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[bearie]

[louisegluckpdf]

i think every publisher should have to institute a ban on books that fail what i’m calling the “little life” and “what else?” tests

[louisegluckpdf]

for reference.

[oneheadtoanother]

idk anything about this but I love it

[lynati]

If any competition needed to be on Tumblr, it's this one.

[scarlettohairdye]

Zelda puzzle training simulator

[frogwen]

reading a mid fantasy book but its finally one about women and lesbians so im just happy to be here

[jussanother]

[goodgirl-inc]

[goodgirl-inc]

nevermind post cancelled he's dead again

[zeitghost]

[flappingpussylips]

random 2000s lesbians on abandoned 16 year old flickr account you mean absolutely fucking everything to me

[flappingpussylips]

more beautiful and swagful women

[planefood]

Sign I saw in the city

[illegaldownload]

i love bald women

[illegaldownload]

let's replace veterans day with bald women day

[kenziecore]

Justin needs to go down as a national hero for this

[uptownthots]

I WANNA HAVE STRAIGHT SEXXXXXXXX AT THE GAY PRIDE PARADE

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Sometimes I end up watching videos about indie author drama (I don't know why) and a quarter of them are "indie author reads mean review of their book and publicly and embarrassingly crashes out, sometimes with a side order of stalking or harrassment" and I'm always like. Why are you even reading the reviews. Like what did you expect to accomplish here. If you're looking for tips on how to improve your work, that step comes BEFORE publication. Your role in this is over, those aren't for you. What can you possibly expect to gain by reading them, and if you do, WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU RESPOND.

Nothing that ever happens in indie author drama is ever remotely relatable to me. I always go in like "oh, these are my peers, we have the same career, I will understand this" and it's always somebody making absolutely off the wall decisions that make no fucking sense to me. My reaction to everything that happens is "why would someone do that".

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

"This person read their goodreads reviews, got upset about it, and faked a letter from their publisher to the reviewers chastising them for making a new author quit writing with their mean words, then wrote about it publicly on social media to try to garner support and direct hate to the reviewers" I would rather eat glass than do any single one of those things, each individual step is another stupid idea.

"This person made thirty sock puppet accounts to fake bigotry and hate against them in order to garner sympathy book purchases" there is simply no way that the sales return is worth the effort even if you don't get caught, why would you want to do this. Emptying my actual legit Tumblr askbox makes me tired. Why would anyone invent a second mean askbox.

"This writer is suing this other writer for writing a book that's too similar in a bid to establish ownership over common genre tropes" how do you have the money to be dabbling in this bullshit, let alone the time? Lawyers are expensive and you look like an idiot. People write similar books all the time, it's called writing within a genre.

"This person committed fraud and gamed the review algorithms and ended up taking thousands and thousands of dollars from potential readers before delivering AI gibberish and skipping out with the money" okay that's a supremely arsehole move but it does appear to be very lucrative, so I can logically see why selfish people keep doing this one.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

#I have seen some situations where I can understand not being able to avoid the bad reviews#bc when you need to maintain a social media presence for marketing#and ppl are coming into your comments to tell you how much they hate your work#that’s hard#but yeah if you can avoid it why would you look

These aren't people who are being harassed by dickbags sending them reviews, they're looking up the reviews on storefronts (meant for other prospective readers), getting upset and starting shit with the reviewers, often extremely publicly, sometimes with fake screenshots, doxxing the reviewers, multiple sock puppet accounts and/or (if they're feeling particularly spicy) false cease and desist letters demanding the reviews get taken down, from lawyers who either don't exist or aren't involved. Hate in your inbox is on the reader and it's not unusual for indie authors to receive targeted harassment from groups of people doing that, but that's a very different thing than looking up your own reviews, getting mad at the 1 to 3 star ones, and throwing a public temper tantrum where you show the world that you are a lying bully. There are just so many places in that chain of events where an author can go "perhaps continuing with this is a bad idea."

[dogpuppy]

[leninthesixth]

think about this every time i watch videos about youtuber drama

[frogwen]

lord help me i forgot i preordered a booktubers debut novel while drunk months ago LMFAOOO

[frogwen]

also so funny one gets crated and the other doesnt and immediately is like lol fuck that guy im gonna sleep on the couch <3

[frogwen]

also. i keep forgetting these dogs im watching arent russian and im defaulting to my usual dogsitting commands and theyre just like :•3 ?