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emptymasks · 3 years

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Elisabeth das Musical: The Japanese Productions, Takarazuka and Toho

Plot Summary: The musical opens with Luigi Lucheni, our narrator, being judged in the underworld for killing Elisabeth, the empress of Austria. He says that Death wanted him to do it, and that she wanted to die because she was in love with Death. The musical goes back in time and Lucheni narrates Elisabeth's life and we see her from age 16 to 60. Her obsession with death grows as her mental health declines, as Death falls in love with her and tries to convince her to kill herself so they can be together. The musical deals with mental health issues and also has multiple main LGBT+ characters.

For anyone not familiar with the musical, above is the summary of the plot. The summary of the life of the musical is it premiered in 1992 in Austria in the German language. There have been two Austrian revivals since in 2003 and 2012, and constant new productions in Germany, Hungary, Japan, Sweden, the Netherlands, Czechia, Switzerland and South Korea.

I would highly recommend watching the original 1992 Vienna production and the 2006 Vienna revival, both are on Youtube with English subtitles.

In Japan there are two different theatre troupes who have been performing productions of Elisabeth for over 20 years. Takarazuka is a theatre troupe of only female performers who play both the female and male roles. They don’t change the male characters into women, they essentially crossdress and perform as men, just as the female character of Edna Turnblad in the musical Hairspray is always played by a man. They had their first production of Elisabeth in 1996 and a few new songs were added for that production. There are the main casts but also every production has one night where junior stars of the troupe perform in the lead roles. These are called shinjin kouen or ‘Shinko’ casts. Toho is a mixed-gender theatre troupe who first performed the musical in 2000. It’s common in Japan for musicals to have pro-shots and DVDs so all the links to videos below are the official videos, not bootlegs. There are no official English subtitles provided for Takarazuka or Toho’s DVD releases, but some fans make their own subtitles that you can download and to play you’ll need video playing program like VLC in that can separately load up videos and subtitle files to play at the same time. You can also look on CastAlbums which is a great website that documents all musical albums and videos you can see lists of every CD and DVD release for Elisabeth here.

Please support the musicals! You can purchase the DVDs and CDs new from https://www.soundofmusic-shop.de/ and you can find them new and second-hand on Ebay and Yahoo Auctions Japan (there’s a lot of other Takarazuka and Toho merch on Yahoo Auctions, but you will need to use a proxy shipping server. I personally use ZenMarket).

Under the read more is links to info on each production as well as links to where you can watch them and download audios and English subtitles.

For @ladysapphire928

Some of the videos on Bilibili will have comments over the top of the video, but you can turn them off by clicking on this blue button that’s directly underneath the video:

Takarazuka Productions (1996-Present)

1996 Snow Troupe

CastAlbums CD V1 | CastAlbums CD V2 | CastAlbums DVD | Takarazuka Wiki

Stream Video Mirror 2nd Mirror | English Subtitles

Shinko Cast: Stream Video Mirror | English Subtitles

1996-1997 Star Troupe

CastAlbums CD V1 | CastAlbums CD V2 | CastAlbums DVD | Takarazuka Wiki

Stream Video Mirror | English Subtitles + Video download (and also check out @nightlesscastle they seem to be a new active blog making and posting Takarazuka subs)

Shinko Cast: Clip | Stream Video | English Subtitles

1998-1999 Cosmos Troupe

CastAlbums CD V1 | CastAlbums CD V2 | CastAlbums DVD | Takarazuka Wiki

Stream Video Mirror | English Subtitles | Promo Vid

Shinko Cast: Stream Video | English Subtitles

2002-2003 Flower Troupe

CastAlbums CD V1 | CastAlbums CD V2 | CastAlbums DVD | Takarazuka Wiki

Stream Video Mirror 2nd Mirror | English Subtitles

Shinko Cast: Stream Video Mirror | English Subtitles | CastAlbums DVD

2005 Moon Troupe

CastAlbums CD V1 | CastAlbums CD V2 | CastAlbums DVD | Takarazuka Wiki

Stream Video | English Subtitles

Shinko Cast: Stream Video | English Subtitles

2006 10th Anniversary Concert

CastAlbums CD | CastAlbums DVD | Takarazuka Wiki

Stream Video Mirror Shizuki Asato Leading Mirror Asaji Saki Leading | English Subtitles | Promo Video

2007 Snow Troupe

CastAlbums CD V1 | CastAlbums CD V2 | CastAlbums DVD | Takarazuka Wiki

Stream Video Mirror | English Subtitles

Shinko Cast: Stream Video | English Subtitles

2009 Moon Troupe

CastAlbums CD | CastAlbums DVD | Takarazuka Wiki

Stream Video | English Subtitles Alt | Promo Video

Shinko Cast: Stream Video | English Subtitles

2012 Gala Concert

CastAlbums DVD | Takarazuka Wiki

Stream Video Mirror | English Subtitles

2014 Flower Troupe

CastAlbums CD | CastAlbums DVD | Takarazuka Wiki

Stream Video 1st Mirror 2nd Mirror 3rd Mirror 4th Mirror | English Subtitles

Shinko Cast: Stream Video | English Subtitles

2016 Cosmos Troupe

CastAlbums CD | CastAlbums DVD | Takarazuka Wiki

Stream Video Mirror Mirror | English Subtitles Alt

Shinko Cast: Stream Video | English Subtitles

2017 20th Anniversary Concert

CastAlbums DVD | Takarazuka Wiki

Stream Video Mirror | English Subtitles

2018 Moon Troupe

CastAlbums CD | CastAlbums DVD | Takarazuka Wiki

Stream Video | English Subtitles

Shinko Cast: Stream Video | English Subtitles

2021 25th Anniversary Concert

CastAlbums | Takarazuka Wiki

Stream Video | English Subtitles

Toho Productions (2000-Present)

2000-2001 1st Version

2001 1st/Teal Cast | Stream Video | CastAlbums CD | Download Audio

2001 2nd Cast | CastAlbums CD | Download Audio

2004-2012 2nd Version

2004 Orange Cast | CastAlbums CD | Download Audio

2004 Lilac Cast | Stream Video | CastAlbums CD | Download Audio

2006 | Stream Video

2013 Trailer

2015-Present 3rd Version

2015 Cast | CastAlbums CD | Download Audio

2016 Trailer 2016 Trailer 2

2016 White Cast | CastAlbums DVD | Stream Video Mirror | English Subtitles

2016 Black Cast | CastAlbums DVD | Stream Video Mirror | English Subtitles

2019 Trailer 2019 Trailer 2

2020 20th Anniversary Trailer - showing clips of every Elisabeth and Death (Der Tod) that’s performed in the Toho productions

Bonus

The World of Kunze & Levay Concert

CastAlbums

Stream Video | English Subtitles

#elisabeth das musical #elisabeth the musical #non english language musicals #european musicals #elisabeth musical #toho #takarazuka #elisabeth toho #elisabeth takarazuka #musicals #mytext #masterlist

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indomies · 3 years

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omg how do u make ur gifs so crisp and sharp?! 😭

hello babe sorry it took me some time to answer bc i was trying to find the resources i could send you. pls i didnt ignore you! im sorry it took me days😔 everything is under the cut bc it’s pretty long!

1. hd videos

always always always try to find the most high quality videos you can find! it doesn’t have to be 4k, 1080 is enough. i rarely download 720p, it can make do but it won’t be as good. so try to find 1080p vids! the quality of the videos make the difference in the world!

for youtube, i just use youtube downloader lol, i think any would suffice.

for downloading movies/tv shows, you can either torrent or use direct download links. here’s a link full of websites to download movies/shows. my personal fave is snahp(.)it and i use jdownloader as well. jdownloader is a download manager, so you can download several videos in one go and just more organized i guess. also i think it can bypass the unnecessary advertisements and/or yk those websites when you click on the download button but takes you somewhere else djsnsk i hope you understand this.

also do have a strong ad block on your browser. i use ublock and adblock on chrome.

2. photoshop

i use photoshop for my gifs. you can use photopea i think but my friend has tried it and for her it didnt delivered the maximum quality you know. there’s a tutorial on how to use photopea tho somewhere on tumblr but i dont have the link sorry:( personally, i’m more comfortable with photoshop.

if you are using window, try to crack it with GenP. you could search for GenP and click on the reddit link. i used genp to crack, im very happy with it. have no trouble until now!

if you use mac, search for adobezii reddit or click here!

3. sharpening

now!!! this is important too!!! you need to sharpen your gifs but be careful to not oversharpen them!! i think i followed this tutorial but i tweaked it at the end. you could use my action here, it consists of double sharpening and a touch of gaussian blur to soften it a bit. play around with sharpening!! find the right way for you!!! i do suggest to use double sharpening, it makes the difference in the world!!

4. coloring

tbh i’m still learning to color my gifs until now. but i think the contrast and brightness play some parts too. i just notice if the gifs are wayyyyy too bright it’ll lose it’s quality, the same when it’s over saturated. so i guess find the balance!!!

5. cropping/sizing

i always crop my gifs first before i sharpen them, i even crop them before i convert them to smart filter. idk but to me it’s better that way. follow the size that tumblr allows to ensure better quality!! since the beginning i set the width to be the tumblr size e.g. 540px with this setting of cropping and the height just kinda follows it. like i calculate what the height would be if i want the aspect ratio to be 3:2 or 5:4. gosh i hope this makes sense

6. exporting

ok so i dont really understand the science behind the option but this page goes into the great details between the difference settings. i almost exclusively use selective and diffusion with 100 dither and 256bit color. as always play around!! not every gif will be suitable with that setting or if you even like that setting.

7. screencapping

i dont really know if you screencap makes the quality better, but i do know it’s just easier to screencap than uh cutting the video in photoshop- especially when you try to gif a movie! i use potplayer (idk if it’s available on mac tho?)

this is my settings for screencap!

after you have your screenshoted scenes, load them onto photoshop like this!

and just do your usual giffing process.

this gif tutorial is incredibly detailed and i recommend to read it if you havent!

i think that’s it!! sorry if it’s so long and not really understandable fjsj ask me if you have questions!!!!

