Marie 🇨🇦⚜️

@blammarie

Graphic designer, comic book artist, author of The Blood Prince, Skin Deep & Kalipso. I reblog books with pretty covers She/Her. Follow my Patreon for free stories every week! Also visit my website at blanchetmarie.com/en

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Marie 🇨🇦⚜️@blammarie· Jul 6

I am so french-pilled that for a hot second I thought @romancingthevote.com had only managed to raise 232 dollars and 9 cents

sniping! This year we've already raised over $232,908 (and counting!) for VoteRiders and The Southern Coalition
for Social Justice.

Marie 🇨🇦⚜️@blammarie· Jun 25

Nonsense, I don't hate VR Everything else, yeah

[redacted] has added you to the "Hates People Who Use VR AI Crypto Smart-glasses NFTs Bitcoin" moderation list

Marie 🇨🇦⚜️@blammarie· Jun 3

This photo by Brigitte Lacombe

The poster for a play of Twelfth Night starring Anne Hathaway

Marie 🇨🇦⚜️@blammarie· May 21

Like, does that sound like a decent content warning list to you? I really waffled on including cheating because it’s really, really not an issue in the books but I know some readers will still be uncomfortable with some scenes. And it’s NOT a love triangle, so that also bears mentionning

Content Warning
Please be advised that this book contains the following sensitive subjects: explicit sexual content; dubious consent (in the form of coercion); mentions of blood which includes swallowing it; physical as well as emotional abuse; and brief mentions of traumatic injuries, gambling, infertility, and suicidal ideation. Furthermore, due to the nature of a story that is progressing towards a throuple HEA but hasn't reached it yet, the romantic arcs include scenes which certain readers might consider to be crossing the line into cheating, even though the characters themselves do not see it that way. As in the previous book, personhood and agency (and the lack of) are also still major themes.

Marie 🇨🇦⚜️@blammarie· May 16

Venez me voir au #fbdm #mcaf en fin de semaine! B-15!

Marie 🇨🇦⚜️@blammarie· May 15

Venez me voir au FBDM! Je suis au kiosque B-15 :) Je suis la fille bizzare qui fait de la dentelle lol

Un bout de dentelle style frivolité en noir et rose gomme balloune

Marie 🇨🇦⚜️@blammarie· May 11

New lace bookmark! Messed up the last two roses ahaha whoops Gonna have to make another one

A photo of a bookmark made of bobbin lace, in black and hot pink

Marie 🇨🇦⚜️@blammarie· May 10

Mother’s day gift! I’m glad mom liked this extremely handcrafted bookmark :)

A bookmark made in purple and blue bobbin lace, according to a pattern called « chain of roses »

Marie 🇨🇦⚜️@blammarie· May 9

@keezyyoung.bsky.social !!! I saw the french translation of ur book in a bookstore in Rimouski!!

Picture of the graphic novel Hello Sunshine

Marie 🇨🇦⚜️@blammarie· May 4

Excellent article, and I want to comment on this particular part, and say that even if I don’t watch The Pitt, I really deeply admire it for not buckling to fans by taking all the shit they made up between seasons & treating it as canon on which rests the foundation of the next season

"The Pitt" fell into that classic trap of having an online fandom that spent more hours reading fanfic after just one season than they did actually watching that one 15-episode season and it totally warped their understanding of what the show is, subconsciously or not

Marie 🇨🇦⚜️@blammarie· May 3

Tbh I think she should have done it. It would have been hilarious. Autumn: not the sort of woman you marry if you want your life afterwards to be peaceful #writing #editing #romantasy

Afterwards, he took a generous helping of ground willow bark to soothe his migraine, then went in search of his new wife. He was surprised she had not ambushed him with questions as soon as they'd both woken up. She had rather chosen to complain - at length - about the temperature of his chambers, then about the fact she had to return to her own rooms to get dressed, and finally about his poor manner in throwing their guests out of the castle at first light. He did not take any of these particularly seriously, as complaining seemed to be one of her favourite pastimes, alongside arguing and being difficult.
What a woman, he thought. What a queen!

Autumn gave the Wizard King exactly one hour to brace himself before she went to find him to get the answers he had promised her. She hoped he was appreciative of how much grace she was giving him.
When she'd awoken that morning, a few minutes before him, she'd briefly considered bracing herself on her hands above his sleeping form and waiting until he opened his eyes to blurt out, 'how did you get cursed?'.
She did not think he would have appreciated that.

