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Inspiration at Night

​Why am I getting writing inspiration now, at 1:42 AM, when I can barely keep my eyes open?

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They never get finished. Nothing will ever be finished. I have 56 tabs open (currently) and so many hobbies because I never return to finish them xD

Me : "okay today I will focus on writing this story/fanfic!"

Also me: *gets five new story/fanfic ideas*

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Half want to party read, play games, etc.

Half want to sleep

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STOP OPENING TABS

I say as I open another tab

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Prompt: Cultivators in Thedas (whether Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji, Xie Lian and Hua Cheng, or someone/pairing else).

Easy excuse: portal

Easy tertiary conflict: culture shock

This thought came to me last week, but I’ve barely dipped my toes into Cultivation Novels and Dragon Age, and I don’t know enough about Chinese culture to fudge it.

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As someone who’s an asexual panromantic, this is very gratifying.

I gained multiple followers and then immediately lost them after posting a few things, so let me take a moment to clarify the following:

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That clear?

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Also to read, on the rare chance I feel like reading something other than crossovers and other fanfiction.

2020 Sapphic New Releases On My TBR!

Young Adult:

The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow: An Earth invaded by aliens, where emotion is illegal. Ellie keeps a secret illicit library, and it’s discovered by the alien M0Rr1S–but he’s intrigued by human art. Illegal library + road trip!

Music From Another World by Robin Talley: I loved Talley’s Pulp, a historical YA about lesbian pulp fiction, the 1950s, and queer girls today. This is another historical YA, this time set in the 70s, and I hope it lives up to her previous one!

The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar: Rival henna shops YA! Rivals to lovers!

You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson: Two girls both running for prom queen (and the associated scholarship) fall in love! (I didn’t know rivals to lovers was a trope I was looking for, but apparently it is.)

Blood Countess by Lana Popović: I like reading f/f horror in October, and this is an Elizabeth Báthory story, which I always find fascinating. I’ve been looking for a sapphic take!

When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey: I loved Gailey’s River of Teeth, and I’m excited for Magic for Liars, so of course her first YA is on my list. This is also sapphic witches!

Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust: I loved Bashardoust’s Girls Made of Snow and Glass, a fairy tale-inspired YA, so I know this one–based on Persian mythology–will be right up my alley.

Out Now: Queer We Go Again! edited by Saundra Mitchell: All Out is an incredible YA anthology, encompassing so many queer identities, and reclaiming a happy queer past. So of course I’m going to be picking up the contemporary anthology in the same vein.

I Kissed Alice by Anna Birch: enemies-to-lovers f/f YA romcom plus fanfiction. What could be better?

This Is All Your Fault by Aminah Mae Safi: Three teens working together to try to save their indie bookstore, with an Empire Records vibe.

Adult:

The Seep by Chana Porter: trans lesbian weird fiction/dystopia?? This is what I’ve been waiting for!

Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey: Sarah Gailey again! Queer outlaw librarians on horseback!

The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave: An all-women island, followed by witch trials, with an f/f romance? Colour me intrigued.

The Animals at Lockwood Manor by Jane Healey: I love the sound of this book–a haunted house narrative with a museum’s whole mammal collection as backdrop? Plus an f/f romance? I didn’t know I wanted this!

Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner: A photo of celebrity Jo and her assistant Emma laughing together gets them labelled a couple, and the paparazzi goes out of control. The rumour wasn’t true when it started… but as they spend more time together, they realize it may be coming true after all.

All My Mother’s Lovers by Ilana Masad: After Maggie’s mother dies, she leaves 5 envelopes, all addressed to men Maggie has never heard of. Now she is on a road trip to hand-deliver this letters and learn about her mother’s hidden life. This sounds like a darker version of 13 Little Blue Envelopes, and I am on board for it.

You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat: Honestly, that title alone would do it for me, but I’m also intrigued by this Palestinian-American main character who ends up at a treatment centre for her “love addiction” (being queer).

For even more, check out these lists:

Book Riot’s 20 Queer YA Books For Your 2020 TBR

LGBTQ Reads’s LGBTQIAP YA 2020 Preview: January-June

LGBTQ Reads’s 2020 LGBTQAP Adult Fiction Preview: January-June

LGBTQ Reads’s TBRainbow Alert: 2020 YA Starring QTPoC, Part I

Book Riot’s Most Anticipated LGBTQ Books of 2020

Book Riot’s 50+ YA Books Starring Queer Girls Hitting Shelves in 2020

LGBTQ Reads’s TBRainbow Alert: 2020 Graphic Novels and Memoirs, Part I

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Hah, jokes on you, I haven’t had a current writing project since sophomore year of high school!

If you're reading this...

go write three sentences on your current writing project.

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I am apparently a very tired, talkative, and intellectual drunk.

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I’m so tired of everyone knowing my depression better than me.

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My dad thinks I left Joker because clowns and violence.

I really left Joker because depression about the depression.

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It started with Webtoons, turned into depression, and has now morphed (mostly) into the beginnings of mania. But sure, let’s call it “cause.”

Me: why the fuck am I awake it’s an ungodly hour

Brain: cause

Me: cause why

Brain: cause.

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Me up to 4:30am. Now I’m just considering saying f*** it to sleep and starting my day early. Except there’s nothing to do in my part of the suburbs. Plus I don’t really want to get up....

Literally anyone: why didn’t you get any sleep last night?

Me: I forgot

Them: You forgot?

Me: Yeah I forgot to sleep.

Them: ???? H O W ?????????????

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And now here I am thinking about G.O.A.T.s....

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Me: I dun wanna go adult or go to work 😓

Also Me: Ohhh, I wanna hang with my coworkers, drink mocha coffee, and eat healthier.

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Literally anyone: why didn’t you get any sleep last night?

Me: I forgot

Them: You forgot?

Me: Yeah I forgot to sleep.

Them: ???? H O W ?????????????

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Me : "okay today I will focus on writing this story/fanfic!"

Also me: *gets five new story/fanfic ideas*