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i amar prestar aen

@oakleaf.bsky.social

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call me oakleaf or sui (随). audhd writer, artist, and friend to cats everywhere. multi-fandom. theLoyalRoyalGuard on ao3. not chinese, it’s a fandom nickname. she/they

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i amar prestar aen @oakleaf.bsky.social · Oct 17

Sleep is not enough I need a vacation to Rivendell

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i amar prestar aen @oakleaf.bsky.social · 3h

YEAH. Like what’s with that! And also woof I’m sorry bud 🫂

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i amar prestar aen @oakleaf.bsky.social · 6h

I got so wrapped up in trying to write to market, in expected plot structure and character arcs, for years until it nearly choked my ability to write at all. So it’s not that I don’t know the rules, it’s not that I can’t do them. I just. Will Not lol

i amar prestar aen @oakleaf.bsky.social · 6h

I do genuinely think I am a pretty good writer, my last few books are genuine bangers, and I wouldn’t even begin to know how to pitch them even if I wanted to. They simply don’t follow a single market guideline and I don’t intend them to

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i amar prestar aen @oakleaf.bsky.social · 6h

I write damn good books that are completely unmarketable loooool

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i amar prestar aen @oakleaf.bsky.social · 6h

Like. A dogfood ad specifically being marketed for how much weight dogs have supposedly lost eating it. What fresh hell is this

i amar prestar aen @oakleaf.bsky.social · 6h

Damn weight loss ads are so pervasive I literally just got weight loss ad for DOGS

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i amar prestar aen @oakleaf.bsky.social · 6h

The problem with my current potential new book idea is that two of the main characters are children and I… am not particularly good at writing child characters lol

i amar prestar aen @oakleaf.bsky.social · 7h

That makes me feel better! Milo has some sneezes and one eye is a little runny, but he seems okay otherwise so. Fingers crossed it’s just the same seasonal stuff that’s getting to me too lol

i amar prestar aen @oakleaf.bsky.social · 8h

I sure hope whatever I’m feeling tonight is a combo of oh hey it’s fall now and hormones bc if I get sick on top of the miserable weekend I had I will cry

i amar prestar aen @oakleaf.bsky.social · 8h

Do cats get fall allergies too? 🤔

i amar prestar aen @oakleaf.bsky.social · 8h

oh shit

i amar prestar aen @oakleaf.bsky.social · 9h

🫂🫂🫂🫂

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i amar prestar aen @oakleaf.bsky.social · 9h

It’s okay to take breaks if you’re not feeling up to it! 💜 whatever will be the most supportive/joyful for you

i amar prestar aen @oakleaf.bsky.social · 9h

This is so lovely

i amar prestar aen @oakleaf.bsky.social · 9h

And he asks me SO politely whenever he wants to go in!

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i amar prestar aen @oakleaf.bsky.social · 10h

✨vibes good vibes good vibes cozy Milo vibes✨

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 11h

Finding the little joys in life doesn't mean ignoring the big terrors.

Flowers grow between the cracks of broken sidewalks all the time.

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i amar prestar aen @oakleaf.bsky.social · 11h

Thank you! This is one of the only ones I had planned ahead of time lol

i amar prestar aen @oakleaf.bsky.social · 14h

DUDE I just saw a baby born *this summer* named Rumi. It has begun 😂😂😂

i amar prestar aen @oakleaf.bsky.social · 15h

WHY are so many of my orchids spiking??? It’s October??? I haven’t even had a chance to do any repotting since the last flowers!!!

i amar prestar aen @oakleaf.bsky.social · 15h

#Tolkientober day 14: colors

Three Rings for the Elven kings under the sky

#Tolkientrewsday

A watercolor painting of three rings linked by a coronet of green leaves. One ring is gold with a ruby stone, one is gold with a sapphire stone, and one is silver with a white stone. They are shining on a blue-grey background that is bright around them and darker at the edges

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i amar prestar aen @oakleaf.bsky.social · 16h

Oh this is beautiful. The contrast is so striking

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Holly @pterosaur.bsky.social · 2d

tea kettle guys

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i amar prestar aen @oakleaf.bsky.social · 18h

Years ago, when he was a college professor, one of his students put they/them in their email signature, and he came to me to ask how best to respect them, worried he would say something wrong because he didn’t fully understand

Ź🖤🥀 @lalaspeaks.bsky.social · 2d

What’s ONE green flag about your father?

i amar prestar aen @oakleaf.bsky.social · 18h

My aching neck and hip second this