yalit meme [3/6] minor characters: zoya nazyalensky from the grishaverse
zoya was not kind and she was not easy.
but she was already a q u e e n
“Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”
— L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
Anonymous asked:
I feel like book piracy has become so normalized now and its honestly so ugly and disappointing. Like I totally understand that some people in other countries have straight up no library access but for people in the US/UK?? saying that pubs are their 'free trial' without even trying to use a library??? I truly think younger readers using them don't realize how badly it could fuck an author over
i think book piracy comes down to people not understanding the differences between the film industry and the book industry. i don’t fully understand the film industry bc it’s not my focus, but i do know that pirating movies or shows is not going to directly impact the actors and/or the little people behind the movie or show. (if someone wants to elaborate on how, please do! i’m not really sure.)
however, pirating books is going to directly impact authors, not publishers or CEOs or any other bigwigs. an author is paid thus: they sign a contract for a certain amount of money, say, $100,000 for a two-book deal. that means that each book will be (technically) worth $50,000. depending on the contract, a check will be written for $25,000 upon the author turning in the version of the manuscript that the editor bought. that check will go to the author’s agent, who will take their 15% commission, which will be $3,750. then, the agent will send the remaining $21,250 to the author, minus taxes. with that same scenario, a check with the remaining $25,000 will be written upon the author turning in the final copy of the manuscript, aka the version that will go to the printer, and the process repeats (the check is sent to the agent, the agent takes their 15%, the author gets the remaining $21,250, minus taxes).
that’s not where this story ends, though: in every contract is a thorough section detailing royalties, aka how much the author will receive per sale of a copy of their book in the book’s entire lifespan. if an agent is good, this will be one of their most important areas they focus on during negotiations. it’s imperative that people know that royalties can make or break an author’s career. it’s better to have larger royalties than a larger advance, bc an advance is only once, whereas royalties will continue as long as the book continues to sell (hardcover, paperback, audiobook, ebook, etc). the higher the author’s advance, the more pressure there is for the author to break even, aka for the author to make back the $50,000 spent on that first book. in a worst case scenario, if an author doesn’t earn back their advance (a big turn of phrase in publishing), they could have book 2 canceled, or they could possibly never be able to sell another book to a publisher again due to a poor sales record. in that case, it’s likely the author will have to re-debut under a pen name so the publisher backing them can treat them like a debut author. or, you’ll see an author’s first printings tank between book 1 and 2 or book 2 and 3 etc etc. for instance, Enchantee by Gita Trelease had a first hardcover printing of 175,000 copies (which is big for a debut!), while book 2 of that series, Everything That Burns, has a first hardcover printing of 75,000 copies. now, i can’t see the sales numbers, but it seems likely a lack of sales is the culprit here.
so when people say that pirating books will directly influence whether or not your favorite author gets to publish more books, they really mean it. it won’t affect the publisher (who has massive protections in place) nearly as much as it will affect the author (who doesn’t have those same protections), and it could mean that your favorite author never gets to finish that series you love or can never publish another book again. in conclusion, don’t pirate books, kids.
Shakespeare moodboard [1/?]: Hamlet, modern au
“Be patient, Ophelia.
Love, Hamlet”
(via pemberlaey)
You know what’s hard? Writing one-shot fics.
I know from experience, as a mainly one-shot writer, that these fics often get over looked, only a blip on the fandom’s radar the first day or two it’s out and then poof, it gets swallowed by multi-chapter fics that get updated around the same time.
Short one-shots might feel easy, especially to someone who doesn’t write fic, but let me tell you that shit is hard af. Having to balance a story that’s often just a moment in time, figuring out how much larger universe context to give, establishing your characters current mental and emotional state where it feels both clear and concise. Having to come up with endings that feel complete even when the story at large is just a small piece of this characters life.
And if the writer has multiple stories?! Coming up with numerous different scenarios for these characters to exist that 1. Warrant being told. And 2. Feel original and different than all the other one-shots this writer has under their belt.
