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some aesthetic words for your fics’ title! (pt2)

whelve (v) to bury something deep, to hide

akrasia (n) lack of self control

arcadian (adj) idyllically innocent, simple and untroubled by fear or worry

apricate (v) to bask in the sun

antelophobia (n) the fear of imperfection. the fear of never being good enough

latibule (n) a hiding place, a place of safety and comfort

nepenthe (n) something that can make you forget grief or suffering

forelsket (n) the euphoria you experience when you are first falling in love

apodyopsis (n) the act of mentally undressing someone :)

baisemain (n) a kiss on the hand

retrouvaille (n) the joy of meeting or finding someone again after along eparation

eccedentesiast (n) someone who hides pain behind a smile

clinquant (adj) glittering, tinsel like

insouciant (adj) free from worry, concern or anxiety

aesthete (n) someone with deep sensitivity to the beauty of art or nature

oneirataxia (n) the inability to distinguish between reality and fantasy

habromania (n) the delusion of happiness

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Color Synonyms

White

also: pale; blanched; sallow; pallid; waxen; spectral; translucent; albino; 

Grey

also: dust; stone; pepper;  

Black

also:  coal; slate; dusky; ebon; shadow; murky; 

Tan

also: flesh; khaki; cream; tawny; 

Brown

also:  henna; russet; sepia; chestnut; cocoa; drab; bronze; 

Red

also: terracotta ; rouge; carmine;  fire-engine; ruddy

Orange

also:  pumpkin ; rust ; 

Yellow

also: sunny; amber; saffron; hay; straw; platinum; 

Green

also: viridescent; grass; jade; forest; 

Blue

also: turquoise; cyan; ultramarine; royal; aqua; aquamarine;

Purple

also: berry;  amaranthine;

Pink

also: flushed; candy; cherry blossom; petal pink ; 

—– source: http://ingridsundberg.com/

—–additional synonyms added by me

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I don't pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you'd imagine. I'm interested in other people's experiences and inconsistencies, and... I remember and use them for my own benefit.

— Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

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calling writer/poets: let's all share what music we write to and our writing playlist!

Tagge by @you-are-my-neverland dear lord I didn’t remember the first time end me pls

genre: um no idea really. So usually I try to get into the mood of the book, and then I try for something that I either can’t focus on the words for or doesn’t have words. So a bit of classical for a lot of stuff.

current fav song: hmmmm top four are Zombie by DAY6, Campfire Song from The Lighting Thief, prom dress by mxmtoon, and Oh No! by Marina lol

playlists: so I have three main ones that I listen but I have more. Also sometimes I’ll listen to a podcast cause why not

rabbit- for the wip names of course

normal writing playlist- what it says on the box

these two- just some more instrumentals stuff lmao

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tagged by @astarlightmonbebe to do the last line tag, so I shall be using Rabbit because I’m lazy lmao

In the end, what else could they but simply live?

Um yeah that was underwhelming lol uh so I don’t really have anyone to tag yet so YEET. I just opened the doc soooo yeeee

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calling writer/poets: let’s all share what music we write to and our writing playlist!

tagged by @medusaswrites ty!! 🥰

genre - i really will listen to anything i can get my hands on, but my current music genres are indie poptimisn, modern (alternative) rock, krnb + krock, post rock and lofi beats for instrumentals

current fave song - breath of life by florence + the machine, no scrubs cover by bastille ( i tend to get really fixated on songs for short periods of times dksks )

playlists - as someone who makes a playlist whenever it suits her whim, i have a variety of playlists i listen to when writing, but here are some i made originally for my wips:

fairbone (playlist: crown of thorns)

the vanishing point (playlist: scream to be heard, it fades into the void)

the metamorphosis of the lost (playlist: i’m a goner)

i’ll tag @landfillmp3 @chazwrites @xiaodol if y’all want

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tagged by @medusaswrites to do the last line tag, so here you have, one from the vanishing point: 

“How can you be hungry right now?” Beatrice asked, her eyes narrowing.

