#Preferred Vendor programs

[dashcon-two]

Our First Update!

Hi everyone! Wow, the reception to DashCon 2 online has been insane. We are so incredibly grateful for the support! We know that there haven’t been a ton of updates in these past few weeks, but we promise that we’ve been planning a bunch behind the scenes. We're going to be going over a lot of information here that we covered in our newsletter, along with some more behind-the-scenes details. 

If you haven’t subscribed to our newsletter, please consider doing so! We’ll be putting out monthly summaries of important updates, alongside regular short posts here on our blog and these longer summaries.

NOTICE 07/9/2024: We're currently having some trouble with the newsletter and cannot guarantee that you'll receive our summary right away. We're sorry for the inconvenience and working hard to resolve the matter

WHY HAVEN’T THERE BEEN MORE UPDATES 

Frankly, a lot of the stuff we’ve been working on is pretty boring. We’ve been working a lot on budgeting and logistics, what you’d expect from a con that’s still pretty early on in development. We also haven’t wanted to rush announcing anything just to have something to put out; we don’t want to make promises that we can’t keep. We have more in the works, we promise, but we’ve been taking time to make sure that we’re laying a strong foundation for all future plans. 

To be completely honest, we originally planned on publically announcing our plans in mid-September, which has definitely impacted our publication schedule. When we learned of Strange Aeons’ DashCon video we realized that it would be a great time to reach out to her (which we’d already planned on doing), and go public with our plans. We were also concerned that if we went public after her video it would be assumed that this was a cashgrab aiming to ride the hype from her video. Because of this, we’ve had far less to announce than we would’ve necessarily liked. However, we’re now at the stage where we’ll have a more consistent update schedule going forward. 

OUR TEAM

To start, we have received a lot of questions about our team and experience. The DashCon 2 team is a mishmash of people in and around the convention world. For specifics you can consult our  About Us page, but as a collective we have people who have worked professionally as event/programming coordinators, volunteered at conventions/festivals/renaissance fairs, and of course, we've all been attending conventions as guests for over a decade. 

If you’re interested in potentially joining our team, we’ve now opened up volunteer applications for people interested in helping organize DashCon Two. Please fill out this form, and we’ll be in touch soon!

Our team is also working hard to connect with other people in the con scene, especially in our local area. We’d like to give a big thanks to Jenn from Dangerous Ladies for consulting with us and shouting us out on Twitter. Please check her out on Twitter @dangerousladies!  If you’ve been involved in con organization and wouldn’t mind having a quick chat with us, we’d love to hear your two cents! Please contact us through this form.

VENUE

Unfortunately we don't have a specific venue confirmed yet. We’ve been in contact with a variety of venues available around our preferred date, but we're still negotiating the details. We cannot confirm anything until paperwork has been signed, but know that not matter what, we will be paying for our venue in advance.

Because of some new venue updates (that we can't talk about yet), the date of our event may be subject to change, but will remain within the month of July.

VENDOR APPLICATIONS

The team is thrilled by the excitement so many Canadian artists have for vending at DashCon 2. Vendor applications are not open yet because we haven't yet signed for the venue. Once the venue is confirmed we'll be able to finalize our numbers, including attendee expectations and price.

Thanks for reading! The DashCon 2 Team

[usafphantom2]

One way to make GCAP more affordable is to merge it with the Franco-German SCAF program. Sharing costs and dividing them across a larger fleet of aircraft would reduce unit price. Also, the requirement for local content would ensure spare parts availability from multiple vendors. if this suggestion seems anathema to some, it is preferable to cancellation. I should also cite another very successful Anglo-French collaboration: Concorde.

@NicholasDrummond via X

[simslegacy5083]

NSB (Straud Legacy) Gen 9 Ep 66: An Anchor Square Adventure

The Story of a Family

When Luigi told Noemi about his end of term success and that he was hoping to celebrate it with her, she jumped into researching options. Shortly afterward, he received an excited text exclaiming that she had found “a very special, absolutely perfect, event!”

