The Blog of Randomness

ladygaybeale: madeofkindness: iwillknockyouup: jonmarion: livi...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 15:23:10 +0100

madeofkindness:

iwillknockyouup:

jonmarion:

livingmytruthx:

puddingafterbreakfast:

Zoom in on her face in the third gif.
She means this.
You are completely irreplaceable.

This went deep man. Look at her face. I would love to know where this came from, what she was talking about. And it’s true. So true. Completely irreplaceable. You are you and there is no better you

Reblogging because I needed to see this message tonight, and something tells me someone else does too.

Reblogging as I think every one of my followers are special and impossible to replace.

Remember that.

Actual tears

ELLEN IS MY HERO 😭

kiasyd: kiasyd: If ur arabic ur great If ur arabic and muslim ur great If ur arabic and queer ur...

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 21:06:32 +0100

kiasyd:

kiasyd:

If ur arabic ur great
If ur arabic and muslim ur great
If ur arabic and queer ur great
If ur arabic and muslim and queer ur great
I know it seems hard to believe but you’re not bad you’re not awful

Hey if you’re not arabic can you reblog this? I hardly ever see any positivity towards us and I just wanna spread love to my Arab siblings

bairnsidhe: willcraftapple11: astral-radiance: spacevirgil: Reblog if you think trans women: A....

Sun, 24 Jun 2018 16:54:17 +0100

bairnsidhe:

willcraftapple11:

astral-radiance:

spacevirgil:

Reblog if you think trans women:

A. Are women

B. Can be lesbians

C. Deserve love and respect

D. Also deserve hugs and fluffy animals

E. Should get to fucking pee in peace

kri-marie-b-the-nb: virgilmydarkstrangeson: fandergecko: neko-...

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 22:26:53 +0100

kri-marie-b-the-nb:

virgilmydarkstrangeson:

fandergecko:

neko-ereri:

romanssippycup:

0leatherbird0:

aeferdilly:

chipminkle:

assass-is-here:

sexaulity:

abbashook:

veawile:

the fun part is trying to figure out what everyone in the notes’ real names are

Abby :/

Amy. Fuck having a short name

Aaannty
For fucks sake

Acheilr

It looks unpronounceable but it also looks really cool

Abcel. If pronounced Ab-Chell, i can see that working.

Adejn

Adily. Try and figure out my real name. ;)

Aaahnnsv

It feels like a Skyrim name lmfao

Achis

Aaehilnnt
How does one even pronounce this?

Ikr
It would have been cooler if it was Irk

Aainnot…. which almost reads “ah aint not”

How to put “wrote fan-fiction” on your résumé:

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 22:14:16 +0100

fivewrites:

fivewrites:

xeno-lalia:

resumespeak:

Leveraged an inventory of established fictional character and setting elements to generate a disruptive custom-curated narrative entertainment asset.

I worked in HR, handling applications and interviews, and if someone turned in that string of techno babble nonsense, I would have rejected them out of hand.

A resume doesn’t need to sound fancy or overly technical, it needs to tell us why we should hire you.

“Independent novelist/writer” is more than sufficient here. If you want to express the skills that fan fiction taught you, something like, “creative writing, editing, and publication,” will get you a lot further than… Whatever that just was.

A resume should be tailored to the position, if you can afford the time and energy for that. But if not, then just think about what writing got fandom taught you. How to respond to criticism, how to present a professional pubic face, how to correct punished mistakes, creative thinking, project planning, persuasion via emotional leverage, html formatting, office suite fluency.

There are a lot of actual, marketable skills that go into fan fiction.

