Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her]

I am so tired of stress-induced tension headaches. Add in hyperextending where my shoulders can go easily during class last night (hard to hold targets when you're short) and the back of my neck hurts so damned much. Yes, I'm whiny. It's hard to do writing tasks when my head aches. I'm cranky. :(

Routine Leddy Moss · Growing Pains · Song · 2025

I really really like this song.

buff.ly/zNm9TUI

#LeddyMoss #IndieBand

A banner with artwork of a red and gold dragon wearing glasses and talking with a lil white mouse, also wearing glasses. They aresurrounded by bookshelves. A lit candle beside them illuminates the scene. In the background, a black bat carrying a scroll flies by. Text reads, "Duck Prints Press Presents Scholarly Pursuits A Queer Anthology of Cozy Academia Stories."

Crowdfunding now! SCHOLARLY PURSUITS: A QUEER ANTHOLOGY OF COZY ACADEMIA STORIES is our latest general imprint anthology, featuring 22 cozy takes on the "dark academia" genre. The world is dark enough, bring on the fluff! On KS: www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...

boosts appreciated!

🌈📚
📚💙

Readercon is coming this week, and I will be there! I am not on programming, but I am helping with the Duck Prints Press booth in the Bookshop, so folks can find me there.

This is my first Readercon! I'm very excited. And a little anxious. Brains are fun things, aren't they?

Text over a picture of two deer in a red-tinted forest. The text reads: Artist Recruitment Open for an Anthology of Queer Fiction and Artwork Inspired by Folktales.

Recruiting ARTISTS for our 4th QUEER FANWORKS INSPIRED BY... anthology!
* minimum of $50/page (more if crowdfunding goes well!)
* A4 full-page full-color illustrations
* inspired by folklore of personal significance to the artist
* apps close July 15th
Learn more: duckprintspress.com/untitled-que...

I am making an effort to focus on at least one small positive thing each day. Yes, that's my big goal for Q3.

Today? I HAVE A SPACE HEATER in my day job office. Just delivered. Given that my office has been 66F if I'm lucky this is AWESOME.

#positivity #thingsthatsparkjoy

Seeing Boys Like Girls play at the free outdoor concert is like seeing how all the emo boys and girls grew up and it’s kind of cool watching the audience.

Artwork of a cute green dragon crouched, butt in the air, front half lowers, staring at a tiny mouse. Its wings are striped in the colors of the genderqueer pride flag. Below that is a picture of the purple-white-green striped flag and text that reads "genderqueer pride flag."

Artwork of a cute purple dragon who has grabbed its own wing and is chewing it adorably. Its wings are striped in the colors of the nonbinary pride flag. Below that is the yellow-white-purple-black striped flag and text that reads Non-Binary Pride Flag.

Excited to share our Kickstarter to make merch out of ten adorable Pride-flag-themed dragons by @florilegeart.bsky.social has hit our funding goal! We've announced a stretch goal and have until July 2nd to hit it - take a peek at our campaign if you haven't yet: www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...

A graphic with a white rectangle over a background showing the stripes of the intersex inclusive progress flag. Within the white rectangle there are ten cute dragons in bright colors and playful poses. Text reads Pride Dragon Merchandise Stickers, Magnets, Key Chains, and More! The dragons are each in colors of a different Pride flag.

Our Kickstarter campaign to make stickers, magnets, key chains, earrings, washi tape, and lanyards out of ten adorable Pride-flag-themed dragons by Florilège has launched! Signal boosts and backing both very appreciated: www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...

#pride #pride2025 🌈 🏳️‍🌈

Image shows two earrings made of dangling scalemail: the one on the left is the bi flag, the one on the right is the ace flag. A business card below is for artificebyartifact.cardd.co.

There were several vendors at the Capital District RenFaire with Pride items for sale; all of the ones I spoke to were Pride year-round, not rainbow capitalism, which is awesome. I had to buy two pairs of these scalemail earrings so I could wear one of each flag--representing my invisible queerness!