In no time the couple was exiting the sunny San Sequoia teleport station hand in hand, ready to celebrate Anchor Day with the locals. Luigi didn’t know much about the festival, but this trip was already a pure win in his book for allowing him to leave the dry winter weather behind.

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Passing food stalls, craft stations, and games all related to the city’s long fishing and canning history, they ran across an unexpectedly familiar vendor.

It was Beau, running a stand with a sim Luigi assumed had to be his wife, Breanne. Her classy green candle was one of his favorite decorations and receiving it had marked a turning point in his relationship with her husband, so Luigi was happy to buy a few more.

While Noemi chatted with Breanne about candle making, he tried to get Beau to join the “Incredible Sports” gaming competition starting up shortly. Sadly, his teammate was committed to table duty, but he promised to give “His Highness” a virtual butt kicking some other day.

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Noemi shared Luigi’s love of programming, but she preferred robotics over video games and told him she’d cheer him on rather than compete.

Fortunately, there was a stand selling books nearby to supplement the “excitement” of watching him bounce in place. She found an intriguing sci-fi tale (that she was sure Luigi would be asking to borrow soon) about a sim trying to fix the future by traversing alternate past timelines and got a ways through it before he was finished.

The first-place prize alluded the gamer once more, but he was still quite happy with his 2nd place win given his unfamiliarity with the game, especially when he realized he’d also just maxed his video gaming skill. Noemi offered him a congratulatory high five for his double gaming success.

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Still high on his win Luigi simply had to try his hand at the wheel of fortune next, hoping to win Noemi a fun prize as a thank you for her great idea.

It seemed that, for now, his luck had been spent. The wheel gave him nothing, but Noemi’s “consolation prize” was sweet indeed. He reflected that the morning had just begun, and this was already a great date. He and Noemi were amazing as a couple, if only he could convince her to commit!

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By that time Luigi’s stomach was starting to rumble. When he told Noemi he was ready to grab a bite her eyes lit up with delight.

She knew Luigi hated paying for meals that never lived up to the home cooking he’d been raised on as a child, but she’d read that one of the best chefs in the city had setup his booth at the festival. Luigi was skeptical, as always, but dutifully followed her to the waffle stand.

He had to admit that the wide array of waffles smelled delicious. Mouths watering, they both decided to try the one topped with glazed apples and bacon. Settling nearby to dig in, Luigi literally giggled in happy surprise at the first bite, exclaiming “these are amazing!”

Noemi returned his smile, promising to grab the proprietor’s business card on the way out so they could revisit his fine menu again some other time.

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After their meal they took a silly photo to remember the day by. They’d done all they wanted at the fair, but Noemi had one final trick up her sleeve.

She led Luigi across the square to the movie theater. They weren’t showing any sci-fi or fantasy flicks just then, but they were offering the movie adaptation of the romance novel Luigi had purchased for them at Winterfest. They’d both loved it, and he was excited to see it on the big screen.

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Exiting a couple hours later Luigi groaned. They’d left out his favorite parts and he thought the leads had done a terrible job with the main love story.

Noemi completely disagreed and said so, but rather than argue about it she coyly suggested that if he hadn’t liked the directors take on the story maybe they could do a better job playacting it themselves back at her place? Luigi very much liked the sound of THAT!

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Heading back into the city they made good on Noemi’s suggestion, having a predictably fantastic time while they were at it.

As they lay in bed afterwards, content, Luigi reflected on how easy it had always been to be with Noemi. He was so grateful that she’d come into his life and even more so that they’d found their way back to their current relationship status after deciding to be “just friends”.

He refused to dwell on her unwillingness tell his family about them. It was good enough for now, he decided, to focus on enjoying their time together.

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Anchor Day isn't a real game festival. I created it using the TOOL mod. I was really happy with how it turned out.

