall, with 1 turret. The 2nd tier has 2 sections, one a tall wall will rounded turret, the other a grouping of 3 visible turrets. It also has the remains of a tower, covered in ivy and on the lean. The sky is blue and the moat reflects the sky and castle close up of the castle, some of the moat is frozen and it has ducks, geese, and gulls hannging out in little clicks
November 9, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Notice anything strange about santa?
Full body of a santa in red tunic, white jacket with gold embroidery and a long robe also with gold embroidery. Fur trim on cuffs and hat is brown. Beard has no moustache, but the lip has hair texture Close up of face - deets the same as other poc
November 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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I can't seem to find my bookshelf pics, and in my current place, there isn't room for a bookshelf 😭
But here's a pic of something a friend sent me when I pubbed the ramblers
#SundayPixBooks
Someone holds a copy of my first children's book called The Raindrop Ramblers. Text says "Look what just arrived in the post today. So proud of you friend!!!' A message I never expected to receive, but am very happy I did
November 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Making a bag! The blue is the lining layer, the speckled is the outside.
I have put pockets everywhere I can (that makes sense). Including pen pockets.
There will also be plenty of void space

#sewing
Outer layer of a speckled handbag. It has a front pocket and a pocket on the flap of the bag. The lining is ocean blue and purple sea effect batik - it has two pockets on one side, and a double pocket on the other side. The back of the bag also has a welt pocket (that’s hidden by another flap
October 31, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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When his Wombatness turned my cardigan try on, that still had a knitting needle sticking out of it, into this delightfulness 😂

#SundayPixWombat
#SundayPixWombie
#SundayPicWombat37
A woman wearing a very very large red hood, wearing a red mask and a spear stuck through the hood. All photoshopped over buildings set into a mountain.
October 26, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Excuse me, but please look at my cat.
She’s curled up next to me whilst sharing my blanket
Face and front arms of a sleeping black cat peeking out from under a brown blanket.
October 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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“Do not enter body while blowing equipment is in operation”

👀 👀
Yellow sign on the back of an orange truck - the text for which is in the post
October 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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#SundayPixBelonging
She chose us when she was at her lowest, and now she lives her best life. Strangely neither of us are the spare human
Sleeping void kitty all curled up
October 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Perdy has found a nip toy she really likes - which is surprising, because she hadn’t been interested in nip

#caturday
Void kitty laying on a small rectangle toy of nip. Eyes are closed, paw is resting on the nip
October 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Book rec - Dust by @arthurslade.bsky.social.

This is my favourite cover, although it does make it look more thriller than it actually is.

It's a very well written paranormal mystery set in a dry & dusty rural part of the US
Read it years ago & really stuck with me.

www.amazon.com/Dust-Arthur-...
Book cover of the face of a boy with closed eyes and butterflies coming out of his mouth
September 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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How many names does your pet have?

Perdy, Perdy puss, perdy pusskins, hey bear, Bibbledy bobbledy bear, sweatness, good girl perdy puss, boop boop, whose got BEANS?
A black cat head sticking out of a box that says premium product Big green eyes and massive pupils looking up from the sweetest void kitty
September 21, 2025 at 11:39 AM