We all have that one character we’re in too deep for.
Hélène Cixous, Three Steps on the Ladder of Writing (1993)
“[…] But it’s good when your conscience receives big wounds, because that makes it more sensitive to every twinge. I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us. If the book we’re reading doesn’t wake us up with a blow on the head, what are we reading it for? So that it will make us happy, as you write? Good Lord, we would be happy precisely if we had no books, and the kind of books that make us happy are the kind we could write ourselves if we had to. But we need the books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being banished into forests far from everyone, like a suicide. A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us. That is my belief.”
—Franz Kafka, a letter to Oskar Pollak from 27th January 1904 (tr. Richard & Clara Winston)
“[…] But it’s good when your conscience receives big wounds, because that makes it more sensitive to every twinge. I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us. If the book we’re reading doesn’t wake us up with a blow on the head, what are we reading it for? So that it will make us happy, as you write? Good Lord, we would be happy precisely if we had no books, and the kind of books that make us happy are the kind we could write ourselves if we had to. But we need the books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being banished into forests far from everyone, like a suicide. A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us. That is my belief.”
—Franz Kafka, a letter to Oskar Pollak from 27th January 1904 (tr. Richard & Clara Winston)
Friends! I wrote this! Second chance romance, hockey players being obtuse, delightful flirting, and of course a very adorable dog who is quite old but is also definitely a puppy.
It's on amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C4V7D5X6
And here's the blurb:
Gil missed his first chance with Sebastian. Now, he has one shot to try again.
Gil Roussin’s goals for his hockey career don’t involve playing for the worst team in the league, so when he’s sent to the San Francisco Sea Lions, Gil will do whatever it takes to get traded.
But the Sea Lion’s coaching staff has other ideas for him, and among them is the last person Gil expected to see again: Sebastian Martin. Once Gil’s childhood best friend, and his first flame, it's been a decade since Sebastian drifted out of his life. Now, Gil needs to convince his ex-boyfriend and current coach to help him on—and off—the ice.
Can Gil and Sebastian work together to get Gil traded? Or will so much time together rekindle the very relationship Gil has spent years trying to forget?
Light up the Lamp is a steamy, m/m romance novel. If you like the hope of second chances and the joy returned passion, then you’ll love this exciting hockey romance as Gil and Sebastian banter, bicker, and flirt their way back to each other.
Friends! I wrote this! Second chance romance, hockey players being obtuse, delightful flirting, and of course a very adorable dog who is quite old but is also definitely a puppy.
It's on amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C4V7D5X6
And here's the blurb:
Gil missed his first chance with Sebastian. Now, he has one shot to try again.
Gil Roussin’s goals for his hockey career don’t involve playing for the worst team in the league, so when he’s sent to the San Francisco Sea Lions, Gil will do whatever it takes to get traded.
But the Sea Lion’s coaching staff has other ideas for him, and among them is the last person Gil expected to see again: Sebastian Martin. Once Gil’s childhood best friend, and his first flame, it's been a decade since Sebastian drifted out of his life. Now, Gil needs to convince his ex-boyfriend and current coach to help him on—and off—the ice.
Can Gil and Sebastian work together to get Gil traded? Or will so much time together rekindle the very relationship Gil has spent years trying to forget?
Light up the Lamp is a steamy, m/m romance novel. If you like the hope of second chances and the joy returned passion, then you’ll love this exciting hockey romance as Gil and Sebastian banter, bicker, and flirt their way back to each other.
people think "adult jokes" in kids shows are just sexual jokes failing to realize that sokka telling toph "you have to work here for longer if you want to qualify for vacation time" is the funniest thing i've ever heard. i don't think the southern water tribe even HAS that kind of economy
hockey? like, from the fanfics? you know that's not a real thing, right?
Mutual pining is delicious but recently I've been very into a variant, mutual pining where they both know the other one loves them but some very valid noble reason keeps them apart (like a sacred job or the timing is so bad right now, not like a spouse) but they both know they'd be together if circumstances were different but they aren't and there's nothing either of them can do about that except....maybe.......what used to be So Important that they had to stay apart starts to seem not as important anymore.......but what if the impossiblity of being together was the appeal for both of them in the first place because neither knows what to do with a romantic relationship and they'd only disappoint the other person if they actually got together......it's better to stay as they are rather than risk everything in their life for the chance of something more.....and yet
Ideally these characters come Very Close to having honest good communication together but something remains unsaid, always unspoken, and also there's a LOT of tense handtouching
We are receiving unconfirmed reports that it is bedtime. Citizens are advised to get into their pajamas and remain on high alert
How an Armadillo gathers foliage for its nest.
When I'm carrying all the bags of groceries inside in one trip.
when people point out that "90% of fanfiction is garbage" as though this is something that reflects on fanfiction in particular and not something that is true of literally any kind of content in any medium and genre
cats will be like oh you're walking somewhere? no WE'RE walking somewhere. and i will get there first. where is 'there' btw
ohhh my god I have got to stop mourning the past or whatever
