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Reminder

I'm giving tumblr rp one more try over at @quitetheclimbingrose.

Jessica is no longer going to be attached to Dis.ney or Neve.rland. She will be an oc in a world I've been lorecrafting for a awhile that may tun into some kind of project in the next decade or so.

This blog will be officially 10 years old on Nov 8th of this year, I may pop in and post something or finally find it in my to delete.

And again, if anyone wants to find me I'm on discord: #SOUP0677

Adios friends.

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Reminder

I'm giving tumblr rp one more try over at @quitetheclimbingrose.

Jessica is no longer going to be attached to Dis.ney or Neve.rland. She will be an oc in a world I've been lorecrafting for a awhile that may tun into some kind of project in the next decade or so.

This blog will be officially 10 years old on Nov 8th of this year, I may pop in and post something or finally find it in my to delete.

And again, if anyone wants to find me I'm on discord: #SOUP0677

Adios friends.

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Reminder

I'm giving tumblr rp one more try over at @quitetheclimbingrose.

Jessica is no longer going to be attached to Dis.ney or Neve.rland. She will be an oc in a world I've been lorecrafting for a awhile that may tun into some kind of project in the next decade or so.

This blog will be officially 10 years old on Nov 8th of this year, I may pop in and post something or finally find it in my to delete.

And again, if anyone wants to find me I'm on discord: #SOUP0677

Adios friends.

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.... 109 pages. The parts of this old place worth remembering are all here. Most of it is from 2016 and 2021 and guys it was... such an ordeal. Its worth it tho. Even if it's for no one but me.

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I'm too late. Everything I wanted to save on skype is already gone qnq

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Minor update, before I archive this old place for good:

First, if anyone is looking for me, you can find me on Discord: SOUP#0677

In the past I have gone by the names Soup, Mango, Jerry, Bo.oty.Pir.ate, Bo.oty, or Gilligan. And the only tumblr rp blogs I've had were this one, askredjessica, and floreatetona ( now @floreatetona-a ).

If you remember me from any of these blogs or names, please don't be afraid to reach out. I'm making efforts to recover my Skype as well, in hopes of finding lost old friends.

Second, while everything I said in the above post is true, it turns out that writing as rp and writing by myself feel... very very different.

Writing alone isnt nearly as fun as writing with friends. I miss it too much to just completely stop.

Even worse, my brain has seemingly turned this character into a permanent special interest. Its been over a year and none of my world building or oc's for any other of my writing projects can hold my attention for a week, much less 11 years.

So, if Jessica and her world is going to still be this loud after over a year of not writing her and trying not to think about her world, then I'm at least going to give her a new home and finally turn her into what she has really always been: an oc.

I'm making a new blog here on tumbr: @quitetheclimbingrosevine

Third: still dislike tumblr. Even As I type this there is a new wave of shut down rumors and random posts ( literally pictures of pets or texts posts about bread ) on my dash RIGHT NOW are getting flagged as lemony ( mind the old censorship term ).

But I've YET to find any website that remotely feels the same. Bluesky feels too public and Discord feels too private, while a tumblr feels like every blog is a house and the dash is you sitting on the front porch you know?

So yes, new blog, new world, new re-imagining of Jess but please be aware: I will not be giving a single once of effort towards formatting or aesthetics. I need to be able to easily use the beta editor ( barf ) or mobile to write and answer asks. No clue what I'm going to do for icons yet.

Sorry for the long post and if you're reading this than just... thank you. I can't wait to see you again and I can't wait to start over. It's time to put this chapter of my writing, for all its history and heart ache, to rest at last. Maybe I'll preserve some of it, maybe I won't, but I can't keep picking flowers to bring this grave, when I could be letting them grow and bloom.

Actually, I'm just gonna address it now.

I really wanted to come back this time. I really really did... February 3rd will be my 10 year anniversary of writing Red Jessica. This blog itself is almost 9 years old. Last year, I could feel that it was time to move on, but I didn't know how to let go of her yet. Or if I even really wanted to let go. Now I know... It's not Red Jess and role-playing I need to let go of.

