#lifeofawriter

[judethecomedian]

My brain: you wanna write something

Me: Okay? What do I write?

My brain: story

Me: What story? A new one? A wip?

My brain: you wanna write something

[omniscient-kiwi-warlock]

me: if you happy and you know it, clap your hands! :)

my done-with-your-bullshit, completely traumatized, and very sad ocs whose last peaceful moment was that one second right after they were born, and then never again:

[geektasticjustine]

Things have been a little sad around here lately, so have a little editing humor. . . . . . . #fridayfun #fridayfunday #editing #writerslife #funnyfriday #amediting #editors #revisions #writingmemes #writelife #writerslifeforme #lifeofawriter https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg5bSCTrVCH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[atruebloodwrites]

One thing they don’t warn you about when you write historical books is the sort of backbending you have to do when writing a kissing scene. I mean look at this hat. How is any person supposed to navigate under that wide brim to get a kiss? And let me tell you this is tame by late Edwardian standards! 🤣 #historicalreads #historicalfashion #historicalresearch #allthekissing #writingromance #historicalromance #edwardiannyc #romancereads #lifeofawriter #writinglife #writersofig #authhorsofig #igauthorlife #igauthor https://www.instagram.com/p/CVLhHfMvxmg/?utm_medium=tumblr

[i-amm-writing]

Here is a poem for anyone who is struggling right now:

The Maze

Life is challenging

Life is hard

It leaves you sweating

But not bored

So many switchbacks

O, so many turns

You cannot turn back

Even though it burns

You must complete the maze

Try to figure it out

Life takes many days

Need help, just shout

There are rules

This is true

Listen, they're tools

To make a better you

Don't cut the maze short

By cheating you out of a life

It is the living you must sort

Not the pain and strife

Keep going through the system

There are many on your path

Share your wisdom

But don't share your wrath

I trust you will make it

And have memories

Now you can sit

Seeing the forest for the trees.

[kimyoonmiauthor]

Participation Trophies Don’t Pay the Rent for Diversity

Going to say it again: For some reason if you’re diverse: Say you’re LGBTQIA, poor, A person of color, adopted, disabled, etc... people expect that you will be glad to have furthered the cause for what?

FREE

And fuck that. Seriously fuck that idea.

You know when you elicit someone’s work for FREE is called without paying them and calling in the participation trophy and saying, but prestige while they do ALL of the emotional labor and work is called?

A SCAM

So I’m here to say, yes, be glad that you are including diversity in your magazines. But you know what would really, really further our rights? You know what would stick it to the super privileged among us?

PAY YOUR DIVERSE WRITERS A FAIR WAGE

No participation trophy has ever paid the rent or closed the sometimes quintuple the wage gap for PoC writers and diverse writers compared to cis het abled men.

“Look, I got published in a magazine, can you wave my rent?”

Do you really think the Landlord is going to say yes?

“Look, I got published in a magazine... can you let me have this food?”

That’s not going to work either.

Also, to the writers out there, know that you are good enough to get paid. Work towards that goal. You have a right to be paid for your work and further our value as people by getting paid. People will value you more if you get paid for your work.

[ebuka-bombshell]

Life keep hitting hard on me but that doesn't mean imma stop trying to get up

@Ebuka_bombshell

[judethecomedian]

All my WIPs simultaneously, as soon as I open a Word document and start writing a new story: