#publishing investment

[jeanettetqueen]

By pre-ordering you are gaining early access to this amazing book but also first edition copies. You will also be helping an independent author bring their story and dream to life.

#debutauthors #authorsjourney #authorssupportingauthors #arthurmorgan #king arthur #arthurianlegend #fantasywriters #fantasybooks #fantasy #women authors #indie author #investors #investment #publishing investment #crowdfunding #self publishing #new adult

[kjscottwrites]

i just think that... maybe in those infuriating moments when the trad publishing industry begins to feel like a hopeless corporate cash grab weighted to favor superficial trends and to disfavor marginalized writers and creative risk takers and the most exciting new talent etc etc... those are good moments to like. Go hunt down a totally random, interesting-sounding indie e-book from an unknown author's storefront for like $2.99 or whatever and drop a goodreads review, or even gush about it on social if you really liked it. might be a salve. good soup for the soul.

#divesting from monopolies is really hard and frustrating but investing in home-grown art is really easy and rewarding ! #i know i have made multiple posts like this before but its something i need reminding about too #publishing #writeblr #writers on tumblr #writing #e book #goodreads alternatives are also great if not better!!

[alexiaugustin]

people will be like "a little life is so fucking cruel and unrealistic and manipulative" and then start describing the concept of a tragedy to you

#'​people suffer and things ultimately don’t get better this shouldn’t have been published!!' ummm. sure jan #a little life #hanya yanagihara #like it’s so funny to me just because you weren’t as emotionally invested in like. romeo and juliet doesn’t mean that tragedies aren’t #a genre as old as time and that it’s a crime to write one lmfao

[merrymorningofmay]

"russian culture is vast and well-known because it's all stolen by way of colonial expansion" – an oversimplification, only partially correct

"russian culture is vast and well-known because russia historically has had more money and resources to promote it, which they stole by way of colonial expansion" – also an oversimplification but a bit less so

#you know dostoyevsky and not stefanyk not because dostoyevsky is the better author #you know dostoyevsky because someone consistently has had money to invest in translating and publishing his work #and russia has consistently had an international presence large enough for other people to go “hmm i wonder what those guys are like” #mari rambles

[zerodaryls]

i... i finished my first edit of my novel. 107,098 words.

i don't even know what to do now. do i just... start from the beginning and go through it with my metaphorical red pen again?

do i invite people to read it and give any notes?

idek how i'm gonna be publishing this when it's Finished Finished. i want it to be accessible to the target readership (queer neurodivergent young adults) and i hate amazon so like. idk where to host it. or if it should just be a file to download. or what. AAGGGGGHHHH.

but anyway... I JUST FINISHED MY FIRST EDIT OF MY NOVEL.

#one thing i know is i'm NOT even gonna BOTHER pitching it to publishers #they would try to sanitize it for a broader audience & they can pry my autistic FTM main character & his genderfluid ADHD partner from my #cold dead hands. >:( #so i have to publish it myself. i just dunno how i'm gonna do it. #i don't really have any money to invest in this. so like. printing is probably not gonna happen lol. #i was thinking a website that just hosts the entire story in pages?? #and having it free to access but asking for tips if ppl enjoy it and can afford to throw like $5 my way #idk. i didn't write it with the illusion of becoming a rich and famous author lol i just wrote it to put more queerness & neurodivergency #into the world. so any money i make from it will just be a bonus.

[scrawnytreedemon]

What stupid names? Can I know the names?

Ghirahim, Sephiroth, Zant, Kirby... I'm blanking but I know I have so many more.

(shout-outs to Cris!!! love ya buddy xoxo)

Micolash is a perfectly respectable irl name(a Hungarian variation of "Nikolas", iirc), but on him it has such a Vibe but then again I am writing Him. The name is the least outrageous thing here lmao.

In general, I tend to like villains, and villains tend to have "stupid-as-fuck-on-a-real-person" names. They might be perfectly serviceable with titles, but the moment you take them into a more intimate setting it's just... Bro. You're getting called that, on a day-to-day basis?

God, so sorry for blanking out on the more ridiculous names, I know I have more... But I think the grandiosity of the first two should do plenty well.

