#august authors

[cscclibrary]

Some of the world's most beloved and influential authors were born in August! Click their names to find their work in our collection or via OhioLINK.

Herman Melville (August 1, 1819), fiction writer and poet. Notable works: Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, "Bartleby, the Scrivener," Billy Budd, Sailor (An Inside Narrative).

James Baldwin (August 2, 1924), writer and activist. Notable works: Go Tell It on the Mountain, "Sonny's Blues," Notes of a Native Son.

Percy Bysshe Shelley (August 4, 1792), poet, novelist, playwright, and husband of Mary Shelley. Notable works: "Ozymandias," "A Defense of Poetry," The Cenci.

Guy de Maupassant (August 5, 1850), author of the Naturalist school. Notable works: "The Necklace," "The Horla," Pierre and Jean.

Wendell Berry (August 5, 1934), farmer, environmental activist, writer, and winner of the National Humanities Medal. Notable works: The Unsettling of America, Citizenship Papers, "The Vacation."

Walter Dean Myers (August 12, 1937), author of children's and young adult literature. Notable works: Hoops, Monster, Fallen Angels.

William Maxwell (August 16, 1908), writer and long-time fiction editor at The New Yorker. Notable works: So Long, See You Tomorrow, The Heavenly Tenants.

Ray Bradbury (August 22, 1920), influential author of innumerable science-fiction short stories and novels, many adapted into other media. Notable works: Fahrenheit 451, Something Wicked This Way Comes, "The Veldt."

Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893), poet, fiction writer, and satirist; member of the Algonquin Round Table. Notable works: Enough Rope, Death and Taxes, Laments for the Living.

Jorge Luis Borges (August 24, 1899), author and translator. Notable works: The Aleph and Other Stories, The Book of Imaginary Beings, "The Library of Babel."

Theodore Dreiser (August 27, 1871), journalist and author of Naturalist fiction. Notable works: Sister Carrie, An American Tragedy.

Mary Shelley (August 30, 1797), novelist and early author of science fiction. Notable works: Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, Mathilda.

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#august authors #columbus state community college

[thatsbelievable]

#Conversations I Have Had With Edgar Allan Poe #Edgar Allan Poe #author #authors #writer #writers #writing #literature #books #poems #poetry #detective #Murders in the Rue Morgue #C. Auguste Dupin #orangutan

[edwardian-girl-next-door]

"Summer is growing old and everything is flowing into a single melancholy murmur"

~ Tomas Tranströmer, from "The Cuckoo"

#tomas tranströmer #quotes #literature quotes #lit quotes #literary quotes #literary quotations #poetry #poem #swedish literature #swedish poetry #swedish author #poem excerpt #summer #summer aesthetic #summer quotes #august quotes #august

[junk-heart]

They're falling down that specific canon related hole

Love how Hidan's hair stays in place even though he's falling (the amount of who knows what he puts on his head makes his hair as hard as concrete)

A closer pic

#kakuhida #hidan #kakuzu #hidan fanart #kakuzu fanart #saw a stock image of people falling a few months back and had to draw these two #2$ pencils are the real mvp of my august art #I can't wait to draw funny little comics of these two just going about their days #and totally not being forgotten by the author #also why does Hidan look like a wannabe vampire?? #it's the hair and the cloak

[2soulscollide]

August challenge for writers

Hello hello, it's me!!!

Today I'm bringing another challenge! Since August is arriving in a couple of days, I thought of planning an incredible challenge with lots of daily prompts to keep the habit of writing every day.

You're invited to join me and over 70 people (so far) in August's challenge and have the opportunity to make friends along the way.

So, how will the challenge work?

After enrolling (link at the end of the post), you'll immediately receive an Excel sheet to track your words through the challenge and a link to my new discord community, counting with over 20 members already.

Then, on August 1st, you'll receive your first daily prompt in your inbox and develop it into a short story with no word limit! Every day of the month will be like this until August 31st (and you'll receive something special if you get to the end of the challenge!)

Is there something else?

Well, yeah!

If you join the Discord community, when the challenge is over I will open a thread to submit your favorite prompt and people will vote on their favorite!

Hmm, cool... can you tell me a bit more about the community?

Sure! Recently I've decided to create a server on Discord called Souls Collide Community, counting with lots of chat rooms with different purposes, rooms with lo-fi and classical music to get work done, and cool bots such as cats and a tree to have fun!

This community is a safe place for all writers, no matter their skill level. You're more than welcome to join us, introduce yourself, make friends, ask for advice or feedback, and to set your goals and tasks!