#asks #tutorial #tutorials #gif tutorial #resources #bellesresources #hisources #allresources #completeresources #clubgif #gif help #itsphotoshop #sourceblog #dailyresources

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kaori-kai · 4 years

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hi omg yes of course! ill try to give you the most important things you need to know even though i’m still learning and not the best myself. under the cut :) also welcome 🥺💗

gif tutorial:

basics:

when you’re ready to gif, import video frames into layers

delete unwanted frames

convert frames to layers

select all your layers and convert to smart filters

apply your plugins/sharpening

flatten layers into clips. once it’s done, make frames from layers

add coloring and fix speed

export: save for web (legacy)

photoshop:

you can download photoshop for free from these blogs: yeahps, fatenumberfor, completeresources

p/n: i personally use photoshop 2020 with purchase.. don’t be like me LOL

resizing:

resizing is very important since the quality depends on if its too big or too small. so using this programs help you resize without killing the quality. use the dimensions link to help you!

avisynth (windows)

vapoursynth (mac)

tumblr dimensions (important)

tumblr is very confusing when it comes to MB size. the limit is said to be 10MB but i keep it around 3MB-5MB to play it safe. if it’s too large, the gif will not move on the dash :)

p/n: sometimes when the gif is the right size but it has text or a lot of adjustment layers (coloring) it can make it a lot bigger. when this happens, i usually export even if its bigger than 5mb 👀

plugins:

most gif makers use topaz! they are plugins that help your gif look smooth and not scratchy.

topaz direct downloads

more topaz downloads

topaz tutorial

p/n: im sorry, i can’t really provide you with a link for denoise and clean since it seems they have removed it from the original site. i used third party links i found on google. if you’re going to do so, please beware of viruses and fake sites. use the tutorial from yeahps above!

videos

for music shows, concerts, broadcasts etc it’s always good to use .ts files! (highest quality)

websites: 4sashi, kpopexciting, kpop24hrs

depending on your fandom, you can find vid uploaders on twitter for more excl. content!

for EXO: namja1to4, arcanumxo, EXOVid_uploader

youtube videos use 4k video downloader to get the best quality on them

coloring

i personally use..

exposure (+offset & gamma correction)

color balance

hue/saturation

selective colors

brightness/contrast

curves

solid fill layer

additional info:

make sure your export settings look like this

i’m not the best but i use my own action! if you want my settings, feel free to ask. it’s always good to have a base when you start and as your journey goes on, you can start to develop your own style :) this goes with coloring too!

if you want me to record my process, you can ask too! ill upload it to yt just incase you’re a visual learner :)

hmm.. and i think thats it!? if you need any other tips please let me know! don’t hesitate to send me a lot of asks. when i first started out in october ‘19 i was very confused! even if you send 20 asks about the same thing, i really won’t mind at all :) and if i do get any other asks, ill add links to them on this post as it can help other people just incase they have the same struggles and questions! (be sure to refresh to check for more info if you leave this in your likes)

goodluck angel, have fun! 🤍✨

#asks #ps #gif tutorial #(sorry reupload tumblr messed up the ‘keep reading’ layout)

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comicteaparty · 4 years

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Writing & Misc. Resources

Check out this plethora of writing and other comic creating resources archived from Comic Tea Party’s Writing & Misc. Resources Channel!

RebelVampire

https://www.sfwa.org/2009/08/fantasy-worldbuilding-questions/ - an enormous set of world-building questions for fantasy and science fiction stories.(edited)

http://rollforfantasy.com/ - generators and guides galore. it's fairly D&D oriented, but its broad enough to work as an aid for any sort of story you want when it comes to building certain elements.(edited)

http://writersrandomramblings.tumblr.com/post/139781578857/elements-of-culture - fantastic chart that helps categorize elements of culture for world-building. really helpful when you're trying to organize your thoughts(edited)

https://www.learnthat.org/pages/view/roots.html - a quick reference for latin and greek word roots. its really helpful if you need to build your own made up words.(edited)

http://donjon.bin.sh/fantasy/calendar/ - a cool generator that can help you build a fantasy calendar. not the most robust, but if you need to make something for quick reference it works well

http://www.behindthename.com/ - my personal goto site for names. has a large collection with meanings and everything.(edited)

Kabocha

There is a thing called "Knife Theory," -- while it's primarily referenced for D&D, this gives some ideas on how you can quickly and easily flesh out an exploitable backstory for a character. Every "knife" a storyteller has can be used to further the character arc of someone if you so choose. https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/775caq/my_friends_and_i_have_something_called_knife/

Also gonna drop "Worldbuilding Question of the Day" and the "Original Character Question of the Day" tumblrs: https://wbqotd.tumblr.com/ https://ocqotd.tumblr.com/ World/Character building is optoinal but useful! Your mileage may vary from question to question.

Kabocha

MIT Open Courseware Courses Writing Science Fiction: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/comparative-media-studies-writing/21w-759-writing-science-fiction-spring-2016/ Genre Fiction Workshop: Fantasy: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/comparative-media-studies-writing/21w-758-genre-fiction-workshop-fantasy-fall-2016/ Genre Fiction Workshop: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/comparative-media-studies-writing/21w-758-genre-fiction-workshop-spring-2013/ Transmedia Storytelling: Modern Science Fiction: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/comparative-media-studies-writing/21w-763j-transmedia-storytelling-modern-science-fiction-spring-2014/index.htm Make sure to check out the assignments and student work, as well as the readings, and lecture notes. All of these are free.(edited)

RebelVampire

http://www.spacejock.com/yWriter5.html -free word processor software. ywriter may have an ugly site, but the software is immensely useful if you want to collect lots of information in the same place. character profiles? important locations? the outline? all can be contained in a single file. http://wikidpad.sourceforge.net/ -another great, free program. if youre a fan of wikis and would like to store your story notes in a wiki format, this program is great for that.

https://papercatpress.com/ - since this one doesnt really fit art_resources ill put it here. paper cat press is a great resource for finding tons of resources in general. contests, zines, job openings, and so forth! definitely a great thing to have if you're a comic creator.

Kabocha

Webcomic Listing Resources Where can people find links to your comics to read? Comic Bookmarking assistants -ArchiveBinge - https://archivebinge.com/ -Piperka - https://piperka.net/ -ComicRocket - https://www.comic-rocket.com/ Lists -The Webcomic List - http://www.thewebcomiclist.com/ -TopWebComics - http://www.topwebcomics.com/ -Belfry - https://new.belfrycomics.net/ -Webcomics Guide - https://webcomicsguide.com/category/webcomics/ <- this might be iffy, browse with discretion and probably not at work -Webcomic Library - https://webcomiclibrary.tumblr.com/ -LGBT Webcomics - https://tagpacker.com/user/lgbtwebcomics(edited)

Erin Ptah (BICP | Leif & Thorn)

These are also about site design, only partly intersecting with writing...but there's no coding_resources chat, so I guess I'll put it here? Useful Wordpress plugins for webcomic sites. https://twitter.com/ErinPtah/status/1045091986070556672

Kabocha

Also, if you're using Wordpress, this site is invaluable for keeping up to date with the latest issues that might pop up with various plugins: https://wpvulndb.com/ You can search for various plugins, and sign up for an email digest. We use it at work a lot to make sure nothin' we're using got hit. Also, if you do email through wordpress at all -- get an SMTP auth plugin! It's... well, good because your mail can be rate-limited in case it starts spamming. Also sending authenticated emails will help stuff from getting flagged as spam. It won't stop it, but it will help. Many shared hosts require this. https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-wp-smtp/

Kabocha

If you were wondering how people got things like.... a Patreon icon, or a deviantart icon on their site using a font... Worry no more -- here it is! FONTAWESOME https://fontawesome.com/icons?d=gallery&m=free The free version is just that -- free. Documentation: https://fontawesome.com/how-to-use/on-the-web/setup/getting-started?using=web-fonts-with-css

Kabocha

Also, since I'm thinking about fonts, here's some good places to get free or inexpensive fonts with commercial use licenses: http://typodermicfonts.com/ - Check the "Some Styles Free"/Free tag in the catalog https://creativemarket.com/free-goods - Every week, there's a few new "free" items, one of which is usually a font. https://www.myfonts.com/search//free/?sort=cheap - MyFonts has a free option -- check the licenses on what you download https://www.exljbris.com/ - You may recognize this foundry, but... well, they have some distinctive, useful fonts! Check them out if you get a chance. http://www.blambot.com/ - COMIC FONTS! Some free, some paid. Read the license. https://fonts.google.com/ - Google has a ton of fonts that are available for web use AND download under the MIT open source license. *note: commercial use means like... in your books, or on your website, etc. Read licenses of course, and know what you're allowed to do. Many fonts do not allow you to use them in a graphic that you are trademarking because this may limit other people's use. https://99designs.com/blog/logo-branding/trademarking-a-logo/ If you're thinking about applying for a trademark, talk to your lawyer, not to me.

Artem Ficta (Ring Spell)

Also https://www.fontsquirrel.com/ for free fonts

Erin Ptah (BICP | Leif & Thorn)

I get a bunch of cheap fonts, and other graphics resources, at MightyDeals: https://www.mightydeals.com/

They do limited-time offers of big bundles at huge discounts. Some of them have really nice fonts, others have tiled patterns (I've used them for SO many clothing textures) and clipart elements, that kind of thing.

Kabocha

https://myfonts.cmail20.com/t/ViewEmail/y/681445A81EC65CCF/0AB7A90AD1D74D85B4B1B1F623478121 Free font Friday!

RebelVampire

https://www.emwelsh.com/blog/character-questions an article with 7 questions to get to know your characters. i really liked some of the questions on here so i thought itd be worth sharing.

Kabocha

If you're looking for resources for writing comics or just... writing, here's a few (including book recs): Save the Cat https://www.amazon.com/Save-Last-Book-Screenwriting-Youll/dp/1932907009 Beat sheets can be found here: http://www.savethecat.com/category/beat-sheets Romancing the beat http://gwenhayes.com/romancing-the-beat/ People don't talk a lot about romance stories or arcs and how they're structured. So here ya go. http://gwenhayes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/RtB_worksheet.pdf Generic beet sheet Various worksheets for plotting, beta reading, etc: https://jamigold.com/for-writers/worksheets-for-writers/ (The beta reader sheet is definitely worth a look if you're giving people things to read over -- focuses their feedback ) Writing a character's internal journey https://jamigold.com/2014/05/how-can-we-show-a-characters-internal-journey/ SciFi/Fantasy Writers of America resources https://www.sfwa.org/other-resources/for-authors/information-center/ (for those looking for US publication -- GUILDS HAVE TONS OF INFO. This list goes to tons of blog entries!!)(edited)

Kabocha

https://twitter.com/gumroad/status/1058358068411555840 Hey, if you didn't know, Gumroad has a wordpress plugin, and that's kind of awesome if you ask me.

Kabocha

Dropping some youtube videos tonight, all from the same channel. Evaluating Critical Feedback on your book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCeXPF1SS10 Revising Character Arcs in Your Novel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj6MASDD_P4 How To Develop Characters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SicPEVhzSaM Writing Hack: Break Out Of Your Writing Rut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAsV3Vhvy-I Revising Your Novel: Where To Start: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAKvUwrhCr0(edited)

Erin Ptah (BICP | Leif & Thorn)

Putting this here because there's no "coding resources" channel, hope that's all right. Now that a lot of people are suddenly feeling the need to move their webcomics to an independent hosting site, I really to spread this around...if you're going with Wordpress, don't use ComicPress! Use Webcomic 5: https://wordpress.org/plugins/webcomic/ It has more features, it's more versatile, and it's updated much more regularly, with an active support forum if you need it. There's so much you'd be missing out on.

Kabocha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXoJYOWFESI This entire channel is great, but this video. (Tenor pointed out to me she uploaded a new vid) EDITING! Also, another CMS for webcomics? Hmmm. It ain't wordpress, at least. http://ptyxis.cthonic.com/ Note: I have not tested this. I cannot speak to how usable this system is. I assume it requires a base willingness to learn html/css at minimum.

Erin Ptah (BICP | Leif & Thorn)

Useful poll about what readers like in webcomics! Covers site design as well as story stuff: https://hplehkonen.com/blog/how-do-you-read-webcomics-poll-data/

Delphina

I'm really digging this video series about con table setup and sharing tables! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpPNSFBemQ0

Artem Ficta (Ring Spell)

https://twitter.com/MattGarvey1981/status/1135157084805312512?s=19

MJ Massey

This podcast mini series features two creators I have met in real life and consider authorities on comic writing: Dirk Manning and Russell Nohelty. Each week they will be focusing on a question from one of the different creators in this mastermind group. http://www.comixlaunch.com/session202

Attila Polyák

Whenever I join any webcomic related community I always end up linking to this wonderful guide that covers everything that's webcomic making or related: https://evanjwaterman.com/guide/ Also fun fact: This guide used to be just some publicly shared google sheet, but the dude who compiled it eventually made this page for it.

