#275K

[fanforumcom]

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[lopez-richter-fangirl]

Some kickstarter guidelines for the newly tinitiated:

Your card will not be charged until the end of the campaign on March 2nd (IF the goal is reached). If you’re waiting on a paycheck, you can still back now!

You can change your pledge amount and tier at any time during the campaign. If you’re waiting to see how much you can give but you can back a little now, do it! Small amounts help and backer number is important too. The momentum in the first few days is crucial!

Only back what you can afford. As we saw in the stream yesterday, it sucks for them to lose big pledges

Likewise, when they start setting mini goals and doing incentives, don’t raise your pledge just to go back down afterwards! Only increase if you plan to actually give that amount

[foolsocracy]

so you’re telling me there’s no huge gigantic massive fic and art community for the 10th game tributes from tbosas… ohhh the world is so cruel

[jilymicrofics]

I can confirm after our latest micro we have had over 10k words in microfics this month! But not only that our total word count since the start of the year is over 20k! Can we keep that record going for March?!

I can also announce we are well and truly over 275k words worth of micros since starting this thing! Thanks all!

[destiel-wings]

context: I'm writing a LONG wip (should be 55 chapters, an actual epic story with action and plot though romantic destiel filter) and I'm thinking about when i should start posting it. Generally I'd want to finish first and post afterwards, so i can update regularly and not be distracted from the actual writing, but it's gonna take me way too long to finish it (like two years realistically??) so I'm thinking maybe i might start posting it before, even if less regularly? So i can share it with you earlier and you can engage with me as i write it?

[mumpsetc]

I Think the Era of ii Being the Second Biggest Object Show Is Kind of Over... It Does Just Feel Like Its Just Getting By on Name Recognition Now

[speci-society]

I hope youtube doesnt get any funny ideas seeing me periodically look up james somerton and not wayching any videos, bc im purely doing it to see how much his subscriber count has plummeted since i last checked

[merulanoir]

Oh jeez I'm actually having genuine worries about the longfic ending disappointing people. I've never before had anxiety about sticking a landing like this but now I'm just

[pocketramblr]

Who made juxtapose?

oh right, readerdreamer5625 !

[gaia-is-here-now]

I'm going to go fucking feral rn [positive] I love 275k word ongoing fic updated in the past week,,, I love you 25k word chapter......

I think I'm gonna start reading it from the beginning tomorrow so I can experience it will full context of everything and experience it in a new and wonderful way

[argothiathedreamer]

Guess whose Flight Rising!broke again because she bought a Auroboa Breed Change scroll only to immediately find a good looking replacement for the one she sold for half her entire gem storage.

[hometoursandotherstuff]

This is weird. It's a tiny home buried underground in Valley Springs, AR. According to the description, it "provides security in troubled times." $275K.

What you see above ground is a greenhouse and a 35x100 garden with 7-foot-tall fences and a steel gate.

This must be for the summer.

A spring fed pond that is stocked with bass.

It's so tiny down here in the house. I guess the ladder in the power room is the entrance, and this is a very small kitchen.

The power room. The utility room has a 48-volt battery bank supplied by solar.

Bath.

And, bedroom. I would expect that the food comes with it. The whole house is 13' x 28' which includes the utility room.

There are 16 acres of land.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/975-Rocking-Chair-Ln-Valley-Springs-AR-72682/345216145_zpid/?

[sparkagrace]

treading water | @sparkagrace steve x bucky | 275k | mature | complete

tags: olympics au, swimming, sports au, established relationship, amputee bucky barnes, break up, getting back together, depression, coming out, suicidal ideation, angst, eventual happy ending

Olympic swimmer Bucky Barnes always believed that when the time came to retire, he would walk away with his medals and world records firmly in the history books and never look back.  He never thought the water would leave him first.

lane lines series: lane lines | lumiere | new traditions

[writingquestionsanswered]

How do full-time novelists in the USA get healthcare? Is there a union to join, like WGA? Thank you!

Healthcare for Full-Time Novelists in the USA

There is a writer's union (the National Writers Union), but while one of the benefits of joining is "help with health insurance," I do not believe they actually provide it. My understanding is they have a partnership with an organization that is dedicated to helping people find coverage through the healthcare exchanges created under the Affordable Care Act.

