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a bitch
a bastard
an all around fool
an omnipresent all-powerful being
a sparrow
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an eldritch being
no one will know which one u chose! :D
nobody warns you this but addiction happens without you noticing and one of the first things that it attacks is your ability to care. if you find yourself using recreational drugs every day, stop and take one day a week sober. if you struggle with this or if you don't see the point of the exercise, you are likely already addicted and you need help.
nobody ever taught me the warning signs for drug addiction, only that "it costs lots of money and destroys your life!!!1" which is not helpful if you can't recognize a developing addiction in yourself.
so here's some things to watch out for with recreational drug use:
planning your day around drugs e.g "i'll give myself an extra half hour before heading out so i can get high first"
rapidly switching emotions around drugs. you love them but you hate that you love them so much. you hate the way you feel on them but you hate being sober. feeling guilty after using even when you didn't give a crap beforehand.
caring less about spending money. if you are budgeting for drugs like they are food, you are likely prioritizing them more than is healthy.
getting high to do household chores and other unpleasant things because it would suck less and be more bearable on drugs
feeling anxious or restless while sober, not knowing what to do with oneself, feeling lost or ungrounded.
thinking about doing drugs constantly even while sober. maybe it's the first thing you think of when you wake up. maybe when you're bored or otherwise have free time, drugs are one of the first things you can think of to occupy yourself with.
going to work or school while under the influence, especially if it happens regularly and if you're seeing your performance suffer as a result.
the idea of taking a 'tolerance break' sounds good to you until it's actually break time, at which point you can come up with 20 very reasonable sounding points to explain why it wouldn't benefit you actually and you should just keep doing drugs regardless.
even if you succeed at quitting the drug, you keep your dealer's number on your phone "just in case"
you pretend to be sober when you aren't. you worry about other people noticing how much time you spend high. you make efforts to hide your drug use or minimize how much other people think you're using. you're scared of other people's judgement if they were to find out.
you have mood swings laced with self-hatred, regret, financial worries, and guilt. these mood swings are then very quickly wiped away by feelings of "but it doesn't matter, i can do what i want, and clearly i'm doing just fine while using drugs frequently". news flash, if you are rapidly switching between feeling numb-ok and hating yourself more than anything because of your drug use, you are mentally ill.
yes this applies to weed. weed is a drug and you can get addicted to it like any other substance. addiction is not the same as physical dependence; it is psychological and it can happen to anyone. you are not immune to addiction.
Many of these also apply to process addictions such as Gambling Addiction.
and drinking!!
This also can apply to AI usage (specifically bots representing characters), though the symptoms can be different.
Someone scream positivity at me. I need to remember how to write in a non-stressful environment and not think about the fact that I would sooner stitch myself physically into novels than live on this earth where everything just seems to be getting worse.
In other news, beta reading is fun, and The Storyteller Chronicles are slow-going, but oh-so-satisfying as I flesh out everything more and more. I’m also trying to publish some short stories, please wish me luck!
Listen, I know Kyle from Shrek 2 knows nothing beyond “drive flying carriage look pretty,” because I accept the fact that he’s a himbo who has absolutely no idea how cute he actually is because no one has ever actually looked at him twice when Fairy Godmother was around (stole all the thunder, smh), but I refuse to accept that this man does not have a happily ever after waiting for him.
Give me a story about how, after Shrek and his family overthrew the witch, Kyle runs into his partner trying to find a new job in Far Far Away, and he’s super adorably confused because no one has even glanced at him before but now he’s getting actual, genuine attention and affection?!
Kyle needs a good nap, some hot soup, and a goddamn love story because he worked for the FAIRY GODMOTHER, who is supposed to bring happy endings to every princess, so WHAT ABOUT MY BOY KYLE?!
Could I be mildly allergic to cantaloupes? Maybe. Will I stop eating them? No.
I admire and fear you.
