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I try to focus this account so it's for my readers, but hey writers:
NEVER sign a contract where the publisher keeps your rights indefinitely. For short stories, there should be a point when you can sell reprints.
and NEVER sign your movie/TV/etc adaptation rights to a publisher. Those are yours.
NEVER sign a contract where the publisher keeps your rights indefinitely. For short stories, there should be a point when you can sell reprints.
and NEVER sign your movie/TV/etc adaptation rights to a publisher. Those are yours.
September 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I try to focus this account so it's for my readers, but hey writers:
NEVER sign a contract where the publisher keeps your rights indefinitely. For short stories, there should be a point when you can sell reprints.
and NEVER sign your movie/TV/etc adaptation rights to a publisher. Those are yours.
NEVER sign a contract where the publisher keeps your rights indefinitely. For short stories, there should be a point when you can sell reprints.
and NEVER sign your movie/TV/etc adaptation rights to a publisher. Those are yours.
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The "oh god my mom had Tylenol when she was pregnant" meme isn't going away I think. Everyone's mom had Tylenol when they were pregnant
September 23, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The "oh god my mom had Tylenol when she was pregnant" meme isn't going away I think. Everyone's mom had Tylenol when they were pregnant
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there's a real fun "emperor's new clothes" aspect to all this where everyone in politics is sort of standing around avoiding each other's eyes because if any of them actually admit to the level of crisis currently taking place, they might have to do something about it
March 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
there's a real fun "emperor's new clothes" aspect to all this where everyone in politics is sort of standing around avoiding each other's eyes because if any of them actually admit to the level of crisis currently taking place, they might have to do something about it
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*Slams dictionary shut til Monday*
March 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
*Slams dictionary shut til Monday*
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That halftime show was what I needed mentally and the reaction to it too is fueling me. It wasn’t for them and they’re mad about it. It’s so great.
February 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
That halftime show was what I needed mentally and the reaction to it too is fueling me. It wasn’t for them and they’re mad about it. It’s so great.
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Where the hell is Lin-Manuel Miranda? Why isn’t he, in full costume, outside the Treasury Department, right now, RAPPING?!
February 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Where the hell is Lin-Manuel Miranda? Why isn’t he, in full costume, outside the Treasury Department, right now, RAPPING?!
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Writers, you might be struggling rn.
Math might help.
No, seriously.
If you write 300 (around a page) words a day, you will have an 80k book in 267 days. Less than a year.
If it's 200 words, it will take a little more than a year.
Doing it slowly is still doing it. 💪
Math might help.
No, seriously.
If you write 300 (around a page) words a day, you will have an 80k book in 267 days. Less than a year.
If it's 200 words, it will take a little more than a year.
Doing it slowly is still doing it. 💪
January 31, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Writers, you might be struggling rn.
Math might help.
No, seriously.
If you write 300 (around a page) words a day, you will have an 80k book in 267 days. Less than a year.
If it's 200 words, it will take a little more than a year.
Doing it slowly is still doing it. 💪
Math might help.
No, seriously.
If you write 300 (around a page) words a day, you will have an 80k book in 267 days. Less than a year.
If it's 200 words, it will take a little more than a year.
Doing it slowly is still doing it. 💪
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good morning to oscar isaac as victor frankenstein only
January 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
good morning to oscar isaac as victor frankenstein only
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If it looks like a project 2025,
sounds like a project 2025,
Smells like a project 2025
Pretty sure it is project 2025...
sounds like a project 2025,
Smells like a project 2025
Pretty sure it is project 2025...
January 28, 2025 at 1:11 AM
If it looks like a project 2025,
sounds like a project 2025,
Smells like a project 2025
Pretty sure it is project 2025...
sounds like a project 2025,
Smells like a project 2025
Pretty sure it is project 2025...
Okay so when are we going to throw coffee beans into the harbor?
January 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Okay so when are we going to throw coffee beans into the harbor?
My cat decided she wanted to be INSIDE the couch
January 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My cat decided she wanted to be INSIDE the couch
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It’s wild to have two cats and have one of them be just so much more dumb.
