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when you talk shit about drug addicts who arenβt βfunctioning members of societyβ you are talking shit about disabled people. this is not up for debate.
happy disability pride month to addicts
pov ur a politically opinionated latin american on tumblr
It's always funny when you're deliberately making a strawman and someone decides to walk up to you and go "yeah that's me!", but this one is especially funny because I was making a strawman of two different kinds of people (people who will insist that any latino with opinions on US imperialism is presumably white and ignorant of the realities of systemic racism, vs. people who will immediately deploy blatantly racialized bigotry against the same latinos), and then this guy decided to walk into my inbox like "haha yeah I'm both of those!!"
assumption: you have a very, very deep fondness for the platypus
Aww reasonable assumption I must say
But no, the critter that has all my fondness is the raccoon!! I love those little fellas! :D
Whatttt is with the tendency of Tumblr users to seek absolution from every single person who offhandedly posts about disagreeing with something they do
I say this not unkindly, but firmly: to function as a member of a social species, you have to get comfortable with the idea that not everyone will like you
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Had me out
The steadfast Tinman with the original ending but itβs Chosen and Dark
True/False game. Make an assumption about me in my ask and Iβll tell you if its true or false. Go.
That Time a Published Author Told Me to Un-Queer My Novel
So, I don't think I ever shared this story on Tumblr before.
As you may know I've spent the past ten years turning my old Welcome to Night Vale fanfic into a stand alone novel called Echo of the Larkspur. Now, I haven't been working on it ten years straight. I'd pick it up, do a bunch of editing and rewriting, submit it to agents/publishers, get turned down, put the book away, wait 2-3 years, dust off the book, re-edit and rewrite, etc etc. A cycle that repeated itself far too many times that I would like.
Well, during one of these cycles when I was in the 'get rejected by every agent and publisher I submit to' stage I asked the writing group I was in what I was doing wrong. Because at this point I had reached a hundred total rejections and I was starting to suspect that the issue was with me.
One of the members of this writing group, a male author who was traditionally published, offered to read my first chapter and give his advice on how to fix it. This was, in retrospect, a mistake. But I was desperate. I sent him the first chapter and waited for his response.
Folks. The email he sent me changed my life.
First he said that agents wouldn't publish my novel because it was Sci-fi with hardcore gay erotica in it. This is curious because while the book certainly is queer, at no point in the conversation with this man did I say it was hardcore erotica. Nor did the first chapter feature any. It's almost as if he assumed that just because something was gay, it had to be hardcore erotica. Interesting.
He went on to say that a Human/Robot pairing was weird and that there was "No Way" my story could seriously address the issues of a relationship like that. Once again, he only read the first chapter. He just...assumed I wouldn't think of that? And that my book wouldn't cover it?
The author then said βI also felt that the LGBTQ inclusion really seems to cloud things.β Direct Quote.
And then this is when he said my favorite quote of them all:
The idea of a book being a sci-fi with romance AND a mystery is a Modern Art Marzipan Owl. It's just too confusing! No one can handle a story that is a mystery in a sci-fi enviroment AND has a romantic subplot! THEIR BRAINS WOULD LITERALLY EXPLODE!
Thankfully he had a solution to my book problem. His answer? Turn the book into an Action Spy Thriller and turn S.A.G.E., a robot that identies as a gay man, into a sexy lady robot who needs a MAN to teach her what it means to be human.
(I assume the male lead will teach the 'confused' female robot how to be human via his penis.)
Now my favorite part about this advice is that at no point did he outright say "Remove the gay part". No, instead he sneakily changed the robot love interest into a female robot as if I wouldn't notice. Just sort of swept away the gay bits as something totally unneeded and just mucking up the narrative. Also that's not the plot of my story, I have no idea where this virus thing came from.
(Also note that the female robot can't be robotic-like at all. Must preserve the average straight-man sex drive at all costs I guess)
He then finished his email basically saying that I should remove everything that 'traditional publishers' don't like (aka the queer parts) and make it easier for 'your average reader' to digest and my book will be good as published!
When I said this email changed my life I meant it. Because it made me realize I'd rather be self published and unknown than traditionally publish milquetoast trash like he suggested. Like holy fuck. If I removed all of the "Difficult" to digest stories out of Echo of the Larkspur then there wouldn't be a book left!
So here I am. Self publishing my Marzipan Modern Art Owl of a book. I know it'll never see the inside of a bookstore or top the charts on Goodreads but hey, I'd rather it speak to one person than have a thousand people get excited for the part where the male lead teaches the lady robot how to be human (via his penis).
If a Queer Sci-fi/Romance/Mystery novel sounds like your jam then consider preordering it!
Looking for something to read now? Can't afford the book? Willing to read in exchange for an honest review? You can join my ARC book readers here!
Congratulations! Also that guy was just dead wrong because @hazeldomain published a human/robot gay romance as well.
We need a bookstore that lets us filter with tags like on Ao3, because publishers are losing way too many multifaceted books because they canβt advertise it with three tropes.
Can I get my hands on a physical copy please
For reasons I cannot comprehend Amazon doesn't let you preorder physical copies. They'll be on sale July 23rd, the same day the digital version comes out.
