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came up with this promotional idea for my new book while I was very tired, may or may not live to regret it
(here is the book)
#into the tower#OUT NOW ACTUALLY#as a disabled author who cannot do conventions. i am simply trying to reach other nerds who might appreciate this book#this book is so on my bullshit and i love it but i DO fear publishers will never let me do another if it flops so reblogs always appreciate#solo ttrpg#cyoa
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concept: a very unorthodox private investigator character à la Sherlock Holmes but it's set during normalization-era Czechoslovakia
#čumblr#they're on the watchlist of both VB and StB#sometimes working with them when it's needed and then screwing them over#plenty contacts with the underground#knows every samizdat publisher in the city#is absolutely not having the Party's bullshit#their most common clients are people investigated for being ''political enemies'' or solving murders that are being swept under the rug#because of their many contacts in-country and abroad they often help people emigrate
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Ngl, despite my apprehension (i.e. I'm old and cynical), I'm interested to see what they do with the Red, White & Royal Blue sequel partly since I know in the book bonus chapter, Henry gives up his title - I haven't actually read it so idk if he's actually described as 'abdicating' or fandom just decided to use that term (which is not exactly correct).
But the book lacks a lot of accuracy around the British Royal family where as the movie put in a bit more effort (e.g. Henry's Mum being Duchess of Edinburgh not Princess of Wales) and since in the United Kingdom, Henry can't step out of the line of succession without an Act of Parliament which isn't an insignificant thing, I wonder if the movie will focus on that or if it will gloss over it or just go in a brand new direction entirely for a new audience who aren't familiar with the book.
Personally, I hope for the latter partially because the parallels to certain real life royals would get distracting but mostly because I'd love to see Henry use the position he once felt suffocated by to advocate for and empower others.
Though being honest, I'm mostly just hoping they don't fall into the romance sequel trope of breaking them up to get them back together again.
To be clear though, in real life I think the entire monarchy should be abolished - but in this gay little movie world I have other thoughts :)
#red white and royal blue#henry hanover stuart fox#henry fox mountchristen windsor#rwrb movie#rwrb sequel#i would say no shade on the research thing but honestly?#i'm too old to be as forgiving as i used to be about poor research in published writing#how hard is a quick google 🙃#genuinely no shade on fandom or fanfic though#though on the subject of not doing research#since it's late i have work tomorrow so ofc i'm back on my bullshit#i read a review once that was like 'the book avoids real life comparisons by not naming any characters after real royals'#(published review too not some rando on goodreads)#i had to do like 32 double takes#bestie what the fuck are you on about#at the time of the book there was a catherine beatrice and philip in the royal family#prince harry's real name is literally henry#absolutely wild sentence to write
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Psa: Don't send your shitty callout posts into my askbox please???
#aside from the fact that I won't publish them because 99.9% those callout posts are utter bullshit#if you have to send them via a big blog like me with anon turned on and 0 evidence for your wild claims#then what's the point if you can't even stand behind that shit#sorry. got too serious a mo.#we back to silly stuff now.#I've got some weird anons in my time. but this is the one that actually got to me huh#not a heritage post
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do you feel like there's more pressure from reviewers on booktok, who often get PR boxes along with ARC copies, to expect these fancy things from indie authors (especially if they are unknown and debut) like candles and plushies and art and bookmarks and limited edition signed sprayed edge hardcovers?
Oh 100%. It’s all just a symptom of the rise of book boxes, special editions, and collecting books as the hobby vs reading as the hobby.
Like, I’m shocked PR boxes are a thing for debut self-published authors. Trad publishing houses save PR boxes for the big titles and authors, the ones they can easily recoup on the costs on, not your average debut.
And here you have a bunch of people who got into writing two years ago (who, lbr, should probably still be posting on wattpad) spending upwards of $5K to send out a box of junk to influencers whose promo maybe, just maybe, might get them break even on the promotion costs. I’m sure it started because someone with money wanted to have cool art and fun trinkets for their book, and it was successful for them so it became a ~marketing hack~ for everyone else. But the fact that it’s trickling down to point where I’m seeing a bunch of nobodies talking about getting PR boxes together or needing to buy extras to promote their first book ever is wild.
In some ways, I feel like a lot of people in indie and self-pub industries are consumed with the marketing of books instead of actually producing a good product. The compressed timelines for writing, the constant four month release cycles, always needing to produce content content content even if your production isn’t finished. Like babes, some of you haven’t even completed the first step of FINISHING YOUR BOOK and you’re already trying to sell it to people with interchangeable canva graphics? C’mon.
