Serenade

[nothingbutyuri]

What Yuri stories would you recommend ??

Well here are some of the few. 

Girl Friends 

Mine 

Present 

Green

Secret Love

Sakana no Miru Yume

Cirque Archane

Your fragance 

Yukemuri Sanctuary

Poor Poor Lips

Sorairo Girlfriend

Rock it, girl! 

Sisterism

Gunjou 

Unfaithful Woman 

Futari to Futari

Kira Kira no natsu 

A cold and after that 

Wavering mind 

Hidden in dusk 

Octave 

Prism

Betsukiss

Yurika no campus life 

Hoshikawa Ginza Yonchume

Gokujou Drops

Love Flag Girls!

Kimi koi limit

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Publishing for Fun and Profit

So there was a list going around tumblr for a while that made it to my dash of literary journals that accept open submissions (and will pay!), but upon inspection about half of them were closed indefinitely, and I found quite a few other places that looked interesting through further research, so I wanted to post my own list. 

I tried to focus on things that paid professional grade (at least 6 cents per word), were friendly to speculative fiction, and specifically encouraged diversity and writing about marginalized groups.

(Please note that as of right now I have never submitted or been published with any of these, so if anyone has experience with them, good or bad, please feel free to message or reblog this with your experiences.)

Speculative Fiction

Strange Horizons — Speculative fiction (broadly defined) with an emphasis on diversity, unusual styles, and stories that address politics in nuanced ways. 8c per word. Up to 10,000 words, under 5,000 preferred. Responds within 40 days. LGBT+ positive.

Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine — Sci-fi, fantasy, horror, etc. 7-12c per word. Up to 25,000 words. No response times listed.

Asimov’s Science Fiction — Primarily sci-fi but accepts fantasy and surreal fiction, but no high fantasy/sword and sorcery. Prefers writing that is character driven. 8-10c per word. 1,000-20,000 words. Responds in about five weeks.

Evil Girlfriend Media — Horror and urban fantasy centered on female empowerment and defying gender stereotypes. $100 flat payment. 4,000-7,000 words. No response times given. LGBT+ friendly.

Beneath Ceaseless Skies — Fantasy with a focus on secondary worlds and characters. 6c per word. Up to 10,000 words. Average response time 2-4 weeks.

Fantastic Stories — Speculative fiction with an emphasis on diversity and literary style. 15c per word. Up to 3,000 words. Responds within two weeks. LGBT+ positive.

Fiction Vortex — Serialized fantasy and speculative fiction. $300 for featured stories, $50 otherwise. 3,500 words or less. No response times given.

Shimmer — Speculative fiction with an emphasis on diversity, strong plots, vivid characters, and beautiful writing. 5c per word. 7,500 words or less (will consider longer words with query letter). Usually responds within two weeks. LGBT+ positive.

Clarkesworld Magazine — Sci-fi, fantasy, and other speculative fiction. 10c per word up to 5,000 words, 8c per word after. 1,000-16,000 words. Responds within days usually, gives a tracking number.

Apex Magazine — Speculative fiction of all kinds. 6c per word, +1c per word for podcast stories. Up to 7,500 words, all submissions over will be auto-rejected. Responds within 30 days.

Heliotrope Magazine — Speculative fiction of all kinds. 10c per word. Up to 5,000 words. Responds within 30 days.

Lightspeed Magazine — Speculative fiction of all kinds, with creativity and originality in terms of style and format encouraged. 8c per word. 1,500-10,000 words, under 5,000 preferred. LGBT+ positive. Submissions temporarily closed for their main magazine but is accepting for their People of Color Destroy Science Fiction special.

General Fiction

The Sun Magazine — General fiction, likes personal writing or writing of a cultural/political significance. $300-$1500 flat payment  and a one year subscription to the magazine for fiction (also accepts essays and poetry). No minimum or maximum lengths but over 7,000 words discouraged. Responds in 3-6 months. Physical submissions only.

One Story — Any and all varieties of fiction, “unique and interesting” stories encouraged. $500 payment plus 25 contributor copies. 3,000-8,000 words. Usually responds in 2-3 months.

Camera Obscura — General fiction. $1000 for featured story, $50 for “Bridge the Gap” award, no payment for other contributors. 250-8,000 words. Response time vary, running just over two months as of now.

Flash Fiction 

Daily Science Fiction — Speculative flash fiction (including sci-fi, fantasy, slipstream, etc.). 8c per word. Up to 1,500 words, but shorter stories given priority. Response times not listed.

Vestral Review — General flash fiction. 3-10c per word depending on length to a max of $25. Up to 500 words. Response within four months.