Marie 🇨🇦⚜️@blammarie· Apr 19

Accidentally created the funniest guy Look, he just wants to look at cool plants and talk about magic, okay?? And also shake people’s hands, that’s a thing he does #writing

The king also narrowed his eyes dangerously towards Hillington when it was his turn to speak his name, making it quite clear that no shaking of the hand would be tolerated

"Oh, well." She cleared her throat. "Don't let me mislead you, I know very little about this as well. You need to talk to the king. Magical botany is something of an area of expertise for him. I'm certain he'll be able to guide you towards the answers you seek."
The mage's eyes flicked towards the dais, then back to her. "Are you sure?" he asked. "I wouldn't want to impose on his time..." But she could tell that the suggestion had excited him, and he was practically vibrating with the urge to abandon her mid-conversation to go accost Eltanin, who would probably not enjoy it very much.
Autumn laughed. "Master Hillington, if I may be perfectly candid with you," she said, "I did not work so hard to bring all this together to tolerate anyone still balking at the idea of peace. My husband may be unfriendly and unpleasant, but he will not kill you for asking a question. He has also agreed to the cessation of hostilities, has he not? Furthermore, you are planning to steal from his forest. Nothing but leaves, perhaps, but still. He deeply values honesty. This will go down better if you inform him of your intentions, first."
"Well, of course, he does," he replied absently, "honesty is a requirement for magic. Yes, yes you're quite right, I will consult him at once. If you'll excuse me?"
And, with that, he bounced off in the direction of the dais. When he noticed him coming, Eltanin caught her gaze and raised his eyebrows. 'Be nice,' she mouthed.

felt incapable of summoning good manners even for the few hours it took for their guests to depart. He therefore adopted an aloof body language meant to discourage attempts at conversation, and let his new queen handle matters.
It worked well enough; most of their guests kept their distances as they depared to leave. Only the excitable mage proved incapable - or unwilling - to read the room. He chattered happily through breakfast, then insisted on shaking Eltanin's hand in the castle's courtyard, apparently under the mistaken impression that their shared interest in magic made them something like peers.
"I will make sure to send you the first draft of my thesis as soon as it is completed, Your Majesty," assured Hillington, for some reason still holding on to his hand, even though it had been a minute. "I look forward to your assessment of my research! This is all very exciting!
Thank you so much for offering to do this, again," he added, which was news to Eltanin, as he did not remember doing such a thing.
Behind the archmage, the Queen of Veld leaned out of her carriage's door and glowered.
"Master Hillington," said Autumn pleasantly, no doubt amused both by his predicament and by her mother's frustration. "I hate to interrupt, but I do believe you ought to get going now. You have a long road ahead of you."
"Oh, yes, of course!" yapped the man. He finally let Eltanin's hand go and bowed. "Thank you once more for the warm welcome, Your Majesties, and farewell!"

Marie 🇨🇦⚜️@blammarie· Apr 18

Chui tu la seule qui checke anxieusement si les noeuds glissent encore à chaque fois que je raccorde un picot?? #frivolité #tattinglace #tatting Checker si les neouds sont bel et bien coulant: le contrôle+S de la frivolité

Un morceau de frivolité bien simple en progrès

Marie 🇨🇦⚜️@blammarie· Apr 15

My fingers are falling off #tattinglace #lace #craft Husband: are you winning, wife? Me: 😡 yes I am having fun this is FUN I am enjoying this 😡😡😡*makes a mistake* FUCK

A complex piece of tatting lace that is only slightly wobbly

Marie 🇨🇦⚜️@blammarie· Apr 13

The first chapter of "Four Liars (in space)" has just dropped on my Patreon, for free! I have two potential covers for this book -- which one do you guys like best? (Inside this book there are two wolves: one is #romantic, the other is #comedy 😆) patreon.com/BLAM_Marie

A book cover that takes inspiration from vintage pulp covers. It shows four people sitting in a living room; a black man in a chair, holding the knee of a white guy who is sitting on the arm of that chair and holding a glass of whisky. Behind them, a black woman in a red dress is sitting on a low table, and she is holding the hand of an asian woman in a yellow dress that is standing up next to her, leaning against a bookshelf. Above their heads, the book title: Four Liars (in space). There are also arrows pointing at each character with some smaller text. The main black guy has "fake married", his boyfriend has "NOT who he says he is", the black woman has "Knows too much", and the asian woman has "fake married".

A book cover that is more in the style of a vintage scifi comic, with a very comic book looking font for the title and some halftone textures for the shadows. It shows four people standing in front of a stylized blue planet with rings. Each of them have a black circle and a white X in front of their face. Three are wearing space army uniforms (two men, one in orange and in yellow, and a woman in orange) while the last person is a black woman wearing a green dress that looks retro-futuristic.

