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azdoine

#piranesi #lol

itscolossal

Los Angeles Public Library Unveils the World’s Largest Pop-Up Book

#I need to fucking go here omg #books #libraries #for later

natreads

Evening light

torpublishinggroup

Loved The Odyssey? Your next epic adventure starts here. ⚔️🌊📖

#for later #currently listening #my first audiobook!#also hi everyone #I hope you’re all doing well #and enjoying summer #or winter #respective to your hemisphere

the-forest-library

Cat Walk - Mary Stolz

pandronica

hagiomoto

Two teenage suspects killed three men in a shooting at San Diego's largest mosque, the Islamic Center of San Diego, before killing themselve

hagiomoto

Amin was the security guard at the Islamic Center of San Diego. Police say his actions kept Monday's attack from being far worse. Remember h

bibliotecasanvalentino

arc-hus

Huangyan Quarry Cultural & Art Center, Taizhou, China - DnA

Architecture projects from DnA, based in Beijing - China, an Architecture Office firm centered around Cultural Architecture

Anne Boyer

Victoria Chang, from Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief; “Dear Teacher,”

[Text ID: “The language of poetry reminded me to stay alive. It reminded me that, when it felt like I had nothing, I was nothing, I still had words. I could ride language as if on a horseback, and it could take me anywhere, including deeply into myself.”]

#poetry rec #for later

pangur-and-grim

@creekfiend was very kind in sharing some writing resources with me, and I thought I'd pass along the kindness by listing them down below.

N.K. Jemisin's article 'Describing characters of color in writing'

Mary Anne Mohanraj's article on approaching characters of colour

Renee Harleston's article How to 'Write Characters of Color Without Using Stereotypes'

Working with Colour, a resource site for writers

the book Writing the Other by by Nisi Shawl and Cynthia Ward, which had a description that cut deep, because I've definitely fallen into this trap out of fear:

and then a video recommended by @sheprd (thank you!) about pitfalls in descriptive language

if anyone else has more resources to add, feel free to reblog with them! this is something I want to learn more about.

pangur-and-grim

I was talking yesterday about how I should probably change the skin colour of a character in a not-yet-written book, because that character is a large, aggressive dragon-shifter and I was worried about her being read with unintentional and offensive subtext.

I haven't gotten my hands on Writing the Other yet (it's still in the mail!) but from reading my way through these articles and watching the Princess Weekes video, I now understand that 'white-ifying' a character you're worried about is a lazy and cowardly solution. so, if I do ever finish the book Eres loses Everything, I'll keep her as is, do my best to be thoughtful, and hire a sensitivity reader to pick out any blind spots.

thank you to everyone who passed on resources, I really appreciate it!

pangur-and-grim

here are a few more resources I've found, if anyone’s interested:

Writing Diversely FAQ

Writing With Colour blog

A conversation between many writers on writing diverse characters

Four Tips to Help You Incorporate Diversity and Inclusion in Your Writing

A Medium Article: "Yes, You Should Be Afraid to Write “Diverse” Characters"

#helpful #writing

prokopetz

I think it's actually essential to children's moral development to be exposed to short stories moderately beyond their reading level where a bunch of fucked up shit happens and then instead of offering a moral lesson or any sort of emotional or narrative resolution it just ends.