(former) editor by day, (published) writer by night. Heinrix-admirer day and night.
Background painting by my wonderful friend TZC.
Bi-Heinrix icon also by TZC.
All my writing and artwork and stuff relating to Chris Tester (VA of Heinrix van Calox) in one handy place.
My ongoing long fic Much Ado About The Lord Captain
Part 1 of a two part long fic series about Isha x Heinrix
A gift from @mayoonrices that could very well be the cover of Much Ado as part of the Rogue Trader Gift Exchange
The masterpiece that is Heinrix as Saint Sebastian, painted by @thatzombiecat
Chris Tester reads the letter from chapter 11
Isha's own blog (mainly fashion and jewellery and character inspo).
A character profile of Isha
ART:
Artwork by the lovely @archtech-fox for chapter 12
A tender moment - artwork by @al-norton
A tender handkiss by @cadencespark
Another handkiss because I'm a sucker for them by @aevari
A ribbon is tied by @skolas-a for chapter 18 of Much Ado About The Lord Captain
A chest to snuggle on - artwork by @maggotknight for chapter 21 of Much Ado About The Lord Captain
A beautiful portrait of my RT Isha von Valancius by the talented @indigo-scribbles
Another beautiful interpretation of Isha by @aevari
Isha - Saint of the Koronus Expanse by the amazing @thatzombiecat
Mystery commission by @jaal-ama-daravv of a young Isha with short hair
Isha's official Rogue Trader portrait painted by @plushchimera
Another great portrait of Isha in Disco Elysium style by my friend @thatzombiecat
Sanguinala gift exchange painting of Isha receiving a gift from Heinrix by @hotarutheconscience
A stunning gift from @thatzombiecat - Isha and Heinrix lost in each other
A sweet moment under the Janusian moonlight by @lyannatropes
A dance to sweep away a heart by @sanzosin, illustrating the dance scene of chapter 35 of Much Ado About The Lord Captain
For RT appreciation week @annahenriart sketched Isha in all her glory (tysvm again!)
And @raeb33s-art also sketched Isha for RT appreciation week in their stunning style <33333
And Isha's Magnae Accessio portrait by the mega-talented @bqpsy
@thatzombiecat illustrated a quiet moment at the von Valancius hunting lodge
NSFW ART:
Heart Day gift exchange gift by @misscoet - Heinrix lost in the sauce, and Isha in his chest hair XD
A whisper in the Garden of secret delights by @nananarc mixing the sexy with the creepy (and Papa Nurgle)
Trade gift from @misscoet Isha and Heinrix sharing their first night together <3333
FICS:
To be alive beneath cherry blossoms - The companion piece to my long fic, and a story how Isha and Heinrix have met once, before the events of the game, in the Calixis sector.
Gift exchange story for the lovely @captastra and her pairing Lethyan x Heinrix - A leap into the void
Gift exchange story written by Captastra featuring Isha x Heinrix - Radiance on the bridge
Gift exchange story featuring LI Heinrix van Calox and Lienna von Valancius @indigo-scribbles Rogue Trader A rare flower amidst Chaos
Sanguinala gift exchnage story written for @pycnolite featuring her RT Amber x Heinrix - Snow waits where love is
Heart Day gift exchange fic written for @skolas-a set in her Interrogator Elena x LI Heinrix AU - What weakness lies concealed
The winner of two beef sweller awards and an April's Fool joke:
Ser Heinrix's (k)nightly conquest
Ser Heinrix's rising root
Little drabbles form the kiss prompts:
A kiss to pretend
A kiss were it hurts
My Achilleas x Heinrix smut fic The Observer
And a little one-shot for Valentine's Day with Achilleas x Heinrix
Interview with Chris Tester (VA of Heinrix)
Part one - full audio and transcript
Part two - full audio and transcript
Part three - full audio and transcript
Other stuff
An art board for Isha x Heinrix
Isha as a flower
Nine images that capture your OC's vibe
I will update this post continuosly when new stuff is published.
There are many fun reasons to have a character avoid using guns, but I think "this otherwise-awesome fighter is a really terrible shot" is an underappreciated one. Yes, they're available in my setting and would work against my enemies. No, I don't have a moral code against them or a power that makes them redundant. I just can't aim for shit!
