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Trae Dorn Is (Probably) A Person
I'm a geeky, nonbinary genderqueer Wiccan Witch. You probably know me from my Witchcraft or Actual Play podcasts. Or that I'm the person Ryan Kopf tried to sue twice. Or from that webcomic I used to make. Or from that anime con I cofounded. Or that I'm just a weirdo named "Trae." They/Them. My Podcasts / My Personal Site / Buy My Books! / My Patreon!
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You know, an interesting tumblr transformation that's happened gradually, and which I've seen no one talk about: ask-culture has essentially dropped off to nothing.
By which I mean, asks used to be WAY more of the tumblr economy. They used to be more common to send, and receive, and see. They were integral to the collaborative, forum-like behavior of old tumblr communities, not even to speak on the HUGE number of ask-blogs that used to exist to only be interacted with in ask-form.
I'm not saying this in a vying-for-attention way but instead in an observational way: I used to get way way more asks in like 2015, even with a fraction of my follower count. I wonder if it's due to the homogenization of social media sites? There's a lot more of this divide between "content creator" and "consumer" instead of just a bunch of peer blogs who would talk to each other. "Asks" aren't really a thing on twitter, are they? And as I understand it, the closest thing to an "ask" on instagram or tiktok would be a creator screenshotting some comment and responding to it in a new reel or video or whatever those content mediums are. Are asks just too tumblr-specific? Is that aspect of the site culture dying out as more and more people converge to using all their social media sites in the same way?
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Book update time! Back in January I published my first (non-graphic) novel, The Witch and the Rose (which you can buy here). I made it pretty clear that it was the first book in a series, and that more books would be coming.
And yeah, it's time to reveal that next book.
I'm excited to announce Bloody Damn Rite, the sequel to The Witch and the Rose and second book in the Mia Graves series, will come out June 11th on Kindle and paperback. Additionally, you can pre-order the Kindle eBook version of the book right now and it will be available on your devices immediately on June 11th.
So yeah! If you want some queer contemporary fantasy set in, of all places, an Indiana college town... I got two books for you.
There will be more.
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Easy Everyday Witch Tips!
Hey y'all, I know that it’s sometimes hard to keep witchcraft in your daily life, so I thought I’d put together a helpful list of tips which can help you connect with your craft every day.
Infuse your tea with herbs with magic(k)al properties. It’s a simple way to add magic(k) to your day.
Journal about your experiences. As you reflect you may find ways you connected with your magic(k) you didn’t initially notice until you write it down it later.
Take a moment to look at the stars at night. Stargazing can help connect you to the universe.
Engage with your cat and/or dog if you have one. Animals have a natural connection to the spirit world, and engaging with your pets can improve your own connection.
Go back outside and look at those stars again. Don’t you see, they’re calling to you.
Try to make meditation part of your regular routine if you can. While it doesn’t work for everyone, it can help you feel more connected and grounded. It can also help silence the ache that has clawed at you from before the dawn of time.
Add some herbs to your food! Herbal magic(k) is not only powerful but tasty too!
Go back outside again, and focus on the inky blackness of space. Climb up to the nearest roof, open your mouth, and let loose a primal scream in a voice that you don’t recognize… that echoes deep in the parts of your soul you had long forgotten in a different life. A life that existed before the universe was born.
If you use tarot cards, bring them out! Practice makes perfect, and it can improve your connection with your cards.
Unfurl your blackened wings. Take flight and begin the dance that harkens the coming of the death bringer, Xi'HWYTH'iL. Open one of your many mouths and let the call that beckons the great beast escape your lips.
Maybe take up yoga? I heard it can be fun!
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It is in fact very funny that a couple of dudes got so sick of waiting for Animusic 3 that they figured out how Animusic's technique of procedurally animating rigged instrument models based on MIDI input worked, wrote their own software, and started making their own original Animusic-style videos.
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Yeah, no -- that place ain't brought pleasure to anyone in a long time.
Aaaaand cue the flower shop wanting to ask me back because they saw me complaining about work on Facebook.
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Man I hecked up my hair today. Oof.
I don't hate it, but this ain't it.
Someone take my scissors away.
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Book update time! Back in January I published my first (non-graphic) novel, The Witch and the Rose (which you can buy here). I made it pretty clear that it was the first book in a series, and that more books would be coming.
And yeah, it's time to reveal that next book.
I'm excited to announce Bloody Damn Rite, the sequel to The Witch and the Rose and second book in the Mia Graves series, will come out June 11th on Kindle and paperback. Additionally, you can pre-order the Kindle eBook version of the book right now and it will be available on your devices immediately on June 11th.