RebelVampire

https://yourlocalwriterblog.tumblr.com/post/185806112050/how-to-make-a-story-file some great ideas for organizing your stories and making sure the important things that need to be answered are getting answered.

keii’ii (Heart of Keol)

The power of pacing https://twitter.com/Hamm_Tips/status/821137467545817088

Erin Ptah (BICP | Leif & Thorn)

Made a post with all the foundational "how to start a webcomic" advice I've seen people ask for, plus some that I haven't: http://leifandthorn.com/2019/07/help-i-want-to-make-a-new-webcomic-how-do-i-start/

The Q

Found this very new resource about making webcomics, from a Finnish webcomics creator (who seems really cool on twitter). It's still in pre-order, but you read the first chapter for free. Thought maybe it could help someone! https://twitter.com/HPLehkonen/status/1160965755330076672

Jo Michelle

Don't know if I've shared this before, but this is a really good resource for story creation: https://youtu.be/hZgWw5juPJ8

MJ Massey

I have trouble coming up with FX ideas so this has been really helpful! http://www.comicbookfx.com/fxlist.php?fbclid=IwAR2QzmzgfVhFy4690_KaK0NX4Qg2r2tPSVXHhwLGf2ldin9m5hSnlDUwsU0

DaemonDan

I also have made use of http://www.writtensound.com/index.php for coming up with onomatopoeia.

DaeofthePast

Jami Gold has a good breakdown on writing romance https://jamigold.com/2012/11/write-romance-get-your-beat-sheet-here/

Pistashi

someone sent me this website on twitter and I thought it was really well done https://www.wirepop.com/

a good initiative too

Cronaj ~{Whispers of the Past}~

For those of you also writing fantasy, you might find these two videos interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMJQb5bGu_g&t=256s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVrnfniQiS8&t=222s

MJ Massey

My pal Russell relaunched his podcast as The Complete Creative and his first episode is a discussion with Tyler James of ComixLaunch. Both of these guys are experts on having a comics business https://open.spotify.com/episode/2QluA6vfhsmvhTnMRQ0wN3?si=OzF2goYlQeqgg99PL3sqXg

SAWHAND

Hi all! Here's a favorite link of mind for writing stuff! This is an entire recorded course from Brigham Young University on Writing. It's basically a lecture class by Brandon Sanderson, who's written a few of my fav books. It's a quite good class that covers many main categories of writing fiction! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4ZDBOc2tX8&list=PLH3mK1NZn9QqOSj3ObrP3xL8tEJQ12-vL

Also, I like to plot stories out event-by-event, then scene-by-scene for comics and I found this really cool format for using excel/spreadsheets to do it that I really like. This person uses the technique (they call it God's Eye View) for screenplay writing, so there's a whole thing about color-coding scenes based on what characters are in the scenes that I just don't bother doing, so don't let the crazy rainbow intimidate you! Anyway, it really helped me organize and get a good feel for the overall pacing of the story https://thestorydepartment.com/get-a-gods-eye-view-of-your-story/ Enjoy!

Kabocha

https://wordpress.org/themes/toocheke/ https://wordpress.org/plugins/toocheke-companion/ Alternative webcomic resource for wordpress

Cronaj ~{Whispers of the Past}~

Another 'Hello Future Me' video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2dzRzPPAwY

He has a lot of excellent writing resources (including a book on worldbuilding), so I recommend checking him out.

Kabocha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6HOdHEeosc&list=PLSH_xM-KC3Zv-79sVZTTj-YA6IAqh8qeQ Brandon Sanderson's got a really good writing course, and the one he's got going for this year is being posted online with each lecture. Totally worth it if you're into writing fantasy and sci fi (And it's FREE!)

Dann

https://twitter.com/EtheringtonBros/status/1228916004463489025?s=20

Cap’n Lee (Flowerlark Studios)

So earlier in the general chat we were talking about types of characters (mary sues, likeable characters, antiheroes, etc), and this short video I think summarises the basic factor for creating an engaging character: https://youtu.be/QM1tUwpy-yQ

Kabocha

If you're looking to be published or agented, make sure to take a glance at the Manuscript Wishlist for agents to see what they're looking for and if what you're doing matches that niche! https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/the-comprehensive-search-and-query-guide/

Kabocha

Also, if you're looking for freelance editors, the Editorial Freelancers Association has a nifty search tool! (And yes you can have them review comics!) https://www.the-efa.org/hiring/

Erin Ptah (BICP | Leif & Thorn)

Wrote an article on webcomic-specific issues from COVID-19, and some strategies and resources for handling them: http://herald.comicadia.com/2020/03/17/covid-19-and-you-r-webcomic/

keii’ii (Heart of Keol)

One of my favorite "here's one way to look at pacing" guides. Short and sweet! Source: https://twitter.com/Hamm_Tips/status/821137467545817088

em.rowene

Hey all! Just heard about a virtual comic con being held over discord/twitch this weekend. There's a lot of interesting comic-related programming! All the info is at: stayhomecomiccon.nl(edited)

em.rowene

I’m double sharing in this channel, I guess, but I’m starting up a hashtag for creators to share ko-fi/commission/other support posts on twitter! It kicks off tomorrow! https://twitter.com/anaphiel_/status/1244727294503067655?s=21

CoppertheCarutor

Whoo Hello Future Me made another video on writing mental illness!... if anyone else is interested in that sort of thing. https://youtu.be/SQCb7GiNOrE

Joichi [Hybrid Dolls]

Good advice on comics to listen to, even tho she's going to teach graphic novel tips, it applies to Webcomics: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TFsDCxHJpBg(edited)

Joichi [Hybrid Dolls]

DVpit is coming soon, here's a thread of comic artist advice on looking for a literary agent by my good friends, JesnCin. This is for marginalized creators https://twitter.com/JesnCin/status/1250788458618073088?s=19(edited)

Joichi [Hybrid Dolls]

Guide on How to change your book formatted comic into a Webtoon. Found this and thought it's a useful guide: https://youtu.be/evv5hyB6UGk

Joichi [Hybrid Dolls]

Webtoon gave guides on how to publish on their site. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWLxyqoe66w

shadowhood {SunnyxRain}

Was looking up tips for designing comic banners for comment storm and found this! Pretty solid advice for anyone thinking of doing it. http://webcomicalliance.com/business/10-terrific-tips-for-building-banners/

Jo Michelle

This focuses on screenwriting, but the suggestions about opening scenes and establishing empathy with characters is true for any medium: https://youtu.be/E1eoLw1goic

Miranda (Into the Swell)

Some helpful information on prologues: https://www.masterclass.com/articles/writing-101-what-is-a-prologue#3-famous-examples-of-prologues-in-literature(edited)

Joichi [Hybrid Dolls]

The Mom Trope guide; this covers 3 types of moms. I like that she mentions the Missing Mom and give pointers on why it's written this way. Also her black cat distracted me https://youtu.be/vMc955HsAV8(edited)

em.rowene

There's an online SFF writing convention happening this weekend! There are some realy interesting worldbuilding panels on the program! https://emrowene.tumblr.com/post/618560723074908160/diverse-sff-writing-convention-this-memorial

Cronaj ~{Whispers of the Past}~

A cool post by the staff at GlobalComix about finding your audience: https://globalcomix.com/news/details/9/who-is-the-ideal-reader-for-your-comic-

CoppertheCarutor

This person who ran a really dedicated critique thread on Tapas made this doc, I figured it would be an interesting read for users of the platform. https://docs.google.com/document/d/11ejYNWf9w8L1Y-th1SHAqT3sSDPbOY6KNd-1CfvBTJE/edit

Joichi [Hybrid Dolls]

Good advice about Tips for new and 'getting into it' creators starting a webcomic. I agree alot with Caezhel since it speaks to my struggles even though I've done webcomics for afew years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc6greXRS7A(edited)

Cronaj ~{Whispers of the Past}~

Hello Future Me back at it again with a world-building video: https://youtu.be/gcyrrTud3x4

LabsZach

This vid hit me between the eyes re: The Toolbox Fallacy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz4YqwH_6D0&feature=emb_title

eliushi [Keyspace]

Taglines for your comic! Tips: https://www.google.com/amp/s/thoughtsonfantasy.com/20hat-makes-a-good-book-tagline/amp/

Feather J. Fern

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v4R2ZcxPlA Other that the satirical nature of this video, it does give good advice

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3 Newbie Trading Mistakes That You Want to Avoid

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Heyyyyo! That’s right, two articles in a month baybee!

edit: I was close to making this happen, but couldn’t!

(This article contains affiliate links)

What’s going on? Hope you guys been catching this earnings season wave. As I start writing this its towards the end of July and earnings are about to be released.

It looks like SPY is going towards all time highs which is insane, since we’re in a pandemic. 30-something million unemployed N. Americans. It makes you ask: does economy affect the markets?! God if I know. Anyway, that helps me move on to the next topic.

If you’re starting fresh in the stock market, how does one track the movements? Where do you start learning? How much money do you need to start? Although those are good questions, that’s NOT what we’re talking about today(gotcha). Instead we’re talking about three mistakes new traders can avoid.

Lets face it, the stock market has a steep learning curve in the beginning. Not only does it take awhile to understand the terms, but then you have to understand the charts.

Quickly here are the three questions I asked myself constantly in the beginning:

How do I trade?

How do I make money?

How much do I buy?

What those question equate to me is:

no trade plan

Not taking profits early or closing losing trades early

Using too much of their account for one trade

Feel free to comment or share more if you feel there are more mistakes. I know there is plenty more than I’m missing, and I originally had more I wanted to write about. However, with the digital, social media age, I want to keep this article short. Let’s go.

No Trade Plan

Ill be the first to admit, a trade plan is hard to come up with in the beginning. In my opinion, find some people that you like in the trading world, such as myself or anyone. Ok, maybe not ANYONE.

Let me namedrop a few that I like personally:

Optionalpha

Option trader that beta weights his trades and is mostly an option seller. This is the first person I truly started learning from. His beta weighting is meticulous and he makes different trades that fit in his portfolio. For example, he uses different strategies such as: Calendar spreads, credit spreads, and debit spreads. He has extensive PDF files all over his website, that explain when to enter and exit a trade. I honestly got my foundations for trading from him and his website. A ton of the website is free and I’d recommend checking him out if you have the time.

Tastytrade

The two guys, Tony and Tom, are some the most seasoned vets in the game. Don’t quote me on this, but I think these guys help build ‘ToS’ or ThinkorSwim and then ended up selling it to TDameritrade. Anyway, these guys are option sellers as well, very similar to Optionalpha. Great traders, a ton of material, and go over SO MUCH of the statistics and psychology behind the trading that it’s too much to even talk about. I don’t listen to them as much as I used to, but they’re a recommendation from me as well.

