Dear fanfic authors,

If you’ve been toying around with the idea of finishing your own original work, you should definitely do it. I’ve been on slush pile work and 90% of the fanfiction I’ve read is better than what comes into our submission box. You’d be horrified at what some people think is publishable.

Finish your novel. Submit it. You’re way better than you think, and you have a higher chance of being published than you fear. Especially at a place like Riptide or Dreamspinner, where they WANT your lgbtq stories.

Seriously. Stop doubting yourself and finish up that nanowrimo project. Dust off your half finished drafts. Finish your work, polish it up, and send it in. Trust me. Publishers want to see it.

Sincerely,

Your friendly neighborhood editor lady

I love when a journal starts to look ‘lived in’. When it starts to become a little thicker from bits being added. When it doesn’t quite close without a band around it from so much use. When there’s ink smudges on the sides. I just think that’s the real aesthetic for me. When a journal starts looking ‘well loved’

You’re not reading this by accident.

Everything is going to be okay.

Breathe and remember that you’ve been in this place before.

You’ve been this uncomfortable, anxious and scared, and you survived.

Close your eyes and feel the universe within you making a way for you right now.