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KOSMIC BLUE!! PREORDER NOW AHHH

hello everyone!! I'm T. I. Viera here to say that my debut novel five years in the making is finally up for preorders!!

Rebel Skies meets Adventure Time in KOSMIC BLUE, a YA science-fantasy story about a swordsman with amnesia who escapes prison to find his childhood friend. if it sounds like something you'd like... here's the link :]]]

all support and sharing is appreciated. THANKS IN ADVANCEEE

Amazon.com: Kosmic Blue eBook : Viera, T. I.: Kindle Store

#writeblr #writing #writers #self publishing #indie author

allthingswhumpyandangsty

luna-azzurra

Every writer is just someone who never learned how to let things go quietly

i-will-write

how i sleep knowing i write shitty fiction but at least don’t use chatgpt

harleyquillao3

I may write dumb trash. But at least it’s MY dumb trash 🚮 🙃

allthingswhumpyandangsty

and make sure your comments are kind!!! “I love this so much!” and “this is amazing! I’m so excited for what happens next” are more likely to get your favorite fics updated than “when will we get the next chapter?”

allthingswhumpyandangsty

YOU. WILL. WRITE. oh you want to write so bad. all the motivation is here. the plot is so good. words come to you so naturally. YOU ARE GOING TO WRITE. RIGHT NOW.

tokkibean

(yelling into the void) being good is not a prerequisite to writing. being good is not a requirement for a hobby. bad writing is fun too. IT'S OKAY TO WRITE BADLY.

benssecondatyempt

I just finished the call of Cthulhu and I’m confused on how this concept made it to the mainstream because the actual short story isn’t really about cosmic horror yeah it’s there but lovecraft seemed to think the scariest part of his world was less the beings older than the world that don’t need physical forms to effect you that sleep in an impossible city under the sea but the fact that said creature is worshipped by non-white people so every time any dread builds it’s immediately undercut by a slur.

Even then the short reads more like well notes because it is notes someone is taking but I would rather have any of the pieces of the story were told about rather than this dude explaining it all to us

Also Cthulhu is kinda a bitch like dude got hit once went back to his chambers and got sunk again for as massive as the effects of its existence are dude seems to not want to do anything which would be fine if the story wasn’t trying to make humanity seem small or if the victory didn’t have a white suprematist undertone to it

That said some of the little details that haven’t been translated into pop culture are fun like there are just bat things that live in a cave in Louisiana or the fact that Cthulhu isn’t a god but a priest and the actual gods don’t wake up I like the implication there

So would I recommend this honestly sure why not it’s like 30 pages and had some interesting ideas and some of the prose while flowery for the sake of it dose sound cool for a t-shirt even if I don’t think you can fully separate them from the writers bigotry and the prose gets a bit much (stop describing the city that can’t be described all you’ve said is that there’s a shit load of weird angles and big stuff) if you can deal with a book that drops a slur on its first page then I say go for it not like lovecrafts getting anything out of it

So in conclusion this whole thing is potential man

a silly lil comic i made. it's the first of several! stay tuned ;)

#comic #webcomic #art #chile #idk what to tag this #but i hope you enjoy

solarsthoughts

train rides are exclusively for staring out the window and contemplating whether the plot twist you just came up with is gut-wrenching enough or if you need to up the blender setting

augustedevane

Being a writer who is highly self-aware is funny bc I know, for the most part, which traits I give my characters bc I have those same traits, like "oh, his crippling fear of intimacy? he gets that from me :)" like my characters are my children and I am the world's worst parent

chium92

SUPER/HÉROE

Leyendo Future Quest (2016-2017) y Green Lantern/Green Arrow (1970-1972) y viendo Infini-T Force (2017) me di cuenta de algo, y es que me resultaba tremendamente refrescante leer relatos de corte clásico sobre el heroísmo.

Algo que uno imaginaría sería la norma ya no lo es, debido a que llevamos varias décadas bajo la influencia de obras muy populares que subvierten y critican los fundamentos del género. En la era en que vivimos las historias clásicas parecen a los ojos de muchos desconectadas con la realidad.