Flash Fiction Online — General flash fiction. $60 flat payment. 500-1,000 words. Response times not listed.

Novels/Novella

Riptide Publishing — Any LGBTQ manuscripts between 15,000 and 150,000 words. Currently especially interested in lesbian romances, trans stories, asexual/aromantic stories, romances with a happy ending, and genre fiction such as urban fantasy. Also has a YA branch.  LGBT+ positive.

Crimson Romance — Romance stories of all kinds, currently seeking LGBT+ stories with a focus on emotional connections and relationships, especially m/m romance. Novel (55,000-90,000 words) or novella (20,000-50,000 words) length.  LGBT+ positive.

Kindle Direct Publishing 

Kindle Direct Publishing — Allows you to set your own prices, create your own cover art, and make royalties off of each sell. Any and all genres are welcome and if you’re prolific and smart about how you’re publishing you can make pretty good money.

General Guide to Kindle Publishing — Gives a good rundown of the publishing process on Kindle.

101 Guide to Kindle Erotica — Great guide with lots of resources about how to make money publishing erotica on Kindle.   

Publishing Comics/Graphic Novels

Here is a list of potential comic companies and what kind of open submissions they accept.  

Here is a list of literary agents who accept graphic novels. 

[fappier-than-thou]

@thelyonrampant

[studytothehd]

resource for procrastination

if you’re anything like me, working on a computer is a dangerous thing. i’ll get distracted by everything - that one email i should respond to, all the pictures of my dog, tumblr, and so on. I recently discovered an amazing resource to stop that.

it’s called writer’s block, and is free to download! 

when you open it, it shows this screen, where you can choose either a time limit or word goal

then when you start, it opens a document that fills the entire screen like this

and you cannot quit the app or open anything else until your word/time quota is filled. i just wrote half of my english speech that i’ve been putting off all morning, and it took only 20 minutes!

so yup, it’s called writer’s block and is free for both mac and windows. enjoy!

[idrathergoforgirls]

reblog to save a lazy ass

[yourplayersaidwhat]

hey no problem, easy mistake

dm: you see an orc sitting at a camp fire

me: i sneak up on it *rolls 1*

dm: you trip over an unseen banjo, the orc turns around and says: “hey! i see you!”

me: “no you don’t” *nat 20 bluff*

dm: the orc looks embarrassed and says sheepishly “oh, my bad, sorry to bother you”

[serenacula]

Why the hell is the reply-space so short? :( It’s making it a pain to actually start any sort of debate.

[animeyuriyuri]

It happens to all of us to which we like yuri

[fictionwritingtips]

Strengthening Your Character Through Personal Relationships

In most of your stories, your characters will have personal relationships that you’ll need to develop. A great way to strengthen your characters is through their personal relationships, so it’s extremely important that you spend time planning them out. Whether it’s with family, friends or significant others, make sure you put in the work to develop them properly.

Here are some tips on strengthening your characters through personal relationships:

Writing Friends:

Your character’s friendships are important because they will help your protagonist grow and develop and aid them on their journey. If your character has close friends, you’ll need to help your readers understand why they’re friends and what it means to the story. Here are a few things to consider:

Think about when your characters became friends. Backstory is important when it comes to writing a long-time friendship, so consider clever ways to share this information with your readers. Don’t just say they’ve been friends forever—let your readers in on the story.

Build a believable friendship. Give your readers something to relate to. People become friends for all sorts of reason, but let us know why they’ve stayed friends. Show us how your characters have grown with the help of each other.

Understand that friendships change. People change and that can change how friends interact and relate with each other. It’s very possible that your main character will go through some sort of experience that changes the way they relate with their friends. This could sometimes destroy a relationship or strengthen it in some way. Think about how you want  your friendships to build your story.

Writing Family:

Families can be either a source of tension or a source of comfort for your characters—or even both. Deciding what type of relationship you want your character to have with their family is the first step. Here are a few things to focus:

Figure out what people make up your character’s family. Does your character have two parents? Any siblings? Do any extended family members live in your character’s home?

Think about whether your character’s family offers safety. Does your character feel safe at home? Does the source of conflict in your story come from home? Is the family unit cohesive or are their serious problems? Does your character trust their family?

Figure out what your character’s home life is like. Can your characters be themselves around their family?  If your character is at home a lot, do they act like they usually do? Do they have to hide who they are outside their home? Do they keep secrets from their family?

Writing Significant Others/Romantic Relationships:

Figuring out whether or not you want to include a romantic relationship or not really depends on the story you’re telling. If you think it will detract from your main character’s journey, you might decide not to. However, if done right, it won’t weaken your story if you decide to include one. Here are a few tips on doing it right.