Marie 🇨🇦⚜️@blammarie· Apr 12

Look! I’m making all the possible mistakes! This too is learning 🙂‍↕️ #tatting #tattinglace #craft

A half finished piece of lace with many
mistakes, such as a ring missing one picot, a thread wrapped around a ring, and two rings attached at the wrong spot

Marie 🇨🇦⚜️@blammarie· Apr 11

The result of today’s experiment! #lace #tatting #fibercraft

A tatting shuttle and several chain of lace rings. Some are more competently made than others. Most are lopsided lol

Marie 🇨🇦⚜️@blammarie· Apr 11

This is Ky-Andî. He's not technically a person. He tried to sacrifice himself to save his planet but then got kidnapped by aliens instead. His arrival on the Kalipso is making nobody happy, and things are about to reach a breaking point. Read the #webcomic Kalipso: blanchetmarie.com/en/books/kal...

A crop of a comic book page, showing the head and shoulders of a man. He is bald, wearing a toga, and he has many tattoos on his head, cheeks, and neck. All are in the shape of eyes. He is saying "Thus, I have made myself not a 'person'. There is no guilt to be had."
The art is in warm yellow, grey and black.

A scene showing the man, now dressed in travelling clothes and carrying a scythe, entering ruins in a desert. There are sand dunes behind him, and the ruins are broken columns and part of a wall. There is graffiti on the columns in the shape of eyes.

Overhead view of the man, now wearing a simple tunic, sleeping on a bed. Next to him, an alien that looks like an otter wearing a lab coat is observing him. The art is now coloured in shades of grey, black, and royal blue.

In this panel, the man is standing up and saying "I am covered in the eyes of the gods, which others seem to find disturbing." His eyes are closed and he looks serene. Behind him, in pale grey, we see rings with eyes on them and wings -- like a biblically accurate angel.

Marie 🇨🇦⚜️@blammarie· Apr 11

The first chapter of The Gods Must Die has been uploaded to Patreon for my 1$ and up patrons! What happens when you're a warrior princess fated to die while defeating a villain, but the guy decides to seek peace instead of war? Find out: patreon.com/BLAM_Marie #romantasy #books #epicfantasy

A promo graphic for the book "The Gods Must Die". the cover has a blonde woman wearing armour being embraced from behind by a dark-haired man, who has his eyes closed. In front of her chest are hovering five ghostly daggers. The tagline says: No one can avoid their destiny. Especially not the villain.

Marie 🇨🇦⚜️@blammarie· Apr 11

His name is Mirfak. He's a former vampire hunter, now married to one. Oh, and also they both almost got executed then got kidnapped by aliens. Mirfak is not having a great time. Read the #webcomic Kalipso to find out what other bullshit will happen to him next blanchetmarie.com/en/books/kal...

A comic panel that shows the head and shoulders of a guy. He has chin length hair and looks relieved. His eyes are closed and his head tilted. He is saying "Oh, good. You're alive." The lineart is black, and the background wine red.

The man has a hand over his mouth and nose and is looking exasperated. He is saying "They need to be activated, you dingus. Otherwise it drains the battery." The colour of the panel is dark grey, black and purple.

He is shown here with arms crossed, one finger pointing at something. He is saying "It's not our only problem, love". Someone off panel is answering "huh?"

Now we see him from the front, with one eyebrow raised. He says "Again, you assume I can stop him."

Marie 🇨🇦⚜️@blammarie· Apr 10

His name is Machiavel. He had everything going for him... until he was accused of a couple of crimes and almost executed. Now, taken by aliens and stuck on a spaceship, it's high time for this psychic vampire to get his groove back! Check out my #webcomic Kalipso blanchetmarie.com/en/books/kal...

A panel of a comic book. A man has his arms spread and his laughing maniacally while another man is holding him by the shoulder and trying to tug him away. Our focus character is wearing a nice jacket and a long skirt, as well as several items of jewelry. He has medium-length hair gathered in a low tail with a ribbon.

The same character, now dressed in a simple tunic. He has a collar around his neck and his hair still has its ribbon, but all other jewelry is gone. He is thinking "I don't need this..." while pulled on a string labelled "wariness" (he is doing some psychic manipulation). The lineart is in red.

The same character now holding his hand in a limp wrist pose and rolling his eyes while saying something, but his speech bubble is cut off. He looks very sassy. The art is in reddish-purple and black.

Now he has a hand on his hip and is saying "Now THAT is a nervous otter if I've ever seen one." Next to him is the same taller man than in the first picture. The lineart's colour is teal and black.

Marie 🇨🇦⚜️@blammarie· Apr 9

His name is Pier-Paul. He was a pacifist... Now, kidnapped by aliens and stuck on a spaceship with other prisoners who do not share his moral code, can he bring himself to work with them in order to escape? Check out my #sff #webcomic Kalipso! blanchetmarie.com/en/books/kal...

A part of a comic page, showing a panel in which we can see the head and shoulders of a man with wolf ears and a small braided beard. He is saying "You don't look like a prisoner". The colour of the art is black and orange-brown lineart.

