#touch touch publishing

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#touch touch publishing #claude

[fixyourwritinghabits]

If there's one take-away I want to make clear about ruining your career by pettily review-bombing other writers, it's that traditional publishing is not a competition you can win. You have no control over how well your sales do versus someone else's sales. No amount self-promotion, hard work, and social media is going to guarantee a viral tweet, a Booktok sensation, or rave reviews. Those are beyond your control.

In this, your fellow authors are not your rivals, but your peers. If you are not super rich or well-connected, you will be reliant on connections you have to communities that know and trust you, and this is far more important than anything you do on your own. The publishing world is quite small, and these relationships will be a boon in building your future opportunities as well as helping other writers. The industry, in fact, relies on selling books with similar themes at the same time, because they know readers who like one Greek-inspired fantasy will likely pick up another one. That's how publishing trends work!

Publishing is never going to be free from drama or interpersonal-driven conflict. Review-bombing is going to continue, driven by political or ideological agendas. But treating what should be a professional career as some sort of winner-takes-all Squid Game is going to blow up in your face the moment you're caught out, and it will ruin your career before it even begins.

#traditional publishing #don't get me wrong #plenty of people get away with terrible shit in publishing #but that is AFTER they have a book and PROVE they can sell #no agent is going to touch you with a ten-foot pole if you have this attached to your name before you prove you can make it #this was a stupid stunt to begin with and the fallout is deserved

[candylitaaa]

Ya me enteré que eres un alien, me lo dijo alguien 🗣️💥💥‼️

#this one is old but i didn't publish this here. only in tiktok #idk #i love randomness #*laughs in spanish* #this is like a reminder of “I won't be a serious artist” /hj #iz #invader zim #invasor zim #zim #dib #dib membrane #dib membrana #zadf #zade #my art #also yes i know Dib likes Two Trucks but i saw more people talking about Touch-Tone Telephone. that's the reason of why i chose that song #spanglish

[dickfuckk]

A love letter to the hair team for OFMD

Inspired by and dedicated to @bizarrelittlemew You should also check out her fic Keep your 'lectric eye on me, babe that mentions Hair several times ✌️

#ofmd #our flag means death #video #tw flashing #just in case #dickpics #it's what i call hurlumhejhus (crazy house/funhouse) editing #this might be up there as one of the stupidest videos i've ever made #definitely the stupidest video i've ever published at least #ida i hope this video satisfied your need for a hair video hfdjskal #i did admittedly make it more stupid than i had to but the song is stupid ghdfjksla #also when life gives you the opportunity to form a heart around ed then you gotta take it #emotional video #as you can tell stede is very touched by the whole thing

[stevethehairington]

really fucking sick and tired of people who really fucking love the eddie book jumping on people who don't like or are even remotely critical of it's posts and like crusading their opinions around from the top of their high horses and shoving it down our throats.

if you like the book, great! that's awesome! love that for you! i am genuinely glad that you were able to find good in it and enjoy it!!

but not everyone did, and not everyone is going to agree with you. so, instead of going on some grand crusade where you find every single post that includes anything even remotely negative or negative adjacent or even neutrally critical and spending ALL this time and effort trying to provide unwanted rebuttals to every single thing, maybe you should just stay in your lane and find people who DO like the book and chat about it with them.

because i can PROMISE YOU, none of us appreciate it when you come onto our posts and start accusing us of "hating on" the author or "being rude" about her and her work and RIDICULOUS shit like that.

being critical of something and pointing out it's flaws is NOT inherently hating on it. i, frankly, do not know where people got that notion, but it's not fucking true so can we fucking quit assuming it is? and, critiquing something is also NOT the same as saying this is shit and it sucks and the author is a piece of garbage. again, where the fuck that came from is beyond me. you can be critical of something and still enjoy it. as soooo many of you love to point out, it's not perfect, why should it be perfect? so D U H. of course that means criticism can and should arise???

also. hot take (by which i mean ice fucking cold because it's NOT a fucking hot take), but going around toting FALSE facts as part of your "defense" does not make you or your argument look good. you, like the author, should maybe do a basic fact check first. 🙃

tldr, if you like the book, that's genuinely great, but stay in your fucking lane and stop seeking out posts from people who didn't like it to start shit in the notes.

