Mara Ballek
polariswrites.bsky.social
Mara Ballek
@polariswrites.bsky.social
I like to read, play video games, and currently have two WIPs (hopefully future books!)
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here are some hobbies to pick up if u want to demonstrate value or become more interesting:

-chess (shows u are smart)
-photography (demonstrates artistic sensitivity)
-frog collector (shows u have a large collection of frogs)
November 30, 2024 at 10:34 PM
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Sometimes you just have to put blinders on and focus on writing today. Not tomorrow. Not next year. Create Something. Act in defiance of the world. - Wrtr #amwriting Make something just for you. #author #writing #writer
November 23, 2024 at 5:31 AM
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You're not "late to the party" when you enjoy an old book for the first time. Books don't have an RSVP deadline. The party started long ago, and guests show up when they're meant to.
November 23, 2024 at 2:02 PM
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November 24, 2024 at 2:35 AM
Having 3 WIPs is crazy… I have one going into its third draft, one in outlining, and one in brainstorming. My 3rd WIP (Kosma) is the one I want to work on the most, but I’m sludging through my outline so I went back to the brainstorming. But maybe it makes more sense to work on the WIP in drafting?
November 24, 2024 at 6:32 AM
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🤍
November 18, 2024 at 12:20 PM
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“but that ship isn’t canon” i’m a fic writer, do you really think that has ever stopped me before?
November 18, 2024 at 7:11 AM
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Umm. This is like first day at school. I’ve joined up
November 18, 2024 at 12:15 PM
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Working a full-time job to support your creative side hustle is really difficult, but Homer managed to write the lliad whilst clocking in at the nuclear power plant every day. Inspirational
November 17, 2024 at 11:26 AM
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What I love about The Sims is that we’re all playing the same game, but we’re not. Everyone has their own stories, sims, aesthetic, etc. We’ve all created our own little worlds to escape to ✨
November 17, 2024 at 12:54 PM
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All I want from life is to read books, pet cats, and see some incredible sights every now and then.
November 18, 2024 at 5:54 AM
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People are a lot like books except I look forward to books showing up at my front door unannounced
November 17, 2024 at 5:37 PM
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what if your ideas are as in love with you as you are with them?

what if your creativity spends its days dreaming about you too?

what if art is a co-creation between you (the vessel) & the eternal source of all things?

what if this act of making is the universe experiencing itself through you?
November 18, 2024 at 5:07 AM
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starter pack for writers who plan to spend their one wild and precious life posting about writing instead of writing
November 18, 2024 at 4:48 AM
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open world games taught me that I’d rather pick flowers for 80 hours than finish anything important.
November 17, 2024 at 2:12 PM
Took this a couple nights ago
#photography #nightsky #moon
November 18, 2024 at 4:44 PM
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It's not a difference of political opinions if the opposing side's opinion is that you aren't human or shouldn't exist. That's not how anything works.
November 18, 2024 at 4:15 PM
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Advice from a Literature teacher and resister: read your history, but don’t forget your literature.

Resistance is woven through the words of abolitionism and feminism and anti-fascism. Read the history and the literature.
November 17, 2024 at 1:58 PM