jlexcollins (they/xe)

Forever running out of bookshelf space. Writes: poetry/fantasy/fairy-tales with queer/chronic illness themes & undertones. They/xe.

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@ElleW_Author @whistberry Have you tried Seanan McGuire's Wayward Children series? First is Every Heart a Doorway

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@veschwab nope, sounds like your brain is working fine tbh

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This is a wonderful idea.

I mean, besides the fact I managed to kill a *cactus*.

[Dominic Pierre @Groovyuncledom]

Lately I've been looking at myself as a plant more than anything else. I need proper care, water, and sunlight in order to grow.

Reminder: Take care of yourself. Self love is the best love❤

[Kaeli Swift, Ph.D. @corvidresearch]

Ok, I need some crow content in my life right now. You probably do too. Let them enchant you for the next 3min.

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@writers_hq Where is "use the flap of the dustjacket as a bookmark"?

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@ImBrittanyEvans Cosplay. I want cosplay. (I include World Book Day costumes in this.)

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@setalyas I think point 4 is kinda presumptuous and boundary crossing (I know of authors who get bombarded with having to justify themselves as writers and that's shitty) but points 1-3, whilst personally horrific, like, you do you. However you enjoy stuff so long as it does no harm.

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@yrfatfriend Valuing my time, mental health, decreased pain levels over societal pressure to be thin. More flippantly, not wanting to have to cull hard found cute shit from my wardrobe.

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@yrfatfriend Genetics, learnt disordered eating from both parents, exhaustion from work/chronic illnesss leading to me grabbing whatever is easy, chronic illness eliminating fun and cheap exercise options, history of anorexia and bulimia making dieting kinda dangerous 1/?

[Jenn ✨ ⋆ @JennieLy]

Them: you already own too many books
Me:

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@jm_steger I had way too much fun with mine and had to be very strict (and kind of failed) about staying on plot

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@jm_steger smell too -- earth, florals. Heady and dizzy-making. Hints at masking other smells.

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@karlachernikova I am just lamenting this on a writing forum. I default to Calibri (it's easy to read, damnit; sans serif FTW) but so many calls for subs want TNR and that makes poems look so very different. (Fiction is less of an issue; I just write in C then switch.)

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@JayHulmePoet called it. Rich people are ridiculous. Richiculous.

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@JayHulmePoet did people just shove fake chimneys on to look fancy?

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@dormousekate I don't really do videos cos they're hard for my brain to process, sorry

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@dormousekate "Secondly mouth brooding doesn't need any specialist equipment so can be shared between co-parents. Third it freaks out normal people for some reason, so I'm here for it." I must introduce you two at some point.

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@dormousekate "Firstly, given mermaids are complex social creatures there needs to be some kind of parental care. This eliminates laying eggs and being done with it or laying then dying."

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@dormousekate My expert on all these things says, "lay eggs for mouth-brooding, which opens whole new questions of how human-like the mermaid's head is."

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@dormousekate ...actually, hang on, I know JUST the person to ask...