#interracial friendship

[imaginal-ai]

"Friends"

[ashleyfableblack]

Be like Fluttershy. Be tiny but fierce, big-pegasus-style and stake that claim.

"It is a common practice among modern pegasi- and it is thought, alicorns- to express interest in a potential romantic partner through an ancient act known as 'feather-marking'. In this, the pegasus slowly passes by their chosen partner, ruffling their wings. This ruffling of their feathers releases tiny magical particulate from glands along the radius and ulna. These 'scent-markers' are easily detectable by other pegasi and indicate the pegasus' claim upon the potential mate. This act is followed up with a sharp smack across their target's flanks, giving them a concentrated dose of their scent to ward off any potential rivals."

-Sir Attenbirdo, 'The Gryphonia Royal Guide To Avian Equine"

[miiissslouuueee]

[writingtheother]

Online Class: Crafting Diverse Relationships Family and Friends, Lovers and Life Partners

Relationships between characters are key to character development and plot progression in every genre, not just romance. Family bonds, friendships, and lifelong partnerships create support networks around characters in every narrative. Writers often struggle to represent the connections and bonds between people that are outside their experience.

In this class, authors Piper J. Drake, Lauren Jankowski, and Jae Koyanagi will discuss family and found family, platonic relationships and friendships, poly and interracial relationships, and how to recognize and challenge the Love Hierarchy.

When: July 1 – 23, 2023 Where: Asynchronous Online Classroom — Available everywhere and at your own pace Price: $250 | Scholarships Are Available!

Learn More & Register

[rubywolf0201]

Ok why is the convo much sadder than his Support with Fogado?

I swear this interracial childhood friendship has killed me emotionally becuz of the angst in it and how Fogado just missed his bestie so badly is just 🥺

[someplace-that-is-else]

'For Want of a Muse: Tips for Moving on Between Writing Projects'

I couldn’t believe it.

After all of this time. After all of these YEARS really. After the starts and finishes, it was done.

HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES was published. At last. It could be found at ( https://www.amazon.com/Other-Half-Lives-LaTorre-Mays-ebook/dp/B0D59R5X3Y).

The adventures of Shaun Jones and friends were finally out there for all to see. The novel explored a different African American experience. It also explored black friendships and themes of interracial dating. And it had been quite the journey to get to now.

Part of that journey had involved a case of mirroring. As much as I tried to keep to what I wanted the plot to be for Shaun, there had been some echoes from my present life. What I saw as messiness in Shaun, well…could be said about his creator.

Still…I made it through. But I felt a bigger question coming into my head with the novel published.

What’s next?

SLUMP

What I was expecting was a break of some kind and then it was off to my next project.

What I was not expecting was to feel like Pierce Brown putting off one of his Red Rising books.

I had Book 4 in my Darkened series to work on. It had been years since I published the last book in the series Darkened Tabula. Daniel and Eli (SPOILER ALERT) were still in futuristic Japan. Ebony was captured. And there was still the threat of Ursula over everything. Not to mention that the humans of my dystopian world now knew that all supernatural beings existed. I knew some of my readers wanted to see what’s next.

And yet? My mind was not there. Yet. Part of it was the many stories popping up in my own head, begging to be worked on. The other part of the reason was…I was pretty adamant about two other Darkenverse projects.

Darkened Soul: The Ryn was a little novelette that I’ve been working on for years. It was the conclusion to some short stories I’ve been doing on my Darkened Facebook page (www.facebook.com/darkenverse) for years. The short stories centered on the villains the Forryn. An interesting case of worldbuilding for them since I introduced them in Darkchilde (Book 2 in my Darkened series and can be found at https://www.amazon.com/Darkchilde-Darkened-2-LaTorre-Mays-ebook/dp/B01JGQ3ISE ). The Ryn also centered on the character of Eli and his backstory.

Darkened Soul: The Breaking of Circles was a short story collection in the same vein as my collection Darkened Soul: Pieces of a Darkened Puzzle. This time around the focus was on the history/backstory of some of my Nosferatu characters. They littered my series as supporting characters, but I had hinted at the history. Like POADP, it also gave some worldbuilding in terms of how the Nosferatu circles came to be. And due to one character in particular, I wanted it to be released before Book 4 in my Darkened series.

But yet…I had no drive.

At first I thought it might just be because I’ve put all my energy into HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES. Okay, fine. Usually, an author should take a bit of a break between projects to refresh himself. And I did. Finally I sat down to write and edit.

Crickets.

Okay, fine. At first. But watching the time since I finished my latest book stretch out before me grow longer, worry set in.

Had I lost my fire? I did not feel like it. But nothing grabbed me, either.

Could it be my lack of muse?

WHAT OF A MUSE?

I guess it went back to the mirroring.

I had mentioned in the processing of writing HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES, that I felt Shaun was the messiest protagonist that I’ve ever had written. He was such an intelligent guy, but he had no problem doing things that would make the reader shake him. Just like his creator.