Vida patted her flat stomach. “A girl’s gotta eat!” she said brightly. “Besides, it’s better to digest murder with a full stomach, right?”

i’ll tag @landfillmp3 @xiaodol @writingamongthecoloredroses !!

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[ a guide to writing characters w/ mental illness ]

by me because if a writeblr help blog is qualified to answer asks about it after a few hours of googling, i qualify by being alive for more than a few hours.

anyway rip to you but the dsm-5… is not going to fix your novel and lack of character depth. it’s a medical manual. not flex tape, okay?

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[ “…it’s an oxymoron really…the fact that fae cannot physically lie, but elias is always accusing ruka of being a liar…a fact that ruka himself believes, despite it being so contrary to the fact. it’s like this…to  each other, ruka and elias were both the only ones the other allowed to get so close on a personal level…and so when ruka left, he broke his [elias’] trust in an irrevocable way…he left elias to second guess everything about their supposed friendship….and so, when he returned, elias can’t trust him even if he wants to…because there’s a part of him always obsessively wondering if ruka is lying to him again…this is a man who has picked apart their relationship for three years…someone unsure of whether or not the person they knew was really someone they knew at all. and on the other hand, you have ruka…someone who has been ostracized his whole life and lived with this huge secret on his shoulders…for fear of himself, of exposure, of knowing his position in life…and so if you think think about, ruka is someone who already feels like he’s living a lie…and [he’s] doubted by everyone around him, and now it’s the person who was his best friend…the person he abandoned to protect in his own twisted way. ruka and elias are not the two schoolboys they were…and so in a way they are forging an entirely new relationship now, after three years…but it’s one built on distrust.” ] lrh, author of fairbone, on elias’ and ruka’s ill fated relationship

taglist: (scream at me to be + / - ):

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& you stayed c. lrh, 4.23.2020

unedited prose in the notes app because lonely quarantine vibes

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tag your oc that you’ve had the longest 

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how cuddable are your ocs?

Tagged by @you-are-my-neverland hehhehehe

I’m doing Rabbit cause of… obvious reasons lol. Only the ones who I’ve written in so far of course~ Please read it btw…

Cecile, 3/10: will not cuddle unless you are rather close, and then will not stop cuddling even if you don’t want her to. Has some drawbacks of course, but for the most part pleasant.

Henry, 2/10: cuddles his sister sometimes. Maybe Cecile, but is not great about letting other people touch him. Will slap you if you try to touch him.

Lavinia, 4/10: gives out cuddles more freely, but kind of stiff. Loosens up after a bit, gives very good hear pats however. Will pet your hair like a cat.

Emmeline, 8/10: very physically affectionate. Does not care if she is the one receiving cuddles or to giving them, she loves them. Likes head pats the best, and will curl up next to you at any given time no matter if your arms are free or not.

Kit, 1/10: terrible. He tries, but hugging him is like hugging a wall. He just stares at you until you let him go. Johnny is the only one who can actually cuddle him. Kit will awkward try to pat you as well. It’s an all around terrible experience.

Johnny, 10/10: fantastic cuddles. Literally no one can not like them, even Henry and Kit. Will plop himself on your lap or back hug you whenever he possibly can. Is very touchy, gives great hugs. People will pull him to themselves for cuddles and he loves that.

Jinhua, 2/10: Jinhua is literally insane. It’s hard to tell if you will get thrown out a window for touching him or he will allow it. Gives okay cuddles when he allows it, but if not, you better run for the hills.

Miri, 5/10: rather reserved. Won’t give cuddles unless it is to Lyre or Emmeline, but gives okay ones to those two.

Lyre, 6/10: not big on physical affection, but likes to pat people on the head. Gathers Emmeline up into her arms a lot and just sort of vibes.

