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J.E. Glass | Published author of UNDERGROUNDER | Finalist in Indie Ink and Page Turner Awards | Writer of Dark and Urban Fantasy | Lesbian| Witchy nerd 🧹🏳️‍🌈
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Drowned by men. Saved by a monster.

The last place Alexandra Bailey expects her routine life of domestic journalism to lead is being sucked into icy floodwaters below New York City with a knife in her ribs. Headlines like this happen to other people, but it's real, and she knows she's dead. Which makes the circumstances of her survival as impossible as the woman who drags her from the water. 

Saved but hardly safe, Alex wakes in the Underground, a world of misfits and monsters thriving below the streets. It's a journalism goldmine. One Alex can't resist digging into after learning her beastly savior is Leanna Farrow, adopted daughter of an infamous and "presumed dead" scientist. But Alex's curiosity, coupled with her rapidly developing feelings for Leanna, put both women in danger when Alex’s inquiries pique the interest of a powerful family with bloody secrets connected to the Underground. 

If Alex wants to unravel the secrets of the world below she'll have to walk the razor's edge, but some mysteries are better left buried.

🕮 Over 1700 copies sold  🔖 600k pages read on KU  200+ Amazon reviews 🏆 2 Awards 🎖️ 4-time Indie Ink Award Finalist 🔥 One hell of a #sapphic read

 So what are you waiting for?

Undergrounder by J.E. Glass

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This article was super long-winded so I screenshat the important part

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In short, it's all about framing. You need to suggest that someone else is making you ask them about whatever it is you want to bring up. Let me share an example:

Do NOT say: "I think I have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome."

Instead, say: "My best friend wanted me to ask you about something. I don't even think it's a thing, but she thinks I might have something called EDS. Ehlers- Danlos syndrome, I think? I don't know. It's probably rare. But have you heard of it? Do you think I might have it?"

Here's another example:

Do NOT say: "I think I have ADHD."

Instead, say: "So my wife said I had to ask you about something. I don't know if she's right, but if I don't bring it up with you, she'll be really mad at me. She thinks I might have something called attention deficit disorder. And she said you might be able to help."

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To primary care physicians: "My roommate said I had to ask you about having my thyroid levels checked."

To pain specialists: "My brother thinks I have rheumatoid arthritis and he wanted me to ask you about it."

To psychiatrists: "My aunt said I should ask you about anxiety medications."

This will not only help in getting them to take your symptoms seriously, it will also work on convincing them to order specific tests, offer specific medications, and consider a specific diagnosis.

This approach shifts the focus onto a third party, which helps doctors lower their defenses. If they think medical suggestions from patients are inane, you're just feigning agreement with them. It effectively puts you on the same side as the doctor - the two of you against your loved one. Which is fine, because your loved one isn't relying on them for medical care, so they can take the heat. And when the doctor feels like they're on your side, they're more likely to want to help.

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This approach also means that the doctor knows you are likely to tell a third party what transpired during the appointment, which means they'll be held to a higher level of accountability. That alone will often have a big impact on how they treat you.

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Fairly certain that the impact frame when Jayce hits the wild rune with his hammer—

—Is actually a death’s head moth instead of a butterfly.

Jayce spent his entire life since he was saved by magic chasing that butterfly only to end up creating something else entirely. Something that creates the death he sought to prevent

Just another tragedy to add onto arcane’s growing list.

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