I'm an illustrator, author & cover artist and writer of the occasional review. I'm currently working on a time travel romance series (more info coming soon)https://bsky.app/profile/suburbanbeatnik.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/suburbanbeatnik.bsky.social/post/3mq6a6x2aek22I have a new painting for @darcyburkeauthor.bsky.social 's new Kickstarter for The Forbidden Duke! This depicts a ball scene where Eleanor and Titus have a romantic dance. I love painting candlelit ball scenes, and I even made a batch of Italian lemon ochre acrylic paint for this piece.08 Jul 2026 23:05 +0000at://did:plc:uubx2xn67kzo3qphpaufwpbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq6a6x2aek22https://bsky.app/profile/suburbanbeatnik.bsky.social/post/3mqfdajaesk25Dear authors, using promo posts with AI generated slop will not make me want to read your book11 Jul 2026 18:48 +0000at://did:plc:uubx2xn67kzo3qphpaufwpbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqfdajaesk25https://bsky.app/profile/suburbanbeatnik.bsky.social/post/3mq6a6x2aek22I have a new painting for @darcyburkeauthor.bsky.social 's new Kickstarter for The Forbidden Duke! This depicts a ball scene where Eleanor and Titus have a romantic dance. I love painting candlelit ball scenes, and I even made a batch of Italian lemon ochre acrylic paint for this piece.08 Jul 2026 23:05 +0000at://did:plc:uubx2xn67kzo3qphpaufwpbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq6a6x2aek22https://bsky.app/profile/suburbanbeatnik.bsky.social/post/3mko42vga422mPortrait of one Lt John Elphinstone Fleming, a dangerous British operative during the Revolutionary War. (A commission of an OC inspired by Jason Isaac's character in The Patriot, specifically for Harry Turtledove's Atlantis cycle) #art #commission #redcoat #revolutionarywar #americanrevolution29 Apr 2026 22:02 +0000at://did:plc:uubx2xn67kzo3qphpaufwpbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mko42vga422mhttps://bsky.app/profile/suburbanbeatnik.bsky.social/post/3mhbysheyrs2eHappy St Patrick's day everyone! I love the Old Irish poem Pangur Ban, written by a 9th century Irish monk at the Richenau Abbey in Germany, for his white cat named Pangur Ban. Here's a drawing I did of the monk and his cat, with pens and fountain pen ink #art #pangurban #monkposting #stpatricksday17 Mar 2026 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:uubx2xn67kzo3qphpaufwpbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhbysheyrs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/suburbanbeatnik.bsky.social/post/3mhbysheyrs2eHappy St Patrick's day everyone! I love the Old Irish poem Pangur Ban, written by a 9th century Irish monk at the Richenau Abbey in Germany, for his white cat named Pangur Ban. Here's a drawing I did of the monk and his cat, with pens and fountain pen ink #art #pangurban #monkposting #stpatricksday17 Mar 2026 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:uubx2xn67kzo3qphpaufwpbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhbysheyrs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/suburbanbeatnik.bsky.social/post/3mf5wvx7m3k2lA commission of a twenty year old Napoleon and my client’s character Margriet van Helmont, a beautiful young refugee from the Austrian Netherlands #illustration #art #napoleon #napoleonbonaparte #painting #frenchrevolution #historicalromance18 Feb 2026 20:41 +0000at://did:plc:uubx2xn67kzo3qphpaufwpbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf5wvx7m3k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/suburbanbeatnik.bsky.social/post/3mex4u2oy2c2jcurrently reading Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe, and while the prose dazzles, it leaves me feeling extremely ambivalent. Severian is definitely the guy of all time, and the book is extremely dense, esoteric and horny. #bookofthenewsun #genewolfe16 Feb 2026 03:39 +0000at://did:plc:uubx2xn67kzo3qphpaufwpbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mex4u2oy2c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/suburbanbeatnik.bsky.social/post/3me37axsg6c23There are a number of romance novelists posting AI generated portraits of themselves on Facebook, and it is sooooooooo off-putting05 Feb 2026 01:08 +0000at://did:plc:uubx2xn67kzo3qphpaufwpbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3me37axsg6c23https://bsky.app/profile/suburbanbeatnik.bsky.social/post/3mdrtwlz5mc2q@nuitsdeyoung.bsky.social Father Alvito 1980 vs Father Alvito 202401 Feb 2026 07:51 +0000at://did:plc:uubx2xn67kzo3qphpaufwpbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdrtwlz5mc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/suburbanbeatnik.bsky.social/post/3m5ovncsd222rA sketch I did of Actaeon and Maya, the hero and heroine from ACTAEON, my time travel romance novel set in ancient and modern Greece (4th century BCE and 2004 respectively). Maya even has an early 2000s digital camera. #classicstober202515 Nov 2025 19:12 +0000at://did:plc:uubx2xn67kzo3qphpaufwpbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5ovncsd222rhttps://bsky.app/profile/suburbanbeatnik.bsky.social/post/3m5cwl4f4422oI love a good juicy fandom scandal, and this one is truly ridiculous. The linked “artwork” is so appallingly bad— there’s a crucifix on the wall on one piece, and in another Cersei is missing a leg. Wtf [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Nov 2025 00:57 +0000at://did:plc:uubx2xn67kzo3qphpaufwpbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5cwl4f4422ohttps://bsky.app/profile/suburbanbeatnik.bsky.social/post/3m5bcansgoc2a@tkingfisher.com Hi there! I was wondering if it was possible to buy signed copies of The Hollow Places and Paladin's Grace? I