Preach!!!
So what if I'm not good enough?
No, seriously. So what if I'm not 'good enough'?
Who am I hurting by not being good enough? No one. Writing is a craft that gives, not takes away. Even the worst stories in the world can give the reader something, whether it was meant to or not.
So what if I gain a reputation for being a 'bad' writer? So what if people avoid my work for all the reasons I fear? So what? No seriously. So what?
I own who I am. I write my own words. They come from my heart alone. I don't use the plagiarism machine. I don't lie about my ethnicity. I don't exploit other people. I don't harass others, or chase them off social media. I don't hurt people to lift myself up, or for my own selfish fun. I'm not an asshole, at least, I try not to be.
So what if I'm not 'good enough'? So what if you're 'not good enough'? There's so much worse things to be than that.
And at the end of the day, I'm pretty sure, the only person who thinks I'm not good enough is myself. I mean, have you ever once looked at another person, nevermind a writer, and gone 'you're not good enough'? I haven't. I bet you haven't either.
Maybe you and I, we should show ourselves a little kindness tonight.
SAY NICE THINGS TO PPL
The girl who has been staying with my family off and on the last few years heard tonight that her mom unexpectedly died. Prayers please.
Reblog to hug prev poster (they need a hug)
I should have known better than to post something to multiple popular tags
This is the second one today but I'm not not reblogging it so
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It's almost seven am. I haven't eaten since about noon yesterday. I have company coming over later today so I need to pretend to be human instead of hiding in bed like I want to. I need like ten more dollars to buy breakfast and some hot coffee to take my meds with so maybe I can function again. Can anyone help me?
Or you can buy my horror novelette over on itch.io:
Thank you for reading, sorry for asking
Friendly neighborhood reminder that the northern lights are pretty far South tonight, might wanna check if your area will see them bc that would be a great opportunity
Readers, make sure you have all your favourite Ao3 fics downloaded.
Writers, make sure you have copies of all the fics you have posted on Ao3.
I donβt want to be alarming, but things could get really bad really fast. OTW shared this today on Twitter, and I'm a bit worried about it π
Ao3 is a non-profit organisation. If they have to start paying taxes, I have no idea what will happen.
Image id #3:
Luigi is looking at a bush and Mario is cooking something. Toad says 'Well it's not like he forgot everything. Amnesia doesn't really work like that.'
(To peach and Mario) 'But what do I know? I'm just 2 toads in a lab coat. The toad on the bottom says 'Hello! You know... Smells are a powerful trigger for memories.' and then, on top of Mario cooking again, 'why not try a scent from your childhood?'
Luigi is looking at a bush again. Blurry, black-and-white Mario shouts 'Luigi! Dinner time!' and Luigi looks at a name tag that says 'My name is Luigi.'
Luigi goes inside and Mario sits him down in a chair in from of some spaghetti and meatballs. Luigi says 'This smells just like my Mama's!' Mario says 'I used ricetta della Mama!' Luigi asks 'How did you get my Mama... ma... ma... ma... ma... ma... ma...'
Luigi looks like he has a headache and a montage of past images goes by: Mario and Luigi getting carried by a stork, them in their animal costumes dancing together, Luigi holding a rope for Mario, and Mario and Luigi riding the same kart in mariokart, all with little yellow and green translucent toads and stars and green translucent eyes, nose, and mustache in the center.
A picture of little Mario and Luigi cheering as (probably) their mother takes the lid off some spaghetti.
Luigi yells 'Mario!' and Mario yells 'Luigi!' and they hug and cry.
End of image id
Halp is this how you do it