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“But what to say? ‘The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart (that is the word of faith that we proclaim); because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. “ - Romans 10:8-10 ESV
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A while ago I made a post asking for advice as a Christian fic writer, and I wanted to give back some of the few things I’ve learned now that I’ve finished something myself:
Fic writing is an act of listening and thus of love. You get to call attention to small details, go looking for the underlying philosophy of the thing the way people do when they write essays; and then, like essay-writers, you get to elaborate and question and resist and make connections to the world outside the story you’re starting from.
What is prev to you?
the smell of woodsmoke in the dark
sunlight glittering on drifts of snow
opening chords to a classic song after an ad break on the radio
daisies in a mason jar
the curve in the road you always take a bit too fast
blank notebook with a leather cover
a stone church with carvings and spires and stained-glass
a cool pillow and a warm blanket at midnight
playlist that makes sense to no one else
yellow leaf floating down a clear cold river
silver fog over green hills and warm hands in raincoat pockets
a strain of violin music floating through a crowded subway
Brainstorming session to figure out what we're gonna do because the king likes Daniel more than me and you
(we gotta get him out of here)
We could throw him in the dungeon. We could let him rot in jail.
We could drag him to the ocean—have him eaten by a whale.
3. We could throw him in the Tigris, let him float a while, then we'll all sit back and watch him meet a hungry crocodile
4. We could put him on a camel's back and send him off to Ur with a cowboy hat without a brim, a boot without a spur
5. We could give him jelly doughnuts, take em all away
6 We could fill his ears with cheese balls and his nostrils with sorbet
7. We could use him as a footstool
Or a table to play Scrabble on
And tie him up and beat him up and throw him out of Babylon.
*Whisper whisper whisper*
I like it!
It’s sneaky!
And it just...
Might!
Work!
If you're writing anything involving cons, scams, heists, or morally questionable characters who are very good at lying, here are some free resources I've been using for research. Saving you the "why is this in my search history" anxiety.
1. The FBI's Famous Cases & Criminals archive (fbi.gov/history/famous-cases) has detailed breakdowns of real fraud cases, Ponzi schemes, and confidence operations. The language they use is clinical and precise, which is perfect for getting the procedural details right.
2. The FTC Consumer Sentinel Network publishes annual reports on the most common fraud tactics in the US. Great for understanding how modern scams actually work and what makes people fall for them.
3. The Smithsonian's American Art Museum has a free digital collection of forgery case studies. If your character forges documents or art, this is gold.
4. Court Listener (courtlistener.com) is a free legal database where you can read actual court transcripts from fraud trials. Want to know how a real con artist talks under oath? This is where you find out.
5. The Internet Archive's collection of old newspaper crime sections. Search for "confidence man" or "swindle" in papers from the 1920s through 1960s and you'll find incredible real stories that would feel too dramatic for fiction.
Bonus: The Psychology of Fraud section on the Association for Psychological Science website has accessible articles about why people trust, how deception works cognitively, and what makes someone a convincing liar. Essential reading if you want your con artist characters to feel psychologically real.
Reblog to save for later. Your WIP will thank you.
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It its once again time for READ SI LAND IT HAS THE COOLEST FURRY DESIGNS OUT THERE Every time theres a new character I spend 10 minutes admiring their design and then have to reread the chapter to actually process whats going on in the (very good) story. Capcom im telling you get Sumiyoshi back and let them design the entire cast for a new Breath of Fire and I would spend way too much money on that
Keep forgetting to add read Si Land here: https://kmanga.kodansha.com/title/10652/episode/360652 coolest manga out there hell yeah
"it's not that deep" START DIGGING!!
