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[bluerose5]

Don't mind me. I'm constantly thinking of an au where Mr. Astarion "You're only the first person who I truly care for" Ancunín actually shows more emotion at durge's death than what we get in-game. I can understand why the limitations, but that doesn't mean I have to accept them at such a crucial point of durge's story. I mean, it doesn't even have to be overly sappy, but I want that Dorian Pavus "I knew you would break my heart, you bloody bastard" type of energy. I want that cold chill of realization to be felt the second Astarion hears durge's heart stop. Give me that moment where he's on his knees, shaking durge's lifeless body, cradling them against him as he rocks them back and forth, shaking his head in denial as each sob grows more intense until it's just a constant scream of "noNoNO!!!" Because the gods never dared to help him before. Of course it would be a god that robs him of his love now.

Give me that point when the Emperor tries to command Astarion to take the Netherstones and leave, only for Astarion to tell it to shut the fuck up because he's not leaving without them.

Give me that broken whisper of, "We were supposed to be free. Together." as he is faced with the fact that they're not coming back.

[bluerosesonata]

there’s something about listening to/reading mythology/folklore stories that were passed down as oral tradition that scratches my brain in a way that makes me sooo crazy…it makes me want to write soooo bad.

Even in translations, there is a lyrical quality to old stories. There is something so deeply resonant.

There is something so beautiful about the structure. in the way they are structured to repeat themselves, so it’s easy to retell and easy to follow along. I love folklore. I love oration.

[bloseroseone]

Top 10 Author Podcasts Every Aspiring Author Should Listen To

If you’re an aspiring writer, there’s no better way to learn than by immersing yourself in the wisdom of experienced authors, publishers, and industry experts. Podcasts have become a go-to resource for writers of all levels, providing accessible and often free advice, inspiration, and guidance. Let’s dive into the top ten podcasts that every aspiring writer should check out!

1#. The Creative Penn Podcast - Author Podcast

The Creative Penn Podcast, hosted by Joanna Penn, is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in author podcasts, especially those exploring self-publishing. Joanna provides expert guidance on all aspects of independent publishing, from effective book marketing to essential writing techniques. This author podcast caters to a broad audience, whether you’re drafting your debut novel or promoting your latest self-published book, delivering practical insights that support writers at every stage of their journey.....Continue reading

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[bluerosesonata]

If I may, I’d like to butt in with a small addendum in regards to sentence fragments, especially re: prose style.

If you’ve made the decision to write dialogue in the vernacular, sentence fragments are extremely common in casual speech.

I would suggest keeping this in mind if you’re writing a script intended to be read out loud by other human being, because it can sound much more organic. It may not be “correct,” but as with many aspects of vernacular English, choosing to have someone speak “incorrectly” can help to capture the personality of the speaker.

On a related note, if you have a child character who speaks in run-on sentences, I’d still highly suggest using commas (or other appropriate punctuation) to help a line ‘scan’ better when written on the page.

(By the way, thank you OP, it’s always nice to be reminded of proper grammar and punctuation practices. Thanks for taking the time to act as a public resource.)

Common Punctuation Mistakes

Last time we did punctuation rules, now we’re looking at mistakes you might be making in your sentences!

Sentence Fragments

This is an incomplete sentence—it lacks a subject, a verb, or a complete thought.

Wrong: “Because it was raining.” Fixed: “Because it was raining, we got soaked yesterday.” Or “We got soaked yesterday because it was raining.”

Run-on Sentences

This is two complete sentences that are joined together where there should be a pause, or they express more than one thought.

Wrong: "I never drink Starbucks it tastes burnt." Fixed: "I never drink Starbucks. It tastes burnt." Or “I never drink Starbucks because it tastes burnt.”

Comma Splices

This is when you connect two independent clauses with a comma.

Wrong: "Anna wants to go to the beach, Linda doesn’t want to go with."

Fixed: "Anna wants to go to the beach, but Linda doesn’t want to go with." Or “…go to the beach; Linda doesn’t…” Or “go to the beach. Linda doesn’t…”

Any other common punctuation mistakes you can think of?

[goodluckclove]

Call for Beta Readers! (Migration Patterns, Songbird Elegies Book Two)

Immediately after the events of Blind Trust, Edgar Gallows leaves Louisiana for the very first time to follow Scott and Tenzin back to the Refuge Hub of Bluerose, Oregon. Loved ones old and new struggle in their own ways to make peace with their pasts and with each other. Slowing down is hard, especially after this long. But if there's any hope to actually learn the scope of what's going on, the only way to do it is through rest. Things are more complex and dangerous than anyone could've ever predicted, and the days of being able to pretend like you don't need answers are long dead and gone.

