If you described cats to someone who had never heard of cats they would be like “These are not real animals” <3
What even are cats
(Look Around You Voice) What Are Cats?
We Just Don’t Know
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If you described cats to someone who had never heard of cats they would be like “These are not real animals” <3
What even are cats
(Look Around You Voice) What Are Cats?
We Just Don’t Know
???????????????
So sad.
Said you're falling out of love Guess you had enough Packed up all your stuff and disappeared And I thought I gave a fuck, but I already gave you up When you left me in a flood of my own tears What you gonna do when I bounce right back? Bet you wouldn't expect that Said you wanna leave me, leave me You're the one that needs me What you gonna do when I bounce right back? Bet you wouldn't expect that Boy you made it easy, easy You're the one that needs me
Jaira Burns, Bounce Right Back
i saw this post earlier about therapists and it reminded me of my old therapist paul, who in my opinion is one of the greatest men alive and who did not put up with my bullshit for even one second
anyway i go in to see paul one week in the summer of 2016, and i’m doing my usual bullshit which consists of me talking shit about myself, and paul is staring at me, and then he cuts me off and says that he’s got a new tool for helping people recognize when they’re using negative language, and gets up and goes over to his desk
and i’m like alright hit me with that sweet sweet self-help article my man, because i’m a linguistic learner and whenever paul’s like here i have a tool for you to use it’s pretty much always an article or a book or something
paul opens a drawer, takes something out, and turns back around. i stare.
i say, paul.
is that a nerf gun.
yeah, says paul.
i say, are you gonna shoot me with a nerf gun in this professional setting.
he happily informs me that that’s really up to me, isn’t it. and sits back down. and gestures, like, go ahead, what were you saying?
and i squint suspiciously and start back up about how i’m having too much anxiety to leave the house to run errands, like it was a miracle to even get here, like i’ve forgone getting groceries for the past week and that’s so stupid, what a stupid issue, i’m an idiot, how could i–
a foam dart hits me in the leg.
i go, hey! because my therapist just shot me in the leg. paul blinks at me placidly and raises an eyebrow. i squint again.
i say, slowly, it’s– not a stupid issue, i’m not stupid, but it’s frustrating me and i don’t want it to be a problem i’m having.
no dart this time. okay. sweet.
so the rest of the hour passes with me intermittently getting nailed with tiny foam darts and then swearing and then fixing my language and, wouldn’t you know it, i start liking myself a little more by the end of the session, which is mildly infuriating because paul can tell and he’s very smug about it
anyway i leave his office and the lady having the next appointment walks in and i hear what’s all over the floor? and paul very seriously says cognitive behavioral therapy tools.
I’ve decided to tell you guys a story about piracy.
I didn’t think I had much to add to the piracy commentary I made yesterday, but after seeing some of the replies to it, I decided it’s time for this story.
Here are a few things we should get clear before I go on:
1) This is a U.S. centered discussion. Not because I value my non U.S. readers any less, but because I am published with a U.S. publisher first, who then sells my rights elsewhere. This means that the fate of my books, good or bad, is largely decided on U.S. turf, through U.S. sales to readers and libraries.
2) This is not a conversation about whether or not artists deserve to get money for art, or whether or not you think I in particular, as a flawed human, deserve money. It is only about how piracy affects a book’s fate at the publishing house.
3) It is also not a conversation about book prices, or publishing costs, or what is a fair price for art, though it is worthwhile to remember that every copy of a blockbuster sold means that the publishing house can publish new and niche voices. Publishing can’t afford to publish the new and midlist voices without the James Pattersons selling well.
It is only about two statements that I saw go by:
1) piracy doesn’t hurt publishing.
2) someone who pirates the book was never going to buy it anyway, so it’s not a lost sale.
Now, with those statements in mind, here’s the story.
It’s the story of a novel called The Raven King, the fourth installment in a planned four book series. All three of its predecessors hit the bestseller list. Book three, however, faltered in strange ways. The print copies sold just as well as before, landing it on the list, but the e-copies dropped precipitously.
Now, series are a strange and dangerous thing in publishing. They’re usually games of diminishing returns, for logical reasons: folks buy the first book, like it, maybe buy the second, lose interest. The number of folks who try the first will always be more than the number of folks who make it to the third or fourth. Sometimes this change in numbers is so extreme that publishers cancel the rest of the series, which you may have experienced as a reader — beginning a series only to have the release date of the next book get pushed off and pushed off again before it merely dies quietly in a corner somewhere by the flies.
