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mamelby.bsky.social
Autist atheist author. Bitter bigender bisexual. Feminist fujoshi. Polyamorous perimenopausal former-physicist. Scandi-American pseudo-intellectual "she". @triplebbooks.bsky.social https://mamelby.wordpress.com Binge watch skeeting at #crowtitsfujo
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A plant? That would be some amazing commitment. But it does seem very strange. Who knows what's going on.
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One of my goals in life is to be prominently displayed on a website called "Women write men". 😆
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You are totally trying to start a fight. lmao.
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But to answer the question. I think I did have someone standing in a door sexily. Let me look. I found it: “There you are!” Bu interrupted, striking a pose in the doorway. “Funny seeing you here, Prince.”
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Like, I know that some of the ways I write men are cringe - but maybe cringe is okay.
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That tackle though? Like? The fuck. Guess what was more likely to put someone in the hospital or cause significant disability or death? The tackle or throwing a water bottle? I'm just glad it looks like the guy who got tackled wasn't seriously injured.
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Wow - I've seen bathrooms without accessibility in mind - and then there's this. Holy shit.
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Poe's Law.
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#QueerPrompts 6-11 Gif/Audio What age they came out. Mandi is probably the only one who had a *coming out* moment when she was quite young. Nik was *outed* by circumstances, so was Jaimes. Jaimes coming out story:
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#LGBTQWriteAThon 6-11 Rep you would like to see more of. Queer MF, or couples perceived as MF, of various kinds.
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It's infuriating.
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Alright then.
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Also confused how-in-world othering and even shaming trans people who don't seek medical intervention and/or do not have clinically significant gender dysphoria would decrease the possibility of detransition due to regret?!?
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I'm just wondering - and I'm asking this to the doctor, I guess - what type of gatekeeping Hendrix thinks would have convinced her not to transition... That wouldn't impede access to care for those who need it?
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#LGBTQWriteAThon 6-10 Why is rep important? I have a bisexual male MC and many other queer characters - but there are a LOT of BL stories out there. The type of mental illness rep within my story, however, is something I don't see as often.
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Congratulations! (I think.)
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#LGBTQWriteAThon 6-9 Goals this week. Getting the Best Forgotten manuscript to the proofreader.
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#LGBTQWriteAThon 6-8 Line share. “Because it all has consequences,” I explained. “Nothing is ever forgotten, not really. The body remembers. The people around you remember. The universe never forgets anything.”
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#LGBTQWriteAThon 6-7 Check in. I am currently through the first book of the 2nd vol of my series - doing minor line edits and fixing any formatting issues. I have four more books left - but it's pretty fast going. I can do about 1 book in 1 or 2 days.
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#LGBTQWriteAThon 6-6 Character inspiration/mood board Okay - I have to admit - for whatever weird reason, when I write Caleb (one of the secondary characters) I think of Moses Kim (lyricaleggroll) who's an adult content creator and musician. They are very different - but the vibes are similar.
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#LGBTQWriteAThon 6-5 Weird comps. See above.
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#LGBTQWriteAThon 6-4 Comps. I seriously don't know. Maybe Jack and Joker? It's a drama, but like, there's a similar vibe of dealing with extremely serious topics with intense emotion - and still being fucking ridiculous at times - with capers! www.iq.com/play/tv4hrtm...
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#LGBTQWriteAThon 6-3 Inspiration. Thai BL - definitely. But also, when I was a kid TV was very episodic. Everything was "back to normal" constantly regardless of what extreme things happened. I wanted to make a story where the effects carried on.
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#LGBTQWriteAThon 6-2 Goals I just published the 3rd Ed of Bad Memory (the 1st vol). Depending on how quickly my proofreader is able to turn around Best Forgotten (the 2nd vol) - hoping to get the ARCs out by the end of the month.
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#QueerPrompts 6-10 Do the characters have to explain their queerness? One of them, yes. But that explanation is done "off screen" toward a friend who is having a hard time accepting it.
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Just saying - you can do whatever you want to.
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Okay - funny story - the first novel I ever wrote was 260,000 words and I was planning on writing a short story. Fucker is going to be my Opus. But, working on my current WIP first. I put the 260,000 word epic on the back burner - I'll get back to it at some point.
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Oh dear.
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#QueerPrompts 6-9 When did MCs realize? I haven't explored their "origin stories" that much. But I imagine Jaimes was in denial for a while, he was deeply in the closet. I can see Mandi realizing it when she was a kid. Nik has attachment issues and likely had a difficult time sorting it out.
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I literally slept through half of it. Oh well.
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Though I do think it's sort of interesting that he says it in the same way that some of my coworkers say it when they are talking about nonverbal students. As in - they really wish they understood more.
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I considered that - but this is my writing instructor - he says it all the time, in a somewhat exasperated tone. Like, am I really that strange? And I guess I am. Whenever he says it, I just reply, "No, you don't."
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If you would like an ARC of Best Forgotten, please DM me. I will also provide a complimentary copy of Bad Memory.
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Best Forgotten is the second volume of the series and is currently in the revision and editing stage. It's slated to come out early this summer. Psst: There's a wedding. 💍 And murder - but also a wedding.