And for those who don't do Amazon (totally fair) my book will be put up for sale on other websites like B&N, Kobo, and Itch.io 90 days after the Amazon release.
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So uh it has been pointed out that I never actually said what the plot of the novel is in this post so LET ME FIX THAT REAL QUICK: βThe sole survivor of a massacre, Dr. Ciro Kwakkenbos, has spent the last six years in intensive therapy. Heβs finally capable of working with Artificial Intelligence againβand comes to the Ceres colony determined to prevent robots from committing any future atrocities. When he arrives, Ciro realizes the robot in charge of the colonyβs security, S.A.G.E. (Sentient Automated Geo-sentinel Engineer), is dangerously close to complete sentience. S.A.G.E. is more interested in observing the colonistsβ everyday lives (and matching them with appropriate musical soundtracks) than following its intended programming. Robots arenβt supposed to be charming, kind, or compassionate, either. But as Ciro investigates, he discovers S.A.G.E. has learned how to lie andβpossiblyβharm and kill humans. Worse, S.A.G.E.βs memories have been hacked, deleting a deadly secret. Despite the danger S.A.G.E. poses, Ciro canβt deny the feelings growing between them. Now Ciro must unravel the truth behind the missing memoriesβbefore S.A.G.E. and the colony are doomed.β
I hope y'all love Ciro and S.A.G.E. as much as I do.
And Huggabot. But Huggabot is a whole 'nother thing.
ATTENTION! Due to a slight hiccup the physical copies of Echo of the Larkspur will be released on July 26th! The ebook will still be available the 23rd! Mark your calendars! And if you want a signed copy drop me a line!
Thank you for your patience!
ECHO OF THE LARKSPUR IS NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON!
Echo of the Larkspur is now Darn Near Everywhere! Click here for the list of websites its now available at!
Paperback and Hardcover now available at Barnes and Noble!
Made this meme about the Rocket Corp. (feat. TCO & TDL) cuz I'm fed up with my finalsβ
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My next exam is Biology and I absolutely suck at it, please pray for meβ π€π
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Caine: All Eyes On Me
It took me days to make this one, the most realistic drawing I've ever managed to make... ever!
Seriously, it's not the original image, I actually made the whole thing with my own fingers xD ;w; Ouch
Here's the image without the glitch effect β¬οΈ
Thereβs an episode of Sesame Street (on Netflix! you can watch it easily!) where Elmo attends a toy-swap, where you offer up old toys you donβt play with anymore and receive someone elseβs toys that are new to you. Cute!
But Elmo, after cheerfully surrendering his old toys, sees that the children who swapped toys with him are playing with his toys βwrongβ! Theyβre imagining entirely different make believe scenarios! Theyβre pretending the football is a dinosaur egg instead of a rocket ship! Aaahhhhh!!!! And this is so distressing to poor Elmo that he does the unthinkable: He does swapsies-backsies and takes all his toys back!
This being Sesame Street, he learns that you canβt control how other people play pretend, but you can join in if you want to! And if you donβt want to, thatβs ok, you can just play pretend your own way by yourself or with someone else who wants to play that way too. You can still be friends with people who play pretend differently than you (and arenβt being mean/harmful/etc, do not bad-faith-read this π€¨).
Anyway this is a post about fandom.
all you new fandom members need to QUIET DOWN oh my god you're going to get us KILLED. we're happy to have you but if you keep talking about BULLSHIT like PUBLISHING fanfic for MONEY, Anne Rice is going to come back from the dead to KILL US. looking at YOU, maurauders fans, heated rivalry fans, byler fans...out here giving out interviews to news channels SHUT UP. we're going to have to start setting off firecrackers to keep the rent down.
EVEN IF BROKEN I AM MORE THAN GLASS
"Pride month is over"
WRONG! Your pride month is over! Me and all the other disabled queers are having pride month two: disability edition
Reblogging this again bc people in the notes are asking a lot of "Am I included? Am I disabled if I have x?" and I just wanted to add the flag here to show people who the pride month is for.
This is the new flag, the old one was more vivid and in a z shape, but it's been made more neutral to be inclusive of people with seizures or sensory issues.
Each stripe represents a different aspect of disability:
Red: Physical disabilities
Yellow: Cognitive & intellectual disabilities
White: (And this is the key one I think) Invisible AND undiagnosed disabilities
Blue: Mental illnesses
Green: Sensory disabilities
If you're autistic or have ADHD? this is your pride month. If you have a mental illness, it's your pride month. If you're hard of hearing, this is your pride month. If you have an autoimmune disorder, this is your pride month. If you are not diagnosed with anything but you know something is up with you: THIS IS STILL YOUR PRIDE MONTH.
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Outdoor in sun perfec t place for president to do speech! Outdoor very warm very soft put old man on green lawn under sun. Put old man in warm sun. no problem ever in warm sun because good view and audience can see long speech. Nice podium outdoor sunny perfect place for old president can trust warm sun to give nice view to President good luck to President. friend sun.
i'm sorry i didn't respond to your DM for 23 days. the number on the notification icon got really big and i began having irrational anxious thoughts such as "what if people are in there trying to contact me"