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“Just as people's motives vary as to why they choose to transition and to what degree they alter their bodies, those who detransition do so for a variety of reasons. It is often said that the majority do so because of persecution and the lack of support. However, surveys of detransitioners show that "[the three most commonly cited reasons for detransition among trans activists-financial concerns, lack of social support, and institutional discrimination were among the lowest, at 18%, 17%, and 7%—in fact, institutional discrimination was the lowest scoring category."(16)
On the other hand, one of the most common themes expressed by detransitioners is that the process never resolved their deeper issues. One woman explained:
"Being trans" on Tumblr was a fun distraction from the misery of my daily life. I still had next to no friends at my new school, I still had a bad relationship with my parents, I still hated my fat, but at least I could enter this alternate universe where I was a cool guy with lots of followers. It started being a lot less fun when I began pursuing transition in real life.(17)
Others shared similar sentiments:
It's become really clear in recent years that any sort of big problems that I thought I would fix by transitioning weren't really fixed.(18)
It was a waste of my money. It was a waste of my time. It was more time that I didn't do what I needed, which was [to] address my dissociative symptoms.(19)
Some realized after transitioning that their original motives were misguided attempts to grapple with their sexuality. One remarked, "My dysphoria was hatred of my body due to internalized misogyny.(20) In Newcastle, England, hundreds of young women have come forward, seeking help to detransition. What most of the women have in common is that they are either autistic or identify as lesbian.(21) Through a painful process of self-experimentation, they realized that they did not cease to be female just because they didn't fit the feminine mold. On the contrary, by attempting to pass as male, they were conforming to male stereotypes and reinforcing them.(22)
Meanwhile, others choose to detransition because they are dissatisfied with the results. One woman admitted, "Identifying as a male really made my dysphoria worse.”(23) Another remarked that she knew if she continued trying to be a man, "I was going to give myself gender dysphoria eventually ... which is really ironic."(24) Even after receiving chemical and surgical alterations to their bodies, many gaze into their mirrors each day with sorrow at a body that still disagrees with them.”
-Jason Evert, Male, Female, or Other: A Catholic Guide to Understanding Gender
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Work cited:
16) Cari Stella, "Female Detransition and Reidentification: Survey Results and Interpretation" Post), Tumblr, September 3, 2016,, https://guideonragingstars.tumblr.com/post/149877706175/female-detransition-and- reidentification-survey; Cf. Elie Vandenbussche, "Detransition-Related Needs and Support: A Cross-Sectional Online Survey," Journal of Homosexuality 69/9 (2022), 1602-1620; Lisa Littman, "Individuals Treated for Gender Dysphoria with Medical and/or Surgical Transition Who Subsequently Detransitioned: A Survey of 100 Detransitioners," Archives of Sexual Behavior 50:8 (2021), 3353-3369.
17) Soh, The End of Gender, 184.
18) "Growing Up Trans (full documentary)." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIuS-48tSpE&t=5s&ab_channel=FRONTLINEPBS%7COfficial
19) "Reversing a Gender Transition," https://youtu.be/V6V0p3_bd6w?si=pw2P7Ok_QEQFdDn2
20) "Detransition TikToks compilation-June & July 2021," https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG5rOpNc8t0&ab_channel=CatCattinson
21) Cf. S. Lockwood, "Hundreds" of Young Trans People Seeking Help to Return to Original Sex," Sky News, October 5, 2019.
22) "Detransition TikToks compilation-June & July 2021.". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG5rOpNc8t0&ab_channel=CatCattinson
23) "Coercion & Abuse in the Gender ID Community | with ⚢ GNC-Centric ⚢" https://youtu.be/QAMar22S0ck?si=K2DQhSejkvUiQ06T
24) "DETRANSITION: How My Voice Has Changed," https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UvqwOm3dD0&ab_channel=Kshipa
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For more recommended resources on gender dysphoria, click here.
Peeling off the broken breastplate of a stoic knight who only fights and never speaks, just to realize there’s nothing in there. Not metaphorically—the armor is literally empty. It doesn’t appear to affect him. If the armor stays mostly in the shape of a knight, he just gets back up to keep fighting. But with the chest plate off he just sits there, equally impervious to curiosity as I reach up into the cavity where his body might’ve gone. Stubbornly, no answers are found anywhere in there.
So I forge him a new breastplate and on the inside, because I know he has plenty of room, I put a little pocket. Not big enough to hold anything functional of course. Just a little extra piece to see what he’ll do with it.
Tips from a Beta Reading Writer
This one's for the scenes with multiple characters, and you're not sure how to keep everyone involved.
Writing group scenes is chaos. Someone’s talking, someone’s interrupting, someone’s zoning out thinking about breadsticks. And if you’re not careful, half your cast fades into the background like NPCs in a video game. I used to struggle with this so much—my characters would just exist in the scene without actually affecting it. But here’s what I've learned and have started implementing:
✨ Give everyone a job in the scene ✨
Not their literal job—like, not everyone needs to be solving a crime or casting spells. I mean: Why are they in this moment? What’s their role in the conversation?