How to put “I was in a zine” on your resume

Writer:

Published short fiction stories for anthology collection

Able to write short fiction within a designated word count for layout purposes (900-1500 words, 1500-2000, 3000-5000)
Wrote short articles for independent publication

Assisted with editing short stories for publication

Able to reduce or expand written content based on layout needs

Able to check for basic spelling, grammar and syntax

Familiar with Microsoft Office and Google docs

Artist:

Produced full-colour digital illustration for independent magazine

Able to produce digital illustrations optimized for both online and print display
Produced full-colour 2-page spread for art anthology

Published 4-page short comic in anthology collection for charity

Able to transfer traditional art to digital illustration
Illustrated the cover (always brag if you’re on the cover) of an independent art publication

Familiar with professional illustration tools such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Clip Studio Paint and stylus tablet

Merch artist / graphic designer:

Designed 2″ clear decorative double-sided keychain charm as bonus sale item

Designed 5″ x 6″ sheet of graphic stickers included in art anthology

Able to design bold graphics that are measured for laser cutting production
Designed layouts for 65-page art and writing magazine, focusing on (art placement, text layout, etc)

Able to keep layout design simple and in accordance with the project director’s chosen theme
Created promotional art, icons and banners tailored for social media sites like Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, etc

Familiar with professional layout and design software such as Adobe Illustrator and InDesign

Running a zine

Produced an independent art and writing collection for sale / for charity

Managed (10, 20, 30) independent artists and writers out of over 500 applicants to create a short-run independent magazine

Worked in online sales and social media promotion selling an independent comics anthology

If it’s really spectacular you can brag about specific numbers

Our book raised over $4,000 for charity in under six months of production

We sold over 750 copies in two weeks of online sales

Produced a digital PDF and printed version of anthology, mailing to recipients all over the world

Communicated with printers and manufacturers of plastic accessories and paper goods, assembling professional packages of our merchandise for mailing.

Built a custom digital storefront and navigated professional market and payment systems including Paypal and Tictail / Bigcartel / Wix etc

Created promotional events to boost sales, including raffles and giveaways over social media

Organized participants through mass emails and use of social media posts on tumblr and twitter

Familiar with organizational software such as Microsoft Excel, Google spreadsheets and Trello

Added some more

phbismuthbeast: homosexual-extraterrestrial: loudest-cricket: l...

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 16:48:10 +0100

phbismuthbeast:

homosexual-extraterrestrial:

loudest-cricket:

lil-bitch-mccree:

purplesoul-at-hogwarts:

wigglecoin:

thedeademolga:

susie-campbell-123:

I’m sorry, I try to stay out of these debates as much as possible, but this has to stop. If the LGBTQ+ actually ends up allowing this to happen, and adds a “P” for Pedosexual as an actual orientation? I’m fucking done.

A child cannot fucking consent. You damn “Pedosexual” need to go die in a fire. You aren’t wanted here and no one wants any of your shit. You are a threat to children. They don’t know any better for consent or not, you are a predator and you eat shit.

I don’t normally say this kind of vulgar stuff, but if you consider yourself a “Pedosexual”, you are welcome to go die. This world doesn’t have room for you anymore, nor did it ever have room for you. We are concerned about be safety of our children and you are endangering them.

If you are a Pedosexual or a Pedosexual sympathizer, please leave my blog immediately.

Why doesn’t this have more notes?!

it doesnt have more notes cause the post was made like today damn, that being said spread this like wildfire

P FOR PAN, NOT FOR PEDO

WTF P IS FOR PAN. Pedos are never allowed in the lgbt community!

*BANGS POTS AND PANS TOGETHER*

P is for PAN!

this is absolutely fucking disgusting

p is for pansexual and if you disagree with me, get the fuck off my blog, unfollow and be gone

quill-q: The Marauders

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 16:47:22 +0100

quill-q:

The Marauders

dreadwolfiscoming: tawnywrites: imaginesfordayss: works-of-fanfiction: winter-dew-soldier: star...

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 16:44:13 +0100

dreadwolfiscoming:

tawnywrites:

imaginesfordayss:

works-of-fanfiction:

winter-dew-soldier:

stark-spangledbanner:

richietoaster:

prettyblossoms:

reddieinthestars:

shroom-boi:

shroom-boi:

shroom-boi:

“i really liked your post!”