In general IMO the more badass and hypercompetent a character is, the more they're enriched by having one skill they're just absolutely hopeless at. Terrible shot, terrible liar, terrible dancer, no poker face, no sense of direction, can't drive, can't swim, can't cook, can't read, always broke, always late, always falls for a certain trick...
personally I am of the opinion that vegans who are like “the way our food system currently works under capitalism on a large scale is exceptionally cruel to all animals including humans and is not sustainable, so I’m doing what I can to make the most ethical choices available to me about what I eat and encourage others to do the same” are generally very reasonable people who I agree with in spades. but vegans who seem to think human beings are not themselves animals who are ultimately also part of the food chain but instead some kind of other paternalistic higher entity that can never engage in ethical and sustainable hunting practices (and especially the fringe I’ve seen who think other carnivorous animal predators are also evil and need to be eliminated) are people I regard as foolish at best if not actively anti-indigenous and racist
I won't publish the ask (they asked me not to), but I thought I'd still answer it publicly!
no, royalties are not a significant source of income for most authors. if you wrote something like Project Hail Mary, then absolutely, the royalties would be substantial! but that's like winning the lottery. Ryan Gosling is not starring in the movie adaption of most books.
when you sell a book to a publisher, you get what's called 'an advance against royalties'. it's usually split into multiple parts, so you might get one third for the initial sale, one third for the final revised manuscript, and one third on the publishing date.
an advance against royalties is the publisher saying "we believe you will eventually make X amount in royalties, so here it is ahead of time." and then you don't actually see any money from royalties until the advance is paid off. most books do not make enough in royalties to pay off the advance (I have two children's books and one fiction book, and have yet to see royalties for any of them).
advances are still great, but you need to make them stretch! for instance, last year my net income was about 30k Canadian (21k USD), which is fantastic when you consider that I mostly made it through writing. but I'm definitely not a millionaire. I can live off my writing (not trying to undersell that!) but I'll probably remain in a low income bracket for the foreseeable future.
this isn't meant to discourage anyone from seeking out writing as a career! however, there is a reason that many authors have alternate jobs with writing on the side. or, you know, rich spouses.
this isn't me making a fuss about pirating (I've pirated way too many shows to run my mouth on that lmao), but there IS actually a financial incentive to having people buy your books!
buying books shows the publisher that they can make money off you, which means they're more likely to give you advances for future books. and advances are what authors live off (if they don't have a side job). that's why I always push pre-orders so hard! you have to be a racehorse worth betting on, or else they send you to the glue factory....
if I can offer one alternative to pirating: asking your library to stock the book also helps authors, and doesn't cost anything. the only downside is the patience required.
OOPS yes, @stjohnstarling makes a good point! everything I'm saying is from the perspective of traditional publishing, but it's a very different game if you're a self-published author
I will also add that this is why pre-orders can make a HUGE difference to authors - because if there's enough hype, publishers can pull more levers to build that momentum and reach more readers to help authors earn out their advance faster.
Trad publishing contracts person here to co-sign everything in this post. If you want to support an author you really like but are broke as hell, then you can buy their book when it's discounted, buy it used, borrow it from a friend, or use the library. The first step as an author is to get your book read, not to get it bought. The important thing for you as a reader is to spread the word about how good the book is so the publisher knows the audience is there even if sales aren't spectacular. Piracy of books, especially books from small/indie publishers, means the publisher will print fewer copies of their next book, and sometimes if it's an ongoing series the next books in the series will be canceled, either to be replaced by a book with a different premise or they'll cancel the contract for the next books entirely. The "hack" where you buy the ebook or audiobook and then return it for a credit also takes money directly out of the author's pocket since those payment/royalty systems are set up differently than if you were to buy a book from a bookstore and return it. In that situation the bookstore absorbs that loss, but returning the ebook means the money gets clawed back from the author's advance or royalties and they'll have to earn that back.
Pre-orders and Amazon/Goodreads reviews are used as a gauge by publishers to predict how many copies they are likely to sell and therefore how many copies they want to print. They want to sell most of what they print rather than print too many and end up with a bunch of copies no one wants that they'll have to pay to store or sell at a huge discount or recycle, which is what happens to unsold books. Most publishers have a limited amount of money and manpower to dedicate to any particular book, so if there's a book building up a lot of buzz, that'll give them reason to put their resources towards promoting that book to get a better return on their investment. If the publisher can't make money off a book or author they'll dump them.
Generally, every aspect of the publishing and book industries, including writers, agents, publishing employees, librarians, and booksellers are overworked and underpaid. Unless you're Stephen King or already famous, you don't make money off of books. We do it for sheer love of the game.
Use your library! Publishers have a whole department dedicated to selling their books to libraries and the author gets part of those sales. Increasing circulation of library resources means the libraries can make a better case to get more money from the government to buy more books that you want to read and they're a place to hang out for free. Libraries are the best gift humanity gave itself, use yours as often as possible.
