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~ Announcing a brief Hiatus ~ Hello, my sweet marshmallow chickens! Unlike previous years where unexpected things continued to pop up and interrupt my work flow, this year is... well, half unexpected, half planned. There's a very solid future ahead of me where I'll be moving across the country this year to go live with my boyfriend, and anyone who's ever moved can tell you what a big upheaval that is to everything that was meant to be going on otherwise. I'm taking a bit of time off for him to come over here and meet my family, and then I will be taking a bit extra time off to go see where I'd be living, meet his family, and get to know my new town. Then there will be time off to do the actual packing and moving part, assuming that all of this goes well (which it should!), which I imagine will take the better part of a month if not more. I'm mostly worried about doing color checks with my mom, since she's not coming with me, and we'll be needing to do it long distance. I'm sure
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~ Announcing a brief Hiatus ~ Hello, my sweet marshmallow chickens! Unlike previous years where unexpected things continued to pop up and interrupt my work flow, this year is... well, half unexpected, half planned. There's a very solid future ahead of me where I'll be moving across the country this year to go live with my boyfriend, and anyone who's ever moved can tell you what a big upheaval that is to everything that was meant to be going on otherwise. I'm taking a bit of time off for him to come over here and meet my family, and then I will be taking a bit extra time off to go see where I'd be living, meet his family, and get to know my new town. Then there will be time off to do the actual packing and moving part, assuming that all of this goes well (which it should!), which I imagine will take the better part of a month if not more. I'm mostly worried about doing color checks with my mom, since she's not coming with me, and we'll be needing to do it long distance. I'm sure
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Sensitivity Readers
So you’re writing a project with potentially sensitive content. If you don’t have personal experience with said content, how do you write it accurately and respectfully? Obviously research is a key element, but there’s also the option of hiring a sensitivity reader. What is a sensitivity reader? From BookMachine: “A sensitivity reader is someone who is hired to read and assess a manuscript with a particular issue of representation in mind, one that they have personal experience of.” Sensitivity readers (SRs) may offer feedback and corrections on several things: stereotypes, bias, harmful tropes, offensive language, social or cultural nuances, and factual errors. Topics they might assess include*: marginalized races, ethnicities, or religions LGBTQIAP+ characters physical and mental disabilities sexual assault domestic violence classism substance abuse *This isn’t a definitive list! You can hire a SR to analyze any content you’re worried might be offensive or harmful. It’s up to
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Literature
(5) Maybe Your Existence Was Enough
They say,
when great trees fall,
even mountains and beasts
feel the tremor.
There are moments
of regret, numbness, but eventually,
of peace.
They say,
when great souls die,
the ones left behind
become cold too.
But it gets better,
they say,
we can get better.
Because they existed
and that's enough,
they say.
They say,
time heals.
But some wounds
leave scars,
and some scars
are always meant to
throb.
They say,
when great souls die,
the ones left behind
will return, slowly,
never to be the same.
Maybe that's true,
maybe this time
I'll believe them.
And maybe your soul
has left within me,
a gaping hole
time cannot mend.
But maybe that's oka
Touching Poetry
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~ Announcing a brief Hiatus ~ Hello, my sweet marshmallow chickens! Unlike previous years where unexpected things continued to pop up and interrupt my work flow, this year is... well, half unexpected, half planned. There's a very solid future ahead of me where I'll be moving across the country this year to go live with my boyfriend, and anyone who's ever moved can tell you what a big upheaval that is to everything that was meant to be going on otherwise. I'm taking a bit of time off for him to come over here and meet my family, and then I will be taking a bit extra time off to go see where I'd be living, meet his family, and get to know my new town. Then there will be time off to do the actual packing and moving part, assuming that all of this goes well (which it should!), which I imagine will take the better part of a month if not more. I'm mostly worried about doing color checks with my mom, since she's not coming with me, and we'll be needing to do it long distance. I'm sure
