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PSA to fan creators who don't have a lot of regular contact with children: They are almost always bigger than you think. A 1-year-old baby may already be walking. A toddler is likely already hip-high. A 10-year-old may already be taller than at least one of their parents. A 14/15 year old may already have reached their adult height.
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Here's the link. It was actually not immediately easy to find, so I thought this might help.
Final Thoughts On 2025
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I am at a place where I'm not going to try to lie or cover up the fact that 2025 was a hard year. Like I told one of my friends, this year kinda sucked. And he laughed and said, yeah, yeah, it kinda did.
But that doesn't mean there weren't good things. And that doesn't mean I'm not going to celebrate every good thing that happened.
I opened the new year giggling and staying up late with my brother. WE GOT SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW THAT STAYED FOR A WHOLE WEEK! I played in the snow with my dog and little brother and we built a snowman in the middle of the night. I finalized my first poetry collection complete with illustrations by one of my best friends. I wrote lyrics for a song I am actually very proud of about the world. I SAW MY VERY FIRST BALLET and it was beautiful! One of my best friends came to visit! A friend took graduation pictures for me and my little brother. Finally talked my brother into watching The Fantastic Mr. Fox and Treasure Planet. I made cinnamon crunch scones. I went to my first work conference and worked my ass off but also had fun. My best friend and practically little sister flew down for graduation season!! MY LITTLE BROTHER GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL! My best friend and I choreographed dances and sang karaoke and put together a brand new Taylor Swift medley just like we did when we were kids. <2 I got to go back to my college town and show it off to my family and best friend. I GRADUATED WITH ALL MY FRIENDS! I went to my major's graduation party and said goodbye to my wonderful professors. I threw a little graduation party of my own and invited everyone to come over and have snacks and sign a yearbook I made for myself. I PUBLISHED MY FIRST POETRY BOOK! I went to my friend's wedding. I ran a STEAM Camp at work. I spent the 4th of July watching Hamilton with my brother and my dog. I helped complete my brother's first DnD campaign and made stickers out of the silly things they said. I got a Dropout subscription. I reconnected with a girl from high school who moved away and I love so freaking much. I actually started drawing again a little. I started going to the public library. I shared my trauma play with a friend and he had the best notes. My brother started college. I commissioned art of my characters for the first time. I cut off about 6 inches of hair. I got back on pointe. I visited two of my best friends and had such a calm, quiet two weeks. I went to my brother's first fencing competition. I perfected my at home taco recipe. I MADE GELATO. I wore a gorgeous dress, went out for Thai food, and had a very simple but loving birthday. I started going to therapy. I created an amazing Halloween costume-- including making my own mask (I was Kevin from Up.) I saw a local play my friends were in. I went on another work trip and had an amazing time in the city with my mom. I got to see some cousins I haven't seen in a decade. My brother finally got into Stranger Things, just in time to watch Season 5 with me. I had the loveliest Thanksgiving. My whole family went to see Wicked: For Good in theaters. I drove down to the beach to see a friend and her family. I had a shopping day out with my Nanny. I made gingerbread cookies! Two of my friends sent me the sweetest Christmas gift. I sent out holiday postcards. I had a really great Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with my family and grandparents. My brother and I both got each other Arcane gifts. I will end the year watching the Stranger Things finale with my little brother and the knowledge that I will be texting my friends about it immediately after. We will stay up as long as we like, giggling into the night.
I danced when I had the energy to and and tried to give myself grace when I didn't. I wrote a lot of poetry. I met my reading goal of 100 books for the first time in 5 years. I called my friends more than I ever would've felt comfortable doing in the past and I'm getting better at reaching out. I got into new music and new musicals. I loved the same things I always have and I fell in love with new things, too.
The hard days were lonely and the lonely days were long, but I worked hard to make this year be different. I am not alone. And just because things are hard, just because some things are bad, does not mean that the good was not there. That the love was not there.