Thanks How About You Reblog It :)

just in case you’re wondering what i’m talking about:

13%, 21%, a whooping 30%, 15%, 21% again. and those are the stories that do well.

it’s almost like tumblr has a reblog button you could USE

LIKE IT? REBLOG IT!

it’s not fucking difficult.

also i love how i gotta make these posts practically every time after i publish something.

look, i don’t give a fuck about money. i’m writing fic for fun. if you wanna throw a billion dollars at me, sure, you do you.

but literally all i want, all we all want, is for our stuff to be acknowledged. spread. REBLOGGED.

because obviously you read it and liked it, right?

so now all you have to do is hit that little button. it looks a little like this

and then that’s that.

or, on ao3, you write “i really liked this! thank you for sharing!”. and that’s that.

it takes absolutely ZERO EFFORT, and it makes you happy (because you liked what you just read) and it makes us happy (because our work can get potentially more readers), and everyone is happy.

and instead, there’s likes all around.

and likes are a little like seeing someone having their arms full with things and they drop their keys and you walk past and say “hey dude, i hope that works out for you!”

writers spend hours, even days and weeks or months on fics, pouring ourselves into it, forgoing sleep and food sometimes just to finish something because we hope you’ll like it.

and we get a litte ❤️ for our troubles and that’s it.

and especially when you get statistics like above - 42 likes and 9 reblogs - it feels like a kick to the face.

if every writer only wrote for themselves (”as you’re supposed to do uwu”), there wouldn’t be a single fic out there, because we’d keep all the fics.
but we write for our audience too, hoping we’ll hear back, hoping people will spread our fics, “hey, look at this cool thing i read!”.

and that doesn’t happen.

so you start thinking “hey, maybe i shouldn’t publish this. it’s bad anyways, right? and it doesn’t make a difference if i do. it’s not like anyone cares.”

how many thousands and thousands of words for your favorite ship do you think are out there, saved on hard drives by authors who’ve given up wishing to publish their things, because “nobody cares.”

reblogging and commenting seems to be at an all time low at the moment. and you know what happens when you, the supplier, feel like there’s no demand out there?

you stop supplying.

because nobody cares enough to want to share it.

“thoughts and prayers with your fic! it was so good!” that’s what the like button means, to make an extreme comparison here.

and honestly, i don’t understand why.

reblog. your. writers. it’s all we ask for.

No writers or artists are trying to sound “whiny” by asking for this. It’s literally how our work gets any recognition since we’re not doing it for money. If you’d like to make a writer’s day or an artist’s day, please consider reblogging works that you love. I promise you will put a smile on their face. <3 <3 <3

Very, very true!

GOOD POST

We read the tags too, want to rant in them, go right ahead, I promise we’ll see them.

I’m just gonna, uh, put this right… here.

I know how this feels as I just don’t get reblogged. Please help us spread our work by reblogging and encouraging others to find us! ♡

Please guys! The more reblogs the more our works get spread around and that’s kind of the whole point in writing for free!

Reblog to save a life…

👏🏻CREATIVES👏🏻THRIVE👏🏻ON👏🏻FEEDBACK👏🏻REBLOG👏🏻THAT👏🏻SHIT

EU approves new rules that could 'destroy the internet as we know it'

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 16:33:05 +0100

EU approves new rules that could 'destroy the internet as we know it':

vanillatumbleweedscoffee:

celticwarriormoon:

one-time-i-dreamt:

Final vote will likely be on July 4th. What can we do?

We can still convince the member states to amend the existing proposal - https://saveyourinternet.eu/the-european-parliament-legal-affairs-committee-voted-for-the-article-13-censorshipmachine-what-happens-next/

Also a reminder that this petition is going strong and is almost at 300k now, so also sign it if you haven’t yet: https://www.change.org/p/european-parliament-stop-the-censorship-machinery-save-the-internet

WARNING

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 09:43:17 +0100

thebibliosphere:

thewritehag:

thebibliosphere:

ghostofadragon:

mialouisetulip:

my-empyreal:

There is a blog out there called:

lovelylittlelittles

PLEASE I beg of any of you who post selfies, body pictures, weight loss progress, if you have an eating disorder, if you use the tags ‘me’ or ‘mine’ to BLOCK THIS BLOG.

