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If you can read this- you deserve the world. Stop being so hard on yourself. Rest, relax, and continue on your journey no matter how hard it may be. Aint nobody as worse an enemy as themselves.

submitted 4 days ago • 22 comments

Starting now, or restarting, or burnt out... It's all hard. Your mind is going to nag at you. There's no right answer of what you should do and be. Especially in the current world that tries to make you feel like shit for everything. Keep going. Art, work, school, even just existing... keep going.

submitted 19 days ago • 3 comments

Rare moment of writer peace: the words are cooperating. Writing feels like writing. It’s honestly surreal. #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

I don’t want to “streamline” my writing. I don’t want to “increase my output.” I don’t want to “write a novel with one click.” I want to write stuff only I can write. I want to read and write novels with soul and heart and a unique voice. Fuck AI. Long live real writers.

submitted 19 days ago • 23 comments

Practice guilt-free reading. Read whenever you want, whatever you want, and in whichever format you prefer. #BookSky

submitted 21 days ago • 57 comments

It turns out that one of my writing sweet spots is "that's a stupid idea for a story" and/or "that's already been done before." Possibly and possibly, but let me see what I get out of it. The same twelve notes give us Mozart, The Beatles, John Coltrane and Taylor Swift. It's what they do with them.

submitted 24 days ago • 17 comments

me: big day of writing ahead the big day of writing:

submitted 24 days ago • 7 comments

When I feel overwhelmed I remind myself I can't fix it all. That’s not why I fight. The world’s unfair, act right anyway. Justice cracks, speak up anyway. Progress stalls, build anyway. Stay true to who you are. You may not see the top of the mountain, but you sure as hell can carve the trail.

submitted 24 days ago • 33 comments

I don't know who needs to hear this, but yes, you do deserve a bookshelf with a rolling ladder.

submitted 32 days ago • 19 comments

went feral with the gardening for a while due to writers burnout. came back and wrote like i had plot in my veins. maybe that was the cure. #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

One key in life is to find things (1) you haven’t done yet, (2) you’re willing to do, (3) that’ll surprise you and put you outside your routine in a benevolent, productive way. So maybe not skydiving—unless thrill-seeking is already in your wheelhouse—but something tied to your skills and interests.

submitted 32 days ago • 18 comments

I bet this feels really good if you're a fruit

submitted 33 days ago • 328 comments

your space matters. your routine matters. the smallest disruption could throw the whole story sideways. build your ritual and defend it. #writingcommunity #5amwritingclub

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

I have my beef with image generation, but ChatGPT is truly the most nightmarish creation in human history. If the majority of humanity accepts this as a source of truth: whoever controls the algorithm controls all information. Please teach your children to read, write, and think critically.

submitted 37 days ago • 84 comments

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

submitted 37 days ago • 40 comments

The attack against pay equity for women is disgusting enough. But then seeing Govt Ministers crowing about how this is good for women?! Insulting gaslighting patronising 'splaining. We know we have to use this to galvanise the many!

submitted 37 days ago • 12 comments

This tech accelerationism is training people to just do the appearance of work: a headline, art that looks almost normal from a distance, to complete things as fast as possible and move onto the next... it's dissolving humanity and culture at large

submitted 38 days ago • 30 comments

the little detail that feels pointless might end up anchoring your whole book. keep adding stuff. weird stuff. it works. #writingcommunity

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

I am not going to tell you that everything will be fine. I won’t tell you that everything’s going to be okay. Because I don’t know what the hell is going to happen. But I will say, that not being okay, is okay. I will tell you that there is no shame in being vulnerable or uncertain. That…is okay

submitted 39 days ago • 53 comments

planning for a couple day trip: will I really have time to read all these new books? absolutely not is it a good excuse to buy them anyway? you bet it is

submitted 41 days ago • 13 comments

awareness means compassion. for others. for yourself. for the weird, quiet days where nothing makes sense. that counts too. #may #mentalhealth #writingcommunity

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

It's ok to go quiet. It's ok to have wild bursts of energy and inspiration followed by downtime to recharge. Don't ever beat yourself up over your energy being cyclical. You are not a machine. Sometimes, you need to eat sheet cake and be sad while taking a chance on a new book to read. All valid♥︎✨️

submitted 42 days ago • 5 comments

It’s a far far nobler thing to hopelessly bend dozens of ordinary spoons than to ever buy an ice cream scoop

submitted 42 days ago • 19 comments

This post is to remind you about your cup of coffee… It’s sitting somewhere, getting cold.

submitted 43 days ago • 49 comments

Happy May 1st. The value of your labor belongs to you and the actions of the state are best understood as as a coordinated effort to distract you from this. The state fears an organized and unified proletariat like it fears death and rightly so. Power to the workers and power to the people

submitted 44 days ago • 49 comments

i keep writing because this novel is being built with stubborn repetition and a drawn-out emotional commitment i refuse to abandon out of principle. #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

Hey. Just make the thing. Start today. With whatever you have now. Just start making it now. And then maintain momentum. Don’t stop or restart. Just go and keep going until you finish. Trust me.

submitted 44 days ago • 4 comments

the best way i can explain it is cold water tastes sharp, warm water tastes round

submitted 44 days ago • 10 comments

Hey, stranger on the internet. Who told you that you need external validation? Look at you. You are awesome. Go do the thing.

submitted 45 days ago • 5 comments

It took me a very long time to learn "do your best" does not mean "give 100% effort even at the expense of your physical or mental health" or "give A+ effort even when it is clearly not appreciated or valued". Sometimes doing your best is heating up a can of soup and going to bed early.

submitted 45 days ago • 50 comments