#flight of icarus #stranger things #this has happened to me and to so many of my friends and im fucking SICK of it #i didn't even hate the book either!! i thought it was just okay #and yet i STILL get all these book lovers jumping down my throat about things i say about the book #things that - HONESTLY are not even like that scathing!!!!! #like god damn all im asking for is a little BASIC effort from the author and they all think thats me asking for her head on a platter #its NOT #i have no problem with the author #she's whatever to me honestly just a vessel through which the book was given to us #ALSO she is some nebulous blob way outside my orbit. AS IN any critiques i have of her and her work are NOT direct assaults on her??? #like i dont fucking KNOW her #im not saying any of this to her face #she is a published writer she should KNOW the risks she is taking when she publishes her writing #not everyone is going to like it! there are going to be people who are critical of it! there are going to be people who hate it! #critiques and pointing out mistakes and wishing for things to have been different is not a fucking direct attack #those things are actually pretty fucking common responses to ANYTHING #and a lot of times theyre actually meant as useful helpful things geared towards improvement and not something to tear someone down with #some people on the internet need to go touch grass and learn how to CRITICALLY THINK again #the world is not as black and white as you think #n e ways. rant over. if you stuck around through all of that kudos to you. i am just. at the end of my rope with this bullshit.

[doki-doki-imagines]

TW: Pet play, probable OCD for Michael

Sort of a continuation of this post. It can be read as a stand-alone.

“Y-You’re the best kitten” You pant, mind fogged by bliss.

Michael moans in your sex, if he could the kitty ears (a while ago standing perfectly onto that cute, messed up head) would have moved along, standing straight like his tail that is now following the movements of his hip grinding into the air.

“Michael, keep going-“ an awful loud moan comes out, only spurring Michael to go faster, to plug his tongue even deeper, tasting the essence covering your warm walls.

You can hear him rustling with his boxers, pulling them off probably, the wet sound unmistakable. You look under you and see the pink engorged tip of his cock, precum already spilling out; you bet it would taste delicious.

Too bad you can’t think about it more because Michael intensifies his ministrations, the vibrations of his broken moans send a delicious shiver up your spine and you can’t do anything but arch your back and grind into his face. He keeps switching between sucking your clit and slipping his tongue in, drinking your essence like the finest beverage, never stopping, if nothing he gets more aroused by your breathy moans, by the thighs you are trying to keep open with every ounce of self-control you have, but that inevitably close around his head, their plushness making his blood flow even faster to his groin.

How much you would like to caress his head “keep going kitty” you would say, spurring him on, maybe if you pull the leash he would listen to you…

Then you look at each other, blue irises almost covered by his blown pupils, Michael stops and you whine; why all of sudden all this intimacy?

That’s when Michael surprises you, he touches you. The same Micheal that couldn’t go two minutes without washing his hands after caressing you, the same Michael that gagged every time he just thought to put a finger in you, that same Michael is touching, or better seizing your thighs.

A new wave of pleasure runs through your skin, because fuck, you never saw Michael so desperate and even bigger fuck, he never touched you this way.

You feel his hands running towards your hips, man-handling you into what you assumed it is an angle he prefers, and as fast they go to your chest, squeezing and pinching your nipples hard and fast, uncoordinated in his movements like he wanted to do everything he missed in all this time.

“S-slow down kitty, your owner is delicate you know?” A half-hearted laugh comes out and you finally, finally pet his head.

Meanwhile, Michael looks at you like an angry kitten, furrowed eyebrows-

“Ouch! Nasty kitty!” The strong pinch on your nipple was anything but pleasant, you could even feel a cheshire grin on his face; the impulse to choke him between your thighs was strong, but you have the doubt he might enjoy it so you let the idea go.

This little breather doesn’t last long, Michael pulls you towards him (like there was some space between you two at this point) his mouth leaving your sex, cold hair hitting your core making you whine once again.

“Let me finger you, master”

…

How could Michael say that with such a serious face!? You felt like combusting, you don’t know if embarrassment or horniness, because let’s admit it, your big boy Michael acting like your pet made your brain rot since you started all of this.

“Yes, please Michael”

“Not Michael”

“Damn you, nasty kitty, get to work and get your owner off! Better?” Your arm covering your face, no way you’ll let him see-

Too late, he already pulled it away, looking at you with a predatory grin.

“Yes, way better”

Who could have guessed that the guy that was so disgusted by touching you would have turned like this thanks to a pair of fluffy ears and a tail; damn it if only you found out about this sooner.