Anyway if you see this you have to reblog and tag with a delight from ur day – even the littlest thing counts
This needs a lot more reblogs than it has
Treating myself to a dinner out tonight because I’ve had a certain local restaurant in mind for a few days and I have a right to enjoy the parts of my life that aren’t in chaos right now and celebrate them.
☆~ Please reblog/like this if you'd like an occasional visit from the Random OC Questions Fairy! ~☆
How many people’s most beloved childhood stuffed animals are actually teddy bears, like I feel like that’s a thing someone made up. Reblog this and put what your longest owned and/or favorite stuffed animal as a child was in the tags, inquiring minds want to know
I finished a draft so I get to reward myself with nonsense online
So
Please tell me something totally inconsequential about your WIP. Like what font you use, how many times your main character’s name appears, whether or not you use the word “sauce.” I’ll reply with the same detail from mine!
Not sure that the word “sauce” shows up, but I do know that I have never written two scenes in order that show up in order in the book.
Someone please talk to me, or send an ask, or tag me in something, or do literally anything...
I'm bored out of my mind.
This again but I am incredibly sick and feverish right now and have nothing to do because of that...
Please, i beg of you, I need entertainment.
Actually that's a lie.... I got really tired while writing this, so imma sleep. Send me something to wake up to?
Let’s chat about something, pick a topic!
Playing Portal 2 for some good nostalgia! @the-write-insomniac is here as well as @broccollie98
Come join us on Twitch for some old fun and a lot of tired banter.
having ocs is so fun tho. It’s like playing with barbie dolls except we’re hallucinating it all vividly in our heads and everybody is emotionally scarred
It’s the adult version of “I have a friend that nobody else can see!”
🍬 and 🐥 for your ask?
thank you for sending me an ask! i appreciate it so much. i'll send you a couple of asks once i answer these questions. ♡
🍬 - what food is most nostalgic for you?
the most nostalgic food for me is either pop rocks or ring pops. those two were my favorite candies while i was growing up. but of course, they don't sell them anymore (i believe?). i have so much more nostalgic food but those two are my top choices plus the list would be long lmfao.
🐥 - do you collect anything? if so, what do you collect?
yes, i do! but... it's probably embarrassing since i'm an adult now. i collect funko pops! i just think they're the most absolutely cutest things ever imo. in my private list on amazon of things i want to buy, it mostly consists of them.
Ex-fucking-scuse me I do not recall asking your self-consciousness to show up here today, you keep collecting Funko Pops and you better be getting the best ones possible. Only the rarest for you.
And you’re not alone. A lot of people of all ages love Funko! Don’t let people tell you that you can’t have them because you’re an adult. Being an adult doesn’t mean giving up things you like.
2, 8, 9, 10 for the WIP ask meme! ♡
Thank you so much for your ask, love! I enjoy interactions so much and really need to get back into this.
And distractions-
2. Post a line from your WIP with no context.
“Her beauty, even in older age, was something that no one could deny, and many wondered how the physical factor did not overtake the rarely-spotted signs of her anger. As easily as this idea had been circulated, it had been shut down with the general question of “well, would you like to have married her?” And so, the thought was dropped without further conversation.”
8. What is your biggest challenge?
Plotline. Always plotline. I have a main idea, but execution of such with even the slightest detail is excruciating to come up with. Two years I’ve been working on this WIP, and I still have barely more than a concept. I loathe it.
9. How would you describe your writing style?
Eloquent while trying to be modern and not drone on. Probably makes things hard to read and I am terrible at suspenseful moments because I just don’t know when to stop.
10. How would you describe your WIP's narrative style? (1st person, 3rd person, multiple POVs, single POV, alternating chapters, etc.)
3rd person from a single POV, wavering between limited and omniscient.
Alright, I may have to go do some more writing now, because this makes me want to make it better!
WIP Ask Game
1: Summarize your WIP in 10 words or less.
2: Post a line from your WIP with no context.
3: Does your WIP have a title? If so, explain its significance. If not, what are you calling it for now?
