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Tormented by visions of a giant flesh monster stuck in a basement giving birth to/adopting a human child. IDK what to call this. Slice of Eldritch Life? #fiction #EldritchHorror but a sweetiepie.
#WritingLife
#WritingLife
March 31, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Tormented by visions of a giant flesh monster stuck in a basement giving birth to/adopting a human child. IDK what to call this. Slice of Eldritch Life? #fiction #EldritchHorror but a sweetiepie.
#WritingLife
#WritingLife
Writing advice from my dog, part 6:
There's no point in trying to impress your human and catch the squirrel at the same time, but only one of them will not be there in the morning. Similarly, when inspiration strikes, drop everything and write until it leaves.
#Pets #writing #advicefromadog
There's no point in trying to impress your human and catch the squirrel at the same time, but only one of them will not be there in the morning. Similarly, when inspiration strikes, drop everything and write until it leaves.
#Pets #writing #advicefromadog
January 27, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Writing advice from my dog, part 6:
There's no point in trying to impress your human and catch the squirrel at the same time, but only one of them will not be there in the morning. Similarly, when inspiration strikes, drop everything and write until it leaves.
#Pets #writing #advicefromadog
There's no point in trying to impress your human and catch the squirrel at the same time, but only one of them will not be there in the morning. Similarly, when inspiration strikes, drop everything and write until it leaves.
#Pets #writing #advicefromadog
Writing advice from my dog: Part 5.
"Said" is not actually a toxic word. But if you want to pick it out of your dialogue like pills out of a peanut-butter bacon sandwich, why shouldn't you?
#Pets #WritingAdvice
"Said" is not actually a toxic word. But if you want to pick it out of your dialogue like pills out of a peanut-butter bacon sandwich, why shouldn't you?
#Pets #WritingAdvice
January 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Writing advice from my dog: Part 5.
"Said" is not actually a toxic word. But if you want to pick it out of your dialogue like pills out of a peanut-butter bacon sandwich, why shouldn't you?
#Pets #WritingAdvice
"Said" is not actually a toxic word. But if you want to pick it out of your dialogue like pills out of a peanut-butter bacon sandwich, why shouldn't you?
#Pets #WritingAdvice
Writing Advice from my dog: Sometimes, things don't work. You're off your game and the writing won't come. So give yourself a break. Chew a toy. Lie in the sun patch. You'll get the squirrel and finish the sticky chapter tomorrow.
While you're at it, take a nap.
#Pets #writingadvice
While you're at it, take a nap.
#Pets #writingadvice
January 12, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Writing Advice from my dog: Sometimes, things don't work. You're off your game and the writing won't come. So give yourself a break. Chew a toy. Lie in the sun patch. You'll get the squirrel and finish the sticky chapter tomorrow.
While you're at it, take a nap.
#Pets #writingadvice
While you're at it, take a nap.
#Pets #writingadvice
My least favorite trope of all time: Rich, sheltered teen in love with her male tutor. It's so predatory and so common in these stories. The only thing I hate worse is the parents are treated like the villains for not being supportive of the romance.
#Fiction #LiteraryAnalysis #Romance #TropeTripe
#Fiction #LiteraryAnalysis #Romance #TropeTripe
January 8, 2025 at 12:36 AM
My least favorite trope of all time: Rich, sheltered teen in love with her male tutor. It's so predatory and so common in these stories. The only thing I hate worse is the parents are treated like the villains for not being supportive of the romance.
#Fiction #LiteraryAnalysis #Romance #TropeTripe
#Fiction #LiteraryAnalysis #Romance #TropeTripe
Writing advice from my dog: When you come to a decision point in your plot and you can't decide, do both! Why should you not create a time warp and break the laws of space and time, yanking arms out of sockets and dragging your leash behind you as you bounce between the ideas?