So yeah! If you want some queer contemporary fantasy set in, of all places, an Indiana college town... I got two books for you.
There will be more.
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More like "Sour Shop"
Aaaaand cue the flower shop wanting to ask me back because they saw me complaining about work on Facebook.
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Types of Witches Masterpost
I’ve seen several of these passed around, but they always feel incomplete. I’ve decided to put together my own version. I hope this is helpful.
Religious WItches - Witches who practice within a religious practice (like Wicca)
Secular Witches - Witches who practice outside of a religious practice.
Solitary Witches - Witches who practice alone
Sonicary Witches - Witches who only exist as the concept of sound
Tweed Witches - Witches who are really into elbow patches
Sandwiches - like a good ham and cheese one would be pleasant now.
Cranberry Witches - Best served at Thanksgiving
Forest Witches - They are in the woods, right now, totally lost
Steve Witches - These are witches named Steve. They tend to collect Dreamcast games and are generally okay unless they’ve been drinking.
Sea Witches - They work with water
C Witches - scpell everytching wcith unecesscary C’s
Gray Witches - only wear the color gray.
Grey Witches - Like Gray witches, only more pretentious
Fae Witches - Witches who work with Fairies
Witches Near Fae Witches - just waiting to see if the Fae Witches weren’t careful enough when they made their deals with the Fae.
Booze Witches - Do their best witchcraft drunk, or at least that’s what they tell you when they ask you to hold their beer. This is what Steve thinks he is. He isn’t. Steve has a problem.
Kitchen Witches - People you should be friends with around thanksgiving
Garden Witches - Work with plants, stronger than they look, seriously – don’t try to fight them. God damn it Steve, leave her alone.
Healing Witches - The people you take Steve to after he pisses off the Garden witches.
Hedge Witches - These are Witches who work with Hedges.
Did I miss anything?
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Fun fact: I made my list after reading Sec post about getting frustrated with how those lists would screw up their definitions of "secular witch."
Those lists are bad and have always been bad.
Except mine. Mine is brilliant and important and correct.
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Ya, there was one of those annoying "kinds of witches" lists going around. It said an animist witch was a witch that works with animals.
I said hey, that's not what that means and the op said that's what they read in a book. They even said the book but I don't remember what it was. This was probably over 5 years ago.
Does anyone else remember that?
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I swear I am a functioning adult.
I screwed up my hair so bad y'all 😆
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Book update time! Back in January I published my first (non-graphic) novel, The Witch and the Rose (which you can buy here). I made it pretty clear that it was the first book in a series, and that more books would be coming.
And yeah, it's time to reveal that next book.
I'm excited to announce Bloody Damn Rite, the sequel to The Witch and the Rose and second book in the Mia Graves series, will come out June 11th on Kindle and paperback. Additionally, you can pre-order the Kindle eBook version of the book right now and it will be available on your devices immediately on June 11th.
So yeah! If you want some queer contemporary fantasy set in, of all places, an Indiana college town... I got two books for you.
There will be more.
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Throw them into the open car window of your enemy at a stop light?
Today I saw about a dozen feral peacocks, but MORE IMPORTANTLY I watched a crow leapfrog over a Canada goose.
When I say "leapfrog" I mean it hopped onto the goose's back from behind, then hopped off in front. It looked like it was going to do it again, but the goose decided to move along.
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"So the Holy Spirit and I saw you across the bar, and we really like your vibe..."
Okay, so Tumblr ads are absolutely wild by nature and I'm just straight... flummoxed how this one happened:
Is... is he God?
Is the man in the photo God???
IS THE WOMAN THE HOLY SPIRIT??
IS JESUS IN THE PHOTO ALSO?
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"Someone else's fiction cannot cause you physical harm."
Incorrect.
It can definitely hurt you when I hurl it at your head when you complain to me about what I'm choosing to read and how immoral it is.
🔹 Someone else's fiction cannot cause you physical harm.
🔹If someone else's fiction is causing you emotional or psychological harm, or distress, you can put it down and not read/watch it.
🔹Your emotional well-being is not the responsibility of fiction writers.
🔹Someone else's fiction is not about your personal trauma.
🔹When reading or watching fiction, you always have the power. You can always stop. You are never reading fiction without your own consent.
🔹Fiction writers are not responsible for other people's mental health.
🔹The content of a piece of fiction does not reflect on the morality of its author.
🔹Just because someone writes about bad things happening, doesn't mean they want those things to happen.
🔹Don't like? Don't read.
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