Hey all you writers

Let's McFreakin loose it • Julia • struggling bookworm • half-baked writer

[reemillustrated]

snoopy encourages you to buy a new book!

[promptcalender]

Types of female characters we need more of

older women allowed to have a story outside of the fairy godmother trope or being a mere caretaking accessory to another character

girlfail characters

women who stand on business and dump the pathetic loser bf

non-traditionally feminine women who bond with traditionally feminine women instead of putting them down (and the other way around)

women who take charge of their destiny

women whose happy end doesnt involve romance and whose romantic life is not centered much

strong but warm and empathetic women

queer women with a story beyond exploring their queerness

soft black women

female mentors who dont fall into the caretaker role but also aren’t unnecessarily cruel

grumpy, taciturn women

fun, flirty, seductive women whose personality is not treated as a promiscuous flaw to be fixed

weird and off putting women

tall, feminine women who are not othered or treated as less feminine for their height

short, serious women who are not infantilised and taken seriously

women in stem

female antagonists whose antagonistic behavior is not sexualised or motivated by being wronged first. just an evil, brutal person

women of color who are neither the ‘subservient damsel in distress who needs to be freed by the white man’ nor the ‘oriental, tempting beauty who seduces the white man with a dagger, a smirk, and a cocky one liner’

[Prompt Calender: March 8th, International Women's Day]

[strokeofserenity]

F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned.

[anexperimentallife]

Also applies to "AI" "artists" and "musicians."

[jadeharleyinc]

"oh? this gun hanging on the wall?", she chuckled narratively.

[modernbluem]

i can’t with myself i started reading my own book while waiting in line, got completely hooked, and then remembered i’m the one responsible for the fact it just… stops mid-story, which is honestly ridiculous and unfair that its fate is in the hands of someone this undisciplined

[literaryvein-reblogs]

a list of "beautiful" words for april

to try to include in your next poem/story

Anfractuous - full of windings and intricate turnings; tortuous

Baldachin - a rich embroidered fabric of silk and gold

Casuistry - specious argument; rationalization

Dépaysé - situated in unfamiliar surroundings; astray

Éboulement - landslide

Edulcorate - make pleasant

Gramarye - necromancy, magic, enchantment

Intercolline - situated between hills

Katabasis - a going or marching down or back; retreat

Mortiferous - deadly, fatal

Mythopoeia - a giving rise to myths

Nephelococcygia - the act of seeking and finding shapes in clouds

Oblivescence - an act or the process of forgetting

Prairillon - a small prairie

Quassia - a drug from the heartwood and bark of various tropical trees of the ailanthus family used especially as a bitter tonic and remedy for roundworms in children and as an insecticide

Redivivus - brought back to life; reborn—used postpositively

Stelliferous - having star-shaped markings

Tonitruous - thundering, fulminating

Upaithric - hypaethral (i.e., having a roofless central space; open to the sky)

Vorago - an engulfing chasm; abyss

More: Lists of Beautiful Words ⚜ Word Lists ⚜ Writing Resources PDFs

[nixscriptum]

[loveridden1999]

are tomatoes very important in your daily meal

[cakebarn]

But could a person with adhd do this??? *keeps picking the wound and keeps picking the wound and keeps picking the wound and keeps picking the wound and keeps picking the wound an

[michaelmoonsbookshop]

Book cover designs by Talwin Morris

Morris was a friend and contemporary of Charles Rennie Mackintosh

[hiveswap]

big fan of when you peel back all layers of a character and at the bottom of it there's love

[hiveswap]

why are they doing this? because they loved someone so much it caused the plot to happen. Grief counts btw

[hiveswap]

ESPECIALLY a big fan of when this isn't enough to make them a good person

[mamawasatesttube]

the thing about media literacy is that understanding why the author chose to specify that the curtains are blue is the same skill set as understanding that the way the author characterizes all black characters as angry or all chinese characters as meek and silent is racist. it is the same skill set as being able to identify when a news source is biased or when someone is feeding you propaganda. the ability to ask "why did this person choose to present this premise in this specific way?" is a critical skill in a world full of misinformation. why are the curtains blue? maybe it's a characterization detail. maybe it's extraneous worldbuilding. why is this character written as being right all the time? maybe you're intended to disagree with them. maybe it doesn't matter. maybe you should still ask why.

[glintglimmergleam]

Go Ahead and Use AI. It Will Only Help Me Dominate You.

A message of support for my fellow writers

Recently there has been a lot of commentary of the following type:

BAD WRITER [touchily]: “Actually, I do use AI to help me write.”

Okay. That checks out. Carry on.

and

No, I will not be joining in the chorus of condemnation. On the contrary. If you are a professional writer, I want you to use AI. Because this industry is competitive. I’ll take any advantage I can get. And if you want to make your writing suck, that’s all the better for me. One less person outshining me.

[promptcalender]

Types of Flirting

SUBTLE: giving looks, brushing hands, little comments that could be mistaken for an innocent compliment

PLAYFUL: lighthearted teasing & banter, exaggerated reaction, poking fun at behaviours, playful shoves, feigned offense, "Oh, you think you're funny, do you?"

SUGGESTIVE: straightforward, complimenting looks, casual physical touch, dirty jokes, expressing desire, "We could always sneak out somewhere quieter."

ROMANTIC: head over heals, thoughtful gestures, blushing, classically romantic gestures (holding doors, holding an umbrella, bringing coffee in the morning), "My soul knows yours from another lifetime and calls for yours in this one too."

ANXIOUS: freaking out over every text and interaction, discussing every move with their friends,

BOLD: direct, no subtly, relationships always labelled, "I've really liked being around you. Could I maybe take you on a date sometime?"

SHY: nervous, insecure, showing no interest until they are sure the other is interested, fidgeting, daydreaming about what could be if they had the courage to confess, using excuses to be close to them, "Um... you look really good today."

CARETAKING: acts of service, protectiveness, checking in, bringing snacks, offering jacket, fixing things, walking them home, "Brought you coffee; it's still warm."

CASUAL & INTENSE: platonic flirting with no further intentions, way over the top at times, effortless, fun, teasing, maybe eventually leading to more, "You look great, please break my back and reshape my inner organs."

[Prompt Calender: February 9th, International Flirting Week]

[auxryn]

Many people are aware that copyright originated as and remains a protection for publishers, not authors.

However, there are longstanding rights intended to protect authors. These are legally called 'the moral rights of authors.' Good naming.

These rights include:

The right to attribution. To have your name on your work. Don't repost peoples work without attribution.

The right to use a pen name or to publish anonymously. Publishers should protect the privacy of authors. Service providers shouldn't require posters to provide ID.

The right to integrity. Editors should not cut up your work to make it say something you do not endorse.

So let's review:

❌ AI harms authors because it violates copyright.

✅ AI harms authors because it violates their rights to attribution and integrity.

[cakebarn]

March 2026 | The days are getting longer, and so is my writing