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View The Full Story of My Not So Berry Challenge Here

[ratsoh-writes]

Here’s my birdswap notes so far:

Sans:

Possible names?: mango, ruffle, chat, rio, skeet, pina, skip, mogli, gogo, whistle, chirp, kiwi, crash

flamingo wings and flamingo pink magic!

Very bouncy, chatty, affectionate, playful and a bit of a showoff.

He gives this youthful little brother energy that has others protective of him. He’s completely oblivious to this and just thinks every one is his friend.

LOVES SHRIMP, probably other shellfish too, just a big seafood fan in general

Can’t decide on job, thinking either PE teacher or some sort of sports coach like maybe gymnastics? Needs something active and playful.

This cutie pulls, like he gets all the ladies without even trying, has that genuinely nice and cuddly purse sized chihuahua boyfriend charm. Treated like an accessory by his hot friends

Will be tiny like quill

Hobbies will be active, sporty, loves trampoline parks, kids, parties etc… loves water as well, probably will have a koi pond. Is active in the community and does a lot of volunteering

Papyrus:

Possible names?: nan, whoo, toco, bill, guava, palm, reed, whistle, flow

Macaw wings! And navy blue magic with orange ring in eyes

Sarcastic and cheeky, kind, easily flustered, normally pretty chill, not shy, daydreamy

A major dudebro. Seems like he’s high but no he’s just a deep thinker lol. Likes to mess with high people though

Needs a calm go with the flow job, maybe tour guide, or tourist shop, could do drinks like a bartender but that seems fast for him. Street vendor?

Loves coconut rice and rice candies. Just likes rice in general.

Weirdly good at flirting despite being super easy to fluster. Is a sweetie and likes to mingle

Slightly smaller than crow but won’t be on short end for papyrus

Hobbies: likes water, maybe inner tube/lazy river floating, his fruit trees and flowers, will love flowers and flower crowns, joins bro In community service stuff

And for au

Bird monsters will be friendly but considered soft and naive. They come from a dense jungled au of luxury where food and space was plentiful. And relations with humans and other tribes friendly.

Very few soldiers from au, and interest in fighting/defense rare

Prefer mountains and sea/coast towns over city

Royals will be kind, sort of minimal in influence though. Probably focus on food or youth programs? Something fun.

[anm-zero]

Judging by your post on the little chibi’s (dazai and gojo) would you consider yourself a fan of jjk or is it just something casual? I also have another question about program or whatever it’s called you use to write; is it google docs or something else I’m going to attempt to get a computer so writing is a bit easier seeing as it’s just a bit odd doing it on my phone and it’s much easier to use all those tools like to replace words or check spelling.

I am indeed a fan of Jujutsu Kaisen, I've been reading since 2018, back when there were twenty chapters. Haven't watched the anime. (nothing new with that, though). Sukuna and Hanami are my favourites. I love the character designs for the Curses.

I write using various applications, depending on what I'm doing. If I'm writing on my phone, I'll just draft since I make more errors typing and tend to run-off — it's much easier to type on a computer and check the fluidity of your writing. I used to use Yandex 360 (Yandex Documents) before I decided to make my online presence dependent on using more Western-preferred applications such as Gmail and Google due to some instigations with others when I used a mail.ru address. My primary choice for writing is Google Docs, which is useful for mobile and computer. This allows me to hop between either device so I can work on the go and at home. Google Docs also allows for an "Offline Mode" so you don't need WiFi to write (but you still need WiFi to actually open Google Docs. I always recommend that you still store your files somewhere (either as an .rtf file or .pdf) since things happen and you may lose some documents. My runner-up is usually Microsoft Word (or LibreOffice if you want a free alternative). Unlike Google Docs, Microsoft Word can be used offline entirely and has more collaborations features. It's also expensive (which is why I suggest LibreOffice). Microsoft Word is also more secure with your data and documents compared to docs. At the end of the day, you go with what suits your needs, maybe it's something less mainstream. It's important to do your own research, too.