Hermit does such beautiful work!! Do you see the pretty made for my book???

A flag pole with two flags flying in the rain. The one on top is the US flag, and the one below is the progress pride flag.

Happy Pride! These are the flags flying at my seasonal site at our campground.

If you're curious about my story for why both flags, I've written a blog post about it and posted to Tumblr (buff.ly/ZerOhDQ) and Pillowfort (buff.ly/VBLnUEb).

A very large black cat sits across someone’s lap.

Pete says there is no write, only kitty snuggles. He doesn’t care that my May newsletter is kind of already late!!

Teen Wolf, Sterekson, PG-13, ~10k long -- buff.ly/QA8FpxL

Stiles knows Derek has a thing for Jackson. The problem is, Jackson's a star, and Derek and Stiles are his bodyguards. Derek won't make a move. So Stiles has an idea... make Jackson jealous. There is nothing that could go wrong, right?

Set up for signing at #Balticon! Come visit me. ❤️❤️❤️

A tiny knit owl with big eyes (black plastic surrounded by white felt). The owl is purple on the bottom and yellow on the top.

I got a custom owl in (close to) PHU colors. I love it!!

Are you going to Balticon? Come see me! I'm on 3 panels, a signing, and a reading.

Sat 2:30pm - Love in Our Fiction (non-romantic relationships!)
Sun 10am - Signing!
Sun 4pm - Building Community to Survive Your Writing Journey
Sun 5:30pm - Reading!
Sun 7pm - Writing Spice and Smut

See you there!

A question for those who art: how long have you been arting, and how do you use references?

He slides under Jackson’s right arm and anchors him with one arm across Jackson’s back. “Go ahead, lean. I know I look skinny and breakable, but in order to be a decent bodyguard, I’ve got more muscles than you an see.” The look Jackson shoots him is undecipherable, his lips pressed tight together. Stiles chalks it up to the pain. “Trust me, I can take whatever you have to give,” Stiles says. “Put your weight on me.” Jackson sighs heavily. “I wonder sometimes if you hear yourself when you speak.”

I've been writing fanfic this week! About 4200 words so far, and still going. This is a Sterekson fic for May Trope Mayhem with three tropes that inspired it.

#WIPWednesday

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

A sunrise in streaked orange and clouds through a window past a desk cluttered with stuff and a bowl of oatmeal.

The morning view from the bedroom at our Airbnb is amazing. The lack of blinds means I have learned I can sleep with the complementary eye mask in place. 😁

Beautiful though. And the sky was still in sunrise mode at 7am so I enjoyed it while I ate breakfast.

Sitting in a tiny restaurant eating house made brats with a mango cider and German potato salad while listening to a local band play. Good night for vacation.

I could rule the world if I remembered what I was doing from moment to moment. #adhdlife

Traveling to western NY from the capital district. Stop at Wegmans on the way to the house we’re staying at. This is a must.

A mosaic of 17 similar but non-identical graphics in black and white with simple graphics. Text on each varies from a basic "Be Alert For..." format, and each has art to go with the theme. The 17 are: Be Alert for Cats, featuring a cat silhouette; Be Alert for Dogs, featuring a dog silhouette; Be Alert for Hanahaki Disease, featuring a figure spitting out two flowers; Be Alert for Idiots in love, featuring two people with question marks over their head passing a heart between them; Be Alert for Knives featuring a knife; Be Alert for Little Goobers featuring a little alienish blob with big staring eyes and tendrils coming from it; Be Alert for New Blorbos featuring a figure emerging from a box; Be Alert For New Books featuring a stack of three books; Be Alert for Plot Bunnies featuring an open book with a bunny leaping across it; Be Alert for Plot Holes featuring a person sinking into a black hole with an exclamation point over their head; Be Alert for Poor Little Meow-Meows featuring a person with devil horns who is crying; Be Alert for Porn With Plot featuring two figures, one standing, one sitting crosslegged in a chair; Be Alert for Porn Without Plot, featuring two figures, one atop the other in a bed, mostly covered by a blanket; Be Alert for Redemption Arcs featuring a figuring holding a U Turn sign; Be Alert for Submission Deadlines, featuring a stack of papers with a timer over it; Be Alert for Transmigration Risks featuring a person falling into a book; and Be Alert for Unreliable Narrators, featuring a smirking figuring surrounded by text bubbles.