Over the last two years, this creator has had to deal with some not-nice interactions. And that changed my perspective quite a bit as I worked to recover from the fallout. And I knew that showed in my writing of HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES. From Shaun having a situationship to his relationships with his friends in the novel. But now with it done, it appeared that my inspiration was a little…dry.

Or worse…stuck.

Anytime I tried to write, doubts would crowd in. Or questions about if I should be working on Book 4 or that YA sci-fi book that’s been on my mind? Or that seed of a horror story peeking out of my head…should I pursue it? Or it just felt…dry.

I tried to write. But usually when I attempted it, my mind went back. And by went back, it would go back to being inspired by last year’s mess. No bueno. I was done with it so time to be inspired by something else.

But how?

MOVE ON

Well, it was possible. There were ways to get past that feeling so you can get a good writing flow and inspired anew. To get to work onto the next book. 3 Tips that have helped me have been…

Well for one…touch some grass. And by that, I meant go and live a little. For some people, that could be just being outdoors, walking, exploring. Or take in a concert. One of my favorite pastime when I have time…dancing. It was a matter of thinking of what allowed a person to ground/center themselves. And it was easy to do that by allowing your mind to not think for a while.

For another…if taking a break to escape a past muse doesn’t work…try channeling your energy into something new. For me when I was between projects, it was not unusual to just work on something. ANYTHING. Usually for me, it was different than the project that I was working. Just fiddling and not focused on it at all. At first. Usually my imagination will run off with itself. Once that creative energy…is redirected…the story flows. My horror WIP was a case of this. So was the WIP I just finished having to do with my Forryn. And quite a few of my now self-published novels.

Another way to move on…affirmations. It might be a bit cliché, but a person will be surprised how your mindset changes when you trust in the power of belief. It could be as simple as ‘I will write a sentence today’ to something like ‘I know I can do this.’  Of course, YOU as a person CAN. Especially when you remember how many books you already did without that particular muse. And if you are going to write that one sentence. DO IT. That feeling of satisfaction will be like your favorite ice cream. Trust.

All a person has to have was focus. And those tips has always helped me regain mine. And then it was off to the races to my next book or project. Yes as much as I disliked it from time to time, a person also had to have patience. Like a destination…that flow will come.

Now excuse me…I have to go and plan my writing schedule for DARKENED SOUL: THE BREAKING OF CIRCLES.

#writing #africanamerican #blackmen #friendships #blackfriendships #relationships #interracialrelationships #piecebrown #mirroring #blog #inspiration #dancing #WIP

[housediva]

Lake Effect (Original Work)

Summary: Nick Webster has had it. After a very public meltdown on a national talk show promoting his latest film, he leaves Hollywood to take up a friend's offer to stay at a house on the shore of Lake Michigan. His quest for peace and quiet leads him to places he never expected.

Marcus Smith is going through the longest dry spell on record...artistic or otherwise. While acting as caretaker for a gallery owner's summer house, an unexpected guest arrives to shake up his world...possibly ending his dry spell in more ways than one.

[danniswrites]

My Life Upside Down - Copyright & Acknowledgements (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/1165739333-my-life-upside-down-copyright-acknowledgements?utm_source=web&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=share_reading&wp_uname=DannisWrites 

This book was so good it made me cry! Check it out! I started it and couldn’t stop til I finished! I feel like the MC and her friends are my friends, too. I better stop before I start throwing out spoilers. Have fun!

 ||YA ROMANCE Book of the Month August 2023|| YOUNG ADULT ROMANCE! Aurora "Rori" Callaway is starting her senior year in a new town, at a new high school. After all, after what happened at the beginning of her summer, a fresh start was the only way forward. Upon arriving at Cherrygrove High, Andrew Weiczenkowski, her new locker mate, quickly sets about trying to befriend her. There's only one problem; he's the popular cornerback of the high school's football team, a celebrity on campus, and Rori just wants to be invisible. But it's hard to ignore his attempts to get to know her, even with her new friend Terra's help. Andrew's charm, wit, and warm personality make him hard to resist and Rori finds herself looking for excuses to spend time with him. Unfortunately, their connection is not lost on his ex-girlfriend Tawnya who vows to make Rori's life at Cherrygrove hard. To further complicate matters, the crushing guilt Rori feels only grows worse with each moment she becomes closer to Andrew. From the author who brought you The Watty's 2021 shortlisted novel For the Love of Art, comes a new romance about overcoming hardships to get to beautiful moments.

[whitearyankindred]

Interracial is Not desire at all it is Rape and Genocide of Whites and it is The Most Racist thing there is and is Evil plus these are Not real couples at all they are Nothing but complete incompatible strangers and they can never make a Real family just a bunch of Out of Place Things Forced To Be In One Place By The Evil Jews Pushing this White Genocide Garbage. Stop This Nonsense Now Or Else.

[mlbullsportfolio]

Novel Blurb:

A tragic accident . . . A severe brain injury . . . A wife's test of love and temptation . . .