EDIT: If a computer is out of your price range and typing on a phone is too bothersome, online vendors sell keyboards (and keyboard-mouse sets) for your phone that connect via Bluetooth. The picture below is an example of one.

- ᴀ.ᴢᴇʀᴏɪ

[traveltricksblog]

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4. Sustainable Events: Green Initiatives Shaping Dubai's MICE Industry

Sustainability is no longer an afterthought but a core pillar of MICE events in Dubai. From eco-friendly venues equipped with renewable energy solutions to waste reduction initiatives and carbon offset programs, event planners can align their events with sustainable practices while contributing to Dubai's green initiatives.

5. Tech Innovations Driving Engagement: Leveraging Digital Solutions for Impactful Events

Technology continues to revolutionize MICE tourism in Dubai, with innovations like AI-powered event analytics, live polling tools for audience engagement, and mobile event apps that streamline communication and networking. Event planners can harness these tech advancements to create immersive and interactive experiences that resonate with attendees.

Navigating Dubai's MICE Scene: Tips for Event Planners

Understand Cultural Sensitivities: Dubai's cultural nuances play a significant role in event planning. Familiarize yourself with local customs and etiquette to ensure a smooth and respectful experience for all participants.

Plan Ahead for Permits and Regulations: Dubai has specific regulations and permit requirements for events. Work closely with Global DMC travel solutions to navigate these processes and secure necessary approvals well in advance.

Embrace Collaboration and Partnerships: Leverage partnerships with local vendors, venues, and suppliers to enhance your event's offerings and create memorable experiences for attendees.

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Focus on Delegate Experience: Ultimately, the success of a MICE event in Dubai hinges on the delegate experience. Prioritize attendee satisfaction, engagement, and comfort to ensure a memorable and impactful event.

In conclusion, Dubai's MICE tourism presents a wealth of opportunities for event planners seeking to create exceptional experiences. By staying abreast of the latest trends, leveraging Global DMC travel solutions for seamless logistics, and focusing on attendee engagement and sustainability, planners can unlock the full potential of Dubai's dynamic MICE scene.

[starstruckpurpledragon]

Hey, this is a longshot—but d’you have a link to that “how to remove bloatware on Windows/what bloatware to remove” post?

I’m asking because a friend sent me a link to that one about pc specs you reblogged a while back, and I could’ve sworn I saw the bloatware one in the recommended posts for that one, but I forgot to like the post and now I can’t find it. I finally picked up a windows laptop and need to know what to disable.

So it sounds like you're referring to a post I reblogged from @ms-demeanor but I cannot seem to find it. But tumblr search and even the option of using duckduckgo to search tumblr for me is letting me down. Though the PC Specs post might be this one? https://ms-demeanor.tumblr.com/post/726025900027789312/so-the-counter-to-this-is-that-ssds-are-static

I may poke around a bit more later to see if I can find the post but for now... I can list off some of what I did based on my own recent experiences of setting up a new laptop after my old one decided to start blue screening if I moved it five inches in any direction. (That old laptop is now doing perfectly fine when left completely stationary, so I've been using it to experiment with creating a local file sync for back ups using some old hard drives i had lying around.)

Bloatware Social Media/Video Media Apps:

These are probably pretty obvious bloatware since this is a computer and all these services are therefor going to a.) work on the browser and b.) work better on the browser than the app anyway. Also there are a few cases like Facebook where there's a c.) why would I touch <insert application> with a ten foot pole anyway? reason for removing the App

Instagram

Facebook

Netflix

Prime Video

News - Microsoft news aggregation App (there are better options out there than this for news aggregation)

TikTok

Spotify - depends on your spotify usage tbh, but I don't use it since I just dumped all my music onto my local plex server and use that to play music all over the house

Twitter - Or X, whatever

Additionally:

Any preloaded game you don't find interesting. Depending on the vendor there could be a lot of games or no games.