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how cuddable are your ocs?

tagged by @chazwrites (thanks!!!)

hmm…I’ll do the characters of Fairbone for this!! 

ruka: 1/10 maybe elias can touch him…but even then, 90% of the time he can’t. ruka is someone who detests physical contact; hugging him or even just lightly touching his arm is the equivalent of making contact with a cactus in response.

elias: 3/10 is probably down to cuddle, but doesn’t really have anyone to cuddle with *coughs*. he kind of holds himself at a distance because he’s a professional person, and so he would probably be a stiff cuddler.

thieu: 5/10 thieu’s not a big fan of hugs or really cuddling, but he does appreciate small touches and leans into them (usually from safiya). 

aurelius: 2/10 maybe the golden hero was a cuddable person, but this aurelius is an isolated person. he doesn’t like to let people get close in that intimate of a way, i.e. skinship.

xanthe: 2/10 she’s just not that type of girl. for xanthe, cuddling and hugs display a type of affection that she’s just not comfortable with displaying. the only person she lets do that would be her brother, but he’s dead, so…

safiya: 4/10 while coming off strong, she does actually like to comfort people through touch and hugs, though she usually limits this to people she knows.

caelan: 7/10 though he’s a shy boy, he does like to curl into spaces, making him a very ideal cuddler. it takes him a while to warm up to people, but he’s a very cuddly person when he does.

ashe: 10/10 she loves skinship and hugs. she shows her affection through touches; it’s basically her love language.

I guess I’ll tag @xiaodol @landfillmp3 @semblanche (but only if you guys want!!)

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Rabbit- Chapter 1

Genre: urban fantasy

Status: incomplete

Synopsis: After a string of disappearances in their town leads to a bit of unrest, the Baudelaire sect is on edge. When someone inevitably comes for the lower matriarch of the sect, things take a turn for the worse. Forced to turn to the Yue sect for help, they must find the missing kids all while trying to stay alive.

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Of all the days that had gone by thus far, this was most definitely the slowest one. Dreadful in a way that it made the day drag on and on until one wasn’t sure how much time had passed, just that it had felt awfully longer than it ought to. That, in which of course priorly described, was the type of day Cecile had been experiencing and it was perhaps the worst thing she had dealt with in her 17 years of living.

Perhaps there could have been worse things but nonetheless, it was never a feeling that one liked to experience. No, she’d rather be outside practicing talisman drawing or studying so that she could perfect her physics grade instead of dealing with calculus class once more. It wasn’t that she hated the class, more so that she wasn’t fond of the time after their lesson where they had nothing to do but sit around, and Cecile brimming with anticipation for the day to be over.

“Henry, how much longer do we have of this horrid class?” Looking over at her moron of a desk partner, she caught the tail end of the glow that the sun lit window provided on his honey brown hair before that same sun hid behind a cloud once more.

“About two minutes after the last time you had asked, and of what rush do you have today? For all we are doing is going to the café once more, if my memory serves me well, as it so often does.” He snorted, lazily flicking his hair so that he could see her once more, and simply stared at her.

“Sometimes I do think you are full of yourself Mister Xia.” Henry just shook his head in resignation and gently placed his head back on the table before turning to face her and speaking once more.

“Are Emmeline and Lavinia joining us? I do suppose it wouldn’t do us much good to just go alone, the two of us, that is, but I would like to see what art the person puts in your latte this time whether those two decide to join us or not. Do you wish to inquire whether he likes you or not? I don’t suppose he does, but even so, those designs are rather cute if I might add.” Tinkering laughter could be heard from him even through disappointed looks that she had sent him. All he got was a sniff in response, seeing that she judged him not worthy of a response once more. And to start math once more it was decided, seeing as their distraction was no longer holding power over them as it once had.

Various scratching sounds could be heard from around the room as each student worked on the aforementioned math, although worked may have been a bit of a strong word, seeing as over half of the students were either staring off into a vague middle distance or doing more talking than writing. Such a thing would have been tantalizing to Cecile, as she wasn’t one to actually do math in the allotted time, preferring to scramble at the final seconds to get it done, but she had no desire to think of such a wretched thing in the later parts of the day and simply opted to do it in class for once.

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Wisława Szymborska, from “Love At First Sight“, View With a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems

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me: im going to write

me, five hours of scrolling through my phone later:

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— THESE VIOLENT ENDS

a wip set in 1920s New York, inspired by Shakespearean themes

let me know if you want to added to the taglist!!!

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