Th Darkness of Peace

age: 37 gender: unknown. imagine, if you will, a grove of dead trees like buzzards' dark silhouette against a reddening sky.

[recklessfuture001]

[roach-works]

speculative fiction writers i am going to give you a really urgent piece of advice: don't say numbers. don't give your readers any numbers. how heavy is the sword? lots. how old is that city? plenty. how big is the fort? massive. how fast is the spaceship? not very, it's secondhand.

the minute you say a number your readers can check your math and you cannot do math better than your most autistic critic. i guarantee. don't let your readers do any math. when did something happen? awhile ago. how many bullets can that gun fire? trick question, it shoots lasers, and it shoots em HARD.

you are lying to people for fun. if you let them do math at you the lie collapses and it's no fun anymore.

[roach-works]

YOU GET IT

[recklessfuture001]

That's good advice because I have yet to see that in a speculative fiction story. Numbers, that is. I've noticed that authors like to be evasive with the numbers.

[radiofreederry]

[queermasculine]

every day i say things that sound pretentious even to my own ears but i don't how to say them any other way so i just have to hope there's some nugget of truth in there that'll shine through my insufferable delivery

[recklessfuture001]

😭Me too! I'm the worst, and I hate myself.

[alascene]

[mopedcow]

Embroidery, watercolour on cotton cloth, 2022

[ur-daily-inspiration]

The inspiration

The result

[recklessfuture001]

I've never said, "Man, here comes that frog" in a horrified manner. It's always optimistic like, "Man, here comes that frog. Maybe he will sit down beside me, and I can pet him and put him in a mayonnaise jar with a stick and a leaf to recreate what he's used to." --Mitch Hedburg (comedian).

[elixir]

Moonlight, Chalk Lane Jane Madgwick — 2016

[milksockets]

linda mendelson in art to wear - julie schafler dale (1986)

[milksockets]

john galliano for dior, a/w 1997-8 in china through the looking glass: fashion, film, art - andrew bolton (2015)

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

ℭ𝔬𝔫𝔤𝔯𝔢𝔤𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔟𝔶 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔘𝔫𝔠𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔫

[cultkinkcoven]

witchy confession:

I have never understood or kept track of astrology even a little bit. What moon phase is it? I have no fucking idea dude. What’s the best time of the month to do that spell? Right now. Mercury in gatorade? I hope he feels better soon i guess.

[americanmountainprincess]

[bobbole]

 Jim Steranko

[raccoon-central]

[meinlieberdreihund]

I found a tire swing

[cummy--eyelids]

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[cummy--eyelids]

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