Harper Lewis
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I'm a subversive weirdo nerd witch who loves rocks. Intrusive rhyme bothers me. Some of my fiction may have provoked divorce proceedings in another state.š
My words are mine. Suggest ai use and get eviscerated.
MA English literature, CofC
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Martyrdom Rejection
Have you ever been psychologically abused? Distorted truths and half-lies weaponized around one devastating truth, then built out with lies? Conditional traps presented as negotiation with a bait and switch, accuse and blame where youāre indicted regardless of your answer, perpetually framed as lying so someone can control a narrative and present herself as a faultless victim who has suffered all because of you, regardless of her own choices? What if itās intentional and cruel, designed to hit you where youāre already hurt? Maybe the next blow will be fatal.
By Harper Lewis12 days ago in Writers
The Fourth Wall
I blame modernism and postmodernism for the plague of literary rooms that are essentially open plazas or terraces. For me, thereās a problem with assuming that the room can survive without the fourth wall. Writers like Shakespeare, Bronte, Vonnegut, and Salinger successfully break the fourth wall, which means it exists. You canāt break a wall that isnāt there.
By Harper Lewis13 days ago in Writers
Drink Around the Poesy (come along, sing bawdy songs) Take Off Your Prose challenge results . Content Warning.
This is my second rogue challenge thus far (more to come), and Iām delightfully surprised by the participation this suspicious platform newbie received.
By Harper Lewis13 days ago in Writers
Oh, Romeo
Dear Romeo, This is a bit awkward, but Iāve had misgivings ever since you asked me to call you āButt Love.ā I understand that boys like to experiment with their friends, but this is a balcony too far. After all, I am a Capulet. Whatās in a name matters more when the name isnāt Montague.
By Harper Lewis14 days ago in Fiction
Medea Gets Fleeced
Dear Medea, First, thank you for the sheepāI wouldnāt be where I am today without them. However, you betrayed your father and brother so I might have them, and, well, having forsaken them, you sort of screwed me out of your dowry. Also, how can I have faith in your loyalty? What if Odysseus sailed past and you fell in love with him, betraying me? I donāt have room for that kind of doubt in my life.
By Harper Lewis14 days ago in Fiction
The Benefits of Writing Porn. Content Warning.
Iām here today to talk about how writing porn (erotica, romance, whatever you call writing that readers derive sexual pleasure from) enhances and improves other writing. It does this in multiple ways, if you have the ovaries or cajones to really go for it. I can hear the Pollyannas clutching their pearls from here, see the shocked, judgmental looks aimed like lasers at me for daring to put romance as a parenthetical of porn (which is where it belongs).
By Harper Lewis15 days ago in Writers
Dear John,. Content Warning.
Update here, comments closed on this post to prevent an organizational nightmare. Spring is in the air, so letās focus on love letters (kind of)āspecifically, Dear John letters. Have you ever written one? Received one? Hereās your chance.
By Harper Lewis15 days ago in Writers