It's tumblr.

Earlier this year, while I was in the middle of reviving my blog and having a lot of fun for the first time in a while, Tumblr turned its back on us and switched to Beta. After that, Windows updated and made it impossible for me to make new icons. Now my entire xkit is just GONE. The site has become increasingly unreliable. And of course, with Omegle disappearing overnight, there is the very real threat of tumblr disappearing altogether..

To be honest, I'm finally ok with that.

Even without these problems, rp on Tumblr has always been limited to the times when I'm available to my laptop, which is only really on the weekend. Skype, and then later Discord, have really always been where i've been the most active when it comes to writing.

So for the sake of perseving my writing friendships and of continuing my rp hobby without relying on Tumblr, I think I'm going to move all of my threads over to Discord. I will still keep this blog as an ask blog and main base of operations: to post headcannons, ask memes, dash games, and similar activities that wouldn't be possible on Discord.

I'm really sorry everyone. I'm not let it go if Jessica if I can help it. And if I have to leave the site that i've been on since 2010, then do be it. I love all of you too much to lose any of you, and being on Discord will make me more active both as a writer and as a friend.

Tumblr clearly wont be around forever. Save anything and everything from your old blogs that you can in the meantime. And if any of you want my Discord I will give it. And I'm sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

I love you all. And I look forward to writing with the lot of you. Whether tumblr survives or not.

May the wind fill your sails, mateys. And thank you tumblr, for turning me into who I am.

Cheers. Mango G. Jerry.

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...but damn if I'm not feeling nostalgic.

This Blog is still "active" I'm just on discord now lol.

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This Blog is still "active" I'm just on discord now lol.

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Holy shit I've had this blog for 10 years.

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With the various rumors and releases of Tumblr possibly changing how they do things... (gestures to the vague rumor mill)...

Zines.

I really think we as Folks Who Make Things and Folks Who Like Art Writing Poetry Music Comics Other Things need to explore zines. And I mean ZINES. Nothing glossy. Nothing fancy.

Very. Cheap. Zines.

I've been threatening mentioning I was going to create a guide on how I'm going to approach this -- and I'm going to -- but I am also realizing in the writing I Do Things Highfalutin because I am who I am + had a career in graphic design.

Let's talk about how you can make a zine very cheaply and very pretty.

STEP ONE: SUPPLIES

Very bright paper. I like "Astrobrights" because they are absurdly bright. Here is a link in a store I like. I buy a lot of paper and envelopes from them. You can generally find Astrobrights in big box office stores. It prints on laser printers and ink jet and photocopiers.

Very bright envelopes. What's that? Astrobrights has envelopes?! AM I SOLVING PROBLEMS let's not get ahead of ourselves.

Letter paper is 8.5" x 11" and is the most common size in the united states (overseas folk will have to use this advice with a grain o'sea salt and search yer own waters).

A9 envelopes are a letter sheet folded in half.

A2 envelopes are a letter sheet folded in half, then folded in half.

#10 envelopes are your common long envelopes, letter paper folded in thirds.

Pick the size you like.

If you want to get big and fancy, Tabloid is 17" x 11" -- so double a letter sheet. This gets tricky to work with but is neat in sizing.

STEP TWO: ZINE CONTENT

Do you know how to use InDesign or similar program? Use that.

No? Use Google Docs or Word or whatever other program and ramble.

Want something special? Write out some or part with a sharpee or pen.

Mix and match both.

If you are feeling fancy, design it like a booklet -- mock up a sheet of blank paper as if it were a brochure. If not, just design it straight up and down like a letter. There are no zine laws.

STEP THREE: ZINE PRINTING

Print at home on your home printer.

Don't have a printer at home? Print it at work (don't get fired)

Can't? Your local library may be able to help.

You need 1 copy on white paper.

FedEx Office has photocopiers. Your local library may too. Or your job.

