yes I think I'm funny. why do you ask.

@bruisedconscience

mystery.net! Where I pretended I was a middle-aged man whenever talking in the boards because this was 1998 and the whole world was telling me it wasn't safe to be a young woman on the internet.

I hope every writer who sees this writes LOADS the next few months. Like freetime opens up, no writers block, the ability to focus, etc etc you're able to write loads & make lots of progress <3

Reblogging to help every writer with huge loads.

You again?

The one time I wrote to a published author about their book, they wrote back to me. It was in the 00s and it was about a book published in the 70s. They must’ve been grandma age.

Anon has such a mind boggling opinion here. I just never thought anyone would think like that before. I wish I could see a series of slumdog millionaire type flashbacks to see how they got there. Maybe it would make more sense then.

"AO3 is not social media", um, like yeah, okay, that's true... but how does this person think fic writers reply to comments? Do they understand "reply" is a feature AO3 chose to include?

They didn't have to... FFN doesn't allow you to reply to reviews. AO3 chose to include that feature, and this person is mad that people use it?!?!

Also, like... sometimes readers ask questions... should fic writers just ignore that???

"Fandom is not a social event" ummmm I think they may be doing fandom wrong, tbh 🤣

Like, what if you go to a fandom event like a con? Are you allowed to socialize then? If someone says something to you, to do respond with "I'm not here to socialize! This is not a party! Talk to your family!! Fandom is for social isolation only!!!"

All three times I've written to authors, I've gotten a response.

Fandom is inherently social. *Creation* is inherently social. Sounds like Wrongass is trying to justify being the sort of person who thinks of authors as silent content-providers.

FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS MAKE COMMENT EXCUSES!!! VISIT OUR PINNED POST FOR TONS OF COMMENT RESOURCES AND REMEMBER-

NO EXCUSES JUST RESULTS!!!

The Scottish Highlands, 1875 by Gustave Doré (French, 1832–1883)

Ruins of Dunmore Park House, Airth, Scotland

adamjason1

i so deeply understand the reasoning of every comment

For school I am building a marketplace/index for cross stitch patterns. Specifically to free designers from Etsy, and stitchers from pattern mills and AI generated garbage.

During the process I realized there might be an actual need for it? So yeah. If you, a person who does cross stitch and/or embroidery work thinks a place kinda Ravelry, but meant for us, would be cool, let me know (:

Further features I had in mind were project galleries, floss stash, stuff like that.

(also I can totally put some prototype screenshots here if there's an actual interest from you guys)

You guys seem to really be interested (which is cool) so here's what's up

I'm gonna do it. I am, however, a Product manager, not a developer. So if any of you are devs and wanna team up, I am up for it.

Also designers. I built a prototype on figma but damn, design is neither my passion, nor my talent, hahahaha

Anyways. I am excited about this and actively learning the basics of webdev and all so I can build it myself but if I'm not alone on this endeavor, it might get done quicker.

It truly is a passion project by the community, for the community. I am not going for it with the goal of making a living out of it. And you shouldn't either. (:

Small update: it is happening!

So if you're a DESIGNER of patterns and have 30 to 45 min for a chat with me hit me up! I'd love to understand your point of view of things (:

And if you're a regular stitcher and also have 30 min for a chat, please hit me up! The more people I get to talk to, the better we can build this platform (:

Thanks!

If you have any Kindle books, the ability to download them to your computer is being removed February 26th, so download them now if you want to back them up.

Go to Amazon > Account > Content Library > Books, then choose Download & transfer via USB from the dropdown menu next to each book. You can pick any device you have in the next menu because it will download the book as an azw3 file. Calibre is a great, free program for organizing and utilizing ebook files.

It's a good idea to back up your books for your own sake, but also because archiving media is more important now than ever.

A final reminder to back up your kindle books! Someone even wrote a script to help!

I want to live by the ocean, but also in the forrest, but also in the mountains, but also in a big city, you feel me

Bellingham, WA

Women want one thing and it's quite obvious, A large affordable interconnected North American Rail Network

The tomb of Martin the Warrior.

"How much of you is even left?" [from the straw page! : roll 2 D20 die and draw jon w/ as many eyes :3 ]