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being part of a book club is honestly just the best thing. You all get together and just talk about books and T_T

#personal #just thoughts #book club #books #booklr

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Looking at you, Jesse Sinclair

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Reblogging because my book has almost been out a whole month!! <3

The Bonds That Bind Us

I started this book in late 2016/early 2017, and it has been through so many iterations before finally becoming what it is now.

When I first published this book in 2018, it was impulsive and unfinished; I was just so excited to have written a novel people might buy.

Now, I'm at a stage in life where this story (all three parts of it) have helped me heal so much of my own trauma and hurts, and I want it to do the same for others.

For everyone who doesn't have a family, who has found family, who are dealing with trauma and the shitty things life has to throw at us.

To the survivors and the ones who refused to give up. The ones who shouted fuck you to the people who told them they'd never amount to anything.

Whether you pay for this story or get the free, kindle unlimited version, I want to thank you for giving it a chance, and for supporting me. <3

#reblog #writing #writers on tumblr #writeblr #writeblr community #lgbtqia #the bonds that bind us #tbtbu #kdp publishing #amazon kdp #self publication #self published #indie author #lgbtq+ books #literary fiction #gay romance #trauma healing #found family #trauma recovery #trauma #kindle unlimited #amazon kindle #ereader #forever bound trilogy

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Fanfic tiktok is wild... I see so many people saying shit like "I could never read anything below 60k!!", or "What story can you even tell in under 5k words?" or "A oneshot below 10k isn't even a story!" or "I always filter completed fics by 100k< only!"

And I'm like...

A) which fandoms are you reading fics for where you have this kind of offerings on the regular?

B) have you heard of short stories? If you truly think every story NEEDS to be longform to connect with people, I sincerely feel sorry for you.

C) Average novel length is between 50k to 100k. I'm sorry, but CONSISTENTLY demanding fic writers to push out fics of that length is insane. Just think about it: YOU DEMAND AUTHORS TO PUT OUT FICS THAT COMPARE TO COMMERCIAL NOVELS IN LENGTH (AND QUALITY) AS A BASELINE.

Yall are wilding.

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yo if youre a cis woman who considers yourself an ally to trans women please take a second to read this

stop engaging with terfs, its not helping. it has never helped. stop reblogging terf posts to poke fun at them, stop directly engaging in arguments with terfs for the sake of getting off some petty insult or telling them off, youre not proving anything and youre not going to change their minds. doing something to “piss off terfs” does not help trans women, it just frustrates terfs, who will then take their frustrations out on trans women. terfs might tell u off or insult u but ultimately they see u as a poor victim who has been Brainwashed By The Trans Rights Activists™, youre not a target, youre not the one who has to deal with their anger, we are.

if u want to help trans women do things to uplift and support trans women, if u see a trans women is being harassed on this site by terfs throw some positivity her way. dont rile up ppl who are attacking someone else just to earn radical discourse brownie points.

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The devastating difference between how much time it takes to write something vs how fast people read it lol

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writers and artists will go "this isn't good enough." my brother in christ, you're creating something new out of nothing and expressing yourself creatively. your productivity and unrealistic standards of perfection do not define you or the worth of your art. you're doing great.

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If you're seeing this, add one more sentence to your wip and then reblog with the sentence as proof 🔫🔫🔫

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Hey writeblr :)), I'm Leah, and I'm looking for other writers to follow and interact with! My dash has been kind of bland recently, and I'm hoping to participate in some tag games with fellow writers! I don't mind reading works of any genre, as long as you're willing to discuss WIPs and swap ideas.

Some deets about me:

I write mostly fantasy

My main project's Mind of a Mercenary, a novel following the antics of cult-leader-turned-convict-mercenary Luna, after she gets caught trying to take over as major city with mind-magic

I also do a lot of short stories

I really, really, reeeaaaallllyyy love villain protags. Luna's one, for starters

Aroace and she/her

I live in Asia so my timezone is basically 12h apart from the US's

Reblog or like this if you want me to check you out and give you a follow ;) Or just tag me in a game, I don't mind

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Person: What's your book about?

Writers:

I'm both somehow 🙃

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Hey writeblr! Here's a challenge: can you summarize what you're writing in one sentence?

#we love a gay panic

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I’m so sorry but in the nicest way possible do yall actually read books or just read words??? Cause I’ve been seeing that trend of people not understanding how “snarled” and “eyes darkened” and “eyes softened” etc. was used in a book and like…

Genuinely, do yall just not have imagination?? Or not understand figurative language??? Also eyes do literally darken and soften have you not lived a life??? How do you read with no imagination? Is this how you get through so many books in one month - you simply don’t take the time the understand the words as they are read?

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the gays are fighting

Hey writeblr! Here's a challenge: can you summarize what you're writing in one sentence?

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