How did thee fare, what have thee seen...

Photos of Cat Stevens in the 1960s and ’70s.

i hear a good lyric and start mentally holding up blorbos like im in the home depot paint aisle comparing swatches

I did that job once.

What are your pronouns and would you like to join my union

the idea that the best Shakespeare performances are always tastefully subdued, emotionally restrained to bring out the underlying Tragedy, and best served with the Queen’s English is bullshit.

The best Shakespeare performances are always deeply bisexual and unhinged.

  ― Billy-Ray Belcourt, A History of My Brief Body

Boston Bisexual Women’s Network, Christopher Street Liberation Day, New York City, 1983. (Yes, that is bi activist @robynochs in the photo!)

ig: melissabach ✶

Bones @ Spock

“For The Plot,” I whisper, deleting a rad detail that no longer works as tears fall from my eyes

Don’t delete it!

Take the detail and put it in a cut scene file. Less anguish + can be used again if needed later. Recycling!

Brought to you by: I never used to be merciless enough as an editor because losing bits made me sad. Now that I know I can bring them back for a sequel or even post cut scenes separately, I am so much more vicious, and my writing is better for it.

Instead of killing your darlings, I’ve called it cryogenically freezing your darlings

SOME GOLD WRITING ADVICE

Unpublished photo of Stevie on the top of her roof in Venice Beach in 1981. Photographed by Neal Preston.

not to be a nerd but it’s so crazy how he (Bernini) really did that from cold hard stone……. truly a spectacle, truly breathtaking, an honor to behold

this is what bob dylan sounds like to me