Jayde Holmes

@JaydeHolmes
39 Followers
66 Following
248 Posts
Hi I'm Jayde. I am a science fiction writer of questionable talent and a book connoisseur with a habit of buying more books than I ever get around to reading.
https://jaydeholmes.com/

#BookBingo update time! Read 'The Adventure of the Demonic Ox' by Lois McMaster Bujold. Book #14 of her Penric and Desdemona series, and the series is still going strong. Wonderful story where magic doesn't stop the everyday drama of kids growing up.

#reading #books #fantasy #Penric&Desdemona

Last April I started posting chapters of my novella 'The Strongest in the Forest' on my website. You can download the whole story for free here:

https://buymeacoffee.com/jayde_holmes_writer/extras

or you can go here to read all three chapters, with my artwork.

https://jaydeholmes.com/short-stories/the-strongest-in-the-forest-part-1/

#selfpublish #scifi #SF #writing #SFF #alienfiction

#BookBingo Update! Read 'The Long Habit of Living' by Joe Haldeman as my 'Written in the 80s' book. My only other Haldeman read was 'The Forever War' so reading this was disappointing. This story just never clicked for me, though it has some cool bits.

#reading #readingchallenge #bingocard

The Sri Lanka sketchbook isn't the only one I took. The UNESCO book has all the World Heritage Sites I visit. I added the five World Heritage Sites in Sri Lanka that I visited; Dambulla Cave Temple, Sigiriya, Polonnaruwa, Kandy, and Galle Old Town.

#SriLanka #art #travelart #travel #mini #UNESCO

I love Trubbish, but Torchic is tripping.

#Pokemon #Pokopia #Trubbish #Torchic #Ditto #Nintendo #Gaming

My Tiny Sri Lanka sketchbook, with all the little sketches I have done from my recent holiday there. Besides five in the UNESCO sketchbook that I'll post later. Will still add more from time to time, but going to be focused on other stuff now.

#art #travelart #SriLanka #TinySketchBook #travel

#BookBingo update! I've read 20 flash fiction stories so far this year. Most were from Small Wonders Magazine. Their Feb issue was great. Also read stories from
Dream Theory Media and
Cryptic Frog Quarterly, and I found old stories by Isaac Asimov ("The Message" and "Hell-Fire") & Gene Wolfe (Against the Lafayette Escadrille) siting on my bookshelf.

I drew 3 of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of #SriLanka that I visited in my tiny #UNESCO sketchbook. They are:

1. Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple
2. Ancient City of Polonnaruwa
3. Ancient City of Sigiriya

These sites are so unbelievably ancient, and it was awesome exploring them.

#art #travel

One of the best things about Sri Lanka was seeing so many wild elephants. One charged at our bus near Sigiriya. The best sighting though was seeing a family while on safari at Yala National Park.

#SriLanka #SriLankaWildlife #Wildlife #Elephant #Art #travel #travelart

Keeping up with different social media posts while I was adventuring in #SriLanka turned out to be a bit hard, so apologies for forgetting to post. But I have done tons of Tiny sketches, and here are some faves

1. Kandy Cultural Performance
2. Pettah Market with View of Lotus Tower
3. Statues and Murals of Dambulla Cave Temple
4. Mountain Views from the Kandy - Ella Train. Drawn while on the train.

I've had a wonderful time and will share more soon.

#art #travel #travelart #tinybooks