Vera St. Hilaire

'The Eliades' out on Kindle, Dec. 05!
insta: vst.hilaire

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[Vera St. Hilaire @veraelmgren]

@cufarmer @jflWrites oh wow the title caught me. I'm from the Philippines; what could this book be possibly about?

[allyson @allysontemp]

i just got reminded again of this twt i saved last year, skl 🫂

[Vera St. Hilaire @veraelmgren]

Noah should've had a POV 😭

[Susan Savage Lee @SusanSavageLee1]

Have you ever realized the wrong character was telling your story? That happened to me a couple of novels ago #writingq #WritingCommunity

[Vera St. Hilaire @veraelmgren]

this author got hit with the crazies again and made her characters, who are siblings, play russian roulette. I love my dysfunctional kids

[Vera St. Hilaire @veraelmgren]

I had all, and then most of you—some, and now none of you.

[Vera St. Hilaire @veraelmgren]

writers and artists fighting each other...don't forget the real enemy.

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

PLEASE let us raise children who believe that painting, poetry, dancing, storytelling and dreaming are essential parts of being human.

[Lazarus Panashe Nyagwambo @LazarusPanashe]

Writing has to be one of the loneliest arts

[ennett (ᜁᜈᜒᜆ᜔) ♡ mycroft's #1 hypeguy @unluckyxen]

this is probably the most blatant symbolism of two ppl losing their innocence in the eyes of the church bc the church views their love as smth perverted and sinful ever

[Vera St. Hilaire @veraelmgren]

@Donkersman if two lambs playing in front of a cross (PLAYING; do look up animal behavior) makes you feel like shit, I think it tells more about you than it does about the the artist and their art.

[Vera St. Hilaire @veraelmgren]

I've seen quotes about this too many times on the TL alr, esp. the 2nd.

Art is meant to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comforted. If it disturbs you, it's working. If it's just meant to be pretty and soft and toned down, what's the point of critical thinking?

[yoishikata @yoishikata8]

Art I got called satanic for:

[Vera St. Hilaire @veraelmgren]

@Isjetenk If a painting of happy children makes me happy, the art is working. If a painting of dead children makes me uncomfortable, sad, disturbed, then the art is working. It would make me reflect on the horrors inflicted on these innocents. It's literally not that hard to understand

[Vera St. Hilaire @veraelmgren]

@jaqenhghar47 Exhibit no. 1 of getting disturbed:

[Vera St. Hilaire @veraelmgren]

*taps sign*

Media Illiteracy can kill

[Vera St. Hilaire @veraelmgren]

gotta be cheating

[Armah🌺🧚🏽‍♀️ @xx_howdy]

What book trope do you hate the most??

[Vera St. Hilaire @veraelmgren]

I know that when touching these themes I must tread carefully, and it's up to my skill now to prove I'm not going to mishandle it. but I also don't want to be entirely careful that I'm practically censoring it.

sigh.

[Vera St. Hilaire @veraelmgren]

A very classic example of this misinterpretation is of course, Lolita.

Of course the readers can interpret it the way they want. I know I shouldn't treat them as dumb but I guess, it's just the current amounts of media illiteracy that scares me 🫤

[Vera St. Hilaire @veraelmgren]

I'm having a problem.

my story touches on themes of abuse and trauma, mental and physical health, and classism. this entire work actually started as a commentary on the last one. now that I'm nearing the end, I feel like I'm shying of its potential out of fear that-

[Vera St. Hilaire @veraelmgren]

the readers might misunderstood them, the symbols, everything else. writing from the perspective of the antagonists make it even more daunting; not everyone can pick up that it doesn't mean to glorify the issues, but to dissuade it.

[Vera St. Hilaire @veraelmgren]

#BetaReaderWanted yeah I think I'm also in need.

those with obvious AI accounts/AI beta reading vibes will be ignored!