A mosaic of 16 similar but non-identical CAUTION stickers in yellow and black. Each design features the word CAUTION, text, and an image that matches the text. The sixteen designs are: Caution Angst, with a bandaged anatomical heart; Caution Dead Dover: Do Not Eat featuring a bird lying on its side, with an x for an eye, with a fork and knife on either side of it; Caution Enemies to Lovers with two swords crossed, a heart over them; Caution Fake Dating, showing two hands clasped in a handshake; Caution Fluff featuring a fluffy sheep; Caution Mutual Pining with a stand of three pine trees; Caution OMG They are Roommates featuring two figures sitting side by side on a couch; Caution One-Night Stand beside a nightstand with a lamp on it; Caution Shelf Nearing Capacity showing a full bookshelf; Caution Slippery When Wet with three tentacles emerging from waves; Caution Slow Burn beside a lit candle; Caution There's Only One Bed with a neatly made bed; Caution To-Be-Read Towers with three big stacks of books; Caution Whump, featuring a person with their arm in a sling, their leg bandaged, and a crutch; Caution WIP Longer than Expected featuring a document page so long it's folded back on itself three times; and Caution Work in Progress showing a stack of papers with a partially filled progress bar over it.

A mosaic of three blue and white signs that are similar but not identical. The first is a blue and white sign with a list of five items, each with a small illustration. The five are: color palette; reference materials; pen; ...pen; are you sure you have your pen?. Text at the bottom reads, "The required focus aids above must be prepared before a drawing session. The second is a blue and white sign with a list of five items, each with a small illustration. The five are: preferred website; suitable timeslot; cozy blanket; imminent schedule; and comfort blorbos. Text at the bottom reads: the required focus aids above must be prepared before a fanfic-reading session. The third is a sign with a list of five items, each with a small illustration. The five are: beverage; ergonomic support; background noise; suitable strategy; involuntary distraction. Text at the bottom reads "the required focus aids above must be prepared before a writing session."

A collection of caution tapes, each with different text: Angst Beyond This Point; Major Character Death Beyond This Point; Caution Dead Dove: Do Not Eat; and Warning Slow Burn.

Our Fannish Safety Sign Sticker Campaign is up on KS! Made with all of creator’s Xianyu Zhou’s fandom love, these 37 stickers offer warnings for fannish tropes, character archetypes, memes, and more. Get one sticker, get 'um all, mix and match, and customize your order! Learn more: shorturl.at/DBRI0

<3 Thank you so much!

I wrote a ficlet. First one posted since December 2022. Yeah, really.

buff.ly/wKn2LAI

"Buy One, Take Two" - Teen Wolf - Sterekson - under 1k words - PG

For the #maytropemayhem prompt "Bachelor Auction" from @duckprintspress

I do not know how I feel about the amount of bot traffic and annoying spam comments going up on my writing website. How are they even finding me? Real people don't find me!

Side point--the April newsletter went out five days into May. Woohoo! I didn't bail on it entirely?

Things are a bit busy...

A fuzzy picture of a window above a couch and woods outside.

A tree and brush in the foreground and a narrow river flows behind.

These pictures are the view out of the back window of our trailer at our new site at our seasonal campground. No neighbors on one side only water. Happy sighs.

I was talking about it this week when I was back at the Palace to see Melissa Etheridge and Joss Stone (excellent show, btw).

I haven't listened to nearly enough of Jill's more recent music, and I'll be working through some of that today in her memory. To those grieving, my heart is with you. (2/2)