aidoneus

she/her or they/them is cool ★ the nice guys, project hail mary, hadestown, jekyll & hyde, tma, and just a lit enthusiast in general ★ in theory, i write, but that never seems to get done,, ★ on ao3 as aiidoneus :)

[howling-wizard2]

first run of the xenonite suit (grace naively thought he was going to be able to play it cool)

[pangur-and-grim]

I won't publish the ask (they asked me not to), but I thought I'd still answer it publicly!

no, royalties are not a significant source of income for most authors. if you wrote something like Project Hail Mary, then absolutely, the royalties would be substantial! but that's like winning the lottery. Ryan Gosling is not starring in the movie adaption of most books.

when you sell a book to a publisher, you get what's called 'an advance against royalties'. it's usually split into multiple parts, so you might get one third for the initial sale, one third for the final revised manuscript, and one third on the publishing date.

an advance against royalties is the publisher saying "we believe you will eventually make X amount in royalties, so here it is ahead of time." and then you don't actually see any money from royalties until the advance is paid off. most books do not make enough in royalties to pay off the advance (I have two children's books and one fiction book, and have yet to see royalties for any of them).

advances are still great, but you need to make them stretch! for instance, last year my net income was about 30k Canadian (21k USD), which is fantastic when you consider that I mostly made it through writing. but I'm definitely not a millionaire. I can live off my writing (not trying to undersell that!) but I'll probably remain in a low income bracket for the foreseeable future.

this isn't meant to discourage anyone from seeking out writing as a career! however, there is a reason that many authors have alternate jobs with writing on the side. or, you know, rich spouses.

[pangur-and-grim]

this isn't me making a fuss about pirating (I've pirated way too many shows to run my mouth on that lmao), but there IS actually a financial incentive to having people buy your books!

buying books shows the publisher that they can make money off you, which means they're more likely to give you advances for future books. and advances are what authors live off (if they don't have a side job). that's why I always push pre-orders so hard! you have to be a racehorse worth betting on, or else they send you to the glue factory....

if I can offer one alternative to pirating: asking your library to stock the book also helps authors, and doesn't cost anything. the only downside is the patience required.

[pangur-and-grim]

OOPS yes, @stjohnstarling makes a good point! everything I'm saying is from the perspective of traditional publishing, but it's a very different game if you're a self-published author

[gollancz]

I will also add that this is why pre-orders can make a HUGE difference to authors - because if there's enough hype, publishers can pull more levers to build that momentum and reach more readers to help authors earn out their advance faster.

[vosquitransitis]

me when i'm bad at geoguesser

[emptyskiff]

Grace, Marissa and her then-boyfriend

[natchewws]

Lapdog

[saintlethanavir]

Simon wears Graces clothes and suddenly Grace gets +1billion psychic damage

[makaira-art]

“I don’t know Rocky, what else was I supposed to say?”

Quote from Avatar: The Last Airbender

[kimabutch]

One of my favourite questions for figuring out a character’s motivations is which qualities they most fear being assigned to them. Are they afraid (consciously or unconsciously) of being seen as stupid? Ungrateful? Weak? Incompetent? Lazy? Cowardly? Intimidating? Like they actually care? etc.

It’s such a fun way to explore into who they are, why they do what they do, what they don’t do out of fear, and how they might be affected by the events of the story. And I love when characters have negative motivations—trying to avoid something (in this case, being seen a particular way) as much as they’re trying to achieve a goal.

[kacklepop]

Mirrors part 7/?

PREVIOUS

Most words Simon has evern spoken and I fear Grace didn't like any of them 😮‍💨

[repmet]

“Holy moly!” I say. “Holy moly”? Is that my go-to expression of surprise? I mean, it’s okay, I guess. I would have expected something a little less 1950s. What kind of weirdo am I? Project Hail Mary, page 15

[kacklepop]

Mirrors 6/?

PREVIOUS

Clarifying conversation incoming 😮‍💨

[nikolaitoeseporators]

Can you PLEASE drop the pattern for the little phm globe? It’s so cute ❤️❤️❤️

of course hopefully you see it since you made yourself anonymous

this is for the colors

R1: 5 sc in MR = (5 sts)

R2: inc in each st around = (10 sts)

R3: {sc 1, inc} 5x = (15 sts)

R4: {sc 2, inc} 5x = (20 sts)

R5: {sc 3, inc} 5x = (25 sts)

R6: {sc 4, inc} 5x = (30 sts)

Straight Rows

R7-15: sc around (9 rows) = (30 sts)

Decrease Rows (invisible decreases Q)

R16: {dec, sc 4} 5x = (25 sts)

R17: {dec, sc 3} 5x = (20 sts)

R18: {dec, sc 2} 5x = (15 sts)

R19: {dec, sc 1} 5x = (10 sts)

R20: dec 5x = (5 sts)

all credits for this pattern goes to the person on reddit. the pattern is a little confusing but just start from the top and go across every sheet.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ProjectHailMary/comments/1rkzv2u/crochet_earth_pattern/

credits

[chez-cinnamon]

What do you do when you have 7 favourite characters who the majority have not interacted in canon ?

Obviously you make them roommates :3

Need them all to be so fucking annoying w each other <3

[chez-cinnamon]

Average Friday for these guys ( still trying to get used to their designs )

Also tweaking Breekon and Hope's designs bc chronologically , Hope was in purgatory much longer than Breekon , so he's much more settled down , has a new job and has been living at the Mike house as the third member to join. Breekon only joins after the events of the Wonderland hospital and after Jon reverted the world , and he hasn't properly dealt w his grief compared to his partner - :<

[galacticsabc]

Having a Moment

[thelibrawrian-deactivated201912]

i was thinking about the weirdest phone calls i got when i still worked at the public library and i remembered this one phone call. it was probably less than 20 seconds long, but it still makes me laugh.

anyways, this woman called and without even saying hello after i said the usual “public library, how can i help you?” spiel, she said, “i have a very important question: when you shelve books, do you push them all to the front of the shelf or all the way back?”

it took me a second to process the question and then i answered that, at the library, we always shelve them so that they are even with the front edge so they’re easier to grab and see. she was obviously delighted by this answer and then, as if an afterthought, she asked, “okay, what about you? what do you do at home with your books?” i said i did the same thing. she hummed in obvious agreement and then just like that she said “thank you!” and hung up.

i never heard from her again. i hope she won whatever argument she was having.

[tehzii]

for about a year, i worked at a call center for sprint. i have a similar kind of story. a woman called, and said she had a question about the call history on her bill. “sure, let me just pull up your account-” and she cut me off going, “no, no, it’s not anything specific, it’s just. so, if you change the time on your phone, does that change the time on the bill?” “uh… no? the time on the phone doesn’t matter, the call history is recorded by the towers.” “ohhhh” she said in the saltiest voice i have ever heard “so even if you changed the timezone it wouldn’t change the time on the bill? to, say, the middle of the night?” i stg yall i looked into the camera like i was on the office. “um… no? it would still be the local time of the tower. is there anything else i can help you with?” to me, overly chipper: “nope! thank you! have a great day!” turning on someone as she hung up: “she says yoU’RE A LYING SACK OF-” i still mean-snicker every time i think about it.

[robinminustherichard]

This year is my 15th AO3 Anniversary! How long have you been on AO3? (hint: the day you joined is in your Profile)

1-2 years

3-4 years

5-6 years

7-8 years

9-10 years

11-12 years

13-14

15+ Years

Voting ended onJul 21