Rob Smith

#thestrat guru, and I don’t mean the Vegas hotel. Rob Smith uses different time frames to give himself signals as to what the stock is actually doing. He’s a very short term trader that looks for particular setups, such as inside days, outside days, and reversals. He’s a very good trader and has been doing it for quite some time. The style and type of trading he does, you absolutely need a minimum of $25,000 to trade. Since he has very tight stops and gets in and out of trades quickly, you have to be considered a day-trader by your broker. Here is some of the material you should look at to get a feel for his style:

Strat eBook: http://bit.ly/The-Strat-eBook

Vids: http://bit.ly/The-Strat-Vids

GYM

Our first dividend investor. I’d like to thank him personally for answering me promptly when I asked him about his trading style. The last time he cut or sold stock was back In January of this year. So, he’s a buy and hold guy that cuts when the stock substantially cuts dividends. A veer off the path that I, myself, would not take. But, it’s interesting to see how there are several different ways to pursue and win in the market.

Graham

Thank you again! I’m really appreciative of you answering my emails quickly.

Anyway, Graham is a dividend investor just like the guy above, GYM. He buy and holds for YEARS! And considers selling the stock if dividends are cut. That’s a bit of a difference than how we trade huh? Those are just my personal favorites. Now you know there are so many ways to trade, go out and find some of your own traders and see if you like their style and can emulate.

No Exit Plan

It’s been proven by option alpha that you have a better probability of success taking profitable trades off early. With that being said, you have to decide how much you want to make per trade. Or, what price do you plan to exit if the stock goes the way you want. What about the opposite? Do you have a stop-loss? Always first,You need to decide how you want to trade. If you’re going to be a long-term trader/investor, pull-backs may not bother you as much.

Me personally, I like to make 50-65% profit on my option selling trades. I set GTC orders on all of my option selling orders, and let them run the course.

On option buying strategies I like to make 30% gain on the option bought.

Quick example of each:

Option Sell: XYZ trading at $96.00

Sell (1): 97.5x Call option 21 AUG 20

Buy (1): 100x Call option 21 AUG 20

premium taken in: $1.07. If my option were to dwindle down to $0.50, I would buy back the option and take my profit and run.

1.07-0.5/1.07= 0.53 OR 53% profit

Option Buy: XYZ trading at $96.00

Buy (1): 97.5x Call option 21 AUG 20

Sell (1): 100x Call option 21 AUG 20

Premium out: $1.08. If this goes up in the direction we want, we take it and especially run. We take less of a percentage with option buying due to the volatility of the options. One minute you can be in the money, next you’ll be far out. You have to take profits while you can.

1.08 x 0.3=0.32

0.32 + 1.08=1.4

$1.40 is what our exit option price would be.

This gives me an idea when I want to get out and takes the ‘guessing game’ out of the trade. I may let winners run from time to time, but not all the time.

If a stock goes against me, depending on the trade I may try a couple of things. If it’s an options selling strategy, I may go ahead and create an iron condor and try to recoup some of the money that I have lost. I would create a credit spread opposing the original trade’s side, hoping to close out and make a smaller loss. If it was an iron condor being challenged, I’d simply move the unchallenged side closer to ATM strikes in order to take in more premium. Option buying, is the hardest to swallow. I usually end up trying take some of the money left from the trade, if any is left. That is why you have to trade small.

Rob Smith

He uses stop losses. $.01 stops. This is a very tight stop, but rightfully so. He does not want to lose any of the money to the market, so If the stock doesn’t go his way, he simply gets out of the trade. I think this is a very smart way to trade. However, you have to have at least $25,000 in order to go in and out of stocks daily. The brokerage companies will flag you and you can get in trouble for this.

Option Alpha

50% profits, and sometimes smaller profits on different option selling strategies. With other option selling strategies he may take only 25% of the premium received. It’s very interesting to see because he’s even conservative on the buying side of his trades in general. He usually makes very few buying trades, and looks to sell options more frequently.

Here is a link to his guidelines for exiting trades early. It’s great and I really think you should have a look at it. You will have to sign-up for his membership list, but its completely free. This isn’t some plug either, don’t know the guy at all personally.

https://optionalpha.com/members/guides-checklists

Notice one thing with these guys? They DO NOT want to give their money back to market. You have to be extremely tight with your exit strategies and profit taking, since the market can be wishy-washy. One minute you’re looking like the best, the next you’re a grade A dummy!

Using Too Much Money to Trade

This is my most important rule in all of trading. Don’t use too much money on a single trade! If you are wrong on a trade or two, it can literally blow up your account. I’ve done this, and it sucks. The continuous flow of money in your account, and for you to withstand small losses in your account proves to yourself that you can manage money. That’s just as important as being able to make the right trade.

Being able to manage money can translate to all aspects of your life, with you gaining a life-skill: discipline.

Here is a quick run-down of my trading techniques:

– use 4- 5% per trade, for selling options strategies

– use 1-2% of portfolio per trade, for buying options strategies

Selling Options:

Let’s say we have a $5000 account size. 5% of 5000 is 250. $5000 x 0.05= $250

Stock XYZ is trading at $72.00. You decide to sell an call credit spread using the 75-strike and 76-strike. You take in a premium of $0.30

Our ‘buying power effect’ or holding cost would be $71.30 per spread.

If we wanted to use our 5% allocation rule, we would at most, be able to sell three contracts. $71.30 x 3= $213.90

That is our option selling allocation. Now, let’s look at the buying side.

Buying Options:

Stock XYZ trading $72.00. You decide you want to go long on the stock and decide to buy a 72-strike call option.

The call option cost $1.05. If we do the math, this is too much. Since it is only $0.05 over, I wouldn’t go crazy over it, but you get the point.

If used the 1-2% allocation we’d like to be under $100. $5000 x 0.02= $100

I try to stay within those guidelines at all times so my trading becomes a bit more mechanical and I don’t have to think as much about allocation. No more than 5% of your account per trade is the most important rule. As you see, when your account grows, so does the amount of money you can use to trade. Conversely, if your account dwindles, the amount of money you can use to trade lowers. It helps you stay on track whether you’re doing well or not so good.

I consider this a little electric fence. It’s not bad as long as you stay within the parameters, but if you go outside the fence- Shock-time!

$AG

On 7/17 it gapped up after an inside day. It had a high of $11.76. I entered in on this day at around the $11.50 mark, with a 13-strike weekly call, hoping that it would continue to ride up more. This is where it gets tricky.

Although the stock gapped up again the next day, It ended up see-sawing back and forth in the first hour. Since the stock was going back and forth, I decided to close out my trade early and take profits at 30%. It went up substantially the NEXT DAY after I took profits, which is what happens with trades sometimes. You think you’re doing well and you could’ve done better. Vice-versa. A win is a win in my book. I’m happy that I won some money and was able to take it off.

I really wanted to discuss this trade because it shows you how you can easily leave profits on the table. But, we have to remember, as long as you’re making profits, you’re winning! With continuing to take profits early, you simply have more capital to deploy and can continuously trade.

Thoughts

-take profits off early, this helps your success rate

-try to understand and emulate a trading plan before making your own

-no more than 5% allocation per trade

-continue to make trades small and let odds work in your favor

-start small with trading and work your way up, not the other way around

“I think you will agree with the statement that trading-profits result from the accurate timing of commitments, and not from the prices paid.”

Excerpt from: Tape Reading and Market Tactics

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2017 FAQ's & Schedule

2017 FAQs Welcome to another year of Het Big Bang!! It’s a challenge for writers and artists to step up from any fandom, for any het pairing you want!

New this year: if you'd like to see works or information from any past Bangs, check this Masterpost. Our "menu of links" has changed a little bit, cleaned up to reflect only what's currently useful. New banners are up here. We've also added a "Page-A-Mod" page. If you have queries, emergencies, whatever, go ahead and drop us a line and one of the mods will get back to you ASAP.

Reminder: the support community has been emptied. Since it is members-only for those involved in the Bang, you will need to rejoin once you have signed up. (Please note: links to sign-up posts are not active yet, but will be fixed once the challenge goes live on May 1st.) GENERAL INFORMATION

What is a Big Bang? There are actually two portions of this Bang Challenge. The Big Bang and the Little Bang. There are many different types of big bangs, all varying slightly, but generally, it's a process in which authors write long fics (25,000 words or longer for the BIG bang portion, or 10,000 words for the LITTLE big bang version) and artists make art for the pieces of work that exceed 25k. Then, on one singular shining day, we reveal all completed stories and artworks so that everybody goes blind from the overwhelming awesomeness. Simple in concept, right? This bang challenge is centered around heterosexual (male/female) pairings from any fandom you can name. Everything preliminary for this bang challenge is hosted in this livejournal comm, but on the reveal date, all contributions (art, stories, vids, fanmixes, etc.) will be hosted on AO3. Any het pairing, any fandom. Why AO3? A poll was taken in this community several years ago, and overwhelming numbers (90%) were comfortable with AO3. If you want to participate in this challenge, you have to sign up at AO3. We're sorry if you don't like this. Mainly, we will be hosting the final stories on AO3 because: 1. It'll allow you guys to format your own fics and edit after the big bang goes live. 2. By using a Collection, I can ensure no one releases their fics early, and it goes up simultaneously. 3. If we post fics on LJ, it'll require multiple posts per fics, and organizing that for a single-moment reveal will be a headache. (Trust us on that.) and 4. Your mods don’t want to repeat the horrible experience they had in prior years with creating a website (again, trust us). Therefore, AO3 will be neat and simple.

There will be plenty of time for those that do not have accounts on AO3 to sign up. You can ask a friend for an invite code, or you can request from A03 here or at ao3_invitecodes. We have started a for 2017 Collection [LINK COMING SOON] Het Big Bang over at Archive of Our Own that is identical to the 2016, 2015, 2013 and the 2012 Collections. A collection is a group of works collected together under one heading: here, for all Het Big Bang submissions. Only the author of the work can add his/her story into this collection; so, you gotta upload your fic onto AO3, and then add it into this collection. Here is the FAQ of AO3. Since this is a moderated collection, each work has to be approved by the Het Big Bang mods before it appears in the collection. Do not post your work anywhere else before the deadline! Do not publish your fic before the deadline! After the deadline, post it anywhere you want. Why is there no art for the Little Bang portion? Because it��s the option for those writers within our ranks that want to participate in this challenge, without being held accountable to an artist to finish their work. It is the low-key, no mutual obligation option. What kind of timeline will I be under? Author Sign Ups - open till May 17th, 12:00 PM (NOON) PST Mandatory Author Checkpoint - July 15th Artist Claiming of Big Bang Stories - July 20th Art and Fics Due - August 27th, 11:59 PM (Midnight) PST (here is a timezone converter) Debut Date (DD) - August 31st Why the delay between Arts/Fic submission and the Debut Date? Because in the past, we've had a some delays with artwork and some of the stories submitted were not properly formatted. Therefore, we need time to find pinch hit artists and let authors know thie fics need fixing. It is very, very important that if you sign up as an artist and claim a story, you submit on time because otherwise the entire big bang may be delayed. Can I join this comm? Absolutely! Feel free to join and watch the comm even if you aren't signing up. If you ARE signing up, you need to join the comm ASAP. Some important reminders and post will be members locked. Is there a support comm for this Big Bang? Yep! There is a sister comm where participants can go for help and flailing. het_banghelp: a community for all your support needs. This is the place for all your hand-holding, sharing of fics snippets, and flailing. Like prior years, special writing and enabling events will be hosted on that comm, like Snippet Days and Block Writing Events. Use it however you deem necessary, as long as it's het_bigbang related - post away!! It's members-only and f-locked to only those that have officially signed up as authors/artists and betas/cheerleaders, so remember to add yourself as soon as you sign up. (Please note, we have gone through the entire member's list for our support comm, and emptied out all of last year’s participants. As soon as you sign up for 2017, you can request to join membership again.) How do I sign up? SIGN UPS OPEN MAY 1ST. An AUTHOR, go here. If you an ARTIST, please go here. If you are offering to BETA READ, go here. If you would like to be a CHEERLEADER, go here. Other Comm Volunteers and their duties are listed below, and can sign up by dropping a note to this post. Please read this post before signing up! I signed up last year, and then dropped out. Can I still sign up again? Yes!! Best way to contact a mod? Your mods are going to be inundated with hundreds of comments from a dozen different posts, so the best way to make sure we actually see your question/comment/concern is to (a.) pm your mods, red_b_rackham or traycer_; (b.) email the mods at [email protected]; (c.) drop a note on this FAQ post or (d.) comment on THIS "Page A Mo