He will steal your pictures, he will not remove them even if you ask, and it doesn’t matter if you are underage. This person is a predator. He will reblog your pictures and attach a disgusting and usually degrading caption to them, please do yourself a favour and block him. He will most likely steal multiple pictures if he can, so it’s best to block him before he can steal more or steal them at all. His followers will harass you also, it is very very annoying and not worth the hassle.

Spread the word to any of your friends who post selfies or any form of body pictures. You all deserve better.

SIGNAL BOOST PLEASE! I just had OP message me to warn me so please warn others about this man.

@thebibliosphere @gallusrostromegalus signal boost?

Has the name changed? Cause I can’t find this anywhere in order to block it.

@thebibliosphere @gallusrostromegalus the new handle is lovelylittletings

Thank you!

labambinafantasma: akigaskarth: theconqueeror: labambinafantasma: If you’re European, in a...

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 02:03:53 +0100

labambinafantasma:

akigaskarth:

theconqueeror:

labambinafantasma:

If you’re European, in a couple of weeks you will be denied any and all access to fandom contents on Tumblr and everywhere else on the internet. Here’s why.

On June, 20th the JURI of European Parliament approved of the articles 11 and 13 of the new Copyright Law. These articles are also known as the “Link Tax” and the “Censorship Machines” articles.

Articles 13 in particular forces every internet platform to filter all the contents we upload online, ending once and for all the fandom culture. Which means you won’t be able to upload any type of fandom works like fan arts, fan fictions, gif sets from your favourite films and series, edits, because it’s all copyrighted material. And you won’t also be able to share, enjoy or download other’s contents, because the use of links will be completely restricted.

But not everything’s lost yet. There’s another round of voting scheduled for the early days of July.

What you can do now to save our internet, is to share these informations with all of your family members and friends, and to ask to your MEP (the members of the European Parliament from your country) to vote NO at the next round, to vote against articles 11 and 13.

Here you can find more news and all the details to contact your MEP:

https://saveyourinternet.eu

Also, sign and share this petition:

https://www.change.org/p/european-parliament-stop-the-censorship-machinery-save-the-internet?recruiter=50668942&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial

We have just a couple of weeks to stop this complete madness, don’t let them dictating the way we enjoy our internet.

#SaveYourInternet now!

It’s funny how y'all will reblog any and all US things but when whole Europe might lose access to internet then everything is quiet.

Are you fucking serious? Is this really happening? I’m European and I didn’t know a single thing about this

Here you have

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52016PC0593

https://creativecommons.org/2018/06/20/european-parliaments-legal-affairs-committee-gives-green-light-to-harmful-link-tax-and-pervasive-platform-censorship/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitterfacebook&utm_content=JURI-vote-june-20

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/article-13-european-parliament-internet-censorship-copyright-a8408531.html?amp&__twitter_impression=true

https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/20/eu-votes-for-copyright-law-that-would-make-internet-a-tool-for-control?__twitter_impression=true

http://www.wired.co.uk/article/eu-meme-war-article-13-regulation

Also ao3 has spoken out about this

https://archiveofourown.org/admin_posts/10637

REBLOG IF YOU THINK IS OKAY FOR A BOY READ AND/OR WRITE FANFICTION

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 02:00:14 +0100

internutter:

pygmy-puffy:

ipaniceverywherenotjustthedisco:

wayward-lives:

sidewritings:

virgils-jacket:

phamalams:

latenightdork:

amazing-phantrash:

magiaderosas:

I’m trying to make a point to a friend

REBLOG

REBLOGGING this again bc FANFICTION! ISN’T! GENDERED!

I CLICKED REBLOG I INSTANT I READ THE TITLE

As someone who is a boy sometimes, I agree with the previous comment

Fanfic for all the fans!

HELL YEAH

YES

Huh? People think that boys can’t read fan fictions??? I must be living in a protected hole. YES BOYS ! READ FANFICTION ! ESPECIALLY IF ITS THERAPEUTIC AND HELPS YOU WORK THROUGH SOMETHING IN ANY WAY. K. Done shouting.

