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[corseque]

romance 101 — it’s not enough to hinge the whole thing on ‘will they or won’t they’ the real interest is the lack the characters have within them, and how they fill that lack with the help of/because of the other person. We’re not looking at two people kissing, we’re looking at the characters getting assistance, guidance, emotional completion, maturation, transformation, spiritual apogee, building new foundations, physical/emotional safety, old wounds healing, becoming a stronger and braver person because they met their love.

[heywriters]

Exactly! Because otherwise we could switch out the love interests with anybody else and it would still be the same story.

[qvotext]

[mimiduncanbooks]

me: gonna put my phone away so i can get some writing done

also me:

[bepeu-deactivated20171202]

me, without coffee: *suffering*

me, with coffee: *suffering with a faster heart rate*

[paper-fairy]

“Some hearts understand each other, even in silence.”

— Yasmin Mogahed  

[winemummy]

Anyway, I want to be rawed romantically

[mimiduncanbooks]

a gift from my aunt ⌨️♥️

[wavelette]

like, the most compelling ships for me always stem out of one thing: the characters have a profound, ongoing effect on each other’s senses of selves. when they are apart, the characters’ actions are still affected by each other. the way they approach the world changes because of the other. 

which is this deeply Austenian view of ideal romantic relationships as mechanisms by which we come to know ourselves better and become better versions of ourselves. good romance, for me, is always tied in with a sense of self-actualization, and the way in which a beloved partner allows a person to know themselves better.

[antisisyphus]

the torn-up road by richard siken - geoff mcfetridge

[labeatz]

You deserve people in your life who think you are a big deal. No competition, no backhanded comments, no jealously, no comparison, no hate just simply “I love you and there is nobody like you and there will only ever be one of you” type energy

[maryolive]

Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente

[charmingbarbarian]

Small things that exude Big-Dick Energy:

when a guy drives calmly and safely

when they cook so competently and unself-conscious and focused on making the food

when a man rolls up button-ups to his elbows

when their eyes become softer when looking at you

Being kind

Speaking passionately about pretty much anything

stretching all casual-like

the act of loosening the necktie

[mimiduncanbooks]

A new song starts, something Patti Scialfa — slow and smoky and sweet. Ben takes a breath, a step, a shot in hell, taps Murphy on the arm.

She looks over her shoulder, bangs in her eyes, loose hair from her rubber band ponytail swaying. His chest tightens a second, and his gaze darts to the dance floor in the next. Doesn’t know if he can look straight at her when he holds out a hand, says, “Think I’m supposed to ask if you wanna dance.”

Murphy blinks at his offered hand. Looks at him. Opens her mouth, shuts it, kinda smiles. “You been drinking on the job?”

“Pretty sure I’m being threatened, actually.” He side-eyes Shannon, who seems happy enough to leave them to it, but he’s not about to trust that if he tried dipping out. “Wanna help a guy out?”

“Ah. Right. Yeah,” she says. Sets her glass down and slips her hand into his, warm enough that it makes the hairs on his arm, the back of his neck, stand up like he’s been electrocuted. “I might owe you for that one.”

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[lovethyhippie]

Eat the pussy till you get to her soul

[i-sparkling-star]

[mimiduncanbooks]

got my business cards from canva bc listen, i’m tired of telling ppl where they can find me and my romance books — now they’ll have a little directory 🥰

[bipdf]

hey (with the intention of slow dancing in the kitchen together)