love these books very much, and I would be delighted to have signed and inscribed hard copies, if that's a thing that's possible.10 Nov 2025 09:21 +0000at://did:plc:uubx2xn67kzo3qphpaufwpbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5bcansgoc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/suburbanbeatnik.bsky.social/post/3m4bvoksmdk2mMy books A QUESTION OF TIME and DOORS are not available at the moment due to the sad closing of Champagne Book Group, but they will find a new home soon, along with the other books in my TIMES BETWEEN series.28 Oct 2025 21:43 +0000at://did:plc:uubx2xn67kzo3qphpaufwpbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4bvoksmdk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/suburbanbeatnik.bsky.social/post/3m2uozpvujs25May I introduce Gnaeus Cornelius Cinna Magnus and Julia Verrucia, characters from the first novel I ever wrote, way back when I was 16, who still live rent-free in my head. (Yes, I was writing ancient Roman historical romance in high school)10 Oct 2025 22:14 +0000at://did:plc:uubx2xn67kzo3qphpaufwpbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2uozpvujs25https://bsky.app/profile/suburbanbeatnik.bsky.social/post/3lz2vq2bzdk2aA sketch I drew of Kathleen O'Connor and David Thornley, the main characters from Candice Ransom's YA hist rom Kathleen, an exciting story about an Irish immigrant in the 1840s who falls in love with a rich aspiring author in Boston. #sunfireromance #sunfireseries17 Sep 2025 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:uubx2xn67kzo3qphpaufwpbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz2vq2bzdk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/suburbanbeatnik.bsky.social/post/3lygxa77mw22fA sketch I did of the hero and heroine from my latest time travel romance project, HUNT THE WHITE HIND. Father Nicolas is a Franciscan friar in the 1540s SW, and Cathy, the heroine, is from the 1980s (hence the Casio). It's the ultimate forbidden love and I'm there for it #monkposting10 Sep 2025 00:14 +0000at://did:plc:uubx2xn67kzo3qphpaufwpbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lygxa77mw22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/suburbanbeatnik.bsky.social/post/3lwpio6gmoc2rI plan on single-handedly bringing back old school romance art with this series! [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Aug 2025 22:57 +0000at://did:plc:uubx2xn67kzo3qphpaufwpbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwpio6gmoc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/suburbanbeatnik.bsky.social/post/3lojgov53sk2qRaw scan of an old sketch of Robespierre I did back in 2007 in one of my old sketchbooks. Happy 267th birthday, Mr. Incorruptible! #robespierre #maximilienrobespierre #sketchbook #sketch #drawing #art #artistsoninstagram06 May 2025 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:uubx2xn67kzo3qphpaufwpbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lojgov53sk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/suburbanbeatnik.bsky.social/post/3lnyaiibhq22zit just occurred to me that Claude Frollo in the original NDdP novel is totally a Faust character29 Apr 2025 21:37 +0000at://did:plc:uubx2xn67kzo3qphpaufwpbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnyaiibhq22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/suburbanbeatnik.bsky.social/post/3lnlqqt34g22iI'm working on a series of sketches featuring (slightly) AU versions of NNdP/HOND characters. It's for a future novel (working title As Above, So Below) I'm outlining. The concept is a modern woman traveling back in time to the 1400s & meeting the historical characters who inspired Hugo's novel24 Apr 2025 22:24 +0000at://did:plc:uubx2xn67kzo3qphpaufwpbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnlqqt34g22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/suburbanbeatnik.bsky.social/post/3lmiemqh3h22rSince I've read Notre Dame de Paris aka Hunchback of Notre Dame, the characters have been dancing in my head like extras in a 1980s music video. So have a book canon Frollo and Esmeralda, in the style of a 1970s/80s romance cover10 Apr 2025 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:uubx2xn67kzo3qphpaufwpbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmiemqh3h22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/suburbanbeatnik.bsky.social/post/3llwht37v722dI finally read Notre Dame de Paris (aka the Hunchback of Notre Dame) and I was inspired to draw a book-accurate Dom Claude Frollo03 Apr 2025 17:53 +0000at://did:plc:uubx2xn67kzo3qphpaufwpbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3llwht37v722dhttps://bsky.app/profile/suburbanbeatnik.bsky.social/post/3llrwxahqzk2lHere, at long last, is the final illustration for the #ttrpg Dandies & Dandyzettes. Here’s the last backer portrait, depicting Shaun in a greatcoat and hessian boots, ready for a duel. #dandiesanddandyzettes01 Apr 2025 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:uubx2xn67kzo3qphpaufwpbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3llrwxahqzk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/suburbanbeatnik.bsky.social/post/3lg4gykt6ts2eSooooo all my reviews were deleted on Dear Author. That's interesting19 Jan 2025 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:uubx2xn67kzo3qphpaufwpbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg4gykt6ts2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/suburbanbeatnik.bsky.social/post/3lcnukyqcec2tTHERE IT IS!!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Dec 2024 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:uubx2xn67kzo3qphpaufwpbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcnukyqcec2t