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Sword Fighting For Fic Writers : A guide

Available Chapters: 1: Dumb Ways to Die  2.May Your Blade Be True! 3.On Your Guard! 4. Making the Cut 5.Stick ‘em With the Pointy End 6.It’s Like a Dance 7.The Measure of a Man 8.A Crossing of Blades 9.Like Chess, but with Knives An Interlude About Story Telling 10.You Can Barely Lift Your Sword 11.Buckle Some Swash 12.Dual Wielding 13.Everything is a Weapon 14.Got Your Sword!

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Art Fight - @cybebully's character Neah!

[ltwilliammowett]

The Phoenicia, built in 2007–2008, is a modern replica of a 600 BC Phoenician merchant ship.

Inspired by ancient shipwreck discoveries near Marseille, the vessel was constructed using traditional methods to recreate the maritime achievements of the Phoenicians—master seafarers who once transported gold from Africa, tin from Britain, and linen from Egypt across the ancient world.

[corneliaavenue-ao3]

Reblog to give prev the power to write their fanfiction

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Reblog to give prev the TIME to write their fanfiction

[cutebutalsostabby]

Reblog to give prev the hocus focus to write their fanfiction.

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Reblog to give prev the energy to write their fanfiction

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Reblog to give prev the executive function to write their fanfiction

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Neopets OCs - Oh Dear Family

--- Some extra info: - This comic takes place during and after "Battle for Meridell", as Lord Kass attacking Meridell again made Sol's Brightvale family nervous. They fled to Faerieland to get away from the encroaching conflict, and hoped to return and continue their kids' education there once things seemed safe. - The characters Iridesia and Tavi make a bit of a cameo here. It is unclear when they started questing for Iridesia's name and when Iridesia became a grey faerie vs being a light faerie, so I based it off of when grey faerie items were released on site. If it is ever revealed Iridesia was greyed AFTER the Meridell wars, then just pretend they are a light faerie here, and Tavi is not there. - The TABs on this comic are for a "Lute Dulcimer" which is just a "Mountain Dulcimer" in the shape of a lute. You can play it on a mountain dulcimer too by swapping the top and bottom strings. It is meant to just be idle chord strumming, like someone practicing or experimenting with different chords.

[yasmin-khan]

365 days of captain swan: day 191 ❥

[whimsicallyenchantedrose]

Fluffy Fridays--Chapter 178: Because of the Werewolves

Summary:   A series of unrelated, fluffy one shots featuring Killian Jones and  Emma Swan and the relationship that makes us all swoon. Will contain  both canon and AU stories. My contribution to Operation Rainbow Kisses  and Unicorn Stickers (aka, my attempt to drown out the season 4 finale  angst with ridiculous levels of fluff.)

Other Chapters: (from the beginning) (previous chapter)

Tagging a few people who may be interested (Let me know if you want to be added or taken off the list): @sailormew4 @annaamell @flslp87 @emmateo26 @bethacaciakay 

@ultraluckycatnd @effulgent-mind @ilovemesomekillianjones @kat2609 @brooke-to-broch 

@missgymgirl @galadriel26 @the-lady-of-misthaven @charmingturkeysandwich @jennjenn615 

@laschatzi @kimmy46 @snowbellewells @iamanneenigma @daxx04 

@nickillian  @gillie  @britishguyslover @ginnyjinxedandhanshotritafirst @kmomof4

 @linda8084 @golfgirld @captain-swan-coffee @searchingwardrobes @hollyethecurious 

@laughswaytoomuch  @allyourdarlingswans  @winterbaby89 @facesiousbutton82 @therooksshiningknight 

@lfh1226-linda @tiganasummertree @jrob64  @anmylica @booksteaandtoomuchtv

 @i-will-sing-no-requiem @bluewildcatfanatic @laianely

(ao3)

CS Genre: Future fic

Word Count: 559

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“Terrible news! They’re back!” 

Emma looked up from her mug of hot cocoa and rolled her eyes at Leroy’s announcement from the door of Granny’s.  The day had started so normal.  She and Killian had hit the snooze button a few too many times to simply enjoy cuddling in bed before starting the day.

“Shouldn’t we be rising, Swan?” he’d ask, sleepily caressing her back as he held her.

She’d cuddled deeper into the covers and closer to him and then shook her head. “Why?  Hope probably won’t be up for another hour or so, and ever since we broke the curse and the realms were united and everything, our job has been a piece of cake.  I’m sure Graham can handle it for a few more minutes.”

