Marie Lu's Blog, page 81
June 26, 2015
It’s a great day to try out my new oil colors. :)...
It’s a great day to try out my new oil colors. :) #LoveWins
June 21, 2015
We won two rounds of roulette at the (real) Monte Carlo...
We won two rounds of roulette at the (real) Monte Carlo casino….without using our own chips. We heisted so well that we didn’t even know we heisted. #MonteCarlo #france #heist #latergram @theallycarter
Legend: a movie starring baby Tom Cruise, a Monte Carlo store...
Legend: a movie starring baby Tom Cruise, a Monte Carlo store selling leather goods…..and, I think, also some sort of YA book. :P #MonteCarlo #france #latergram
June 16, 2015
fishingboatproceeds:
This morning I feel overwhelmed with so much generosity and kindnesses.Thank...
This morning I feel overwhelmed with so much generosity and kindnesses.
Thank you.
I also want to say that as Hank pointed out in this lovely post 1. I have a huge network of support, and 2. I get a lot of outside validation, both IRL and online, and 3. I have access to excellent mental health care and medication I can afford.
The vast, vast majority of people who live with online hate aren’t so fortunate. I hope we can all make an effort to be as kind to them as so many people have been to me. In the author world, women I really admire, from Roxane Gay to Maggie Stiefvater to Cassie Clare to Maureen Johnson to Sarah Rees Brennan, deal with vicious and violent hatred online daily, and I have such admiration for their fierce will to go on in the face of it. I also admire them for taking breaks or creating space from online life when they need to. And I’m grateful to them personally for their generosity and wisdom and guidance.
Again, thanks, and here’s to us all trying to support and be kind to people who are dehumanized online and don’t have the privileges and support that I do.
As graceful and kind of a reply from John Green to online hate as there can be. <3 Most readers are very, very wonderful, enthusiastic people. The 3% who are vicious are just (unfortunately) extremely loud. Stay wonderful, you guys; don’t join the 3% because they sound like 75%.
June 13, 2015
itsiparwing:
I’m having very strong Dune feelings, if you...
I’m having very strong Dune feelings, if you haven’t noticed.
June Iparis and Daniel Wing
c. Marie Lu, The Legend Trilogy
And this is giving me strong feels too! Looove this sweet Dune moment, and also I want to give my poor boy a bandaid.
June 12, 2015
angrygirlcomics:
It is my turn to use. My turn to hurt. Adelina...
It is my turn to use. My turn to hurt.
Adelina Amouteru from The Young Elites (my new literary obsession lmao) by marielubooks
In love with this drawing of Adelina!
June 5, 2015
It’s a bright dahlia afternoon. Happy Friday and weekend!
It’s a bright dahlia afternoon. Happy Friday and weekend!
June 4, 2015
Got around to finishing up my sketch today!
Got around to finishing up my sketch today!
June 1, 2015
One of my first steps when brainstorming a completely new story:...
One of my first steps when brainstorming a completely new story: sketching characters out. Relaxation therapy!
April 27, 2015
Disaster Relief
There has been so much tragedy in the last few days, from Nepal to Baltimore. Check out the links below, and hug your loved ones extra tight.
To donate to the Red Cross’s Nepal relief efforts: http://redcross.org and select “Nepal Earthquake Relief”.
To donate to Orphan Gift, the charity by the late Google X director Dan Fredinburg, go here: https://orphangift.org/#dan
To help Oxfam deliver clean water and emergency food supplies to the affected areas, go here:https://www.oxfam.org.hk/en/oneoffdonationform_15it1008.aspx
For more ways to donate, head over to the TIME article: http://time.com/…/nepal-earthquake-donations-disaster-reli…/