I won't publish the ask (they asked me not to), but I thought I'd still answer it publicly!
no, royalties are not a significant source of income for most authors. if you wrote something like Project Hail Mary, then absolutely, the royalties would be substantial! but that's like winning the lottery. Ryan Gosling is not starring in the movie adaption of most books.
when you sell a book to a publisher, you get what's called 'an advance against royalties'. it's usually split into multiple parts, so you might get one third for the initial sale, one third for the final revised manuscript, and one third on the publishing date.
an advance against royalties is the publisher saying "we believe you will eventually make X amount in royalties, so here it is ahead of time." and then you don't actually see any money from royalties until the advance is paid off. most books do not make enough in royalties to pay off the advance (I have two children's books and one fiction book, and have yet to see royalties for any of them).
advances are still great, but you need to make them stretch! for instance, last year my net income was about 30k Canadian (21k USD), which is fantastic when you consider that I mostly made it through writing. but I'm definitely not a millionaire. I can live off my writing (not trying to undersell that!) but I'll probably remain in a low income bracket for the foreseeable future.
this isn't meant to discourage anyone from seeking out writing as a career! however, there is a reason that many authors have alternate jobs with writing on the side. or, you know, rich spouses.
this isn't me making a fuss about pirating (I've pirated way too many shows to run my mouth on that lmao), but there IS actually a financial incentive to having people buy your books!
buying books shows the publisher that they can make money off you, which means they're more likely to give you advances for future books. and advances are what authors live off (if they don't have a side job). that's why I always push pre-orders so hard! you have to be a racehorse worth betting on, or else they send you to the glue factory....
if I can offer one alternative to pirating: asking your library to stock the book also helps authors, and doesn't cost anything. the only downside is the patience required.
OOPS yes, @stjohnstarling makes a good point! everything I'm saying is from the perspective of traditional publishing, but it's a very different game if you're a self-published author
I will also add that this is why pre-orders can make a HUGE difference to authors - because if there's enough hype, publishers can pull more levers to build that momentum and reach more readers to help authors earn out their advance faster.
Heinrix as Saint Sebastian and Isha as Saint Irene by @thatzombiecat
Inspired by the great master artists, I'm immensely grateful to @thatzombiecat for taking on this commission and creating this masterpiece.
Words can't describe how happy I am. It is stunning, magnificent, so tender and gentle. It is as if you had pulled it right out of my brain and given it shape.
It beautifully encapsulates the spirit of their relationshipand is the underlying theme of Much Ado About The Rogue Trader, woven subtly into every chapter and interaction between them.
The amount of symbolism you put into there, TZC, is just stunning. I was blown away by seeing you iterate through the different versions of this painting. Each preview was already perfect, but this is just mind-blowingly beautiful!
Thank you, my friend, from the bottom of my heart. <3333
canon is what happens in the text. e.g. merlin tries to poison morgana
a headcanon is a fact that you have personally made up as an elaboration of canon. it is your invention. e.g. i think morgana and gwen had a teenage lesbian situationship before the events of canon. or, i think modern morgana would love evanesence.
an interpretation is how one reads the existing text. it is not an invented fact nor is it a headcanon, it is a reading. e.g. i think merlin tries to poison morgana out of misplaced self-hatred. or, i think that one line was delivered with suppressed malice and shows a nuanced relationship.
fanon is the general fandom’s accepted headcanons and interpretations that elaborate or recontextualize canon. e.g. merlin is a badass waif and morgana is a bitch.
these are all different words with different meanings.
The people still waiting for the next chapter of MAATLC (all three of you), it will happen, but I caught the art bug and met an amazing artist a few days ago, and now we are painting through shame and other feelings. It's amazing but writing will happen again once I feel like it - now I'm painting lots and lots of circles.
Don't really have much of a finished new stuff to show between comms rn but here are some sketches I made a while ago that I aim to color when I'll have more time
Argenta, Idira and Heinrix in Thedas
WH40k: Rogue Trader [x] Dragon Age crossover continues
btw u can follow me on [patreon] for more, there's plenty of stuff that I didn't post
OP: The carp leaping over the dragon gate 鲤鱼跃龙门 is a classic Chinese folk symbol. It stands for people overcoming hardships to achieve success. We often use it to wish others a bright future and smooth progress. If you spot a carp leaping over the Dragon Gate, good luck will come your way.
Laurence Olivier (22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director. He and his contemporaries John Gielgud, Michael Redgrave and Ralph Richardson made up a quartet of actors who dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. He also worked in films throughout his career, playing more than fifty film roles.