Para examinar esa idea, intentaré explicar lo mejor que pueda los dos fundamentos que yo creo una historia de superhéroes debe entender.

Las tres historias mencionadas al inicio son del tipo crossover. Future Quest e Infini-T Force reúnen las series de aventuras no interconectadas de Hanna-Barbera y Tatsunoko, respectivamente, mientras que Green Lantern/Green Arrow es un crossover dentro de un mismo universo ficticio donde ambos héroes ocupan rincones muy diferentes, el espacio exterior y las calles.

SUPER

Debería ser evidente que la historia superheroica es necesariamente metafórica. Puede ser una metáfora de muchas cosas, pero desde el comienzo (por ejemplo, Superman o Spider-Man) ha sido sobre alguien con habilidades extraordinarias que se enfrenta a amenazas extraordinarias, pero también a problemas cotidianos.

Future Quest cuenta con extraterrestres, seres interdimensionales, poderes basados en culturas antiguas y también robots gigantes. Los amenazas también son de ese estilo, pero la historia termina hablando de ideas que sí se conectan con nosotros, como la colaboración más allá de las diferencias (Y entra también en el goce de los poderes, algo casi pueril que siento que también se ha perdido). En Infini-T Force los héroes que se transforman vienen de diferentes dimensiones y tienen poderes fantásticos, pero lo crucial es que ayuden a la joven protagonista a ver que vale la pena vivir.

Y bueno, entonces, ¿qué onda con Green Lantern/Green Arrow, que es histórica por abordar de forma directa problemáticas sociales? Si bien Green Lantern y Green Arrow pueden resolver un caso, la naturaleza humana no cambia, y su lucha eterna sigue, por lo mismo. Y bueno, si el superhéroe arregla los problemas sociales… ¿no privará eso a cada uno de sus libertades individuales?

Entonces cuando un autor empieza a hacer preguntas como “¿por qué el héroe no arregla definitivamente este problema social o de desastres naturales?” entramos en problemas, porque, al igual que con cualquier otro género, hay ciertas preguntas que no deben hacerse o se rompe la estructura. En particular esto me parece relevante porque pierde el punto central, que no tiene que ver con la fantasía sino con la realidad: en la realidad no habrá un extraterrestre que detenga los tsunamis cuando ocurran, entonces una historia donde arregle todos los problemas no nos sirve de mucho.

Los poderes son parte de la metáfora, los conflictos también lo son. No se puede equiparar el mundo de una obra superheroica con el mundo real en una relación 1:1. Mientras las metáforas hablen del mundo real, no es necesario que los elementos de la historia sean equivalentes absolutos de los nuestros.

HÉROE

Esta idea se diluye cada vez más entre los protagonistas sarcásticos y desafectados (y a veces, psicópatas) que pueblan el cine y la televisión del género, pero creo que la nobleza del superhéroe debiera seguir siendo la norma. No significa rehuir de complejidad moral, pero como estas historias son metafóricas, el carácter del héroe debería seguir siendo algo a lo que aspirar. Efectivamente Superman actúa en una escala diferente a Spider-Man, y Peter Parker es más falible que Kal-El/Clark Kent, pero mientras ambos apunten hacia la misma dirección, nosotros también podemos hacerlo.

Ya es cliché la lección que de Stan Lee (y después del tío Ben) de que un gran poder debe conllevar una gran responsabilidad. La otra parte que no se declara, pero se ilustra, es la aceptación de la pérdida, a la larga el sacrificio. En Infini-T Force los villanos son aquellos que no pueden aceptar la pérdida y aferrándose a lo que ya se fue cometen actos atroces. Los héroes pasan por el mismo proceso pero eligen dejar ir y avanzar.

Future Quest tiene un acercamiento similar, donde los variopintos héroes tienen una decencia y caballerosidad (incluidas las mujeres) que les permite unir sus esfuerzos. Green Lantern/Green Arrow es un poco diferente debido a que comienza en un enfrentamiento ideológico entre Hal y Ollie, pero la clave es que al expresar sus puntos de vista opuestos, hay una dialéctica y logran una síntesis productiva, no declaran una guerra civil entre los héroes. La razón por la que agrupo estos dos títulos en este párrafo es porque en ambos hay héroes con y sin poderes fantásticos, pero eso no impide que la historia funcione, porque lo que en verdad importa en una historia de superhéroes, es esa parte de al final.