Michael doesn’t waste a second plunging his slender fingers in and out your sopping hole, the intrusion comfortable thanks to his previous ministrations and God, Michael is making you see fucking stars.

Broken moans flow from your mouth, broken by the intrusion of Michael’s tongue, devouring every single sound you make, nullifying them with his own.

You try in the crazy frenzy of the situation to help him out, you reach out, but he pushes your hand away, too far, his eyes tell you.

A sigh escape, but you can’t complain much with his finger bringing you to such ecstasy.

Orgasm soon takes you both, your lips still slotted together, hard breaths coming out from your noses. You reach for a tissue; after such an intense session this is the minimum you can do, already scared of Michael running to the bathroom scratching his hand clean 'til blood comes out.

He gladly accepts it, kissing your cheek as a sign of gratitude.

You know that later you’ll have to talk about this, for now, you just cuddle in each other arms, unusual soft kisses exchanged.

#bllk imagines #blue lock imagines #bllk x reader #blue lock x reader #bllk smut #blue lock smut #michael kaiser #michael kaiser x reader #ahhhhhh this is all born because can't get out of my head the frame with him cleaning his hands after touching Isagi #this is so bad I hate writing smut #and so bad at it sorry for who tried to read this #starting this so maybe a better writer will be inspired and do it better than me LOL #Publishing it before going to bed so I won't be ashamed for how bad it is #swear that if it is as tragic as it looks in my eyes I'm gonna delete it #oh another thing to add #I know OCD isn't that easy but it's fiction so let's dream

[nyhti]

Obsessed with him.

Secret six (2006)

#jervis tetch #seriously #i'm pretty sure i skimmed a little of this comic years and years ago and concluted i would not be touching it #because i tend to avoid everything published after about he mid 90s as things got 2 edgy 4 me around then #until fucking yesterday when out of nowhere i'm like yes today i shall read secret six #and yes it was incredibly edgy and very 00s in a bad way #and yet #and yet i read it all in one sitting because i just couldn't get enough of this little bastard man <333333 #now i really want more fanart and fics of this version <333 #i sweeeeeeeeear had i read this comic just a year or two ago i would've absolutely hated it lol xDDDDD

[minutiaewriter]

Available now! Hera Part II: To Touch the Heavens

available here as either a paperback or an ebook

reblog and spread the word!

Rynn Hera’s journey to reunite with the stars continues in this sweeping second installment of the HERA trilogy. Having just found High Priestess Velle Deka and learned how to reach the celestial spring, Rynn, Kilderan, Yojackson, and Aome set off on the second leg of their journey guided by nothing but their hope, fighting for their lives to ensure Rynn’s safety within the spring, or so they believe. But secrets and hidden desires hang over everyone’s heads, causing trust to be tested and the truth to eventually unravel. 

💙 Thank you to everyone who has supported the HERA journey so far, I couldn't have done it without you cheering me on and words are never an adequate means of expressing the gratitude I feel for my writing community.

HERA taglist:

@andromeda-grace @toribookworm22 @tzipor-feather-blog @chickensarentcheap @elijahrichardwrites @little-mouse-gardens @sarcasticjuiceboxes @royal1asset-if @aquil-writes @elizaellwrites @once-upon-a-springtime @whumpy-writings @mrbexwrites @aninkwellofnectar @ishipgenfics @creatrackers @eccaiia @primroseprime2019 @words-after-midnight @carrioncircus

please let me know if you would like to be added to the official taglist!

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[newathens]

just read an author’s note in the beginning of a traditionally published novel where they say, basically, “i’ve written a morally grey character and my goal is to have you feel this way about him” bro why did you write the book

#and like. yes booktok & current publishing is also to blame for this disclaimer #but to tell your reader what you WANT them to feel before they even touch the first page #I CANT TAKE IT ANYMORE. GOD

[femboybun]

I need one of those soft doms who can flip a switch and make me immediately submit, like they get that tone in their voice and there eyes darken, and then the second I submit their gaze softens again and they call me a good boy and then we make out very softly in the nest I made on the floor, and they touch me so gently but still like, they obviously have control, yeah… I want one of those, I think they’re hot and they would make me pancakes in the morning ^^

And then I lay their head on my lap and play in their hair while we watch whatever show they want, and I get to tell them how much I love them and appreciate them for taking care of me, and and I give them forehead kisses and we talk about everything and nothing all at once, but we also just enjoy each other’s presence and then they fall asleep on my lap and I get to admire their pretty face

