Stumbled across this really useful tool for anyone doing NaNoWriMo or planning any writing schedule–Pacemaker.

You can customize a variety of settings for your word count schedule–like writing significantly more on the weekends, or less, taking a few days off, or even generate a random daily word count target. Then you can display the schedule by calendar, graph, or table and share it with others.

Plus you can adjust the date range, so if you fall behind, it’s easy to update the word count plan and catch up.

Check it out here.

Artemis Fowl II is honestly one of the most relatable characters ever

because in literally every book of the series he’s like “wow I should exercise more… why did I not exercise before I started doing all of this running and jumping??… I NEED to work out… crap the only thing I’ve lifted in the past 12 years is my phone HELP ME… as I run to my death, I think of all the various reasons why working out would benefit me… Butler I promise I will exercise after this pls just let me survive”

but then over the course of EIGHT ENTIRE BOOKS he never actually manages to work out once, and if that’s not some A+ self-destructive procrastination then I don’t know what is

JUST LETTING Y'ALL KNOW WHERE THIS BLOG STANDS.

Reblog every time it hits my Dash

Audrey says “fuck your gender roles”

This movie is super underrated.

Audrey is so underrated. How can you not love her?

I have a love-hate relationship with this movie. On one hand it’s got awesome PoC characters who defy racial and gender stereotypes. It also discusses colonialism and how people tend to destroy indigenous cultures to obtain land and resources (which is why the crew ultimately decided a to pretend they never found Atlantis because they don’t want anyone else to try and destroy the culture). But on the other hand, the whole plot is that Atlantis needs a white, cishet man to save it from extinction and for some reason he understand their culture and language better than they do.

hEY FUCK YOU OKAY MILO WAS THE ANTITHESIS OF WHITE SAVIOR HE WAS A NERDY USELESS LITTLE SHIT WHO WAS COWARDLY UNTIL OTHERS FORCED HIM TO ACT HIS ONLY STRENGTHS WERE HIS MIND AND HIS ETHICS HE WAS THE PERFECT DUDE FOR THE JOB AND THE REASON HE KNEW BETTER WAS BECAUSE HE RIGOROUSLY STUDIED TEXTS THAT HAD BEEN LOST OR DESTROYED IN ATLANTIS BECAUSE KIDA’S FATHER INTENTIONALLY LET HIS KINGDOM LAPSE INTO DECAY AND OBSCURITY DO NOT PULL THAT WHITE SAVIOUR BULLSHIT BECAUSE MILO WAS A DAMN GOOD DUDE

I’ve been trying to tell people this for years. Also, what differentiates Milo’s experience from the white savior complex is his expectation and his attitude. When looking for Atlantis, the last thing Milo expects to find are people. He says the most they thought that they would find are carvings and pottery. And he would have been happy with just that.

And even when he finds the Atlanteans, he treats the culture and people with the utmost respect (peek the scene where the crew has their audience with the king). He never tries to interfere in the people’s way of life nor change them. He’s merely an observer fascinated with the culture/people and just wants to know more about them.

In most movies, the white savior comes into the situation with an attitude of superiority and only through his interactions with the native people (and a lot of times a beautiful native woman) is he humbled and then eventually brought in as an honorary member of the people. Milo never asks for thanks or wants to make a name for himself. He does what he does because he loves it and it’s a way to keep his grandfather’s legacy alive.

Yeah. Milo was a damn good dude.

And another thing about Milo that’s made evidenced by this scene in particular? He’s got respect for women. He doesn’t ask why it’s a GIRL mechanic on the expedition, only why it’s a TEENAGER. Doesn’t question Kida’s leadership and knowledge when he meets her. (I can’t think of more examples off the top of my head but I’m sure they’re there).

Milo is a wonderful Disney protagonist, and this movie deserves the underground love it receives.

@lidren

MOTHER FUCKING ATLANTIS.

THIS MOVIE IS SO UNDERRATED AND THAT’S SADDENING.