WHAT KIND OF GENDERED BULLSHIT IS GOING ON HERE?

swatato: The Trick™

Wed, 20 Jun 2018 17:08:26 +0100

swatato:

The Trick™

advanced-procrastination: trilllizard666: fortangel: mediocrepr...

Wed, 20 Jun 2018 13:38:17 +0100

advanced-procrastination:

trilllizard666:

fortangel:

mediocrepresident:

goldkat-g0negrey:

reblog the Don Draper of getting a job he’s unqualified for and you’ll have 10 years of getting jobs you’re unqualified for

YES

No but my dad actually did this at McDonalds in the 70s!

So here’s a true story: my father, sometime in the 70s was looking for his first job. He went to the local McDonalds and told the staff, [manager’s name] said I was supposed to start today. They took his word for it and started training him and by the time the manager saw him and asked who he was, people just said “oh that’s the new guy.”

Somehow this actually worked. My dad worked there for a couple of years as a cook. He even won an award plaque which he had on the wall until the day he died.

Confidence Helps

Me, walking into FBI Headquarters:

“Name’s Burt Macklin, I work here now.”

deadcatwithaflamethrower: tuntematonkorppi: boogiewoogiebuglegal: ellidfics: the960writers: kayes...

Tue, 19 Jun 2018 17:34:42 +0100

deadcatwithaflamethrower:

tuntematonkorppi:

boogiewoogiebuglegal:

ellidfics:

the960writers:

kayespivey:

I cannot emphasize enough how much you need to read thoroughly through the terms of any publication before you send your writing to them. It is mandatory that you know and understand what rights you’re giving away when you’re trying to get published.

Just the other day I was emailed by a relatively new indie journal looking for writers. They made it very clear that they did not pay writers for their work, so I figured I’d probably be passing, but I took a look at their Copyright policy out of curiosity and it was a nightmare. They wanted “non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide license and right to use, display, reproduce, distribute, and publish the Work on the internet and on or in any medium” (that’s copy and pasted btw) and that was the first of 10 sections on their Copyright agreement page. Yikes. That’s exactly the type of publishing nightmare you don’t want to be trapped in.

Most journals will ask for “First North American Rights” or a variation on “First Rights” which operate under the assumption that all right revert back to you and they only have the right to be the first publishers of the work. That is what you need to be looking for because you do want to retain all the rights to your work.

You want all rights to revert back to you upon publication in case you, say, want to publish it again in the future or use it for a bookmark or post it on your blog, or anything else you might want to do with the writing you worked hard on. Any time a publisher wants more than that, be very suspicious. Anyone who wants to own your work forever and be able to do whatever they want with it without your permission is not to be trusted. Anyone who wants all that and wants you to sign away your right to ever be paid for your work is running a scam.

Protect your writing. It’s not just your intellectual property, it’s also your baby. You worked hard on it. You need to do the extra research to protect yourself so that a scammer (or even a well meaning start up) doesn’t steal you work right from under you nose and make money off of it.

Exclusive publishing rights have to have a set time frame! Do not agree to anything that doesn’t clearly state “up to five years from signature” or something like that.

What if the publisher goes defunct? What if they get bought by another publisher who doesn’t care to promote or publish your work? You still can’t to anything with it, you don’t own it anymore!

For a thorough overview of what you should be aware of regarding your intellectual property and publishing rights, please read through this collection of post [https://kriswrites.com/business-musings/contracts-and-dealbreakers/] by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.

Protect your IP. Do not give away your stories.

Every writer needs to read this before signing that contract:

Writer Beware!

SIGNAL BOOST

@deadcatwithaflamethrower i think it might interest you (if not directly for you then it might be of interest for your followers)

This is one of the many reasons that you do not publish your work through Amazon. They contractually own your property in perpetuity, i.e. forever, if you use their publishing service. Theft, okay? Stuff like the above is legal theft. Watch your asses, loves.