Print 1 copy of your zine on white paper and then photocopy the rest onto colorful paper (or white paper, it be yer zine seadog).

Or print everything on the color paper if you have access to free printing, that's fine too.

The photocopy setup is purely "printing tends to cost more than photocopying."

If you want to slash prices, print 2 per sheet and have FedEx office cut them for you, this will cost $1 - $5 depending on how many sheets you are dealing with. This is for when you're doing a LOT of zines at once.

Or use their manual paper cutter yourself for free.

STEP FOUR: ZINE STAPLING

"Long reach stapler" is what I recommend. There are a few varieties. They tend to be $20 - $30.

Or just use 1 sheet!

STEP FOUR: ZINE POSTAGE

A single first class stamp for 1-2 pages. If you get up to 3+, go to the post office and ask them to weigh a comp you have assembled.

This is a guideline.

It's a really good idea to check at least once how much your zine weighs just in general. Post offices have scales. And are pretty. And have stamps.

OKAY ENOUGH LUSTING FOR THE POST OFFICE FROM THE GHOTS POST OFFICE BLOG BACK TO WORK

STEP FIVE: ZINE MAILING

This is actually the most difficult part. Label printers exist with various costs -- if you're starting out? Go with printable labels.

Your office supply shop will have them and they'll have templates you can drop in the customer addresses.

Save yourself time by using this label as the thing that seals the envelope -- don't lick envelopes.

A key tenet to staying in business is constantly reviewing physical (and mental) labor and stressors and reducing them as much as possible.

Return address labels are intensely cheap in literally every online printer, google "return address labels." Make sure you have this because at least a few of your shipments will come back to you.

STEP SIX: ZINE PRICING

Okay here is where we get uncomfortable because we're talkin' coins.

Prices are based on above links. You can get whatever paper you want, so this is guidelines. All numbers rounded up.

Payment processing ($0.30) + $0.05 sheet + $0.15 envelope + $0.66 first class postage = $1.16 base cost

$1.16 + 2.9% of $1.16 payment processing = $1.20

Plus taxes. I'm not getting into tax figures YOU DO THAT (just say 30% for easy math, this is not saying "your taxes are 30% or that mine are" I am saying "I am going to factor 30% for this equation to complete this guide".)

I did not include the mailing label (it will be $0.01 - $0.05 depending on how fancy and how many you buy) because you have the option to just write things and also it fits into the rounding of the above.

If you use Patreon, include your fees. Probably replace the above processing fees with your patreon processing... fees? I don't use patreon I don't know how it works.

Retail option 01: $1.50 - 1.20 = $0.80 gross - 30% = $0.21 / net / zine.

Retail option 02: $2 - 1.20 = $0.80 gross - 30% = $0.56 / net / zine.

Retail option 03: $3 - 1.20 = $1.80 gross - 30% = $1.26 / net / zine.

Should it be $1.50? Should it be $3.00? MORE? LESS?! That is for you to decide. Base it on what your zine contains, how long it takes you to write/draw/etc. it and how you want your flow to be.

STEP SEVEN: ZINE FREQUENCY

When my shop launches, it'll have a zine once a month. We are going to offer a subscription option + a "I just want 1" option.

You can do a zine monthly, or every few months, or whatever.

Keep in mind that the purpose of doing this is to break the dependency on social media marketing.

KEEP IN MIND AS AN AUDIENCE MEMBER TO A CREATOR YOU LIKE THAT THEY ARE DOING THIS TO BREAK THEIR DEPENDENCY ON SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING.

If you have a lot of energy and an audience that comes to your shop a lot? Consider doing a zine monthly.

If you do not have a lot of energy and/or your audience is tapped for cash frequently? Considering doing 1 zine per season.

Consider 2 zines a year if that works better for you!

NO RULES ONLY JOY

Not sure? Experiment! Be upfront! "This is new. I'm figuring this out. Billionaires are tinkering with these things and we gotta figure something else out."