WRITER'S REQUIREMENTS AND INFO What type of requirements are there for a writer? There are two portions of the Bang Challenge for Writers! The Big Bang and the Little Bang. The Big Bang: Your fic must be completed and at least 25,000 words long. Writers accomplishing this goal will get an artist assigned to them by the comm, and they will receive artwork for their story! You are also welcome to find your own artist. The Little Bang challenge is ditto to the above, but only at least 10,000 words long. There will be no assigned artists for these stories. (Authors can go out and find themselves an artist, if they want, but they MUST inform the mods that they have made these arrangements. Just so we can approve them for the collection submissions, when the time comes.) All stories must focus on or revolve around a het pairing of your choosing, and mandatorily beta-read before the posting date. At the time of signing up for this, you need to know the following: a) what you think you'll be writing (fandom/pairing, prompt -- and yeah, you can change your mind later all the way until the Mandatory Author Check-point in July!); b) whether you are participating in the Big Bang challenge or the Little Bang challenge (and yes, you can change your mind later on, all the way up to the Mandatory Author Check-point in July.) c) whether you already have an AO3 account, and if not, that you will be willing to acquire one before the submission deadline; d) give us your e-mail address; and e) then go to join het_bigbang AND friend the community. You *must* join and friend for updates; it's a requirement to participate in this challenge. Define a qualified het pairing, please! Any het pairing, any fandom. Crossovers and/or fusions, genderbender het, and RPF (Real Person Fic) are all allowed. There may be more than one het pairing in the fic. There may be other secondary slash or femslash pairings within the fic, as long as a het pairing is the primary focus. Slash, threesomes or moresomes should NOT be your focus. But what if our fic is, like, more gen but with a hint of ship? Um, that probably doesn't qualify. We want a het pairing as a primary focus. We are not going to psychoanalyze how "shippy" the fic you're writing is, but please use your best judgment. After much debate, it's been decided that Original Works based on your creations are allowed. All standard rules/procedures apply. Can I sign up more than once as an author? I've got so many plotbunnies! Yes, you can sign up as an author twice! Both times for the Big Bang, or both times for the Little Bang, or in both the Little Bang and the Big Bang! Your choice. However, it must be for stories centered around different pairings. (Same fandom is fine.) Don't sign up twice for the same pairing. You must sign up twice in the Author's sign up post with separate comments, so we are crystal clear that you are participating twice! I don't know what to write! I've got so many ideas! We're here to help! While you can change your plotbunny at any time, we're also offering you this post [LINK COMING SOON] to help figure things out. You provide descriptions of up to five of your plotbunnies, and we put up a poll here to see what people are interested in. No obligation to go with the winner, but it might help you choose! I've already been writing a het pairing story already. Can I use that? Was it written for last year’s Het Big Bang/Little Bang and just never completed? If so, sure! If not…. then for the Little Bang, you gotta start fresh. Sorry. However, either way, for the Big Bang you are allowed to use a WIP in this big bang if it's less than 10k written. Ideally, your story should not have appeared anywhere on the net already, and if it hasn't been posted anywhere, you only have to reach the goal of 25k total. However, if you do already have a couple thousand words of it up somewhere public (at max, 10k), then we won't count that towards your total 25k requirement, and you must immediately take it off the internet completely for the duration of the challenge. Can I write with someone else? Yes, you may co-author your big bang if you want to. Do I really have to have my fic be beta-read? Yes. Dear God, yes. A beta reader is a person who reads another person's written work with a critical eye, with the aim of improving grammar, spelling, characterization, and general style of a story before the author posts it up. All participants must get their fiction beta’d by at least one person. Betareading is love, people! There is a post just for volunteers who are willing to beta read at this post [LINK COMING SOON]. What happens if I can't write that much by the posting deadline? First, relax and don't panic! You've got until August for finishing this baby off! For writers, this is not a reciprocal challenge, so we're not going to go chasing after you with a big giant stick if you drop out. It's hard to write this much fic on a deadline! We understand! Don't stress yourself; fandom is meant to be fun. Usually in these things, at least half of the writers drop out. That's expected. But please, please, please - if you need to drop out of this challenge, drop your mod a quick note. Another note: If you fall short of the word count, don't panic. Do not sign up with the *intent* of writing anything short of a minimum word count, but if you fall a little short, just contact your mod and we'll try to work something out if we can. Wait, what is this I see about a Mandatory check-in later on? What's that about? The mandatory check-in for authors is scheduled on July 15th. All authors must participate, or they will be kicked out of the challenge. Authors must firmly declare whether they are in the Little Bang or the Big Bang. If they are in the Little Bang, they complete a comm poll and identify their fic’s fandom/pairing(s). (No changing your selections after this point!) If they are in the Big Bang Challenge, they complete a comm poll, identify their fic's fandom/pairing(s), and they will submit three small snippets (up to 500 words each) of their work to the Mods. The Mods will then put up a new post with all the fics' information (no author info attached) where artists will claim which stories they'd like to do art for. (No changing your selections after this point!) What if I am determined to be in the Big Bang portion at the time of the Mandatory Check-in, but then fall short of 25k? Can I still submit my story for the Little Bang portion? Keep in mind that your story will have already been assigned to an Artist after the Mandatory Check-in. You have committed yourself to a 25k fic at that point, just like your Artist has committed themselves to you. If you fall a little short in your story, we can be forgiving. But if you flagrantly ignore the 25k word count, that will be a problem. Talk to us about it, but just – don’t do this? Okay? Please? It’ll be insult to your artist and all the other participants in this challenge. Can I have contact with my artist? We will provide you with contact information once an artist is committed to you. From there, you absolutely can contact them to find out more about their interests. We would like to encourage you to be in contact with them and to share and collaborate, but ONLY in fun. The artist is under no obligation to work directly with you. Ultimately, what they create for your fic is their creation, just like how they cannot dictate what you write for your fanfiction. But we all want everyone to be happy with what they get and what they create, so I hope this remains a happy, fun, friendly experience. What if I hate my artist and/or dislike the artwork that is done for my fanfiction? The politest way I can honestly word this is: get over yourself. The artist is trying their best, I'm sure, to produce a good piece of work for you. Give thanks, and be on your merry way. Not everybody is a master but this Bang is intended to be postive and fun. Find something nice to say and move along!

ARTIST'S REQUIREMENTS AND INFO

How do I know what I'm making art for? After the writers have their mandatory check-in on July 15th, we'll make a claims post listing fandoms and pairings. In this post, we'll also include the story summary and any warnings the author gives. You can choose which fic you'd like to create art for, and then that person's fic will get crossed off the list. Author's names will not be attached to their fanfics on this post; the artist's claims will be done blind that way. This is done to even the playing field, so that an artist may claim a fanfic based on the summary/pairing/fandom, rather than the popularity of the writer. (Though by no means is the author prohibited at any point from telling people which fandom/pairing/story is theirs. We imagine that in any case, we'll be able to have a great number of educated guesses for authors based on the pairing/fandom alone. That's fine. We're just trying to make the artists' claims post less about favoring popular authors, and more about showcasing the merits of the story.) What are the requirements for art? You can make whatever kind of art you feel like, in whichever medium. Drawing, painting, digital, manips, vids, fanmix, anything you can think of. We just ask that you put some time and genuine effort into it, as our authors have put major effort into their story. You are required to make a minimum of ONE piece of art for the story you claim. MORE IS BETTER. We love more! We want more! But, based on feedback from prior year’s artists, we only have a requirement of one piece of artwork. Make it nice, put some serious effort into it! :) How do I sign up and/or claim an artwork? You can sign up to be an artist now, but claims will happen much later, on July 20th, after writers have had their mandatory check in. Claims are done on a first come, first serve basis. We will be putting up a members-locked post and the artists will reply to it with the story they claim to do art for (so make sure you are a member of the community!). Sign ups for artists will remain open until all fanfics get claimed! What if I sign up as an artist but there's no fandoms I can art for by the time claims go up? That's okay - sometimes it happens. Signing up as an artist does not commit you in stone, so it's okay if there's absolutely nothing you can art for. We hope you can maybe stretch outside your "known" fandoms and help an author out, but we understand it's not always possible. Just spread the word to all your artist friends and help recruit other artists to come make claims!! What happens if the number of authors doesn't match up with the number of artists or mixers? We will do several rounds of claiming so that EVERY fic has an artist. In the event that fics outnumber artists, we will allow artists to make a second or even third claim. Can I have contact with my author? We will provide you with contact information once you have committed to an author. From there, you can contact them to find out more about their interests. We would like to encourage you to be in contact with them and to share and collaborate, but ONLY in fun. You are under no obligation to work directly with the author. Ultimately, what you create for your artwork is your creation, just like how you cannot dictate what the author writes for their fanfiction. But we all want everyone to be happy with what they get and what they create, so we hope this remains a happy, fun, friendly experience. Also, if your writer does not complete his/her story by the due date, but you've completed your artwork, go ahead and submit it! It will still be showcased on AO3 anyway. You deserve recognition for your hard work! :) What if I cannot create the fanart by the deadline? Think very, very hard before claiming a story! This part is kinda set in stone. There is a person who is expecting some fanart for their work, and we'll have to hunt down a back-up artist to take your place if you end up dropping out. If you can't create the fanworks, tell us as soon as humanly possible. Everything will go live at once, on August 31st. Finding artists is hard enough with a decent timeline, but finding backups are a nightmare, so for this reason, if an artist drops out at the last second (within the last 10 days of the deadline), then they may be banned from participating in future bang challenges here.

TIMELINE What kind of timeline will I be under? Author Sign Ups - open till May 17th, 12:00 PM (NOON) PST Mandatory Author Checkpoint - July 15th Artist Claiming of Big Bang Stories - July 20th Art and Fics Due - August 27th, 11:59 PM (Midnight) PST (here is a timezone converter) Debut Date (DD) - August 31st What's the Author’s mandatory checkpoint? This one is mandatory check-in for authors. Authors firmly declare whether they are Big Bang or Little Bang participants. If you’re going for a Big Bang, you get assigned an artist. (More info above in the Writer’s Requirement section.) Will artists get checkpoints? We will be making sure everyone's on the right track and are able to finish their art before the deadline, but these checkpoints will be less formal, as there is no word count for a piece of art. Are there going to be any extensions? No. Extensions for final fic and art submissions will not be granted. We totally understand RL circumstances happen, we really do. But unfortunately, we have deadlines in place for a reason and extensions are unfair to everyone who completed them on time (also the mods just about melted down one year in the final days of the Bang due to trying to accomodate many people and we simply cannot do it that way again XD). We will not accept submissions beyond August 27th (the submission deadline).

