E.D.E. Bell
Fantasy author. Editor @atthisarts. Writer. Vegan. Mama. Queer. Michigander. Mentally disabled. Blue Ajah. Hasty Ent. Quests in heal spec. Shkode Kwe. Aήττητη. she/her or e/em. Emily or E. 🧄.
Speak plainly and stand together.
- I want to talk to the well-meaning cis American white guys, and I'm really asking you to listen. Please also consider and absorb that I have spent decades gathering expertise that is different than yours. Could you please read a few posts and truly consider them? (And at the end - a challenge!) 🧵
-
View full threadThe people outside of the club either don't have the energy to tell you, don't think it should be their emotional labor, don't want to deal with the grief they get from trying, can't take the risks it would entail, or are already shut out from you.
- Once you start talking to people outside of the club, and offer them some reassurance you really care and will listen, you will find everyone else pretty universally thinks this. Globally. Younger people. Other genders. You. Do. Not. Know. How. You. Are. Spoken. Of. You would not like it.
- Going to bed has ached every single night for the past nearly two years. Tonight, I'm taking the celestial wind with me. I believe it will help. Good night.
- If you see this, give me a prompt and I write something.
-
View full threadThe celestial winds brush her mane. She feels it, lets it run through her serpentine form. Even a fire naga needs the soothing touch of the celestial wind, the tendrils combing through the frayed but still formidable fire dorsals. You will rise again, the wind whispers. Again, again, again.
- 🫂 🔥
- Really hope people hear how much they might need this. Zig is a true storyteller. Feeling, winking, joyful storytelling. With Mamas. Plus - gotta support authentic human voices who stay true to self and don’t chase the machine. In any of its forms. Too much TBR? You could give a gift. Or boost.
- 5 days left in the AMNANDI SAILS campaign. 5 days. My brain hurts a lot. 5 days. That's all we've got. But in 5 days we can cram so many wonders, so many people in there... Come get a new fantasy book. www.kickstarter.com/projects/obs...
- Wishing all who mother that you may find some peace today knowing there is beauty all around and your love is infused into its essence.
- You know, there have been times the men who oppose me reach out privately to let me know that they respect my passion. No. They mean bravery. Hence reaching out in private. I’m just a regular guy but I will own the bravery now. Because writers all need to find and own theirs. The fight matters.
