As someone who is both creative and has ADHD, I’d like to consider myself well versed in the art of doing nothing until the inspiration kicks back in. Problem is, if you’re someone who wants to make a life out of writing, you don’t have the luxury of relying on inspiration alone. Sometimes we…
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Isolated Scene + Word Count: 854 Content Warnings: violence, mentions of nausea and vomiting Written by: Del Rey jean Requested? No, I just wanted to explore what Sable’s training must have been like during her time with her teacher. Extra notes: Sable really should have figured out there was something extra to her teacher. Her teacher’s voice softly…
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Finished Short Story + Word Count: 1018 Trigger Warnings: Not really a trigger warning, but the main character makes a very questionable decision. Written by: Del Rey Jean Requested? Not directly, but yes. A discussion on Facebook went from talking about taxis to talking about my favorite vampire, Armand, because I knew of a cab company called Armand’s Cabs,…
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Poem content warning: references to violence as a metaphor for memories, death of a loved one Author notes: This came out when I was thinking back to when I reconnected with an old friend. I hadn’t talked to them in years, and during that time, they’d lost someone very important to them. We’d got out for…
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Poem content warnings: title is literal to the metaphors used, mentions of self harm, mentions of self loathing I’m fine. I’m healed. I don’t hurt myself anymore. I don’t panic when I go to the grocery store. I don’t stutter much when I meet new people. I’m fine. I’m strong. I’m independent. I’m untouchable. Hah! …
Read moreI learned a couple of tricks along this journey as an author; mainly ways to keep the words rolling when I don’t actually have any more words. This is a rule that I had actually implemented in my daily life for my mental health during postpartum depression, and once I became aware of the fact…
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What are we discussing this time? One of the most important conversations I’ve been having lately in my socials has been misrepresentation in media. Minorities, sexual orientations, and mental health have been given more publicity lately in our movies and books, which is awesome! However, there is still a glaring problem: not representing these things…
Read moreHow come my body can make these movements and not the others, I muse inside the haze of my mind. It is a humid, muggy day in there, in my mind. It’s filled with fog from a chilled morning now warming in the wet heat and I can’t form coherent thoughts outside of fear or basic commentary of the situation I have found myself in.
Read moreYou’re fine. You’re fine.
But you’ve gotta breathe for me now. Give me that much, old man.
My hand slaps against yours and I’m holding on like I’ll fall into the sky if I let you go. Who knows? Maybe I will. Just curl your fingertips around mine. Come on, Edge.
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