I'm set to finish Migration Patterns by next month, which means I am opening calls for Beta Readers? My hope is send out the finished manuscript to be read and commented on over the month of March, allowing me to publish by May. I'd be comfortable saying you don't need to have read Blind Trust to be able to read this and pretty much get what I need you to get. I would truly appreciate anyone and everyone willing to give me your thoughts in exchange for my eternal gratitude (And also a dedication in the released book).

Interested? Fill out the survey below! Also feel free to check out my Songbird Elegies tag to get little snippets of what I've posted on it so far. This is open to virtually anyone who thinks they might be interested by the way. No experience required. If you think you might like my writing I want to hear your word-thoughts.

[moosemonstrous]

Ghost Rider: FranticFanfic

So bluerosekatie posted about FranticFanfic on the discord...

...and Things Happened. We had 5 minutes per part. With permission from all guilty parties, results of our first two games all linked below, panic typos, unfinished sentence and all 🥰

#1.1: you're gonna go far kid

by @moosemonstrous, bluerose and @wazzappp, featuring Gabe and Tony Stark

#1.2: her pepper spray made it rather hard (To Walk HER HOmE)

by bluerose, @wazzappp and @cicada-candy, featuring Lisa and Johnny Blaze

#1.3: Eli takes a masterclass in murder from a pro haunted car

by @wazzappp, @cicada-candy and @moosemonstrous, featuring Eli and Christine (the car)

#1.4: not that kind of molding

by @cicada-candy, @moosemonstrous and bluerose, featuring Mr Canelo and Ethan Winters

Winner of the first round was @cicada-candy! 👑

#2.1: growing pains (now in pink!)

by @moosemonstrous, @wazzappp and bluerose, featuring Magical Girl Robbie and Gabe

#2.2: Danny doesent gamble but people keep betting on him

by @wazzappp, @cicada-candy and @moosemonstrous, featuring Danny Ketch and Mephisto

#2.3: dont best your demons, insult them!

by @cicada-candy, bluerose and @wazzappp featuring Danny Ketch and Mephisto

#2.4: NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS

by bluerose, @moosemonstrous and @cicada-candy

Winner of the second round was @wazzappp! 👑

This was tons of fun yall, thanks for playing and hopefully we can do it again soon!

[wolverinedoctorwho]

been thinking about what The Glass Menagerie would be like if it was set in 2023.

Laura's life would probably be the most dramatically improved. She could deal with her social anxiety by just. Making friends online. She could have a discord boyfriend. She could find a job or get a degree online. She would have a tumblr blog called "blueroses" with the title "My Glass Menagerie" that was just pictures of her glass figures and occasionally an audio post with a song from one of her dad's records (or cassettes, or CDs, or whatever).

Amanda...honestly there's like a 50/50 chance she wound wind up in a pyramid scheme, considering the whole "selling magazine subscriptions" thing. But I feel like she'd still worry about her kids finding their place in the world. She'd worry about Laura not spending enough time outside, maybe she'd have some reservations about finding Laura a husband IRL. Maybe she'd get onto Tom for being on that damn phone so much.

For Tom, in this au i'm imagining him still working his minimum-wage job, but rather than writing poems on shoeboxes he's got a blog or something to post them on. Maybe even a niche following. Honestly not much of his life would change, because the whole "working a dead-end job, living with my family, desperate to go out on my own" thing is uh. Pretty timeless. Even when he leaves at the end (we're assuming the events of the play still happen as they originally did, even if the circumstances are different) it's not quite as sad, because Amanda and Laura have a better chance at supporting themselves than women would have back then.

Jim's a weird one because I feel like his life would also stay the same, except since we're setting this in 2023 he DEFINITELY has a self-help/positivity/motivational instagram. Wannabe influencer vibes. Despite the fact that he is working at the same place Tom is, but higher up the chain (like a manager or something). Dude totally has a podcast.

Nothing needs to change with Mr. Wingfield. People still work for telephone companies and run out on their families.

The fact that social media would exist in this AU does allow for some interesting commentary. Maybe Tom has a twitter where he posts his poems? Maybe Laura got cyberbullied in high school? How would the added visibility and connection to the world affect the Wingfields, whose suffering is largely due to how isolated they are in the original play? How would the lessened limitations on women in the workplace today compared to the 20s-30s affect the plot?

(Projecting my own interests here but I also think she would relate to Bocchi the Rock. Puking on the floor on your first day of typing class 🤝 performing your first concert in a cardboard box and regularly climbing into trash cans.)

