#fun fact! i had to write the first ~1500 words of this TWICE because my computer crashed and lost everything

[rigelmejo]

I am going to make another post for reference for the japanese listening experiment, eventually, where I estimate how many hours I've gotten japanese input already. I can include the 128 hours I spent in Glossika Japanese.

I would love to hypothesize that my progress will match the 1500-2000 hours estimate that Dreaming Spanish gives for languages similar to one's own, and the 1800 estimate that ALG estimates for english speakers learning japanese. But will it really be that quick? Ehhhh... of course the long estimate is 3500 hours which. I have seen plenty of Refold/Massive Immersion Approach learners also immerse for around those hours (along with doing anki flashcards). So I guess I'll see.

I am listening to HP2 audiobook a second time, this time I am understanding the main idea/recognizing almost all scenes I'm listening to pretty fast, and about half of the details in each scene. It's way clearer. Its wild to me how much more I'm catching. How much more I understand. Just so many more specifics.

I looked up estimates on how many unique words HP1 had and it was around 5,000, and HP2 had around 12,000. So I'm not surprised this 2nd novel I could not follow very many details the first listen through, compared to the 1st novel. That's more than twice the amount of words! However, after book 2 it looks like the books mostly stick around 12,000 unique words they just get longer. So I think I'll move onto HP3 when I'm done relistening to this book 2. I would like to emulate someone I saw on r/DreamingSpanish who listened to HP1 around 400-500 hours of spanish, and could follow main plot but only that, then got all the way to HP4 where they said they could understand 95-99% of everything. That would be an awesome level of improvement! I would love to see that much improvement. Granted I've done way less hours, but I know a lot of words in reading so it's just a matter of learning to recognize them when listening.

I will say if using the HP audiobooks for study, they (like many chinese audiobooks) have a ton of sound effects! Bubbling noises for bubbling potions, flying sounds, train sounds, cage opening sounds, owl sounds, people shouting, acting for all dialogue, weather noises. It makes figuring out word meanings a lot easier. If you study with many a chinese audiobook, a LOT have this many details and it's awesome. MoDu also has sound effects, music, atmospheric sounds, acting for dialogue. Depending on the language you're studying, audiobooks may not have this many hints of what's going on.

If trying to avoid HP books (which I understand, I am only using them because I can find other ppl who shared experiences of using them so I have something specific to compare my progress to, I know the plots from childhood so it's easier than a new story I don't know, the writing level is for teens which works, and they're free chinese audiobooks in my library - also if you use Libby or Hoopla I highly recommend checking out what audiobooks are available to you), literally any older child-younger teen novel series would work. Especially any you're already familiar with the story of, if trying to emulate this experience. So The Hunger Games series could work, Twilight series (now I oddly wonder if these are chinese audiobooks with fancy sound effects), A Series of Unfortunate Events, Goosebumps or Babysitter's Club (the level is a little easier so you'd need to find harder books later), The Lightning Thief series, the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings series, The Chronicles of Narnia series (which has audiobooks on bilibili I just saw them).

Oh wow okay so I did look up Twilight 暮光之城有声读物 and it does have all the expected sound effects of a chinese audiobook: 【有声小说【暮光之城】恐怖冒险、吸血鬼-哔哩哔哩】 https://b23.tv/TavY7IA

I wish english put this much effort into audiobooks. (Fun fact Tatiana Maslany narrates The Hunger Game audiobook in english) i also wish english had more audiodramas...

To add to this, if yoy're already super into chinese webnovels and you've already read the translation, then listening to the audiobook would work great. A lot of cnovel audiobooks are 20-200 hours, that's tons of practice! It's going to be easier if you start with a cnovel audiobook thats easier reading level (like anything on Heavenly Path's recommendations for beginners or intermediate learners like SaYe would be good if you've read the translation already). I am using MoDu because I've read a translation of it before but... there are definitely easier cnovel audiobooks to use and start with.

[suttttton]

Elias Bouchard vs. Destiny

Febuwhump, Day 4 (alternate): Identity Reveal

***

Working at the Magnus Institute is… surprisingly normal.

At best, Elias expects to see his own terror reflected in his coworkers’ eyes. At worst, he fears they will all be like Wright, their eyes cold and monstrous and hungry. He expects to be brought into a world of darkness, to face true monsters that ordinary people never imagined existed.

Were you drawn here? Against your will?��

Instead, his job is just… paperwork. Spooky paperwork, sure, but still paperwork. He talks to a lot of people on the phone, most of whom admit that the statement they gave was just a prank or a dare or whatever. Even the people who genuinely believe their experiences were real seem… more than a little unhinged.