So I expected to see a sales drop in book three, Blue Lily, Lily Blue, but as my readers are historically evenly split across the formats, I expected it to see the cut balanced across both formats. This was absolutely not true. Where were all the e-readers going? Articles online had headlines like PEOPLE NO LONGER ENJOY READING EBOOKS IT SEEMS.
Really?
There was another new phenomenon with Blue Lily, Lily Blue, too — one that started before it was published. Like many novels, it was available to early reviewers and booksellers in advanced form (ARCs: advanced reader copies). Traditionally these have been cheaply printed paperback versions of the book. Recently, e-ARCs have become common, available on locked sites from publishers.
BLLB’s e-arc escaped the site, made it to the internet, and began circulating busily among fans long before the book had even hit shelves. Piracy is a thing authors have been told to live with, it’s not hurting you, it’s like the mites in your pillow, and so I didn’t think too hard about it until I got that royalty statement with BLLB’s e-sales cut in half.
Strange, I thought. Particularly as it seemed on the internet and at my booming real-life book tours that interest in the Raven Cycle in general was growing, not shrinking. Meanwhile, floating about in the forums and on Tumblr as a creator, it was not difficult to see fans sharing the pdfs of the books back and forth. For awhile, I paid for a service that went through piracy sites and took down illegal pdfs, but it was pointless. There were too many. And as long as even one was left up, that was all that was needed for sharing.
I asked my publisher to make sure there were no e-ARCs available of book four, the Raven King, explaining that I felt piracy was a real issue with this series in a way it hadn’t been for any of my others. They replied with the old adage that piracy didn’t really do anything, but yes, they’d make sure there was no e-ARCs if that made me happy.
Then they told me that they were cutting the print run of The Raven King to less than half of the print run for Blue Lily, Lily Blue. No hard feelings, understand, they told me, it’s just that the sales for Blue Lily didn’t justify printing any more copies. The series was in decline, they were so proud of me, it had 19 starred reviews from pro journals and was the most starred YA series ever written, but that just didn’t equal sales. They still loved me.
This, my friends, is a real world consequence.
This is also where people usually step in and say, but that’s not piracy’s fault. You just said series naturally declined, and you just were a victim of bad marketing or bad covers or readers just actually don’t like you that much.
Hold that thought.
I was intent on proving that piracy had affected the Raven Cycle, and so I began to work with one of my brothers on a plan. It was impossible to take down every illegal pdf; I’d already seen that. So we were going to do the opposite. We created a pdf of the Raven King. It was the same length as the real book, but it was just the first four chapters over and over again. At the end, my brother wrote a small note about the ways piracy hurt your favorite books. I knew we wouldn’t be able to hold the fort for long — real versions would slowly get passed around by hand through forum messaging — but I told my brother: I want to hold the fort for one week. Enough to prove that a point. Enough to show everyone that this is no longer 2004. This is the smart phone generation, and a pirated book sometimes is a lost sale.
Then, on midnight of my book release, my brother put it up everywhere on every pirate site. He uploaded dozens and dozens and dozens of these pdfs of The Raven King. You couldn’t throw a rock without hitting one of his pdfs. We sailed those epub seas with our own flag shredding the sky.
The effects were instant. The forums and sites exploded with bewildered activity. Fans asked if anyone had managed to find a link to a legit pdf. Dozens of posts appeared saying that since they hadn’t been able to find a pdf, they’d been forced to hit up Amazon and buy the book.
And we sold out of the first printing in two days.
Two days.
I was on tour for it, and the bookstores I went to didn’t have enough copies to sell to people coming, because online orders had emptied the warehouse. My publisher scrambled to print more, and then print more again. Print sales and e-sales became once more evenly matched.
Then the pdfs hit the forums and e-sales sagged and it was business as usual, but it didn’t matter: I’d proven the point. Piracy has consequences.
That’s the end of the story, but there’s an epilogue. I’m now writing three more books set in that world, books that I’m absolutely delighted to be able to write. They’re an absolute blast. My publisher bought this trilogy because the numbers on the previous series supported them buying more books in that world. But the numbers almost didn’t. Because even as I knew I had more readers than ever, on paper, the Raven Cycle was petering out.