He hadn’t objected.  He rarely did, when her suggestions involved more time together–especially more time together in bed.

It had been a good ten years since Henry had found her in New York.  By this point, she should have known better than to tempt fate by calling her job a piece of cake.

She was just about to ask Leroy to elaborate, when Leroy turned tail and ran back outside.

“Looks like duty calls,” she said with another roll of her eyes and a quick kiss to her husband’s lips and her baby’s head before heading in the direction of the sheriff’s station.

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“Can you put out a town notice?” Ruby was asking as Emma stepped into the sheriff’s station, her family behind her.

“What about?” Graham asked, taking a sip of his coffee.

“That setting fires is still not the way to stop werewolves,” she said. “Also, while you’re at it, remind them that we werewolves didn’t do…whatever it is they’re accusing us of doing now.”

Graham sighed.  “How many acres was it this time?”

“Forty!” Ruby said.  “Do you have any idea how much of a pain in the ass forty acres worth of forest fire is for wolves and their sensitive noses?  It’s annoying!”

“Come again?” Killian asked, draping his coat on the coat rack and sitting near his wife. “The recent wildfires are due to WHAT?”

Graham, pinched the bridge of his nose. “I blame Nottingham.  He’s the one that started all of this with his drunken ramblings.”

“Yeah, there was that one time he barged into Doc’s allergy clinic waiting room, ranting and raving about how the wildfires were because of werewolves,” Ruby said with an annoyed huff.  “Said something about how fire was the only way to destroy us.  You’d think they’d have learned by now it’s silver that’s our Kryptonite.”  After a moments' thought, she amended, “Actually, scrap that.  The silver thing is something they totally don’t need to know.”

“Looks like as United Realms Forest Ranger, this falls under your jurisdiction, Graham,” Emma grinned. “I’ve retired as Savior. Idiotic forest werewolf hunts are no longer my problem.”

Graham reached for his cell phone and punched in the mayor’s number. “I’d hoped when Queen Regina and her ‘evil’ twin turned back time and reversed my murder, bringing me back to a post-Happy Beginning world, that I would finally have a nice, peaceful existence, but it looks like that was too much to ask.”

Killian grinned, clapping him on the shoulder.  “Whatever would give you that idea, mate?  Do you even remember where you live?”

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Notes:  Hi there! Remember me?  I know it’s been 84 years, but I am, in fact, still alive.

–The smoke from the recent Canadian wildfires has made air quality in the upper Midwest really bad.  My lungs do not recommend.  It reminded me of going to the allergist once during a similar Canadian wildfire, and an old man coming in and telling the waiting room that clearly the fires are the fault of werewolves.  Everyone knows the only way to kill them is by fire, so obviously the wildfires are due to hunters killing them.  It was so ridiculous I’ve already written one fanfic about it–but I needed a new one.

–Also, this story is short and ridiculous and doesn’t really go anywhere, but given the fact I think I’ve written a grand total of one sentence worth of fanfic all year, I needed to do SOMETHING to wake the muse up, at least a little!

–Obviously, this is a “future fic”, and I wanted Graham to be alive because….well, just because, so I brought him back.  I made a small effort to explain how it’s possible, but the real reasons? 1. Because….magic.  2. His death was stupid and I refuse to acknowledge its existence in canon.

[ltwilliammowett]

"A Ship in Flames", by Willem van de Velde, c. 1685

[bigdafty]

Sound very much on.

[aurum-k-chatters]

Boats :3

[quibbs]

replaying a little game from 10 years ago

[everydaylouie]

plato's cave: the video game

[hollyethecurious]

Captain Swan and 7 for the kiss prompts!

Thank you, darling! This was a fun one. I hope you enjoy Emma shutting Hook up during this moment from S2 E11. (and please forgive any mistakes. This was written on the fly and without my usual editing process!)

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"Hide him!"

"What?" the nurse asked in confusion as she began to pull the gurney towards a curtained area.

"Find a room and hide him!"

Emma glanced over her shoulder; the paramedics were bringing in a distraught Belle who was clearly terrified. Her heart went out to the poor woman, but her troubles would have to wait.

"This man could have life threatening injuries," the nurse protested, firmly tugging the gurney towards the open curtain area which was far too exposed for Emma's liking. "He needs to be examined by a doctor."

Emma yanked on the gurney, stopping the woman's progress, then leaned over the pirate's prone, groaning form and hissed, "His injuries are nothing compared to the deadly threat currently distracted by her." Throwing her thumb in a jabbing motion over her shoulder, Emma indicated to Belle, and the menacing man who was accompanying her. "As soon as Gold is finished making sure she is okay, he--" She snapped her wrist forward, her finger pointing down at the wounded man's chest "--won't be."

