The insider

Like a open book

[makingsenseofwhathappened]

Roy's prose is fire. It melts down the big lie covering so much inequality: that some people just don’t have voices to be heard. This quote is for anyone here who’s been talked over, sidelined, or punished for speaking their truth...or telling any truth at all.

Also: don't forget to laugh with your voice along the way! 💗

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”𝐒𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝, 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝, 𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐈 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬.

— 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬

~*~

[vexheart]

[5555ilenthill]

[vexheart]

This

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”𝐒𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝, 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝, 𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐈 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬.

— 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬

~*~

[metamorphesque]

Anthem, Leonard Cohen

[paper-wounds]

[paper-wounds]

[primulaceas]

Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

[more-than-ideas]

[weandthecolor]

Is Imperfection the New Perfection? The Rise of Handcrafted Design

Have you noticed this rising shift? It’s everywhere. People are moving away from the sleek, sterile precision of the digital world. Instead, they’re seeking something real—something they can touch and feel. There’s a growing hunger for authenticity, and it’s fueling a powerful resurgence: the return of handcrafted design. But why now? What is it about imperfections that feel so compelling? Let’s dive into why the world is embracing the beauty of the imperfect.

In our digital era, perfection surrounds us. Algorithms smooth every edge, AI refines every detail, and software eliminates every flaw. Yet, in this pursuit of flawlessness, something essential is lost—humanity. The warmth, the irregularities, the subtle traces of a creator’s hand. This is where handcrafted design comes in. It offers a much-needed contrast, celebrating imperfection as a mark of authenticity and reviving the uniqueness that only human craftsmanship can provide.

More here.

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[blooooom]

there’s a misconception that grief only happens when we lose people. this is not true. we can grieve circumstances, relationships, missed opportunities. in fact, sometimes when you find yourself plagued with waves of emotion from sadness to melancholy you may be grieving yourself. the version of yourself that you might have been if things had been different, or if only you had said something, or if someone had stood up for you.

[brynwrites]

But Bryn, why don’t you want to hear negative feedback regarding your published novel? 

Isn’t feedback important for a writer’s growth?

I want to preface: this isn’t a response to any of my reviewers in any way. It’s just something I didn’t think about until I got around to publishing, and I imagine many other writers and readers are the same. 

So, why don’t most published authors bother trying to learn from their negative reviews?

Publishing a professional quality book takes a long time. For traditional publishing, it can be years after the writer picks up an agent. Self publishing often requires the writer to go through all the things the traditional publish would do, only they do it all on their own, so that too can take a long time. 

This often means that writers will have written one, even two or three novels between the time they write the rough draft of their first novel and the time they publish it. (I wrote 100k words, ran two beta round, and edited a novella, just between the time I formatted OBP for print and actually put it on amazon.)

In this time period, a writer who’s actively striving to grow can learn a lot — a lot they would have liked to implement into the book they’re publishing, but can’t.  

Often, reading those negative reviews doesn’t actually teach them anything they didn’t already learn themselves months ago. It just makes them feel like they let readers down by publishing too soon.

And the catch is: this never changes. A truly good writer never stops learning and growing and improving, and never stops believing that, hey, if they’d just rewritten that book one more time, maybe it wouldn’t have those issues they only learned how to spot two months after it went to the proofreader. 

The negative aspects of reviews aren’t meant for the writer — they’re meant for potential readers. So don’t fret if your author friends don’t want to read that awesome constructive criticism you put together for their published works. 

(Or maybe they will, especially if its a serially released work, and that’s awesome too!)

[heywriters]

So this came at a perfect time…

[letsbelonelytogetherr]

— beau taplin

[miseducatedmelanicmuse]

[kosmogrl]

firm believe that not everything happens for a reason, sometimes things are just cruel. and they shouldn’t have happened and it’s not supposed to be a lesson because we never deserved such thing.