The Goddess Dance

I'm an illustrator and designer by trade, but ever since I can remember, reading, writing and the world of fandom have been my special escape. LIKES: Faeries and Unicorns. Beautiful art. Mythology. History. Anything and everything Tolkien, Merlin & Harry Potter. Legend of Zelda and all things Nintendo. How To Train Your Dragon. BOOKS. The Kingkiller Chronicles. Juliet Marillier novels. Within Temptation, London Grammar, Florence + the Machine. Also, fluffy animals :) DISLIKES: Being sick from a tick bite :( One day I will learn to dance.

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A portrait of the Shire by Daniel Kordan

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The Queen of Swords, by Krista Gibbard

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Ooohhh!

[thegoddessdance]

danceofchaos said: there’s not enough available characters in the comments to go through it all so Skype?

Eep, sorry I didn’t get back to you sooner. I can’t do any kind of live chat at the moment as I randomly started having seizures (triggered by bright/flashing lights), so although I go online regularly it’s only for short periods. Can you leave me an offline message on Skype that I can reply to at leisure? Or does tumblr have a private message function that I haven’t figured out yet? Also I have an instagram which I quite like to use for messaging if you have one too and would prefer that? In any case it’s been waaaaaay too long :)

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Composites

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Fae field of gold by tytaniafairy

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(via Pinterest)

[thegoddessdance]

danceofchaos said: ;A; yu betch I was worried. Glad you’re doing ok though :)

Aw you so sweet :) Sorry I haven’t been around! Whatchya been up to while I was gone?

[atmagaialove]

The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms. ~ Lao Tzu

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Château de Maintenon, France

photo via priyanka

[klaravelez]

     Beautiful swan and it’s reflection  

[thegoddessdance]

Hi

I uhhhhh....forgot I had a Tumblr? *waves awkwardly*

Sorry Tumblr :( Blame my instagram addiction and the fact that I spend most of my days now attached to an IV pole or doing things like going into hospital and having a piece of plastic stuck up one of my veins (during which my heart was prodded with a wire and had crazy arrhythmia and was Not Fun At All).

Definitely going to revive my blog soon and definitely still writing and stuff. Definitely also feeling a little better but I’m not going to jinx that by talking about it too much.

[janainaart]

As promised here’s the giveaway! The prize is a digital painting.

Rules & Conditions: .You have to be a follower to enter; .Like and/or reblog this post; .The giveaway ends on July 27th; .I’ll randomly pick one or two winners (it will depend on my available time); .You can request a fanart, your original character, folklore/mythology themed, etc; .If the winner doesn’t respond me within 2 days, I’ll choose another, so don’t forget to leave your ask box open!

Thank you for your support and good luck to all! :)

[thegoddessdance]

Oooh would love to win this!

[thesylverlining]

#FTZA: Writing While Sick, Depressed, Scared, And Other Deadly Sins

Check out my first blog post on The Zharmae Publishing Press’s Blog Z, on something super relevant to my life - writing while chronically ill, exhausted, and scared. (My secret? I’m like the Hulk. I’m always scared.) But I know I can do it, and so can you. Let’s be heroes together. 

Plus… if you were curious about the title of Chameleon Moon, Book 2… it’s in here… you know, if you were into that sort of thing…

[hexmeridian]

Hey guys go read sylver’s fantastic blog post about writing while chronically ill. Then when you’re done go read Chameleon Moon because it’s a phenomenal book and I love it (also it’s on my list of media to write articles about this month, so watch out for that). 

Thanks for being an awesome inspiration, Sylver. You help remind other chronically ill scared exhausted folk like me that we can keep writing and creating.  

[hawk-and-handsaw-blog]

reverse hades/persephone, where the young daughter of summer uses plant magic to ensnare the lord of darkness and keep him prisoner in a beautiful garden above ground. Eventually, enchanted by her cleverness and wild youth he agrees to eat six pomegranate seeds and stay with her for half of every year. 

[lyhoradka]

# ID READ THE FUCK OUT OF THAT # HE TRIES BEING ALL IMPOSINGLY MIGHTY AND WRATHFUL WHILE PERSPHONE JUST GOES ON WATERING THE FLOWERS OUTSIDE HIS CAGE # HE PETITIONS TO AT LEAST GET SOME DEATHBELL AND NIGHTSHADE AND ASPHODEL GROWING IN THERE BUT IT’S ALL LOTUSES AND SUNFLOWERS AND APPLES # AND LIKE CORN EVERYWHERE HE FUCKING HATES CORN # THEY COMPROMISE ON POMEGRANATES (x)

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[clockworkprinceherondale]

#and he never forgave #and he never forgot