[theanishimori]

5 Easy Ways to Lose Readers

1. Not using Spellcheck. 2. Not knowing the difference between “to” and “too.” 3. Not knowing the difference between “lose” and “loose.” 4. Not knowing the difference between “obvious” and “oblivious.” 5. Not knowing the difference between “amused” and “bemused.”

This goes for fanfic as well as published works, and if you’re sending your manuscript to a publisher, any one of these mistakes will automatically send your manuscript into the trash and a rejection note your way.

[meechoid-deactivated20161007]

Breath and breathe

[dementedfurbie]

Preach.

[boudicca61]

How about, "bear with me," which means, "wait for me to get my crap together," as opposed to, "bare with me," that basically indicates you want to get naked with your audience.

[undragcave]

[August 2016

It’s time for a new release. This one is of Olympic proportions.]

Egg descriptions and possible biomes under the read more.

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[thoodleoo]

terrible summaries of classical lit

plato’s apology: adult toddler sentenced to death for being pedantic asshole, asks “why”

the aeneid: man fucks up at every possible opportunity, generally has bad time

the iliad: manchild sulks excessively at slight to honor, hundreds dead as a result

the odyssey: man uses wiles to return home after war, ruins lives of everyone around him

the satyricon: if we could tell you what the hell is going on, we would

medea: loathsome toad abandons wife, ensuing custody battle has body count

herodotus’s histories: the history channel is older than you think it is

commentary on the gallic wars: man speaks in third person about encounters with other cultures and how he mercilessly destroyed them

oedipus the king: man unwittingly sleeps with mother, psychologist centuries later jerks off to the concept

[richards-guardian-angel-deactiv]

[trrriple-rrr]

Beard!Porn.

[mrpuddingston]

→“I need more Richard Armitage on my dash” (2381 of ?)

[undragcave]

Albino revelations.

[bpdarkstalker-blog]

top 5 dragons

me

literally all of the rest that exist

[boudicca61]

Nothing makes me more sad on this site than to have to unfollow people who don’t tag their ship/fandom porn and continue to reblog or post a huge amount of it.   But that’s what I’ve had to do today, because dammit, I don’t want to see it, and I sure as hell don’t want the grandbabies and other family members to see it when they wander by the computer.  Yes, it’s a person’s blog to do with what they want, and I support that person’s right to do whatever they want.  But I also have the right to not want to see it, so therefore, I have done the only thing I can feasibly do.  

[pipistrellus]

an entertaining thing to do would be to replace every instance of “for ritual purposes” in any archeology article with “for funsies”

[cwtchpup]

#experts think stone henge was probably built for funsies

[richards-smile]

Richard Armitage + #THAT SMILE ↳ Popcorn Taxi Q&A, Sydney, 2013 [x] [x]

[the-hobbit]

“Yes, for 18 months! Weirdly enough the beard I grew ended up turning out identical to the one that they’d made me. They did have to darken it a little bit, because mine grows out a little bit lighter colour. It was weird because I thought “Oh brilliant, I’ll just grow a beard and it’ll be less work.” But actually it became more work because they’d be trimming it every day, because it has to look identical. My beard goes fast, so I’d come back after a weekend and they’d say, “Argh, it’s gone crazy!” I really liked having the beard. It’s weird - I remember doing some photo shoot for some publicity and thinking, “This is going to look awful” but it kind of looks OK. I think beards are in. But the full beard, not some kind of facial architecture. A full beard looks cool.“

Richard Armitage (You grew the beard yourself - did you have to live with it the whole time?)

[lizzywhimsy]

Fun History Fact:

If you just got excited, you’re a nerd. 

[moonskek-deactivated20251028]

“Scotland Northumberland ” by Mark Andrews

[realgrumpycat]

[boudicca61]

Don’t Read This, Zee!!

So, Guy of Gisborne of all characters (I don’t really...lust for him?) shows up in a waking dream, this morning.   I don’t recall the beginning of the dream, only this one part:

He’s giving Peter Dinklage (though I think it was actually Tyrion Lannister, rather than the actor) a hella rough time for being a dwarf.   He was holding a sword out of Peter’s reach, and then he’d bring it down on top of Peter’s head somewhat gently, but in a mean way threatening to shave the poor little guy bald.    When someone told him to stop it, he just smiled at that person with Richard’s beatific smile, only Gizzy had a snaggletooth.   

Yeah, I know.   No more Coke before bedtime.   

[kendaspntwd]

[thorinforever]

“Bofur, take the first watch…” Like all of them, Bofur had been disappointed there would be no roaring fire to warm and dry them after the thunder battle and the rain had driven them inside the cave. He understood and wished for the same, but time and pace were always against them, and who knew what dangers lay ahead as they wound their way through the wild and into the lands beyond. If they had lost their burglar, all of this would be for naught. Bofur would not watch alone. Few of his small company ever did, though he doubted any really knew that Thorin slept fitfully, watchfully, weighed by burden passed to him from grandfather to father, to his shoulders. He took all the watches, listening to the sounds of night, lending silent strength and ready to spring, should anything untoward steal upon them and disturb their hard-won passage to Erebor. To home. When they took the mountain and the dragon was no more than the fleeting wisp of a bad nightmare, then, and then only, he would sleep.

[richard-crispin-armitage]

WOW!  Just hit a Tumblr milestone that I never, ever expected.  I’m stunned!  

THANK YOU

to all the lovely people who I’ve met here and who tolerate my spastic posting. 

THANK YOU

for following me!   I am so grateful for your friendship and for sharing this insanity!