Focusing on finding a balance. If your novel isn’t romance or erotica, romance shouldn’t be the main focus of your novel. Make sure there’s not too much romance, which means the romance shouldn’t overshadow the main plot.

Don’t let romance detract from character development. Your character should still grow and develop in some way and this shouldn’t be done entirely through meeting a love interest. Your character needs to grow on their own, not because they’ve been “saved” by someone mysterious and intriguing.

The romance should add something significant to your story. The romance should reveal something about your characters and hopefully make us relate to them a little bit more. If your love story feels unnatural, your readers will know it’s unnecessary and feel disconnected from your story. Only add a romance subplot if it adds something to the overall plot.

-Kris Noel

[ask-the-clumsy-shrine-maiden-de]

Let me ruin ur Life

[ask-metamorphy]

O - O

[ever-scent]

i CAN’T EVEN-

[wardenasksthings]

I lost my shit at White People

[kingretrokirby]

this is art

[b00mt00b]

Not breathing, only laughing

[suirano]

This video, holy shit. I can’t! This is too epic not to reblog.

[nichijew-deactivated20170407]

POOOOOOOOOOORRRRNNNNN

[splurty]

I’m curious, how many houses have you lived in? answer in the tags

[viriles]

tips on alleviating sex dysphoria

i have yet to read a post on relief of sex dysphoria that was ACTUALLY helpful, and if you have moderate to severe sex dysphoria reading a book or dancing isnt really gonna do jack shit so here’s some cheap/free ways to actually help you

for FTMs

tutorials for making packers: [tumblr post] [video] [wikihow]

diy packer harness: [pouch] [pouch] [for underwear] [easy]

tutorials for making STPs: [super easy] [realistic] [semi-realistic]

binders: [diy tips] [In A Bind (U.S. only)] [Replace The Ace (U.S. only)] [MORF (worldwide)]

exercises to make you look more masculine: [hips and thighs] [chest] [biceps] [abs]

miscellaneous: [tumblr post for fake beards] [foods that lower estrogen] [foods that heighten testosterone] [masculine makeup] [lowering your voice] [passing tips]

for MTFs

tutorials for tucking: [video] [video] [wikihow] [tumblr post]

making breast forms: [very easy] [easy] [video]

bras/panties: [Cheap Undies] [bras and sports bras] [for trans women]

makeup: [All Cosmetics Wholesale] [Bang Good] [elf] [BH Cosmetics] [basic makeup tutorial]

exercises to make you look more feminine: [hips and thighs] [chest] [legs]

miscellaneous: [how to cover up stubble] [foods that heighten estrogen] [foods that lower testosterone] [making your voice higher] [passing tips] [advice for pre-e trans women] [get cleavage with makeup]

resources for all trans people

Trans Housing Network

Trans Clothing Exchange

Trans Lifeline: U.S. [phone] and Canada [phone]

Trans Supplies

feel free to add links or correct broken ones!

[oessa]

Sagrada Família, Spain  41.40364,2.174478  [link]

[literary-potato]

Sagrada Familia is one of my favorite things ever. Not only is it a basilica that looks like the offspring of Rivendell and a Dr. Seuss book, it’s still not finished. That’s how incredibly detailed and complex it is. They’ve been working on it since 1882, and it’s not projected to be finished until 2026.

[robinschromerae]

Yay, I like Gaudi! (I think that’s how you spell it’s I cba to google, but Barcelona architect guy with all the lovely organic designs and lizards)

[brandontheoutcast]

Erma- What A Twist

[petork]

Sometimes I laugh at people I meet irl who have a really basic knowledge of internet culture and pronounce meme as “may may” or st but then I remember that they have a social life and I don’t

[serenacula]

I laughed and then I cried a little bit because it’s true. v.v

[tooquirkytolose]

~And they lived happily ever after~

This was really dumb and a lot of fun to draw :D

[robinschromerae]

We are all fundamentally alone

Aren’t we? I can’t communicate this feeling in any satisfactory way, not in the end. I try, and one can find approximations, but they all fail. No one can understand this feeling, I cannot even understand this feeling when I am not currently experiencing it. People can say ‘I am feeling this’ and I will nod and be like, 'yes, I have felt that before, I know that.’ But I don’t. You don’t. Does that make communication about it meaningless? No one can say anything that addresses what you are feeling in any significant way. No one can understand it, no one can absolve it. What’s the point of talking about something like that?

In our heads, there is only us.

[serenacula]

Welcome to Existentialism at its best. 

[fashion-runways]

Tony Ward at Paris Fashion Week Fall 2015