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I love how tumblr is reverse chronological order so when your mutual starts having a blorbo breakdown overnight you get to start with the insane conclusion and work your way back to where they first went off the rails.

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hey sorry we put your boyfriend under a readmore

[GIF ID: Rick Astley singing Never Gonna Give You Up /end]

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yeah maybe you wrote a sexy, toxic relationship, but does your main character consistently have screaming night terrors about the time his love interest tortured and maimed him, completely ruining his life as he knew it?? did they get married post-torture?? does he have to be drugged to sleep soundly but the drugs don’t work?? and does his lady come to comfort him every time even though she was the one who ruined him to begin with????? NO ONE IS DOING IT LIKE THE QUEEN AND KING OF ATTOLIA.

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there's a stage in sandwich consumption where it's falling to pieces & you're desperately cupping it in your hands & it's like this poor wounded animal that is covered in mustard & wants to die

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actually l o s i n g my marbles over how much I love the cover for I KILLED THE KING. I just know this is going to look unreal in print like??? LOOK AT HER??

(design is by corina lupp, illustration by matt griffin)

I just...outside of my writer brain being pleased by the fact that we got all six characters on the cover and it's chalk full of hints, I also just love it?! I FINALLY GOT MY NEON BOOK!! now pray for me as I do my best to weasel my way into getting my dream color combo for book two.

I think, of all my books, this one is the easiest to get into for non-fantasy readers, but it'll still hopefully be deeply rewarding for avid fantasy heads regardless. it's also the pace-iest and biggest ensemble cast / found family sitch I've ever done, and includes some of my favorite jokes I can't believe I got away with lmao.

official description below, but basically all you need to know is it's like knives out swallowed one of us is lying and started hallucinating. writing a six POV magical murder mystery genuinely almost killed me but the end result was so worth it.

ok here's the Actual Professional Pitch:

One of Us Is Lying meets Knives Out—with beasts, murder, and magic—in this first book in a thrilling locked-room whodunnit YA fantasy duology by Andrea Hannah and New York Times bestseller Rebecca Mix.

After a decade of war, the kingdoms of Avendell and Istellia have finally agreed to peace. As nobles and magic wielders from both countries arrive at remote Castle Avendell for a historic all-night masquerade to celebrate, King Costis summons an unlikely group to his chambers: the crown prince, his Istellian bride-to-be, his personal guard, a wild beast teamer, and the palace’s questionable new healer. But before Costis can reveal why he has gathered them, the castle goes dark.

When the lights come back, the king is dead—murdered with the princess’s knife, in a weak spot only his guard knew of, and with venom from one of the beast tamer’s monsters lacing the blade.

With no clear killer—and everyone a suspect—they make a risky pact: Tell no one until the treaty is signed. But when a winter storm seals everyone inside and someone aware of the king's untimely death begins to pick off guests one by one, the six suspects must work together to discover who killed the king . . . before one of them is next.

MAN I AM SO EXCITED FOR PEOPLE TO READ THIS WEIRD MURDER BOOK!!

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i think what bothers me about a lot of "girl power" narratives is that they function on the implicit idea on the idea that women can become worthy of respect. and i happen to think that really caring about women means believing they already are worthy of respect. that historical seamstresses and soccer moms and forgotten sisters and sweet polite little girls and someone's weird grandma matter just as much as the warriors and politicians, even if they, personally, never accomplish anything "cool."

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This Valentine’s Day, say it with a JSTOR card. Perfect for your favorite study partner. ❤️

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i am struggling to imagine an apocalyptic scenario wherein gardeners and weavers and knitters and backyard chicken farmers and tinkerers and carvers and artists and musicians and storytellers and enthusiastic hobbyists of all sorts with skills to teach are somehow LESS valued than Some Dude With A Limited Number Of Tin Cans In His Basement.

just, from an economic standpoint alone,

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man supernatural might be bad but also ill be damned if thats not the most american show ever. like theres movies and tv that've tried to be this american but 99% have failed. you watch a particularly good episode of supernatural and suddenly you feel the hours of highway winds against your skin and theres more asphalt road than livable terrain for miles and you eat the best meal of your life at a pit stop and you havent gone to church since you were a kid but you still think about praying sometimes and you split a 6 pack with someone you love and a few too many people around you have guns and the land around you is so big when youre right in the center of it you feel like it could swallow you up and you know for a fact theres an unimaginable amount of mythology just beneath the surface. and then you watch the next episode where sam kills paris hilton or something

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Heads up, American women. They are trying to take our vote.

The bill H.R.22 has been introduced and it is currently being fast-tracked. The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act will require you to register in person from now on and with proof of citizenship documentation. You will now be required to provide your Driver's License and your Passport or Birth Certificate. The gotcha here is that you cannot register to vote if the documentation doesn't match- so, for example, if your birth certificate has your maiden name but your driver's license shows a married name, you'll not be able to register to vote without jumping through additional hoops (as to be determined by each state).

This will add significant barriers to voting for women, especially married women, poor women, rural women, disabled women and WOC, as updating/acquiring this type of paperwork costs money and time and is more accessible in some areas than others. They are using anti-immigration sentiments as a smokescreen for this legislation. Make no mistake, the only people who will be affected by this are American citizens. Non-citizens can't vote anyway. This only affects people who were able to vote before.

The main barriers here that will primarily affect women, especially already marginalized women:

Name matching: women who are married/divorced or who have changed their name for any reason

In-person meeting: Poor people, elderly, disabled, rural, isolated/abused women, and women in

Requiring Driver's License: Poor people, elderly, disabled

In general, requiring poll workers/DMV staff to check extra documents on or before election day will have a significant impact on poor and marginalized communities that are understaffed/under-resourced to fulfill these requests.

TDLR; the gov is attempting to make it significantly more difficult to vote if you are not a rich, white male. Bill H.R.22 will add significant barriers to voting for women, especially marginalized women. Please contact your House Representative and tell them that this bill cannot pass.

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this is fred, the dot.

fred wants to grow into a beautiful tree, but sadly has no branches

reblog to give fred a branch

i will post fred status updates as he grows

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anyway did you know there are no cats in america? yeah and I've heard the streets are paved with cheese.

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i need you to be aware that you can make a giant batch of caramelized onions to keep in the freezer and defrost at will. that is legal and they can't stop you. they can't take this from you

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Hey everyone, I know it's going to be a busy day for a lot of people, but Google enrolled everyone over 18 into their AI program automatically.

If you have a google account, first go to gemini.google.com/extensions and turn everything off.

Then you need to go to myactivity.google.com/product/gemini and turn off all Gemini activity tracking. You do have to do them in that order to make sure it works.

Honestly, I'm not sure how long this will last, but this should keep Gemini off your projects for a bit.

I saw this over on bluesky and figured it would be good to spread on here. It only takes a few minutes to do.

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thou shalt err on the side of compassion