#If you've never customized your desktop I really recommend it!

[imma-ghost-bunni]

Armys of Tumblr!! ♥

I made this! \(´∀`)/ A computer wallpaper theme based on some of my favorite bts eras and songs. I had so much fun designing it I especially love how the icons turned out - so I wanted to share ^^

[isalisewrites]

Why are the percentages so fucking low on downloading fics? You think that shit is permanently going to be there?? You think it's safe???

You sweet summer child, no.

DOWNLOAD EVERYTHING YOU READ.

I legit just downloaded a 400k fic last week. Darkness Within by Whimsical_musings.

Guess what? The author just deleted their entire account. Gone. All gone. I was shocked. Did I download all their fics? I don't know. That stresses me the fuck out. What was lost? What has just been lost?

DOWNLOAD. EVERYTHING. BEFORE. YOU. READ.

Preserve fics, please, for the love of god. Save them. I don't care if it's incomplete. Maybe you keep redownloading it every new chapter. Keep that up; delete old copies. You might just have downloaded the last copy of it. You might just have saved its life.

I have a copy of Darkness Within, thank god. But I don't know if I have a copy of its sequel. I have copies of so many fics, but I've also missed out on so many. I have been in fandom for over ten years. I have lost so many beloved fics over the years. I still vividly remember a Severitus series on ffnt that was deleted, but the author said they would rewrite it.

They never did. The series is gone. Forever.

My heart breaks a little more every time a fic is deleted.

I can't convince authors to stop deleting their work, but I can preserve them. I'm sorry if this bothers authors, but you must understand that my drive as a fellow author myself to preserve YOUR PRECIOUS work far exceeds a historian's drive to discover and preserve relics of the past.

Your work existed here on the internet; therefore, it deserves preservation.

It's sacred.

So, please, readers... I beg you: download everything. Trust me on this. Make it your new routine. Download fics in mobi or epub format. Avoid PDF files; they don't really allow viewing customization in eReader software/apps from my experience, but I know some people prefer PDF.

In this age, hardware space shouldn't be too much of an issue. For example: Darkness Within by Whimsical_musings is 411k words and takes up 1.5mbs on my phone. 1000mbs equals 1gb.

My rough math means 1gb can hold 276,726,000 words.

I suspect your phone, tablet, laptop, or desktop can handle devoting 1gb to downloading fics.

But you're probably not going to fill up a gigabyte of space anyway, who knows. I have over 600 files saved on my new phone and it's only at 350mbs right now.

Mobi and epub files can be read on a Kindle device, too. I believe IOS users can use Apple Books. Desktop/laptop users, you can use Kindle or Calibre. (Looks like Calibre has mobile options, too.) For android users, I recommend Moon+ Reader; there's a free version and a paid version. Best $5 to $10 I've spent.

For downloading fics from fanfiction.net, use Fichub. Useful anyway due to all the annoying ads. Next, if you've lost a fic, there are some archives available. If anyone knows of other archives, please let me know.

FF2ebook. MementoArchive. WaybackMachine.

Save everything.

Save everything, please.

i am very curious about this because i only remembered this is an option like yesterday so i have to ask

[dolliedarlin]

Hello! So sorry to bother you, I just had a quick question. I’ve been posting on tumblr for a while, but I’ve only ever used it for quick text posts.

However, I’ve recently started writing a lot and wanted to post it on Tumblr, hoping to get some more attention than my wattpad has been getting 😅

Despite my efforts, I’m struggling to find a way to customize my Tumblr account and make it a more personal website for writing. Could you possibly give a quick explanation or just some simple tips on customizing Tumblr pages?

