#alex ruiz

[callanthas]

Alex Ruiz

#alex ruiz #male model #hot male #male body #handsome male #male beauty

[deepslumbrrr]

Hello Again + About My Book...

Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening, my friends. It's been a while, huh? What a year it's been!

What's that? It's only February, you say?

Well, it sure is! And what a year it's been! Longest January of my life, I tell you.

Anyway, I'm popping in today because I want to talk about my book, The Smallest Sapling. Been a long time coming, eh?

There's a lot that I want to talk about, so if you're interested at all, details to follow below.

So, first and foremost, I want to thank everyone who has ever shown any interest in my writing career. My first book was exactly that—my first. There's more to come, but that's for later. For now, I have some information to share about my debut Fantasy novel.

Even before it was finished, a few people approached me with questions. They wanted to know the process. They wanted to know how exactly one writes a book in [Current Year].

Well, friends, I'm here to give you some news:

Writing the book is the easy part. Everything else? Ha, well... not as simple, I'm afraid. I'm thankful for the challenges I faced, however, and the lessons I learned from them.

Let's start with some stats:

As of today, February 1, 2024, I have sold twenty books, whether they were digital e-books or physical copies (paperback or hardcover).

And in totality, this is how much money I've made from my book in that time.

This might be well and good, until you consider...

...I've spent almost as much money on advertising the book itself!

I'm unsure if this is normal for new authors, especially those who self-publish. I'm unsure because, naturally, I've never done this before now. I wanted to take some advice from others before jumping into the deep end, so to speak. Sink or swim; learn as you go! That was my thought process.

I will say, however, that I am very proud of my work and what I've accomplished so far! As I said, I've learned quite a lot. I want to share what I've learned with all of you, especially those who have approached me and spoken to me about wanting to write a book themselves. I'm the first of my friends and acquaintances to do something like this, and I'd like to be a lighthouse for anyone lost at sea.

In a separate post coming soon(?) I want to talk about the writing process itself. That is to say, how to write a book, how to self-publish your book, and I'd like to share advice with my friends, contemporaries, and anyone else who is interested!

And, in the end...

Writing this book was, honestly, not very profitable at all. However, I'm not discouraged in the slightest. This is what I expected, after all.

Something important I learned: I am a little shy when it comes to just talking about my book to other people, even off the web. I know I didn't advertise as much as I could have. That 20 could have been a 30 if I was a little more assertive and little less shy.

This is also why most people try to go the traditional route when it comes to publishing their novels. They get big companies to do the heavy lifting for them, which is commendable, but just as perilous!

(More on that later!)

But whether I made ten dollars, or one dollar, or even no dollars, I don't regret it one bit. The journey is far from over, and I love, with all my heart and soul, every single step I've taken so far. It's a winding path, and my head is held high, and I'm chasing the sun.

I wonder what's at the end?

Let's find out together.

Until next time ❤️

#writing #slumbrrr #writeblr #aspiring author #first book #my first book #insights #statistics #stats #books sold #lighthouse #learned #the smallest sapling #alex ruiz #fantasy book #fantasy #new book

[sandmandaddy69]

Alex Ruiz

#Alex Ruiz

[castielhf]

#moodboard #Medievalmood #Alex Ruiz #modelo #bege #amino perfil

[brazilian-whalien52]

I will be killed for this opinion, but I was rewatching together with me and Korn (Max) reminds me so much of Peche as Alex in Isa TKM

#isa tkm #together with me #what do they have in common for me to find this? btw i am face blind #max nattapol #peche #alex ruiz #ita tk+ #YES I WAS ISA TKM FAN FIGHT ME BITCH

[sinceileftyoublog]

Alejandro Escovedo Live Preview: 10/21, Evanston SPACE

BY JORDAN MAINZER

Since we last caught rock singer-songwriter Alejandro Escovedo, he’s laid low on the release front, offering Bandcamp streams and downloads of past performances on KCRW and World Cafe. More notably, though, Escovedo rerecorded 2018′s career high-point The Crossing (which he gracefully presented at City Winery in 2019) as La Cruzada, released in 2020 for Record Store Day and digitally last year via Yep Roc. That’s right: the lyrics were translated and then sung into Spanish! It’s a fitting retelling of the record, about two people immigrating to the U.S. bonding over music while facing state-sanctioned racism. Escovedo’s weary singing in Spanish enhances the dusky Americana of “Esperándome” and rave-up rhythms of “Sónica USA”. Even better are the guest vocalists, Patricia Vonne and Vanessa Del Fierro offering deep harmonies on “Algo Azul” and “Cuantas Veces”, some urgency to “Equipaje Adolescente” and passion to “Bandido Para Ti”. And on a couple songs, Escovedo and Alex Ruiz (of Austin Tex-Mex band Chingon) duet in English and Spanish, respectively, on “Ciudad Plateada” and “Volador”.

