writer-brittany

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[writer-brittany]

Writer-Brittany | Introduction

About Me

I'm a 20-something writer, author, and avid reader. I post about my WIP: Unnatural Secrets, share my newsletter issues, the books I'm reading, and (try) to promote my poetry collection, Tomorrows, published in February 2025.

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The Tomorrow Archives | Newsletter

A bi-monthly newsletter of thoughtful essays and monthly reflections about the books I've read, the words I've written, the tiny joys of life, and more.

Tomorrows | Poetry Collection

Tomorrows is a collection of poetry written between 2017 and 2018 while I struggled with mental health issues such as depression and anxiety, as well as being undiagnosed as autistic. Inspired by contemporary and classical poetry, I offer rich visualizations and explore my endless curiosity and creative imagination through poetry and prose.

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Unnatural Secrets | Novel WIP

Fantasy, Murder Mystery

New Adult (NA)

Includes: LGBTQIA+ characters, neurodiversity (through metaphor), magic (sorta), witches (sorta), thievery (definitely).

Extras

The Pitt Season 2 Thoughts

Plot Twist Shout-Out Book List

[writer-brittany]

Supernatural Episodes I'm Never Watching Again

Bloody Mary: Skipped, unwilling to risk it.

Bugs: Skipped. I can't remember if it's actually scary, but bugs are creepy in general.

Asylum: Didn't skip but should have. Needed to turn the lights on after that one.

Family Remains: Didn't skip but should have. That shit was creepy.

[tieflingkisser]

[lesbianslimefriend]

here's where to find it on windows 10

[the-tiny-dragons-tea-room]

Ugh, it was in mine. It's off now.

[the-tiny-dragons-tea-room]

IT GETS WORSE

I had to turn this off, but it's something that allows Windows and anyone using your device to generate text/images.

LOBOTOMIZE YOUR MACHINES

[marougus-the-dragon]

AI is a freacking plague, I share this for any windows user.

[writeouswriter]

Had a conversation with a guy who thought all OCs were self inserts or rp characters and said he didn't fuck with that so when writing any stories for a writing class, he cut out "the middle man" and just wrote everything directly about his actual self because he couldn't conceive of pretending to be anyone else, and he genuinely believed anything these characters said were extensions of the writer and had to reflect themselves, and it was like... *blink blink,* have you read a book before, have you experienced any media, also do you think I'm writing about a fanatic cult leader who you and only you described as "The Joker" because *I* want to be or am the Joker, I don't—I don't understand.

[writer-brittany]

But...but where's the whole learning empathy thing and how to connect with others? Where's the putting yourself in someone else shoes, real or imagined? I don't understand. I don't understand. Writing can be exploration of the self, and we do somewhat unconsciously put a bit of ourselves into our characters, but where's the whimsy? Where's the character that's nothing like you in appearance or history or beliefs that you have to write in their pov?

[writer-brittany]

For my current wip draft, I've been tracking what I do each day (what chapters I work on). On the days I don't do anything, I just put n/a, not applicable. Writing doesn't apply today. It wasn't going to happen, it wasn't *supposed* to happen. It makes it feel less personal.

[teaboot]

MY BROTHER FOUND A VIDEO OF OLLIE FROM WHEN HE WAS SMALL ENOUGH TO HIDE IN A SHOE

LOOK AT MY BABY 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[writer-brittany]

Adorable!

This is the first pic I have of Darcy, she was a rescue and only a handful of days old here, curled up in my dad's sweater.

Edit: I lied, she's probably closer to 2-3 weeks here (based on the size of her ears, lol).

[writer-brittany]

I'm currently reading Gifted & Talented by Olivie Blake, and I have to admit I wasn't sure I'd be able to get through it. It is a slow paced book, and it focuses more on the characters than any plot forward movement. But after grudgingly getting through the first 22%, I got hooked and had to force myself to stop at 52% last night and then 75% tonight. I honestly didn't want to put it down (except I have to get up early tomorrow)!

[writer-brittany]

Finished! And it wasn't a disaster (i.e. sad) ending like I thought it was going to be. I saw true growth for each of the characters, which was unexpected given their outrageous family dynamics. While the beginning was slow and very character centric, there were twists I never saw coming, and when the action started, it just hit you again and again and again.

