Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 美男高校地球防衛部HAPPY KISS! | Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu Happy Kiss! Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Manza Taishi/Shirahone Maasa Characters: Shirahone Maasa, Manza Taishi Additional Tags: Fluff, Accidental Confession, Hopeful Ending Summary:
Maasa's journal gets returned by the most convenient person.
I've had a couple of messages over the last few days from folks saying things like, "Sorry, I can only afford to get your book through the library," and I need you to know I am gripping you by the shoulders, I am shaking you gently, and I am begging you stop apologizing for using library services.
After Amazon and Payhip, the quarterly checks I get from Overdrive/Libby are my biggest and most reliable source of income.
My readers have been nothing but feral in their quest to get Hunger Pangs into as many libraries as possible, and while library lending pays an exceptionally modest amount, if enough people do it (which many of you evidently are), those pennies add up.
I am guaranteed at least $20 a month in library lending royalties. That might not sound like much to some folks, but to me, that's my b12 supplements covered for the month. That's the thing I need to keep me alive paid for.
I will never resent anyone who uses libraries instead of buying books.
I'm a disabled author who lives month to month at the mercy of my medical expenses. Even though I have incredibly generous patrons and supporters, I know what it's like to not be able to afford things.
Use the library. Please.
Use it guilt-free. You're helping the library and the authors, probably more than you realize.
And if you're in the US and haven't signed up for a @queerliblib free library card yet, you should! it doesn't matter what state you're in, the Queer Liberation Library offers free access to their catalogue of queer media across the US.
And if you've got the means, maybe help them out with a little donation. They're only able to expand their collection via the support of their patrons, and the work they're doing is hugely important.
If you sign a Canadian book out of a Canadian library, that author gets paid too! It's once a year, but my cheque is usually 2 months of my mortgage. Plus, libraries buy a lot of books! And if you sign out copies, they'll get worn and replaced! Same with ebooks! Plus the library will have record of you using it, and that's how libraries get funding.
Get my books from the library. It's a multi-win situation.
"i don't make deals that don't pay off"
♠️ animated lightcones 9/∞ - final victor "you expect me to believe you?" "why not, doctor? life is a big gamble, and i'm always the final victor."
HIGH CARD OP → ”Trickster” by Five New Old
"This card belongs to you. Maybe it was that card that drew us together. It led me to the Old Maid branch, where we could be ourselves. I'll be waiting for you, even though I don't have any business there. So come back anytime."
LAST SHOT ♤
“Call me empty, call me a liar. This is who I am.”
animangacreators challenge #3: alphabet challenge ☆彡 (C/Z) ⋆ CHRIS REDGRAVE
Finn | KNIGHTMARE
CHRIS REDGRAVE (クリス・レッドグレイヴ) ♡︎
HIGH CARD (2023-2024) ⋆ #14. truth of the hero
And now, the protagonist of this story is you, Finn.
"I'm into holding men."
HIGH CARD (2023-2024) ⋆ #19. prisoners
The person I truly wanted to protect... It was you.
I wanted to help. I wanted to save you. It was a terrible reunion, but still, you're my... Stopping the misfortune caused by the cards... that's what we do.
What you said earlier... I liked it. "I'll stop all misfortune caused by the cards...That's High Card's mission!" That makes you a hero, you know?
HIGH CARD (2023-2024) ⋆ #21. coming day
It doesn't have to be family. Whether it's a lover, a friend, or even an acquaintance... As long as someone's with you, you're not alone, right? ♤ ♡
HIGH CARD (2023-2024)
#09. by your side
#16. once upon a time.
Wind Breaker Ending - Muteki (無敵) by Young Kee