If you don't like it for some reason, you are free to leave, so why not try it? I promise it's fun and safe over there!

Well, that's everything for now! Before ending this post, here's the link to enroll in August's challenge (and to join the community hehe)

Enroll now for free

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Thank you for reading! Feel free to reblog or send this to your writing buddies who might be interested in joining the challenge <3

Have a nice day and happy writing!

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[a-poets-darling]

August rain: the best of the summer gone, and the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time.

Sylvia Plath

#august #sylvia plath #dark academia #dark acadamia aesthetic #poetry #art #poem #quotes #reading #authors #classic literature

[1lizard-onemonkey]

I just found something neat

There's a ballad titled "Lenore" by a German author.

One charactar isn't considered a vampire, but the poem has been a big influence on vampire literature.

I wonder if there'll be references to other Gothic literature in Nevermore, but this was a neat find nonetheless

#nevermore webtoon #lenore vandernacht #lenore nevermore #1lom post #german author is gottfried august burger #i was looking up vampires

[theriverbeyond]

When the time comes, it's almost… anticlimactic. The knife goes in, the blood comes out, the baby dies. And the rock remains unmoved.

my contribution to @tlt-monthly-prompts AUgust theme!!! what if Wake survived long enough to bring her newborn child to the tomb, and killed her. And then the baby did not die.

ft: Canon Typical Unkillable Baby Gideon Nav, Wake entering the ring as a strong contender in Worst Parents TLT Edition, and Gideon having perhaps the most horrible first 48 hours of existence one could have but like what if everything after that actually turned out better for her.

Rating: M (for violence) | 1.2k

#awake remembrance of these valiant dead #gideon nav #gideon the ninth #tlt AU august #tlt fic #my fic #i'm in my ficlet era i suppose. hello #was gonna sleep and post abt this tmrw but then i was like what if i was awake.... #detailed warnings and such in tags and author's note

[jack-kellys]

davey modeled after an irl davey in my year

#happy artist claims day i'm gonna claim u so good authors! #also yeah there's a dude who is like. literally davey. #he/they. 6'3. skinny but very strong. loud and outgoing and lanky asf #has the davey blue eyes yall like so much #davey jacobs #newsies #also this can now pair with my jack portrait from like august lmao #fizz draws #fizz freaks #david jacobs #looks like um #newsies 1992 #alot

[aceredshirt13]

the virgin H. P. Lovecraft comparing a black guy to an animal in his gay necromancer story when being violently racist wasn’t even plot-relevant vs. the Chad Edgar Allen Poe, in his gay detective story eighty years earlier, having Dupin specifically state that the orangutan’s screeches weren’t any African or Asian language in what could otherwise have been the world’s easiest racist allegory

#herbert west - reanimator #dupin #the murders in the rue morgue #herbert west #c. auguste dupin #h. p. lovecraft #edgar allan poe #okay I haven’t read the other Dupin stories yet so they could totally be racist for all I know #I just wanted to note a key difference in the bigotry levels of two American horror short story authors #and the relationships they wrote with unnamed narrators and queer vibes

[missnarcissistsworld]

To live for the hope of it all.

- Taylor swift.

#literature #authors #quotes #book quotes #dark acamedia #poems on tumblr #taylor swift #august #poemsociety #poems and quotes #poetry #wanting #the feminine urge #divine feminine #wordsnquotes #desire #spilled ink #english literature #books #books & libraries #bookworm #pain and agony #urges

[infamous-if]

Im very excited for the demo, for all the things of course, but also to see the personalities of all the ROs especially of Orion and August! I think they are the ones we know least about 😕 can you drop some curiosities about them?

anyway Just wanted to show Orion and August a little bit of love! 🎀

of course, friend. I think it's natural not to know much about August because August isn't exactly a social person. Neither are they super (outwardly) emotional so they're definitely an RO you have to meet to like. A lot of this has to do with their upbringing. Their parents are politicians and their sister and them dealt a lot with having to be the 'perfect' children. As you can probably imagine, August is kind of wired not to show too much of themselves because of that. It's both a defense mechanism and just what they're used to. The spotlight in a band is very different to the spotlight being a politician's kid. It feels almost like defiance, which sort of excites them. But! Their parents aren't *bad* parents, per say, but very heavy people pleasers. August is very much a 'shrug and bear it' kind of person, so they just went with whatever their parents asked them to. August's nonchalance can be harmful to them because its like, stand up for yourself!! Stop just going with the flow sometimes!! You need to be assertive sometimes its part of life!!

