please if you are a young person new to sexual activities do not look to porn, written or filmed, as lessons. they are performative acts. porn actors are actors!!! they fake and are very trained in the acts they are doing. smut is romanticized and fantasised! people do not react in the same ways and real sex is not like stories.

please please im genuinely begging you not to listen to anyone that says eroticism of visual or written form is as good as sexual education.

Hey, thank you for bringing this up so respectfully. This is gonna go under the cut because there’s a lot to unpack here.

Gotta Be You: Talk about your crush!

One Thing: What’s one thing your dream girl/boy HAS to have?

More Than This: What’s the bravest thing you ever did?

Up All Night: Talk about the craziest night of your life.

I Wish: What’s your biggest dream?

Tell Me A Lie: What was your most recent lie?

Taken: Talk about your last relationship.

I Want: Name three things you want in life

Everything About You: Who’s your biggest celebrity crush?

Same Mistakes: What’s your most common mistake?

Save You Tonight: Which three things would you save if there was a fire?

Stole My Heart: Have you ever fallen for someone you shouldn’t have fallen for?

Stand Up: What’s your favourite sport?

Moments: Talk about something good that recently happened to you.

Another World: Which fictional world would you want to live in if you could?

Na Na Na: What’s one thing you can never say no to?

I Should Have Kissed You: Is there something you regret?

Live While We’re Young: Talk about a childhood memory.

Kiss You: Tell the story of your first kiss.

Little Things: Name five things you find attractive in others.

C'Mon, C'Mon: What’s your dream destination for a good vacation?

Last First Kiss: Do you want to get married? If so, talk about your dream wedding.

Heart Attack: Are you jealous?

Rock Me: List your ten favourite bands.

Change My Mind: Are you good at making final decisions or do you easily change your mind?

I Would: Name three guilty pleasures of yours.

Over Again: Talk about your first love.

Back For You: Talk about your best friend.

They Don’t Know About Us: Share a secret!

Summer Love: Talk about a summer memory.

She’s Not Afraid: What’s your favourite horror film?

Loved You First: Are you a possessive person?

Nobody Compares: Who’s your idol?

Still The One: What’s one thing you can’t seem to get over?

Best Song Ever: List your ten favourite songs.

Story Of My Life: List five things you can’t live without.

Diana: What would you name your children?

Midnight Memories: Talk about a dream you recently had.

You & I: Talk about your OTP.

Don’t Forget Where You Belong: Where do you feel home?

Strong: What are your three best qualities?

Happily: Name three things that make you happy.

Right Now: Do you miss someone at the moment?

Little Black Dress: How would you describe your style?

Through The Dark: What helps you when you’re feeling down?

Something Great: Where do you see yourself in ten years?

Little White Lies: Talk about your #1 sexual fantasy.

Better Than Words: Do you read fanfiction? If so, what’s your favourite fanfiction?

Why Don’t We Go There?: Which big cities have you been to?

Does He Know?: Would you be up for a threesome?

Alive: What’s one thing you’d never tell your “real life” friends?

Half A Heart: What’s your favourite lovestory? ( Book, film, etc. )

Steal My Girl: Did you ever steal anything?

Ready To Run: If you could have one super power, which would you choose?

Where Do Broken Hearts Go?: Talk about the best concert you ever attented.

18: Do you wish you were younger or older?

Girl Almighty: What makes you sexy?

Fool’s Gold: Do you fall for people quickly?

Night Changes: What’s one thing you don’t ever want to change?

No Control: Can you control your temper ?

Fireproof: What scares you?

Spaces: Did you ever let someone go for good?

Stockholm Syndrome: Name five kinks of yours.

Clouds: What’s your star sign? Does your personality match it?

Change Your Ticket: What would you do with a million dollars?

Illusion: Do you believe in higher powers?

Once In A Lifetime: What’s three things you want to do before you die?

Act My Age: Do you consider yourself mature?

Brittany Lavery is an associate editor at Graydon House (here is a link to the Twitter thread where she answers a lot of questions).

Here are some key takeaways:

They only publish Adult Fiction (no YA, middle-grade, or children’s)

Inkyard Press, their sister imprint, is going to be doing a similar open call in August for YA novels across all genres (link to Twitter thread)

No sci-fi, fantasy, horror, or nonfiction

It DOES include queer lit!

Romance/romantic women’s fiction can be sent to HQN Imprint who are doing a similar open call (link to Twitter thread), but the editors acquire manuscripts for both imprints and will make sure it gets to the right place

They are open to international Black writers + Black writers of any gender

While they will only make an offer for completed manuscripts, they still look at unfinished manuscripts and may request to see more material

According to Melanie Fried, editor at Graydon House, here’s what’s hot right now:

if you been following this blog of mine for a while you know i’m NOT into conspiracy theories BUT this shit is fucking fishy as hell. this is NOT fucking normal and i truly believe this is a part of how police fight back against calls to defund and/or disband them. i’ve said for a while now (mostly on twitter) that ppl who want to abolish the police (i am one of them) need to get ready for war cause cops will fight us to the point of killing us to maintain their power. i absolutely believe they are believe this sudden and constant stream of fireworks happening across the country targeted in areas where there were massive marches calling to defund the police. this would be very easy to coordinate given all the communication tools we have today (whatapp, fb messenger, ig direct message, skype and etc) and like the last tweeter stated, given all the crap we know the police be involved in, giving away fireworks ain’t shit BUT if raises the number of complaints they don’t respond to, they can use that to make themselves look good. i mean check it…

that’s a hell of a fucking jump (for all the ppl who want to claim this is normal (stfu)) and they are not responding to those calls. why? they are behind it and then they can use this to say “see, y’all need us. don’t defund us.” 

i won’t repeat what’s already in the tweets but yea, i am 100% this is warfare by the police against calls to hold them accountable and to defund them BUT we can’t back down. the mere fact they are doing this proves they are scared and we are right.