The Ronan trilogy nearly didn’t exist because of piracy. And already I can see in the tags how Tumblr users are talking about how they intend to pirate book one of the new trilogy for any number of reasons, because I am terrible or because they would ‘rather die than pay for a book’. As an author, I can’t stop that. But pirating book one means that publishing cancels book two. This ain’t 2004 anymore. A pirated copy isn’t ‘good advertising’ or ‘great word of mouth’ or ‘not really a lost sale.’
That’s my long piracy story.
How to Write a Filler Episode of Sailor Moon
So you’re a writer for the smash-hit, 90s anime series Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon. Omedetou!! At some point the anime broadcast will catch up to the manga, so despite the anime having almost nothing in common, you will be asked to write a filler episode. This can be daunting, but don’t fret! Here is a simple guide you can follow to easily pad out a week’s worth of broadcasting.
To start: Brainstorm two sentences. One must be superficially poetic, and the other an unrelated response from one of the characters. Example: “Finding Love in Literature Class! Makoto’s Insatiable Sweet Tooth". Now base the entire episode around these sentences, which will become your episode title. It does not matter if this title then spoils the entire episode.
Now, ensure that the following things happen at some point in the episode:
Something happens that is literally too good to be true, like “the mall is giving out free kittens that don’t need to eat or defecate, and will do your homework for you while you sleep!“.
This is actually a bad thing being done by [Evil Group]. In this case, the kittens drain energy. Note: Fax this bad thing to the boys down in character development and get them to design you a corresponding monster (in this case, “catgirl with homework for clothes”). If they have time, ask them to also design an attractive and endearing victim. If not, use Naru.
Something stops Sailor Moon from being able to defeat the monster right away. Viable reasons: The monster is not weakened, everyone gets trapped, Moon’s energy has been sapped, food. At this point, include one or two clips of the other Soldiers using their attacks. Proceed with Sailor Moon defeating the monster.
Tuxedo Mask appears, throws a rose, and delivers a speech. You will find several all-purpose Mad Libs at your disposal for speech-writing.
After you have ensured the inclusion of these points, you can add in some flavour according to the season;
Classic: Mamoru shows up and says something callous but also erotic. Rei gets all up on Mamoru’s dick and Usagi tries to pretend like she isn’t mad jealous. Rei chews out Usagi and Usagi totally hates her 5ever but they ultimately accept that they’re girlfriends. Mamoru is brainwashed. Queen Beryl wastes easily 2-3 minutes of screentime waving her hands. If you need to, introduce a completely unrelated monster or problem like ghosts or naga and then never address it again. You can easily take up five minutes with a cameo from a clueless minor character who fawns over one of the girls (start with Umino, replace with Yuuichirou). Clarify that Zoisite is like really hella gay.
R: Chibi-Usa fucks up everyone’s day for no reason (use often!). Spend a good five minutes having the four sisters talk about boys or makeup or periods and then fight it out. If they have been written out, spend a good five minutes reminding everyone that Esmeraude is hot for Dimande and Dimande is hot for sociopathy. Mamoru is brainwashed.
S: Rose petals. Usagi and the others are kind of okay at something and then Michiru and Haruka show up and absolutely smash it. Mamoru is brainwashed. Rei and Usagi have a lover’s quarrel. Some girl thinks Haruka is a hot dude and crushes on her, then finds out she is a lady, and crushes on her. Note: Ask the guys in character design to put the Daimon star on the tit.
SuperS: Mamoru shows up and says something silly and ineffectual. Don’t be afraid to make the villains really meta. In this season, Minako is a sex beast! Clarify that if you thought Zoisite was like hella gay you don’t know jack about Fisheye! He is like four Zoisites of fabulous! Seriously pretty much anything goes in this season. Literally nothing you do can be wrong here. Ask your children for ideas. Play consequences. Mamoru is dead.
Sailor Stars: Completely disregard guide and write 30 minutes around Seiya’s boner for Usagi.
Haruka’s sword doesn’t appear to have an end, leading me to the conclusion that either a) it’s a dagger in the manga, or b) Haruka’s stabbing herself to not have to be in this volume.
