If Mary Shelley could write Frankenstein with Lord Byron swanning around in the background doing Lord Byron shit, you can definitively finish writing your work in progress. I believe in you!!
@lolennui One of the best books I’ve ever read too! The subtext of “these dudes all around me are toxically full of themselves” is delicious.
@lolennui I like the theory Shelly wrote Frankenstein to escape another boring threesome. I've no proof for it but it's a hill I'll die on
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The specific absence of a Percy Shelley in one's life is another little-credited boon to writers.
@lolennui fuck. I feel called out. anyone want a paid gig writing a bibliography for me? need asap
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@lolennui this fucking guy -mary shelley, probably
@lolennui struck to my core with conviction, thank you
LB: … and there is no deadline to finish, either.
@lolennui Covid threw a major spanner in my writing works because my best place to write is a crowded, noisy coffee shop.
@lolennui I think Mary Shelley completed ‘Frankenstein’ because of the antics, not despite them…
@lolennui that's the kind of motivation I needed to hear (well, that I needed to read in this case)