“It’s hard to believe I’m walking through the ruins of Moonrise Towers, because I’m not, that’s in the Shadow-Cursed Lands, miles away and fucking dangerous.”
One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.
I used to work in student loan servicing and here are the top things I think people need to know about their federal student loans and how to make them manageable if you’re really struggling to pay them. A thread:
smol writing tip? if you find yourself describing inanimate objects as sitting/standing just to avoid "was/were" ("the house stood on the hillside" "the cabinet sat in the corner") there's actually a way to strengthen that prose! 💯🙌
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IT IS 2023 AND I AM ADMITTING THAT I HAVE NO INTENTION OF READING EVERY BOOK I BUY. I LIKE COLLECTING THEM. I LIKE HAVING LOTS OF THEM AROUND. I LIKE BEING SURROUNDED BY STORIES AND POSSIBILITIES. I WANT A LIBRARY. I AM NOT A BOOK MINIMALIST LEAVE ME ALONE (WITH MY BOOKS).
It matters that the shooter’s name is on the records of the Church.
And it matters that the names of queer people like those he murdered are not allowed on the records of the Church.
These things matter.
I used to compare my life with other people.
And almost every time, I felt that my life is never good enough.
But the problem is that I don't know what success means to me.
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This year I was afraid of doing NaNo because my manuscript wasn't going well. I decided to start my gay Dracula retelling ft. religious trauma instead and see how it went.
I breezed past 11k today. I don't even feel like I've put in effort!
This book is DEMANDING to be told.