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Welcome to the blog!

Name's Nova, or you're welcome to call me AJ (for my pen name, A.J. Starboard). When I'm not decidedly procrastinating, I like to consider myself a bit of a writer! I always have ideas to spare, and more ocs than I know what to do with.

Here is my masterpost (♦️)

Here is the introduction to the White Sails collection (♦️)

Tagging system:

#nova's crazy thoughts - any original posts, rambles and speculations

#the void → askbox - any and all asks received

#passing the mic → tag games - for any time I'm tagged in something

#nova's notebook - any time I put my handwriting/sketches on the blog

#the archive: resources - a comprehensive list of resources of varying kinds (anything I find useful)

#the archive: fandoms - the complete post/reblog space for any fandom stuff, probably categorised

My askbox is always open, and anon is always on! Feel free to take a look around, or ask me anything!

#nova's crazy thoughts #the void → askbox #passing the mic → tag games #nova's notebook #the archive: resources #the archive: fandoms #writeblr #writeblr introduction

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If you're on discord for too long you get the fun experience of gaslighting yourself about what emojis are real. like what do you mean fingerguns is not an actual emoji.

#the sheer number of times i've gone for the too much energy guy #in a conversation over text #embarrassing frankly

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The Shadows of Neverland

chapter 3 — the stories you grew up with

Fresh from the incursion with the demon Pan, James notices something strange about the island, and realises that all may not be as it seems. Meanwhile, the watcher makes herself known, James has a striking conversation, and comes face-to-face with the other inhabitants of the island

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The Shadows of Neverland

chapter 3 — the stories you grew up with

Fresh from the incursion with the demon Pan, James notices something strange about the island, and realises that all may not be as it seems. Meanwhile, the watcher makes herself known, James has a striking conversation, and comes face-to-face with the other inhabitants of the island

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If you see this you’re legally obligated to reblog and tag with the book you’re currently reading

#labyrinth by kate mosse

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I’m sure this has been done but

S4 malevolent in a nutshell

#the archive: fandoms #malevolent

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The Shadows of Neverland

chapter 3 — the stories you grew up with

Fresh from the incursion with the demon Pan, James notices something strange about the island, and realises that all may not be as it seems. Meanwhile, the watcher makes herself known, James has a striking conversation, and comes face-to-face with the other inhabitants of the island

FROM THE BEGINNING || PREVIOUS || NEXT

#timezone rb

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The Shadows of Neverland

chapter 3 — the stories you grew up with

Fresh from the incursion with the demon Pan, James notices something strange about the island, and realises that all may not be as it seems. Meanwhile, the watcher makes herself known, James has a striking conversation, and comes face-to-face with the other inhabitants of the island

FROM THE BEGINNING || PREVIOUS || NEXT

#nova's crazy thoughts #writeblr #writers on tumblr #writeblrcafe #wip: shadows of neverland

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My favorite ad read from the hunt a killer announcer guy

#oh THIS is the impression #my god its on point #the archive: fandoms

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classic scifi novels by men r always like. page 1 here’s a cool scifi idea i had. page 2 i hate women so much it’s unreal

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guys if one more person leaves a tag like this on my post im gonna lose my mind. There Are Science Fiction Authors Who Are Not Misogynistic Men

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ok i’ve gotten one too many ‘this is why i don’t read sci-fi’ comments so here’s a rec list for the people convinced all science fiction is bad and misogynistic (with something for everyone, hopefully!):

(also, btw, the book links are to the Storygraph, which includes content warnings for each one!)

smth funny and lighthearted about a security robot who’d rather watch TV then do its job? all systems red by martha wells (first novella in the The Murderbot Diaries series, 6 books, ongoing)
a complex, intricate political space opera following a warship AI who’s lost (almost) everything? ancillary justice by ann leckie (first in the Imperial Radch trilogy) (fun fact! bc of space linguistics reasons, all characters in this series are referred to with she/her pronouns, making gender a non-factor - it’s really cool!)
a dark story about travelling between parallel universes and a woman who is dead in almost every single one? the space between worlds by micaiah johnson (standalone) (SO good, i don’t get to recommend it often enough!!!)
a story about grief and letting go, and a unique take on alien invasion? the seep by chana porter (standalone novella)
hey, how abt some dystopian YA, for old times sake? specifically, one with sapphics and sick mechas? try gearbreakers by zoe hana mikuta (first in duology)
or, if you’d prefer something a bit less angsty, YA about a ragtag group of teens and a space heist? the disasters by m. k. england (standalone)
alternate history steampunk that blurs the line btwn science fiction and fantasy? the black god’s drums by p. djeli clark (standalone, novella)
a dark gone girl-esque thriller about clones? the echo wife by sarah gailey (standalone)
poetic sapphic romance and time travel? this is how you lose the time war by max gladstone and amal el-mohtar (standalone)
a hopeful utopian future and a human-robot friendship? a psalm for the wild-built by becky chambers (novella, first out of two) (this author’s got a whole bunch of hopepunk sci-fi novels in general, if that’s smth you’re looking for!)
africanfuturism, coming-of-age, and cool jellyfish aliens? binti by nnedi okorafor (novella, first in trilogy)
spicy lesbian cyborgs? and shall machines surrender my benjanun sriduangkaew (novella, first in the Machine Mandate series, 6 books)
cosmic horror with an autistic scientist, cyborg angels and AI gods? the outside by ada hoffmann (first in trilogy, 2 books are out)
also, if you’re a fan of Janelle Monáe, may i draw your attention to the fact that they’ve recently come out with a Dirty Computer short story collection, each story co-written with a diff writer?

this list is long enough, but have some more authors (who are not cis men) also worth checking out: rivers solomon, yoon ha lee, charlie jane anders, aliette de bodard, xiran jay zhao, mary robinette kowal, corinne duyvis

and finally, not all older/classic scifi is written by crusty old white guys who hate women!!! some iconic authors i’d particularly recommend looking into are ursula k. le guin, octavia e. butler, samuel r. delany and vonda n. mcintyre 🥰

#the archive: resources #would love to read more scifi tbh

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not very new hyperfixation rediscovered write a poem abt it

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Me n @lakeside-paradise are cooking amth up hehe

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Yes. We are.

@aflyingtrashcan It involves me writing >:3

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I'm so excited hehe

#terrifying! i'm excited beyond reason #other writers

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according to my dad, going to see war of the worlds live is an "experience"

well. I suppose I'm about to find out 👀

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I got a leaf? that fell from the sky???

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that was the most incredible visual thing I've ever seen holy shit

#nova's crazy thoughts #jeff wayne is insane his music was stellar #our entire cast was incredible #(we had an understudy for nathaniel which was a little strange cos the main actor had the filmed bits #our parson mysteriously sprouted hair in between the clips and then lost it again)#the artilleryman! played! the trumpet!!!#they did things with the lights i'd never seen anyone do with lights before #it was actually magical #i haven't yet talked about the whole ass martian tripod that literally extended from the ceiling #but it had a flamethrower and it was a marvel

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according to my dad, going to see war of the worlds live is an "experience"

well. I suppose I'm about to find out 👀

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I got a leaf? that fell from the sky???

#nova's crazy thoughts #forever autumn was amazing little paper leaves fell from the sky

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according to my dad, going to see war of the worlds live is an "experience"

well. I suppose I'm about to find out 👀

#nova's crazy thoughts

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I love personalization. I love stickers on water bottles and on laptops. I love shitty marker drawing on the toes of converse. I love hand embroidered doodles on jeans. I love posters on walls. I love knick knacks on shelves. I love jewelry with goofy charms. I love when people take things and make them theirs.

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