“It saw me through the pages, it’s coming”—

He avoids James Wright, of course. It isn’t difficult. Wright spends most of his time in his office on the third floor, only occasionally coming down to visit Research. When that happens, it’s easy enough for Elias to excuse himself for a smoke break, avoiding Wright’s eyes the entire way. Elias doesn’t understand why his coworkers don’t do the same, although he imagines it would get very crowded in the alley behind the Institute if all of Research tried to take a smoke break at once.

The first time he sees his line manager return from a meeting with Wright, Elias watches her very closely, looking for… unease. Fear. Anything to reflect the way he feels whenever he so much as catches a glimpse of Wright in the halls.

She notices him looking, and smiles at him. No sign of distress in her whatsoever.

Elias returns to his work, but the moment sticks with him. She’d just spent thirty minutes having a meeting with a monster, and she isn’t the slightest bit disturbed.

Have you ever had an experience that you would consider supernatural?—

They don’t know.

All of these people who work here, who interact with Wright every day, and none of them know. Elias is the only one who sees it. Elias is… different.

Elias doesn’t get much work done, that day.

***

Two months later, Elias’s line manager informs him that he has a performance review scheduled with Mr. Wright.

His mouth is dry. “But—I thought you did my performance reviews.” He tries for a smile, but it’s weak.

“Mr. Wright likes to do an in-person review with everyone at the end of every quarter,” she says. She notices the look on his face, and softens slightly. “It’s no big deal. They usually only take five minutes or so. He just goes over the reviews I submitted, and asks if there’s anything he can do to improve your experience here.” She rolls her eyes. “Standard management stuff.”

“Okay,” Elias says, his voice faint. He has to go into that office again? Sit across from the thing that looks out from behind James Wright’s eyes, and just—what? Pretend he isn’t terrified?

Allan’s lifeless body—

What did they do with his eyes?—

“He won’t fire you, if that’s what you’re worried about,” his line manager says. Her voice is gentle, very different from the thinly-veiled annoyance she usually addresses him with. “Wright hasn’t fired anyone the whole time I’ve been here, and your reviews are fine. You’ll be okay.”

“Right,” Elias manages.

The day of the review, Elias seriously considers going to work high.

He decides against it. Wright would know, and then he’d smile and ask Elias some question that he isn’t prepared for, that no one would be prepared for.

What are you afraid of? A very sensible fear—

Elias wonders what would happen if he just—skipped the review. It would be rescheduled, probably. He could skip it again, obviously, but he isn’t sure Wright would tolerate a farce like that for very long.

So, at 2:00pm, he climbs the stairs to Wright’s office. By now, his terror has faded to a blank numbness, an acceptance that he can’t stop whatever is about to happen. He almost feels like laughing.

“Do you enjoy your work here?” Wright asks, after he’s seated and the little introductions are complete.

“Yes,” Elias says, and it isn’t even a lie. He does enjoy the work. He enjoys the variety involved in followup, enjoys chatting with total strangers on the phone. He gets along with his coworkers, and even his line manager is more tolerable than other bosses he’s had. He’d be planning his career here, if not for James Wright’s unfortunate presence. As it is, he’s just trying to survive each day.

“Is there anything about working here that you… hate?”

Elias is not going to tell James Wright that he hates him. He’s not. That’s clearly what Wright wants, leering at him as he is, but Elias refuses to engage with these games.

“Uh—The commute,” Elias says. “It’s a bit far from my flat, and taking the tube every day isn’t exactly the height of luxury.”

“Yes, I’d imagine it would be difficult for you, dealing with the unwashed masses every day.” Wright is still smiling in that cold, slightly-bored way of his. Like what he’s just said is a normal sentence, and not—

“So many gifts, and you’ve squandered them all”—

“What?” Elias’s voice is soft now.

“Do you miss the luxury?” Wright asks, his smile curling up into something more vicious, and Elias—

“Enough! Your friend died in a tragic murder, and it’s well past time you accepted that!”—

No, no, Allan knew what was going to happen, he told me—

“You had a bad drug trip. That’s all.”—

It wasn’t—I didn’t imagine this, there was a book and—

Elias gasps, suddenly back in the present. Wright’s expression is exactly the same. Elias is trembling. This shouldn’t—Wright shouldn’t be able to—What do these questions have to do with his performance?

“Are we done here?” Elias manages, his voice soft to hide its shaking.

“Not quite,” Wright says brightly. “There’s still the matter of your past reviews.” Elias’ review forms are stacked on Wright’s desk, and Wright picks them up, flicking through them. “In general, Lydia’s feedback is very positive, but there are a few concerning things here. You chronically miss deadlines, and on a few of your cases you’ve neglected to follow very promising leads.”

“I’ll try to do better.” Elias’ voice is flat, toneless. The numbness is returning.