Having finally registered the seriousness of the situation, the nurse instructed her team to wheel the patient to a private room.

"No," Hook protested, fighting back against the pain he had to be in. "I'm no coward. I won't hide."

Attempting to sit up, Hook let out an anguished cry when Emma shoved him back down.

Right. Broken ribs. Oops.

"Shut up, you idiot," she admonished, peering around the corner to make sure it was clear before allowing him to be moved further down the hall.

"No!" he shouted, arguing with her. "The crocodile and I have unfinished business to attend to. Let him find me. Let him do his worst!"

"Haven't you both done enough," Emma muttered, turning towards the nurse now that they were securely in a private room. "Can you give him something?"

Hook continued his diatribe, becoming more and more agitated and hell-bent on getting to his feet. They'd managed to evade Gold so far, but the pirate's rantings were sure to give them away.

"Give him something?"

"Yeah," Emma pleaded, holding Hook down as best she could. "Something to knock him out. Something to shut him up."

The nurse warred with herself for a scant second before moving towards a nearby cabinet. Emma watched as she filled a syringe with liquid then plunged whatever it was into Hook's arm.

"Oi!" Hook yelled in protest, his grievances becoming louder and more beligerant.

"How quickly before it takes affect?"

"A couple of minutes?"

If the idiotic man didn't shut up, the entire town would know his whereabouts in another minute or two.

"Hook!" she leaned over the gurney and got in his face. "You have to be quiet. I'm trying to keep Gold from coming in here and--"

"Let him come," Hook seethed. "Do you think I'm afraid of what--"

"I think," Emma clipped, cutting off his words. "You have a death wish, but it's my job as sheriff to protect people, even from themselves. So shut your mouth or I'll shut it for you."

That damnable eyebrow crept up his forehead as his eyes flashed with challenged. "Oh? I'd like to see you try, love."

Calling her bluff, he took in a deep breath, clearly about to do something stupid, like holler out for the Dark One to come find him. Before an utterance could pass his lips, Emma plastered hers against them. His eyes went wide with shock, then darkened with desire. He wrapped his arm around her, drawing her in and nearly making her lose her footing. His tongue teased the seem of her lips and he met her stern look with a flirtatious glint in his bright blue eyes. Blue eyes, that suddenly became drowsy and fluttered shut. His mouth went slack and it took Emma a moment to realize the drugs had kicked in.

Pulling back, she forced down an errant feeling of disappointment. It couldn't possibly have been because the kiss had ended before she'd had a chance to... No! She hadn't kissed him because she'd wanted to. She'd done it because she had to. Like she'd said, it was her job to keep the people of the town safe. She'd done for his own good. She'd done it to shut him up.

She really hoped the sedative would make him forget all about it... or she'd never hear the end of it.

[telekitnetic-art]

🗡️🐺 Wolf's Fang / Ram's Guard 🐏🛡️

Two original formline pieces- not necessarily a set, just the same premise. Thrifted wood pieces with acrylic markers, including metallic gold and silver.

These two pieces have been complete for a while- they'll be available for sale at my table in the den at Fur-Eh this coming weekend!!

[funandaims]

I never ended up finishing this comic for the neopian times but I really want to one of these days

[dalals]

"Kasse II, portato" by Frank Lepold.

[linguisticparadox]

Spoke to a gen z person the other night and apparently the young folks don't know about the very legal sites from which you can access public domain media (including Dracula, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and other Victorian gothic horror stories)?

Like this young person didn't even know about goddamn Gutenberg which is a SHAME. I linked to it and they went "aw yiss time to do a theft" and I was like "I mean yo ho ho and all that, sure, but. you know gutenberg is entirely legal, right?"

Anyway I'm gonna put this in a few Choice Tags (sorry dracula fans I DID mention it though so it's fair game) and then put some Cool Links in a reblog so this post will still show UP in said tags lmao.

[ri-writing]

Spreading the news to my followers - if you weren’t aware of this before, here’s the link to Project Gutenberg - https://www.gutenberg.org/

Project Gutenberg is a gigantic collection of books that are in the public domain.  You can read the books through the site or you can download them in various formats so you can get the format you prefer for your eReader of choice.

It is free. 

It is legal.