My favourite examples are:
The Driver: Moves the convo forward. They have an agenda, they’re pushing the action.
The Instigator: Pokes the bear. Asks the messy questions. Stirring the pot like a chef on a mission.
The Voice of Reason: "Guys, maybe we don’t commit arson today?"
The Distracted One: Completely in their own world. Tuning out, doodling on a napkin, thinking about their ex.
The Observer: Not saying much, but noticing everything. (Quiet characters still have presence!)
The Wild Card: Who knows what they’ll do? Certainly not them. Probably about to make things worse.
If a character has no function, they’ll disappear. Give them something—even if it’s just a side comment, a reaction, or stealing fries off someone’s plate. Keep them interesting, and your readers will stay interested too.
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This time its Vanilla and Malt after Cayneen pretty much makes them all go boom. Sad, but the sequence after is so pretty.
If my mom sees a significant amount of blood she gets lightheaded, and has fainted on some occasions. Once it happened when we were kids, I wasn't there to witness it but I heard the story from my dad. Basically my brothers, around 7 or 8 at the time, were playing outside while my mom was making their lunch, and she accidentally cut her finger. It wasn't anything serious, but it drew a fair bit of blood and she passed out. My dad saw this and rushed over, but he didn't really know what to do so he just sort of started slapping her to wake her up (not recommended, but he had no idea and panicked)
At that exact moment my brothers both came in from playing, and all they saw was our mom unconscious on the floor and our dad slapping her. So, like, without even saying a word to each other they both just INSTANTLY start whaling on him, like, full blown attack mode to defend our mom. Which obviously didn't help the situation, but she did wake up and everything was fine.
Now our dad says that he's actually really glad they attacked him over what they thought was going on, because it means he raised good boys. And I still think that's true, they're very good boys.
Same guys btw. So they did turn out good yeah
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I THOUGHT AFTER FOUR YEARS YOU PEOPLE WOULD LET THIS DIE AND YET AGAIN I OPEN THIS CURSED APP TO FIND MORE NOTES ON THIS POST
Before I head off for the night, I would like to make an announcement---
If someone says that God has given them a revelation or a word and its not checked by Scripture in any shape or form to see if it is true, then do not listen to it. There's folks out here saying God said something to them about something and no one bothers to think "Wow! Maybe I should compare this what God says in Scripture. Thats a swell idea :D"
When in doubt, crack open your Bible and check.
Not only that, but when someone says "God told me"...
OK, how did He tell you? Did you have a vision? Did an angel appear to you or something? Because typically when God spoke to people in the Bible they did things like "fall over as if they were dead". "A thought popped into my head" or "I had a feeling about something" is not the same as "God told me".
I remember reading about a discussion between two people and one said that he and Jesus spoke all the time, that Jesus spoke to him just this morning while he was shaving, and the other guy said "...Did you keep shaving?"
A thought popped into my head once as I was driving to the store to get my infant daughter some medicine. I was crying about the pain she was in and asked God to take care of her and why she had to be hurting like this.
That still, small voice spoke in my head, saying, "I do not require your understanding. I require your acceptance."
You can tell me that wasn't God if you want, but I will respectfully disagree. That short conversation has gotten me through a lot of tough times, comforted a lot of worry, eased the ache in my heart in the 30 years since.
I'm not saying God can't come and do that but when you have influential individuals be like, "God spoke to me..." and then say the thing God told them---it can dangerous since thats putting words in God's mouth and we really don't want to be doing that. If God, in His grace, communicated to you in that moment and in that time and the message checks out according to Scripture than yes---it is from God.
I prefer double checking because many folks have gone out into the world saying things what God has not said and people are being led astray by it. I prefer double checking because I still have sin dwelling within me and I need Scripture to help me not fall into legalistic tendencies and to comfort me because my thoughts can be terrible cruel when I do fall into sin.
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No practice. >:( Be good at things already. >:(
when you want to go to church but have to go digitally because you've been sick for a week and your brain is like 'hey! you're well enough now. You can go. Paul says you need to be among the brethren."
I understand that, Brain. But God forbid I go to church and then get someone sick.
