#Novell

[sizhik]

hello! I have been here recently, and this is my first work published on tumblr! I hope we will become friends!

[piruett-se]

Fel på roboten

Niklas står halvnaken nere i trädgården igen, på baksidan. Han är full. Han eldar. Tavlor, canvas, ramar, penslar, stråhatten – allt har han stoppat i eldtunnan.

”Kom och ta mig om du kan!” skriker han mot den tunna månskäran som kikar fram mellan molnen. En klunk av whiskyn i munnen, en i brasan.

Från ett litet fönster på övervåningen tittar Leo och Dorian ner på det makabra skådespelet. ”Var inte rädd Dorian,” säger Leo. ”Pappa är inte arg på oss. Han fick bara inte så många likes på sin tavla på Instagram.”

På gården har Niklas dragit ner kalsongerna och urinerar rikligt på de brinnande tavlorna. Han vacklar till och kommer för nära elden. En gnista antänder könshåret. Ett plågat vrål ekar över grannskapet.

Inne i huset vaknar Malin. Klockan visar 03:42. Hon kniper ihop ögonen och känner klumpen i magen växa. Något hände med Niklas när de flyttande till huset i Ålsten. Utan grannar vägg i vägg att hålla upp fasaden för, så har han sakta men säkert… tappat det. Det finns inga spärrar längre.

Hon har alltid vetat att det funnits något kallt och mekaniskt under den charmiga ytan. Ingen normalt funtad människa kan vara så produktiv och fokuserad som Niklas är. Som en robot, dold under en mänsklig mask. Men nu har roboten slutat låtsas.

Och något är fel med den.

[lucidloving]

@roach-works // Melissa Broder, "Problem Area" // Mary Oliver, "The Return" // @annavonsyfert // Koyoharu Gotouge, Demon Slayer // Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance // David Levithan, How They Met and Other Stories // Tennessee Williams, Notebooks

[newlevant]

Preview of Sam Long’s story, drawn by the amazing Cynthia Yuan Cheng! (@cynthiaycheng, cynthiaycheng.com)

Becoming Who We Are Kickstarter ends Dec 14! Preorder now to help us fund the book!

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[flowerytale]

Celeste Ng, Little Fires Everywhere

[jordanbolton]

To The Person In The Newspaper - Jordan Bolton

Pre-order my new book ‘Blue Sky Through the Window of a Moving Car’ here - https://smarturl.it/BlueSky

[oxytocinatrocities]

"The House," a parable I drew about leaving the Mormon church.

I've come to think this metaphor also applies pretty well to constitutional originalism and the absurd idolization by both U.S. political parties of a document written hundreds of years ago by men who didn't know about the carbon cycle and owned human slaves.

I want to include some altered version of this in the graphic novel I'm working on, as well :)

[tomcruisingthroughlife]

[mactiir]

obsessed with mass market paperbacks. their pleasing rectangular proportions. how they fit badly in a hoodie pocket so you can drag them around everywhere with you like a temporary little buddy. the way they fit in your hand because they're MADE for human hands and not as bookshelf decoration. the way the pages feel when you riffle them gently with your thumb. How pristine and crisp they look when you get them and how creased and folded they look when you're done, even if you try to be nice to them. how that wear is okay, how that's correct actually, because they're made with the philosophy that books aren't meant to be PRETTY, they're meant to be read. that little ripple new ones get on the left side from where you hold them when you're reading, the way the ripple only goes as far as you've read, because u change stories by reading as they are changing you. how you can find thousands of these creased and folded and loved little dudes in every thrift store and used book shop and neighborhood library and you can instantly see the ones that someone carried around in a backpack for weeks or read to pieces or gave up on halfway through because they wear being read like fresh snow wears footprints. I love these poorly made, subpar little rectangles so much. truly the people's books.