And the voice! The narrative voice is what made me know I had to stick it out with this book. It's so distinctive and intriguing, captured me from the first sentence, and didn't let go. I love when writers get experimental with voice and tense—it's just fun to read, and I imagine very fun to write.

[writer-brittany]

Issue No. 15 | There Are No Ads in Books

There is no war in Ba Sing Se.

When I think about the recent book drama, the falling literacy rates, the lack of intellectualism, a few words come to mind: frustration, disappointment, befuddlement. It’s a confusing mix of emotions for an equally confusing set of problems. People in the West, at least, want human connection. They want to stop doom-scrolling and serving capitalism. Yet, the best solution, by far the easiest and most accessible one, is ignored if not outright stigmatized.

Keep Reading

[writer-brittany]

I'm currently reading Gifted & Talented by Olivie Blake, and I have to admit I wasn't sure I'd be able to get through it. It is a slow paced book, and it focuses more on the characters than any plot forward movement. But after grudgingly getting through the first 22%, I got hooked and had to force myself to stop at 52% last night and then 75% tonight. I honestly didn't want to put it down (except I have to get up early tomorrow)!

[writer-brittany]

Chapter Lines

Evil didn’t live in the daylight. Because it wasn’t supposed to. Because it preferred the shadows. Just like Iliza.

Unnatural Secrets, Chapter 9

[fillianore-moved]

so metropolitan museum of art has a register of books they’ve published that are out of print and that you can download for free! they’re mostly books on art, archeology, architecture, fashion and history and i just think that’s super useful and interesting so i wanted to share! you can find all of the books available here!

[asexuality-witchcraft-and-more]

That is amazing, why can’t more institutions do this!

The amount of books I haven’t been able to read because they are out of print is to large, and I don’t have the money to buy them all second hand (since there aren’t that many copies to begin with so they are not cheap)

[hope-for-the-planet]

70% Drop in Levels of Forever Chemicals Observed in Seabird Eggs Tracks Regulatory Success

These pescatarian birds are directly exposed to PFAS contamination due to the island's position near the St. Lawrence Seaway.

Over fifty years of data show a peak in PFAS (also known as "forever chemicals") content in seabird eggs in the 90s, followed by a decrease as regulations went into effect. The most recent findings show a 70% decrease of most common PFAS.

While continued vigilance a regulation is needed, this data indicates that regulations are working to reduce PFAS concentrations in marine ecosystems.

[sattarehi]

Yes!!!! I did a review of literature on PFASs in human drinking water about half a year ago, and there is a lot of really good progress! Please celebrate this, please don't let this solution be forgotten (at least so quickly) as the ozone layer or acid rain.

We are making genuine progress! Producers are dramatically altering how much they use PFAS and how much gets released in effluent, but also there's a lot better understanding of how to remove PFAS from the environment!

Environmental problems CAN BE SOLVED.

[everythingfox]

Discussing baby’s future

[melodiusfaux]

They are both doing the "I want" chitter. They very much want to get up, but they have a sleeping baby cuddling with them. They must endure, but they will not be silent about it

[pb-dot]

Well well well, kitties. Looks like you want to get up but there's a little cat on you so you can't. Very frustrating situation there, can't imagine the burden of being held down by a little adorable kittycat. Couldn't, as the kids say, be me.

[theinternetarchive]

'a study,' john singer sargent, lithograph, not dated.

[petaltexturedskies]

Oh literature is a wonderful thing, a very wonderful thing: I discovered that from being with those people the day before yesterday. It is a profound thing. It strengthens people’s hearts and instructs them, (…) Literature is a picture, or rather in a certain sense both a picture and a mirror; it is an expression of emotion, a subtle form of criticism, a didactic lesson and a document

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Poor Folk

[ciricearts]

he's working hard!

[petaltexturedskies]

I want so to live that I work with my hands and my feeling and my brain. I want a garden, a small house, grass, animals, books, pictures, music. And out of this, the expression of this, I want to be writing. But warm, eager, living life — to be rooted in life — to learn, to desire, to feel, to think, to act. That is what I want. And nothing less. That is what I must try for.

Katherine Mansfield, in a diary entry dated 14 October 1922, from Letters and Journals of Katherine Mansfield