POSTING REQUIREMENTS Where do we post our completed fics? We are using AO3 collections, with the reveal date of August 31st. You can post your fics anywhere else you like after that date, just don’t post them up anywhere before the Debut Date. Again, there is plenty of time for those that do not have accounts on AO3 to sign up. You can ask a friend for an invite code, or you can request from A03 here or at ao3_invitecodes. If you are unfamiliar with it, here is the FAQ of AO3. Submit your fic and art to our 2016 collection. Only the author of a work can add it to a collection, and then the mods approve it and we’ll reveal it on the Debut Date. Because we have experienced some glitches with AO3 collections in the past, we are also asking you to drop an email to thehetbigbang (at) gmail.com when you submit your work to AO3, with the following information: Email Subject Line: (Fic or Art Submission. YOUR NAME.)

AO3 Name/LJ Name: (both) Fandom: Pairing: Artwork or Fic: (artwork for "Title of Fic, by Author") or (Fic: "Title, rating, and word count. Big Bang or Little Bang.") Summary: (if applicable.)

Further Posting guidelines below. 1. Sign up for A03. You can check ask a friend for an invite code, or you can request from A03 here or at ao3_invitecodes 2. DO NOT POST YOUR FICS/ARTS SO THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC CAN SEE THEM. Double check after posting to make sure it doesn't get posted to the general audience. If it does, delete the work and start over. Instead, you need to allow the mods to collect your fic/arts so that we can reveal everything together on August 31st. Go here, to the 2016 Het Big Bang Collection, and go the "Post to Collection" button in the top right corner. The collection is currently open, moderated and unrevealed. This will bring you to the normal template where you submit your fic/artwork. In the first block, you fill out all the tags: fandom, warnings, ratings, characters, pairings, additional tags, etc. In the second block, you fill out the preface information, including title, summary, and author's notes. 2a. For Artist: your summary line should include your author's name and the title of their story (if you know it). 3. In the third block, for "Associations," make sure the line for "Post to Collections/Challenges" lists "Het_Big_Little_Bang_2016." 3A. For Artists: the next line, "Gift this work to:" should be filled out as well. Artist, you know your Author's A03 name, which should have been provided to you through your emails. If for some reason it was not, please contact your authors and get this name from them. Fill in the "Gift this work to:" line with your author's name. That will link your artwork to them. After the submissions have gone live on the Debut Date, we would like you to go back and edit your submission to add in a link to the specific story you created your artwork for. But until the entire big bang goes public, the main way you'll attach your artwork to the piece will be by identifying the author through gifting. When you finally get the chance to link to the story, edit your submission and use the HTLM coding: <*a href="INSERT THE URL HERE">Title, by Author. (Remove the *) You can put this in your author's note or summary. 3b. For Authors: After the submissions have gone live on the Debut Date, we would need you to go back and edit your submission to add in a link to the specific artwork that was created for your story. You don't have to "Gift this work to:" to the artist, but it would be neat if you wanted to do so. When you finally get the chance to link to the artwork, edit your submission and use the HTLM coding: <*a href="INSERT THE URL HERE">Title, by Artist. (Remove the *) You can put this in your author's note or summary. 4. Formatting and coding guidelines are important. 4a. For Artists: AO3 video embeds are working from Youtube, Vimeo, blip.tv, Dailymotion, Viddler, Metacafe and 4shared. So if you have a video, you upload it to Youtube for example, and then embed into an AO3 post. For images like artwork and icons and banners and cover art, use the <*img src="INSERT YOUR URL HERE"> HTML coding (remove the *). You can first upload your images at Tinypic or photobucket or a similar image hosting website, and then make an A03 post with the HTML coding. 5. Submit your fic/artwork. You need to make sure when you hit "Post" that you see this text at the top of the resulting page:

"This work is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon! You can find details here: Het Big/Little Bang Challenge 2016"

6. Now, your fic should NOT be displayed to the general audience. It might not even show up on your dash, but fear not. You can still edit, add new chapters, mess around with it to your heart's content. We, the mods, unfortunately do not have access to your story. We cannot tell if it is properly formatted or not. THIS IS FRUSTRATING, but there's nothing we can do about it. We can only see your name. All works are titled "Mystery Works" until we reveal the entire big bang. So, please make sure your own fic is properly formatted. If you need to edit your fic, login and go to your dashboard. Go to the "Edit Works" button in the top right corner. From there, you can edit your works.

A03 will require you to format a header with all regular information on it. Remember to properly tag your works, including appropriate warnings.

Both HTML and Rich Text are supported, and you can edit/delete, have multiple chapters, etc… 1. The Rich Text Editor lets you add formatting, links and pictures to text without using HTML tags. It also has an option for pasting from Word which will preserve some of your Word formatting, although please note that this is buggy. The Rich Text Editor is only available for your work text. 2. The HTML editor allows you to change the look of your text with HTML tags. It can be used in any place you can submit text, although some fields permit only a small subsection of allowed tags. You can see a full list of the allowed HTML on the Archive FAQ, but the standard HTML tags is as follows: b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, datetime, div, dl, dt, em, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, height, hr, href, i, img, ins, small, span, src, strike, strong, sub, sup, table, u, and more. Also, a few years ago, anr was a saint and provided you with a post that explained "how to format a fic for posting in less than 30 seconds no matter the story length or amount of formatting" trick. The mods won’t be overly picky about formatting. We'd prefer for all dividers and scene breaks to use <*hr> (remove the *) which creates a horizontal line that serves perfectly as a scene break. However, that’s optional. You choose your own way to format! Other optional suggestions, just for uniformity sake: How do I do Chapter Titles: Bold 'em. How do I timestamp and do locations: Italizice the dates and locations. How do I do subtitle stuff: Italicize it. There is only one major fail regarding format, and that has to do with paragraphs breaks. There must be a full line break between paragraphs. Example of doing it wrong:

Chapter One: The Invasion March 6, 2005 - The City of Atlantis Elizabeth ducked quickly behind a console and attempted to catch her breath. A flush of pink colored her cheeks and a thin sheen of sweat had appeared on her brow. If the situation weren't so dire, John would have been turned on. As it was, however, he couldn't give it much thought as he had to focus on the batch of Ancient zombies that were slowly staggering in through the Stargate. "At least they can't run," he offered lamely. Elizabeth spared him a glare. "Why can't they run?" "I don't know." John shrugged. "But they never seem to run. They always lurch. Maybe when they're brought back to life they don't get knees?"

Example of doing it right:

Chapter Two: Ancient Ex-Girlfriends Yes, They're Zombies Too Elizabeth peeked around the consol. "Oh, my god," she breathed. "Is that--" "Chaya?!" John squeaked. "Talk about creepy ex-girlfriends." Rodney scrunched his nose. "She doesn't look good in green." John cringed and crouched down lower. "Do you think she's their leader?" Elizabeth looked thoughtful. "Well, this may be better for us." She narrowed her eyes at John. "We can give them you in trade for a cease fire--" Something caught her attention behind John and she broke off. "No, wait. Look to the left! That's... oh, god, John. That's Teer!" John and Rodney stared in disbelief. "Damn you, Kirk!" Rodney groused, and hit John upside the head. "We're going to be killed by a legion of your dead ex-girlfriends!" "Okay, everybody calm down," John soothed. "Let's not overreact and go blaming--" "Hey, look, your ex-wife!" "What?!!"

Grammar and Spelling fail: If your fic doesn't look beta'ed, we will call you on it, which will create an AWKWARD situation for all of us. Having a beta is a REQUIREMENT. Grammar, spelling, proper paragraph structure, etc… these are all REQUIREMENTS. You need to give your beta ample opportunity to go over your fic for mistakes and edits, so remember to factor that into your deadline. Don't have a beta? Check out this post! Can I post it to my journal a few days early to show my friends? No. The first time you show your fic for this big bang must be on Debut Day (August 31st), on this comm. Mods will handle the revealing details. There will be more posts on that to come. Once the Big Bang collection goes live, feel free to post your stuff wherever.

PARTICIPATION FOR NON-WRITERS AND NON-ARTISTS Beta readers - Please comment here and state the following: what pairing(s)/fandom(s) you like, what your strengths are as a beta reader, and what kind of turn around someone can probably expect from you. Also, leave an e-mail address that will be good for the next few months. *g* Most people will already have their own beta reader, but hey, maybe they want to try someone new. Cheering - Please comment here. Sometimes people just need someone to read through their story and maybe help brainstorm a bit, give them a push or some encouragement. If this is something you'd like to do and can make yourself available for, let me know! Advertising this Big Bang - Go here. We need people to volunteer to pimp this Big Bang around on appropriate comms! SPREAD THE WORD. Tell different fandoms, tell flisters, go on Tumblr, twitter, dreamwidth, and other websites, SPREAD THE GLORIOUSNESS!

ADDITIONAL INSPIRATIONAL CRAZY STUFF You can find a bunch of banners and linkback buttons and icons HERE and HERE and HERE! Don’t hesitate to take advantage of our polling options if you're wavering on what to write. There will be community writing events and informal check-ins scheduled throughout the challenge. Stay tuned for timings/dates - be sure to friend the comm and watch for notifcations! We will continue the Random Stories/Artworks of the Day, where after the Debut Date, we’ll post about one to two random stories and their artworks every day, until we run through the entire selection. And last, regarding options to download fic or doing some type of customized e-reader. AO3 has a download option. Lucky us!! Any questions, let us know!! Now, sign up, already! ~ Standard disclaimer: All publicly recognizable characters and settings are the property of their public respective owners. No money is being made from this project. No copyright infringement is intended. Plagiarism will not be tolerated in any way, shape or form. from Het Big Bang http://ift.tt/2oLa7Jp via IFTTT

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vividconofficial · 7 years

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VividCon 2017 Dates

Greetings, fellow vidders and vidfans! Welcome to 2017! We are gearing up for another fun, fabulous VividCon, which will take place August 4-6, 2017 at the Springhill Suites Chicago O'Hare hotel in Chicago, Illinois. We'll update here soon with registration timing details, but we want to get the basic dates and rates info out there so you can start making plans to attend. The cost of a regular Attending membership for VividCon 2017 will be $110 if paid before or on July 1, 2017, rising to $125 if paid July 2, 2017 or later. NEW THIS YEAR! We are working on some special new member promotional pricing. Details TBA, but keep an eye out for vidders or vid fans who have never attended VividCon or folks who may have been once or twice a while ago, but who have not attended in a few years...we'll be back with a special member rate program for those folks, and we'll need your help to encourage them to join in the vid-focused fun with us at the con! Hotel room rates this year came in at $126 for a King Suite (1 King bed plus 1 pull-out couch) & $138 for a Double Suite (2 Double beds plus 1 pull-out couch), and the reservation link will be available this Spring after registration is well under way. All rooms contain a small kitchen area with a mini-fridge and amicrowave, and the hotel serves a complimentary hot breakfast buffet every day. The cost of a Supporting membership for VividCon 2017 will be $50 (including a DVD set mailed after the con), or $25 (streaming only). Note: All Attending and Supporting members receive passworded access to our members-only vidshow streaming site, where they can view all the vidshows that play at VividCon 2017. The streaming site goes live as vidshows play at the con and it all remains availble for a few weeks after the con ends. You can learn more about VividCon at our website, but please understand that it may take us a few days to replace the 2016 details with 2017 information. Thanks! We hope to see you at the con!