“See that you do,” Wright says. “I hope to see improvement by next quarter.”

Elias nods.

What are they doing to his eyes?—

Wright dismisses him, and he makes his way back downstairs. He should return to his desk, return to his caseload that he’s been largely ignoring in favor of panicking about his review.

But he—can’t.

He goes to the alley instead, lights a cigarette with trembling hands. His shaky legs won’t hold him, even when he leans against the wall, so he ends up sitting on the ground.

The first sob forces its way up his throat, and then—he’s crying.

Sobbing on the filthy ground in the alley behind his less-than-respectable workplace. Pathetic. What would Father say?

Probably, “Elias, I’ll be happy to talk to you once you get help for your drug addiction.” Christ.

While he cries, Elias tries to think of what to do. He could quit, he supposes. But he really does need this job. His bank account had been full when his parents first cut him off, and there were provisions in the trust to provide for his needs when he was still in school. Now, though, his money really is running concerningly low. He needs the paycheck.

His tears are just starting to slow when the door opens. Elias starts, turns his face away, trying to hide the fact that he’s crying while hiding from his job.

“Oh—sorry,” she says. Elias recognizes the voice, they work together in Research. He can’t quite remember her name—Megan, maybe? “I can go, if you want some privacy.”

“No, no, it’s fine,” he says, and his voice wobbles. If she didn’t already know he’d been crying, she definitely does now.

She sits down on the step just outside the door. “Um—are you okay?” she asks.

“I’m fine.”

“Right. Yeah, I also like to come out here and cry when I’m feeling fine,” she says, her voice light with humor.

Elias smiles slightly, and wipes some of the wetness from his face. “It’s nothing you need to worry about.”

“I’m all ears,” she says. “Unless you really don’t want to talk about it, in which case, keep your secrets.”

Elias doesn’t respond to that. Doesn’t know how to reply, really. It would be nice, to talk to someone about it, but—It seems cruel, to force someone else into this mess. If she even believed him.

“I just—” She takes a deep breath. “Okay, this is going to sound really weird, but… We look after each other, in Research. A lot of the people who work here don’t really have support networks in our personal lives—ghost stories attract lonely people, I guess—so we try to support each other. So… if you need someone to talk to about this, you can talk to me.

Elias takes a breath. Might as well try. “Have you—noticed anything… off, about Wright?”

“Oh, you mean his whole mind-reading thing? Sure,” she says. She doesn’t hesitate, doesn’t take a moment to consider.

“I—yes,” Elias says, a little unbalanced. She knew? “The way he—drags up all your worst memories.”

“Oh yeah, he’s like that,” she says, wincing. “Did you just have your first performance review? Those can be kind of intense.”

He nods, uncertainly. She’s talking about this as if it’s completely normal.

“You’ll get used to it eventually,” she says. “In research, we like to make jokes about it. She wiggles her fingers at him. “'Ooh, I know everything about you,’” she says mockingly, pitching her voice down.

Elias doesn’t laugh. Just stares. “Aren’t you afraid of him?”

She laughs, really laughs, like it’s the funniest thing she’s ever heard. “What’s he gonna do, fire me? No. Why would I be afraid of him?” Then she sobers. “Are you afraid of him?”

Something sinks in Elias’s chest. He’d assumed that they didn’t know, that Elias was unique in being able to see Wright’s monstrous nature.

Turns out he’s just unique in being frightened by it.

He shakes his head. “No,” he says. “Just—had a bad performance review.”

She nods in commiseration, and he excuses himself not long after. Returns to his desk, his heart loud in his ears. He looks around at his co-workers, all of them so happy, so careless. Why aren’t they afraid?

Why did you heed the call?—

He doesn’t know.

He can’t trust them.

***

He asks to be transferred to Artifact Storage, and his request is accepted, albeit with some strange looks. No one requests to go to Artifact Storage.

For him, it’s infinitely preferable to Research. The monsters in Artifact Storage are acknowledged, for one. Feared, treated with caution. Not allowed to run a so-called research institute. Not joked about. For two, the turnover rate is so high that he won’t have to deal with pretend camaraderie. He knows, now, that he can’t trust any of these people. He’s on his own.

For four years, he does his work, cataloging dangerous artifacts, sending the more junior assistants to do the more dangerous tasks. He doesn’t try to be good at his job, he doesn’t want to be good at his job, but after years of working in Artifact Storage, he is by far the most senior member of the staff. He starts to pick up a few tricks. He becomes knowledgeable. People respect him.

His line manager says he’s looking to transfer to the Library, and asks if Elias would like to be recommended for the promotion. Does he want to be Head of Artifact Storage?

He should say no, but some part of him that never quite managed to kill its ambition answers for him. “I’d be honored,” he says.

