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you changed your profile, so excuse me when I ask: who did you use to be?

My last username here was iamstartraveller776. For over 20 years I was startraveller776 in various fandoms (Misplaced on some old Trek sites and briefly had the alt Tenebrious for Labyrinth).

These days I'm just chillin' as a grandparent and dabbling with original fiction when the mood strikes.

You can find some original short stories and my side project here.

#star replies #anonymous

asynca

Write that one-shot. Those 3 chapters will be the best 10 chapters you ever wrote

#writerly things #writerly woes

sometiktoksarevalid

eggies

This is quite literally the state of fandom

#THE STRUGGLE IS REAL #OMG #writerly things #writerly woes

dionysiaproductions

#writerly things

tiredafel

so. a meme from me. to show how ive been lately

#writerly things #writerly woes #unfortunately true

prophetic-writer

I'm sorry but I have one draft that I never finished but I laugh every time I see it

hellsquills

Writing Tip

Neither do i

eviliens

Unreliable everyone

#writerly things #it's funny because it's true

heathyr

i saw a post on twitter by a european saying americans are fake for their random compliments to strangers and their general cheery demeanor and like no. no no no you don’t understand. if you get a random compliment from an american on the street about your outfit or whatever, that is 100% genuine. we mean it. we aren’t lying we are making a small but fleeting connection with you because our lives are shitty but the human condition is enduring. oh god i’m clutching my chest

distractedbyshinyobjects

If you get a compliment from a random American on the street, know that they tried their best to keep from saying a peep to you but they literally could not hold it in. They HAD to say something.

fremedon

The other day a tiny gay man in a hurry bumped me on the Metro escalator and said "Sorry, great dress by the way" and then he stopped at the top of the escalator and turned around and said "AND a great hat. THAT is how we do summer!" and SPRINTED for his bus and I coasted on that for the rest of the day.

unreconstructedfangirl

Love this post!

When I first moved to Prague I had a colleague who had such great style, and I always complimented her because I thought she was hot and cool. Years later when we were friends, she told me that she always suspected me of trying to manipulate her somehow because that is not how Czechs roll, and it was really inconceivable to her that I was simply complimenting her with no ulterior motive, but that's culturally normal to me?

Also, I am married to a British person, and his mother is an artist -- she's a collograph print-maker, and she told me that whenever she wants a pick me up, she sends photos of her latest prints to me, because I can be counted upon to say something nice. What can I say? I love her work? Her prints are beautiful, so...not faking?

Americans have a lot of blind spots and issues, but saying the nice thing in their brains to other people is fine? Like? A little more kindness and connection isn't hurting anyone?

aprillikesthings

There was a post on r/askanamerican just the other day, by a guy living in Eastern Europe who has a fun backpack (it looks like a reeses cup package with a bite taken out of it!) and said he constantly got compliments on it from American tourists

And he was like...are all of you like that? You say nice things to total strangers as if you're life-long friends??

And the entire comment section was like: Yup. Absolutely. This is 100% a thing we do.

And someone looked up a picture of the backpack and shared it and we were all like OMG THAT IS AN AMAZING BACKPACK yeah if I saw someone in any city on earth wearing that thing I would in fact say something.

Sometimes posts on that subreddit are a trash fire, but we were all so happy to talk about times we've told strangers compliments or been complimented by strangers.

And genuinely, it's one of the few things that makes me proud to be American. Like. We have a reputation for telling total strangers when we like something they're wearing/doing. And we mean it, every single time!

letsrevince

fred-the-dinosaur

an American once genuinely accosted me in a park to cry 'where DID you get that Hat!?', thereby fulfilling a genuine childhood dream

#it's 100% true though #it's so hard for me to hold back compliments when I'm in another country #americans

slayer-barbie

Can love really travel back in time and heal a broken heart? Was it our joined hands that finally lifted Maria's curse? I'd like to think so. But there are some things I know for certain: always throw spilt salt over your left shoulder, keep rosemary by your garden gate, plant lavender for luck, and fall in love whenever you can.

PRACTICAL MAGIC (1998) dir. Griffin Dunne

#practical magic

its-not-a-pen

good news citizens! while i was at the beach, i successfully indoctrinated another gullible child into using LIBBY. my best friend LIBBY. the library app on your PHONE that gives you FREE EBOOKS AND AUDIOBOOKS with the tap of a finger! are you sick of incurring late fees? giving your hard earned money to jeff bezos? Libby has it for you.

official-library-posts

official library post

onamountaintop

in this house we also use Hoopla. no holds. no lines. yes there are a limited number of borrows a month, but that's what Libby is for.

#support libraries #books and libraries #hoopla also has movies you can borrow

theunfortunate-author

my daily affirmation as an author

#my new mantra #writerly things

isabellebissonrouthier

What motivates you to be a writer?

dyrewrites

The brain won't stop and the words gotta go somewhere.

#writerly things #it's like having tiny little gremlins in my brain that are clawing to get out #the only release is putting words to page

veyoux

when you wrote a scene based purely on ✨vibes✨ and now you’re trying to fit it within the plot

#writerly things #writerly woes

veronicaleighauthor

trekbec82

@deadheaddaisy checked shirt guy is you. 💙

deadheaddaisy

Busted!

#switched to writing original fiction #and it's still the same #writerly things #writerly woes

penny-anna

The problem w writing fiction is that you'll be like tee-hee I'm going to write a story about a fucked up little scenario that's got nothing to do with anything in real life, just some pure messed up nonsense, and then you finish it and take a step back and go aw rats I made a metaphor again