(And it’s one of the reasons I’m so screamingly frustrated about not being able to devote any spoons to running Altered Nature Press, because one of its main tenants was I Don’t Own Your Work, You Own All Of Your Work Forever.)

interesting words to use instead of "OCD"

Tue, 19 Jun 2018 17:30:56 +0100

theroguefeminist:

carolinesavictim:

finicky

painstaking

fastidious

particular

precise

scrupulous

conscientious

persnickety (it’s real word i promise)

accurate

meticulous

punctilious

exact

basically there are loads of really cool words out there, (persnickety!!) so you don’t need to appropriate OCD for your own use if you don’t actually have it!

use these, people

please and thank

bloodytales: unbelievableviews: elliebeanz: thoughtsofablackat...

Mon, 18 Jun 2018 17:25:42 +0100

bloodytales:

unbelievableviews:

elliebeanz:

thoughtsofablackatheistgirl:

buzzfeeduk:

Sexist Microaggressions That Can Happen In A Relationship

The audacity!!! 😡😧
File all these under : Foolishness I absolutely DO NOT have the time for at all!

if you are a man please thoroughly read and ruminate on this bc i guarantee almost 99% of men do at least some of these & are under the impression that they dont

This is amazing

If your guy does these, ditch him.

Photo

Mon, 18 Jun 2018 17:23:31 +0100

yuuri-katsuki-on-ice: ladyflowdi: thefingerfuckingfemalefury: ...

Mon, 18 Jun 2018 17:17:39 +0100

yuuri-katsuki-on-ice:

ladyflowdi:

thefingerfuckingfemalefury:

blackphoenix1977:

pleatedjeans:

Three cheers for these guys [x]

This is how to be a good ally.

Using their Bro-ness for good, not evil

So a tiny story: on Black Friday a few weeks ago I went to Gamestop to buy my brother a game for Christmas, and I noticed this older man was watching me like a hawk. He was loitering around the front of the store without really buying anything, and every time I glanced at him out of the corner of my eye he was looking at me. I went to look at the PS4 games, and he was looking at something right behind me. I checked out the Nintendo games, and he was looking at them too. I was the only woman in the store, by the way.

By the time I got in line to pay he was loitering at the front of the store again, and I just had that feeling that he was going to try and take the game I just bought, or steal my purse, as soon as I left the store. OR, he was going to try and follow me home. And I know I don’t have to explain that terror to any woman reading this, but all I could think was that I’m in this Gamestop alone with at least twenty other men and something is about to happen. I’m beginning to freak out, to the point where I’ve just pulled my pepper spray out of my purse and into the pocket of my coat.

So there I am, next in line to pay, and there is this GIGANTIC dudebro right behind me, and I say gigantic as a 6 foot tall woman. He says, “Ma’am? Don’t be offended, but would it be alright if I walked you to your car?” and I was like “Are you serious?” and he was like “There are some weird guys in here right now. Have you noticed that guy watching you?” and then I showed the dudebro the pepper spray in my pocket and he was like “Right on. Would you still let me walk you to your car?” and I said yes.

So I paid, and waited while HE paid, and he walked me to my car. And just as I was getting in, the weird guy who’d been loitering came out of the store, saw me and my dudebro, and turned around and walked away in the opposite direction.

In short: men who recognize that women are unsafe in dark alleys, college campuses, grocery stores, gas stations and retail stores and do something about it are the kind of quality men that this world needs more of.

Please for the love of god yes.

FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR DOG, DONT SCROLL PAST THIS

Mon, 18 Jun 2018 09:46:38 +0100

isthismayberelatable:

IMPORTANT! Gravy Train Dog Food was had a recall.

The food was tainted with and contains euthanasia.

Source: (x)

A bunch of dogs, including my own, eat Gravy Train. It’s a very affordable wet canned dog food, so many people buy it. and my dog has to eat it because she’s lost most of her teeth and can’t chew.

Please, SIGNAL BOOST THIS!

Even if you don’t have a dog, your followers probably do, and plenty of them are at risk.
You could save a life.