X-Box gaming apps - while there are some reasons to keep the x-box gaming stuff, most people are gonna find it useless

WildTangent Games

Omen gaming - if you've got an HP laptop specifically, you will probably want to give Omen related game apps the boot too

Vendor specific applications - YMMV, I do keep some of these for diagnostic purposes, but you definitely want to at least give any HP this or Dell that or whatever type programs a harder look. Any program starting with the name of the vendor that created your laptop? At the very least look it up to see how important it really is/isn't

Adobe programs - there are free versions of everything adobe does that do it better than adobe does

3D Viewer - it's a 3D modeling program, but odds are you won't need/want this

Microsoft 365/Office/etc - Unless you need these programs specifically for professional reasons, LibreOffice is free and reliable and has multiple UI modes for the toolbars depending on your preferences

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft ToDo

Microsoft Family

Microsoft Maps

Mixed Reality Portal - Unless you're doing VR dev/VR gaming using this computer, there's no real reason to keep this one

Microsoft Whiteboard

Microsoft People

Sound Recorder - YMMV, this is useful for recording lectures and the like, but I prefer freeware like Audacity which is more reliable/just works better

Sticky Notes

Weather

Cortana

Amazon Alexa

I'll usually keep Edge around as a backup browser, but Firefox is definitely the best browser out there right now.

[sashasparrow]

ok i'm having a Moment and if any of my followers can chime in here i'd appreciate it - preferably non-white followers.

my company is really invested in our DEI programs and i've been an active member of our group that focuses on racial identities in the workplace for about two years now. the person who runs it (a Black woman) is a close acquaintance and used to be one of my direct reports before her promotion.

in our on-campus leadership summit yesterday she asked me if i'd like to contribute paintings to sell at an event. i enthusiastically agreed before being informed this is going to be our juneteenth event. she told me her ideas of what she'd like to see and i am capable of it.

potential problem being that i'm white. and while i do my best to have diversity in my works, the idea of being a vendor at this event gives me pause. of course it would be an honor, but i'm less sure it should be *my* honor. however, i am aware that getting participation for these events is a struggle and there may not be someone else who could fill that role. me backing out wouldn't cancel this event or anything, but it would be one less participant and i would feel guilty for backing out of my (informal) agreement.

so, to my followers: if a white woman was a vendor at an event that was put together to celebrate Black lives and experiences, how would you feel? she's asked me to do cameo-style portraits of Black women, both generic and specific (like she directly asked for a Black woman in a bonnet, a Black woman with natural hair, and women like shirley chisholm, zora neale hurston, and claudette colvin). my plan is not to profit from this event and to sell prints at cost.

[hiringtodays]

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[clockhandskit]

Desire a Non-Ticking Second Hand?

A non-ticking second hand is the by-product of using a continuous sweep clock movement, which not just does not jerk as well as time out, yet likewise does not make a noise. The non-ticking second hand is much less preferred than one might anticipate, perhaps as a result of the absence of particular desirable additional attributes, yet also possibly because of an easy lack of knowledge. Even so, the smooth and also peaceful change is liked by some and ideal for sure scenarios.

The non-ticking second hand is feasible only with the modern digital clock electric motor technology. When wrist watches were mechanical, pendulums and also escapements were frequently, if not constantly, integrated right into the timekeeping operation, and also their back-and-forth steps were equated right into the jerky movement of the second hand. The electronic motion, on the other hand, does all operations in software, providing it far more flexible and versatile.

This means that we can create a quiet second hand or a ticking one with equivalent simplicity; it's simply a matter of programs. The sounds of old clocks were made directly, or as adverse effects from an operation. The audios of brand-new clocks are synthetic, probably waveforms stored in memory, as well as they appear because the program instructs them to sound.

