Okay my original reading thread is in tatters now so here's a new one. The library is ~enabling~ Gay Cinderella?! I need a break from horror.

In America, we love to hear about all of the ways other countries do things better. It makes us feel really safe and happy in the world.

✨turn off the smart features in your Gmail✨ Gemini is being trained off of your private emails.

I fear I am writing a book that will be inevitably accused of being "slow" But I *LIKE* a lot of books that are accused of being slow, so I'm gonna stop being in my head about it.

SEVENTY THOUSAND. My unofficial goal this month is to breech 100k. I genuinely don't think it will happen 😅 but I'm giving it a good try.

I wish I could write things like "She quit the room," but unfortunately, I'm writing a 21st century America novel and not a Victorian affair so I have to keep to "she leaves" which is not as yummy.

✅ In bed ✅ Lights off ✅ Weather brisk ✅ My bible-like library copy of Shirley Jackson's omnibus is open to a novel I haven't read yet. Perfect vibes 😌

who wants to write a dystopian romance about a gruff, unhinged punk and his accountabilibot boyfriend?

I *really* liked Hungerstone. It's a beautiful descent into chaos story. I loved it.

I'm thinking about how many of these stories deal with the view of the Self verus the way the world views you, and the importance of agency in a world built on oppression and WHY so many Victorian Gothic MCs are Governesses-- one of the few educated yet independent paths for women and AAAAAAA

I think something that's really fun about reading classics outside of an academic setting is that I can follow a line of interest without adhering to any kind of set reading list. I'm not creating course work for myself. I don't have an end goal. I'm just fucking ✨interested✨.

Project reading the things that inspired the things that inspired the thing I'm writing. Also: I finally went to the library, please clap.

I started watching Marianne last night and now I don't want to do anything else but finish it 😅 I am GRIPPED--I love a protagonist who is actively falling apart. I love them MORE when they look like a lesbian. I love them EVEN MORE when they seem to be the cause of all of their own problems.

IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT:

This November I want everyone to remember: -it is not realistic to write every single day. There will be days you don't have time/have other priorities and commitments. -writing 1667 words in a sitting is A LOT. -Writing 50,000 in a month is not a sustainable practice.

This November I want everyone to remember: -it is not realistic to write every single day. There will be days you don't have time/have other priorities and commitments. -writing 1667 words in a sitting is A LOT. -Writing 50,000 in a month is not a sustainable practice.

It's Halloween, have a Monster page 🤫

😌 my son. Its his first day.

Its October babes.

Niche hot take today but Save the Cat's three-act structure, is actually a four-act structure. like, what do you mean the midpoint is just in the middle of act ii--that's the beginning of act three?

It's Halloween, have a Monster page 🤫

Might have to take a detour from my TBR to read the hunger games after being gifted this Thrifted box set!? ~incredible~ thrift store find. (Also I've never read it!)

Its literally the avocado toast thing again. Once a week?! ONCE A WEEK. That maybe ~$50 a month is not make or break money 😭

Listen, if you just followed me and you expect a lot of sexy art I need to inform you now this is ... Not that. Mostly I complain about the novel I'm writing, and share snippets of the YA graphic novel I'm drawing. Its sapphic, but not often nsfw around here.

WE HAVE DONE IT.

I'm 85 followers away from 10k and Halloween is tomorrow if anyone cares.

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

Just a couple of girls who have nothing to hide.

When you write your own book, you get to put all of your little storytelling obsessions into it. I LOVE a hidden wound, especially when we have a little sad shower moment 😌 I love a mirror moment. I love an mc who is trying so hard to hide how much they're falling apart.

Return to Tartarus ♥️ Persephone's descent.

Its always "Frankenstein isn't the monster" and never "the monster isn't the villain." 😭

[extreme Noel Fielding voice] READERS, WE ARE HAF WAY FREW.

When you write your own book, you get to put all of your little storytelling obsessions into it. I LOVE a hidden wound, especially when we have a little sad shower moment 😌 I love a mirror moment. I love an mc who is trying so hard to hide how much they're falling apart.

Writing: 15 minutes is an eternity; how can anyone focus this long?!! Drawing: It's been 45 minutes since I last blinked.

Its profoundly irritating to be barred from buying something that is legal to buy and own 🤷

Just a couple of girls who have nothing to hide.

Their height difference brings me so much joy 🥺

Their height difference brings me so much joy 🥺

Listen, you'll never convince me that people abuse benefits line SNAP and MEDICAID and housing assistance Because I believe things like food and housing and healthcare should be free. For everyone. Including the people who can afford to pay for it.

Everyone deserves food and shelter. if people weren't so worried about people taking more than they need, those who truly need it would probably have easier access. but go off, I guess.

Blocking accounts that follow over 10k people 💅✨

Don't follow me for my opinions of SNAP benefits. (Though they are good opinions) Follow me because I'm hot and good at writing and art.

My fallen Aasimar's hands ♥️

one of my core memories is watching my mom sob and scream over the phone because she kept getting denied food stamps despite having a bus driver's income and 5 kids to take care of. So, when people claim that programs like snap are too easy to abuse it rings really hollow.

My fallen Aasimar's hands ♥️

If you have the chance to see Frankenstein in theaters TAKE IT. TRUST 🙌

Return to Tartarus ♥️ Persephone's descent.

BABY SIGHTING.

I genuinely enjoy flatting pages, you should hire me to do it for you!

Lord help me, I have rediscovered Patti Smith.