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maggie schreiter

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quilt and mixed media fiber artist, animal nerd, trivia, and heavy jams. she/her in mythic central nj ig: squishythings https://www.squishythings.com https://www.etsy.com/shop/squishythings https://linusinhats.tumblr.com

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T.C. Aurelius @aurelius.quest · 16h ago

I've told this story before and I suppose now it's time to do it again. When I was in 9th grade, my English teacher was the elderly sort of man who always wore a gray flannel suit and had a cigarette before class and a cigarette at the end of class every period.

Sarah@sosomanysarahs.bsky.social · 17h ago

It seems like assigned reading, especially summer reading, should include titles from different genres, with different tones, from different eras. (And as a former sulky Anne Rice-reading teen, I advocate for some over-the-top moodiness in the mix with realistic problem fiction and happier tales.)

Louisa@louisathelast.bsky.social · 2d ago

I’m gonna say virtually all authors need to get serious about textiles. Who is weaving them? Out of what? Who’s turning them into clothes and how much does it cost and do you have any idea how HARD all of that was before modern mills

David J Prokopetz@prokopetz.bsky.social · last wk.

To write in the classic high fantasy mould, you need not be hung up on food specifically, but there must be SOME very mundane thing you're sincerely interested in and prepared to describe in excruciating detail every time it comes up. Clothing. Furniture. Architecture. It doesn't work without it.

Surprised Eel Historian, PhD@greenleejw.bsky.social · 2d ago

There's a fun eel mention in Henry IV, when Falstaff slags young Hal's aggressively slight stature: “’Sblood, you starveling, you eel-skin, you dried neat’s tongue, you bull’s pizzle, you stockfish!” ‘Cause that’s how you speak truth to skinny power, damn it. 1/4 🗃️🧪

Meme. Painting of Falstaff and a young Prince Hal, who is dragging a sword.Falstaff is enormous; a round mountain of a man in high boots that could hold enough mead to ruin your evening (and morning). He is wearing a fancy belt, and his hat has an ostrich feather plume. His arms are behind his back, and he is looking over his shoulder at Hal. Beneath his walrus mustache he is speaking truths and lies in equal measure, wrapping them around each other like lovers in an airplane bathroom. If you give this man your bacon sandwich, it will be gone when you come back, and he will have a fantastic tale about pirates and a large penguin. All while wiping grease from his doublet. For his part, Hall is slight and small. Dressed in red and uncertain to his core, he is chewing on a finger. He looks like he'd get beat up at recess. And mocked. But when he grows into that sword, he's gonna mock castles down. Meme text reads: "Bring me my book of eel insults I've got a prince to drag"