BONUS STEP: NETHERWORLDPOST.COM

so hi I'm atty and I'm your loud long rambler today

Netherworld Post Office used to be @evilsupplyco and now we are rebranding in prep of relaunching. Same person behind the rambles and comics, new name with a more focus (mail instead of mail + seemingly everything else in experiment)

if you enjoyed this ramble and/or like ghosts, monsters, witches, mermaids, and fun stories and projects focused on cozy Halloween, you may like us when we finish the rebranding and relaunching in autumn 2023.

email sign up (the zine will come when we are open)

WHETHER YOU JOIN MY LIST OR NOT

I really, really, really hope you consider doing a regular, or irregular, zine. Something outside of email, something outside of social media, something that connects I MADE A WEIRD THING and the people who say I LOVE THIS WEIRD THING YOU MADE.

The walls are closing in on free social media as a platform for people who make weird things to build audiences for free or very cheap.

And with that...

netherworldpost.com as one final hat pass

good luck folks

thanks for listenin' to the ol' ghost

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Actually, I'm just gonna address it now.

I really wanted to come back this time. I really really did... February 3rd will be my 10 year anniversary of writing Red Jessica. This blog itself is almost 9 years old. Last year, I could feel that it was time to move on, but I didn't know how to let go of her yet. Or if I even really wanted to let go. Now I know... It's not Red Jess and role-playing I need to let go of.

It's tumblr.

Earlier this year, while I was in the middle of reviving my blog and having a lot of fun for the first time in a while, Tumblr turned its back on us and switched to Beta. After that, Windows updated and made it impossible for me to make new icons. Now my entire xkit is just GONE. The site has become increasingly unreliable. And of course, with Omegle disappearing overnight, there is the very real threat of tumblr disappearing altogether..

To be honest, I'm finally ok with that.

Even without these problems, rp on Tumblr has always been limited to the times when I'm available to my laptop, which is only really on the weekend. Skype, and then later Discord, have really always been where i've been the most active when it comes to writing.

So for the sake of perseving my writing friendships and of continuing my rp hobby without relying on Tumblr, I think I'm going to move all of my threads over to Discord. I will still keep this blog as an ask blog and main base of operations: to post headcannons, ask memes, dash games, and similar activities that wouldn't be possible on Discord.

I'm really sorry everyone. I'm not let it go if Jessica if I can help it. And if I have to leave the site that i've been on since 2010, then do be it. I love all of you too much to lose any of you, and being on Discord will make me more active both as a writer and as a friend.

Tumblr clearly wont be around forever. Save anything and everything from your old blogs that you can in the meantime. And if any of you want my Discord I will give it. And I'm sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

I love you all. And I look forward to writing with the lot of you. Whether tumblr survives or not.

May the wind fill your sails, mateys. And thank you tumblr, for turning me into who I am.

Cheers. Mango G. Jerry.

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Just in case you aren’t feeling ancient yet

“Jake and the Never Land Pirates” ended 7 years ago today.

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I come back from my break to finally write and my entire. entire xkit is gone?? qwq

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Happy Halloween my dear Lads and Ladies -It's going to be spooky today - be warned ☠

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Holy shit I totally forgot about hunger game simulator. I used to go way overboard for them qwq. I should totally host one and do the baseball announcer thing again haha.

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Well anyway I have a doctor's appointment on the 20th finally so here's to hoping I'll be free on this foggy unmediated prison that is my brain.

Thank you all for being so patient. I get overwhelmed and discouraged super easy off my meds and I don't wanna overwhelm or discourage any of my partners by either sending too many things or not replying at all.

Below is my current iou's so I don't forget.

Asks: @elxgantcaptain

Replies: @hookd (3), @all-fleshed-out , @x-knighthood (2), and elxgantcaptain

Starters: @shiningsilverarmor, all-fleshed-out, x-knighthood

Waiting On: 15 to 17 replies from 9 people.

Please let me know if I forgot you!! I am reachable by ims or discord basically all of the time.

Fair Winds, mateys!

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Oh I can't make my icons anymore. Ok.