Two updates in one week? Who am I becoming?!
Debt of gratitude to the following: @notevenjokingfic (the parentheses in the first four paragraphs are the result of her being gracious with her brilliance and incredibly thoughtful when she reads my stuff); @kkruml & @sassenachwaffles(for finding my mistakes, being sweet about them, and generally having the kinds of thoughts that make me a better writer); @balfeheughlywed (for being my gut check when all I want to do is set 3500 words on fire).
Loss: Act II: Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five | Part Six | Part Seven | Part Eight| Part Nine | Part Ten | Part Eleven | Part Twelve | Part Thirteen | Part Fourteen | Part Fifteen | Part Sixteen
Loss (Act II)
Part Seventeen
I knew why the world’s religions had nine hundred names for God.
(Yahweh, Elohim, Jehovah, Nkosi, Allah. On and on, uncountable names to call in prayer –– as a plea, to build a relationship, in search of guidance.)
One small word is not enough for love. Nor is one small word enough for heartbreak.
(A name. A thousand names. Alexander. Oliver. Euan. Henrietta. Julia. Sophia. On and on, innumerable names that Jamie and I tried in our respective accents, paired with hypothetical middle names, and pictured in neat black lettering on a birth certificate. An infinity of combinations of our DNA possible.)
Archives for the Month of November, 2018
Loss (Act II), Part Seventeen
Friday, 30 November 2018
transmanrichardstrand: hoku-san: paper-mario-wiki: closeupofpai…
Friday, 30 November 2018
中國大裁員消息滿天飛 “活下去” 2018-11-29T18:26:22.000Z
Friday, 30 November 2018
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>> If there’s a surefire way to make sure a book will be ignored by the literary old guard, it’s to print “Romance” on the spine. And the hatred isn’t about quality, since even the best-written romance novel is still tarred as unworthy of attention. That dismissal of romance as a genre is a political act. It’s about dismissing women, their sexuality, and their relationship expectations (especially those involving men). By tarring romance as inconsequential, as trash, women are denied a prime avenue for exploring themselves and their world. Meanwhile, male-focused stories about love and sexuality are heralded as literary fiction, no matter how navel-gazing or masturbatory. If that’s not political, what is?<< All Books are political, C.P. Hoffman Then Outlander by Diana Gabaldon is called science fiction and fantasy series followed by lastly romance. FML.
Thursday, 29 November 2018
>> If there’s a surefire way to make sure a book will be ignored by the literary old guard, it’s to print “Romance” on the spine. And the hatred isn’t about quality, since even the best-written romance novel is still tarred as unworthy of attention. That dismissal of romance as a genre is a political […]
Clair(e)voyance: Start the binge! 4.0 soon….
Thursday, 29 November 2018
notevenjokingfic:
Clair(e)voyance 1.0Clair(e)voyance 2.0Clair(e)voyance 3.0
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