#scrawny rambles #scrawny answers #writing ghirahimg ghirahim ghirahim over and over again made me a l m o s t break my no-redundant epithets rule #(which is to say if we already know a character has a trait) #(there's no need for me to point it out again as a clunky name-replacement.) #i remained strong!! but good lord #granted this might have more to do with my Autism than the names themselves #so take that as you will #(minus the kirby. hi cris! i can't believe you've gotten me invested in these goons) #i say knowing damn well the cosmic horror aspect always intrigued me #seriously though you will have some of the most hardcore shit nintendo has ever dared to publish #and it will take place in an area called. dreamland. on a planet called planet popstar that's a flat golden wait for it #that's right a star #honestly kirby is this for the entire thing but that is on me #LOOK the lore goes hard you gotta admit #i need to finish up that magolor gijinka page... 2/3 designs have their colouring finished why did i stop??? #i love him alot again thank y o u CRIS! <3

[beneaththegildedmoon]

Look, maybe if I had read it by itself and not interleaved with the other books im reading atm it would have fared better, but y'all had me convinced The Secret History was some modern classic and I will not forgive you for it

#i know babel was published long afterwards but i just keep reading sections and thinking “Babel did this so much better” #its giving Catcher in the Rye if the pov character was even more insufferable #its giving the Steven Moffat school of writing intelligent characters #and honestly worse than the piss-poor attempt at some kind of commentary is that its so fucking BORING #a solid 70% of the book is just richard & the gang talking inanely about classics with the air of people who have literally never read them #and the other 30% is stilted dialogue about how woefully difficult it is to cover up the murders they did #and i understand that their insufferability is part of the loosely-defined point but thats not made well enough to justify all this #your characters can be boring assholes or your plot can move at a snail's pace but for the love of all the gods dont do both #the only thing running through my head the whole time is how little investment i have in anything thats happening in this stupid book #how did *this* become the inciting incident for the dark academia aesthetic/subculture?? #how did this jumble of meandering run-on sentences masquerading as a novel become such a Tumblr darling that dozens of you recommended it?? #i feel cheated tbh #cant believe i wasted so much time on this but i genuinely believed it must get good at some point

[daydadahlias]

Why don’t you want to self publish? Sorry, I don’t know much about it.

no need to apologize!! my primary reason is that I just don't find self-publishing very credible or respectable because literally anyone can self publish a book. you don't have to edit it, you don't have to proofread it, you can just "publish" it on Amazon, so long as you pay for it. For me, I want my work to be officially published. I want someone to pay ME because they like my work and think that it's worthy of being published :) and i want it to have no typos.

#pigeon #anon #yeah that's pretty much the reason #im not saying all self published books are bad or anything but #anyone can self publish a book so it's not really... that impressive ?? #like having someone actually WANT to publish ur book and invest in you.... yeah. that's awesome

[mysweetsinfulobsessions]

By c.duart on instagram

GHOST GIRLFRIENDS ARE GETTING MARRIED

#i have been so invested and i finally get to receive #they are getting published! #go follow this person and buy their shit like i will when it comes out! #c.duart #cduart #ghost girlfriend #ghost

[sammyloomis]

so the whole garfield kart guide saga is still ongoing, i got some feedback from a mod about changes to make to it in terms of structure and layout n stuff which is fine, and ive edited the parts i understand...... but theres some feedback theyve given that makes no sense??

like, they said i need to go thru and seperate paragraphs so stuff doesnt look clumped together, but the sections they specifically reference Dont have this problem so idk what theyre refering to. like its literally a bulletpointed list

and also some of my descriptions are too "list like" and not descriptive enough, but i rly dont know how im supposed to expand on "to get the trophy for finishing any race..... you must finish any race" LIKE?? KINDA SPEAKS FOR ITSELF GUYS IDK WHAT U WANT FROM ME, FEELS LIKE IM TRYIN TO MEET A WORD COUNT FOR AN ESSAY

#ash.txt #i did this as a joke but now im invested fghj #ive read some HORRENDOUSLY written guides on that site #theres guides for telltale games that are COMPLETELY LINEAR and ONLY have story trophies #like WHY DID THAT NEED A GUIDE?? WHY DID THAT GET PUBLISHED??

[muse-write]

I…I have been working on The Council of Elessar for well over 2 years now…wow.

#that’s including the very first idea i had for it back in jan 2022 #it’s almost been 2 1/2 years??? #and i’ve only published 9 chapters? #i can’t believe i’m still invested in it!