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trippinglynet · 4 years

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Sights and Sounds of Burning Man 1998

by Allan Lundell

Every Labor Day weekend for the past 14 years, thousands of revelers gather in the desolate Black Rock desert of Northern Nevada to participate in a radical art experiment. Almost overnight, a little city, replete with hundreds of interesting and often quite bizarre structures arise from the "tabula rasa" of the dry lake bed playa, each with its own purpose or theme. And many strange and arcane inventions also dot the playa, promising a special show for the temporary inhabitants of Black Rock City.

Why does Burning Man happen and what's it all about? This is best explored by visiting the Burning Man website, as its history is rich and colorful. What we have to offer you here are some video clips of this year's festivities, brought to you at high risk to our coveted and valuable video gear. The alkaloid dust of the dry lake bed, you see, is very fine and likes to permeate everything, including our equipment, often rendering it useless unless disassembled and cleaned immediately. When one of the frequent playa dust storms strikes, we run for cover, stuffing our gear in plastic zip lock bags, hoping that we have averted equipment disaster.

THE MAN BURNS! RealVideo 28k, 56k, 112k [Note: Links are dead] The first video clip we offer begins with a view of the majestic Man just before he burns, with flame throwers heralding his approaching fiery demise. Stuffed with over half a ton of pyrotechnic special effects this year, the burning of the Man promises to be the most spectacular yet. What we see next is an amazing new illusion, never seen before. Someone has figured out how to make a bicycle appear to be a glowing galloping horse, at least at night! Very cool, the galloping bicyclist never fails to draw ooohs and aaahs from the crowd. I managed to catch him with on the way to the Man while traveling the playa with an amazing inventor and fellow reveler Pat Flanagan. We shot the neon galloping horse video with Pat's Sony TRV-9. Hmmmm...just how did he create that galloping horse effect? We are investigating...So far, we've found that the people who did this fantastic illusion also create the monster Tesla coil out on the playa, reputedly the second largest on the planet. Watch for our upcoming net clip featuring this awesome lightning generator.

In our current clip, you can see the Man being ignited by a fiery human torch, flaming from head to toe. It's also been confirmed that the Man started burning much more rapidly than expected, so before the human torch can light the Man's second leg, some pyrotechnics go off, and he runs for his life. Flame on!

Also, check out the colorful fireworks exploding from the Man this year. The white-hot Magnesium heart flare was especially endearing to all the lovers in the crowd. A very special touch... Quite spectacular!

Notice the shift in the crowd as the Man plummets to the playa. It would have been interesting to view the scene from above. We would have seen the surrounding crowd begin to rotate counter-clockwise around the Man's burning pyre, creating a massive spiraling galaxy of human motion and dance. And every so often a large burnable object, like a couch or canoe, would make it's way to Galaxy Central, and further brighten the scene. Wheeww Hoooo!

The man ecstatically drumming while singing "Burning Man!" after the Man falls is none other than Fantuzzi, a world-class musician and a founding brother of the Rainbow Tribe. He has carried the flame of celebration and music since his appearance at Woodstock, back in 1969, when his image was emblazoned (with a fem counterpart) as the icon of the era, on the cover of Newsweek magazine. You will see him again in future clips from Burning Man, performing with the amazing Maui Tribal Trance band, "Lost at Last."

You may notice that many of the celebrants are illuminated by an eerie green light. This is the look of Sony's "Nightshot," a sweet little bonus feature found on many Sony camcorders. It's a very handy feature, allowing us story tellers to record events in complete darkness, using invisible infrared illumination. So far, this feature has been particularly handy in capturing an audience's attention and reactions to stage performances, making it very apparent that a "show" is not simply what's happening on stage, but also what's unfolding in the audience, and how that affects the stage performance, etc., etc. I am often amused at what I have seen...

Too bad Nightshot has been discontinued. Apparently, under specific circumstances, its possible to see through clothing with it. Our experiments have confirmed this is true…

In this net vid, thanks to Nightshot, you can see various cybertribal digerati ecstatically celebrating the Burn, among them, the brilliant and beautiful cyberauthor/poetress Alex Utterman, acupuncturist and technoshaman Steve Zilber, photojournalist Maggie Hallahan, this year shooting Burning Man for the German publication, STERN, riding on the shoulders of playa paraglider aviator "Sebas" (from Icarus Camp), Verbum publisher/Digital Be-in/Party meister, Michael Gosney, with the stunning Carla King, just back from her epic solo motorbiking trip across China.

The Burning Man Experience, Part II

We begin a day at Burning Man as thousands of others do, lounging around in our RV, entertaining each other and our guests, getting ready for another extremely unique, fun-packed day. This morning Lumina Lovestar, designer of love temples, and reporter for New Earth News, joins RV captain John Graham and me, ready for the day's adventure.

Soon the Butterfly Man arrives with his electric-powered fluttering chariot, ready to give the cute ladies in our camp a free ride on his winged insectoid steed. Camp mate Yellow Crystal Star goes for it, and we get to see Butterfly Man do his thing...notice that awesome acceleration!

As we walk by the Radio Free Burning Man in Center Circle in the 100 degree F plus heat, a fellow reveler comments on the day so far...

To give you perspective, we take you to the roof of our RV, behind the radio station. Check out those brilliantly illuminated mountains behind the playa.

Next, we catch a Burning Man marching band while bicycling. I recognize the Viking Girl with the javelin as Karie, a UCSC student who made last year's Burning Man a major anthropology project. This year, it looks like the scientist in her has really come out to play...

Riding further out on the playa, we pass a large, flowing tropical fish-like wind sculpture. When I first saw it, I thought it might be some kind of flying contraption, but on closer inspection, it was, well, a fine example of playa art.

While taking a stroll out on the Esplanade, fellow camp mate Princess Rowan and I observe a happening mobile band cruising by on the playa… "They are rocking, literally!" she exclaims.

But not all is milk and honey in Playaland. After all, what's life without a little drama? Almost out of thin air, a temperamental dust storm descends on us, creating whiteout conditions, flinging dense clouds of super fine alkaloid dust particles at us in gusts of up to 50 mph. Yum, pass the water! Lumina and I escape into a nearby work van, where we take a moment to document our current condition.

Aaah, natural states of Burning Man bliss return as Lumina, myself and Yellow Crystal Star visit the Water Woman Goddess Temple. Here, sheltered from the heat and dust of the playa by a large tent crafted from surplus parachutes, is a real honest-to-goddess hot tub, big enough for a dozen people!

With Pepe [Ozan], the grand old architect of Burning Man classics like The Temple of Ishatar, watching from the side, Lumina and Star take turns floating each other, helping each other de-stress from the travails of the day. Sisterly love at it's tenderest!

De-stressing is the name of the game as poetress Alex gives her acupuncturist prone friend, Steve, a deep Reike massage at Icarus Camp, off the Southern Promenade...She has gotten very good at this!

Now, watch carefully, as the camera pulls back, pans up and zooms in to reveal one of the world's largest Tesla coils, sitting right out there on the dry lake bottom, ready to deliver 20 foot bolts of raw lightning to those who are ready to receive.... Are you? If so, click on the movie below...

A word of warning, however...Experiencing the Tesla coil in action may give you a little jolt of adrenaline, a bit like a shot of cappuccino. You may want to play the clip again and again, and again to whoever else is in the room with you. Ok, you've been warned....now enjoy!!

#Allan Lundell #1998 #1998 Burn #Burning Man 1998 #Pat Flanagan #Fantuzzi #Rainbow Tribe #Maui Tribal Trance #Alex Utterman #Steve Zilber #Maggie Hallahan #Michael Gosney #Carla King #Lumina Lovestar #John Graham #Pepe Ozan

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Need to discover the key phrase problem of a key phrase instantly? Instantly see a quick overview of all the pages ranking on Google once you click search for any keywords.

Right here is the kicker, get an entire analysis of your On-page search engine marketing or for any website with one click on. It looks like magic, or that it’s essential pay a hefty sum of money for it. Nicely, you don’t have to.

I am just scratching the surface about what this device might do. You possibly can’t reside without it in case you are a blogger or somebody who cares about search engine optimization and getting visitors from Google.

7. Link Miner

If you wish to get backlinks, there isn’t a higher means than discovering damaged hyperlinks and emailing the owner about it to exchange it together with your recent new content material.

And when you plan to use the damaged hyperlink building technique. You can’t go with out this software otherwise you’ll find yourself losing your time clicking on each hyperlink on each web page on the primary web page.

When as an alternative, you possibly can just click on the button, and you’ll find the damaged links instantly.

Like in this image…

8. VidIQ Vision for YouTube

In the event you use youtube or plan on utilizing it, you actually need this extension. It is one thing I’m planning to dive deeper on, and this plugin is a lot powerful.

Vid IQ is a superb extension that exhibits you an entire report for any youtube video. You possibly can perceive why a video seems in the associated, How movies get ranked, how does the video truthful in phrases of youtube search engine optimization optimization and far more.

You may as well see the speed, measured views per hour, average watch time, likes shares and comments, the tags, Word per minute, Description link rely, description word rely and rather more.

You will get even more knowledge with the professional version, however you possibly can’t complain concerning the options already obtainable for free, right?

9. WhatRuns

Questioning what runs on an internet site? I mean analytics software used, WordPress plugins, fonts, frameworks?

I am positive you have been questioning about lots of this stuff on a number of sites before. You can now know all these information with a click of a button once you go to a website. It’s like gaining access to their dashboard and know every part this website is using in entrance of you.

10. WhatFont

What font is a superb extension that you need to use to take a look at the fonts on any web site? So when you simply visited a website, and you like the typography on that page and need to use that font on your image or on your website, now you can realize it with out being a designer who is aware of every font out there.

When you click on on the extension, you possibly can then transfer the mouse on the text you need to examine, and then it is possible for you to to know what font is used on that textual content. It is as simple as that. See the instance under.

11. ColorZilla

This extension was first created for Mozilla Firefox and it quickly went viral, then it was created fro chrome.

It helps you discover the color of any part of the web page simply by clicking on the extension and then shifting the eyedropper to know the colour of that pixel.

You’ll be able to truly use their CSS gradient generator. You possibly can truly use it to research the full-color palette of a website in ease.

You may also see the color history of lately picked colours. Find colors of dynamic hover parts and rather more.

12. SimilarWeb

Comparable net is understood for the evaluation they do on website visitors. They provide you knowledge about visitors sources and key phrase ranking.

Now, you are able to do simply that with 1-click on any website you see to see visitors and engagement statistics.

You will get even more knowledge by joining the professional model and paying 99$ a month, but that’s often not needed. More often than not the free knowledge from right here coupled with other tools is more than sufficient.

Did I point out that even Tim Ferriss love this extension?

13. Comply with.internet

Comply with.internet chrome extension is a superb device to make use of to do aggressive analysis on other sites in your niche in seconds.

When you come across a competitor, just click on this extension, and it is possible for you to to see visitors estimates, how they’re doing search engine optimization, show advertising, their internet affiliate marketing information, twitter mentions, net mentions, demographics of the guests, Reverse IPs and much more.

You should use it by yourself website to offer you numerous knowledge as properly. Nice extension, examine it here.

14. Save to Pocket

Save to pocket is a superb extension to save lots of articles or movies. If any nice video or article appears in front of you and you need to reserve it to view afterward, then this software goes to be your greatest pal.