BECAUSE IT’S A DAMN GOOD FILM.

in honor of pride month i have created some lgbt playlists for you gays

 be gay, do crimes (for non-cishet shenanigans, road trips, milkshake runs, showers, and general good lgbt times) 

pride throwbacks (no this isn’t the same five madonna songs as every other throwback mix it’s ani difranco and george michael i got u denim lesbians i got u) 

not crying on sundays (sometimes bein lgbt is hard and that’s ok here are some songs for u when ur sad but always remember things get better) 

just a little help from my friends (i asked four of my gay friends to send me their favorite gay songs. what happened next will astound you)  / +BONUS one of the contributors made a playlist of their favorite gay anthems composed entirely of one direction songs 

lgbt resistance radio (vintage vibes from ye gays of olde) 

you gotta give em hope (songs that remind me of harvey milk’s ‘hope’ speech) 

gay club at mos eisley spaceport (yeah i mean the one on tattooine)

pride 2018 mastermix (balls to the wall lgbt jams and general happy sounding music for your own personal pride parade or whatever it is you have planned for this month) 

i am sending extra love to closeted lgbt ppl and lgbt poc and to all members of the trans community i hope everyone has a very safe and very happy pride 💜🌈🌻

endless evidence that peter parker is most interesting as a former teen superhero defending and dispensing advice to current teen superheroes

Peter Parker, by near all accounts, was the ORIGINAL teen superhero so seeing him age like this so perfectly is phenomenal and I hope all the kids listen to him because he’s so relatable.

Seriously. Team Iron Man and Team Cap America can suck it I’m Team Spider-Man.

I would like to thank everyone who helped, no matter how, on saving Lucifer through our huge campaign. On May 11th, Fox cancelled a show that meant a lot to us, leaving not only us - as fans - but also the cast, the writers and the whole crew completely gutted and heartbroken. Nonetheless, for over a month, we fought and never gave up. We literally raised hell and gave everyone else around us hope. After five weeks, Netflix decided to save the show thanks to our dedication. And I’m so proud to say we made it. We saved our show. Our home. I’m so so proud of us Lucifam and I wish I could hug all of you right now! Here’s to us and to an amazing season 4! 😈❤️

★  The Check, Please: Year Three Kickstarter is Live! ★

Already backed. This is going to be awesome.

You know who you are.

Sound advice for southerners who are not experienced with driving in the snow…

ok but like when did self-sacrifice become synonymous with death? writers seem to have forgotten that people can make personal sacrifices for the greater good without giving their lives. plots about self-sacrifice and selflessness don’t always have to end in death. suffering doesn’t have to be mourning. you can create drama and emotional depth on your show without killing everyone. learn to explore the meaning of living rather than dying

Death. Is. NOT. The. Only. Way. To. Advance. The. Narrative.

Fun things to sacrifice for your loved ones in your free time that don’t include death and actually set up for a whole new season of high level drama:

- humanity (mostly applicable to sci-fi/supernatural genre) - memories (mostly applicable to sci-fi/supernatural genre) - love for that special someone (mostly applicable to sci-fi/supernatural genre) - emotions (mostly applicable to sci-fi/supernatural genre) - rank/position/ - yourself/your brain/your skills (give yourself over to bad guys and become their brainwashed agent so your loved ones live) - years of bloody ruthless traditions to make way for peace (hi lexa and fuck jroth tbh) - freedom (includes that of speech/mind/will) - your grandpa’s fortune - hell even material possessions have that girl sacrifice her goddamn house so they can pay off her gf’s student loans or whatever juST STOP KILLING CHARACTERS TO FURTHER YOUR PLOT

Other things to sacrifice:

- your most sought-after goal

- a strongly-held belief or conviction

- your own chance at happiness

other fun things to sacrifice:

-a finger -an eye -10-20 years of your life -some of your vitality or dexterity -your ability to magically see in the dark -your proficiency in battle axes -your good looks -your memory of the man who killed your wife -everything but your head

Dude, you can turn the thing on its head! Have everyone die and go to paradise/afterlife/whatever and have your prota consciously choose not to die bc they’re needed - make them sacrifice their death

one round/action in D&D is 6 seconds so anything you could accomplish during a vine you could do during your turn

Rogue: “I’m back at it again at Krispy Kreme.”

DM: “Roll an acrobatics check.”

Fighter: I want to see my little boy

DM: roll a perception check

*nat 20*

DM: here he comes

bard: toss me my keys

*rolls a 1*

DM: i thought you said printer

Fairy: I still haven’t found my berries

DM: roll a perception check

*rolls a 9*

Fairy: BUT! *holds up an orange* I found this.

Druid: I am the sand guardian, guardian of the sand.

DM: Roll an intimidation check.

*nat 20*

DM: Poseidon quivers before him!

Druid: Fuck off!

Dm: can you read this for us?

Fighter: rolls a nat 1

Fighter: what up im Jared im 19 and I never fuckin learned how to read

Fighter: It’s summer, I got my helm on backwards and it’s time to fuckin’ party.

