#I need to sell more books

[deoidesign]

Just some thoughts about recent WEBTOON discourse from an originals creator. I recognize my inherent bias in this situation.

But please recognize that saying "fuck you" to a company means supporting the workers, not making them out to be unfortunate suckers... "would have/could have/should have's" don't get people out of situations.

"I never would have signed with them" is an incredibly tone-deaf thing to say. "this is why you shouldn't put all your eggs in one basket" is true, but it doesn't help people who are contractually obligated into exclusivity.

Most of us are making merch, running patreons, trying to get book deals, etc... and most of us aren't able to stop working and still pay our bills. we're trying. we'd all love to, but we can't.

If you really want things to be better, maybe try not putting down the people who are in the bad situation? it ends up feeling like people using our pain and mistreatment as an outlet to advertise themselves...

Our company is getting worse and worse by the year and we're risking a lot to talk about it! Please listen! The only power we have is complaining about things, and it's risky every time!

#I support people making their own sites #I HAVE my own site #I have a patreon #I sell books #I sell merch #I'm trying to market myself #and I've never made more than $400 in a month on my own on my comics #I cant drive and I cant work most jobs #I needed to leave an emotionally abusive situation #my company is getting worse and worse in ways that were completely unforseeable when I signed #which was YEARS ago #The current situation was NOTHING like it was then #so maybe dont act like you had future sight #its so rude #its so condescending... #this is my JOB #and we're risking a LOT to tell you about these things

[unpretty]

IT'S HERE

#original #it's HARDCOVER it's SIGNED it's got PAINTED EDGES it's #NIMONA #i put it between Real Hero Shit and Girl Genius because the vibes felt correct #but my shelf situation is fucking dire. i need to sell more goddamn books.

[goldenpinof]

Dan's promo hitting us this spring/early summer:

- wad dvd + merch

- ywgttn (paperback)

#dan and phil #if they manage to release wad dvd in march. promo's gonna be march - april - may and even june if wad merch will need more time to sell out #and the book comes out in april so another wave of promo in april - may #with every delay of the release of wad dvd promo will shift further so april is gonna be fun #that is if book won't be postponed for some reason #wad dvd #ywgttn #omg this meme is LITERALLY me when i opened my email box an hour ago. ONE FEAR

[breelandwalker]

Grumpy Coworker back at it again making passive-aggressive "unprofessional behavior" comments at me for quietly giggling at podcasts as if her dumb ass wasn't over there all morning trashing our colleagues on a personal phone call IN FRONT OF THE OPEN HALLWAY DOOR.

Ma'am. I JUST had to clean up the mess you caused by blowing off a VIP guest because you can't be arsed to read your emails. Lower your voice when you speak to me.

#Bree in real life #fuck work #can i PLEASE just sell enough books to be able to not need a day job anymore? #so i can do things i actually care about but still afford healthcare and bills and have a chance to retire before i die? #every day that passes i get angrier about the amount of time i waste here when i could be Creating #i've got at least five more books in me but they're all weighed down by the inescapable weight of Work Crud #also next time she asks WHAT'S SO FUNNY i'm just gonna tell her and watch her take 2d10 psychic damage from true crime gallows humor

[pterodach]

Wtf it looks like a tarot card

#wip #Imagine blasphemous tarot cards #BOOM #im not into tarot stuff but i would sell my soul #yes this is a doggy near him #drawing shit for portfolio bc i need to open commissions #god i need more money to buy more books #and games

[corellianhounds]

And we didn’t even get to see Boba and Mando kvetch over ships like a couple of old men

#din djarin #boba fett #the book of boba fett #This is in reference to the N-1 #And how I thought Mando would think it is entirely not his style at all and would gripe about it until he got a new one #(Courtesy of Boba and Fennec committing a few felonies and filing the SIN (starship identification number) off the inside of the hood— #of a ship more to his taste and needs) #I have many thoughts regarding Mando and the ships he uses #The Crest was built for bulk efficiency and protection and offense as much as it was also his home #The N-1 is fast and evasive. But it’s flashy and draws attention and does not provide near as much protection or offensive measures #To say nothing of the fact it is too small to be anything aside from transportation #He can’t live in it. He can’t pack literally any cargo. He can’t transport acquisitions for bounty hunting purposes. #It just does not suit his character based on what’s been established before. #It just seems like it’s there to be a callback and to sell toys

[doll-elvis]

I love your posts :) would love for you to write an article about Elvis and his women that debunks a lot of the misconceptions and misinformation out there. Totally understand if you can’t or don’t want to tho lol.

ah I’m blushing and kicking my feet, I cannot even tell you how incredibly flattering this is 🤭 thank you so much for taking the time to read my posts and to share your appreciation, this just made my day !!

