#submitsomething

P.S. I saw that some of my followers have really sad and concerning names, so if you want to talk (even to have a new friend) you can: my dms are open! Also if you want to participate to this diary with an entry you can submit it and I will publish it! love ya

The holidays became hectic and so the project was put on hold. Therefore there are still not enough submissions to begin the final editing and publishing steps. The project is ready to get moving again though! Please submit your letters, poems, art, etc. and share your voice! This could be your chance to be heard and possibly help give someone else the strength they need! Spread the word and let’s get the submissions coming in! And questions please don’t hesitate to ask! Love, KJ

We still need submissions to make this happen in our time frame! I’m hoping to start final edits sometime in January but still need quite a few more. I have probably received somewhere between 40-50 submissions but to really get something good out of this I am hoping ideally to double that, or come close to. So please share and submit letters, stories, art work! Let’s make this a reality and share our voices!

Not sure what to write for your letter? Not sure who to write to? Not sure if your writing is good enough for this book? Not sure what to draw, paint, create? Not sure if you're artistic enough for this book? Guess what?! Everyone in the lgbtq+ community is more than good enough for this book! This book is to show our individual yet collective voices! This book will tell the story of our community through our own individual stories. You don't have to write a masterpiece or create a Picasso! Picasso was great, EE Cummings was great, michael Angelo was great, Suzanne Collins is great... YOU are great. We don't want you to sound like anyone else, just you. That is the power in this book. We are each individuals but we are connected still. Each amazing artist and writer is amazing because they were their selves and created work that they wanted to. So please please do not let thinking you aren't good enough be the reason you do not submit something, because we are all uniquely and wonderfully good enough! And if you need ideas on who to write to or what to write about I have a couple posts on the tumblr page with suggestions or just dm me! I will always respond! Thank you all and continue being your amazing individual selves that fight for our community! Much love, KJ #loveus #loveislove #submitsomething #lgbt #lgbtq #book #helpwanted #youarewanted #youareamazing #youaregreat #individual #community

The project has received a few more submissions. Here is a very small excerpt from that latest one submitted! Hopefully by sharing small pieces of the project it will help inspire others to share the project and submit their own letters and/or artwork!