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@wanderingwlzard
You guys just have to trust me on this one and click here okay?
OH MY GOD I NEEDED THIS
For the chronically anxious and/or otherwise mentally ill:
This is not a screamer, jumpscare, or any other kind of horror link I don’t know the name of. It will not cause you to question reality and as far as I’m aware, there is no reason it should cause any kind of hallucinations or psychosis. I don’t want to spoil the surprise because it’s DELIGHTFUL but I am happy to tell you it’s very sweet and gentle and also great lowkey stress relief. This is a cinnamon roll link appropriate for all ages (yes, all the way down to babies) and you will enjoy it if you click it. ❤️
This makes me so happy
Well this was fun. Thank you for sharing
If you were a cartoon character, which of these 12 animation styles would you want to be designed in?
Aardman Animations
Chowder (complete with unmoving patterns on your clothes)
90s Sailor Moon
VeggieTales
Rankin-Bass (specifically their stop-motion)
Hanna-Barbera
Jorge Gutierrez (El Tigre, Book of Life)
Don Bluth
Ed Edd n' Eddy
Those old Charlie Brown animations
Humongous Entertainment
Chuck Jones
I only had 12 spots, so these are the 12 I picked 🤷
Reblogging from a wizard who reblogged from a wizard. I love taking these polls, especially when o choose the popular answer
this is so mean but sometimes i see published writing and suddenly no longer feel insecure about my own writing ability. like well okay that got published so im guessing i dont have much to worry about
I have a friend who is an editor, and gets submissions of mostly poetry and short stories.
I have had a glimpse into her slush pile, and let me tell you, the contents were unbelievable and immediately disabused me of the notion that reading through submissions is in any way glamorous. People have the nerve to submit unhinged paranoid ramblings, fetish porn, and a seemingly endless supply of poems about masturbation.
I no longer feel like my fiction is somehow an imposition on the people who read it. It may be forgettable, but at least it isn't typeset to look like sperm.
Do not be afraid to submit your work. Your competition is not only worse than you think, it's worse than you ever imagined.
Do these three things to get to the top of the slush pile:
The place has a style sheet. Use it. They say they want your MS in 16.5 point Papyrus italic with 0.8 inch margins all around, guess what you're doing before you send it off? Save As, reformat, send it. In the absence of a specific guide: Courier 12 pt (Times New Roman if you must), double spaced, align left, tab 0.5 at each new paragraph.
Check the word count. Don't submit novellas to 2500 word short story venues. BTW, you format the MS in that old style above because the question isn't literal words. Courier 12pt double spaced gives you 250 words per page for typesetting purposes. 2500 words is 10 ms pages, 5000 is 20 pages, etc.
Don't send your romance to Analog or your war story to Harlequin. If it's a cross-genre story, be sure there's enough of what the publication is focused on to interest them, but breaking through is hard if that's not something they usually do.
That's basically what every single editors' panel at every con I've ever been to has boiled down to. And invariably, someone tries to get up and argue with them, not realizing it's not a discussion.
Bonus tip: Don't be in any way cute in your cover letter. Just the facts/Luke Skywalker's message to Jabba the Hut in ROTJ.
Enclosed/attached is my story <Title> for your publication <Magazine>. It is x (rounded to the nearest 500) words. I can be reached at <email> (that you check regularly and isn't likely to dump things into spam) and <phone>.
(If submitting a hard copy: The manuscript is disposable. A SASE is enclosed for your response./A SASE is included for return of the manuscript and your response.)
Thank you for your consideration.
If submitting a novella length piece or greater, a brief and complete summary is appropriate.
In the midst of an interstellar revolt against an evil galactic Empire, vital weapon plans fall into the hands of a farm boy on the edges of the galaxy. With the help of an aging warrior from the Old Republic, and a smuggler with a dark past and his imposing alien copilot, the four set out to deliver them to the rebel forces but are instead flung into a rescue mission to save the beautiful princess who stole the plans as worlds are destroyed by the might of the Empire's weapon, the Death Star.
Captured by the Death Star on route to deliver the plans, they manage to escape the base with the princess, the old warrior sacrificing himself to make this possible. As the Death Star approaches the rebel base, they use the captured plans to stage a desperate final stand. In a fierce space battle of single-pilot ships over the surface of the moon-sized weapon, the farm boy manages to make the critical shot with an unexpected assist from the smuggler, destroying it.
Never under any circumstance put a cliffhanger into a query letter summary. There is no faster way to get the entire MS binned than doing that.
Happy writing.
PS "Top of the slush pile" means into the top 25% of manuscripts received. Three quarters of the submissions don't take the trouble to do even those three basic steps.
