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Reblog for bigger sample size!

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If you're a writer of fantasy, horror, or speculative fiction in general, reblog this! Looking for kindred spirits to follow!

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I must go see the Ponni River before the sun sets!

Ponniyin Selvan - I dir. Mani Ratnam

requested by anonymous

[ID: 7 gifs of Karthi playing Vanthiyathevan in Tamil film Ponniyin Selvan. gifs 1-3, 5-7 are of him dancing with a group of people outside in a village. Gif 4 is of him on a horse watching people happily and dancing a little. /END ID]

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Heads Up Seven Up Tag!

share a snippet of your wip!

tagged by @inoshwrites, here's a short snippet from my current wip, THE CROW FARM, which is like a gideon the ninth and eternals sci fi adventure with horror elements!

Aishwarya is strong. She is capable. She is everything that Mother hoped she would be and more. She slips into minds as easy as a cockroach slips into a grocery bag, even though that analogy isn’t particularly flattering. She wields a blade as though she was born to, or at least, as though she’s been training with one longer than the six years she has. She topples any threat to Mother’s order, to Mother’s purpose, because she is Mother’s loyal hand, and she defends her family as she is meant to, her Breed, in a way they don’t belong to Mother. 

Vicious Enri, bitter Alma, and of course, solid Sabine.

They are hers too. They are her family. They are not brothers and sisters. Not cousins or any other family relation that feels familiar to Aishwarya with her upbringing on Earth. She does not look at Alma and have the instinct to call her akka, nor would she ever let anna slip past her lips when referring to Enri. They are not her friends; in truth, she might find their blades in her back one murky day. 

But they are her family.

When the mother who gave birth to her is dead, and the grief-stricken father she left behind (albeit unwillingly) is so far from her, and the girl she loved would never speak to her again, who else does she have left in this universe?

tagging @camiscribbles and @cassbeewrites!

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am i the only one who frantically looks at job listings the second i am mildly unhappy with my current job?

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i just want really good ponniyan selvan gifsets; is that too much to ask?

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last line tag

tagged by the lovely @sparklywriter!

rules: write the last line you wrote.

A liminality of grief and thought existing in her mourning, lamentable body, and she couldn’t speak a word of it. 

and i'm tagging @megbontra and @prosebforebros!

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We interrupt this lovely readalong for more HarperCollins union news.

Namely, the union is on strike. HarperCollins, the second largest publishing house in the United States, has made record profits (in the billions) but refuses to pay its employees a living wage or negotiate in good faith. Unlike the one-day strike earlier this year, this will be an open-ended strike, to last until a fair, good-faith contract is agreed upon.

I cannot overstate the implications here. HarperCollins is a 200-year-old behemoth with over 120 imprints, owned by billionaire Rupert Murdoch. You have reads books from this company, I guarantee it. You have enjoyed movies and TV shows spawned by this company. The workers striking at the blood and sweat responsible for launching those properties you love. And as Harper goes, so goes the rest of the industry. If we raise the living standards for one, so the pressure increases on other companies to raise it for all.

The Harper Union need your support. They have a full thread here, but here’s the gist of what they’re asking:

EVERYONE:

- Donate to the strike fund if you can

- Politely email Harper’s HR (peopleteam@harpercollins.com) and the CEO (brian.murphy@harpercollins.com) to express your support for the strike and the union.

- Boost their message on social media and among your social circles (here are some assets you can use to do that)

- If you are in the NY metro area, come join the picket line at 195 Broadway in Manhattan!

BLOGGERS/REVIEWERS/BOOKSTAGRAMMERS/BOOKTOKERS:

- If possible, please hold all reviews of Harper titles until the strike is over. (And I would add, if you feel comfortable doing so, tell Harper why.)

FREELANCERS/INDUSTRY HOPEFULS:

- Don’t be a scab. Don’t take new freelance projects or temporary positions while the strike is ongoing.

BOOKSTORES/BOOKSELLERS:

- Share the “I Stand With” graphic

- Print and distribute the union bookmark at your store

AUTHORS/AGENTS:

- Do not submit or sign new contracts to Harper until the union’s own contract is finalized.

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Please note they are not asking for a boycott on Harper titles. A boycott would harm the authors, who have nothing to do with this, so the union is explicitly requesting no boycott.

Also, please do not @ Harper social accounts to yell at them. Direct all feedback to that peopleteam email. The majority of folks watching those accounts are out on the picket line anyways, and their managers have already been warned that, as non-union members, they risk termination if voice any public support for the strike.

For more info, check out the union’s accounts on Twitter and Instagram. I also recommend this Twitter thread for some hard facts and figures.

Want something you can share on TikTok? Check out Carmen’s video here.

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hey everyone! i can't believe i'm back on this hellish site once more, but here i am!

i'm yuva, a queer tamil sff/horror author. i love the spooky, the creepy, the fantastical and the fucked up. i'm currently querying a ya horror, RAKSHASA, and (ostensibly) drafting an adult sci-fi horror ft. capitalism, imperialism and eldritch space monsters with sapphic pining.