Ignore this if you want to, no pressure, I know it’s a kinda strange request 😂

Have a lovely day/afternoon/night! And remember, you’re an incredible writer, and never let anyone convince you otherwise!! ❤️

awww~ you're not bothering me at all, dollface! though, i do apologise for not replying sooner, i was in the middle of exams, you see, and i've finally finished so i have no worries until monday! now, here i am finally replying in full!

firstly, i want to say that i really wish you all the best of luck on your writing! i know it can be hard sometimes but the key is to keep the enjoyment there and you'll be able to go further than you can ever imagine!

personally, making the move from wattpad to tumblr was great for me seeing as i could better interact with my lovely readers much better and have them become another main reason for me to continue writing, i hope it's the same for you - it's always great to have a wonderful community supporting you

and this isn't a strange request at all! customising my tumblr page is always fun and being able to decorate posts and have input in how my content is viewed by others brings about a unique type of satisfaction, you know?

anywho~ there are 2 ways in which you can customise your tumblr and that is through your blog theme as well as through your individual posts.

but first! you must decide what your aesthetic is, the easiest way to do this is to draw inspiration from pinterest! first pick out your colour scheme (e.g mine is centred around that vibrant green you see) and then pick out what running theme you want to have and stick to it throughout your blog posts (e.g my theme is green and shoujo manga, nothing too complicated)

you can get even more creative by making an atmosphere that can centre around a concept that makes reading your work fun for your readers! e.g i remember that some really creative bloggers and writers have stuck with a cafe theme, where they name their master lists/links after cafe themed things and make requesting for fics seem like you're ordering your favourite drink at a real cafe, i'll tag some good blog inspos for you, ranging from simple but aesthetic themes that are easy to navigate all the way to ones that get really creative and makes you excited to read their work - all of them also have great writing that i highly recommend you read through but be careful since some do write mature content. if you're a minor don't interact with those posts please - simply see what they have going on and draw inspiration from what you think looks good!

@maitani ; @manjiroro ; @sakusins ; @manjiroia ; @tteokdoroki ; @sukunababy

are just a few of the amazing writers with aesthetic blogs on tumblr, reading their amazing work with their added aesthetics really satisfies that itch, y'know? i try to emulate that in my work too but i don't believe i'm there yet - you and i can get there some day, though, i'm sure!

now that you've done that, it's time so specify themes and blog posts.

your theme is essentially, how others see your domain/tumblr blog on their desktop, if you want a different theme to the default tumblr theme you're given, i suggest going to @theme-hunter they reblog theme codes created by other people that you can apply to your tumblr blog and adjust to fit your aesthetic! here's a really good guide you can follow to help you out. it's kinda hard for me to explain but i promise that once you get started and do your careful tweaking here and there, you'll get the hand of it eventually! just be sure to follow the requirements of those who made created the theme code free for you to use, they usually have a sort of stamp in their code saying that the theme you're using is made by them and ask that you don't erase it from their code - which is only fair, yes?

with blog posts, its easy to get aesthetic pictures from pinterest that follow your theme but if you wanna edit manga panels like me, you can always use an editor app like canva or procreate to help you out, i personally use procreate to make mine green! it's also really handy to have a divider, it's those one colour lines that help divide up your written posts. it's a small touch but they help continue your aesthetic and theme in a subtle way, the dimensions i use for my dividers are 540 x 2px

for those pictures, you can make a banner using that editing app, the dimensions i use are 2384 x 462px (i got those dimensions via experimenting on procreate and seeing how it looks on a tumblr post preview - you can always do your own experimentation and see what dimensions you prefer!)

if you wanna do the three pictures banner thing i've done for my bulletin, all you have to do is make sure those pictures are all squares (or just the same shapes in dimensions but squares work the best), upload the three you want and then simply drag and drop them next to each other, following the blue line indicating where they should go!

that's all i can cover at the top of my head but if you have any additional questions, please feel free to ask me and i'll do my best to help you out!

good luck once again! you've got this; i'm cheering for you - tell me how it goes! and if you're comfortable enough with showing me, i'd love to see how your blog aesthetic/theme comes out! of course, if you aren't comfortable, don't feel pressured to!