Julie Reviews & Writes

Reader | Writer | Student Currently Reading: all the classic British Lit for school | Currently Writing: Lots of poetry | She/her/hers or they/them/theirs | bisexual

[juliermann]

being sick has pretty much wiped me out but today I feel cute enough for a selfie ✨😊 (at Eastern Michigan University)

[astreeeaneee]

Most beautiful edition of Peter Pan

[absintheabsence]

This is just to say that there’s a number of ways Rowling could’ve made her Magical North America work without causing real harm to a lot of real people. That would be for her to have treated American peoples — all of us — with the same respect that she did European. Pretty sure she would never have dreamt of reducing all of Europe’s cultures to “European wizarding tradition”; instead she created Durmstrang and Beauxbatons and so on to capture the unique flavor of each of those cultures. It would’ve taken some work for her to research Navajo stories and pick (or request) some elements from that tradition that weren’t stereotypical or sacred — and then for her to do it again with the Paiutes and again with the Iroquois and so on. But that is work she should’ve done — for the sake of her readers who live those traditions, if not for her own edification as a writer. And how much more delightful could Magic in North America have been if she’d put an ancient, still-thriving Macchu Picchu magic school alongside a brash, newer New York school? How much richer could her history have been if she’d mentioned the ruins of a “lost” school at Cahokia, full of dangerous magical artifacts and the signs of mysterious, hasty abandonment? Or a New Orleanian school founded by Marie Laveau, that practiced real vodoun and was open/known to the locals as a temple — and in the old days as a safe place to plan slave rebellions, a la Congo Square? Or what if she’d mentioned that ancient Death Eater-ish wizards deliberately destroyed the magical school of Hawai’i — but native Hawai’ians are rebuilding it now as Liliuokalani Institute, better than before and open to all?

N. K. Jemisin

http://nkjemisin.com/2016/03/it-couldve-been-great/#sthash.YYqbnjzj.dpuf

(via absintheabsence)

[the-book-ferret]

Pirate origin story? Check. Feisty Female lead? Check. Blush-worthy love story and some serious sexual tension? Check and Check. If you’re a fan of any of these aspects, I highly recommend picking up Blackhearts!

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“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.”

― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

[artmania-feed]

Why Can’t People Just Sit And Read Books - Bookish Design by Evie Seo

[introvertedbookworm24]

Naked hardbacks are so beautiful…especially when they have little designs or gorgeous fonts on them ❤️

[ashaywalker-author]

[nimblesnotebook-blog]

1) Risus Monkey Fantasy Language Cypher

This is amazing!!!!!!!!!!

Are you creating a fictional language? Do you need help coming up with words that sound like they fit with what you’ve come up with so far?

Just put your fictional language in the model text, type some words in the translation text, and click “translate”. It’ll “translate” whatever words you put in using patterns from your sample text.

2) Speed Distance Calculator

These calculators aren’t perfect, but they can help you figure out:

How long it will take your characters to get somewhere based on how fast they’re going,

how far your characters moved based on how fast they were going and on how long they were moving,

how fast your characters need to move to reach a certain distance in a specified time

The calculator was meant for cyclists, but you can use it to get estimates for other things too.

3) Fantasy Calendar Generator

Another amazing resource!

This can create a random calendar for you or you can input the year, the number of months, the name of the months, the number of moons, the number of days in a week, the names of each day, and more.

You can even save the data for your calendar so that when you go back to the generator, all you have to do to get to your calendar is paste the data.

4) Inkarnate Map Maker

This is a new resource that’s still in beta, so it’ll probably be updated in the coming months.

This map maker is easy to use and free. You can add different climates, mountains, trees, towns, cities, text, and notes. For an example of these maps, look at the quick map I made for this post’s header.

[bookish-insanity]

In which someone wouldn’t let me read so I made the best of it

[rosettabooks]

So cute :)

[juliermann]

muchness.