Orion is a bit harder to pin down. He has a very one-track mind sometimes, and it can be just as harmful as it is beneficial. His social life is sparse, and he has like two good friends and that's it lmao. His parents are old and they want to see him married and settled down and just relax for once, but Orion just isn't built for...relaxing. Sitting down doing nothing makes him go stir-crazy, and he never feels himself unless he's doing something productive. idk maybe I'm a bit of a mush monster but i do feel like Orion may feel lonely sometimes, he just doesn't admit it to himself. I don't know what he's trying to prove, but i feel like there's something within himself he's trying to prove wrong.

sorry my ros are not very bright people haha (aside from sebastian but even then...)

and thank you!

#inbox #me talking like im not the author but #orion seems to evade me sometimes #itll make more sense in the story hm #orion quinn #august pierce

[2soulscollide]

FREE: PLAN YOUR BOOK (WORKSHEET)

Hello hello, it's me!

Today I'm announcing anooother freebie!!!

So, what is this worksheet?

Plan Your Book is a completely free and easy-to-use five-page worksheet designed to assist you in creating an amazing story! Whether you're already developing your book or just about to start a new one, this worksheet is here to be your loyal companion! :D

What's Inside?

Idea: Try to describe your idea in just a few

Initial Planning: Map out your story from start to finish, so you'll never get lost in the creative

Main Settings: Create a world that'll bring your story to

Narrative Perspective: Find the best way to tell your

Conflict Crafting: Create gripping conflicts that'll keep your readers

Characterization: Make your characters

Plot Structure: Plot twists, turns, and surprises – everything to keep your readers on their

Style Exploration: Find your unique writing voice.

How can I use it?

This worksheet fits your style. Take it digitally by importing the PDF to a note-taking app, and let those ideas flow on your tablet or iPad! Or if you're a pen-and-paper kind of person, print the pages in A4 or A5 and let the magic happen!

Where can I download it?

HERE!

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Thank you for reading! Feel free to reblog or send this to your writing buddies who might be interested in downloading this freebie <3

Have a nice day and happy writing!

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[beautyandlifestyleblog86]

🤎💜🤎💜🥰

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[anadelaney79]

Nothing more, nothing less (Part 1)

Summary: You are a perfectionist workoholic that works for August Walker, a stubborn non-conformist who's always pushing your buttons. That's a bad combination.

Pairing: August Walker x Reader

Words: 1200

Warnings: None, as this first part. Pure tension!

A/N: As usual, I'm really sorry about all the spelling mistakes, as english is not my main language.

Title: Nothing more, nothing less. Part 2

He's silent. He's reading something on his computer and typing like a maniac at the same time. He's obviusly mad, but you can't remember when was the last time he wasn't mad anyway. He called you to his office five minutes ago, and you're standing in front of his desk since then, still and quiet, clutching your Ipad and the folder with the report he asked you for yesterday. You can hear your own breathing, in and out, and you are very aware of the tremor in your hands.

That's what August Walker do to you. Not only he intimidates you in the most profounds ways, but he makes you an insecure and fearful being. Something that you are not to the rest of the world. To everyone, you are the clever, intelligent, funny, always ready to help and to give an advice kind of girl.

However, in front of August, your boss, you always feel at a disadvantage. Your work has been always perfect, even beyond the count. If he asks you to do A, you take care of doing A, B and even C. But, for him, something is always wrong. Something is always missing. Nothing is enough. That's a bad combination right there: a perfectionist workoholic and a stubborn non-conformist.

Sometimes you wonder why do you even are still working for him. He is not only stubborn, but also moody and even disrespectful. Have he ever told you something good about your work? You don't remember.

"Miss? Are you listening?", his deep voice brings you back to reality.

"Yes sir", your voice is low. You clear your throat, and your eyes lock on his. He is definitely the most intimidating man you have ever known. And the most handsome. And you hate when he calls you "miss", like you two have just met. Two years working for him every day, every hour, and he still calls you "miss". Two years. Very meritorious, considering the previous assistants were there for a few weeks.

"Give me that", he moves his fingers, pointing at the folder you've been holding against your chest. "I asume it is the report I asked for yesterday".

"Yes. Yes it is, sir". You step forward and handle the folder to him. He looks at you briefly up and down and starts to read it. You take the opportunity to look at him. He's so attractive that it's ridiculous. But you also can't stand him. The way he treats you, the way he despises everything you do, the way he ignores you. You worked on this damn report all night, and you only have a couple of hours of sleep. You feel tired, sensitive and irritable. But you trust that you did a good job. You take a deep breath and straighten your posture. You can do it. You've got this.

"¿Do you even know how to reason by yourself?", he finally says, tossing the folder onto the desk without even finishing the first page.