[bluerosesonata]

I was really excited to take all my students to the Eskew historical society for a field trip at the end of the month, but i woke up yesterday and learned it has been on fire for the last 100 years, which is obviously a big issue since we have quite a few students with asthma. I told the principal we could still go, and just have them wear respirators, but he shook his head and said that wouldn’t be fair to the less fortunate students whose families don’t have more than one respirator in the house. Besides, he said, they’ve already had slashes to the school budget twice this year, so even if we bought respirators to provide them for students, we would only have enough that they could share one for every two students. Unless, of course, I would be willing to pay out of pocket for more respirators- which I obviously cannot afford.

I think one of my students must have overheard us, though, because today when I arrived for work, I had an extremely upset crowd of parents waiting for me outside the school. One parent- a members of the parent teacher council- called out to me, and demanded to know why their child would even need a respirator to view the burning historical society. How dare I try to deprive their children of inhaling such important, historical gasses? Many of the other parents in the crowd agreed, chiming in with the memories from their own Eskovian childhoods where they all recalled going to the historical society, and how back then, no one even thought to complain about the smoke and the asbestos smell burning your nostrils. They simply went, and didn’t complain about it, because it was a rite of passage. And who was l, they demanded, to coddle their children from this? To turn them away from real history?

I tried to tell them that it wasn’t my intention to do so, but I needed to take the safety of every student into account. One father laughed incredulously, and cried out, what was this world coming to, where a teacher would assume to know better than a child’s own parents what their child could and could not handle? He came from a family of proud Eskovians with strong, hearty lungs, and HIS boy would NOT be denied the chance to breathe in the same smoke his grandfather did. To deny him that was practically censorship, for God’s sake!

At this point, the very agitated mob of parents attracted the attention of the principal, who has a terrible habit of coming in late. Amid threats to complain to the superintendent and the board of education for my conservative views, the principal reassured them all that the discussions were ongoing, and that it would be addressed at next week’s PTA meeting.

We ended up canceling the whole trip, and simply had the children draw pictures of the burning museum exhibits instead.

blog like we're all in eskew

[lilysroserealm]

Hello dear,

I want to ask you, which flower of the game you like the most/had the most impact on you?

I love blue roses now.

Lily of the valleys got my whole ass heart now. I loved them before but I didn't pay them much mind. But after Saeran's route I completely and utterly fell in love with them, they live in my mind, heart and soul rent free

Fun fact before I played rays route I don't think I even knew blue roses were a thing :P But being my blog name is literally a-bluerose, its just a little obvious :) Lily of the valley on the other hand, I really love that one. Once I wanted to get me and my friend a matching pair of lily of the valley earrings but I couldn't find any in the style I wanted :( I also know like 20 flower meanings because of rays route, things I've googled about flowers because of rays route. and writing my fanfic.

Also for some reason I named my fic 'Daylily', even though its somewhat anticlimactic because my cmc's mom is well uh....dead. and has been for years :')

[atplblog]

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[bluerose5]

Zevran: You know, I have never considered using magic in combat. Then again, it was never an option for me back in Thedas, but that was kind of fun!

Astarion: Majority of elves know at least some magic here. It's in our blood, after all, but to think that you've only scratched the surface.

Zevran: That sounds promising! You must show me more, yes?

Astarion: Of course, it would be my pleasure, but uh... Should we help your friend out over there first?

Zevran: Who? Him?

Fenris, laid out on the ground, staring up at the sky because he cast a cantrip in the last battle without even trying:

Zevran: No. Look at him! He is simply resting. That fight must have taken a lot out of him.

[bluerosesonata]

Stop me if I’ve made this post before, I’m just feeling a little melancholy.

Science fiction has always been a reflection of the times it was written in. The stories and themes of science fiction stories, intentionally or not, will always speak to the social issues and fears of the author’s present day, and (in hard SF, at least) the ways we engage with emerging technologies.

For about a decade now, it’s been getting harder and harder for me to think about the future of tech with any feeling of awe or hope. And I know I’m not alone.

I can only speak as a USamerican, but when I read older SF, sure, you get the US paranoia of Japan as a manufacturing superpower. You get the concerns about manufacturing jobs being lost to automation and jobs moving overseas. You get the fear of government surveillance, of corporate omnipresence and consumerism.

But there was the idea of tech as an equalizer. That kids raised online, frequenting hacker forums and building their own rigs from scrap could do something.

And before that, there was the idea that global unity was possible. That it was our destiny to go to the stars, and that there would be a population of people both on earth and in space.

Yes, there would still be wars. There would still be inequality. There would still be poverty and exploitation. But we would cure disease. We would live longer. We would have lives that were improved by tech, even if it caused problems of its own. And when those problems outweighed the benefits, we could always trust in the human spirit and human kindness and determination to overcome those problems.

There was hope.