They’re all trying to keep up with the Joneses on the chance they hit it big with the right BookTokker at the right time. Some of them will be rewarded, but most of them won’t. And that makes it a huuuuuge market for scammers at all ends of the process.
#book talk with Jess#I work in digital marketing and the first rule of digital marketing is 90% of it is a scam or bullshit#the ROI on most of these indie PR boxes has to be absolute trash#PR boxes are an example of a want not a need#and i think that end of publishing gets very caught up in making their wants into needs because it makes someone else money#me talking mad shit from my perch on WiP mountain
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This is the bully list after what happened to @abby118 . It comes from a famous Loki GIFS creator on tumblr who is also getting harassed & showed in the toxic behavior of this person behind these many alts accounts. Share it with everyone !!
lokilaufeysondiaries strangegodsloki queenofstarsign85 dreamingofimpalas hereitgoesagain067 buckybarnes-winters0ldier themoonsmaven nerdconpp crackships-r-us69 lokisimp89 lowkey-lokid souls-for-fandoms cassius-blackwood fandemoniumfantasies ladylovelyfan2014 lokismilkshake goddessofvictoryy
PSA for people being targeted by any or all of the above blogs.
personally, I am agnostic on the topic of preemptively blocking people (and sharing block lists, for that matter). I don't usually block people myself unless I'm getting directly harassed and they're becoming a distraction/it's the only way to get them out of my notes. with that being said, that's a personal choice of mine, and I fully support the rights of any blogger to block any other blogger for any (or even no) reason. nobody is entitled to read or interact with anybody else's blog.
this should also go without saying in this day and age, but I do not condone nor encourage anyone going to any of the above blogs to counter-bully them. do not spam their posts' notes, do not send them anon hate, so on and so forth. just block (or don't, if you prefer) and move on. not only for your own sake, but because from my limited direct interactions with/knowledge of a couple of them, it's clear that they crave the attention and it only feeds into their self-pitying view of themselves as the perpetual victim (despite them being the aggressors in each instance I've borne witness to). don't feed the trolls, etc etc.
stay safe out there and do what you need to do to take care of yourselves, loki fandom. 💚💛🖤
#barring further updates to the names on this list#(in which case i will likely just edit this post to avoid this nonsense taking over my whole blog#rather than publish any additional asks on the subject)#i do not intend to address this topic any further#frankly it's bullshit high school drama that i'm way too fucking old to engage in#but just a reminder once again#that you are perfectly entitled to block anyone at anytime for any reason#there's absolutely nothing wrong with curating your own tumblr experience#to provide the greatest joy/least amount of stress possible#whatever that means for you#doing so is normative and healthy actually#ok /psa back to our regularly scheduled nonsense#fandom wank#send me asks
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Dont ask why but Ive been spending a lot of time looking at books that are dracula retellings and GOOD GOD do cishets never get tired of how fucking cishet their stupid books are
#its always fucken#'oooOoOOoooooHhhhh the DARK strong SCARY *MAN* absolutely DOMINATES the delicate uwu virginal *GIRL*'#sometimes the woman is feisty and hastag girlbossin it up. yknow for flavor#but its ultimately like#the man is never EVER under ANY circumstances allowed to *actually* submit to the woman#and while the woman is allowed to *try* to be 'dominant' in some way(s) she ultimately needs to 'lose' she always submits eventually#like its not just a lack of queer rep its like shit that doesnt have this kind of patriarchal bullshit framework barely gets published/po#/popular#and it makes me wanna tear my fucking hair out its so goddamn boring man#anti booktok#i mean kinda
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My mother has requested I publically apologize for the last several posts. There is nothing wrong with being pregnant and it was wrong of me to be cruel to my Aunt Kimberly. I will also be taking a break from tumblr for a while. Here is also proof I apologized to my Aunt and admitted I was wrong.