Oh oh and when it’s bed time I offer to read them a bedtime story since I know they have trouble falling asleep

And then in the morning I order breakfast and we don’t have to talk about anything, we don’t even have to be sitting next to each other, we’re just enjoying each others presence, like if their working on their computer I’ll lay in the corner and take a nap, and then when I get up I check on them and make sure I bring them some food and water and then I do some chores and then we eat dinner together

And then we just cuddle and all day we haven’t spoken to each other and that’s perfectly fine and then I can tell them I love them while we get ready for bed and then we kiss and then I cuddle them to sleep and tell them that they worked so hard and I’m proud of them and then and then and th

#send it to a publisher #subby bunny #dumb bunny #i love domestic things #let’s be cute together #take care of your tops #doms are people too #domestic fluff #I didn’t mean for it to be so long #I love the idea of taking care of somebody #soft doms #soft top #soft sex #gentle domination #gentle touching #I’m an introvert and this sounds like a dream #shy bunny

[theeflowerofcarnage]

look no editing its like *that*

#i am a god in this game #im gonna publish this really soon cuz i need 2 take a sims break n touch some grass #dl

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#touch touch publishing #claude

[author-a-holmes]

Nanowrimo 2023 Wrap Up...

So, I didn't make my 75k or break any personal records, but I'm really not mad about that. I don't know why I thought November was the nano event to try that in, November nano's are almost always a disaster for me. In fact, this is only the second time I've ever hit 50k in November.

But hit it, I did! Final count at 1-minute-to-midnight on November 30th was 51,841 words, which has brought my Darkling Manuscript up to 92,696. That's almost doubled the words I've written throughout the rest of 2023 which is incredible, and I'm so happy.

It also means that it looks like I'm still on track to complete the manuscript by January, which was really my main goal. All in all, I'd call this Nanowrimo a resounding success.

If you're interested in some of my other statistics, I've got some more numbers beneath the cut...

Number of Sprints in November: 132 Sprints Time Spent Writing in November: 43 hours, 45 minutes Estimated Remaining: 20-25k words or 7-10 Chapters.

#Writeblr #Writeblr Community #Writing #Writing Community #Darkling #Fey Touched Trilogy #Nanowrimo #Nanowrimo 2023 #Self Published Author #Writing Statistics #Nanowrio Wrap Up #vampire #fey #fae #fantasy #Portal Fantasy #Reverse Portal Fantasy #contemporary fantasy #found family #romantic fantasy

[aleng-neng]

Someone help me find a good omens fanfic. It was released after the S1 of the TV show came out. The fic centered on a semi-popular fandom trope that Aziraphale's touch is painful for Crowley. Set from Crowley's POV and the pain only goes one way. I think (?) I remember a line that goes something like "The truth is he remembers all the places Aziraphale has touched him.". And the pain of Aziraphale's touch still lingers after centuries. Virtual hug to anyone that can try to help me.

#pining galore fanfic #good omens #fic search #fic finder #ineffable husbands #crowley × aziraphale #please please please #i pray its not deleted #+ info but less sure about it #published before the pandemic #one of the places aziraphale has touch crowley is his fingers when their hands brushed in Golgotha

[margridarnauds]

Trying to figure out the difference between "this feeling of general apathy about work will pass" and "this feeling of general apathy about work won't pass"

#it's like. i'm not FEELING when I think about my field #i'm not FEELING when I teach -- even though I'm still fighting for my undergrads as best as possible #I don't feel anything about the conferences over the horizon for me...or the papers that I have to write for them #i haven't even booked my plane tickets and accommodations...partially because that'd mean they're real #i have a deadline coming up for an article I was excited to publish -- I barely want to touch it #and it's like...I *know* I love my field #...so why don't I *now*? #i don't want to work on my prospectus...even though I've wanted nothing else for three years #...is it just TOO MUCH at once or too little stimulation without classwork #or am i just. tired. #and has this been the natural conclusion of the last three years

[displayheartcode]

That really awkward moment when Mom asked if I’ve written anything lately

#no not really #like I’ve finished that fic two months back #and haven’t touched much of anything since #especially for original works #like ever since my short story was published my brain kinda deflated from the lack of motivation #like oh you accomplished something on your bucket list #now have constant elevator music in your head whenever you try to be creative #Rachel in real life