Most full-time novelists in the US get their coverage through the ACA or through their domestic partners. And honestly, this is one reason you don't see a lot of full-time authors in the United States. Half of all traditionally published authors in the U.S. get an advance of $25k or less. And half of all published authors (including self-published) earn $2k or less a year on royalties, pre-tax. When you take into account that insurance through the ACA costs roughly $5k to $8k per year for one person, a roughly $30k income isn't much to live on.

And, of course, 50% of traditionally published authors get advances that are more than $25k, and make more that $2k per year on royalties, with the top 10% making roughly $275k per year. So, it's not impossible to make a good living being a full-time author, it's just uncommon.

This is why many full-time authors also have a writing-related side gig to boost their income, such as doing editing work, hosting paid courses and workshops, or doing writing-related vlogs for ad revenue.

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[roryintheir90s]

Any fanfictions recomms?

You have not specified what type of fanfiction you're searching for, but I will try to recommend the ones I like a bunch.

And pls do read through the tags carefully before reading! Some of those fics may include violence or mature ratings.

Trust life by Capritarius

STATUS: ongoing

RATING: mature

CHAPTERS: 57/?

WORDS: 275k

MAIN SHIPS: Jimmy/Tango, Jimmy/Scott, Scott/Tango

needs to go first ofc, I don't think I will ever be able to praise it enough 👌

it's just perfect to me. Has everything one needs from a story, drama, complicated relationship, scenes that makes you wanna bawl your eyes out but at the same time it has those sweetest moments ever.

Plus, which is a huge positive for me, no one in the fic is necessarily bad. If you look from the perspective of another person, you can actually realised that ye, maybe what they did or are doing isn't great, but you get why they're like this. Well outside of few people. But for that you gotta read it.

To have and to hold by Green_Life_Lily

STATUS: completed

RATING: teen and up

CHAPTERS: 50

WORDS: 87k

SHIP: Jimmy/Scott

Gen, I love this ff. It's angsty tho. Scott tries his best to help his husband, but it feels sometimes like it never works, and never gets better. It's heartbreaking to be fair. Outside of flower husbands, other relationships are ambiguous. It also gets A LOT worst before it gets even slightly better.

You seriously just feel for the guys, they doing everything they can, only for it to fail or be meet with the gut punching situation.

Everyone struggles there, A LOT.

You looked so good in green by apollothetransboy

STATUS: completed

RATING: mature

CHAPTERS: 13

WORDS: 52k

MAIN SHIP: Scott/Martyn and Jimmy/Scott in p2

I loved this SM. You guys have no idea. Something I recommend to read if you're into a complicated relationship overall. This one doesn't have a happy ending, BUT Apollo is so nice and good and amazing, that we have a p2 to it called

I try to worry for your soul but I forget to

Which is from Jimmys perspective and DO have a happy ending.

It's actually a whole series for this au, and I gen telling you guys to check it out.

It's called the ocean at you door.

One restless summer and hide your heart by StormChaosfox

STATUS: both completed

RATING: mature

SHIP: Scott/Jimmy

Just complicated the relationship between Scott and Jimmy, both of them being dumb and pining, but being scared bc of their past experiences. Lots of regrets and hurt. Plus second book adds skulk and evil sausage to the mix.

Can't say much about this one, because Gen, most of it just just a love drama! So I can't say much because of spoilers.

Tell me one more beautiful lie by apollothetransboy

STATUS: ongoing

RATING: teen and up

CHAPTERS: 11/16

WORDS: 61k

SHIP: tango/martyn/jimmy/scott

Another fic and another slay from Apollo. I love this fic sm. Lots of angst, but also it has it's sweet moments 🥺 it's like my comfort fic.

Truly you guys gotta read it.

Explosions across lifetimes by thed0zyslider (HollowWish)

STATUS: ongoing

RATING: teen and up

CHAPTERS: 22/?

WORDS: 96k

SHIP: fWhip/Jimmy

If you a fwhimmy fan you've probably heard of this one. Gosh, it's such a good one. But what can I say, I'm a sucker for enemies turn lovers. It's sweet, it's cute. It's just AaAAAAAA

A billion amounts to nothing in infinity face by FulminateTheSun

STATUS: ongoing

RATING: teen and up

CHAPTERS: 12/24

WORDS: 43k

SHIP: Jimmy/Sausage

I'm positive that this fic is abandoned, but its still a worthy read. Like gen, its a good fic. I think sausage x Jimmy deserve more attention. They're the moment, and they're just so AAAA could arrange them in the most positive way ever. I just love them

I gen don't know whether you wanted those types of fics, but these are one of my favorite. If you want anything else do let me know I'm more then happy to share!