#bazanite

[dsudis]

Hi Dira! Do you have any advice or tips/ticks for fanfic authors who are considering taking the plunge into writing their first book and self publishing? Anything at all really, from writing or outlining to Amazon-wrangling and promotion. Thanks! :)

Uhhhh, generally speaking: it feels weird and artificial but you have to describe what people look like as soon as possible after they appear. At least a hair color and general build. 

Beyond that it’s a pretty individual thing and kind of depends on what you’re trying to do and where you are in the process, so feel free to catch me on chat somewhere and I’m happy to talk about it!

[themightynyunyi]

hi! can you please tag your d:bh posts? I'd like to blacklist them so I can avoid spoilers. <3 <3 <3

I can’t promise I won’t forget to tag it but I’ll try

[brawlite-archive]

What's your ideal special weekend adventure to share with someone? Like an exciting first date, or a someone you haven't seen in too long is coming from out of town and you want to show them a good time, or a special occasion reward/celebration for someone you love?

i think my two favorite kinds of days are very, very similar, spent with people i love. they’re the kinds of things i would share with people who are coming in from out of town, people i haven’t seen in a while or met irl, or just -- idk. special people.

packing a picnic (meat and fruit and cheese and bread), going to a moderately local state park, hiking down to the beach, and spreading out a blanket (or two). picnic-gorging commences, then there is always some lazing around on the blankets, listening to the waves. then, we look for sharks teeth in the sand. sometimes, if it’s hot, we get in the water -- usually, that’s not really my thing, so i just get my feet wet. this past time we went (saturday) we listened to the water and the distant sounds of frogs from the nearby marsh. 

same picnic, except more crackers and cheese probably, but at a vineyard that we love going to (so, like, wine involved). we set up a picnic underneath the trees and usually talk about long meandering plots or tell spooky stories. 

[grieferbelt-hq]

does scott know there's a toilet paper brand named after him??? he should consider buying some

sdkfjgh  I DIDN’T KNOW THIS. I’m glad this exists 

[omgcp-suitehearts]

please share five random facts about nelly because I love him and also I'm dying of thirst in the days between installment postings, thank u

Hello! Have 5 random facts about our Best Boy:

His grandparents were Scottish. He owns a kilt and is not afraid to wear it (RIP Kent Parson).

Knows all the words to Nelly Furtado’s “Promiscuous.” It’s his #jam.

His dogs’ names are Benji (after his captain), Stanley (after the Cup), and Ruff (after Kit Purrson).

Consistently ordered a turkey burger from his fave restaurant for upwards of 6 months before Miley told him it’s not even on the menu. Bless his heart, at least he tips well.

Is still (2018) trying to julie-and-julia his way through a cocktail recipe book. The tasting parties became increasingly elaborate until they turned into the PR nightmare known as Mad Men parties. 

[omgpieplease]

bazanite replied to your post “Help I just bought little cones with the express purpose of running...”

at least you'll be outside so when you barf you don't have to clean it up!

see but like I think I’ve realized that if i do them M Y S E L F unlike the last time I did ‘em- ten years ago, in high school, with my soccer team- I only have my own standards to hold myself to so the risk of that and also the risk of shame at being last (I played goalie and I do not say lightly that I was a G O O D goalie but I still slacked and lacked intrinsic motivation when it came to conditioning whoops) is significantly less XD

[the-4ofswords]

bazanite replied to your post: You watch black sails!? Do you think you'll write...

may I politely suggest the majesty that is flint and billy bones, the perfect I Hate You But I Can’t Stop Thinking About How Much I Want To Blow You ship

Yeah, I'm feeling this one, I think. Billy's hatred of Flint is also SO EXTRA it's like, OH COME ON NOW, BRO. And also Tom Hopper, hello.

[dsudis]

Whoa whoa whoa whoa. Can you share your Fun Things Spreadsheet? This sounds like a thing my dysfunctional ass needs, stat.

Okay so like. It is just one tab in my “Randomizing” spreadsheet which also includes a tab for writing projects so I can randomly select one to work on, a list of places to eat lunch so I can randomly select one, etc. This tab is called “Read” because it really just started out as a way to pick a fic to read next from my out-of-control Marked for Later list + To Reread bookmark tag, but I wound up realizing that I would also like to sometimes read books/listen to podcasts/watch things/play that video game I like, so now it looks like this:

Blue = fic, the ones on top are from my Marked for Later list, and then the ones at the bottom are things open in tabs (I try to keep that down to five, with… mixed success). Green is books–one ebook, one in paper, with a note on when the paper one is due back at the library–and yellow is Other stuff–podcasts, the series of lectures I’ve been watching on YouTube, movies (randomly selected from the list of movies I made in another tab), tv shows (likewise), and the video game I like. 

So, yep, that’s my executive dysfunction hack for Picking A Fun Thing To Do When I Have Some Time To Do A Fun Thing.

(Plus it’s extra-satisfying because once I finish a thing I can take it out of the list and randomly select a new thing to put in its place!) 

(Also this is why I tend to wind up waiting up to six months before reading fic recced to me, even longer for books. Sorry, it’s the random number generator’s fault.)