I have been struggling

as of late

with the idea of

muchness

muchness: a noun.

meaning a part of a

being (me) that is

absolutely overwhelming

and all-consuming.

i am much. too much.

muchness.

i am a bundle of

n   e   r   v   e   s

(billions of them).

i am emotion

and feeling

and desire

and regret

and agony

and hope

and everything all

at once.

and it is e x h a u s t i n g.

my muchness

(because it is a part of me)

was born with me

on May 16 1994 at 1:48 am

Indianapolis, Indiana

To a woman named

Rebecca

who gave us away

(can you say – abandonment issues?)

my muchness and I

have become acquainted

these past 21.8 years.

and the world has done

its very very best to

beat and push and erase

my muchness

out of me.

MY muchness.

my muchness has had many names:

psycho

crazy

bitch

overthinking

slut

annoying

clingy

OVER-emotional

Attachment Barbie ™

“why don’t you just act like everyone else?”

“be n o r m a l.”

so. I make myself

              small

to please everyone else.

And my therapist says:

“You don’t have to do that.”

I do though,

or,

maybe I just don’t

know how to stop.

But.

my muchness claws and

drags itself out of me

over and over again

and we fought and we

fight and we will

certainly fight again.

when we fight

my muchness pushes

people (and me) away

because it NEEDS the

space. It CONSUMES

everything and everyone.

when we fight.

I am t i r e d

of losing people

I love;

including

myself,

to

my muchness.

i am t i r e d

of fighting

my muchness.

because my muchness

is ME

and I can’t fight

myself

forever.

so I am done

fighting and beating

my muchness

away

(for now).

i am too much

i grieve too deeply

i know no peace

i love too soon

i never stop wondering

i care without caution

and I don’t know

how to S-T-O-P.

and:

I don’t know

if i want to.

because.

I am too much…

but;

i am also so much

more.

[juliermann]

Life Update: 3.11.16

1. This Lit major life is kicking my ass.

2. I’ve been writing a lot of poetry which I’ll probably start uploading/sharing here though some of it is already up on my personal blog.

3. Life has been super rough lately but we’re pushing through!

[juliermann]

me: *starts reading a book*

book: *no love triangle*

me: *on the verge of tears* thank god! thaaaaaank you! thank you.....!!!!!!

[fixyourwritinghabits]

I've had this idea and I'm not quite sure how to tackle it. I want to write the protagonist of a story as bisexual. During the course of the story they have two potential love interests. To make the fact that the character is bisexual totally obvious, I'd like to make one of the interests male and the other female. However, I'm aware this could be misconstrued as them choosing between being straight or being gay, which is not the case. Is this a bad idea, or is there a way to avoid this?

I’m going to be perfectly honest with you, you could write the next Great Novel and this idea will still probably come off badly, because it’d 2015 and bisexual people are still being accused of ‘not being able to make up their mind.’

There are plenty of ways to make a character obviously bisexual. Having them openly say they’re bisexual is a good start.

[juliermann]

As a bisexual person, it's totally possible to have a character date multiple genders and it be done in a respectful way, versus having them "choose" a gender. One of these ways is to not have them choose.

What do I mean by this? A) polyamorous bisexuals exist B) don't have them try to date both at the same time?? C) introduce one as a former lover/partner who character x has moved on from but still acknowledges with respect and care.

And so much more. But seriously, having them come out and say they're bisexual will make your life so much easier no matter what you do.

[jemcarstairz]

Throne of Glass Series ♦ The Assassin and the Princess ↳ Exclusive scene that takes place in between Throne of Glass and Crown of Midnight

“I am glad we’re not ordinary, Elentiya.” Nehemia was smiling into the darkness of the carriage. “It’d be so boring if we were.”

Celaena grinned. “Incredibly boring.”

“And, for what it’s worth, I’d pick you over a thousand ordinary and extraordinary friends. I think even if we just met on the street, even if I just saw you in passing, I’d know what you are.”

Celaena cocked her head to the side. “An assassin?”

Nehemia’s dark eyes were bright as she shook her head. “The sister of my heart.”

[openyourpagesandfly]

If you haven’t read A Monster Calls, I highly recommend you get up off your bum and go buy it right now! Then, prepare your self for a journey on an emotional roller coaster!

P. S. It’s my last trial exam today!! 🎉🎊🎈

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