#Writing #Pets
#Writing #Pets
December 20, 2024 at 5:00 PM
December 15, 2024 at 12:19 AM
The chill of the depths pulled at him from all sides as the eerie green light faded from view. He sank ever deeper, farther from the roiling surface, and a strange peace fell over his mind. Far from the madding clash of steel and spells, he sank out of sight.
The water took on
#Fiction #Fantasy
The water took on
#Fiction #Fantasy
December 13, 2024 at 5:18 PM
What's a brilliant line that came to you in a totally innocuous situation? I'll go first. #WritingPrompt #Fiction
"You think the answer to your pain is to make others feel it. But the answer to my pain has always been to protect others from it."
Thanks, random smoothie-making thought.
"You think the answer to your pain is to make others feel it. But the answer to my pain has always been to protect others from it."
Thanks, random smoothie-making thought.
December 8, 2024 at 8:36 PM
What's a brilliant line that came to you in a totally innocuous situation? I'll go first. #WritingPrompt #Fiction
"You think the answer to your pain is to make others feel it. But the answer to my pain has always been to protect others from it."
Thanks, random smoothie-making thought.
"You think the answer to your pain is to make others feel it. But the answer to my pain has always been to protect others from it."
Thanks, random smoothie-making thought.
Have you ever just had a bowl of oatmeal? No butter, no sugar, just a bowl of oatmeal? Have you ever experienced the pure enjoyment of the smell of a hot bowl of oatmeal on a cold, wet day? After a long walk in winter, have you had a bowl of plain oatmeal?
#food #neurodivergent
#food #neurodivergent
December 8, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Have you ever just had a bowl of oatmeal? No butter, no sugar, just a bowl of oatmeal? Have you ever experienced the pure enjoyment of the smell of a hot bowl of oatmeal on a cold, wet day? After a long walk in winter, have you had a bowl of plain oatmeal?
#food #neurodivergent
#food #neurodivergent
More writing advice from my dog: When you feel mentally stuck and restless. Take a walk. Chew a stick. Chase a squirrel.
Then take a nap.
#PetAdvice #Writing
Then take a nap.
#PetAdvice #Writing
December 8, 2024 at 3:38 AM
More writing advice from my dog: When you feel mentally stuck and restless. Take a walk. Chew a stick. Chase a squirrel.
Then take a nap.
#PetAdvice #Writing
Then take a nap.
#PetAdvice #Writing
At a crossroads with my most recent WIP and it's throwing my process into chaos. Basically this below:
Person A and Person B have great chemistry together for a potential romance.
Problem.
Person C, who has not arrived yet, is Person A's planned romantic partner. And there is plot.
Part 1/2
Person A and Person B have great chemistry together for a potential romance.
Problem.
Person C, who has not arrived yet, is Person A's planned romantic partner. And there is plot.
Part 1/2
December 6, 2024 at 3:30 PM
At a crossroads with my most recent WIP and it's throwing my process into chaos. Basically this below:
Person A and Person B have great chemistry together for a potential romance.
Problem.
Person C, who has not arrived yet, is Person A's planned romantic partner. And there is plot.
Part 1/2
Person A and Person B have great chemistry together for a potential romance.
Problem.
Person C, who has not arrived yet, is Person A's planned romantic partner. And there is plot.
Part 1/2
My brain: A summary
Novel WIP near the end of the first draft: Nah. Boring. Done. All ideas decided. I sleep.
8 year old WIP I started working on when I was literally 16, and have proceeded to work on, scrap, start over, and scrap 19000000000000000000000 times: COWABUNGA IT IS.
#fiction #writing
Novel WIP near the end of the first draft: Nah. Boring. Done. All ideas decided. I sleep.
8 year old WIP I started working on when I was literally 16, and have proceeded to work on, scrap, start over, and scrap 19000000000000000000000 times: COWABUNGA IT IS.