DM: Roll for Dodge.

Fighter: *rolls a 1*

Fighter: *slams head into ye olde portcullis*

Beginner’s Guide to ars PARADOXICA

What: 

An awesome monthly narrative podcast about a physicist from the future named Sally Grissom who accidentally sends herself back in time to the Cold War-which quickly becomes the least of her problems. 

Here’s the official summary: 

“ars PARADOXICA is a love letter to physics, fiction, and the future. It’s a disorienting journey through spacetime and the Cold War. It’s a tome of secret history you stumbled across in a library in the dead of night.

It’s also a serial audio drama.

When an experiment in a time much like our own goes horribly awry, Dr. Sally Grissom finds herself stranded in the past and entrenched in the activities of a clandestine branch of the US government. Grissom and her team quickly learn that there’s no safety net when toying with the fundamental logic of the universe.”

Why:

Who: 

The head writer is Daniel Manning, and the producer and story editor is Mischa Stanton, who also co-produces The Bright Sessions. The rest of the writing team includes Julian Mundy, Tau Zaman, Eli Barraza, Zach Ehrlich, and Danielle Shemaiah Pointer. 

On the performance side, the lead role of Sally Grissom is played by Kristen DiMercurio. Other lead members of the cast include Reyn Beeler (Chet Whickman), Katie Speed (Esther Roberts), Dan Anderson (Hank Cornish), and Robin Gabrielli (Anthony Partridge). 

You can learn more about this lovely group of time travel enthusiasts on the writer’s page: here, and on the cast page: here. I’ve linked to their tumblrs/twitters/websites on their respective names if I could find them. 

Where:

The official website for ars PARADOXICA with different ways to listen to and support the podcast is here. Check it out to read some of the press coverage, subscribe to their charming newsletter, or to listen to their round-table podcast Timelapse about time travel in fiction.

You can also find them on Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or email them at arsparadoxica.gmail.com. You can also support them on their Patreon page.

How:

Last but not least, here’s how you can actually listen to ars PARADOXICA. Luckily, there are so many ways to listen to podcasts nowadays that it’s probably on your favorite podcast service already. To quote the writers themselves: “If it’s ars PARADOXICA, it’s probably us.” 

It’s currently available on Itunes, Stitcher, Google Play, and directly on their website. A new episode is released on the first day of each month, and patron-only minisodes are released in the middle of the month. Remember to start from episode one, and to listen chronologically from there! 

Happy listening!

My (TOTALLY NOT VERY LATE) @ars-paradoxica-secret-santa present for @missmorange! Thanks for waiting it out. As we all know, time is… tricky.

Ok, I’ve listened to this about a dozen times already and I think my face journey was VERY interesting at work today. Thank you so much for this. This is amazing!!!

Been listening to this over and over again, and I can’t help but laugh at the little ‘nice!’ Sally says after 2069. I’m Ace myself, and I would totally do that if I was calling out a list of numbers or words and hit an innuendo :D

My (TOTALLY NOT VERY LATE) @ars-paradoxica-secret-santa present for @missmorange! Thanks for waiting it out. As we all know, time is… tricky.

Ok, I've listened to this about a dozen times already and I think my face journey was VERY interesting at work today. Thank you so much for this. This is amazing!!!

Writing is a process that often undergoes heavy edits… that includes responding to feedback. 

I had no idea this post would resonate with so many people. I let my vitriol surrounding several comments I received on a recent update get to me and it spilled out into .gif form and it’s now morphed into the most widely shared thing I’ve ever posted. So many comments and tags have said things along the lines of, “This was why I quit writing” or “This is why I hate writing fanfic.” And that’s soul crushing to hear, but I can relate. 

But while there are some crappy and entitled readers, there are also many brilliant ones and I’m so grateful for them. The huge response to this post made me go back and skim through the comments on my old stories, and comments like the one below are about half the reason some of those stories got finished, even if it was months later. 

Comments like these are so rare, but when they do come up, they leave me staring at my computer screen, drumming my fingers on the keyboard, struggling to convey my feelings about how their words have touched my heart. These are the comments that take the longest amount of time to respond to and the ones that cause me to wear out my backspace key the fastest. 

It’s easy to complain, but it’s literally just as easy to praise, so I just wanted to take a moment to recognize all those dear and dedicated readers who have propped me up when I wanted to quit. Readers like you are why I keep writing, and why I even feel honored to do it on rare occasion. 

And fellow writers, keep your heads up if you can. :)