both fanfiction and podcasts give me a lot of feelings about the potential ephemerality of online media. obviously, no one plans for these things to vanish, but they do, and that lack of permanence gives me feelings. anyway, the silt verses was my first candidate for binding podcast transcripts, because even when you don’t have the audio, the prose is just fantastic.
i half-chose the cover paper because i wanted to nod to the birdwatcher’s book that carpenter disguises her copy as, and half because it’s just really nice paper and feels appropriate even though i’m pretty sure those are seaside birds
formatted in two columns and smaller font both as a space-saving measure (this came out to about 300 pages) and to evoke a biblical style.
(my ideal vision for a bookbound silt verses was: softcover in faux-leather with gilded text, transcripts printed on thin bible paper, and a dustcover designed to look like a birdwatcher’s book, with a publishing emblem inspired by the waxen scrivener. but there are many aspects of that i have neither the skills nor resources for, and i’m very happy with how this turned out!)
500+ FOLLOWERS UNLOCKED!
In celebration of that milestone, plus Pacific Rim being released on digital download, I am running a giveaway!
GIVEAWAY ENDS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 9AM EST PRIZES: Hard-copy PROOF of the finished coloring book!
There will be 3 winners! I am making a physical version of the coloring book — it will contain all the pages I have currently and will in the near-future release, plus BONUS CONTENT that I won’t be posting online.
The book will be printed old-school style on newsprint and bound with a soft cover. (A proof is a physical mockup of the entire book, made either by myself or the printers. It will pretty much be as authentic as the real-deal.)
HOW TO ENTER: Reblog this post, that’s it! I will pick winners at random November first, and send out the proofs when they are created, probably late November.
This the first you’ve heard of the coloring book? Check out the pages I’ve made so far here:
Cherno Alpha Pilot Gear
Gipsy Danger
Herc & Chuck Hansen
Tendo Choi
Mako Mori & Raleigh Becket
Leatherback & Otachi
Max
Hannibal Chau
Cherno Alpha & Crimson Typhoon
Hermann Gottlieb
Newt Geiszler
So I saw settlingspace's magical girl!Simra a few days ago, and knew that that was a bandwagon I had to jump on.
Simra Hishkari (dunmerofskyrim) belongs to sunderlorn.
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If you’ve already signed up to the Fox Viewer Panel, all you have to do is sign in (your email address is your username). It won’t be obvious once you hit the Member Info and go into My Surveys, but there’s a link:”FOX Needs Your Help”.
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It’s my first giveaway, and since I’ve been wanting to do one for a while. I decided to make this the best one I can! Thank you to everyone who’s been following me, and thank you to my awesome mutuals who I’ve come to think of as friends!
The rules are the same as most other giveaways: just like or reblog this post and if you’re following me, you’re automatically entered! Every additional reblog adds one extra entry for you. You need to be following me to enter, but new followers are welcome. Just please only follow me if you’re genuinely interested in the content I post.
Now, the good stuff! Prizes! There will be three winners, picked randomly using a number generator.
First prize: One OTP-based oneshot written by me and one aesthetic board for an OTP or OC of your choice.
Second prize: One OTP-based oneshot written by me.
Third place: One aesthetic board for an OTP or OC of your choice.
Some examples of my writing are here, here, and here. As a quick list of fandoms I can write for is below, starting with what I can be the most versatile with:
Fallout 1, 2, and 3
Dragon Age: Origins, Awakening, II, and Inquisition
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and V: Skyrim
Fable I, II, and III
Mass Effect 1, 2, and 3
As far as aesthetic boards are concerned, I have no limitations. I can make boards for any character, even characters from original stories! Some of my boards are here, here, here, and here.
The giveaway ends on August 20th! Good luck!
Do you…. Have any trashy romance novel suggestions 👀
Absolutely. I can give you some author recs, if you're down for it? They're really prolific authors and have a range of stuff, so you'll probably find something to your tastes.
Cat Sebastian mostly writes Victorian/Regency romances with queer characters (I particularly rec A Little Light Mischief which is unbearably cute).
Alyssa Cole has a lot of great, diverse romances with POC and queer as the MCs (particular rec for How to Find a Princess, which is about security officer and the princess she's trying to get to claim her title).
Rebekah Weatherspoon is really funny and writes really great characters, and her fairytale retelling series (esp. If the Boot Fits) is one of my favorites.
Yvette Hines is one of the funniest writers I've read, and she has a bear shifter romance series that is so full of bear puns it's amazing.
Sam Burns is also really fun, and mostly writes queer paranormal romances that are really fun and full of relatable characters (I'd rec the Fantastic Fluke series because who doesn't love ghost romance and mysterious plots?)
Alexis Hall is maybe my favorite on this list? They write really, really entertaining "traditional" sorts of Victorian romances (among others) but with queer protagonists. My personal go-to when I'm feeling down is A Lady for a Duke, with a trans woman MC and a childhood friend romance. It's lovely.
Reblog this post with your favorite ace, aro, or aroace meme!
I can’t believe over five thousand lovely people are following me! I wish I was able to properly express how grateful I am for each and every one of you. Your support has been incredible and I’m so blessed to be able to interact with you all! Here’s a silly little giveaway. It’s not much, and I wish I could give something to all of you, but alas I’m just a poor little artist. That being said I will always be willing to talk to those who need it and I’m always open for hugs!
rules;
since this is for my followers, you have to be following me.
no giveaway blogs.
one like and one reblog, but that also means if you do both, you’re entered in twice.
have your ask/submit open.
winners must respond within 24 hours after i message them or i will choose a new one
must be willing to give me shipping address so i can give you the things!
(also, i will ship anywhere in the world!)
prizes;
there will be two winners!
the first winner will receive the following:
+ one digital painting (can be anything!) + one original, traditional drawing (can be anything!) approx. 9x12 + one signed print of my work (you choose!) approx. 8x10
the second winner will receive the following:
+ one digital sketch (can be anything!) + one signed print of my work (you choose!) approx. 8x10
This giveaway ends June 1, 2014!
If you have any questions, my ask is always open.
Thank you everyone and good luck! I really wish there was more I could give. You’ve all been so great and I love ya to pieces! (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*:・゚✧
In a conversation recently, there was a question about what an asexual sex toy would be. Now, obviously, sex toys don’t have any kind of orientation limitations or requirements, so there’s no such thing. But the question was more, what would an asexual sex toy be, if a company wanted to try to market sex toys to aces?
Feel free to treat this as a serious product design brainstorming session, or as a ridiculous exploration of what a company might think we want based on who they think we probably are.