#fiction #writing
November 26, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Reposted
Some days suck. Some days feel like I don't have it, that my writing/art isn't any good. Rest. Take the day. Go for a walk. Try writing/drawing for 5-10minutes even if we barely do anything. through a soul-crushing wave of imposter syndrome we will find an unrelenting push of "fuck it, we ball."
November 22, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Some days suck. Some days feel like I don't have it, that my writing/art isn't any good. Rest. Take the day. Go for a walk. Try writing/drawing for 5-10minutes even if we barely do anything. through a soul-crushing wave of imposter syndrome we will find an unrelenting push of "fuck it, we ball."
I didn't believe the colored circles could be so addictive until I got a fitness tracker that used them. Now I'm obsessed with closing my circles and I'm doing almost 15k steps a day to do it. Spicy brain being used for good, yes, yes.
#Fitness #Neuroatypical
#Fitness #Neuroatypical
November 22, 2024 at 8:11 PM
I didn't believe the colored circles could be so addictive until I got a fitness tracker that used them. Now I'm obsessed with closing my circles and I'm doing almost 15k steps a day to do it. Spicy brain being used for good, yes, yes.
#Fitness #Neuroatypical
#Fitness #Neuroatypical
Sometimes, self-care is raking all of your dog's hair out of the one room in your apartment that has carpet. :)
#SelfCare #Wednesday
#SelfCare #Wednesday
November 20, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Sometimes, self-care is raking all of your dog's hair out of the one room in your apartment that has carpet. :)
#SelfCare #Wednesday
#SelfCare #Wednesday
I hope no one notices me randomly looking at my phone and bursting into a sprint then stopping 30 seconds later only to do it again. On one level, I know no one cares about my work out. On another, please don't look at me. My brain is spicy and notices. :(
#Fitness #Neurodivergent
#Fitness #Neurodivergent
November 17, 2024 at 5:20 PM
I hope no one notices me randomly looking at my phone and bursting into a sprint then stopping 30 seconds later only to do it again. On one level, I know no one cares about my work out. On another, please don't look at me. My brain is spicy and notices. :(
#Fitness #Neurodivergent
#Fitness #Neurodivergent
Flicking between songs like a DJ because my brain associates specific songs with specific characters and it doesn't matter what I want to listen to now - I need to switch between Ocean Breeze by the ItaloBrothers and Granite by Sleep Token or this chapter will never be written.
#Writing #Fiction
#Writing #Fiction
November 17, 2024 at 12:32 PM
Okay, 6 AM, what have you done to me? Why have I woken up at 6 AM this past week? I don't want to. My usual time is 7. This didn't happen last week when daylight savings was actually called. What has 6 AM done?
#Sleeping
#Sleeping
November 16, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Okay, 6 AM, what have you done to me? Why have I woken up at 6 AM this past week? I don't want to. My usual time is 7. This didn't happen last week when daylight savings was actually called. What has 6 AM done?
#Sleeping
#Sleeping
IDK what anyone says, a bowl of soup at the end of a long week is the best thing. Low effort, high comfort, just a calm moment to close out Friday. This is the best moment.
#Thoughts
#Thoughts
November 16, 2024 at 1:49 AM
IDK what anyone says, a bowl of soup at the end of a long week is the best thing. Low effort, high comfort, just a calm moment to close out Friday. This is the best moment.
#Thoughts
#Thoughts
You ever turn off the AC because the apartment is cool and physically feel the sudden lack of background noise like a soft blanket falling directly over your brain and your focus spikes as everything becomes softer?
Yeah.
#Neurodivergent #Writing
Yeah.
#Neurodivergent #Writing
November 13, 2024 at 3:24 PM
You ever turn off the AC because the apartment is cool and physically feel the sudden lack of background noise like a soft blanket falling directly over your brain and your focus spikes as everything becomes softer?
Yeah.
#Neurodivergent #Writing
Yeah.
#Neurodivergent #Writing
Reposted
Here is a nice mushroom
November 11, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Here is a nice mushroom