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No quiero ser pedante, nunca me propuse tener estándares respecto a las historias de superhéroes, pero supongo que después de leer y ver tantas, se va perfilando una preferencia y hasta creencia. Sobre todo de nobleza, que creo que debe ser preservada. Porque al final estas historias son para que podamos aguantar y avanzar nosotros.

#SHOUT IT TO THE ROOFTOPS #LET EM HEAR IT

agentromanoffsir

neocities guide - why you should build your own html website

do you miss the charm of the 90s/00s web where sites had actual personality instead of the same minimalistic theme? are you feeling drained by social media and the constant corporate monopoly of your data and time? do you want to be excited about the internet again? try neocities!!

what is neocities?

neocities is a free hosting website that lets you build your own html website from scratch, with total creative control. in their own words: "we are tired of living in an online world where people are isolated from each other on boring, generic social networks that don't let us truly express ourselves. it's time we took back our personalities from these sterilized, lifeless, monetized, data mined, monitored addiction machines and let our creativity flourish again."

why should I make my own website?

web3 has been overtaken by capitalism & conformity. websites that once were meant to be fun online social spaces now exist solely to steal your data and sell you things. it sucks!! building a personal site is a great way to express yourself and take control of your online experience.

what would I even put on a website?

the best part about making your own site is that you can do literally whatever the hell you want! focus on a specific subject or make it a wild collection of all your interests. share your art! make a shrine for one of your interests! post a picture of every bird you see when you step outside! make a collection of your favorite blinkies! the world is your oyster !! here are some cool example sites to inspire you: recently updated neocities sites | it can be fun to just look through these and browse people's content! space bar | local interstellar dive bar creature feature | halloween & monsters big gulp supreme peanutbuttaz | personal site dragodiluna linwood | personal site patho grove | personal site

getting started: neocities/html guide

sound interesting? here are some guides to help you get started, especially if you aren't familiar with html/css sadgrl.online webmastery | a fantastic resource for getting started with html & web revival. also has a layout builder that you can use to start with in case starting from scratch is too intimidating web design in 4 minutes | good for learning coding basics w3schools | html tutorials templaterr | demo & html for basic web elements eggramen test pages | css page templates to get started with sadgrl background tiles | bg tiles rivendell background tiles | more free bg tiles

fun stuff to add to your site

web revival manifestos & communities

also, there's actually a pretty cool community of people out there who want to bring joy back to the web! melonland project | web project/community celebrating individual & joyful online experiences. Also has an online forum melonland intro to web revival | what is web revival? melonking manifesto | status cafe | share your current status nightfall city | online community onio.cafe | leave a message and enjoy the ambiance sadgrl internet manifesto | yesterweb internet manifesto | sadly defunct, still a great resource reclaiming online social spaces | great manifesto on cultivating your online experience

in conclusion

i want everyone to make a neocities site because it's fun af and i love seeing everyone's weird personal sites that they made outside of the control of capitalism :) say hi to me on neocities

EDIT: part 2!!

rodfire8181

Didn't expect to randomly see one of my projects being mentioned but I agree! Y'all should make websites. They're a cool way to share the things you like, let your creativity run wild, or just to scream into the void.

*cough cough* Maybe even adopt a shroom *cough*

#neocities #indie web #old web #web revival #i actually started one of these lately and it's insanely fun!

nondelphic

pro tip: if you don’t know how to end your story, throw in an explosion. no one will notice the plot holes if there’s fire.

nondelphic

editing is just past me vs. present me in a cage fight over who made worse decisions.

emiacreates

penelope warrior au

lastfmuser

imagine if people still took last names from their trade like fisher, smith and fletcher. imagine some guy introducing himself to you as jonathan podcaster

scribblestheunicorn

It’s him,,,

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