The same wolf-man, now in black lineart over a yellow background. The while of his eyes has turned black, and he is raising two clawed hands. He is saying "Right. Not today."

Same guy again, and once more with the blackened eyes. He is clearly angry, yelling something with his hackles raised, but the speech bubble isn't in frame. His ears are very low and we can see he has fangs.

Marie 🇨🇦⚜️@blammarie· Apr 9

okay that's really funny

This patch will fix the following issues:

General

The letter "i" is automatically present in the Name Field every time a new character is created.

Workaround: The letter can be deleted or changed.

Marie 🇨🇦⚜️@blammarie· Apr 8

The #narratess indie sale is this weekend! You can pick up Skin Deep at 0.99 on most ebook retailers, including itch.io! indiebook.sale In which a Selkie is trying to investigate a murder but falls in love with a mysterious couple instead... #books #booksale #promo #romanticsuspence #selkie

Promo image for the book Skin Deep. It shows the cover, which is the head and shoulders of a woman turned away from the viewer. her skin is coloured like water, rippling around a small red rowboat. Her hair is blue and is flowing, like she is underwater. The tagline above the cover says: The St. Lawrence river is hiding dark secrets.

Underneath, there is a smaller tagline that says: a proudly canadian novel

Marie 🇨🇦⚜️@blammarie· Apr 8

Her name is Lucretia. She had the perfect revenge plan on the guy who fucked up her life... but then she got taken by aliens 🙀🛸 Read the #webcomic Kalipso to find out more about Lucretia, and to see what she does next! blanchetmarie.com/en/books/kal... #scifi #fantasy #comics #sffcomic

A cropped comic page. In the centre is a panel that shows the head and shoulders of a woman. She has long hair in a low ponytail, with a fringe that almost falls down over one eye. Her hat, cape, and makeup is coloured in orange, while the rest is black and white lineart. She is saying "your opponent, tomorrow."

Another cropped comic page. The same woman as before is now sitting with her knees pulled up and her head resting on her crossed arms. The colouring of the page is purple. She is saying "yep" and someone, off frame, answers "...huh. So what happens now?"

In this panel, the woman is laying on her back on the floor. Her hands are pressed to her face and she is groaning. The main colour is now teal.

In this one, she is shrugging and saying "I'm cursed". This page is coloured in dark pink.

Marie 🇨🇦⚜️@blammarie· Apr 6

They're stuck in #space. They all come from vastly different cultures. They're gonna have to work together to get out of this. What could go wrong? Read the #webcomic that explores the clash of fantasy & scifi for free online, or pick up the paperback at #mcaf-2026 blanchetmarie.com/en/books/kal...

A promo graphic for the paperback version of the webcomic Kalipso. It shows the covers of the first two volumes as well as a sampling of pages. Each page is in black, white, and one key colour (in the comic, each chapter has its own colour; these pages have been picked from various different chapters). There is also a tag that says "a proudly canadian comic"

Marie 🇨🇦⚜️@blammarie· Apr 6

For my free patrons, I also have something fun! Starting monday, I'll be sharing a chapter of my #webnovel "Four Liars (in space)" every week! Some of you may already be familiar with this story, but for those who aren't, you are in for a treat! 😉 It's a #queer #scifi #romcom (heavy on the com!)

Promo graphic for the book "Four Liars (in space)". In shows four people sitting in a living room, in an art style that looks like old pulp novels. Arrows are pointing at the characters, saying things like "NOT who he says he is", "knows too much," and "fake married". The tagline: A fake marriage, a huge crush... and a whole lot of lies.

Marie 🇨🇦⚜️@blammarie· Apr 6

Now that the edits for Wizard King are well underway, and that I've run out of pages of Kalipso to upload to my #Patreon, I needed something new to share each week... I've therefore decided to share a sneak peek of "The Gods Must Die" to my paying patrons! 👀 #romantasy patreon.com/BLAM_Marie

Marie 🇨🇦⚜️@blammarie· Apr 6

For the second year, Skin Deep is part of the Narratess indie books spring sale! I'm so happy to be features alongside all these other great books! I mean, just look at these covers 🤩

A montage of book covers, including the one for Skin Deep. In the middle, the official banner for the indie sale.

Alt text for the banner: A chonky dragon reads a book at the bottom, a pile of skulls with a candle and ghost sit on the left of the text, and a space ship flies by a planet on the right of the text.

Text: Indie Book Sale

indiebook.sale

Fantasy, Sci FI & Horror

11 - 13 April

Banner designed by Arden Powell

Marie 🇨🇦⚜️@blammarie· Apr 3

Maybe work is overwhelming but I have pickled raddishes so not all is lost