@Teapot_Geekout
@ScottKing
@MeepleOverboard
Silver lining though: twice I was approached by a man and then by a woman who complimented me on doing that. The man was extatic to see it because he got “a ton of shit” from his male friends. Toxic masculinity at its finest.
@unikunka
I saw a tweet that said “If 2020 has taught me anything, it’s that aliens could be attacking the entire earth and half of our country would be like ‘Lol no they aren’t’.” I can’t stop thinking about how true that is. Language is a tool, not passive, and it’s getting poisoned.
@bowler1712
@AOC
GOP denied the bill because they didn't want it to come to a vote, so the gov was shut down on the basis of stalemate. Once again, GOP didn't want to play by the rules they pretend to fight for. It's a really interesting moment in modern history, I encourage you to look it up.
@richviv23
@bowler1712
@AOC
A recent example: Obama tried to appoint a supreme judge a year before his term was up and the GOP said a year turnover is too quick. Yet they did whatever they could do to rush Kavenaugh’s appointment in THREE months because they new midterms were coming up. It’s GOP hypocrisy
@Teapot_Geekout
@ScottKing
@MeepleOverboard
When my daughter was born I used the boba wrap to take her out because it promotes comfort and bonding. Every man I know is too uncomfortable to wear them even though it’s about the betterment of their child.
@bloodberry_tart
I do think those words are what you should say AS LONG AS YOU MEAN THEM. Not sarcastically, not whimsically, but to provide those words with empathy, which is hard to do in a confrontation. Or you can say "is there something you need to get off your chest?"
@JCastleWrites
My favorite thing to do is also my least favorite thing to do. I get extreme anxiety while doing it, and extreme anxiety when not doing it.
@BrianPShea
The ending of Journey, right after I realized that the companion I had been playing with and making fun signs in the ground with was a real person from the other side of the world.
@tadethompson
The basis for my first novel is growing up with a mental disorder, but some beta readers keep telling me “a normal person wouldn’t think this way”, and I reply with “I know, that’s what the book is about.” They say “write what you know” but then say “not like that!”
@tophersouth
@MrReesesCups
No you’re totally right. After I saw SPM 2 (Raimi) I was off-put by how non-sexual Peter and MJ were toward each other. And the whole using “baking cookies as sex metaphor” was too silly
I'm proud to say that I'm officially an active member of the
@HorrorWriters
. I'm honored to be included in the HWA community! Great people, amazing work, and wonderful support! Thank you!
@Joseph_Fasano_
I would reply with "Unlike a computer, my poetry can not be calculated and created on-demand." Poetry is a product of human experience, not lines of code to be cracked.
@GigiEngle
@danirat
Things I learned from this post:
people who agree with this:
“have evidence, children, and experience”,
people who disagree:
“religious nut jobs, anti-intellectuals, conservatives, mysoginists”.
Teach kids, don’t hide them.
The definition of anxiety is trying to save the adorable, innocent puppies from splattering on the ground after being thrown out of a window in the ‘Puppy Love’ stage in Earthworm Jim 2 (SNES)
@margaret_adelle
When I researched the actual history of the Bible and how it was rewritten by tyrants over the ages to ensure their subjects would be submissive. It’s brainwashing. Also, I believe in a higher power in some compacity, which actually makes the Christian version silly.
@ellle_em
AITA for waking you up at four in the morning for no reason? You wake me up in the middle of one of my two thousand naps all the time, I wanted to return the favor to make sure you’re awake.
Just finished Mister Miracle.
As a father, writer, sufferer of mental illness, constant optimist and spiritual journeyman, this story SHOOK me to my CORE. Thank you
@TomKingTK
and
@MitchGerads
for an unforgettable story.
Darkside is... but so are WE.
@IndivisibleNet
@Autumnshroud
She was taught this. Instead of her parents inspiring her to study and work harder, they blamed "others" for their problems. It's hard to deprogram that. Don't forget that she's also a victim. It's mental manipulation. We need to promote better education so they can break free.
Know any editors looking for work?
Searching for an editor to do a final read of my novel to make sure I have crossed all the Ts and dotted the lower case Js.
@FreddyInSpace
The greatest sin the reboot did was to have a budget ten times the amount of the original and access to computer technology and somehow make the dream sequences bland and uninspired. Craven did more wonders with hydrolics and goop than the reboot did with all its resources.
