Apocalips Publishing

“In vain have I struggled. It will not do. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”

Anne Boyer, ending this whole medium

no poet ever went harder than bilbo baggins saying he felt like butter scraped over too much bread

Reading your first draft in Calibri vs. reading your first draft in Garamond

You have to share your house with the main character of your WIP until you finish it. What's the worst thing about it?

Do you have a line from a TV show or movie you still quote more than you should? I still say, "It's a laxative, it's a taste treat--stop, you're both right!" Jason Seaver from the TV show Growing Pains. I believe I am the only one who remembers this perfect line.

Might fuck around and try to be a poet again

When you read the words “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here!” what do you think of?

Books can solve all your problems, look here: Sad = get a new book Happy = celebrate with a book! Humanity is annoying? = people are better in books Need to research necromancy? = bOOKS Fleeing a crime scene? = hide behind book as a disguise! not that you need this tip I'm sure!!

tired of older people saying "millennials don't know how to read or write" when (a) some millennials are pushing forty, (b) we visit libraries in greater numbers than any other age group and like half of us have written novels. relax, Peggy.

therapist: and what do we do when triggered in our trauma? me: write a poem about birds as an extended metaphor editor of a journal: no

Is *your* child texting about Agatha Christie? LOL = Little Old Lady SMH = Somebody’s Murdered the Housekeeper! DDT = Don’t Drink the Tea POC = Poirot’s On the Case! TMI = Trapped on Murder Island! AFPOE = Attacked by Fellow Passengers on Orient Express!

“Heart, you bully, you punk, I’m wrecked” — Marie Ponsot 🔥💜🔥

Charged with eliminating duplicative cliches, linguists set out to decide once and for all what flies like more: honey or shit. They set up a folding table with a jar of honey and a big cow pie. A pedestrian strolls by. “Dude, this is the worst lemonade stand ever.” #vss365

Let’s cancel the idea that Serious, Realistic stories are the only kind of stories worth making. The soul is nourished by the magic of a Miyazaki film or a wonderful kid’s book. I want to gawk in wonder as I read or watch a thing; I want to ache with joy.

rules for borrowing my books - keep in perfect condition - also you better love it - like wholly love it im warning you - treat it like gold - ok but the empty spot on my shelf makes me anxious - have you finished yet?? - you know what just...give it...give it back