Holly

accountant by day, aspiring YA/NA writer by night.

ENFJ-Slytherin-Loves grilled cheese and my two dogs. Husband is okay too 😉

[Holly @theroyalwords]

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[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

A British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever read:

“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?”

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.

Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.

Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.

There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.

And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down.

So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:

• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.

• You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.

This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.

And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?' If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.”

-Nate White

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[Doug Jones @DougJones]

Lu and I went to the Rally for Reproductive rights here in Birmingham today. Lots of energy out there!

As MLK said: In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Men, we cannot be silent.
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[Asiel Lavie @AsielLavi]

THE GIVER X AN EMBER IN THE ASHES

17 y/o old Lenora is stuck between two phases of life, owing to a failed attempt to grow up. She discovers she’s the one that must stop the evil prince from killing the rightful king. Well, before the prince burns her alive.

#PitMad #YA #SF #M

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Elysia is in the middle of a magical murder mystery where her gift is the only lead Asher has. Now, she must work with him to find answers about her past & the case, but working together comes at a price. A human exposed to the Latent world doesn't live for long...#PitMad #YA #F

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[Becca Dupuis 🇨🇦 ☂️ @Becca_Dupuis]

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[Elison Alcovendaz @elisonwrites]

MAGIC meets POKER.

Jack Halliday is special (at least that’s what his grandma says). When he learns his true identity, he'll have to survive a dangerous war game based on the rules of poker to discover once and for all: is he worthy of friendship and love?
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[Grace E. Posey ✨ @graceeposey]

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#PitMad #YA #F #UF

[Dr Ashley Nova - THE POTENT SOLUTION out 16/10/24 @DrAshleyNova]

Oct 16th 1834, Charlotte was at Westminster Palace when it burned to the ground. A week earlier, the Apprentice Alchemist with ADHD turns detective to track down her missing mentor and uncover a plot at the heart of the House of Lords.

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[Amy Young @AuthorAmyYoung]

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Chlo saw her best friend die. There is just one problem: Chlo can't remember and still believes she's alive #pitmad #NA #CR #CON #MH

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BEAUTIFUL CREATURESxTHE ORIGINALS
Elly, a girl with a gift she shouldn't have, & Asher, a Sentinel with a murder to solve, enter into a forbidden friendship that has life ending consequences. Without each other's help, both their worlds will fall to chaos & war. #PitMad #YA #F