Any good new vampire books/stories out there? December is my vampire reading month, but I go nothin'. Something dark and/or gothic (in any genre).
@horrorsong
I'm looking at you...
@FaithNaff
Guy 1: "Check out that beautiful woman, I wish I could look that beautiful.
Guy 2: "Oh, please, we would never be confident enough to be who we want to be. Let's just laugh it off. Hahaha!"
Guy 1: "hahaha!"
*Both guys go home alone*
Thats what really happened.
Just received amazing news about a publication I submitted to, and I am so happy. It’s been a hard week, and this is helping. Can’t wait to share the news!
I think the unsaid thing here is that it was not about literal hotness (although a lot of you or gorgeous), but more of a celebration of authors. I mean, I'm not more than a 2 out of 10 on a good day, but I participated because everyone (and every author) is hot in their own way.
@Autumnshroud
@IndivisibleNet
I agree. In the current climate, there are other things that need immediate attention. Systemically, though. Education needs to be dealt with. We need to stop underpaying teachers and lowering school funds and get educators out there as a resource for people to wake up
Coyote Songs by
@Gabino_Iglesias
is a culmination of characters and ideas that represent the collective subconscious of those haunted by the current social and political climate. This story is a raw wound that will spill blood on your hands. Brilliant. Haunting. Honest.
@CriticalOverlo3
@gaymergeek26
@AreYouCravenIt
For me it’s:
1. It’s 2023: every person would have known a killer’s father is a cop the day after the events.
2. having three psychotic children. They should have at least mentioned Bailey groomed them or something.
3. Bailey turns into the joker on reveal. Silly.
@amandadeibert
I'm a black belt in hand to hand combat and a one stripe black belt in MMA. I have many pictures of me in tournaments, kicking ass. If anyone were to ask me what my masculine and most badass picture I ever took was, it would be this:
@cosetthetable
@_ElizabethMay
2) they guy I didn't know rolls his eyes and under his breath says "fucking gays". My blood boiled and I was about to flip, but then he follows up with "they know how to dress." I'll never forget that.
STOP SCROLLING!
You are smart, beautiful, capable of love and worthy to be loved. You are a powerful, wonderful, awesome being.
YOU MAY NOW CONTINUE SCROLLING!
@StarwardShadows
Please add me to your list. I’ve worked with both publishers and those authors and can say that you are making enemies out of good people. It’s not too late to do better and delete this.
@ThatEricAlper
“Oh, how I wish you were here. We’re just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year. Running over the same old ground, oh how we’ve found the same old fears... wish you were here.” -Pink Floyd
@RaphDeslandes
That’s one of the reasons I can’t get back into anime. Everyone was telling me to watch Chainsaw Man but after four episodes and the entire arc was him lusting after a girl he just met I couldn’t get through it
@amandadeibert
My parents let me watch R rated films, and taught me *why* I shouldn’t say bad things, not just that I shouldn’t. I also had to close my eyes for sex scenes. When I asked why, they said it was bc I needed to learn to respect a person’s body before seeing it for entertainment.
@EssJayeDee
@EricMGarcia
Most people don’t care about other people, they just want something to complain about so they can pretend to care. That guy and that tweet are perfect examples. Shia ACTIVELY did something. This person is too afraid to.
Crazy publishing news on the horizon. Can’t talk about it yet, but be warned that despite my growing ADD, depression, and anxiety, I will be insufferably optimistic for the near future.
More to come…
@amandadeibert
Last night my wife sat next to me, cradled my chin in her hands, kissed me, and told me she loves me. She took the time to be pointedly serious and sincere instead of usual everyday affection. It was exactly what I needed, and something all couples should do every now and then.
Home Alone x Resident Evil
Scott has not left his house since causing the accident that killed his mother, until a knock on the front door heralds a night of survival horror. Someone has come to kill Scott, sent by his mother for revenge.
Come Out & Play
#PitDark
#H
#A
@MoBill
@wolfblitzer
@AmandaMSidesRN1
@realDonaldTrump
This. Whenever someone didnt correct him, or let him go on without an answer, or allow him and his followers to degrade people on TV and then invite them back... This could have ended a while ago if people didn't play along.