For the mechanical clock, points needed to be tweaked just right to make the timing exact. The factors most impacting timing were the size of the pendulum, the degree of its swing, as well as the torque related to the flywheel. The escapement as well as its parameters were coupled with the pendulum in the effort to have the pendulum switch instructions in exactly half a second.

The force behind the turning of the flywheel was hanging weights or curled springs, and these necessarily had to be periodically reset. Furthermore, any type of add-on attributes (cuckoos, chimes, expanded time display) were likewise mechanical, often ingeniously so. Digital electric motors eliminated all the stuff of weights, equipments, pendulums, etc, deriving their power source from quickly vibrating quartz crystals.

The resonating vibration takes place when a voltage decline is placed across the crystal, as well as the regularity of resonance is really precise (constant). What emanates from the crystal is a stream of pulses, which can be counted by software program as well as stored in digital signs up. The pulse train is a lot, much faster than a second, yet via neighborhood it is feasible to track elapsed secs, mins, as well as hours.

Since the operation is in software, it can be embedded on a silicon chip, consequently reducing its minimal dimension to less than an inch. Hardware for mounting the electric motor, cylindrical hand shafts, as well as the battery are the real variables identifying physical size. Moreover, there is virtually no limitation in regards to performance, since if it can be explained algorithmically it can be understood in software program.

Nevertheless, the opportunity of furnishing all kind of new features on a clock doesn't always suggest that individuals require them, specifically if they are set in their ways or oblivious that the brand-new features are readily available. A case in point is that people have grown familiar with the distinct step-motion used tick that goes back to the age of mechanical wrist watches, even though such movement is purely an artifact resulting from pendulum-escapement combinations and not essential for electronic motors. They evidently see no demand to visit a non-ticking second hand, although the sound may irritate them in the evening.

However, in time points may change as humans alter their minds. Clock components vendors give the alternative for a continuous sweep second hand on a lot of their motions, so the feature is always there.

While you are thinking about purchasing a quiet clock motion, it is worth your while to discover other features used by distributors. It is feasible to develop a timepiece that will blow people's minds. It all begins with wanting a non-ticking second hand.

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[riftwalker-limbro]

Hee hoo ask time

7, 9 and 11 for Kelth, and 8 and 15 for Sufford! Sorry if that's too many, you gave me tools to ask for OC lore without having to be smart and i am enjoying this power immensely. Anyway if it's too many just pick what you wanna answer most :D

>:D i am having so many excited-jitters about this whole thing. tingly. i hadn't actually thought about the questions in relation to my own guys very much which. shouldn't surprise me as much but. hee

OKAY OKAY TO WORK rubs hands

Kelth, 7: What is your favourite thing about this character? well one of the first things about them is that i wanted them to have something to do with programming. because i'm a programmer and i needed more self-insert OCs in my arsenal. SPECIFICALLY i was imagining what it'd be like for someone ingame to try organize their void relic shit without a google sheet. and that kind of. DRASTICALLY snowballed. into kind of this whole blog. there are a lot of smaller things but this one is the one that makes me smile the quickest & most joyfully (angst potential is a close second but that's a more evil grin)

Kelth, 9: Do they keep in contact with old classmates/friends/other Tenno? What is their connection? well shit uh. i haven't thought about this before so this is shiny new lore (and part of why i love ask games). they don't keep in contact, they don't reach out by themselves, because social contact requirements wise they're fulfilling all their needs with Ordis & the warframes already, and they weren't fantastic friends with the other kids to start with. nothing like bullying, just... they weren't exactly included by the others in stuff. they fit in enough to not be bullied, but not enough to be included. but if they're contacted by someone they used to know (and, if we're going with they both remember The Old Days) they'll be polite & nice & maybe even genuinely enjoy it for a bit. but their social battery would drain fast

Kelth, 11: Are they comfortable jumping out of their Warframe and showing their own bodies to others? Why (not)? HAHA NO. Noooo Kelth very much prefers to HIDE. Kelth does NOT like the vendors that deny their frame access. Does NOT appreciate them. Kelth isn't tall, and they get tired fast, and if they gotta get out of their frame it's already a place where the frame can't go either so they don't have backup of any kind with them except Ordis in their earpiece. Outside of a frame, they're pretty much only comfortable on the Orbiter. Or, if they're alone with just the frame(s) they brought, out in the open, sometimes. The sun & wind & soft ground can feel nice, though Ordis gets on their ass about sunscreen & insect lotion if they stay too long.

