sooo with all the biphobia discourse is this a good time to plug my gothic dark academia wip with bi as fuck m/f academic rivals to lovers, magical fruit trees and bloodline magic, your estranged biological family becoming your found family, and critique of academia as a system
the hunger games were literally THE biggest books in the world in the 10’s. suzanne collins could have easily milked the shit out of her success by churning out a dozen books. but she only wrote one prequel 12 years later. maintaining the integrity of her original story
just read a book in which the female main character adamantly claims to not want biological children for a full 400 pages… and ends up knocked up in the epilogue
favourite hobby is bringing non-book people to bookstores and pointing out which books have been cancelled on twitter and why and seeing the horror grow on their face as they discover this whole new world
i tried those dangerous writing apps that delete all your work if you stop writing for a few seconds and i feel LIBERATED from the shackles of my mind. i am fucking crazy… but i am free
opening a dialogue about a specific problematic aspect of a book isn’t equivalent to calling for a cancellation, what?? you can love something and still be able to engage with it critically
thinking about how my high school boyfriend wrote his college essay for bu about how his best friend was a misogynist and his girlfriend (me) was a feminazi, and how he was the “egalitarian equilibrium” for two polarizing sides… he didn’t get in. and then i dumped him
the “write a query letter before you draft” tip is sooo insanely helpful. like whoever thought of it and decided to share with the class, i hope both sides of your pillow are cold tonight
does anyone else find people who think it’s a flex to have a low avg rating on goodreads obnoxious? just because someone has a high avg rating doesn’t mean they don’t read critically. maybe they’re just better at curating tbr’s that actually cater to their reading tastes
the fact that people in the replies are automatically assuming that “asian” is the term in question here and not “american” LMFAO. north americans are so painfully US-centric that they cannot even fathom that asians can just be asian without being asian american
Michelle Yeoh is not Asian American. I would really love it if people acknowledged her MALAYSIAN ancestry and heritage because that's where she was born and raised.
If you're gonna talk about representation and being seen, see her as she is, and acknowledge that, too.
i was today years old. TODAY YEARS OLD. when i learned that phillipa soo (and simu liu but idc about him) is starring in a taylor jenkins reid movie adaptation
logan lerman: i’m not playing poseidon
logan lerman: i’m NOT playing poseidon!!!
logan lerman: i am not playing poseidon in the new percy jackson series.
logan lerman: *is not cast as poseidon*
everybody:
#writersoftwitter
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hi, my name is cath, and i write bittersweet historical fantasy and dark academia novels about clueless sapphics who work together to take down predominantly white institutions and threaten revenge colonization 🥰
bipoc: i understand why people love this, but this particular line hurt me and here are ways we can avoid it in the future and do better
people: wow CANCEL CULTURE STRIKES AGAIN. EVERYTHING is problematic, you can’t enjoy ANYTHING ANYMORE!!!!
as much as plot is important, the aesthetics are also very important to me… bringing a poetic sensibility to your prose, recurring motifs, parallelisms, having certain themes circle back by the end of the book, rich imagery and description…
hi
#writersoftwitter
, my name is cath and i write stories about clueless sapphics with anti-colonialism agendas!! right now i’m writing a dark academia about three estranged siblings who compete at an elite institution that may not have their best interests at heart…
what is even the point of having 4 different arcs??? aren’t arcs supposed to be for proofreading and finalising details? publishers say not to sell arcs and then make them collectible
this is no “correct” timeline for publishing. i just want to write my silly little books, no matter the outcome. even if they never see the light of day
IMO, “erasure poetry” is not poetry in any way. And to destroy someone else’s writing—or, God forbid, poem—and then call the leftover words a new “poem” is pure philistinism.
Fight me.
GUYS GUYS GUYS I FINALLY GOT OUT OF BED AND CLEANED MY DEPRESSION ROOM. I FOUND THREE HALF-USED CUPS AND A PEACH PIT AND A LOT OF DIRTY TISSUES. MY CALENDER STILL SAYS JULY 24 BUT ARE YOU PROUD OF ME???? ARE YOU FUCKING PROUD OF ME????????
falling more and more in love with this college-level dark academia book with gothic vibes… two sisters and their aroace brother, sapphic academic rivals to lovers, bi m/f, the biological family you’ve always resented becoming your chosen family…
HELLO I AM BACK. AND I AM GRADUATING.
i pulled two all-nighters in the past week. i wrote 25 pages in one night & i think it’s the best thing i’ve ever written. i swore to everyone i know that i was quitting academia & then my school offered to nominate me to be a rhodes scholar
it’s that time of the year again 🥰♥️✨
FUCK CANADA DAY
FUCK COLUMBUS DAY
FUCK ANY HOLIDAY THAT CELEBRATES THE GENOCIDE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND GLORIFIES COLONISATION
thank you 😌😌😌
no bc you don't understand how validating and important it was to read percy jackson as a child and learn that there was nothing strange or wrong with being neurodivergent and realising the world just wasn't tailored for the way your brain works thROUGH THIS MAGICAL WORLD OF GODS
FRUIT TREE WIP
🕊️ three estranged siblings
💮 two yearning lovers
🏛️ one imperial institution
🧠 and a thirst for knowledge
A GOTHIC EXPLORATION OF DARK ACADEMIA
#wipfeast
“kill them with kindness” no. BURN THEIR MANUSCRIPT 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
the way my wips make me feel is exactly how a romantic partner is supposed to make me feel. giddy, heart pounding, stomach turning, brimming with potential. it’s like i have a CRUSH on this book
absolutely be critical of cis women writing mlm, but it makes me uncomfortable when people call casey mcquiston a straight woman?? he’s trans and bisexual
mila is tired of being god-chosen. after lending her body to sun goddess amaterasu for 14 years, mila is ready to regain autonomy. but amaterasu is insistent & her magic is caustic—and it turns out the only people who can save mila from herself is her sworn enemy and a little boy
i love it when someone gets mad at you for “using big words on purpose to sound smarter” and you’re using… very common words in the english language. like i spend all my time reading smut on ao3 idk what to tell you
mila is tired of being god-chosen. after lending her body to sun goddess amaterasu for 14 years, mila is ready to regain autonomy. but amaterasu is insistent & her magic is caustic—and the only people who can save mila from herself is her sworn enemy and a little boy
#pitlight
OKAY but hear me out: found family… but it’s with the biological family you’ve neglected and lowkey resented for years on end to the point of never speaking as adults until you’re all thrown in a life or death situation where you can only rely on each other, bonding and—
I’M MOVING ACROSS THE WORLD IN TWO MONTHS. I’M LIVING IN ASIA FOR THE NEXT 1-2 YEARS. THE PLANE TICKET IS BOUGHT. SCREEEEEAMING I ALREADY FEEL HOMESICK
Y’ALL i dreamed a whole romance novel from start to finish in my sleep and now the characters have a grip on me. i haven’t been able to get them out of my head for two days
i used to have a rejection wall full of universities and magazines that didn’t want me. today i replaced it with something equally maudlin and embarrassing. ‘cause apparently positive reinforcement is more effective than beating yourself down and thinking you suck 😚😚