"What... do you mean... sir?"

"This is written as if I did it".

"And is that... wrong?" You are confused.

"In fact, it is." He looks at his computer monitor again, as if everything is already solved.

"May I know why, sir?", you start to tremble. You clench your hands into two tight fists, trying to contain the anger that swirls in your stomach, and the tears that threaten to spring from your eyes. You never cried in front of him. Never. You have cried yourself to sleep, many times. But he never saw you weak, and you don't want this to be the first time.

"Why? Are you serious? This is bullshit, and you know it. Go back to that desk and do it all over again. And this time, think before typing".

"Bullshit? Let me tell you that I find it highly disrespectful of you. I've been working on this report all night..."

"Then don't waste your time, or mine, and do it right the next one", he interrupts you. "I need it tomorrow morning"

That's it. You feel that you can't hold it back anymore. Your eyes fill with tears that you can't contain.

"You are an asshole!", you let out a frustrated cry through your teeth.

"Tell me something I don't know, sweetheart" he answers, still not looking at you.

"I'm not your sweetheart!"

"I am well aware of that."

"I've been working my butt off day in and day out for two years trying to fill your requests, to measure up. It's never enough for you", you wipe the tears from your cheeks, and just then August raises his eyes. "You don't even know what it is like to work for you."

"I know what is like. But there is something that you don't understand yet. I need you to work with me, not for me."

"I understand that"

"No, you don't" He gets up from his chair and walks slowly towards you, putting his hands in his pockets. Unconsciously you take a few steps back, until you feel the wall at your back. He only stops when it is a few inches from your body.

"If I wanted a simple secretary, I would have hired the first blonde with eternal legs that appeared to me in the interview. I chosed you because I don't need a secretary that brings me coffee and repeat my appointments like a fucking parrot. I need someone who thinks for himself. Someone smart. Tireless worker. Someone that completes me."

"I didn't know that..."

"Maybe because I didn't say it", he raises his arm and wipes away a tear that slowly slides down your cheek with his thumb. "Maybe I should be a little more communicative, I admit that".

You try to calm yourself. "I'm so sorry for this behavior, sir." you compose yourself and stand up straight, still against the wall.

"To be honest, I prefer when you call me asshole than when you call me sir". And there it is. His smile. You don't think you remember ever seeing him smile. You break the eye contact, and look down at your shoes. Your body is a mixture of the adrenaline from what just happened, from the tiredness, from the contained anger that you just let out, and from the shame of having done it.

"I should go back to my desk and start working on it"

"Yes" he says, and steps back to give you some space. He clears his throat and looks at the floor as well, standing up straight. So close, in front of you, he seems bigger than ever.

You close the door behind you and sit on your chair. The phone rings immediately and his deep voice fills your ear. "Don't go through with the report now. Go ahead with what you had planned for today, we'll work together after hours on the report to make sure we don't make any more mistakes. I appreciate your work and I wish we don't have more misunderstandings in the future."

He doesn't wait for your answer, as usual, and hangs up the call. The door opens and he rushes out of his office without even looking at you.

#henry cavill x female reader #henry cavill #fan fic author #henry cavill fanfiction #henry cavill fanfic #henry cavill characters #henry cavill smut #august walker

[traffic-light-eyes]

Fic sneak-peak

It's supposed to be multiple parts, so showing this won't do much for the plot, obviously.

Once again, the Secret Ninja Force had to save the day from Garmadon. And once again, the Green ninja had to return back to his life as Lloyd Garmadon, the second most hated person in all of Ninjago. The first was obviously his father, Lord Garmadon. But, the technicalities don't really matter when you're hated all the same.

Sometimes, Lloyd wishes that he could know the identities of the other ninja just so he could have someone to talk to throughout the day or just to confide in with all the bullying. But that can't happen. Not only are the ninja in the Secret Ninja Force secret to the citizens, but they are also secret to the other ninja. Though, Lloyd imagines that if the others knew that their Green ninja was none other than Lloyd Garmadon, son of their greatest adversary, it wouldn't play out very well.

It's ironic, really. The typical good vs. evil, son vs. father, and all that. Lloyd's sure he's seen a movie or two with the exact plot. Who knew his life could be this complicated? Well, he shouldn't be surprised, considering he's, well, him. He should expect these kinds of things already.

#ninjago #queue #lloyd garmadon #lord garmadon #lloyd montgomery garmadon #lloyd ninjago #ninjago lloyd #ninjago garmadon #ninjago fic #ninjago fanfiction #august's opinion #author august #august's fic