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lledra: A little bit o' everythin'

@lledra / lledra.tumblr.com

Coolishly Nerdorky A weird person who likes to write and draw!

Suspended :|

If you're here from Twitter, hi. My account there was suspended for no reason just now, like a lot of others.

In the midst of my crowdfunding, no less 😭

I don't know what's happening but I've filed an appeal. I don't know what else to do at this point.

Go look at the Kickstarter I guess. That's all for now 💙

Hey all. Character adopt. I made this design and am feeling neutral on it so if you want it DM me anywhere I am and we can discuss prices.

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best thing tumblr ever did for me is the term "rotating it in my mind". it's really true that sometimes you think about something real hard but you can't tell what the thoughts are exactly. it's revolutionary stuff, i might even say

sometimes the subject of your thoughts is just in this thing

I've seen this before, but it's been years and it just came across my Twitter in its dying days. The words are from a favorite author of mine, Maggie Stiefvater, and they are the words I most need to hear when it comes to dealing with chronic pain and illness. I didn't need this the first time I saw it, six years ago. I need it now. Maybe you do, too.

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Fellow Trekkies! If you're not following us, come join in the fun! We post Star Trek news and fun screen caps and reblog amusing or interesting posts. We had to erase our original account back in 2022, but we've been back at it since January. Give this post a reblog please 🥺 so your followers can find us as well.

Five years ago, after a man deliberately drove a van down a busy Toronto sidewalk in one of Canada’s worst mass murders, the country was confronted with a previously obscure extremist movement, which experts say remains a growing threat.
The attacker, Alek Minassian, had claimed to be angered by women who wouldn’t sleep with him and inspired by“incels,” or involuntary celibates.
[...]
Arie Perliger, the director of security studies at the University of Massachusetts – Lowell, said law enforcement agencies now see incels and groups with misogynist ideology as a rising concern.
“The threat is growing,” he said. “It will continue to be a problem.”

This guy knows what he’s talking about. He’s one of the lead writers for Leverage and if you ever watch the series on DVD, do yourself a favor and listen to him talk about how the scripts got written. Some of the advice he has is stuff I use all the time: 1. Don’t introduce an important plot person or thing after the first half of the story. 2. Always tie up loose ends. 3. Introduce important things in the middle of unimportant things. 4. If you have to infodump, find an emotion to tie it to and it will seem less like infodump and more like a motive rant. Seriously this guy knows how to write.

I realize...

…that could just compile and edit all my patreon chapters of Cities of Steel and Blood into a full-ass book and just…release it. That’s really weird to feel for me, I don’t often FINISH things? And I do a bad job of following up on that kinda stuff. But the fact that I have finished the first book of this little, weird story is weird and humbling. I should do it, but the only factors getting in my way are time and energy. I also don’t have the like, following to really DRUM up the kind of interest that would make the effort feel worth it, sadly. Still, it might be a good idea.

Not that I make a ton of sales there, but it looks like I'll be eliminating my Redbubble account. Or rather, *because* I don't make a ton of sales.

They are introducing a new fee structure - aside from the manufacturing costs - that basically penalizes the people who make the *least*.

It caters very much to high-volume, high-sales accounts. Or it can just change when they feel like it, at any time.

Which is great, for people who make a lot. Not so great for people who are just starting out, or are struggling to get their name out there.

*They* decide if you're doing well enough to go up a level.

Anyway seems like it's not going to be worth it for anyone who doesn't have the time/resources/reach to impress them, and the whole "community guidelines" thing seems sketchy.

I get their point - they want people to make more money. But the amount the get for "manufacturing" the products is not insignificant. Adding a fee on top is just rude.