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Me at the beginning of this year: I’m so gonna fix my life dude this is gonna be the year everything changes I’m not gonna let anything slip through the cracks it’s time to live
Me approaching the end of March:
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having friends in different time zones is so crazy like girl i don’t care if it’s 4am WAKE UP I NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO
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✨Having someone who is invested in your story and discusses it with you is like a solid half of the fun of writing. I'm not even kidding.✨
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reblog to give somebody a fucking hug because we are all struggling to get through it. solidarity in this tough ass world.
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Alright, I need to get this off my chest so that my blood pressure goes down and I can drink my morning coffee.
I have seen so many complaints lately about your favourite writer not posting enough or you don't have enough fics to read or you don't read anyone except the handful of writers you like.
STOP
There is so much content on this site and the writers you're exposed to are really just a tip of an iceberg. Every day I find new fics in my For you from writers I've never heard of. There is an increasing number of fics that have 63 notes and so no one reads them, but they are the most incredible reads. You love that one writer, yes, but have you expanded past the four you looked at before deciding only that writer was worth your time?
My TBR is always insanely long because I'm constantly finding something new. Even if the writing style isn't my particular favourite, the ideas and world building absolutely blows my mind. Longer fics, drabbles, even just responses to asks that show the characters in a way I am enamored with.
Instead of complaining that the exact thing you want to read isn't out yet, take some time to explore. See new ideas and styles you haven't been exposed to. You don't have to love it to not give it a try. If we all only read Jane Austen, we wouldn't get to enjoy millions of other novels that bring us joy.
Off my soap box now, but look outside that circle of curated content. It may not be for you, but at least you gave it a try and stopped complaining about something so insanely trivial.
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For the slumber party, can you share any changes or anything you are really excited about with the Cruel Summer novel?
remember when I announced a slumber party and then absolutely forgot about it? this is the latest anything's ever been ever in the history of the world
thank you for this question! I absolutely can share some changes and details I'm really excited about :-)
novel stuff under the cut!
it will not be called cruel summer because I think that title is kind of oversaturated in today's climate. bananarama, taylor swift, the tv show! I would hate for it to be lost! a working title for now is SKIN. but I call the trilogy NOW THAT YOU'RE GONE!
it's going to be a trilogy! I want to release them in a weird order, too. 1987 (which is the cruel summer rewrite), 1977 (a prequel), then 1987-88 which is the direct aftermath of 1987. in love with the idea of imperfect/unconventional victims and how our history shapes us and our decisions/choices.
1987 will be the most conventional horror story. 1977 is more of a thriller/drama. 1987-88 is more of a meditation on grief and trauma. like how we survive terrible things and why.
cannibalism is a big big big big big BIG theme. hunger, love, consumption.
it's definitely a character study! and you bet your bottom dollar that it is still a love triangle
here are all the characters: nightingale - wilhelmina "willie" sandusky rooster - augustus "gus" duvall hangman - dallas farrow phoenix - julie "jules" fraser bob - buddy morrison coyote - malcolm jones payback - matthew "matt" autrey fanboy - ricky lorne
I am 72k into the novel and none of it has been copied from the original work!
I think there are only going to be three survivors instead of four, but the jury is still out on this decision.
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Winston Duke Talks Black Panther: Wakanda Forever with Esquire
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i hate hate hate hate hate hate hate when a monster is loved and that love turns them human I HATE IT I HATE IT SO MUCH. tell that thing that goes bump in the night that you love the way its fangs glimmer in the moonlight and the way its horrible gnarled claws are so gentle with you or GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!
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finally decided to sit down and watch the incredibles again. there will be no commentary because i’m gonna be too busy watching it
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I think a lot about who I am to other people in the world–particular who I am to strangers as a mere concept in their lives.
Today this woman called our information desk and said, “my son’s band is playing tonight. I want to come see him, but he never answers his phone…..I want to be there. Have you heard anything about his band?”
And I felt so bad for this lady but I’m not in the music scene around here so I had to tell her no, sorry.
Five hours later, I’m hiking and run into a group of guys setting up for some outdoor performance, and as I watch them unload the drums it hits me.
“Hey,” I said, “are y’all in a band?”
They said yeah and smiled and I told them “one of your moms called today. She wants to watch you play, but she can’t get a hold of you. Call your mom.”
And they all pulled out their phones and started discussing whose mom it probably was as they presumably dialed their own.
And now, unless we meet again and recognize each other, that’s who I’ll be forever to those guys–some mysterious courier for mom-messages who came out of the woods and told them their mom called.
I didn’t even tell them why their mom called me. Who am I to their mom?? Nobody even asked. They just took my word for it and called their mothers.
Amazing.
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Unpopular Opinion:
Not everything that makes you uncomfortable is bad. Sometimes discomfort means your world views, personal beliefs and boundaries, are being called into question and challenged.
It’s okay to sit with discomfort and think about where that might be coming from.
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