Whatever It Is You Need Good Luck For, I Wish You Good Luck. Tests, Job, Home Life, Social Life, Mental

“My story has so much gay rep in it!” Awesome. How are you treating your female characters btw

i would literally be the most inconsistent character in someone’s book. one moment i am happy and hopeful. the next i am sad and despondent. on some days i’m really productive. on others i lie in bed and stare at the ceiling. i am a mess of hastily scribbled notes and unfinished character concepts squashed together into a barely breathing, barely functional person.

i wake up thirsty and i think of palestine. i go to the doctor’s office and i think of palestine. a sign in the corner of the waiting room says ‘this is a place of healing, disruptive behavior will not be tolerated’ and i think of palestine. they probably weren’t thinking of bombs and snipers and mass graves in parking lots. i call my parents and i think of palestine. i drive to the grocery store and i think of palestine. i look at the clear blue sky and i think of palestine. i put the dishes away and i think of palestine. i feed my cat and i think of palestine. i listen to music and i think of palestine. i read poetry and i think of palestine. i text my friends and i think of palestine. i think of palestine and i think of palestine and i think of palestine

take your time, they said.

the words will come to you, they said.

This might be an overkill since Croatia isn't a bordering country and I know other countries are already taking in refugees, but just in case, these links are info for seeking refuge in Croatia. Croatia hasn't gotten any requests for it yet, but the minister said that Croatia is open to accepting refugees from Ukraine.

UNHCR

Official government site

“Blood sweat and tears” such an excellent method of measuring investment. Yeah I worked really hard on this, hurt myself a lot, cried the whole time. stress nosebleed, sweated profusely, sobbed openly. Bleeding sweating crying etc. And everyone goes oh. Well done.

compiled some non-fiction and fiction recommended reads about palestine/by palestinian authors:

The Parisian - Isabella Hammad ; historical fiction

Ten Myths about Israel - Ilan Pappe (a Jewish, Israeli historian) ; non-fiction

On Palestine - Noam Chomsky & Ilan Pappe ; non-fiction

Rifqa - Mohammed El-Kurd ; poetry collection

The Secret Life of Saeed: The Pessoptimist - Emile Habibi ; satirical fiction

Justice for Some: Law and Question of Palestine - Noura Erakat ; non-fiction

Minor Detail - Adania Shibli ; historical fiction

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine - Ilan Pappe ; non-fiction

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine - Rashid Khalidi ; non-fiction

In Search of Fatima - Ghada Karmi ; autobiography, memoir

Where the Line is Drawn - Crossing Boundaries in Occupied Palestine - Raja Shehadeh ; biography

Men in the Sun - Ghassan Kanafani ; novella, fiction

I Saw Ramallah - Mourid Barghouti ; biography

Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement - Angela Y. Davis ; non-fiction, collection of essays, interviews, and speeches

Between River and Sea: Encounters in Israel and Palestine - Dervla Murphy ; travel literature

Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics by Marc Lamont Hill and Mitchell Plitnick ; non-fiction

A Child in Palestine: The Cartoons of Naji Al-Ali ; graphic novel, non-fiction