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[ominous-signs]

My sister saw this one in the wild. I believe it was at a historic battlefield, which might explain the sort of staff who write signs like this

I love how it goes from silly

To ominous

i m m e d i a t e l y

[frostedmagnolias]

Pink Patterned Silk Day Dinner Gown

c. 1895

Label: L.P. Hollander & Co. Boston

Augusta Auctions

[blushcrunch-updates]

Are those real? (I saw some people faking qwel owner things on they fake skins so I'm a bit confused sorry if I'm bothering you)

It is, actually! Titktok speaks truth for once.

I actually forgot to make the post, thanks for the reminder! It was shared in the behind the scenes channel.

[albatris]

where's that comic that's like "back to my HELL called being an artist" then the dude actually sits down to draw and is like "this is nice" because that's today's mood

[megamindsupremacy]

Getting into fiber arts is dangerous because you start out saying “oh this is a low-commitment, inexpensive hobby that I can get into! a crochet hook and some yarn is less than $10 and I can make things just like that! how fun!”

and then less than five years later you’re saying shit like “okay technically I’m paying $200 for a second-hand spinning wheel but honestly that’s really really cheap considering full-price ones are like $600” and “okay at least it’s not a 10k loom! it could be thousands of dollars and I’m not spending thousands of dollars yet!”

[defire]

Hi there, how did you publish on amazon books if I may ask? I think I need to publish my own series as well. Any guidance and tips would help

Hey I'm so sorry for my delayed response/if I am too late! I really wanted to do all my asks justice and then I pressure myself into not answering at all😥

Publishing on Amazon

First I would make sure your book has been fully edited (including a line edit, the hardest part for me).

I made my book covers using canva. You might have to import your own images but canva is great for layout ideas and ease of use, and I think the results are great too.

Cover tips: use color to match the mood of your book. Focus on one key symbol or theme to represent in the cover (don't try to do everything). Pick an existing layout as a reference and then make yours however you want. Font is important to match the overarching feeling of your book too, it's the first thing they'll read.

Format your book (again try to represent the overall feeling of your book while keeping the main text easy to read, if in doubt stick to what everyone else does).

You download Amazon's app on your computer to turn it into an amazon file (I forgot what they're called) or you can convert your file into a word or epub file.

It's helpful to create a table of contents that links (for the kindle version) to the chapters, and a regular table of contents for your hard copy.

Number pages if you'd like. This seems to be standard practice and something expected, so I would do it

Make your book blurb---here are my tips for that: 3 sections: 1: A one-sentence overarching vibe/your story's starting point like "A boy in a war-torn post-apocalyptic Seattle becomes a gang leader at eleven." 2: A three-sentence plot summary (don't give away the ending). 3: A one-sentence "what's going to happen now?" Hook. It can be longer especially if your books are wordier---this will attract the right audience, if your writing style in the blurb matches your writing style in the book.

Note on the blurb! If you're a whump writer, you want to attract whump lovers, so don't be shy about mentioning all the agony. (Not that you should make it sound like the main plot, but it may be helpful to whump lovers and push away those that will give your book a 1-star review because it was more painful than they like.)

Pricing: I don't know how to do this

Promotion: from my research, you want to 1: Give something immediate and free to your audience in your promotion. 2: promote multiple times (this helps people remember and encourages people to follow up). 3: Have an easy way to actually access the content (link it, link your social, link free stuff). I don't do promotion but I'd like to give my work to more people so at some point I'll probably try.

[fakeoldmanfucker]

Okay but why does James immediately start defending Sherlock from that Peregrine guy at the party they sneak into?! James has known him for....a day? If that? The timeline is unclear but they're wearing different outfits. Anyway. Throughout this whole conversation with Peregrine, James is defending Sherlock, even when Sherlock seems prepared to defend himself. Not to mention when James literally throws himself at the guys that try to fight Sherlock.

[oldmanontumbler]

The one abnormality she warned him about 🪓❤️