At least they’re talking about a book here. My mom used to say the same thing about me all the time growing up
Ugh. Bad reviews of your book really suck.
And then they're funny!
At least they’re talking about a book here. My mom used to say the same thing about me all the time growing up
Ugh. Bad reviews of your book really suck.
And then they're funny!
gilmore girls rewatch ♦ one gifset per episode ↳ 1x03 “kill me now”
tfw you realise the robots will steal your job
I’m ugly laughing
Everyone preaches consent but ignores it when it comes to helping disabled people.
Always ASK “May I help, Do you need any help, Would you like some help” and if they say “No”, LISTEN.
If someone is struggling it’s okay to ask if they would like help. If they don’t want it, they’ve probably done this a million times and it only looks like struggling cause it’s not the way YOU do it. Think before you act
“It only looks like struggling cause it’s not the way you do it.”
So so much wisdom in this phrase.
Tim Burton showing off a Halloween costume made by his mother (1967)
• any target • churches in texas • abandoned 7/11’s • your bedroom at 5 am • hospitals at midnight • warehouses that smell like dust • lighthouses with lights that don’t work anymore • empty parking lots • ponds and lakes in suburban neighborhoods • rooftops in the early morning • inside a dark cabinet
what the fuck
•hospital waiting rooms •airports from midnight to 7am • bathrooms in small concert venues
I just got the weirdest feeling I swear
OK LISTEN THERE ARE REASONS FOR THIS!!!
A lot of these places are called liminal spaces - which means they are throughways from one space to the next. Places like rest stops, stairwells, trains, parking lots, waiting rooms, airports feel weird when you’re in them because their existence is not about themselves, but the things before and after them. They have no definitive place outside of their relationship to the spaces you are coming from and going to. Reality feels altered here because we’re not really supposed to be in them for a long time for think about them as their own entities, and when we do they seem odd and out of place.
The other spaces feel weird because our brains are hard-wired for context - we like things to belong to a certain place and time and when we experience those things outside of the context our brains have developed for them, our brains are like NOPE SHIT THIS ISN’T RIGHT GET OUT ABORT ABORT. Schools not in session, empty museums, being awake when other people are asleep - all these things and spaces feel weird because our brain is like “I already have a context for this space and this is not it so it must be dangerous.” Our rational understanding can sometimes override that immediate “danger” impulse but we’re still left with a feeling of wariness and unease.
Listen I am very passionate about liminal spaces they are fascinating stuff or perhaps I am merely a nerd.
I, for one, appreciate your passion for liminal spaces and thank you for explaining it to the rest of us.
Gryffindor | Hufflepuff | Slytherin | Ravenclaw
more book recommendations on my blog The Bookavid
YAS. My house, definitely my kind of book.
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By royal decree.
i have finished the college au from hell
Just beautiful <3 @lemonade-time
oh my god. Imagine being Whoopi and hearing that though.
Well, when I was nine years old Star Trek came on,“ Goldberg says. “I looked at it and I went screaming through the house, ‘Come here, mum, everybody, come quick, come quick, there’s a black lady on television and she ain’t no maid!’ I knew right then and there I could be anything I wanted to be.” - See more at: http://www.startrek.com/database_article/goldberg-whoopi#sthash.gKeuf3XI.dpuf
That’s three generations. Nichelle Nichols to Whoopi Goldberg to Leslie Jones.
Representation fucking matters.
#WeNeedDiverseBooks? How about we let people write whatever they'd like without political correctness rearing it's ugly head? And honestly, if you need skin-color to associate with a character, then goddamn are you shallow.
You know, I was an avid reader growing up. Actually, it’s better to say I was obsessed with books, to the point where it affected my health and safety. I’ve read thousands of books in my life.
I read historical fiction, realistic fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, non-fiction, manga… And you know, it’s crazy thinking back on it, but some of the only times I got to read a book about someone who wasn’t white was if it was realistic fiction or, occasionally, historical fiction. I can only think of… three, maybe four, fantasy or scifi series that had a non-white protagonist. Ringworld, Animorphs, the Emelan books by Tamora Pierce, and the Daughter of the Lioness books by Tamora Pierce. Sailor Moon and Love Hina were the only manga I read that had brown character that wasn’t some horrible racist trope.
Whenever I tried to write my own books, my own short stories, it was hard for me to write characters who weren’t white or Japanese. Even though I frequently headcanoned that the people I read where black or latino, because I knew black and latino people of various looks who could fit, it was really hard for me to write about people that looked like me and had the same experiences as me.
When I was seven year old anon, I had a breakdown, crying and hating myself, because my skin was so dark. I wanted to be light skinned my auntie or my daddy, or white like many of my schoolmates or the people I read about, or pale, like the Korean children that I spent my days after school with. I felt ugly and stupid and disgusting. I think that I and other children like me, deserve to read books where we matter. Where we can have cool teachers, and cute people to crush on, and forest to escape from, and parents that are unfair but still love us.
It’s important Anon, because things like that effect a child’s self-esteem. Parents shouldn’t be limited to only a certain kind of protagonist for their children to read. Maybe you didn’t need those kinds of books, but I did. It took me many, many years to find them. That shouldn’t have to be the case for the next generation.
-QoH
Look around. Take note of three things in your environment right now. Think about them in detail: what they are, where they came from, what they mean to you (or don’t), what they mean to the people around you.
That’s the gist of worldbuilding. When you start a new project, no matter what genre, you have to shape the world it takes place in. After all, your characters need something to interact with—and something to run around in.
But creating a world, or altering one that already exists, can be daunting. I mean, where do you even start? The culture? The economy? The religion? The language?
Part of it depends on what type of world you’re trying to build. Below, I share some thoughts on three different types of worldbuilding:
Tara Sim is cool. 😀
By Maggie Smith, from Waxwing Literary Journal.
This made me ugly cry at my desk.
WOOO! My upcoming novel is on this list!
Book: Fetch Clay, Make Man by Will Power
Beer: Haymaker Extra Pale Ale by Spoetzl Brewery / Shiner