You can do so to avoid distraction, or to save lots of articles for later to review as research for your upcoming article or so.

And you may view the info in your pocket from another gadget when you want to observe movies later on your desk and so on.

15. Fb Pixel Helper

When you do any FB advertisements to your website, then you definitely want this extension.

It is a great extension that tells you if a pixel is fired or not, not only for your website but to other sites as nicely. A quantity will seem on the pixel button indicating the number of pixel events. When you click on it, you will notice an summary of the pixels fired, and a sign for any errors to be able to repair.

As I stated, it is extremely essential for each Facebook consumer to have it on their website, and ensure to verify their website before they start sending advertisements and find out that the pixel event isn’t working losing money later on.

Take a look at the Fb Pixel Helper here.

16. Screencastify

In the event you needed to document your display easily out of your chrome browser, then this extension is for you.

It permits you to start recording with a click on of a button, and you can use your microphone’s audio. To not mention the power to customize resolution and FPS. You possibly can even embed your webcam in the screencast.

You can then edit the video to add a highlight in your mouse, use the pen software to annotate on your display.

You can crop and journey recording when you’ve gotten the premium version.

You would then save regionally or on Google Drive, or publish on Youtube. You’ll be able to export as .gif in the premium version.

The free model is enough to report 50 movies a month with a 10 min restrict, which is a lot for most people.

It’s a great extension so as to add to your repository.

17. Awesome Screenshot

Awesome Screenshot helps do what the identify suggests, the power to get an superior screenshot with a button. You might additionally report a video as a display.

You possibly can capture the complete web page or part of it. You might annotate, add feedback, blur sensitive information, and share it with one click as properly.

There are not any paid add-ons, so you get entry to complete features here.

18. Nimbus

Nimbus is another screenshot extension. It’s my favorite, to be trustworthy.

It lets you capture full or partial screenshots. You can edit and annotate screenshots as properly. You may also do some recording using it.

You would time and crop screencasts as nicely, and convert movies to gif. You possibly can additionally add it online on their server or slack or google drive or Dropbox.

There’s lots of options to take screenshots. I like the complete page screenshots and choose and scroll choice. It comes in useful a whole lot of occasions…

You may additionally do a number of stuff in the modifying like adding graphics and textual content packing containers, resizing and cropping, highlighting text, add arrows, and blur sections of the picture.

There’s more to this software. I truthfully like to use this one.

19. Boomerang for Gmail

Boomerang is a superb software in my arsenal that instantly increased my productivity in relation to managing emails.

One cool function you get with this extension is the power to ship emails later. This will likely come in useful as an alternative of creating the email going again and forth and losing your time, you’ll be able to ship the email later by a number of hours.

And for those who don’t have time to reply, you would make it seem once more after a number of hours to ensure it doesn’t sink to the bottom of your inbox.

You should use it to track emails as nicely. So you possibly can know if someone opened your message or not. You need to use this, if someone doesn’t open your message, you’ll be able to e mail them once more with out considering that you’re intruding as a result of it in all probability sank in their inbox.

General, it is a great tool you could have.

20. WiseStamp

Did you see the superior signatures on most people’s emails these days? Now, you can do so your self for free using this free extension.

You’ll be able to create knowledgeable signature where you share what you do and add links to your social profiles. It’s also possible to add your photograph or emblem. Promote any new submit or new supply utilizing the signature.

Use it to share your newest statuses as nicely.

An excellent software to make use of to direct individuals to the place you need with out much effort from you.

21. Honey

This extension truly helps you get monetary savings.

Did you simply enter a website and go to the checkout and questioning if there’s any coupon code, and which one is greatest to get you the most effective deal?

Fear no extra and let this device do all the heavy lifting for you. Critically, once you checkout on Amazon, wait for it to do its magic and discover if there are any deals on any of the products you have got in your cart.

The same could be carried out on a lot of the checkout pages including the ones where you purchase internet hosting or domains. I simply purchased a website identify for 1$ as an alternative of 13$ from Namecheap because of this software.

When you’ve got no drawback with paying extra, then don’t set up it. In any other case, grab the Honey extension from right here.

22. Phrase Rely Device

Do you need to examine the Phrase rely of your text? Then with this extension, select the textual content and then rick click and choose Word rely device.

You can do so with any textual content on any website. This can assist you to have an summary of how detailed your competitor’s posts are, and then go on more depth together with your content material to have an opportunity of rating larger.

23. EverNote Net Clipper

In the event you use Evernote, then you’ll love this device.

It’s a great chrome extension that may show you how to save “clip” any page or a part of a page as quote or anything, or take screenshots and reserve it in your Evernote account.

So for those who already use Evernote to collect notes, this software will come useful as an alternative of opening the software every time, you will be able to clip to it with no much work from you.

You’ll be able to add the notice to a selected notebook, and tags to every clip, and be capable of search for them afterward.

It is a nice extension to have.

24. Google Translate

Everybody is aware of Google Translate. However not everyone is aware of that there is a chrome extension that helps you do translations instantly from the website. It could come useful loads of time, especially, if English isn’t your most important language, or for those who learn articles in different languages.

Just select the phrase or sentence that you simply need to translate, right click and click on on the Google Translate button as seen under.

25. ExpressVPN Chrome Extension

We typically want a VPN to stop from being tracked the place did we go to a website.

There are numerous options on the market, however I like this easy to use extension.

You need the app whether you’re on windows or mac or Linux to benefit from this extension.

It’s great so as to add an extra layer of safety and be capable of verify your VPN standing in no time and have the ability to connect with 1 click.

It blocks webRTC and preventing web sites from geolocating the place you’re.

26. Headlinr

Headlinr is an easy extension that may be a headline generator. We all know the importance of headlines. This device helps you begin producing headlines that you need to use for your weblog posts, e-mail subject strains, sales copy headline and even for your social standing updates.

You get 30 headlines in the free model, and over 315 in the PRO model.

Simply enter a noun, and allow them to do their magic as seen under.

27. StayFocusd

Need to know my secret for getting things carried out and with the ability to concentrate on what I’m doing, it’s this device.

We all know how distractions can be found in all places, and we can’t focus for jiffy earlier than opening fb and scrolling, and then going to youtube and watch a number of movies, and then go to Twitter or Instagram endlessly for hours earlier than noticing. It’s common, right?

This device helps you avoid this.

You just add the sites that you simply need to block, and select tell if you need that block to final. And till that period, you gained’t be capable of examine these sites, so you come back and give attention to the duty in arms. You may also block all websites utilizing the nuclear choice, or block all except few net pages. A fantastic choice 🙂

I know it’s arduous at first, but over time, you’ll not want this device.

28. Link Redirect Hint

An awesome software to research the redirect path.

All of us have pages that we need to redirect to elsewhere. Mess this stop, and you’ll have some problems that gained’t please Google, plus, you will lose rankings for the previous page and not have the ability to ship the juice to the new web page.

So why all the effort?

It is great to analyse your page, and make certain it’s on spot with Google robots.

You’ll be able to know extra about what it does and how one can benefit from it in their chrome extension web page.

29. Hunter

I know I shared another device for searching for emails, however to be trustworthy, that is my favourite one.

With a click of a button, it helps you discover the e-mail pattern used by a company. It will provide help to tremendously to seek out the email for the proper individual to succeed in to. You may add their full identify, and it’ll inform you their actual e-mail tackle.

It comes in useful, specially if you find yourself pitching an organization your providers for instance, so you pitch the proper individual as an alternative of emailing help and they ignore your messages, or if you need to pitch your guest publish concept for example, or I exploit it to succeed in to affiliate handle and make awesome deals for you, and rather more.

There are limits to the variety of searches you are able to do for a day or for a month, that is why you possibly can’t utterly depend upon it until you buy credit or signup to any of their monthly plans.

That’s the reason it comes in useful with the email hunter extension.

It actually must be in your arsenal.

30. News Feed Eradicator for Fb

All of us waste time on Facebook proper? Fear no extra in case you have this drawback, and have this extension installed.

You need to use this extension to “eradicate” your whole news feed. Sure, you’ll enter fb and see no new updates or posts. As an alternative, you’ll discover an inspiring quote.

I know it’s simple, but belief me, it makes an enormous distinction. You start noticing your patterns and continue back to concentrate on what you have been doing.

Conclusion

We coated loads of tools in this submit 🙂

I am positive you didn’t hear about a few of these instruments earlier than. Belief me, lots of them will change numerous issues and make it simpler to get what you need finished.

You now have access to my full arsenal of chrome extensions that has helped me over my blogging journey.

Which considered one of these instruments was your favorite that you simply didn’t know about before? Share it under, and tell me why.

Additionally, inform me, if in case you have any secret extensions in your arsenal that I didn’t point out right here. If I prefer it, I’ll add it to the publish and offer you credit.

Ready for your feedback.

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I just thought I'd share a little about the progression of my health and why I whine on twitter about brain fog or not being able to do much some days while celebrating simple things like being able to get up and eat something or get a little recording done in others.

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https://shatterboysuk.wordpress.com/blog/ https://archive.is/qBwqC

LINKS SCREENSHOT http://www.gcoffey.co.uk/personal-injury-services/accidents-work/care-home-accidents https://www.facebook.com/grahamcoffeyrally/

Victoria Myers {Graham Coffey & Co}

Victoria Myers sales pitch 1 https://videopress.com/v/rSKYG0ah

Victoria Myers sales pitch 2 https://videopress.com/v/cP9fItnd

source VOICING CSA https://vimeo.com/213215657 https://vimeo.com/223345165

& then we have MYERS THIRD ATTEMPT TO “PERSUADE” SURVIVORS TO USE COFFEY’S SOLICITORS (AIDED BY CO-PERSUADER DANIEL) https://archive.is/Kvwr4

Ex Shatter boys Director Mr Steven Ward

In a lengthy statement from Mr Ward, he talks of a meeting with himself & director Mr John Lennon also Ms Myers from Graham Coffey Solicitors.

Mr Ward said

“John & Vicky were discussing getting survivors to use Coffey solicitors firm. It really didn’t sit well with me, so I asked Vicky what was in it for her & she replied.

“35% of each case“

Further on Mr Ward states..

“The first cheque from Coffey’s was to cover the rental of an office for shatter boys. We had arranged with Albert House to rent an office costing £600 per month for 6 months. Whilst I am a little uncertain of the exact amount on the cheque, It was for approximately £5,000”

“3-4 weeks after agreeing to rent the office, we STILL had no company bank account, so I asked Daniel what was happening with the cheque, as Albert House wanted paid. Daniel said Coffey’s were going to sign the check over to him so he could put it in to his own personal bank account that way enabling us to pay Albert House.

However in the meantime, having finally grown tired of waiting for us to pay, Albert House put the office back on the market & subsequently it was rented to someone else.

“I never saw the cheque again & we never did get an office, so I have no idea where the money went nor what it was used for”

Mr Steven Ward – ex shatter boy director

Below, a FB post by another Shatter Boy director, Mr J Lennon. Who appears to be a tad miffed with Daniel

https://archive.is/gPL9a

https://archive.is/G7Uwv

Unfortunately I can’t make out the details on the cheque, other than it has a Lloyds Bank Logo

But it is clear that these are two different occasions Coffey’s gave Shatter boys money. & that is only the ones I managed to find…

We know from Daniel’s own words. Shatter boys DID NOT have a company bank accout.

SO WHERE DID THE CHEQUES GO?