in my mind, endless sea, calling from the bottom but you don't hear me//starset 

i don't know where you're going, but do you got room for one more troubled soul// fob

i'm coming, wait for me, I hear the walls repeating the falling of our feet, sounds like drumming// hadestown

I don't quite know, how to say, how I feel, those three words, are said too much, they're not enough// snow patrol

you're out of my hands, I'm out of my head, try to be cool, but you know me the best// shy martin

and when I fall apart, promise in the dark you'll be my nightlight// illenium

they say we are who we are, but we don't have to be, I'm bad behavior but I do it in the best way// fob

and the world is cold, but its beautiful// starset

she's singing "baby come home" in a melody of tears while the rhythm of the rain keeps time// fob

cross my heart and hope to die, I'll see you with your laughter lines// bastille

cause in a sky, in a sky full of stars, I think I see you// coldplay

it's like I knew right when I found you, I found something I couldn't lose// srvcina

if you go to war, then I'm going with you, pick up my sword there's nothing I won't do// neoni

and there isn't a fire , that I wouldn't walk through, my army of one is gonna fight for you// coldplay

I push you away, still you won't let go, you grow your roses on my barren soul// needtobreathe

- The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

Peeps. This book. Is underrated. OH MY WORD. I didn't think I'd love it but I LOVE IT. The friendships are underrated, the lack of crazy romance is underrated, the whole theme is underrated, the prose is underrated like MAGGIE STIEFVATER!!! KEEP. WRITING. BOOKS. PLEASE!

Not gonna lie, I just bought a bunch of her books because I just LOVE IT SO MUCH!!

*cue me screaming to bestie all the updates as she watches in amusement since she knows everything about the series*

Faith: are they in the helicopter yet?

Me: wut 0_0

Faith: nothing, sweet child, nothing

working on a novel I'm writing just for myself at the time being. I don't know if I'll ever announce it, or publish it. It's more a project of my anxiety and loneliness poured into a book for me. Maybe someday it will be something bigger. But I think writers have lost the art of writing something for themselves. And I don't mean don't show anyone. I show my best friend every piece of writing. Even the bad pieces, haha. *glances at the one Christmas AU* But its still something of a lost art. Writing with no or little intent to publish. 

Also editing United We Fall but it's taking a bit of motivation for that. I want to have it ready by late summer/early fall of 2021 so stay tuned for that.  I think it'll be ready by then. In the meantime, if you're wondering what United We Fall even is, you should check out my debut novel, How We Rise. It's dystopian, but also contemporary and not like anything you've ever read. (is that a common saying? yes it is, but this is different from anything I've read, so I'm hoping that will ring true for you, too!)

My best friend, partner in crime, critique partner, and my inspiration wrote a post about writing romance based off the musical Hadestown, which is something she forced me to listen to and I ended up loving. Go read her post!

Skye Hoffert posted some fall musings that are super aesthetic. I totally want to make a scented mixture now of apples and cinnamon and oranges to make my house smell like fall. (Even if it's still summertime heat here haha)

Allison Riera rejoined the blogosphere to share some things about college and her experience. And while I'm not a college student, I found this post very fun to read and to hear about a fellow blogger's experience.

I did a collab last week, which you may have read, with S.J. Barnard. I just recently discovered her blog, but it's quite amazing. Her post can be find on my blog, and if you're interested in character playlists, my post can be found on her blog.

have a happy halloween

stay amazing!

~ brooke