#it was this or give my mom the password to my account#i am not fucking letting her read my fanfiction. i am also not deleting it. my passion is creative writing#i am literally a creative writing major i want to publish my shit.#hope you guys are happy.#this is so bullshit
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good fucking god they're trying to pin the rise on violence against women here on the men's mental health crisis
#fortunately the comments - surprisingly - consisted almost entirely of people pointing out that that's bullshit#it's sick that you can publish a whole article like that and not even stop to consider that what the rising rates violence against women#might be doing to women's mental health
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a lot of the issues i have with veilguard really do boil down to EA sucking the life and creativity out of bioware with its capitalism straw huh
#i say 'a lot' bc bioware is guilty of their own bullshit oftentimes too but. my god#i hate triple a publishers. i hate capitalism#haley.txt#don't reblog please!#datv critical
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THEY SUSPENDED MY ACCOUNT OVER A JOKE TAG
BC SAYING 'IF ANY OF YOU WEIRDOS DARES TO SEE THIS AS SHADOW//PEACH I WILL SEND YOU TO DIYU MYSELF' WAS HARASSMENT APPARENTLY
HELP
#ao3#ao3 tos update#man this is bullshit#the fic is just#gone from public view#and this was AFTER saying published works d not be affected#so like... WHY NOW???
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getting notes from an actual editor saying less commas is driving me insane.
#.bullshit ( ooc )#all i know how to do is add commas#meanwhile varric canonically gets yelled at for under use of commas in da2#this is work related and not publishing related
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Via Charles Stross, the Romance Writers of America have swallowed the AI kool-aid hard, so expect a flood of shitty AI romance novels I guess.
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hello just in case anyone is checking in on where i am lmao:
i gave myself up until the end of labor day weekend to dick around (i.e. working on tptp) and not do things i need to be doing (i.e. everything else) with this self-imposed deadline being imposed as such because i have a LOT of shit i need to work on in the coming weeks. i actually am, like, 32 years old, and have a full time job in academic medicine (… well, ish, im a perpetual fellow) and have a TON to get done on top of just working INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
-> research that i am so so regretfully the principal investigator on and have funding for somehow so i actually have to do it and produce results
-> meeting after meeting after meeting for said research. Why is there so much politics in research. Why is medicine such a fucking joke.
-> leaving country in 2 weeks
-> prepping to leave country in two weeks including tying up loose ends at work, doctors appointments, meds, clothes on top of making sure everything is planned and updated for the travel itself because I planned the entire trip lmao
-> finish updating my CV
-> cold-calling and emailing local programs for jobs because you would think after four years of college, four years of med school, three years of residency, three years of fellowship and another one year of even more fellowship people would be falling all over themselves to recruit MY ass but FYI unless you have a large NIH grant or you have a personal relationship with program heads your ass is NOT getting headhunted. and also MD jobs worth getting never get posted about online because, as mentioned above, openings are rarely made public and if they are they're desperate to hire anyone which is often not a good sign. Anyway most people say have a contract in hand between December-February which is… something.
-> abstract for (conference) due in a month, for (conference #2) in two months
-> critical care boards in two months that i need to start studying for!!!
-> lecture series for (x) fellows development and execution that I don’t have the dates for yet…
… anyway. I’m tired. I’m hoping to have time to write when traveling but damn. These are non-problem problems because I’m privileged to get to do any of this but at the same time it feels like a lot to manage. The good news is since I started getting medicated like 6 months ago I’m not totally shutting down at the prospect of this, but it’s still a bit stressful. Sigh.
#I just…. think I’m gonna stay clear of academic medicine#I literally want to work and come home and be done#like…. all these extra responsibilities and rat race bullshit to publish#I’m just… done with it. what’s the point#anyway personal or whatever#sigh.#this all doesn’t include social obligations either hahahaa#I will say like…. having some time and money for the first time in life#and getting to travel last year as well as prioritizing it this year…#it’s good. it’s really really good. I’m excited.#I’m also seeing my dad for the first time in nearly 6 years which is wild#he’s meeting us in Rome for like 2 days#…#okay writing this all out as a list is actually super helpful.
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a lot of yous are getting very comfortable treating jean as ʼnot as queerʼ — despite being a confirmed bi character by nora herself — for only potentially being canon with renee at some point instead of jeremy lol what is that about ..?
#fool#this is mostly aimed at twitter users#aftg#jean moreau#bi men arent gay. bi men arent straight either. theyre bi. U don't have to ship them with men for their ʼfandom queer cardʼ to stay valid#addendum: noraʼs self-published so all of these characters are literally her OCs that we're sharing in a sand-box lol it wouldn't be cool#for someone to say ʼactually you're wrongʼ about YOUR OCs just bc you shared them in a public space so it's not fine to do the same for nora#a la ʼthis is why we can't trust nora with her own charactersʼ bullshit over on twt#that's all tar-tar x
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Jack: I was born for politics. I have great hair and I love lying.
#pirates#pirates of the caribbean#incorrect quotes#writing#jack sparrow#finished publishing Survival on AO3 so now I’m#back on my bullshit#potc#potc incorrect quotes
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