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"My boyfriend just slapped me..."
"I know I'm overreacting."
NOPE! He hit you and admitted it. You allow it once, he'll think he can do it again "out of frustration," no matter what you told him was unacceptable. Get out!
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It sounds like a neurological exam, and in that case the doctor would have to check arms and legs for numbness, tingling, and motor reflexes. Of course, if this guy cared more about her health than a doctor touching her and what she was wearing, he would have looked that up.
I think writers forget that other writers aren't our target audience and that the average readers don't give a shit about things we fret over. I tell people I'm self-publishing, they ask me about the story, not writing rules, prologues, adverbs, or what awards I've won.
We go around in small circles trying to please stuck up ppl who arenโt our target audience while books like 50 shades are selling millions bc letโs face it, readers enjoy them and weโre here counting adverbs, not listening to what readers want, not doing enough marketing, not
@ShanMoff
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Tell me about it! "All the hard work" my dad put into raising me was so that I can do well in school, fix things, make money, own a house, and just be a decent person with good work and social ethics.
Self-Published Authors Appreciation Week 2022 kicked off today so I'm going to post about it a bunch this week. I'll be doing daily features and inviting others to join in on some posts. ๐ค
To start, all self-pubs post your
#books
here. Show us what ya got!
#booktwt
#BookTwitter
@AgentLost
@emrazz
Are men who work not "serving a boss?" You guys like to throw this line around but all anyone is really doing is a job that pays them.
If you need any more proof that readers don't give a shit about things writers fret over, this is one of the most popular books out there, right now. ๐
Wish me luck, I might die in a fire on
#Booktok
for pointing out that
#FourthWing
is not a mastery of prose, and that most authors don't need to be Shakespearean writers to get sales, just basic appeal.
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Really, I think I gained more "security things" for myself. A bank account, home ownership, job that offers health insurance and retirement.
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Dude, it's okay if you're a guy and like guys more. ๐คทโโ๏ธJust come to terms with it and figure out how you're going to live your life, don't project your fear or confusion onto women.
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No, we're not afraid. We're not buying all that jazz anymore, we've figured out that life is fulfilling outside of marriage and kids. Men are the ones who are triggered that women figured this out.
Hey! Looking to connect with
#darkfantasy
and
#horror
#readers
and
#writers
. If you're into the dark, twisted, macabre, and Halloween is year-round for you, drop a line and a neat gif. Connect, interact, follow each other. ๐ค๐ฉธ
I'm doing whatever the hell I want. There is no future for this planet. What are you bringing kids into? We're fucked. I'm just here for a good time and hopefully I die doing something fun.
How do you create compelling female characters in your fantasy worlds who don't fall under the umbrella of stereotypes or negative representation? ๐งโโ๏ธ๐
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"born from mothers were likely 13-16 years old"
Nikola Tesla's mom had him when she was 34.
Henry Ford's mother was 24.
Thomas Edison's mother was 37.
1. Your partner not buying your book is apparently a big fucking deal.
2. Someone keeps harping on another user over alleged anti-paganism.
3. Who owns the bloody sun?
3 dramas that keep popping up in my feed, that's 3 days off for me. Sometimes y'all are just too much. ๐คฃ
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I thought I was "into it," the attention older guys were showing me when I was 11, too. ๐ Turns out, I lacked awareness at that age and there are reasons there are age of consent laws, and it was up to the adults in my life to educate and protect me.
@grxwingpains__
I used to let people abuse me. I thought I was being strong and thick-skinned by just letting it bounce off of me, but even that can do psychological harm. The backlash was even worse when I had that moment of clarity and stood up, and here I am in therapy now for it.
The job I went on an interview for on Monday is calling my references. It's in the legal dept. of another state office and a step up in title and pay grade.๐ค
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"I was already making out with girls and feeling tits at 13." Okay, but experimenting with others around your own age is a whole other thing.
@robotdevilpants
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Because religion, puritanical society, and the manosphere told them that a woman who enjoys sex is a red flag and incapable of "pair bonding" and more likely to divorce them.
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My husband's happily married and he's on his recliner playing Final Fantasy in his fuzzy robe with the cat on his lap, not online caring about what women are doing.
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My employer pays me and that's their only obligation. Most of these husbands don't even "love" their wives, they just want second moms they can screw.
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And everyone's freaking out because women are passing on marriage and kids. ๐
Both partners have to put in effort but cheating is always the cheater's fault.
Mother of fucking Gods, every day you "trads" make issues about gender roles out of a whole lotta nothing.
I automatically take charge of everything, even driving, how about that? ๐
Authors on TikTok be like: "I submitted to 9 agents, queried 134 times, now I have a 7 books deals, but it's taken 10 years. Don't stop, don't give up!"
Fuck all that, I ain't got that kind of time or patience. ๐
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Let me try to resurrect my cousin who passed away at 32 from ovarian cancer and was NOT sexually active, you can ask her why women should visit a gynecologist regularly.
Just got a scary email. An invoice from my editor. It has my name and book title on it. A reminder that I'm really doing this and I made it too far to just quit. ๐ฌ I've quit so many things in my life due to fear of failure.