I will sign off as I did in my letters to my friends, adding in a message from my friend: We have made it through this year together! May 2026 be gentle and soft and full of good things! Here's to a better year for all of us! We're gonna be okay and listen to a lot of good music and make a lot of cool things! And no matter what, we're gonna do it together.
All my love,
~ toribookworm <2
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writing is so funny because i could write nonstop for 9hrs and then hit a block where im like "how do i transition between this moment and the next?" and then i just dont touch it for 6 months
media trope that makes me want to throw up and cry is when a character realises there's no way they're making it out of a situation in one piece. and in a single moment they accept it and turn to their distraught loved ones with The Smile. you know The Smile. sickening
i call this phenomenon "god hates me"
lately been feeling like i have 1 angel wing and 1 devil wing and 1 normal eye and 1 black and red eye with black tears coming out of it
there should be coming of age stories for people turning 30
important Character traits:
paranoia
control freakism
sense of self-worth so low that it loops back around into being totally dismissive of everyone else
a warm-hearted kind center beneath 200 protective walls of bitterness that doesn't actually make the bitterness better in any way at all even a little bit
bisexuality
crushing feelings of responsibility
zero understanding of own bodily autonomy that bleeds out and affects how they treat others
a lil petty vindictive sadism they maybe don't wanna look at too hard or acknowledge
full self-awareness of all their most negative traits without working to fix those traits at all
internalized misogyny
a mysterious undefinable hunger that cannot / should not / must not ever be sated
asexuality
Advice From a Librarian to Combat the U.S. Literacy Crisis #1:
If you don't read books: Read a book. Read any book. Read a book you loved when you were a kid. Read a book that interests you now. Read an entire collection of poetry or essays and think about why the author or editor arranged those works in that order. Read an erotic novel. Read nonfiction. Read graphic novels or manga. Read a kids' chapter book or a YA novel. Read a book digitally. Read a book on paper. Read an audiobook and really focus on it - if you notice yourself spacing out, scroll back to the last words you remember and try listening again. Read any book. And then when you finish it, celebrate for a minute (get those endorphins going!) and then read another one.
If you read books: Try reading a book that intimidates you. Maybe it's thick. Maybe it uses archaic language. Maybe it's a book that was translated from a language you don't speak into a language you do speak. Maybe it's a genre you don't normally read. Maybe it's the same kind of book as always, but you put your phone away and really focus on reading for 20 to 30 minutes at a time. (I know I've been struggling with this.) What scares you about reading? What challenges have you been avoiding? Try getting out of your comfort zone just a tiny bit, celebrate for a minute, and then try again.
hey quick PSA but “reading before bed to wind down” only works if you’re normal about books btw. if you aren’t you are going to end up awake at 2:52am after finishing the whole book just trust me on this one
tbr is at 897 on goodreads... gotta cut that list down, any suggestions?
i always try to start with the shortest when i'm tackling any sort of book list. gives me a sense of accomplishment faster 😂
i have to go through once in a while and question my past self's choices to want to read something cause past me has made some questionable reading choices personally
past me also is a people pleaser in the moment and has added books to my tbr simply because i was talking to someone who said it was good....when on second glance im like,,,, wait what? im trying to weed some of those out now
one must always ask themselves How Can I Make The Most Niche Content Possible That Only Caters To Me
PSA for fanfic writers
Majoring in creative writing was a colossal mistake that ruined my life financially artistically socially and spiritually BUT i got to read aloud from My Immortal to a crowd of twenty horrified bystanders for academic credit. So I broke even
The assignment was to bring a story written by someone else and share the first paragraph with the class. Nowhere in the assignment description or the syllabus did it specify that the story had to be good
Okay, we got a new one, boys.
Close enough welcome back Chekov's gun.
Prev you can’t bury this in your own tags
I also like the idea of showing something as a problem before it’s shown as a strength. Almost every character trait has two sides, and by showing the “bad” side first, it sets things up to not only make sense, but to also be very satisfying.
"I love you but you're doing wrong in a way I cannot condone" and "I hate you but you're being wronged in a way I cannot stomach" are top tier and I need more of them.