as for writing an article, I’m really sorry to say that it would be a rough read for everyone because I haven’t written formally in a hot minute 🤧 I survived my senior year of highschool in 2022 by persuading a friend to write all my essays for me in exchange that I did her calc homework lmaooo

so yeah I do the lack the skills and experience to write something as formal as an article but I would be more than happy to help with the research !! If anyone is ever interested in doing a long piece on Elvis please feel free to hit me up if you need any books, documentaries, interviews etc. etc to pull quotes from, or even if you just want an opinion because I really could talk about Elvis all day 😭

elvis deserves people better than Alanna Nash and Suzanne Finstad writing about him so I would fully support any fan that wants to take that step because he needs someone who actually cares about him and whose motivations aren’t to sell a story that will make the most waves

#thank you so much <3!! #we need more books and articles written by actual fans #because y’all I cannot stand seeing authors like alanna nash profit off selling sensationalized stories about him 😩 #elvis presley #elvisaaronpresley #elvis #elvis fans #elvis asks

[july-19th-club]

im trying i swear im trying SO hard not to be bitchy about legends and lattes getting finalized for the hugo but . okay the hugo is a prize for science fiction/speculative fiction/fantasy fiction. and words mean things and essentially this is putting a very plot-lite romance novel with a fantasy setting up against political spec fic and like, books being entered in a contest that the left hand of darkness once won. which isn't to say that the contest itself is like, sacred ground - starship troopers, 1960 - basically heinlen's treatise on why the military is necessary to whip the youths into shape - like, it's a seventy-year-old science fiction prize, there's gonna be a lot of unlikeable books on there, actually. and its not to say that lighter books or books riding a wave of hype haven't won it before (harry potter won it in 2001)...it's just. it's a weird collection this year, is all, and the contest has skewed wider in its interpretation of spec fic in the past ten-twenty years, which i'm not upset about! words mean things but im also a huge proponent of thee two-time hugo winner UKLG's thoughts on genre. genre is as mutable as the clouds. we call things 'spec fic' often because they're difficult to categorize. but, and i'm saying this huge long preface because i genuinely don't want to seem like a wet blanket, but it's just...it's the wrong contest for the book. there's been a lot of good sff this year. but that's a romance novel. and also its not hugo levels of good

#like if you liked it. enjoy! do not read the rest of my tags lol #opinions below do not eat #............................. #okay i think this should be enough tags to hide the rest under the readmore but just in case .......... #................... #ok . #but it's entirely plotless and . just my onion. plotless does not equal cozy . and visa versa #cozy books can have very intricate and exciting plots! dozens upon thousands of lite mysteries prove this #plotless books can be as far from cozy as possible - my year of rest and relaxation has next to no driving force and #leaves the reader with a memorable discomforting taste in the mouth #but this book relies entirely on what Types its characters are to sell itself. they are gay and quirky fantasy creatures. #and books with gay and quirky fantasy creatures can also be very good!!! i have read these also!!!! #but this book's gay and quirky fantasy creatures dont even DO anything or have lasting interiority . in my onion #like it just needs MORE to be a hugo novel. it needs depth it needs something more than fleeting comfort and reader-relatability

[thespacelizard]

DRAFT FIVE IS OFFICIALLY DONE AND HAS BEEN YEETED AT MY BETA. when will it return to me? who knows. however. HOWEVER. the book is in a Good Shape, imo, and i'm very excited about it.

this also means I'm going to share the title and (current, subject to editing) blurb with you all. behold, arc 4 (part one)!

The Perils of Wanting

Ashenivir accompanies Rizeth to the surface on his ‘sabbatical’ trip, leaving behind the demands of his mother and the restrictions of the Arcanum. The two find themselves in Waterdeep, meeting new friends and old—friends with a better understanding of the dynamic between the two than most. As they journey together, Ashenivir’s feelings for Rizeth grow harder to ignore, and although he doesn’t know it, Rizeth is also struggling with his desire to be close to his Ra’soltha in more than just the bedroom. But submission and romance do not work together, this Rizeth knows, and suffering in silence is better than the alternative. As for Ashenivir, how can he possibly tell his Master he’s in love with him, when clearly Rizeth doesn’t feel the same?

(paging @foxboyclit @exe-cutivebird @britta-ashcroft because this is relevant to your interests)

#obedience fic blogging #im so excited for this book you have no idea #like there's still work to do on it but for the most part i don't think there's anything major that needs to change #so unless my beta comes back like 'hey you need like four more chapters' this thing should be ready to go up next year #im gonna post on my writing blog later and see if anyone else feels like looking at it #hard sell being the fourth part of a series but you never know #...should i make an obedience taglist? i feel like you're all too ferally waiting for update to need one

[deoidesign]

i saw your book in my local bookstore!!! unfortunately, it wasn't in my budget at the time (buying art books for school) but i'll save up now!!!!! i can't wait to have the physical copy for my special bookshelf (all time favorite books, the other ones go in a different bigger one lol)

What? How? I haven't sent any books to bookstores

Wait literally how

I mean that is extremely cool, thank you for sharing that with me

But also how hahahaha

#wait seriously how #ive only sent out lioe 20 book #do you mean millennium? #i didnt sell that many of those either... #asks #beachedsandcastles #please come back i need to know more

[konotte]

oh my god am I actually getting back into Death Note after 10+ years?????