Wedding bells rang seven years ago―then tragedy struck. ​ Thirty-three-year-old Eva Rose Lucas has the perfect home, a good husband, and an endearing, little boy, but her married life quickly changes when her husband Andre gets into a terrible car accident and suffers a severe brain injury. Now her once hardworking, self-reliant husband is a disabled, touchy handicap who doesn't remember her and cannot move his limbs. Stress and resentment build upon Eva's shoulders as she helps take care of her husband, their son, and her students at Sunrise Christian Daycare. ​ Her family's finances shrink, the emotional strain becomes all too much, and Eva prays for a miracle. Months pass, but Andre makes little improvement, and after attending her class reunion for a chance break, her old, high school crush, Caleb Williams, challenges her love and commitment to God and her husband. Will Eva remain faithful toward them? Or will she forsake her most precious vows?

AVAILABLE NOW!

Link: Eva's Promise: A Novel (books2read.com)

[ashleyfableblack]

When you're already in quite a mood because you're gravid... AGAIN... and your beloved precious little pony wife is SO happy about that but her friends are insolent twits who are also kinda racist...

...and if you obliterate them she'll probably be a little upset about that. Sometimes even a Big Mama Bughorse has to relax her spiracles and count to ten... or twenty. 👭💜💚💜😆

[miiissslouuueee]

[whitearyankindred]

Exactly this is The Truth and The smallest punishment they deserve for being Evil Racist Traitors to the Only Ones that Actually Loved them and Held out their hand to them, Their White Aryan Kindred.

[teambyler]

Questions to ask if ever you have Byler doubt:

Do people seriously think that a show centered on nerds and social outcasts...

... shows how awful the popular kids can be...

... villainizes anti-gay bullies...

... sides against abusers...

... supports LGBT+ people...

... has interracial romance...

... embraces being different...

... turns an expected hetero romance into a beautiful platonic friendship...

... criticizes moral panic/evangelism...

... makes the "town freak" our hero...

... shows that love can overcome hate...

... and whose characters don't want to recreate the nuclear family...

... do we really think that show will let a suffering, traumatized gay boy's love be the device for a conventional white hetero couple to be the show's "main relationship"?

Has the show even set-up Mike and El, who met through trauma and circumstance while they were children and have repeatedly lied to each other, for a lifelong commitment?

Who's actually delusional?

And who sees this show for what it is? And what it's clearly setting up?

-teambyler

(This is a companion to "How the Duffers have set Will up for a happy ending in Season 5")

[gurucave]

Othello Betrayed by Trust: The Dangers of Friendship

Othello Betrayed by Trust: The Dangers of Friendship (A personal favorite ♥️👇🏽

Lessons from Othello HOME Today we’re talking about one of Shakespeare’s most influential and thought-provoking plays, Othello. This play has captivated audiences for centuries with its intense themes of loyalty, friendship, interracial romance, and jealousy. For those unfamiliar with the play, here’s a quick rundown: Othello is a powerful and respected military leader in Venice. Despite his…

[someplace-that-is-else]

Just in case you can't see it on the #Other post...The cover #reveal for HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES!!!

WHAT IT'S ABOUT...

Shaun Jones has it all.

A good relationship blog…even if his boss can be a LOT.

A great circle of friends in best friend (and opinionated) Trey, eternal romantic Omar, and diva Eugene…even if they can be crazy.

A loving boyfriend…even if Devon is on the DL.

What else can Shaun ask for?

Until the day he walked into his apartment and found Devon cheating. In a moment, everything Shaun knows…shatters. Can a relationship blogger go on…without a relationship?

With his writing mojo gone and his boss breathing down his neck, Shaun takes a chance and thinks outside the box. A personal ad to find a new guy. Little do the responders know Shaun plans to write about them. And to add controversy, Shaun looks for someone outside his race.

It was only a writing project. Something to get Shaun’s juices flowing again. What Shaun gets…is Eric.

What starts as a few blogs…slowly turns into something more. But can Shaun tell Eric the truth? Can their relationship withstand Shaun’s friends…mostly Trey? Can they deal with the court of public opinion when it comes to their interracial relationship? Finally, can Eric truly be too good to be true?

From crazy parties to showdowns at fundraisers to wine in the Hamptons…how does the other half lives?

Preorders can be found at: https://www.amazon.com/Other-Half-Lives-LaTorre-Mays-ebook/dp/B0D59R5X3Y?ref_=ast_author_dp&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.k9xeYNzvGK8i4ALa0pJpwxQ-4S8EBPghyffDKaZyGjCYDoFLlsle0e0Gsa9krfbvXhEuQG3cbtR-exu3h-auh7OL-lisMkLJy94tiPby5yv4fEs74sD61NM7WN9XGOCHn99ftX-OGSz5ACkOT3q4nx7pPK3s-iNOzYr9h46L7lZ_jr0nHMmG9BuizlH3EbRZ._RL8y8FwdOpgbolqLZvhM9I92XLpHRJZox89Q8bnGAA&dib_tag=AUTHOR

#dramedy #gay #interracial