I Am Asked About My Favorite Color.

i am asked about my favorite color.

i am seven

and my reply is

pink

because i am a girl

and pink

is a princess color.

i am asked about my favorite color.

i am ten

and i like

green

because a boy told me that pink

is lame and girly.

i am asked about my favorite color.

i am thirteen

and i tell them

purple

it is unique and spunky

like i want to be.

i am asked about my favorite color.

i am seventeen

and i just say

red

i do not say

it is bright and angry at the world

as i am

i cannot form the words to express

all of my frustrations

so i paint my lips with

rage.

i am asked about my favorite color.

i am twenty

and it’s pink

i remember the joy

of being a child

i reclaim the freedom

of femininity

because i cannot remember

what my shoulders felt like

before the depression

hung from them.

i am asked about my favorite color.

i am twenty-six

and my answer is

brown

it confuses most people

they don’t see it

they may think of dirt

and dust

and dead things

but it is coffee with friends

and the chocolate chip cookies

my mom used to make.

it is my hair

and my eyes

amber and gold

in the sun

and i love myself

again

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big fan of characters with abandonment + attachment issues so profound that they leave claw marks in everything they touch but would sooner gnaw off their own leg than admit they just want someone to stay for once. in a totally normal well adjusted and not at all projecting way of course.


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Following writers

My dash is a bit slow. I think only two people I follow ever post anymore. 

If you’re an adult (18+) and you write original fiction, maybe like or reblog this so I can follow?

I can’t promise I’ll follow automatically, but chances are higher if you(’re)

⭐ Write and read something other than YA

⭐ Actually post about writing, or post your actual writing, rather than mainly posting fandom and shitposts

⭐ Write literary and/or experimental fiction (this includes literary genre fiction too, e.g., literary/experimental scifi)

⭐ Not an anti-intellectual (”Classics Bad! Books for adults are all boring and about divorce! YA and fanfic are superior!” - not interested in this mentality)

⭐ Keep social justice and current events posts to a minimum unless it’s relevant to writing (to be clear, I am a queer leftist. But I want a writing-centric dash and I get this kind of thing elsewhere)

Side note, I’m not a new writeblr. I used to be @inkvials


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The Weekly Writing Update #4

08.27.22

Not much to update on this week. It’s been slow

⇨ I made a few slight changes to the plot, the protagonist’s journey being a much more direct result of what the villain is doing and now making them much more connected plot-wise, and not just through backstory

⇨ still only a few hundred words in, but I know where I’m going so hopefully I make more progress within the next few weeks

⇨ As I’ve said previously, I had a handful of details and a character that I didn’t know what to do with and so it didn’t overload the plot, but I think with the change I’ve made, everything fits and it’s not too much :) yay!

Hopefully this STICKS and I don’t keep overthinking and changing the plot every week.

XOXO~


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THEY ADDED ABYSS TO SPOTIFY !! 😭💕🥳😫

THEY ADDED ABYSS TO SPOTIFY !! 😭💕🥳😫
THEY ADDED ABYSS TO SPOTIFY !! 😭💕🥳😫
THEY ADDED ABYSS TO SPOTIFY !! 😭💕🥳😫

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The Weekly Writing Update #25

1.21.23

Apology post. From now on, I won’t be updating weekly on a schedule. I’ve thought about it and even though I made it my New Year’s resolution and I want to put in the effort, I still keep making no progress almost a whole month into the new year. And I promised to show progress and having to post updates where I continue to say I have nothing to show for myself is stressing me out and making my inability to write worse.

I will post updates, just not as frequently and not for awhile, until I have something at least. So until further notice, there will be no updates on my wip.

- Alex


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create! create! even if it’s been a while. even if you don’t know what to write or draw or sing. connect with what once brought you joy and you will remember how. create in a new way, knit or dance or crochet. try spoken word or painting. poetry or pottery. the freedom in creating… it’s liberating


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If you’ve got an idea, write it down. Don’t overanalyze it. Just start writing and allow the plot to lead you.


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ꜰɪꜰᴛʏ ᴛʏᴘᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ: [ꜰᴀɴᴛᴀꜱʏ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀꜱ]

Witch - an evil person depicted with magic powers

Faery - a small being that has magic powers, often with wings

Elf - a supernatural creature depicted with pointed ears and capricious nature

Ogre - a man-eating giant

Wizard - a person depicted with magic powers

Warlock - a practitioner of witchcraft

Knight - a mounted soldier in armour who serves the throne

King - the ruler of a country

Banshee - a spirit whose wailing warns of impending death

Gnome - a dwarfish creature who enjoys hoarding treasure

Nymph - a spirit of nature who lives in rivers and trees

Selkie - a person on land and seal in the water

Merperson - a half person, half fish who lives in the water

Leprechaun - a small, mischievous sprite

Crusader - a fighter in medieval crusades

Mage - a magician or practitioner of magic

Halfling - the offspring of a human and member of a magical race

Henchman - loyal supporter of a person

Witch hunter - a person who hunts witches (alternatively, fae)

Hunter - a person who hunts animals

Seer - a person who can see the future

Dwarf - a member of a race of short, humanlike creatures who typically live in underground mines

Archer - someone who shoots a bow

Necromancer - someone who can raise the dead; the practitioner of dark magic

Cleric - a priest or religious leader

Rogue - a character capable of sneaky and nimble tricks

Bard - a poet who typically recite epics or song

Demon - an evil spirit or devil

Dragons - an often fire-breathing giant winged reptile

Ghost - an apparition of a dead person

Werewolf - a human who transforms into a wolf under a full moon

Shifter - a human who can transform into an animal

Psychic - a human who can tell the future

Gods - a superhuman being with mythical (and often unlimited) powers

Angel - a spiritual being often represented as an attendant to a god

Troll - an ugly creature depicted as a giant or a dwarf

Vampire - a corpse who may transform into a bat and uses long, pointed teeth to suck the blood of humans in the night

Dark elf - an evil supernatural creature depicted with pointed ears and capricious nature

Undead / zombie - a corpse come alive

Orc - a member of an imaginary race of humanlike creatures, characterized as ugly, warlike, and malevolent

Golem - a clay figure brought to life by magic

Ghoul - an evil spirit or phantom

Goblin - a mischievous, ugly creature resembling a dwarf

Lich - an undead creature

Imp - a small, mischievous devil or sprite

Paladin - a knight renowned for heroism and chivalry

Thief - something who steals property, especially by stealth and without using force or violence.

Priest - an ordained minister of the church

Druid - a priest, magician, or soothsayer

Human - a species of primate characterized by bipedalism and a complex mindset


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