Coffee and Spite

Always trying to find the inspiration and motivation to create.

[mytearsrricochet]

[a-kind-of-merry-war]

you get a comment on tumblr. it's a bot trying to scam you. you get a DM. it's a bot trying to scam you. you get a message on instagram. its a bot trying to scam you. you're an author and you get an email telling you how much they loved your book and want to showcase it at their bookclub. it's a bot trying to scam you (and it uses bad AI to pretend it knows your story). you get a comment on ao3 saying how much they love your fic - and they made you fanart!! it's a bot trying to scam you. you get a hate comment on ao3 which insults your writing or calls you a monster for writing something "problematic". it's a bot. but at least that one isn't trying to scam you.

[a-kind-of-merry-war]

there's just something really cruel and insidious about this wave of scams going after creatives. You get an email and think someone genuinely loved what you made but - no. It's another scam. It's someone trying to trick you into sending them money. On AO3, it might literally just be a bot someone made specifically to be a hateful little shit.

putting the stuff you've made out there for everyone to see is hard and scary and we're all just bumping around looking for a bit of appreciation and love and connection and these bastards are using that to try to rob us. I hate it.

[a-kind-of-merry-war]

Im going go get into the sea and stay there

[a-kind-of-merry-war]

okay come forward which of you reposted this to reddit lmao I SEE YOU

[fixyourwritinghabits]

Okay everybody go leave a comment on the fics you're reading, find your favorite author's social media and tell them you liked their book, and comment on your favorite artist's YouTube or Bandcamp page, go go gooooo.

[left-reminders]

[nondelphic]

writing isn’t hard. i just have to extract 80,000 words from my brain using sheer psychic force

[greelin]

“you’ll feel better after a good night’s rest” do i look like someone who has had one of those in the last two decades

[greelin]

look. Look into my eyes

[a-mel0n]

reblog if you’ve had an online friendship that’s lasted more than 2 years

[foxglovegames]

Solve crimes and steal hearts in Burn the Midnight Oil, a supernatural neon-noir romance visual novel now live on Kickstarter!

Make sure to also check out our free demo (it's around 40,000 words long with plenty of characters and illustrations to discover)! Available on Steam and itch.io.

RTs are super appreciated! Even if you can't donate to the campaign, just sharing the word with your friends and followers can make a huge difference ✨

[mynorthernattitude]

they should make a sleep that feels like you’ve slept

[foxglovegames]

Looking for a new visual novel to sink your teeth in?

Burn the Midnight Oil is a supernatural neon-noir romance visual novel starring two protagonists and six different love interests (some more monstrous than others).

Our Kickstarter launches on March 23rd alongside our first demo! Wishlist us on Steam and sign up to our pre-launch page to be notified when the KS goes live🖤

[tiredyke]

can’t even criticize the diet industry or the recent wave in misogyny and return of thinspo with the rise of ozempic as a weight loss drug without everyone having this knee jerk reaction to defend “women’s rights” to be malnourished and conform to white patriarchal beauty standards in the name of feminism. god forbid we not encourage eating disorders and unhealthy body image in women. choice feminism is a disease and everyone is licking the rats it’s driving me crazy

[nat-20s]

I can’t speak for other social media webbed sites but I really enjoy how tumblr seems to just completely spin a wheel on whatever media is hot right now. Like yeah sometimes it’s a new show that’s big and actively coming out but also sometimes there will be a solid month where half my dash is Columbo memes. Defy authority. Get really into an book from the 1800s. Watch shows that haven’t aired in 40 years. Celebrate the anniversary of the Boston Molasses Flood. Become unmarketable

[nonasuch]

oh shit i almost missed it!

[wonderstruck]

If you see this you’re legally obligated to reblog and tag with the book you’re currently reading

[bobdylanyaoi]

2025 stats:

0 dubai chocolate ingested

0 labubus bought

0 episodes of stranger things watched

[whatbigotspost]

0 uses of generative AI

0 shits given about 67

[dduane]

[the-quasar-hero]

Crazy to think that this is all Ronald Reagan’s fault

[lordmeowdemort]

I dont care what you're referring to. You are right.

[eztehaim-deactivated20210718]

I really don’t know what crowd I expected to be in the theatre for carol at 1:20 in the afternoon on a friday but it was probably 85% old people, old het couples and halfway through the movie this old lady in front of me turned to the old dude next to her and just said “harold they’re lesbians”

[lerayon]

Honoring 10 years of “harold they’re lesbians.” Many happy returns to all who celebrate.

[thatscreamingrat]

went to the pub for a drink on my first real day off in over a week and watched the girl behind the bar drop the entire cash drawer on the floor in the middle of the rush and then just stare at it at her feet for like a solid two minutes