OR BOTH BOTH IS ALSO GOOD
SHE IS SUFFERING
SHE JUST WANTED A HELICOPTER AND NOW SHE’S TAINTED
COME ON THAT WAS REALLY GOOD
I JUST LAUGHED SO HARD I WOKE UP THE PUPPY
Looking for information: Snumple is missing
This is very much not the post I wanted to be writing, but this is the point we’re at.
Several days ago, I was contacted by Snumple’s brother, Vladimir. Snumple – Xenia – had been missing for over 48 hours, and he was looking for any information on where she might be. I didn’t have any ideas, but through our conversation, he seemed to gain a larger picture of the sort of emotional state she’d been in lately.
Which, unfortunately, was not good. As you all know, she deleted her Tumblr a few weeks ago. It was an action that I found extremely worrying, particularly given Xenia’s increasing depression, but she was set on it. Still, after deleting it, her mood seemed to improve and I hoped things were getting better for her. Then emails sent to her began to bounce, saying the account had been deactivated.
The timing coincides with when she went missing. “Worrying” no longer seems sufficient.
Xenia’s been missing now since the morning of 16 May (it’s the 20th as of this writing), making it over four days since anyone last saw or heard from her. She left her phone and her passport at home. Her family and volunteers have been searching the city and surrounding woods, but have so far not found anything.
I know she was friends with many of you. If you have any ideas or information about where she may have gone, anything she might have mentioned or hinted at, please let me know so I can pass the information to her brother. And if by chance you’re in the area of St. Petersburg in Russia and might be willing to volunteer to help search, let me know that as well so I can find out where to direct you.
This situation is absolutely heartbreaking. I love Snumps very much. I hold out hope for the best, but even if the worst, she needs to be found so her family can know peace.
This is heartbreaking. Snumple is such a sweetheart, I hope she’s okay. Sending every ounce of love and hope that I can.
Even when you’re the the evil queen of a reborn kingdom intent on destroying the world in revenge for a defeat thousands of years in the past, it’s in the last place you look.
what a good morning!! im gonna draw a dog!!
apRIL FOOLS I DREW TWO DOGS THEY’RE BEST FRIENDS
the only good april fool’s joke
This is the only April Fool’s thing you will see on this blog.
The cast of Buffy The Vampire Slayer reunites to celebrate the show’s 20th anniversary
This is my favourite photoset of this shoot so far.
EMMA AND THE BUNNY COME ON
Everyone run for your lives it’s Princess Sailor Moon
Sheepish Creativity - From Pictures to Plush!
Each crocheted doll is made with acrylic yarn, stuffed with Poly-Fil, and has plastic safety eyes. (Some details may be added by embroidery thread or hidden magnets.) Each doll is one of a kind and made to look as close to the original character/creature as possible.
What are you commissioning from me?
Crochet plushies of your favorite character or OC
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10-12 inches for large*
7-9 inches for small*
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*size will vary by character and individual doll
Extras for your doll:
Magnets for hand holding, kissing, and attaching accessories offered for any of the above
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What are the costs?
The starting price is $70 for the large and $50 for the small. This is for a very basic detailed/outfitted doll (very few colors and like a plain dress). For a better pricing example, most dolls come to $80(common)-$100(fancier designs).
Magnets start at $7 for two magnets. Different safety eyes will vary by what you want. (Here’s an idea of what’s available)
Creatures will vary by project, feel free to contact me at any time for a quote.
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Get reference images for your character! (This is very important!)
Send an email to sheepishcreativityplush(at)gmail(dot)com with your references and what size/extras you would like. Or…
Send me an ask/submission/message and share the above (or at least tell me how to best find the images) to get your quote.
Once we agree on the price, half or full payment must be given before I work on your doll.
What else do I need to know?
No two dolls ever look alike, even when it’s the same character! I make each doll for you and you alone, there are no preset pattern for anything I make, I just look at a picture and pour everything I have into making that doll.
I will try to match the colors of your character the best I can. The yarn I use comes in just about every color of the rainbow, but some colors may be harder to find than others.
The more detailed your character, the longer they will take to make. If you have plans to give this as a gift or need it by a certain date, please think of ordering at least three months ahead of when you need it! (You never know what orders might be ahead of you…the more time I have to get your doll made, the better.)
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Strawberry Lemon Muffins
Recipe source: Marsha’s Baking Addiction
Really nice recipes. Every hour.
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