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signourney

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jess tran moodboard

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Pistachio from Seal Rescue Ireland! She could get away with anything with those eyes.

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Emma from Not Your Backup!!!!! I loved this book so much

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i just read not your sidekick and it was awesome!! i love the characters and bells was relatable as a trans guy!

yay! i’m so glad you enjoyed the books! ^___^ hope you like emma’s book next!

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“No trailblazer can trailblaze without standing on the shoulders of others who fought for our visibility.”- Sara Ramírez receiving the Trailblazer Award at the Women’s Event, held by The LGBT Community Center in New York City. 

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I just got a very sweet postcard in the mail from my favorite characters. I had forgotten I requested one a while ago. I just wanted to thank you so much. I’m in a kind of low place lately but the little “I believe in you’s�� I just got from the sidekick squad made me so happy. Thank you 10,000 times over!

thank YOU so much! i don’t check my asks that often so this is quite late but i appreciate this message! the sidekick squad had a great time sending out the postcards and i’m so glad it helped brighten your day. you are wonderful and valid and i’m wishing you all the best 

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So excited to be at SDCC 2019! You can find me at the following panels and signings:

THURSDAY

4:30-5:30PM, Room 26AB, Panel: Higher, Further, Faster: Are We There Yet? 

FRIDAY

4:00-5:00PM, Signing at Sails Pavilion Autograph Area AA07

6:00-7:00PM, Room 25ABC, Panel: Into the Fanzone

SATURDAY

6:00-7:00PM, Signing at Sails Pavilion Autograph Area AA09

7:00-8:00PM, Room 11, Panel: Tropetastic: How to Write and Subvert Tropes

SUNDAY

12:30-1:30PM, Room 23ABC, Panel: Fandom Meets YA

1:45-2:45PM, Signing at Sails Pavilion Autograph Area AA06

2:45-3:45PM, Room 5AB, Panel: Super Asian America

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tips for writing more

As someone with adhd I have a lot of trouble being productive and staying focused. This year i’ve developed a few techniques that have really helped me write more!

Write for a set amount of time Every day I write for one hour. Sometimes I don’t write much, other times I write a lot. What’s important is that I have one hour every day to sit down and do it. Making it a habit is important! Also, the fact that I have a set end point helps me to focus. 

Have a writing space I never seem to be able to focus as well when i’m writing from bed. Now what I do is I have a table in the living room, and I go there to write. That’s what I do there, and when I sit down at that table, it puts me in the mindset to write. 

Have writing music I have playlists for certain stories! Personally I have to listen to ones that are soft and mostly instrumental. When I listen to the playlist, I know it’s time to write!

Have a writing candle This one might be a personal thing, but I like to have a scent associated with a task. 

anyone else have specific things they do that help them focus or be productive?

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Set It Up (2018) dir. Claire Scanlon

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Boomerang: a new show to look out for on BET, with a Black lesbian and a Black bi male character. And it’s a Lena Waithe project, so it’s very likely to be good! 

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books ive read this year ➝ trail of lightning by rebecca roanhorse ✩✩✩✩

“I have died many times in many ways. It is not the dying that is so awful, as the knowing that you must awaken alone the next dawn.”

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queer superheroes is such a good genre… intense, actiony books like Dreadnought with a trans lesbian protagonist…. lighter, fun books like Not Your Sidekick with a bi protagonist and wlw romance….. non-YA sexy books like Cinnamon Blade with a bi protag and a love interest who’s still figuring out her labels……. all very good and very iconic

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Have y’all read Running With Lions by @julianwinters yet? Because Sebastian and Emir are my whole heart!

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Arrival (2016) dir. Denis Villeneuve

I used to think this was the beginning of your story. Memory is a strange thing. It doesn’t work like I thought it did. We are so bound by time, by its order.

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Happy Black History Month! We put together a list of 16 LGBTQIAP+ YA books by Black authors to celebrate. Happy reading!

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a concept: filming a bootleg of a musical with a drone