Emje McCarty's Blog, page 5

not cats…not dogs…

Daily writing promptWhat are your favorite animals?View all responses

rabbits
who knew?
not me
but i have fallen in love
with my house rabbit
evelyn sparks
i love the way a prey animal
can have so much fucking attitude

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(since the prompt asks “favorite animals” i will add: sharks…i also dig sharks)

with each issue of twat…

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there will be original artwork!
not just the cover & comics
but i plan to doodle all over each
individual
copy
so no two will be the same….
watch the progress of my zine over at twat.ink

miracle worker reborn

my friend robert is my greatest patron
he buys my art
& then makes altars out of my inkings
this is the latest, using my inking “miracle worker”

wait! stop the presses….

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last night at work
doing the job of wonka’s squirrels
(that’s right
i sort nuts)
listening to my songs
on the terrible speaker
of my flip phone
i was all like
“i need to rename my novel”
you know that novel
the one i sort of published
then unpublished
& now hope to publish again
yeah
a new name will fix
everything.

comics in zines

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wolf & rabbit

who counts as a historical figure?

Daily writing promptIf you could meet a historical figure, who would it be and why?View all responses

can i pick david bowie?
he influenced the history of music as well as
gender politics
i think he would be gentle & supportive
if i should meet him
& i could use some gentle support
right about now
or should i pick abbie hoffman?
or another anarchist
someone to keep my rebel spirit hot
& give me tips on the revolution
emma goldman?
except i read her autobiography
& she just seemed unstable
in her relationships with men
& i already have enough of that
in my life
& abbie hoffman
cheated on his wife…
though i bet he would be a lot of fun
to get a drink with
to rant back & forth with…
but would he take me seriously
my having a vagina & all?
or should i get in the way back machine
go visit mary magdalene?
is she a historical figure or a biblical one?
because i would like to find out
what was really happening there
i think she would have a lot to say
& i would love to let her
tell her story.

*edit*
i forgot ghengis khan who united & conquered & introduced freedom of religion & also had his daughters as leader…love to pick his brain.
i also forgot kurt cobain…i think i know why he killed himself & wanted to talk to him about that.

anti-social media

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i recently set up an account over at bluesky
not really knowing what it was
you see, i haven’t been anywhere but here & instagram in like 8 years?
i am not good at social media
i’m terrible at it
it makes me cry…or leaves me up nights
as anxious voices in my head worry,
“should you have said that?”
usually both
& bluesky is apparently what happens when a bunch of people
hate elon musk?
from what i can tell it’s like twitter & instagram had a baby

bleah
so i’m on bluesky…for now

yes!

Daily writing promptDo you trust your instincts?View all responses

the only problem being
i have so many voices in my head
i don’t always know
who is behind the wheel
my instincts are good
but my anxiety likes to override them
so then i’m like
is something bad about to happen?
or am i just
having a panic attack?

over at twat

handjob

the swimming hole

Daily writing promptWhat is your favorite place to go in your city?View all responses

fuck yeah
i live in a norman rockwell painting
the town is 700 people
(founded by norwegians & bohemians…
but mostly norwegians
you know, after the ho-chunk were driven out…)
a quaint little town
built in a scenic as fuck valley
with a creek that runs through
a creek
that sometimes decides to rise up
& try to kill said norwegians
i love that creek
second choice would be the library
where i can create a zine on the copy machines
& talk to kids
about comics.