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It is apparently National Puppy Day so here are some pictures of Archie because I’m shameless.

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Mal is very sad he didn’t get to go to the book sale.

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This is a story of marriage and pet ownership. For context Doggo has a deep love of bully sticks.

Me: He has a ribbon of dick in his mouth.

@scarletjedi : What?

Me: He has pulled off a stringy ribbon of Bull penis and is happily munching on it.

@scarletjedi : Oh god he’s eating it sideways like a corn on the cob.

Me: You mean a corn on the knob?

@scarletjedi : Fuck off.

Me: Are you telling me to go eat a dick?

@scarletjedi : Eat what you want just do it far away.

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He is ennui.

2 & 1/2 hours to go.

It is @scarletjedi ‘s day out of the house so I am watching Doggo.

Doggo is obsessed with @scarletjedi

I have writing to do.

He is inconsolable.

Only 5 1/2 hours to go.

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Doggo is laying on the couch.

My computer is in my lap.

No words only weasels.

4 hours to go.

It is @scarletjedi ‘s day out of the house so I am watching Doggo.

Doggo is obsessed with @scarletjedi

I have writing to do.

He is inconsolable.

Only 5 1/2 hours to go.

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He has found a stink bug.

He has eaten a stink bug.

I know this because he has also thrown up a stink bug.

5 hours to go.

It is @scarletjedi ‘s day out of the house so I am watching Doggo.

Doggo is obsessed with @scarletjedi

I have writing to do.

He is inconsolable.

Only 5 1/2 hours to go.

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It is @scarletjedi ‘s day out of the house so I am watching Doggo.

Doggo is obsessed with @scarletjedi

I have writing to do.

He is inconsolable.

Only 5 1/2 hours to go.

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I present to you the world’s neediest office mate.

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i've been thinking a lot about writing advice, especially after getting back on writeblr, and one of the ones i see the most is the "your first draft doesn't need to be perfect" one. the one that tells writers they shouldn't be afraid to hop around and write their favorite parts first or use placeholders. don't be afraid to be messy. you know.

and like!! this process works wonders for some people! it's perfectly solid advice.

but also. idk if i'm the only one, but for me, the mess takes out the fun. it completely kills my motivation. i look at placeholders in my draft and think "this sucks. it's ugly. it doesn't look like a book. i'm never writing again."

tbh, i think most writing advice is arbitrary and you should be free to write whatever you want. but i'm also just putting this out there as pseudo-advice or really just a green light to writers like me, who want to write the perfect draft simply bc they Literally Won't Finish Their Book If They Don't.

y'all. don't worry about writing the perfect version of your book. write ONE version, from beginning to end. think about your draft as one route in a video game. if you're stuck on a scene, just do it kinda shittily but Cleanly. no placeholders. transition into the next scene. get to the end. you can come back and fix the things you missed or go down paths you didn't see later.

this way, you have a clean draft that reads like a book. it might not be The book you want to write, and it might have some issues here and there, but it won't be messy to you. it'll look and function like a story. if you're like me, your motivation will thank you ;)

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HarperCollins Strike Update

For the full breakdown of what’s been going on since November, read here.

January 20, 2023

It’s been over FIFTY days. The strike is still ongoing. Harper has yet to even speak to the union.

Union members are still scraping on their second and third hustles (which most entry-level publishing people have) and donations to the strike fund. The union has set up a hardship fund (here’s the post about it on their official Instagram, for verification) so no more fiddling with checks or Venmo.

If you can donate, please do.

And whether you can or can’t, please do still share.

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Maybe it’s just the rejection letters but being told I’m not getting a job barely registers with me as a ‘no’ anymore.

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I got my first literary tattoo! It’s abridged because there was only so much space but I believe the sentiment is intact.

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So on my 100th query response, after two years of consistent rejections and a lot of medicinal chocolate-

I GOT A FULL REQUEST

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There is only one thing I’m going to miss about Twitter and it’s pitch contests. They were stressful as fuck but there is nothing like the pure uncut adrenaline of seeing people react to your ideas in real time.

I really wish there were a tumblr equivalent but I have no idea how something like that would work on a platform like this.

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Good afternoon,

I’m here because Twatter is a lost cause. That’s not a typo.

I’m here mostly to do writerly things and readerly things with a dash of witchy nonsense.

I used to have a different account that no one followed so I thought I would repeat the experience but professionally.

So that’s me. I can only promise that I will occasionally say things that I think are hilarious and will spam you with equally hilarious photos of my pets.