[signs-of-the-moon]

I'm still working on posts for thr responsibilities for each job in the Land's Star, but I also wanna start brainstorming lore stories as well. Like tales the elders would tell. I've got a few ideas. Eventually I might put up a poll to have people vote on which one I write first

#the one Im mainly interested in rn is a story about the relationship between the moon and the ocean #in the next chapter of moon high there's actually going to be a brief mention of this tale or beliefs from it #like how the ocean is a give and take type of individual #they give so much to Oceanclan but will gladly take away from them by killing cats #because she's the jealous type and wants to hurt silverpelt by taking killing her kids #another story I have is about an apprentice named termitepaw that ended up in the dark forest #because they were so invested in getting attention from other cats while in grief that they created things to grieve over #like their close family and friends dying. amd it turns out to be all their fault #I might try to make up legends surrounding cats from canon like I did that one time with leafpool #I love that piece sm #maybe it'll be based around frostpaw or someone idk yet #also I have another piece I wanna publish that's not lore but more like backstory for swiftcloud #I've had that damn thing drafted for 2 years but it's not finished yet at all. but I like it so I might go back to it idk yet #viti shoosh

[e77y]

Trying to fix my resume ☝️🤓 Small problem: I sound like a loser no matter what

#not really lol. I have a lot of experience in this field #for someone my age anyway #but like. idk 😭 I wanna get out of journalism I HATE journalism #I’m applying for publishing internships and idk I just wish I had more publishing experience…. #a lot of my extracurriculars are music related and idk if I should include them or not #just to fill space ig #bc I have only ever had one singular job #and one other piece of experience as editor in chief #idk maybe I just feel this way bc I’m using Harvard resume templates #and so I’m seeing everything that’s on a Harvard student’s resume 😭 like damn. I hope they’re not applying for this internship.. #it’s based in NYC so I doubt I’ll get it? but like? idk how many applicants they get??? hm #there are also lots of different internships with the same company all listed rn so idk #I have until the end of the month to fix this shit hehahah #hopefully my cover letter will better demonstrate my relevance to this position #bc all of my journalism experience feels kinda irrelevant on paper. editing news is VERY different from editing communications research lol #ellyposting #🤓posting #<- kinda. it’s about work not school but I did start doing this (researching internships) for a class #and now I’m kinda invested bc I need an internship in the next year anyway… I could get it over with over the summer #idk. if I get a job this summer I will make a job tag like. jobposting. workposting. perhaps hellposting if it sucks really bad (again 🥲) #that’s why I’m scared of another internship. even though the last one was paid and so is this one… people are straight up abusive to interns #😅😅😅😅😅 AUGH. SCREAMS PUNCHES WALL etc #okay goodnight :3c

[philearning]

We wish women all over the world a Happy Women's Day!

Achieving gender equality and women’s well-being in all aspects of life is more crucial than ever if we want to create prosperous economies and a healthy planet. On the occasion of International Women's Day, let us focus to begin from the start itself to Invest in Women i.e. the Family and work towards a more gender inclusive and equal family, country, and world.

#invest in women #PHI #PHILearning #academic publishing

[welcometogrouchland]

What if I proposed the analysis that Belos actually has very little internal moral compass and that his veneer of righteousness has always been implied by the writers to be complete fabricated bullshit even before watching and dreaming basically confirms it.

#ramblings of a lunatic #^shes going in drafts untagged bc a) philip stans who insist on the morally misguided angle terrify me in their persistence #and b) i would have to actually rewatch episodes and whatnot #but i think i can build credence to the idea that him and caleb started off not invested in witch hunting for moral righteousness #but numb to it via cultural normalisation and THUS. had an amoral approach to the whole thing #and the only thing either of them as orphan outsiders ever really would've gained from witch hunting would've been careers and recognition #a sense that they're heroes- not in the moral sense but in the narrative sense. that they were protagonists #The Most Important Boys so to speak #the difference being Caleb at some point decided witch hunting was wrong (i.e like hunter did. grew a moral compass) #and philip still navigated the world amorally 400 years later only motivated by a petty grudge and deep buried guilt #the latter of which is nearly irrelevant to anyone who isn't philip bc clearly he priorities that grudge above it #this is just a personal petty opinion #but i honestly don't think the 'delusional and petty' angle is any less complex than the 'moral crusader' angle w/ his character #and it matches the whole 'hes a magic conservative' message way better than his motives being genuine #one day I'll rewatch that scene in WaD and see if Philip fans are onto something and I've been drinking the pond water #or if it's actually congruent with his character like I've since come to see it and like i know many saw it the first time round #anyway this is actually all for me. in drafts you go #edit: hi. it's the ladel of like. 3 weeks after i made this and put it in drafts. it's nearly 1 am rn and- in my delirium- #i have decided to publish it #i doubt it'll do much w/ regards to response bc fandom has been on the quiet side lately (tho that can always change( #plus I made a similar post insinuating the same notion and it got ZERO traction positive or negative #which tells me I'm good to just say shit for the most part (in a good natured way) #anyway. hits post cutely (i am so fucking tired)

[toonfinatic]

I love my favorite characters i think i will write about them suffering horribly because i love them so ❤️

#self indulgent fanfic time. this time something i might actually publish because im so invested in writing i need to force myself to go to #sleep