PEN TO PAPER | a week of writing inspired by my favorite authors' routines

Описание: This year, I plan to finish my first novel since college. In Q1, I established a goal to write 12,000 words. In this vlog, I try to shake up my writing habits by integrating the practices of some of my favorite authors: James Baldwin, N.K. Jemisin, R.F. Kuang, and Toni Morrison. The result is over 3,000 pages and many cozy writing sessions. I hope you enjoy!

LINKS
1. All About Love, bell hooks: https://bookshop.org/
2. N.K. Jemisin’s dreams and world-building: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...
3. Alternatives to Amazon
Beauty & Wellness: https://blkgrn.com/
Books: bookshop.org, thrift books.com
Office supply and stationery: https://shop.accessofficeproducts.com/
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Welcome to my channel! I’m Elise, and I think of this space as sharing some pages of my diary with you. Here you’ll find pieces of my heart: creative writing and reading videos, and content focused on fitness and personal development as a normal girlie working 9-5.

This channel started from my desire to romanticize my very normal life — it’s worked. Making these videos forces me to slow down and take in the little beauties I get to experience every day, even on the mundane or hard days. I hope at a minimum, it inspires you to find more joy in your own-day to day.

This is an inclusive space. Any and all comments containing hate speech will be immediately reported and deleted.

Because no one is free until we all are:
1. Find your local Food Not Bombs: https://foodnotbombs.net/info/locations/
2. Context for the American government’s bend towards fascism: https://forward.com/opinion/690835/el...
3. Ceasefire and beyond: https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/2...
4. Contemporary involvement of the U.S. in the Israel-Palestine conflict: https://www.newstatesman.com/long-rea...
5. Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement, by Angela Y. Davis
6. Consuming the Congo: War and Conflict Minerals in the World's Deadliest Place, by Peter Eichsteaedt