Why is being a loner characterised as a ‘social disorder’? It makes me never want to speak to anyone again. It makes me annoyed to be labelled as ‘antisocial’/ socially anxious. I am in fact very comfortable in social situations, I just have a truthful and realistic view of the meaning of friendship and relationship-That you cannot get on ‘really well’ with everyone, you cannot even really ‘like’ everyone (though most people pretend to). In reality, each individual probably finds they don’t have a real ‘connection’/ chemistry with no more than 5 real people at any one time in their lives.
I feel like if you don’t get on really well with someone, there is little point in spending time socialising with them. Most events are full of people talking about nothing and this makes me feel even worse than staying at home, alone. Or perhaps I am just jealous of the people talking about nothing and cant step out of this godforesaken bubble that makes me want to never go out again.
Some people need time alone to process thoughts/ events and some people don’t. I will probably always be this way. Every boyfriend I have ever had has been a loner. I wish people wouldn’t make introversion into a personality flaw.
“Children, be curious. Nothing is worse (I know it) than when curiosity stops. Nothing is more repressive than the repression of curiosity. Curiosity begets love. It weds us to the world. It’s part of our perverse, madcap love for this impossible planet we inhabit. People die when curiosity goes. People have to find out, people have to know.”
― Graham Swift, Waterland
I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.
15 Great Kurt Vonnegut Quotes
Born Nov. 11, 1922, Kurt Vonnegut would have been 90 years old yesterday.
In celebration of Vonnegut’s life, sense of humor and never-ending reservoir of wisdom, we’ve picked 15 of his greatest quotes from over the years.
TUMBLR’S WRITERS DIRECTORY
If you’re a writer, we’re looking for you, come to Tumblr’s Writing Directory and share your blog with us, we aim to give all of you writers out there a place where you can find new sources of inspiration and access to the most complete directory of authors.
Please share the word and join us!
Wow! Nice personal library!
Photo credit: The Philip K. Dick Trust
“There exists, for everyone, a sentence - a series of words - that has the power to destroy you. Another sentence exists, another series of words, that could heal you. If you’re lucky you will get the second, but you can be certain of getting the first.”
― Philip K. Dick, VALIS
We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel… is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become.
No doubt.
Litographs – gorgeous typographic prints made of the entire texts of literary classics, benefiting global literacy.
Tumblr Writing Community Links and Tags
[Updated 10/28/12] Here is an amazing list of other Tumblr writing community pages/projects/tags that work hard to expose readers to great writing. Find new writers to read, discover talented people to interact with, find new readers to share your work with. Please contact us if you are affiliated with a TWC focused blog, and would like to be added to this list, (or if you need something updated). You can always find this list by checking the links bar on the Burning Muse page.
Note: Cleaned up dead links, or pages that have been inactive for quite some time.
Reblog Blogs (special focus/features will be notated)
- TWC Welcome Center: Community. Answers questions.
- For The Voiceless: Lesser known TWC writers. Fresh Talent.
- Critical Inking: Feedback.
- The Writer’s Bloc: Advice. Prompts.
- Tumblr Fiction: Fiction. Prompts. Interviews.
- The Poetry Revolution: Prompts. Forms.
- Monday Muse: Submissions. Contests.
- Exhaling Catalysts
- The Reject’s Corner
- Prosedy
- Not Without These Words
- Tumblr Writers Directory: Directory of Tumblr writing blogs.
- Home For Writers: Submissions. Critiques.
- We Write We Speak: Discussion topics.
- What is Poetry?: Pieces about what poetry is.
- Fuck Yeah Slam Poems!: Slam Poetry. Spoken Word.
- Beyond The Barricades: Socially aware writing. Revolutionary words.
- For The Love Of Literature
- Out Of Academia
- You In Second Person
- Poetry Sluts United: Sensual and erotic prose/poetry.
Vet Rebloggers
- http://poeticallyprofound.tumblr.com/
- http://aquietjoy.tumblr.com/
- http://mikefrawley.tumblr.com/
- http://deathbuggy.tumblr.com/
Lit Mag/Book Associated Blogs [current or future]:
- Yeahwriters: Prompts. Lit Mags list. Critiques.
- Velvetblory: Publication. Accepts submission. Quarterly book.
- The London Mag: Prompts and inspirations. Associated with The London Magazine [Not Verified].
- A Literation: Lit Mag run by Tumblr writers, publishing Tumblr writers. No dedicated page as of yet, but this is a link to one of the founding documents.
TWC Groups and Projects, other than reblog blogs
- Campparnassus: Writer’s Bootcamp.
- Liminal Words and Temporary Worlds
- Polkadodge Oragnization
Tags
- #twcp: If you have a project that you would like to share with the community, please include this tag. (Note: This is for project descriptions. Not personal writing.)
- #twcplagiarism: If someone re-posts your work without credit (please give the person a few days to fix their “mistake” before posting a link to their blog).
- #twctips: If you have a platform/formatting tip that might be helpful to the community, please include this tag. (Note: this is not meant for opinion pieces.)
- #twccsurvivetumblr: If you would like to write a post with tips on how new writers can “Survive Tumblr” please title it: How to Survive the Tumblr Writing Community. It can be positive, negative, or neutral… and include this tag. Please see the posts already up as examples.
- #TWC Tumblr Birthday:If you want to share that it’s your blog’s birthday.
- #The Feedback Project: Feedback. [Keep in mind, giving makes receiving more likely.]
- #Poetryintheraw: Feedback. Original description. Not sure if your piece is poetry? [Keep in mind, giving makes receiving more likely.]
- #Writing About Writing: Writing about… writing.
- #Writing About Tumblr: Writing about… Tumblr.
- #rejectscorner: Tracked by the Reject’s Corner.
- #Spilled Ink: LEGACY: No longer “active”, but still monitored by most reblog blogs.
- #SpilledinkProse: LEGACY: No longer “active”, but still monitored by most reblog blogs.
- #Long Reads I Popular I Featured
Genre Days Tags
- #Making Love Monday: Romance
- #TMI Tuesday: Non-Fic
- #Windmill Wednesday: Fantasy
- #Transhuman Thursday: Sci-Fi/Speculative
- #Femme Fatale Friday: Noir/Mystery
- #Sensual Saturday: Erotica
- #Sinister Sunday: Horror
The Tumblr Books
- Bookstore [currently being maintained by poeticallyundead]
- The Tumblr Library
- Books by Writers on Tumblr owned by Noelle
Tumblr Platform Tips
Off-Tumblr Resources
- Database of Lit Mags
- AgentInbox: Find an agent online. This is a free service, but you can choose to upgrade if you want to track when literary agents actually review your query letter/submissions.
- Authonomy: Click for FAQ.
I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can’t see from the center.
So true. Always move forward.
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