But now, I feel like it’s harder to ask a reader to suspend their disbelief and invest in the idea that the advance of technology could unilaterally make our lives better. To believe in the human spirit and misfits overcoming corrupt omnicompanies or crooked government. To believe in a future where the Earth is inhabitable.

It feels like a bridge too far to ask them to look to the future in wonder and awe. Because it’s hard enough for me to feel that way and not feel like a fraud.

It just feels like it’s easier to ask readers to imagine an alternate history or to believe in space magic, because that goes down easier than trying to address where we go from here, and to make them believe things can be Cooler and Marginally Better, instead of just getting bleaker and more hopeless.

[meteorstormxiv]

Introduction / Directory

Main is @bluedorke

I'm Larke / Blue / "K". Asks are welcome and will earn you a (virtual) headpat.

18+ writing and some spicier artwork may be lurking (all will be tagged), scroll at your own discretion. I will tag it. Please be mindful of those.

I don't like Zenos, Emet Selch/Hades, or Ancient lore and the idea of Azem so don't expect to see those things treated in a positive light (I don't dislike anyone who enjoys those things, however).

OC x Canon galore (I will make my ocs smooch those beautiful elezens)

Elezen appreciator

I don't follow the lore/canon story 1:1 either. I like to imagine the story is a suggestion of what happened or is mostly right. If you're a stickler for the canon be aware of that.

I don't rp but I'm open to some interactions through asks.

My Characters (Main) - Directory post - Seperate profiles are WIPs

Sellenei Serrecelle | Astrid Tiriaq Bluerose | Estelle Dutaire | Fjorn Feija

Full character list - Includes background characters including some who only appear in AUs and some writing.

AUs

The Longest Night - Haurchefant lives but the Warrior of Light dies. He becomes a Dark Knight and takes up the mantle of Warrior of Light.

Blood & Steel - Vampire AU. Ishgardians are vampires/dhampirs. More on the +18 side considering it's about vampires and all.

Dominants & Oracles - Obviously not my original idea, everyone and their grandma has had this idea since FFXVI was announced, if not since Ysayle turned into Shiva. Basically taking the concept of dominants from FFXVI and applying it to FFXIV. But also keeping the concept of oracles from FFXIV.

Fire/Light - FFXVI Crossover - Idea is a WIP where the worlds are connected and the characters interact more. Including Ultima...

Draconic!Estinien - not a fleshed out AU just... if Estinien became more feral/draconic post possession/due to over use of the Eye. Mostly for nsfw purposes.

Draconic!Haurchefant - There is no real excuse for this one either but nsfw purposes. Haurchefant is revived/saved using the power of the Eye.

The Unending Storm - A mixture of canon, non canon, ffxvi, some ff7r (ideas), and previous AUs. This AU is not kind to the Ancients.

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Charming set Daylife & Bluerose collab

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Marketing Strategies for Today’s Self-Published Authors

Introduction to Self-Publishing

In the ever-changing world of self-publishing, writers are using creative marketing strategies to increase their visibility and audience. Authors have the freedom to choose their own path as the conventional publishing model changes and digital platforms make access more accessible to all.

With the help of customized marketing strategies, self-published authors can now take charge of their publication path and avoid traditional gatekeepers by connecting with their readers directly and sharing their stories with the world.

The Rise of Self-Publishing

The surge in self-publishing’s popularity owes much to digital platforms such as Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Smashwords, and BlueRose Publishers, enabling authors to reach a global audience sans traditional publishers. For self-published authors seeking visibility, effective marketing strategies are paramount in navigating the crowded literary landscape.

Benefits of Self-Publishing

Self-publishing has been a game-changer for budding writers in the digital age by providing them with unmatched independence and control over their literary works.

The field of marketing strategies is where one of the biggest advantages is found. Self-published writers, in contrast to those who publish through established channels, are free to customize their marketing strategies to fit their particular target market and target audience.

Self-published authors can create unique marketing campaigns that connect deeply with their readership by utilizing social media platforms, building email lists, and investigating opportunities for targeted advertising. This degree of personalisation allows writers to flourish on their own terms by fostering real connections and improving exposure in a congested literary scene.

Challenges Faced by Self-Published Authors

Self-published authors face many obstacles in the cutthroat world of publishing today, chief among them being marketing. Writing interesting stories is only the first step; effective marketing strategies are needed to get such stories seen among the sea of content.

Self-publishers do not have the same powerful marketing apparatus that well-established publishing houses do, in contrast to traditionally published writers. As a result, they frequently have few resources and experience and must negotiate the complicated world of marketing alone.

To stand out in a crowded market and draw in readers, self-published writers need to constantly invent new marketing strategies, from creating a web presence to utilizing social media platforms wisely...Continue reading