4: Describe the setting of your WIP.
5: Search for the word "knife" in your WIP. If you find it, paste the line and explain the context.
6: Search for the word "dream" in your WIP. If you find it, paste the line and explain the context.
7: What are you most proud of?
8: What is your biggest challenge?
9: How would you describe your writing style?
10: How would you describe your WIP's narrative style? (1st person, 3rd person, multiple POVs, single POV, alternating chapters, etc.)
11: Which character do you have the most in common with?
12: Which character do you have the least in common with?
13: Your characters are stranded on a deserted island. What happens?
14: Have you chosen birthdays for any of your characters? If so, when are they?
15: Do you know your characters' MBTI personalities?
16: What would your characters be for Halloween?
17: Does your WIP have any themes or motifs?
18: What's easier, dialogue or description?
19: Post a picture or gif that describes your WIP.
20: Post a brief excerpt.
I’m back, ask questions.
The bookselling behemoth is making life harder for writers, but so is the public perception that art doesn’t need to be paid for
“People have always felt a sort of ownership over art, and that’s actually good. It’s why you keep a book on your shelf and return to it, it’s why you hang a picture on your wall that speaks to you. But when this gets out of hand and you mistake access or a personal connection with your rights, as happens so often in our Internet age, it leads to a dangerous sense of entitlement. That’s why readers feel empowered to complain, directly to the creator, that a book or show doesn’t have absolutely everything they want: the romantic pairing they’d hoped for, the language they find most friendly, the ending they desired. And it’s also why, for instance, the last Harry Potter book leaked on the internet before it was officially published: fans saw the book as something they were owed, not the product of labor that deserved compensation. Not that J.K. Rowling needs more money—but she, and all authors, deserve to have their work recognized as work.
“Consumers hold a pernicious power, so this trend towards free content won’t reverse itself unless we want it to. This is a sad thing, and we will all be much worse off if we can only hear stories from people who can afford to write.”
Please please please do NOT pirate books if you want to keep having books to read. The median income for full-time authors in 2017 is reported at $20,857. That means half of all authors reporting income made LESS.
And of the authors that reported that they were, in fact, full-time authors, only 63% had ANY earnings to report. The average of those who did earn something was $43,247. Which means, looking at the difference between the median and average, the average is heavily weighted by the superstars.
MOST of your favorite authors are either working a second (or third, or more) job, have a partner who earns more money, or is living hand-to-mouth, or some combination of the three.
Libraries are your friends. Most have ebook collections now. I know readers gotta eat, but writers do too.
Signed, Someone whose book isn’t out for another 4 months, and is ALREADY being pirated :(
Oh gosh :( this really hit me: “This is a sad thing, and we will all be much worse off if we can only hear stories from people who can afford to write.”
A post from Maggie Stiefvater’s deactivated Tumblr about pirating killing the Raven Cycle boxset
Another post about how piracy meant that her publisher cut the print run on the last book because the previous book wasn’t selling as well and how she teamed up with her brother to prove that online piracy was responsible for the lower sales
If you cannot afford to buy books, please go through your public library! When you get a library card, you’ll also be able to sign up to rent audiobooks; a librarian can help you if you’re not sure how. Libraries are an important part of the book ecosystem, and when you get a book for free from the library, you’re still supporting the author.
just throwing this post out there bc i break down how an author gets paid, for anyone who’s confused about how pirating books can tank an author’s career
Aspiring author here. Please, please be kind to writers and don’t take their work for granted or for free. It is a pleasure to be able to write for someone’s enjoyment; it is a privilege to do so for a living. Chances are they love creating as much as you love reading, or they wouldn’t keep going. But if this keeps up, they may not have a chance at all.
Who is your favorite ship from any of your wips?
Treja, a kind, genuine older sister of five and the head of her farm and a certain prince from a certain book that I am certainly working on because the inspiration now flows.
And they aren’t even the main characters, oh my gods-