I was reviewing the list of the top 100 books downloaded yesterday and I saw a fair few that I had to read for college classes - so if you’re a college student and your professor assigns you to read Plato or any number of older works, check here before you buy a copy.

I reread the Anne series several years back - they were free through this.  I need to reread Pride and Prejudice at least once a year, and my e-book version is from this.  Someone recommended Jekyll and Hyde to me a few weeks back and I got a free copy from this.  When I went to Haworth on my last holiday before the plague times, I brought books by the Bronte sisters with me to read or reread that I downloaded from here.  It’s a great resource.

[linguisticparadox]

Yes yes yes! I was honestly so flabbergasted that this young person hadn't heard of the gutenberg project! It's been around for AGES, maybe longer than the kindle has? And it's such a huge project and wonderful resource! It used to be a household name (or maybe that's just my family, thanks to my dad being a cheapskate nerd [affectionate]). I was so glad to be able to share this resource and others with them though, and I wanted to make sure no one else was missing out!

If you look at the first reblog from me I also recommended a few other resources, most of which were from www.archive.org, home of the Wayback Machine! They run openlibrary.org, where you can check out ebooks of some public domain titles! They even have the Bone series by Jeff Smith!

And archive.org itself has all kinds of public domain media including music and movies! For Dracula fans, here's a radio show adaptation of the book, starring Orson Welles! And here's a 1920 movie adaptation of "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," starring John Barrymore, the grandfather of Drew Barrymore!

I'm so excited to see people falling in love with classic media through Dracula Daily! Let's keep that fire blazing!

[wanderingchaos]

Also, if you can't handle reading things, check out libirvox.org! it's a free audio book project taking public domain works and people doing free audiobooks! there's a lot of great stuff on there, but it takes things in the public domain and makes audio books out of them!

it's a super nice project, and you can find some really nice readers there!

[athenadark]

Also don't think a book is old because it's in the public domain

lots of writers and publishers are prepared to waive future profits for entirely petty reasons

because of this the entire works of Philip K Dick [petty writer who found himself with lots of hangers on during his life] and HP Lovecraft [his publisher - who was his wife and hated him] became public domain on their death

Sherlock Holmes entered public domain this year, it's always worth checking because you can save a fortune

and the more popular the classic - the more likely someone has uploaded it

[the-haiku-bot]

Also don’t think a

book is old because it’s in

the public domain

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[elfwreck]

Want audiobooks instead?

LibriVox has free public domain audiobooks.

Public domain works in the US are:

Anything published (in the US) from 1927 or earlier (this number goes up every year for quite a while), and

Anything published between 1928 and 1963 that wasn't renewed, and

Anything published before 1989 without a proper copyright notice.

(Don't go looking for things in that third category unless you've studied a LOT about copyright law. Mostly that covers things like "weird little newsletters" and "self-published booklets" and sometimes fanzines. But most publications have a copyright notice in them.)

There's also some oddball exemptions here and there; copyright law is a tentacled mess. But those are the basic guidelines. (Except for audio. Audio has its own set of rules. It's weird.) (I mentioned tentacles, did I not? Double the amount of them you were thinking of.)

There are a lot of works from the 50s and early 60s that were not renewed, especially short stories published in magazines.

Project Gutenberg began in 1971; the first text was the US Declaration of Independence, shared through the university computer system. That was the start of "hey computers + public domain text = FREE BOOKS FOR EVERYONE."

[noswordinourlake]

Adding on that Project Gutenberg is not just Eng language texts either! I know specifically about the French texts because I did independent study French lit in high school and all my sources were Project Gutenberg acquired (Candide my beloathed) but there's many open source texts available in a number of languages.

[stevespookington]

browsing the top 100 books downloaded in the last 30 days can be really fun too, interesting to see how things change

https://www.gutenberg.org/browse/scores/top#books-last30

[rostekhorn]

Oh man, yeah, young people definitely need to learn this. I read so many public domain things when I was fresh out of college and penniless but still needed entertainment. Just going straight to Wikisource works too:

And yes, Sherlock Holmes is in the public domain. But I got bored with Sherlock Holmes after a few months, and became much more pumped when I discovered his mirror opposite, Arsene Lupin. Because when you're not only young and penniless but living through the Great Recession, what you really want to read about isn't the world's greatest detective solving crimes. It's the world's greatest thief robbing fat cats blind while pantsing the police along the way.

[trambrosia]

And you can Ctrl-F find words in electronic texts.

This is so powerful that in the old times they made a whole-ass index of every word in the Bible, called a concordance. It is now possible for every electronic book