Sufford, 8: Do they have any hobbies? Sufford spends a decent chunk of his non-mission time training or meditating, though for fun, (please hold, new lore being generated) he likes drawing. Sometimes, he'll design cool-looking blades, and once or twice he's convinced Ordis to build whatever he made up in the Foundry. Otherwise, it's a lot of landscape & creature drawings. I think he also likes to collect cool small rocks if he can

Sufford, 15: Do they have anything that still ties them back to their days as human? His whole fighting style, to be honest. He's always been a guard, though now he only has one small charge. but now i'm thinking if he perhaps has an Object. i reckon the orokin let him keep his sword if only so they wouldn't have to requisition him a new one. or maybe a portrait of his old family. maybe he had a little sister who he lost track of completely during the old war...

[royalturqoise]

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9. What is your approach to safety on the construction site?

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10. What warranty or post-construction support do you offer?

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Participate in community events and partner with local businesses to increase visibility and reach new customers. You can also offer takeout and delivery options to make it easier for customers to enjoy your food from the comfort of their own homes. Finally, consider hosting special events, such as wine dinners or live music nights, to create a unique and memorable experience for customers.

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Whilst I am working on some Difficult Business Stuff, I have decided to prioritize babying my emotions, stress management, and self-care rather than getting any words written.

It's a good part of my book to take a break. I've crossed 260,000 words on the manuscript, and my progress has been steadier than at maybe any other point in the draft. I am going into some really emotionally heavy stuff that is complicated to portray as I want. A breather here is good.

My fear of finishing the book is turning toward excitement, because I think that I'm going to have fun editing this book for, say...another year? Ha! I just keep thinking of subplots I want to add and scenes I'd like to execute more dramatically.

Editing in generally gets exponentially harder as a project gets longer, but I've been working on this book for so long that I've done a few editing passes on the earlier parts. The task should be fun more than crushing. (I love editing TBH)

At some point I need to write up the standard short synopsis / long synopsis / general pitch and ask my agent to see if anyone in the agency will co-agent me for fantasy. My agent is a saintly angel. She picked me up for thrillers, though, and she doesn't do fantasy. But chances are good I could at least talk to someone else in her agency about this book's potential in the trad market and decide if I'm just going to self-publish as usual.

Even though it should end around 300,000 words, I would really prefer to publish it as one big honko book that you could use as a weapon of self-defense. And I also need to think about whether that makes any economic sense whatsoever. I can't sell an individual ebook for more than 9.99, period, and I wouldn't sell many copies at that price point; at best I could do 6.99 in this market, which at 70% royalty is like idk I refuse to math right now $4.80? It's gonna take four years to finish this book, all told, and I'd need to make this book work harder for me than that, basically. Series are far easier to market and far more lucrative.

AGH. I just don't WANT people reading it like a series! It's one book! I could keep it that way if I made this book exclusive to Amazon or another subscription program where I'm paid by the length of reads. I am personally morally opposed to this. Also I have a lot of existing readers who use other vendors and they'd be sad. I actually feel more okay with compromising my morals out of practicality than I feel okay with putting my book out of reach of loyal readers.

barf. god. these kinds of capitalist calculations near MY ART BABY are part of the reason I left publishing for so long. Anyway, that's still Later Sara's problem, but Later Sara is drawing nearer. My enormous anxiety around this is exactly why I'm going to step back a bit from writing to work on the anxiety.