#joey paul

[authorjoeypaul]

WORKING WITH SENSITIVITY READERS With Translucent up for pre-order, and the third book in the series heading off to sensitivity readers soon, I thought that I would talk a little bit about what it's been like working with them. I can only talk mostly about disability because that's where the majority of my experience lies, and I don't wanna be misleading people about the process. For those who don't know, sensitivity readers are people who have lived experience with a certain minority. Sometimes more than just the one, other times they are more focused on one particular area. For both Invisible and Translucent, I used two, one for a myriad of conditions mentioned, and the other for just one disability mentioned. Both had completely different ways of working and presenting their queries and both were a joy to work with. I will be employing them both again for Visible, which is the third book, and in the process of being revised right now. So what is it like to work with them? While my experience has, again, mostly been with disability, I have found it to be a very important part of the process. It allows me to learn not just if my rep isn't all that great, but the little details I have no experience with, can add to the story as a whole. Like with Translucent, there were body language details, and other small things that would help strengthen my characters and their experiences. I loved getting their reports not just to see what I had right, but also what didn't work and how to maybe change this and that and be able to get a better character experience from it. So what should you expect from a sensitivity reader? #1 COMMENTS ON YOUR REP This can be inline comments, or even a full breakdown of each chapter along with bits and pieces that need tweaking here and there. It should be something where the changes that are needed are clearly outlined and allow you to move forward with their advice. Obviously you don't have to take their advice, but if you choose not to, and it has a negative impact on the character, the rep, and the story, then people are going to be upset about it, and it will be on your head. #2 PROFESSIONAL APPROACH By this I mean, you shouldn't have someone who is aggressively yelling at you for getting something wrong. You should be paying this person, and that is not something I will ever change my mind on, and it is a working relationship so there should be a professional approach on both sides. That means you shouldn't be yelling at them either about how you don't agree with this and that and changing it would ruin the vibe or whatever. I feel like this should go without saying, but if not, there it is. #3 OPEN COMMUNICATION I've always been clear when I expect the document and notes back, and because my books are generally long, I give two months for them to work on the project. Sometimes that means that we do check ins after a month, other times I don't hear from them because there's no issues. But the lines of communications should be open both ways. Don't sit there and seethe because they didn't meet a deadline you didn't tell them about. Be clear with what you want, and stick to it. Communication is a big thing. So there we go, those are three of the big ones. Like I said, Translucent is up for pre-order now, and I'm itching to get Visible ready for the readers. Good luck with your writing, and hope this helps! Any questions? Lemme know in the comments!

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[musings-of-an-aesthete]

Favourite Hatchetfield trios. In every version of the story.

TGWDLM x NPMD | Paul, Emma and Ted | Richie, Ruth and Pete

[cherryhottie5]

Very underrated duo i gotta say

Edit: yes i fucking know they're fan favorite individually 🙄🙄🙄 i'm talking about them as a DUO, as in; their chemistry together on stage, about their characters together.

[hipsternumbertwo]

Why do I have the sinking feeling I've done all this before?

[quirrelmorts]

Paul posted more photos!

[booigi-boi]

Ted genuinely thinks Paul is his bff 😭🐐

[inesticides]

slipknot, summer 2004.

[hailthedoll]

brother? what the fuck was that for😭

[stellarspecter]

Jon Matteson and Joey Richter in Nerdy Prudes Must Die (2023) / The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals (2018)

[kabukiaku]

WHO UP SLIPPIN THEIR KNOT RN?!

[anemiic-dreams]

[authorjoeypaul]

My next audiobook is live!!

Dying Thoughts - Third Wish is the third in the Dying Thoughts series, a YA paranormal/mystery about Tara who has the ability to see the last moments of someone's life when she touches something that used to belong to them.

Out on Audible & iTunes!