I know a lot of people sort ao3 by kudos, and one shots are typically lost in this system because people generally gravitate toward multi-chapter stories already and thus those fics have more kudos (especially since each time it’s updated, it can find a new audience in people who sort by recently updated)
But one-shots are also hella fun! They’re great for people like me who are slow readers, have attention deficit problems, or people who straight up just doesn’t have the time to read a novel. These short fics have always been my favorite part of fandom because of just how easily digestible they are, not just the first time, but how easy it is to revisit these stories again and again!
TLDR; One-shots deserve more attention, and credit than they recieve in fandom. And thank you to all those who devote their time to writing them!
✦ @booksociety’s All By Myself event: the Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
I think people came here for the same reason we came here,” Dorian says. “In search of something. Even if we didn’t know what it was. Something more. Something to wonder at. Someplace to belong. We’re here to wander through other people’s stories, searching for our own. To Seeking,” Dorian says, tilting the bottle toward Zachary.
“To Finding,” Zachary responds, repeating the gesture once Dorian hands him the bottle.
“I do like that you’ve read my book,” Dorian says. “Thank you again for helping me get it back.”
“You’re welcome.”
@ljviablackthorn and @gryewaren asked:
pynch orbluesey?“I wish you could be kissed, Jane,” he said. “Because I would beg just one off you. Under all this.” He flailed an arm toward the stars.
(Source: greenbriarcardan, via stiefvatersource)
July Writing Goals
- Write as much fic as makes me happy
- Continue moving fics to AO3
- Continue mentoring AMM & WM books
- Revise chapters 15-20 in WITCH GIRL
- Read four published books
- Tweet Cute
- My Year in the Middle
Daily Word Count: July 11: Witch Girl: 120
Sat at the side of baseball today and edited two chapters on paper. It’s super satisfying to make something cleaner and cleaner with each pass. I’m hoping it will be ready to send to beta readers at the end of August.
July 12: Witch Girl: 594 (19/40 revised)
July 13: Witch Girl: 323 (20/40 revised)
July 14: Witch Girl: -44
July 15: Witch Girl: 510
The drain on my time in the summer shocks me every year. But I went to the lake and swam today, and gardened for a bit, and did 40 more pages of line edits for my Write Mentor mentee, plus the usual keep-the-house-from-being-eaten-by-a-pile-of-cat-toys-and-shoes issues, so 500 words of new scene is good.
July 16: Witch Girl: 619
July 17: Witch Girl: 173 (21/40 revised)
July 18: Witch Girl: -259 (22/40 revised)
July 19: Witch Girl: 18 (24/40 revised)
Rereading Persuasion for a book club I’m in and just…no one throws shade quite like Jane Austen. I mean, there’s lines like “she was short but not fat”, “he was simple although not altogether stupid”, “she had delicate features, but one would not go so far as to refer to her as pretty”.*
* paraphrasing, but THE POINT IS THERE
It just reminds me that, being 31 & single with no kids, as much as I adore her writing, Jane would very likely declare me something like “an old spinster with nothing in the way of prospects, let alone any looks to tempt anyone to glance in her direction.”
Anonymous asked:
Hey! I have read nearly all of your Dramione and Tomione fanfiction, and you are one of my favorite authors. I love that your multi-chapter Tomione fics have titles from quotes... I was just wondering if you are working on a new HP fanfic now, as you have completed 'Like Brothers' (which I thought was perfect... Neville being possessed by Tom! I was shocked when I read it!). Thank you for your time.
Ah, I’m so happy to hear that you like them :)
I am not working on an HP fic right now. I’m (very slowly) working on a Legendborn fic and my current original novel.
I won’t say I’ll never write HP again, but I feel like I’ve told all the stories I have to tell about those characters, and – things being what they are – I’m not super interested in the HP world anymore. But sometimes I get ideas and want to write them down, so who knows.
Enjoy the rest of the summer, anon!
Anonymous asked:
I love that you love writing. Your fanfics are a gift to the fandom and I can’t wait to read your original works one day even if it is a children’s novel
Thank you so much! I think it’s pretty likely anything I publish will be in kidlit since so far that’s what I’ve written. Whether I’ll manage to sell a middle grade (target age: 8-12) or a young adult (target age: 13-18) is a mystery to me, but once I do you will all get very sick of me talking about it and begging you to preorder, add it on goodreads, review it, etc.
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You are so lovely and kind, thank you!
