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Me and the devil

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hello, world [ 01 ] julezen

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Let's face it - I'm cute 🎶

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Meanwhile, in Alexandria... "City of Electrope Dreams, they call it. A pulsing utopia soaked in purple iridescent awe and holographic joy, where every need is filled and every hunger sated. "Makes me laugh. Brighter the shell, the darker the underbelly. When life itself is currency and you're overdrawn at the soul bank, and ya fall and hit those streets and and learn electrope is as hard a landing as any stone, that's when ya know there are corners of this burg even neon light don't reach. "Name's Amethyst, or Ames for short. I belong to these tarnished alleys. You got a problem—missing property, missing loved one, sorta stuff the tin cans can't be bothered with—might be I'm your girl, if you've got the creds and I'm halfway sober. "Cross me, mind, and we'll find out just how deep your soul reserves go, one by one."

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happy birthday month @lilbittymonster ! saw your request and thought it was so cute, so here's my offering. <:

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New profile portrait for Yein's twin, the wet hag most know as Sacheo of Ashes. Please enjoy.

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sometimes i need to remind myself that i'm writing fanfiction for free and i'm allowed to have a shitty sentence or two

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Add realism to your fantasy stories by having characters from different backgrounds struggle to pronounce each others' names.

"My name is [low guttural sound] but I don't want to hear you butcher it. So you may call me She Who Arises With The Cold Mountain Sun."

"...Is that what your name really means? All that in just one word?"

"Yes. If you stress the wrong syllable it comes out as 'She Who Coldly Wakes Up The Mountain Sun', or 'The Cold Woman Who Wakes The Mountain Sun', and you will not call me that."

"Oh, huh. Could we just call you Mountain Sun, for short?"

"Hmh. It's boastful, almost bordering on blasphemy, but it is flattering. I accept it."

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if you make that female character less goth as a sign of her ~healing~ or ~improving her life~ I will kill you

make her MORE gloriously dark and over-the-top. she's growing into herself. she's getting comfortable being who she wants to be. do you see the vision. I am crying and throwing things

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2. Light

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Painting this dark terrifies me.

It’s this new painting approach I’m still trying to experiment with toward something that feels dreamy and moody. Watercolor isn’t’ the most forgiving when painting this dark, but maaaan it turned out pretty dope in the end!

#brbchasingdreams

prints | tutorials | my artbook

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Practice your Eorzean!

Saw this post and thought hey! Now that's a great idea! So I did it. On the left is the in game font, and on the right is what I'm calling "Simplified Eorzean", where I took the same theory as when you're teaching a kid how to write. My goal was to simplify the shapes and strokes as much as possible, while still making it the same letter. This way it (should) be easier to practice disregarding the rules and making it in your own handwriting! Under the cut I've placed a stroke/letter guide, and also a blank sheet(With some optional prompts) for practice. Happy writing!

EDIT: Was brought to my attention this is difficult for some people to read- Thank you! So I've added some (hopefully) more accessible versions of every image under the cut as well. Please let me know if you have trouble/what ways I can make it more readable!

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Start an Inspiration Journal

If you’re facing the blank page day in day out without any other source, you’re truly making this whole writing thing much harder on yourself. I would know, I was you up until like a week ago.

I’ve been thinking a lot on wanting to improve my writing and that my manuscript is just not quite hitting the mark for what I want it to sound like yet. So, I needed a place to gather lines and passages and books that were hitting that mark. Stuff that I wanted my own writing to sound like one day. A place where I could really unpack it, pick it apart, and see how it ticked.

But there’s another category of stuff I wanted to track—the stuff that makes me feel inspired to write. Whether it’s a movie, a photo, an article, a blog post, or even something random like a smell or a taste or a concept, having a place to go when I should be writing but can’t seem to muster up the courage to do it, I thought would be helpful.

Lastly, I added one more piece to my document—a place to keep all the positive feedback and comments I have ever received on my work. A place specifically for when I’m in the dumps and need a pick me up.

Thus, my inspiration journal was born.

Depending on what I need, I go to a certain section before I start writing anything. Even if it’s just a reminder of the kind of tone or rhythm I’m going for when I’m writing, a quick look sets my brain in the right mode to achieve what I’m trying to.

I think I’ll also start adding all my unrelated, random ideas to the journal as well. One day, when I’m finished with what I’m working on now, I might use it to jump into a new project.

Lastly, I think it’s really helpful to start every writing session with a warm-up of some kind. Even if it’s a few sentences, getting those vibes in your head down onto the page before you start working on your manuscript helps the words come a lot easier.

All this to say is that writing is an art, it’s a practice, it isn’t something you can just conjure at the ends of your fingertips from nothing. Don’t try doing it with your hands tied behind your back and blindfolded, you can use sources and inspiration and practice rounds to get going.

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Meditate

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So I started watching this show called Legends 招摇 and I’d like to debut my new favorite discourse reaction gif:

This is a public domain gif! you have my permission to use it as a reaction to other posts.

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