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Of Retellings & Reimaginings
I think it comes as no surprise to anyone who has been a visitor to my blog that I am fond of retellings and reimaginings of well-known tales. Fairytales, myths, even popular movies or books – if there’s a retelling, I’d like to hear about it. But over the years I’ll admit to being more selective when it comes to reading them. There has to be a draw to them, and for a while I couldn’t figure out what it was. These books are diverse and chockful of well-written representation, I would think. They’re playing with tropes I enjoy, they’re making the original story more fleshed out. Still, they would…
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CONTENT CREATION EPILOGUE: The Consistency Conundrum
I’ve written a little about spreading oneself too thin, across multiple platforms, and trying to keep active on all of them at a regular – and fast-paced – schedule. What works for me personally seems to be the opposite of what multiple blogs I’ve read advise. CONTENT CREATION 101: Commit To What You CreateCONTENT CREATION 102: Find Your Own “Write Drunk, Edit Sober”CONTENT CREATION 103: The First Draft Is For YouCONTENT CREATION INTERLUDE: The Procrastination ProblemCONTENT CREATION 201: Believe In Your MessageCONTENT CREATION 202: Compare Only To YourselfCONTENT CREATION 203: ‘One Size Fits All’ Does Not ApplyCONTENT CREATION INTERLUDE: Imposter SyndromeCONTENT CREATION 301: Burnout HappensCONTENT CREATION 302: Know Your AudienceCONTENT…
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CONTENT CREATION 303: The Thing About Social Media
No matter which platform you create content on, in this time and age having a social media presence is necessary. This is an unfortunate effect of the way things are – of the fact that you are a personality, a brand, and you need to market yourself online in order to bring in your audience. CONTENT CREATION 101: Commit To What You CreateCONTENT CREATION 102: Find Your Own “Write Drunk, Edit Sober”CONTENT CREATION 103: The First Draft Is For YouCONTENT CREATION INTERLUDE: The Procrastination ProblemCONTENT CREATION 201: Believe In Your MessageCONTENT CREATION 202: Compare Only To YourselfCONTENT CREATION 203: ‘One Size Fits All’ Does Not ApplyCONTENT CREATION INTERLUDE: Imposter SyndromeCONTENT…
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CONTENT CREATION 302: Know Your Audience
Most content creation advice blogs start with this topic. Especially if you plan on monetising your content. However, I’ve been approaching this series as someone who wants to encourage creativity for creativity’s sake. CONTENT CREATION 101: Commit To What You CreateCONTENT CREATION 102: Find Your Own “Write Drunk, Edit Sober”CONTENT CREATION 103: The First Draft Is For YouCONTENT CREATION INTERLUDE: The Procrastination ProblemCONTENT CREATION 201: Believe In Your MessageCONTENT CREATION 202: Compare Only To YourselfCONTENT CREATION 203: ‘One Size Fits All’ Does Not ApplyCONTENT CREATION INTERLUDE: Imposter SyndromeCONTENT CREATION 301: Burnout Happens The thing is, it’s not always feasible to create content for creativity’s sake. I know that well. Sometimes…
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CONTENT CREATION 301: Burnout Happens
I honestly did not think I would find more things I wanted to share about content creation but recently, I started thinking again about how I approach it. So even as I create stories and art and share them with the world, I wanted to be honest with myself and with others. CONTENT CREATION 101: Commit To What You CreateCONTENT CREATION 102: Find Your Own “Write Drunk, Edit Sober”CONTENT CREATION 103: The First Draft Is For YouCONTENT CREATION INTERLUDE: The Procrastination ProblemCONTENT CREATION 201: Believe In Your MessageCONTENT CREATION 202: Compare Only To YourselfCONTENT CREATION 203: ‘One Size Fits All’ Does Not ApplyCONTENT CREATION INTERLUDE: Imposter Syndrome The fact is…
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About Fandom Discourse
The full title of this post was actually going to be ‘About Fandom Discourse and Why I Try To Avoid It’. So while I’ve cut that down for the graphic and header, I will basically only be talking about fandom discourse as it pertains to arguments with people primarily on Tumblr which is the platform I am most active on. Specifically discourse in the fandoms I’m a little more active in. The biggest thing I’ve noticed about fandom discourse is that many times – most of the time – people rarely argue in good faith. When I say people, I mean those people who will jump on (usually correctly tagged)…
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A Lookback: Ko-fi 2022
Yes, I do realise this is a very similar post to the recent My Ko-fi Journey I put up at the end of December. This is absolutely not me avoiding the blog post I wanted to write but was unable to figure out the words for. No sirree. (Except it absolutely is, and fingers crossed I can actually articulate what I wanted to about internet discourse for that post to go up in a couple of weeks.) As you may know from my last post, in 2022, I managed to stay pretty active on Ko-fi. By keeping to a manageable schedule – three times a week – and breaking things…
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REVIEW; The Wager
Title: The Wager: A Pride and Prejudice VariationAuthor: Kate Bedlow, L.K. Rigel Genre: Adult, romanceType: E-bookPublisher: Beastie Press When Mary visits Charlotte at Hunsford, she meets Major Carleton Quartermaine, a brash relation to Lady Catherine de Bourgh. “Carley” sees a side of Mary she’s always kept hidden, and he utterly disarms her when they sing a duet together. The attention is unexpected and thrilling, but can prim Mary give her heart to a man she cannot trust? If we have known each other a while, you may have heard me talk about my growing interest in reading Pride & Prejudice variation novels. Not those focused on the main characters of Jane Austen’s novels however, but rather…
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5 Tips For Planning A Kid’s Party
We recently celebrated kiddo number two’s second birthday. In the past few years, we’ve had to figure out ways to make the day special for the kiddos, a way for them to enjoy the day. Even now that things have opened up again, it is still a learning curve to making sure their special day is one they spend happily. Since I’ve started having to plan children’s birthdays, I’ve learned a few tips and tricks that I try to implement to make the time leading up to the big day easy for everyone. A way to ensure that the kiddos – both mine and any invited (or spent with) are…
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REVIEW; My Life As A Clone
Title: My Life As A CloneAuthor: K.D. Van Brunt Genre: Young Adult, mystery elementsType: E-bookPublisher: Kirk Van Brunt I AM NOT HER My name is Willa. I don’t remember much beyond my name. My parents are complete strangers. Every day I wake up and pretend I’m their seventeen-year-old daughter, but this is a lie. So who am I? I AM A CLONE I am a clone of a dead girl. It’s the only explanation that works. I was birthed in a laboratory and then embedded in this family. But something went wrong. I should have memories, but other than a few tantalizing fragments, I know next to nothing. I WILL FIND MY PURPOSE One thing I…