[runawaymarbles]

Reading Mockingjay as an adult is extra devastating because. Of course the plucky teenager and her ragtag friends aren't going to sneak into a government building to kill the president with a bow and arrow. That's absolutely ridiculous. It's the kind of thing that's only possible in the kind of propaganda that Coin developed. But she's so good at it that in some ways she tricks the reader into thinking that's the kind of story this is, too--even after 3 books reminding us that pretty much everything that Katniss does the second she volunteers is manipulated by adults pulling strings to make propaganda in some form or another.

[crgondim]

E lá vamos nós... Sigo na criação, no #worldbuilding de Miraine, a ilha onde se passa essa história em que Tikani Anikoea chega como um peixe fora dágua tentando encontrar seu lugar. Embora seja um Nukuatani, como todos na ilha, ele foi criado pelos Kibea, que não só são diferentes fisicamente, filosoficamente e espiritualmente, mas são os maiores inimigos dos moradores da ilha. Ontem comecei a definir muita coisa que nem sabia estar faltando. Melhorei os sistemas de mágica, que existem aos montes. O modo como a mágica existe e funciona não tem nada de mais, só que há um sistema de favores que não só é usado como sistema econômico (por assim dizer) como é a maneira que um Nukuatani tem de acessar o poder dos espíritos.

Eles acreditam nos espíritos das coisas e os veneram. De quando em quando, um Nukuatani é agraciado com o poder de um espírito.

Mas o xamã é o que tem mais acesso. Ele é a voz da Árvore-Mãe e através dela tem o poder dos espíritos Verdes, Azuis, Brancos, Marrons e, às vezes, de um ou outro Obscuro.

Quando tudo parece caminhar para o maior dos desastres na ilha de Miraine - beirando uma guerra com os vizinhos, Rainha incapaz de produzir a última ninhada, a sucessora sequestrada e uma praga infectando todos o povo - Tikani aparecerá como a última chance dos Nukuatani.

Ele terá de seguir a Trilha da Sabedoria, encontrar os frutos sagrados da Árvore-Mãe e entender o enigma que os últimos xamãs foram incapazes de desvendar.

Somente como o novo xamã Tikani poderá retornar e salvar a raça com a qual sempre sonhou fazer parte durante todos aqueles anos em que viveu numa jaula aos pés do trono Kibea.

[eric-bogosian]

Re-sharing this post I found on Twitter for people looking for alternatives to NaNo. I haven't tried any of these sites but they might be worth looking into.

[the-bar-sinister]

I just think people write out of obligation too often.

"How do I motivate myself to write through the boring part of my story?"

"How do I make this boring scene not boring?"

Don't write it.

Don't write boring things just because you think the structure of the story demands it. I promise it doesn't need to be there.

If your characters need to have gone shopping for a later part of the story to make sense you can just have a sentence about how they went shopping and move on.

You are not obligated to write the boring parts. No matter what those parts are.

You are not obligated to make the parts of your story that you're not excited to write interesting somehow.

You can just write the fun and interesting parts and gloss over and summarize boring things.

Your audience will thank you and you will thank yourself.

[brrrrrism]

"Piksel" - Krisztina Toth

Kirjastus: Loomingu Raamatukogu Lehekülgi: 112 Ilmumisaasta: 2023 Valmistusin HeadRead festivaliks ning autorite nimekirja sirvides jäi silma teos nimega “Piksel”. Ja kuna tegemist on Loomingu Raamatukogu väljaandega, olin nõus katsetama. Esmalt kuulasin ära Kuku pleieri järjejutu ja kuna kuulatu osutus sedavõrd intrigeerivaks, läks loosi ka füüsiline raamat. Tutvustus raamatu…

[lucidloving]

Franz Kafka, Letters to Milena // Alain de Botton, Essays in Love // Eden Robinson, "Writing Prompts for the Broken-Hearted" // Chloe Liese, Always Only You // Anne Carson and Euripides, An Oresteia // Two—Sleeping At Last // Studio Bones, SK8 the Infinity // Trista Mateer, "is it okay to say this?" // @moodylilac // D. H. Lawrence, "The Rainbow"

[rlaehrwk21]

they are canceling me for the way i deal with grief. also, for the infinite number of destroyed universes