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okay how tf do people make such beautiful covers ?? 

Your aesthetic * chef kiss *

zimavich → -thales

so, there's something important that I need to discuss. If you are in any way connected to Writeblr, you have probably seen the recent discourse about asian wips written by white people. I summary, the post talked about the fetishizing of minority groups and how slippery of a slope it is for inspiration to become cherry-picking to become general racial insensitivity.
          
          I first starting observing this discourse because I myself had a wip that was based off of Chinese culture. Language of the Lost follows the story of Sun Meiyue being a young girl who stole a wish from the universe and essentially becoming a god. The story would deal with themes of devotion, humanity, the nature of existence, acceptance, and family. I am deleting this work because I do not feel like I should write it. 
          
          I myself am a white female and risk wandering into that bad-zone. In fact, I believe I already have wandered there. The story of LOTL may someday return but in a different form. Right now, I need to take a step back, reevaluate the intentions I had behind creating these characters, and reassess my style of portrayal. Thank you for respecting this decision and I'm sorry to anyone who was looking forward to reading LOTL. Someday I may be able to write it, but for now, there are underlying insensitivities that I do not want to remain in the public eye.
          
          Thank you for respecting this decision,
               Maria, Zimavich

hhhh, all your books look so interesting, can't wait to read more

finally broke my Russian lit streak with "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair, which I've been meaning to read for a while now, and I'm only two chapters in. I know it's an exposé but literally nothing else and I'm already loving Jurgis so much but I know something bad is probably about to happen to him and it's just killing me ughhhh ❤️

book premises that I am working on (please give me feedback on how to make them more interesting) 
          
          — A "Hansel and Gretel" retelling that takes place in a ww2-era Berlin 
          
          — The biography of a ragged Turkish poet who is traveling on foot across Europe during the 1920s and how he becomes friends with a young Ukrainian "princesses" along the way. 
          
          — A group of horrible, disgusting private school youths who live in a suburb of Leningrad in the late 60s are surrounded by murders that they both solve and commit. Taking place in the same universe as The February Empire

Language of the Lost seems awesome ❤️ I'm Laia btw, nice to meet you! 

might publish "The February Empire" tonight :)

All my favorite authors updating at the exact same time <3