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Math is hunting me even when I'm reading T_T
btw I want to read all the books I own but have never read... So I just got 2 more! What a bright idea, right?
Personne ne peut savoir combien de temps ni à quelles épreuves son âme pourra résister avant de céder ou de se briser.
“Les Naufragés et les Rescapés” Primo Levi
Neil the Vampire and Andrew the Skeleton💀
PSA go be a bad bitch and use your public library. Look into what media and formats of it they have, use it to study or as a quiet place to get away. The library is really fucking cool so use it.
I so badly want to be that mysterious and elusive college student at the local bookstore with a dark academia style and who no one can really tell the gender of, since I constantly interchange between presenting masc, fem, and andro.
Did any other aroace-spec people try to write fanfiction when they were younger, but struggled to write romance/romantic scenes? Because I vividly remember trying to write fanfiction when I was younger, but not really knowing how to write the romance because that wasn't something that I felt that much. And this goes for all kinds of romantic fanfic, reader insert, OC insert, shipping, etc. I tried writing all of the above, and every single time, I was unable to write, or even sometimes start, the romantic scenes, because I just didn't know what exactly that felt like or how romantic relationships started. And even when I could get through writing fanfic, it just felt SO unnatural and weird to actually write; like not bad, but just odd, like not realistic. But somehow, people really liked it, so I guess I did something right lol
Idk if I'm the only aro-spec person who is like this, but I need to talk about it bc it's been on my mind so much lol
So, like...in general, I have a complicated relationship with romance. In fiction (books/movies/tv/fanfic), I only really like queer romance. Two guys? All for it! Two girls? All for it! NB person with someone else? All for it! Granted, there will always be exceptions and romance stories that I prefer more than others, but by large, I tend to enjoy most queer romance stories that I consume. HOWEVER, for some strange reason, when it comes to straight romance stories, I almost always get squicked out or uncomfortable!! AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHYYYY!!! Like, it could be nearly identical to a queer romance story, but I would still be uncomfy if it was heterosexual, and I don't know why!!!!!!
When it comes to irl romance, I'm usually either indifferent or uncomfortable with it, no matter if it's queer or straight. Like, I can usually handle it, unless they're full on like making out or smth, then obviously, I'm extremely uncomfy and averse, but if it's casual, then it's just whatever.
But, honestly, I don't know what my deal is with the fictional romance!! I've even forced myself to like some straight romance in the past, but it's always SO forced.
So, yeah, that's how I feel. Can anyone else relate, or is it just me??
How about instead of "Netflix and chill," we share our artwork with each other and talk about our favorite books/shows/anime/movies/etc?
Yeah, that sounds a lot more fun!
All Our Hidden Gifts by Caroline O'Donoghue! I had never heard of it when I picked it up from B&N, but I ended up loving it and reading the whole series! To this day, it's still one of my favs
As a person who is dying for book recommendations: What is a book you picked up randomly that you heard nothing about previously that blew you away?
I feel like we all have at least one hidden gem we stumbled upon.
Please reblog with your books in the tags :)
Wooooo!
Another week of October is behind us and another 7 drawings were done
So here they are
Day 7: Mourn
(Was playing around with the lightning, could be better but for now it's good)
Day 8: Cryptic + season
(Kinda like this one idk why)
Day 9: Crow + thread
(I adore this little crow, she is cute)
Day 10: Skull
( I absolutely hate this one, art block was art blocking that day ಥ_ಥ)
Day 11: Snail + castle
(Love the snail with his little castle on the back hehe)
Day 12: Teeth + library
(This one didn't turn out how I wanted it to)
Day 13: Skeleton + socks
(Today I was lazy to do anything so I did something quick and cute)
The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
I don’t know how I lived without these characters before
For that second time stopped. Their eyes meeting in an everlasting moment. Breathing slowed as those pairs of brown eyes met each other for that infinite moment. Love at first sight may not exist, but for that moment those two strangers felt a magic. And cruel faith must be for their paths were never to cross again.
Me, my mind, and sad thoughts
Oh my god! Great job on the first chapter!!!! If anyone's interested go check it put and give them some love!
I just published the first chapter of my first book! Go check it out!
Happy Loop Day!
September the 3rd, 1940, our lovely loop was created by our Ymbryne Miss Alma LeFay Peregrine :> Today I am celebrating by reading on my hammock as I watch planes pass by in the sky
(as I am not entirely comfortable showing my face on this platform yet, I decided to blur it out, I was wearing one of my favorite outfits and wanted to show it off!)
although I am shifting to the book version, this photo still holds a special place in my heart ♥️
Skip Google for Research
As Google has worked to overtake the internet, its search algorithm has not just gotten worse. It has been designed to prioritize advertisers and popular pages often times excluding pages and content that better matches your search terms
As a writer in need of information for my stories, I find this unacceptable. As a proponent of availability of information so the populace can actually educate itself, it is unforgivable.
Below is a concise list of useful research sites compiled by Edward Clark over on Facebook. I was familiar with some, but not all of these.
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Google is so powerful that it “hides” other search systems from us. We just don’t know the existence of most of them. Meanwhile, there are still a huge number of excellent searchers in the world who specialize in books, science, other smart information. Keep a list of sites you never heard of.
www.refseek.com - Academic Resource Search. More than a billion sources: encyclopedia, monographies, magazines.
www.worldcat.org - a search for the contents of 20 thousand worldwide libraries. Find out where lies the nearest rare book you need.
https://link.springer.com - access to more than 10 million scientific documents: books, articles, research protocols.
www.bioline.org.br is a library of scientific bioscience journals published in developing countries.
http://repec.org - volunteers from 102 countries have collected almost 4 million publications on economics and related science.
www.science.gov is an American state search engine on 2200+ scientific sites. More than 200 million articles are indexed.
www.pdfdrive.com is the largest website for free download of books in PDF format. Claiming over 225 million names.
www.base-search.net is one of the most powerful researches on academic studies texts. More than 100 million scientific documents, 70% of them are free
