nettleandthorne

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a study of comfort 🌿✨💀

an illustration for a blanket available for preorder! (only open for two weeks!)

#one day i will have a shelf that looks like that

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#this does check out

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i just need someone to go through joint by joint and realign my skeleton. i think it would fix me/j

#literally what the fuck is going on with my knees and ankles #can someone just replace them with working ones please #i'm 25 i shouldn't struggle with standing still for more than ten minutes

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the word count on my writing doc is really enhanced by the long list of Questions To Be Solved When Editing at the bottom of the final page

#there are a lot! #occasionally i write something and i'm like oh no gotta explore the lore implications later if i'm going to include that! #but that's a future morgan problem #writing

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I made something

#literally the writing mood today #i'm at about 40k #which is The Middle #where all my plot threads are loose and everything feels like i'm losing track #but then i realised i'd linked some stuff already #and felt very smart #writing

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“I would buy a mansion” “I would buy designer” “I’m getting a pool” Don’t give me that lame ass if I won the lottery shit. You’re all pathetic. If I came into a significant amount of money, you know what I’d do? I’d go to the Ren Faire, B-line straight to the cloaks. I’m talking floor length, heavy, wool, felted details, huge hooded cloaks that are like 450 a piece and all handmade and I’d get me one. Maybe even get one of the smaller ones that hangs off the shoulders and lands just above the elbow that are 90 by themselves. And I’d be the baddest bitch around because I’d wear that shit everywhere. It’s 115 degrees? I’m sorry do I look like I give a fuck? I have a cloak bitch I don’t need your fahrenheit bullshit. And you’re a FOOL if you wouldn’t do the same.

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Writing about a child rapist did not make Vladimir Nabokov a child rapist.

Writing about an authoritarian theocracy did not make Margaret Atwood an authoritarian theocrat.

Writing about adultery did not make Leo Tolstoy an adulterer.

Writing about a ghost did not make Toni Morrison a ghost.

Writing about a murderer did not make Fyodor Dostoevsky a murderer.

Writing about a teenage addict did not make Isabel Allende a teenage addict.

Writing about dragons and ice zombies did not make George R.R. Martin either of those things.

Writing about rich heiresses, socially awkward bachelors, and cougar widows did not make Jane Austen any of those things.

Writing about people who can control earthquakes did not make N.K. Jemisin able to control earthquakes.

Writing about your favorite characters and/or ships in situations that you choose does not make you a bad person.

It’s a shame that in this day and age these things need to be said.

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I saw a very blunt Instagram comment today that told a writer, "AI is going to steal your job soon. You may want to choose something else." It was so nonchalant and casual, like what was just said wasn't heartbreaking to hear.

Can we writers just make a pact just to... not quit? Can we not give in so easily? Can we actually fight to keep our professions and continue to share our own original work? I will never expect writing to be my main source of income, but that does not mean I'm so willing to give it up for the sake of some robot.

#i've worked a tiny bit with an AI in my job #and he is very stupid #we named him chad #he's doing his best but his best is not as good as you expected #he's for recognising fungal structures in roots not writing

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Dendrogaster (a crustacean that parasitizes starfish)

#obsessed with dendrogaster ngl #and parasitism in general #writing inspiration

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I made this and I am very proud of it.

#pft #lotr

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Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene

I'm begging of you, please don't take my man

Your sword is long, your lance is keen, your shining helm afar is seen

#this is iconic #lotr #jolene

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Is it just me or are the new tumblr users convinced there's a penalty of some kind for using this site like it's meant to be used?

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🥺🥺🥺

#trans rights #hell yeah

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dandelion jelly time!

once again i am begging you guys: make dandelion jelly this year. it's incredibly delicious.

Ingredients

2 cups dandelion petals, lightly packed

4 cups water

4 cups sugar (2-3 if using low-sugar sure-set pectin)

2 Tbs. lemon juice

1 box powdered pectin

Instructions

Cut the green part of the flower off and place the petals into a quart canning jar. (i have the best success cutting them in half with my thumbnail then slicing just above the seed line)

Pour 4 cups of boiling water over the flower petals. Allow them to cool and then place into the fridge for 24 hours.

Strain the flowers well and squeeze out as much dandelion tea as possible. Using a clean dishcloth is better than a metal strainer.

Place into a large pot 3 1/2 to 4 cups of dandelion tea, lemon juice, and pectin. Bring it to a boil.

Add sugar and return to a boil while stirring. Boil the jelly for 1 to 2 minutes.

Remove from the heat and pour into canning jars. Let the jars cool to room temp then pop them in the fridge to set overnight.

Dandelion jelly lasts 3+ months in the fridge and 6+ months in the freezer though I've unfrozen perfectly fine jelly 9 months later. This isn't a good recipe for shelf-stable, room-temperature preserves, though. Keep the jars cool as much as you can.

#oh i really want to try this

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i truly think the best thing you can do for your writing is remove the sense of urgency.

this especially applies if you're hoping to break into tradpub (or publishing in general). there's this pervasive feeling that you've got get it done. get it polished get it ready go go gogogogogogo, because the querying process takes forever, and then being on sub takes forever, and getting published after getting a deal takes forever on top of that, and all of those timelines are one hundred percent out of your control.

the logical step is to speed up the part of the process you can control, right? it's tempting to try to rush to the finish line.

don't fall into that trap. let your writing simmer. it takes time to tell a good story. allow yourself that time. it's a gift.

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*we're talking about ripe, juicy tomatoes:

#only raw #cooked tomatoes are disgusting #but a raw tomato that's crisp and juicy and still has that dusty tomato-vine taste? #perfection #summer in a taste

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