Tonight at SPACE, Escovedo, four years removed from his last proper original full-length, should play throughout his discography. Perhaps, if you’re lucky, he’ll share some Cruzada to go with his Crossing.

San Francisco singer-songwriter Matt Jaffe opens.

#live picks #alejandro escovedo #space #yep roc #matt jaffe #la cruzada #evanston space #bandcamp #kcrw #world cafe #the crossing #city winery #record store day #yep roc records #patricia vonne #vanessa del fierro #alex ruiz #chingon

[junethehellenicpagan]

No tv show does representation like the imperfects. We got an asexual lesbian scientist woman of color, we got a monster fucker, we got an autistic scientist who’s also the funniest character I’ve ever related to, we got a Mexican immigrant and we got Tilda, who’s just, like, a bitch, but I would die for her.

#the imperfects #tilda weber #juan ruiz #abbi singh #alex sarkov

[phantasmicfish]

Also minor PSA of things I love about The Imperfects:

- Abbi being canon ace!

- Juan/Tilda 100%… I ship them so hard it’s quite crazy

- Tilda’s hairstyle

- The fact that the three of them turn into atypical monsters is pretty cool, not the stereotypical superhero stuff

- Alex Sarkov’s dialogue is hilarious, he’s just a weird villain. I hated him in episode 1 but then he started growing on me

- when Tilda asks Owen, “Why do you need your powers to start doing nice things?” just really hit home for me

- the action-y and graphic violence parts are nicely done… and anytime Juan transforms and rips someone’s face off

- every time THE IMPERFECTS scrolls across the screen in huge font

#praying for a season 2 #imperfects #the imperfects #Juan x tilda #Tilda Weber #Juan Ruiz #Alex Sarkov #Abbi Singh #i couldn’t care less for dr burke fyi she annoys me

[redvelvetcupcakes21]

Me after watching firstprince tiktoks: Why are folks using Marcel Ruiz as kid Alex? They don't look a like.

Nope, never mind.

Baby Marcel definitely looks like he could have grown up to be Taylor.

#marcel ruiz #taylor zakhar perez #one day at a time #red white and royal blue #alex claremont diaz #alex Alvarez

[one-fandom-became-all-fandoms]

MEET THE TEAM: THE IMPERFECTS

#the imperfects #juan ruiz #tilda weber #abbi singh #alex sarkov #sydney burke #hannah moore #isabel finch #dominique crain #my-video-edit

[gear5luffy21]

This is canon in my book

#juan ruiz #tilda weber #alex sarkov #the imperfects #incorrect quotes #this is just canon #see dr sarkov teasing them over twitter #that boy is petty enough #and tilda would 100% do this #and darcy too #his name is permanently chupi on twitter now

[callanthas]

Alex Ruiz

#alex ruiz #male model #hot male #male body #handsome male #male beauty

[sandmandaddy69]

Alex Ruiz

#Alex Ruiz

[squiremaximus]

THE IMPERFECTS 1.07 “Cure All”

#the imperfects #juan ruiz #alex sarkov #theimperfectsedit #tvedit #scifiedit #televisiongifs #tvarchive #smallscreensource #dailynetflix #filmtvcentral #tsuercj #the imperfects spoilers #.gif #q

[skull-ishcloud]

WHERE ARE THE IMPERFECTS' FANFICTIONS?

Like if Netflix isn't making us any cannon stuff, we need to build a fandom, we need to write our fanfiction, we need to make them regret for killing (my babies) this series

#we need a fandom #hannah moore #abbi singh #the imperfects #alex sarkov #juan ruiz #tilda weber #isabel finch #sydney burke #Dr. burke #banshee girl agent of karma #pew pew #fanfics #fandom #the imperfects fandom #the imperfects netflix #netflix killed them #so we need to doug (or hannah) them already #how do you even do that #how to start a fandom - wikihow #guinea pigs bit back

[whimswonders]

all i want is to read more about the dysfunctional family but netflix cancelled the show and there is only like 6 fics out there

#the imperfects #the imperfects netflix #alex sarkov #sydney burke #isabel finch #abbi singh #tilda weber #juan ruiz #whims thoughts