Now, that still means 25/100 submissions or 250/1000 submissions, but it still improves your odds and forms the basis for starting a relationship with the publisher for the next piece you send them.
PPS This is obviously about prose. Poetry certainly has its own submission rules, and I know none of them. If you're writing poetry, find out what they are.
@silverhand's reply is right on.
To all my favorite authors of books and fanfic alike… this looks helpful
@basketofverbiage @awkwordsmith
I was in line at Aldi and this girl with two toddlers in front of me had her card declined and she looked so fucking sad and said “let me call my husband real quick” and it was only 18 dollars, so I just paid for it, and she was very sweet and then as she walked off, the lady behind me said `”You know that was probably a scam, right?” and like, even if it was, like what a sad fucking scam, right? 18 dollars at the Aldi. If you’re “scamming” me for some Tyson chicken and apple juice and cauliflower, then just take my fucking money.
“A scam” people are fucking wild.
Kindness means not expecting anything in return.
Do you have a birthday that falls on or near a holiday?
I have a birthday that falls on a major holiday
I have a birthday that falls very near a major holiday
I have a birthday that falls on a minor holiday
I have a birthday that falls near a minor holiday
I have a birthday that sometimes falls on a floating holiday like Thanksgiving
My birthday isn't on or near any major or minor holiday
Also, because it's Tumblr I have to spell everything out. Use your own personal definition of what constitutes a major versus a minor holiday
I love a good poll. Feel free to participate
If you could magically be amazing at anything what would you pick except it’s niche things I want to get good at:
Jazz guitar (like Wes Montgomery)
Making video games
Astrophysics
Flirting with strangers
Jazz singing (like Billie Holiday/Chet Baker)
DIY clothes/tailoring
Writing long, deliciously detailed fanfiction
Getting people you’re obsessed with out of your head
Knowing exactly what your sexuality is
you people are NOT reblogging this
Playlist :: 3 May 2024
1. The Cranberries - "Linger"
2. Mazzy Star - "Fade Into You"
3. Lana Del Rey - "Summertime Sadness"
4. Florence + The Machine - "Dog Days Are Over"
5. The Smashing Pumpkins - "1979"
6. Hozier - "Take Me to Church"
7. Alanis Morissette - "You Oughta Know"
8. The Cardigans - "Lovefool"
9. The Cure - "Lovesong"
10. Phoebe Bridgers - "Motion Sickness"
enough toxic masculinity I'm ready for salubrious mexicanity. I'm ready for a social movement that encourages (esp straight, cis) men to indulge in things that make them more joyful, emotionally healthy, and help them strengthen not core muscles but core compassionate communication skills.
I cannot stress enough that I have a minor speech impediment and voice-to-text decided it was more likely that I said "mexicanity" than "masculinity." I was not in fact alluding to the potential healing benefits of being Mexican. I am however perfectly content with this post being about that instead.
many thanks to those who thought this post was about gomez addams. from this moment forward, tis
glad to see my tags have been greenlit by the studio audience!
#gomez addams--peak masculinity #this is what the machismo ideal looks like #he's short. he worships his tall scary wife. every night is ballroom dancing date night. and he waltzes with such SWAGGER. he is so excited each and every day to wake up and be a husband a father a brother. he encourages all of his family in their interests. he is a friendly and (tries to be a) helpful neighbor. he spends his time swordfighting & loving his family & playing with train sets #peak performance
I have not truly returned to tumblr until I have reblogged one of Gaud’s posts
This is making me cry
It’s like it’s physically fighting her-
and she is losing in the most horrific way possible
It’s a straight up one sided smack down, first time it’s like it punched her and is throwing her about and then she’s just crying on the floor, second time it’s like she’s getting fucking choked by an invisible force
This is straight up like if an invisible man was abusing her
WHY DID SHE GO BACK FOR SECONDS
Why is this my humor?
Oh, so you see it too?!?
recent frierens
This anime was fantastic! Can’t recommend it enough
Giant Nutella Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookie
These look delicious and I would like to make them… one day
what was the first studio ghibli film you ever saw?
Ponyo
Howl's Moving Castle
Kiki's Delivery Service
Spirited Away
My Neighbor Totoro
Princess Mononoke
Nausicaä
Grave of the Fireflies
other/not listed (tag it!)
I haven't seen a Ghibli film/show results
Spirited Away
I stayed the night with my cousin and my aunt got each of us a video from the rental place inside our local grocery store. I fell in love with it but knew I would never remember what it was called because I was so young at the time. So glad I saw it again on Toonami when they did a Ghibli marathon
The head pat
!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s so cute, because we don’t really know if he shared the one he didn’t want or if he shared the one he knew the pig would eat. Either way, this video is a 10/10
This was my actual face when I read the sign.
I mean, they aren’t wrong