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I have a feeling that beneath the little halo on your noble head There lies a thought or two the devil might be interested to know You're like the finish of a novel that I'll finally have to take to bed You fascinate me so
You Fascinate Me So, Blossom Dearie
...And a reblog with a couple detail shots, as a treat. 🖤
Lizard? Lizard. 🦎 If you’re into the whole botanical, nature-scout aesthetic, you’ll probably love this poster as much as we do. Made by the super amazing @nepeteaa!
[go to the Kickstarter]
Cindy and Reneé are back with another gorgeous illustrated lgbt story and I am so excited! Please take a look and consider backing this project, it comes with amazing goodies too!
Spooky nature stickers! 🌲 Perfect for when you’re looking for cryptids and want to journal your progress. We adore these designs made by the super talented @nimfeemos_art . Be sure to check out her work!
[Go to the Kickstarter]
WE’RE LIVE! 🌈 We proudly present our newest illustrated LGBT+ novel: Something Awful. It’s a supernatural story filled with mutual pining, gorgeous full-color illustrations and lizards!
Go to the Kickstarter!
Coffee selfie! ☕
Inclusive Future Magazine, Issue 1: Visions from a Gender-Inclusive Future
A speculative fiction anthology for, by, and about transgender, nonbinary, agender, and genderqueer folks.
IMAGINE: It's the year 2068, and we've achieved gender equality in the broadest sense. Not only are genders outside the binary widely acknowledged and accepted, but people of all genders and without gender are paid equally for work, have equal opportunity, are included in scientific studies, and are marketed to equally.
Issue 1 of Inclusive Future Magazine envisions this future through fictional articles and art, as if it were an international pop culture magazine published 50 years in the future and whose target audience includes adults of all genders and without gender, living anywhere in the world.
Our project is currently LIVE on Kickstarter!
With 19 days to go, we're 12% of the way toward our goal. Kickstarter projects are all or nothing, so if we don't fund, we won't be able to move forward with our project. If you're passionate about trans rights and want to help a group of nonbinary creators achieve their dream of publishing this magazine, consider backing us on Kickstarter (link in the reblog) or sharing this post with your friends!
We're also currently accepting submissions!
We're accepting poetry, prose, and art from trans, nonbinary, agender, and genderqueer creators! Please check out our website (inclusivefuturemag.com) for more details!
Check out our Kickstarter here!
If you're interested in submitting, see our submission guidelines here.
something i wish i had realized earlier: you can write poems on the same subject more than once. you can write, paint, draw the same thing over and over if you want to. you can spend your whole life making art about oranges. i think i always felt this pressure to get it right the first time like i couldn’t go back and use that inspiration again. but you can. you can go back and revisit it. you can pick up the conversation again and again if you have more to say.
Have you heard the exciting news? Together with beyondstories (on instagram) we created our very own bookish candle! The scent is flowery and fresh 🌻 and perfect to get into the spring vibes.
🌻 You can order it here
Just picked up my Love Potion package at the post office. Look at all these gorgeous goodies!
Cindy(author of Love Potion), Renée (illustrator of Love Potion) and the independent artists they hired for the prints did an amazing job!
This was a kickstarter project, the illustrated book and the original non illustrated are both on thier website: https://everafterprint.com/
They have great products and books, including the recently released second book in the Hepdale Werewolves trilogy (the third is on the way I hope ;) )
𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢 #𝚘𝚘𝚝𝚍
Welcome to Jack’s instagram feed - a character from our novel People Notice the Rain. Each month, we’ll share a picture!
8 page short kids book class project on important/current/difficult topics! Covered the topics of change, sibling relationships and the subject of having a transgender family member (in this case an older brother!)
Was made with trans and non-binary art students!
Writer Beware makes posts on which publishing houses to avoid at all costs, which words to look for and which words to watch out for in contracts, and several other things that will keep you in control and knowledgeable about the publishing process. I’d suggest reading through the website if you want to avoid getting ripped off, cheated, or scammed.
I’m just going to reblog this every so often because it’s a site that every writer needs to see.
Great news: you get a FREE foil print if you preorder People Need a Storm! 🌩️ Are you ready to learn more about Jack in this sequel? 🌩️ Preorder here
You know what we need more of? Beginner’s classes for adults.
It’s supposed to be really, really good for you to keep learning new things as you age. It helps stave off strokes and dementia and Alzheimer’s and improves memory. And hey, learning stuff is fun.
But I really don’t want to be infantilized when I try to learn something. And I definitely don’t learn the way a child does. And honestly, what adult wants to be in the same class as children? Very few.
This occurred to me recently because I’d like to learn how to actually ice skate properly. My parents never signed me up for classes, because it wasn’t a thing they ever cared about or thought about. Now I’m in my twenties and want to learn, and also don’t want to be surrounded by a bunch of eight-year-olds who probably honestly skate better than I do. Because that’s embarrassing, and embarrassment is not how you learn.
Would it be good to lose the social stigma of being worse at something than a child? Yes. Hell yes. But we’ve got to start somewhere, and like I said: adults don’t really learn the way kids do, and a lot of people use these kinds of activities to make friends, and I don’t want to make friends with an eight-year-old, either.
So.
Beginner’s classes for adults. Let adults suck at stuff and learn how to get better and learn new things and broaden their horizons, while still being treated as adults. Classes for writing, for pottery, for chess, for art, for instruments, for singing, for sports, for chemistry. For everything, dammit.
Reasons to Keep Writing
•everyone starts small. just because you’re not big now, doesn’t mean you’ll never be. and if you’re just starting out, keep in mind those bigger blogs have been writing for much longer than you. building a following takes time.
•there will always be someone who enjoys your writing. every like, reblog, and comment is one person who enjoyed what you wrote and i can assure you they want more! and remember, not everyone remembers to leave evidence that they liked your writing or they might just be too nervous to interact with you. invisible fans exist, and you’ve got them.
•going along with that last one, your writing has the potential to help others! you could write about a minority, or maybe you could publish a little something comforting at the exact time someone else needs it. and most of the time, when you affect someone like this they’ll tell you, whether it be through tags, or a private message or whatever. that’s an amazing feeling.
•getting a compliment from someone becomes a sure-fire way to make your day better. nothing feels greater than seeing a comment from someone saying how much they love something you worked hard on. maybe write down these comments somewhere, so you can look at them when you’re feeling negative about your skills as a writer.
•writer’s block is not the end of your writing career. it sure feels like it sometimes, but everyone, even the popular writers you look up to, suffer from writer’s block. everyone puts out work they’re not 100% satisfied with sometimes, and that’s okay! when you get out of this slump, your writing will be better than ever before and you’ll enjoy it again. keep writing through a block so you can get there sooner.
These are the things I think about when I feel bad about my writing, so I hope they can help someone else too.
I know someone needs this
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
MY DASH NEEDS TO HEAR THIS.
It’s happening! 🌩️ You can now PREORDER People Need a Storm: the sequel to People Notice the Rain. Are you ready for more emotions, more werewolves, and more Jack?
🌩️ PREORDER HERE
