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Every nation has a history. The Kur-Darash were once mighty conquerors who traveled planet to planet to amass their empire and further their technological progress. Humans had a rocky start, their First Generation destroying itself by way of its own ambition, then rising again to unite all peoples of Persephone in their first galactic alliance. The Kotiro were artists and scholars who used their vast intellect to educate each new generation, expanding minds across the network of our stars.
Every nation has a history – except mine. My name is Nara Landali and I am from Telvivere.
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anybody else a fan of these rlly niche oneshot fics that r simultaneously a little moody and angsty while being exceptionally tender and sexy. they’re always like 20k words and absolutely nothing happens plot wise except feelings stuff. and they always have a title (like this)
MONARCHS IN LOVE — some haunted parts and spilled secrets ago… (listen)
*talks about demons loudly in local diner*
Let’s have more inconveniently weird characters in 2019
I want more characters who’s quirks haven’t been romanticized a gazillion times.
Oh shyboy#42728 sits alone at lunch with his sketch book? He’s a brilliant artist but he doesn’t talk to anyone? What a weirdo.
Imnotliketheothergirls#123567889 has a passion for reading unlike every other girl in her school?
Nah man. Let’s spice things up, i want more neurodivergent characters with wack (but healthy) coping methods. let’s normalize and romantisize the fact that some people are weird and this is not a bad thing.
I’m talking about that boy who talks to people he’s made up when he’s upset. He introduces each of them to the girl he likes and she thinks it’s cute.
There’s a girl that counts her steps and once she reaches 22 she can breath again. Her girlfriend walks with her.
They know ASL and sign the first letter of people’s words to deal with nerves. Their partner now knows how to sign their name.
When he thinks he might cry he looks for something blue to hold and/or chew on. His boyfriend gives him blue chew necklaces and they learned how to make blue food together.
It’s 2019 and being weird is not a negative trait, and all you funky kids deserve to feel loved because of it.
Date your local necromancer. When you’re feeling down, they’ll help raise your spirits.
Beware the Ides of March 🔪
“I was fundamentally wrong. Right from the start. And so…I have to set it right”
The time is finally here! Inked Fairy Tales is now available for pre-order!
Inked Fairy Tales is a collection of art and writing featuring classic stories, both well-known and obscure, with a twist; none of these tales are quite how you remember them. Presented in classic storybook style, all illustrations have been rendered in black and white ink with gold accenting. With thirteen writers and thirty-two artists from around the world, Inked Fairy Tales offers a diverse and varied look into the stories that have prevailed as cultural icons for generations. We welcome you to take a peek into our wild, wondrous world.
https://inkedfairytales.bigcartel.com/
Now, for the bundles!
Bundles
Beauty and the Beast: zine PDF ($10)
Little Mermaid: physical zine*, 1 random bookmark ($25)
Jack and the Beanstalk: US version - physical zine*, 2 random bookmarks, 2 random postcards, 1 random button, 1 random sticker. International version–physical zine*, all postcards (3 in total), and all bookmarks (4 in total) ($35)
Mother Goose: Full Bundle–physical* and PDF zine, 4 bookmarks, 3 postcards, 3 stickers, 3 buttons ($45)
Rapunzel: Merch Only–4 bookmarks, 3 postcards, 3 stickers, 3 buttons ($15)
*physical zine is sized at A5
Giveaways
As promised, to promote the zine, we’re offering a slew of giveaways and incentives!
Free Poker Card to First 50 Buyers
To our first 50 buyers of the Little Mermaid, Jack and the Beanstalk, or Mother Goose bundles, we will be giving 1 random poker-sized card featuring an original illustration from one of our contributors as thanks for supporting the zine! Please note that due to shipping limitations, we can only offer this particular promotion to our US-based customers. However, international buyers among the first 50 will be given digital access to all 8 unique card designs!
Poker Deck Raffle
Along with the individual poker cards, we will also be raffling off 1 complete deck featuring all 8 original designs! Eligibility is the purchase of any one of the physical bundles. 1 winner from any country will be randomly selected when pre-orders close.
Reblog Giveaway
We will be raffling off 1 physical zine! To enter, simply reblog this post, and a winner will be randomly selected when pre-orders close. No giveaway accounts, please!
Commission Raffle
We’re excited to announce that several of our contributors have stepped up to offer commissions for raffle! Each buyer of any bundle is automatically entered into a drawing to win a commission from 1 of 11 of our artists and writers. More details regarding the contributors in question as well as the specs of the commissions will be announced in the near future.
Get your copy of Inked Fairy Tales here! Pre-orders are open until March 29th!
