VERT Akimoto. A rental apartment building built in 1982.
Our newest kitten, Baby Finn. We found him inside our car’s engine thanks to his very loud meowing. He is a lovely smart, fast and loving long-haired classic tuxedo. The rest of the gang; Maite, Ander and Alex still do t like him. Guess he will have to charm them one by one.
I tried to write a novel. Not once. Not twice. But about 12 times. Here's how that would play out: 1. I sit down and knock out 10 pages 2. I share it with someone 3. They say "It's goooood" like it's not good 4. I ask for critical feedback 5. They say, "Well....the plot just moves so quickly. So much happens in the first few pages it doesn't feel natural." So I'd write more drafts. I'd try to stretch out the story. I would add dialogue that I tried to make interesting but thought was boring. I would try including environment and character descriptions that felt unnecessary, (why not just let people imagine what they want?) Anyways, I gave up trying to write because in my mind, I wasn't a fiction writer. Maybe I could write a phonebook or something. But then I made a fiction podcast, and I waited for the same feedback about the fast moving plot, but guess what??? Podcasts aren't novels. The thing that made my novels suck became one of the things that made Desert Skies work. I've received some criticism since the show started, but one thing I don't receive regular complaints about is being overly-descriptive or longwinded. In fact, the opposite. It moves fast enough that it keeps peoples attention. I always felt I had a knack for telling stories but spent years beating myself up because I couldn't put those stories into novel form. The problem wasn't me. The problem was the tool I was trying to use. All that to say: If, in your innermost parts you may know that you're a storyteller but you just can't write a book, don't give up right away. You can always do things to get better and there's a lot of good resources. But if you do that for a while and novel writing just isn't your thing, try making a podcast, or creating a comic, or a poem, or a play, or a tv script. You might know you're an artist but suck at painting. Try making a glass mosaic, or miniatures, or try charcoal portraits, or embroider or collage. You might know you're a singer, but opera just isn't working out. Why not yodel? I could keep listing out examples, but the point is this. Trust your intuitions when it comes to your creative abilities, but don't inhibit yourself by becoming dogmatic about which medium you can use to express that creativity. Don't be afraid to try something new. Don't be afraid to make something new. You might just find the art form that fits the gift you knew you always had, and what it is might surprise you
Hmm. Some days you're just happy that you did something, you know? Just playin' with brushes and textures.
Some weird birds.
If you're going to reblog my (admittedly very ADHD) post about, to borrow someone else's excellent summation, bees in the brain, to say 'OP check your medications', have you considered:
- not doing that
This, too, will change. Will end. Will leave them like guests who’ve stayed too long past the end of the party, hungover and confused and blinking in the harsh hateful light of day. When that happens, they’ll find somewhere else to go. Something else to be. But here and now, this is who they are. Undisputed rulers of this little kingdom of cheap, tawdry thrills and unremarked-upon screams. Glittering like the rigged games of chance, with all their flashing, enticing lights. No matter which game you choose to play, you’ll always lose.
Good afternoon tumblr, have a fic where Star was a full vampire before she met Michael and everything goes horribly...wrong? Right? Depends on whose perspective you're looking at it from, I guess.
Sara Mrad 'Ribbon Reverie' 2025 bridal couture
from @viviennewestwood on ig . “The Tali gown offers a gothic sense of romanticism. It features a Chantilly lace hood, draped over a lace corset, complete with visible boning structure. The piece is offered alongside a dramatic scallop train, along with the option of matching fingerless gloves.
Photography by @kingsley_ifill
Styling by @florahuddart
Talent: @talilennox”
Knit a Pair of Herding Cats Socks, Designed By Charlotte Stone: 👉 https://buff.ly/3YlQmsO
Getting an alert from the emergency cat feeding broadcast system. 🚨 Photo from my collection, 1960.
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