Buy Dying Thoughts - First Touch here: www.books2read.com/DTFT

Buy Dying Thoughts - Second Sight here: www.books2read.com/DTSS

Buy Dying Thoughts - Third Wish here: www.books2read.com/DTTW

[unauthorized-output]

Slipknot's Vol. 3 Raw scans of entire CD insert. Zoom for detail. (no edits for color correction or straightening)

since you guys have enjoyed the individual scans so much

[princess-lvcifer]

This makes a lot of sense in my mind, I will not explain it but I hope y'all can understand

[hipsternumbertwo]

BLACK FRIDAY

[northboreas]

Highlights from the TGWDLM watch party on RanbooLive's twitch for those who couldn't make it:

- Ranboo, a well known Twitch Streamer and longtime Starkid fan got some of the cast of TGWDLM together to rewatch the show & promote the kickstarter!

- It was a side collab, there will still be the main "Divining the future" and DnD Finale streams happening in the next weeks

- Joey Richter got ahold of the soundboard and he abused it wholeheartedly. Crickets, Buzzer sounds, Fart sound effects, ect.

- (Who gave him that power btw. Which one of you did it.)

- Everyone on the discord call had pictures next to their names instead of having their cameras on, most notably Lauren Lopez had a stock photo of a doctor, Jon Matteson had a picture of Jeff Blim, and Jeff had a picture of Jon

- The whole cast introduced themselves and basically said what they had gotten diagnosed with since they did the show

- "This is a HIPPA compliant stream" --Jamie Lyn Beatty out of context

- Lauren Lopez PHD confirmed that after TGWDLM she went to medical school and was the one who diagnosed all of her friends

- Most of the starkids hadn't rewatched the show at ALL until this stream

- Train Choreography mentioned!!!! the cast said James Tolbert is considering bringing it back for the reprise

- Lauren said shes going to be using all of the kickstarter funds to pay for med school

- "It took an apocalypse for him to get closer to his crush" - Jon talking about Paul Matthews

- Jamie made one of the "Tip for a song" sign props for TGWDLM!

- Jamie and Mariah said Alice and Deb are an OTP

- They also said they might make fake instagrams for them to promote the reprise. This is great news for potseed shippers

- There used to be a cut song before La Dee Da Da Day that had Peanuts the Hachetfield Pocket squirrel SINGING

- Lauren said that she would love to have peanuts actually make an appearance, "That squirrel budget is enormous"

- The "Should I take this chair?" "I'll take the piano!" bit was an ad lib

- All the "Okay"s from Paul were also ad libs, meant to give the actors more time to quick change, but now its a genuine part of his character

- They mentioned the homeless man so much, they said that they wanted cocaine to be under his nose for the reprise

- Lauren chimed in with "He doesnt have enough money for coke. He became homeless BECAUSE he spent all his money on coke."

- Lauren confirrmed that she specifically told James Tolbert to keep the "Cup of Roasted Coffee" choreo exactly the same for the remount

- The "Show Stopping Number" choreo will also be the same

- Jeff mentioned that hes planning on making Mariah's songs higher and his songs lower for the show too

- Lauren said she wanted to get a big dumpster for the "Paul, get in the trash can!" scene so the cast could actually be hiding in the trashcan (Probably a joke, but it'd be cool lmao)

- Mariah Rose Faith called TGWDLM a "Sexy Show"

- Lauren joked that shes going to add a line referencing "Janes a Car" from NMT to the scene where Emma talks about her sister's death

- They pitched Smoke Club / Perky's Buds branded joints, and Blue Goo edibles, all being sold at the TGWDLMR merch store

- Jon had to leave the stream right after Act 1 and the second he did the cast was like "Okay, so what do we really think of Jon?"

- "Actually, we're gonna be recasting Paul as this brand new actor named Aaron Tevit" -- Joey Richter

- Joey and Jeff had a headcanon that the army guy Joey plays in TGWDLM calls John MacNamara "Dad"

- During the show Jeff Blim once forgot to wear the watch while playing MacNamara

- "It was the most embarrassed I've ever been in my life"-- Jeff blim

- Ranboo told the cast that they once recorded a shot for shot remake of Show Stopping Number with all the choreo for his school

- America Is Great Again was actually a backup song, the original song that got cut was "goofy" according to Jeff Blim

- When Emma asked people for their phones at curtain call some people would actually give her theirs, and Lauren + The cast would go backstage and take photos with the phones for their fans

- We reached 475k (The Witches Budget) during this livestream, and we still have 14 days left for the kickstarter!