queer storyteller

(Some) Of Fantasy’s Many Subgenres

(science fiction version)

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life’s realities.” -Dr. Seuss

Be still my foolish heart don’t ruin this on me

When you move, I’m moved

My heart is thrilled by the still of your hand

Sit here and watch the sunlight fade

Staying up ‘til we’re sober, wasting money on regrets

From the minute that I saw you, I started thinking twice

The lights are going out here, wanna come to mine instead?

And the nights were as dark as my baby, half as beautiful too

I was highest by your warmth, and I was transformed

I won’t deny I’ve got in my mind now all the things we’d do

Imagine being loved by me 

Lover, be good to me 

I wouldn’t fall for someone I thought couldn’t misbehave

I’d suffer Hell if you’d tell me what you’d do to me tonight

Honey, I laugh when it sinks in, a pillar, I am upright 

With the roar of the fire, my heart goes to its feet 

I would gladly be the Icarus to your certainty 

Wasteland, baby. I’m in love, I’m in love with you 

Bonus - NFWMB

I’d wanna be felled by you, held by you, fuel the pyre of your enemies

The best of you, honey, belongs to me

“I’m writing a first draft and reminding myself that I’m simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.” – Shannon Hale 

“Don’t be afraid to write crap because crap makes great fertilizer.”  –  Jessica Brody 

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Good Omens (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens) Characters: Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens) Summary:

In 1912, Aziraphale’s worries include his bookshop, his printing friend’s sick wife, and how he’s going to make his way to the first class dining room on the Titanic for an unforgettable meal. When his friend, a book printer, asks Aziraphale to go collect master plates from a publisher in America, he also offers Aziraphale his ticket aboard the Titanic. Aziraphale can’t resist. The Head Office has nothing to say, so Aziraphale decides he’s earned himself a vacation.

We pleased to announce the contributors to the zine. Each and everyone of them is a skilled artist and writer in there own rights and we are a thrilled to be working with them!

Page one: @pteradragon, @kimardt, @michelledixart

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@vectober, @ohmdo, @cardinalbones

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@cassafra5, @cordaello, @idle-scribbles

@ametatdraws, @hawkmothstudios​, @mysticbat​ on instagram

@dunesand​, @rosegaarden​, @antiquedbones

@awayan​, @rhobi​, @colorsofdoom

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@vincentmango-gh​, @teratophelia​, @momolady

@flexaa on onstagram, @amummyart, @chameleocoonj

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1. Writer’s Market 2019 is a great place to start– it gives you a list of magazines and journals that you can send your work to depending on the genre as well as lists a shit ton of literary agents that specify what genres they represent, how you can get in contact with them and how they accept query letters. this is a book that updates every year and tbh i only bought it this year so i dont know how critical it is to have an updated version  

2. do your research. mostly on literary agents because if you listed on your site that you like to represent fluffy YA novels and some asshole sends you a 80k manuscript about like…gritty viking culture, you will be severely pissed off. always go in finding someone who you know will actually like your work because they’re the ones who will try to advocate for you in getting published.

3. learn how to write a query letter. there are slightly varying formulas to how you can write an effective query letter. you’re also going to want to get feedback on your query letter because its the first thing the literary agent will read and based on how well you do it, it could be the difference between them rejecting you outright and giving your manuscript a quick read

4. unfortunately, you’re gonna want to get a twitter. Twitter is where a lot of literary agents are nowadays, and they host things like twitter pitch parties, where you pitch your manuscript in a few sentences and hashtag it with #Pitmad #Pitdark, some version of pit. a lot of literary agents and publishers will ALSO post their manuscript wishlists, which is just the kind of books they’d like to represent/publish, and they hashtag this with #MSWL (it is NOT for writers to use, only for agents/publishers)