January 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
It’s wild to have two cats and have one of them be just so much more dumb.
Every now and then my Astronomy professor will pause the lesson to go on a feminist rant abt all the forgotten female scientists and I love that for him.
December 13, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Every now and then my Astronomy professor will pause the lesson to go on a feminist rant abt all the forgotten female scientists and I love that for him.
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A daye wythout anachronism ys lyke Emily Dickinson wythout her lightsaber
December 9, 2024 at 4:44 PM
A daye wythout anachronism ys lyke Emily Dickinson wythout her lightsaber
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me: i have a bunch of anxiety rn
brain: how bout a coffee
me: idk sounds like a bad idea
brain: iced coffee
me: ok yeah that makes more sense
brain: how bout a coffee
me: idk sounds like a bad idea
brain: iced coffee
me: ok yeah that makes more sense
December 6, 2024 at 5:02 PM
me: i have a bunch of anxiety rn
brain: how bout a coffee
me: idk sounds like a bad idea
brain: iced coffee
me: ok yeah that makes more sense
brain: how bout a coffee
me: idk sounds like a bad idea
brain: iced coffee
me: ok yeah that makes more sense
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Don’t let the desire to make “good” art stand in the way of making art.
Make bad art earnestly and joyfully. Pour your heart into poorly executed, derivative creations. And maybe it will end up “good” eventually or maybe it won’t, but either way you got to experience the magic of creating.
Make bad art earnestly and joyfully. Pour your heart into poorly executed, derivative creations. And maybe it will end up “good” eventually or maybe it won’t, but either way you got to experience the magic of creating.
December 4, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Don’t let the desire to make “good” art stand in the way of making art.
Make bad art earnestly and joyfully. Pour your heart into poorly executed, derivative creations. And maybe it will end up “good” eventually or maybe it won’t, but either way you got to experience the magic of creating.
Make bad art earnestly and joyfully. Pour your heart into poorly executed, derivative creations. And maybe it will end up “good” eventually or maybe it won’t, but either way you got to experience the magic of creating.
the algorithm on here is so wholesome. It knows I like coffee and pets and shows me posts about coffee and pets. Love it here
December 4, 2024 at 5:56 PM
the algorithm on here is so wholesome. It knows I like coffee and pets and shows me posts about coffee and pets. Love it here
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spotify wrapped day was originally a pagan feast day. it wasn't even originally in december until emperor constantine changed the date in 325 AD at the music fest of nicaea
December 4, 2024 at 4:55 PM
spotify wrapped day was originally a pagan feast day. it wasn't even originally in december until emperor constantine changed the date in 325 AD at the music fest of nicaea
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If we can’t read passages from our favorite classic novels aloud to one another whilst enjoying dark chocolate tiramisu and a bottle of Château Margaux in front of a crackling fire in a Victorian mansion during a full moon on a cold winter’s night, then what’s the point?
December 4, 2024 at 1:01 AM
If we can’t read passages from our favorite classic novels aloud to one another whilst enjoying dark chocolate tiramisu and a bottle of Château Margaux in front of a crackling fire in a Victorian mansion during a full moon on a cold winter’s night, then what’s the point?
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that one orc: looks like meat's back on the menu boys!
crowd of orcs: *cheers*
vegan orc who is always asking if there are vegan options: are there vegan options
crowd of orcs: *cheers*
vegan orc who is always asking if there are vegan options: are there vegan options
December 3, 2024 at 5:36 PM
that one orc: looks like meat's back on the menu boys!
crowd of orcs: *cheers*
vegan orc who is always asking if there are vegan options: are there vegan options
crowd of orcs: *cheers*
vegan orc who is always asking if there are vegan options: are there vegan options
How bad is my brainrot that I got blue immediately?
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December 4, 2024 at 3:59 PM
How bad is my brainrot that I got blue immediately?
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(finally settled at the coffeeshop only to find my table is wobbly) i am going to become the Joker
December 4, 2024 at 2:22 PM
(finally settled at the coffeeshop only to find my table is wobbly) i am going to become the Joker