#ever since the musical - which I haven't seen - came out I've been thinking about it more and more #I still have one collection pack of the entire manga+How To Read book - I meant to sell it but. maybe I won't yet #I am haunted by all the canon stuff that wasn't in the manga or anime - like. tiny small child L #whatever that book(?) was called #and B was a very big obsession for me at one point #anyway did I hallucinate that one animated clip by MADHOUSE where. it was heavily implied. that L actually jerked off #...yea I need to read the manga after all these years #personal

[sochilll]

Gone Girl book better than movie send tweet

#they un-toxic Nick so much in the movie #where’s the daydreaming of killing her? where’s the admission that she’s right! that he could never be with a normal girl! #that he’d look at his normal Midwestern wife and think ‘she’d never kill for me’ #where’s the acknowledgement that they made each other into this #the book was so good they were terrible and awful and they NEEDED to be together #the movie girlbossed it too much to where she was just holding him hostage #They also make Amy seem less calculating #her decision to go back seems flippant and her story to the cops is not well thought out like in the book #also sorry Neil Patrick Harris can’t play creepy #he can do womanizer and douche bag but he doesn’t sell creepy #anyway still a fun movie I just liked the way the book gave us so much more in their heads #we barely get anything from Nick in the movie #gone girl #🦝 #book posting

[girlwithfish]

ugh moving is soo much work

#have to unload the uhaul tmrw NOT HAPPY #my back is killing me too #at least its just moving stuff #i was getting soo overwhelmed w just like clutter and nog knowing where to put stuff when i was packing shit up #it took us 2 hrs to pack and move eberything #and now all my shits gonna get dusty ans gross sitting in the garage for however long #at least i have my clothes n cds #its just a lot #and i wanna clean out the room in my parents house cuz its just shit i left behijd when i was 17-18 #Not rly cleaned out just stuff i dont need or have use for anymore #So its like even more clutter #so that i can put my actual stuff in my room ig idk #SO MUCH!!!! #Im just gonna throw shit in bags and donate it or maybe try to #sell some books or clothes that might be worth smth but likely not #i have a lott of ya and childrens books i dont need or want anymore #🫡 Things overwhelm nme #me #its why moving js my worst nightmare lol

[legal-poppy]

the fact that so many people (including those involved in the show itself) are ignoring the wishes of the victims' families to NOT have the worst parts of their lives dramatized just so millenial/gen z women can obsess over a hot guy playing a serial killer is a little disturbing

#its what sells #just like the bundy show with zac efron. #its downright disturbing that people are trying to say 'i know the victims families dont want this show to exist but evan peters is so hot' #that doesnt make it better. public obsession and romanticization of serial killers is what got us here. you are actively becoming the #problem by engaging with shows like this #and this is NOT to say that we should not write books movies tv shows or analyze serialists or their crimes. because that needs to be done #but the way shows like this are sensationalizing sexualizing and dramatizing such horrific acts because is FUCKING DISTURB #DISTURBING #you know you fucked up when you care more about money and fame than about privacy and accountability #evan peters #dahmer #jeffrey dahmer #dahmer netflix #monster the jeffrey dahmer story

[randomjreader]

Finally gonna post my thoughts on our skyy x a boss and a babe:

It was hilarious, I was rolling on my bed laughing my absolute ass off at Cher's imagination. Loved the chergun chemistry too, and how they taught each other stuff. Only significant complaint is that there is not enough threezo, and they left threezo in such a weird disagreement state (over what I still don't understand)

#in my head #zo stormed off to really sell the act more #i really thought that was the direction they were going in but they revealed nothing after #need me more threezo pls #but i quite liked it #not my fave but definitely up there #a boss and a babe #our skyy 2 #our skyy x a boss and a babe #abaab #guncher #threezo #forcebook #force jiratchapong #book kasidet

[jackredfieldwasmyjacob]

what if i told you today is the first night in more than a month that i'll be sleeping in my bed

#it's over people it's really over 😭😭😭 #i say this as if i didn't need to bring all my stuff back to my bedroom #and sell more stuff #speaking of #do y'all know of a good place to sell stuff??? #i imagine wallapop is a good place to start but i don't know if there are more specialized places #with stuff like videogames books music merchandising etc