Katherine Frances's Blog, page 363
June 2, 2015
"We were invincible. We flowed like the winds during a storm, our currents so strong. We were wild..."
“We were invincible. We flowed like the winds during a storm, our currents so strong. We were wild like the raw taste of vodka. We were as free as the random long drives we took. You were my pure inhibition and I was your utter desire. We were flawless, but perfection doesn’t last long, and neither did we.”
- fahimamahin (via wnq-writers)
- fahimamahin (via wnq-writers)
"Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books,..."
“Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are the happiest people in the world.”
- William Lyon Phelps
(via observando)
- William Lyon Phelps
(via observando)
June 1, 2015
45 Things I Want to See More of in Stories (Supernatural/Paranormal Edition)
Main characters who aren’t reporters, detectives, or
free-lancers
Non-Western supernatural creatures
Non-dragon supernatural creatures
Supernatural creatures fitting the culture they’re related
to (phoenixes in a Greek neighborhood, kumiho in Koreatown, Dhegdheer in a
Somali neighborhood)
Local mythologies
Urban legends
Organizations within supernatural hunting (hierarchies,
safehouses, information networks)
Cooperation with the government
Immortal characters who act immortal
Immortal characters who have different moral standards
Supernatural characters who have different moral standards
Supernatural characters who have different types of gender
Supernatural characters who have different types of
sexuality
Supernatural societies totally different from human
societies
Supernatural children
Supernatural families
Main characters not ending up in romantic relationships with
supernatural creatures
Non-hypersexual vampires
Aftermath of reveals of supernatural creatures to the world
Hybrids
Hybrids who are neither despised nor uber-powerful
People who are genuinely afraid of what’s going on
Non-loner main characters
Main characters without tragic backstories
Genuine non-romantic/non-sexual friendships between humans
and supernatural creatures
Cooperation between different types of creatures
Inter-creature wars
Non-humanoid creatures
Stories set not in the United States
Main characters with no training
Supernatural creatures who have casual non-romantic sexual relationships
Without those relationships being demeaning or cheap
Queer supernatural creatures
Who aren’t queer-coded to be bad or hypersexual
Rural or suburban settings
Laws getting in the way of action
Ethical quandaries about the humanity (or not) of
supernatural creatures
Supernatural supremacy
Different races within supernatural species (different types
of vampires, of pixies, of phoenixes, etc.)
Schools for supernatural creatures
Integrated human/non-supernatural schools
Speciesism against supernatural creatures
Genuinely nice supernatural creatures
Powerful supernatural creatures who aren’t super
manipulative or evil
Dragons (because we can always use more dragons)
"I was the kind of child who always looked for fairies dancing on the grass. I wanted to believe in..."
“I was the kind of child who always looked for fairies dancing on the grass. I wanted to believe in witches, wizards, ogres, giants and enchanted spells. I didn’t want all of the magic taken out of the world by scientific explorations.”
- V.C Andrews, Flowers in the Attic (via wordsnquotes)
- V.C Andrews, Flowers in the Attic (via wordsnquotes)
May 31, 2015
"the things
that will kill us
have beautiful names"
“the things
that will kill us
have beautiful names”
- Jonny Veach, from “Aneurysm” (via weissewiese)
that will kill us
have beautiful names”
- Jonny Veach, from “Aneurysm” (via weissewiese)
"My passions drive me to the typewriter every day of my life, and they have driven me there since I..."
“My passions drive me to the typewriter every day of my life, and they have driven me there since I was twelve. So I never have to worry about schedules. Some new thing is always exploding in me, and it schedules me, I don’t schedule it. It says: Get to the typewriter right now and finish this.”
- Ray Bradbury (via writingquotes)
- Ray Bradbury (via writingquotes)