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I finally get to post a preview for my piece for @inkedfairytales
I got assigned to 1001 Nights and even though they encouraged us to think about of the box, I admit you’ve got to squint to recognize mine. I came up with a post-cannon type thing. It involves a hut in the desert, a mute character, a really tall jinn and human sacrifices. (I had to cycle through 5 ideas before settling, everybody else’s ideas are so good!)
This zine was so fun to be apart of and filled with so many fantastic pieces! I’m so hyped to see how everything turns out!
Extract:
“It’s not a good story to tell, little mouse.”
Almost as if to apologize, Ra picked up the book again and started reading. Ra had a way of forming words, his voice deep and mellow, blending with the turn of the page. Ebbing and flowing, the story drifted around him like dragging notes. Ra looked over the top of the cover as he read.
“I was a king once,” Ra didn’t say it like it was a story. He said it like a memory, bittersweet on the tongue. “They used to come to me. I’ve helped raise a city out of the sand. I’ve known the feeling of bringing armies victory. I’ve known the maddening years of darkness, waiting, seconds turning to centuries in darkness.”
Thoughts melted away as a familiar warmth settled over him, radiating from Ra like the afternoon sun. It felt like smoke coiled in his mind, slowed down and sluggish. Bo’s eyelids raised and lowered. He watched with dull entrancement as the colored shadows cast by the hanging lanterns first glittered and spun then morphed and arched into dancing figures that twirled and skipped across their walls, moving in tandem with Ra’s story. Bo’s eyes sagged then fogged. In the state in between sleeping and waking, his vision blurred, he saw Ra’s skin darken then shift. What are you?
Something fell then shattered.
— robert frost
to whom it may concern: live on.
see you space cowboy
Psychology for writers: first impressions matter
I was thinking about plotting, and about telling a story chronologically or not.
It reminded me of first impressions and the primacy effect. Solomon Asch studied this in the 1940s I think. The primacy effect shows us that we appoint more weight to information that we learn first than to information we learn later.
He studied this by giving two groups of people a list of personality traits. For example, group one is introduced to a woman, “This is Anna. She is beautiful, funny, spiteful and mean.” Group two, however, hears this: “This is Anna. She is mean, spiteful, funny and beautiful.”
The second list is of course the reverse of the first list. You would think that both people form the same impression of Anna, because they are given the same adjectives. But no. Group one had a more positive impression of Anna and were more prepared to forgive her for her meanness and spitefulness than group two.
This is how you can use the primacy effect for your characters:
Introduce your main character by showing her doing something good first.
If you plan to redeem a villain in the end and make your readers feel positive towards him, show him having some small positive traits first, for example petting his kitten.
If you want your readers to go, “I knew this character was bad even though everyone trusted him, I just had this feeling he’s up to no good!”, show him doing something bad first, like kicking the kitten, and then some good acts. (”I never forgave him for kicking that helpless kitten!”)
Flashbacks, flash forwards and other ways to tell your story non-chronologically can influence the impression your readers have of your characters compared to a linear, chronological story.
I hope this was helpful. Don’t hesitate to ask me any questions, and happy writing!
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My brain: New story idea!! Must write now!
Me: okay… what’s the plot..?
My brain: Hmm, plot? No, no, no, none of that here, my good friend, my good sir, my good ma’am, but may I offer you an overall general Vibe, an aesthetic if you will, a vague feeling to convey, a-
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I'm so curious about the results
Fanfiction Reader Survey
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/TM8YZ6Y
Hi everyone. I’m writing an essay about fanfiction and as such am collecting some anonymous data on why people read fanfiction and who it is that reads fanfiction. It takes up to 3 minutes (though I’d have thought less time) to fill out and would be extremely appreciated.
Thank you to anyone who submits a response and/or shares this post!
Fun fact this was actually the original idea for that other edit but i wasnt liking how pastel it was turning out so i changed it
(Also requests are always low-key open, feel free to hmu)
i talk a big game about enemies-to-lovers but i’ve only just now begun considering the possibilities of friends-to-enemies-to-lovers. they were friends. there was a BETRAYAL. now they’re enemies. but then… they fall in love… maximum potential for pining… achieved
The Dusk and The Dawn
I’ve said it a bajillion times and I’ll say it a bajillion more: motive.
It fixes 99% of writing problems.
Scene is boring? Give the characters a motive. Character doesn’t feel real? Find their driving motives behind their worldview and actions. Tension missing? Find a motive and prevent the anyone from getting what they want.
Dig into those passions, however big or small. Prevent characters from reaching it, make it glaringly, blindingly obvious what they, in their deepest parts of their soul, crave.
Motive motive motive.