***

Meetings with Wright never get easier. In four years, he manages to drag up everything Elias would rather keep hidden, everything he doesn’t want to think about. Allan is a popular subject, as are his parents. And there’s always—

He cannot move. He cannot scream. What are they doing to his eyes?—

Elias doesn’t get used to it, and when Wright schedules a meeting with him to discuss his forthcoming promotion, Elias dreads it just as much as that very first performance review.

“I am very impressed with your progress,” Wright says, steepling his fingers over his desk.

“Thank you,” Elias says.

“Nearly five years in Artifact Storage,” Wright says. “I wouldn’t have guessed it, but perhaps I should have. You’re not a brave man by any means, but what does that matter, when you’re running from the most frightening thing you can imagine?”

What are they doing to his eyes?—

Elias swallows. There’s something heavy in the air. He always feels watched, in the Institute, in Wright’s office, but this is—different, somehow. Closer.

“If you were more curious, you actually might have guessed it. If you’d looked into the history of the Institute, investigated the men who preceded me in this position. You might have noticed certain similarities. You’re smart enough to have put the pieces together, but alas.”

—squandered—

“You never were the curious sort, were you? You were more interested in self-preservation than answers. Keeping your distance from anyone who might drag you away from your… destiny.”

Wright stands, and Elias flinches. “I-I don’t—” This is wrong. Something is wrong.

This is the place I know I should be—

But—

“What did you imagine was calling you here?” Wright says, and now he’s close, too close, towering over him. Elias wants to stand, want to retreat, but he doesn’t—He can’t move—

Wright places his hands on the two arms of Jonah’s chair, trapping him. Elias shrinks back, as far as he can get. “Did you think it was something noble, that you were destined to be a hero of light, to put an end to the sickness of this place? You would drive a knife into my eyes, killing the monster and setting everyone free?”

He doesn’t know what he thought. He thought he was destined for something better, to be something more than other people.

“You will be,” Wright says, leaning over him, too close. “Have you figured it out yet?”

He shakes his head wordlessly, a sob gasping from his throat.

Wright smiles. “James Wright didn’t either.”

***

When the thing that now controls his body takes over the Magnus Institute, they all think, nepotism at its finest.

Elias understands why he’s here, now. Understands the thing that called him here. Understands the many paths he could have taken, to reach a different end. Too late.

Elias’ eyes are carved out of his still-breathing body, and the Eye feasts on latent terror, cultivated so perfectly, for so long.

Elias is replaced, and no one misses him. He himself ensured that no one who worked with him knew anything about him. And everyone else is dead already.

James Wright is discarded. Elias Bouchard is taken.

Jonah Magnus lives on.

[the-erickson-labrynthian]

The Roast of Tennant (First Commission!)

Heyo, everyone. As an example of what some of my commissions can look like, I thought I would release the first one I ever did, a couple months back, after getting permission from the commissioner, @glaceleau, to post in on my blog. It is a story about several of their characters interacting during a roast, focusing specifically on the narrator Daniel, totaling around a 1500 word count.

I hope you enjoy the story, and if you think it was good, be sure to hit me up for anything writing commissions you might have, I could certainly use the work. Enjoy the read, and have a good day.

- As said, All characters in the story are owned by @glaceleau, I only own the snarky comments and half-baked writing style.

The Roast of Tennant:

Daniel stepped to the microphone stand with a halfhearted limp, his left leg bothering him twice as hard as it did in the morning. He rested his whole body against the podium, his arms nearly pulling his form up against the wooden frame. He tapped on the cigarette lazily pinned between his left hand middle finger and thumb, letting the ash hanging off the edge of its body trickle down to the floor with no regard for where it had landed.

Before he could speak into the microphone, his eyes glazed around the large masses of people who arrived for Tennant’s completely made up idea of a Christmas Roast. They were the high class, but not the good kind, more like the bottom-feeders who kissed the ass of any ass with charisma to have some fame thrown their way. The real higher ups were the asses on each of his sides, the cold and loving Uccello's and their gang. On his left was Dom Uccello, who hadn’t said a word in an hour, but gave a hardy laugh that nearly quieted the whole plaza when it erupted from his presence. On his right was Tennant, who wouldn’t stop staring at him, not like the others who looked for entertainment, but in his own way. His own, aggravating, yet innocent way. He was the biggest ass of them all, but different. Personal. Some days, beautiful. No, most days.

It was his idea. A roast entirely dedicated to eviscerating his own name. He thought people would jump at a party that could make fun of someone of his own prestige, and his coercion was the only reason Daniel was on the stage. Tennant said he needed voices. Funny ones that knew him well. Entertainment. Daniel protested at first, but it only took a wink, a shake of his hips, and suddenly here Daniel was, pulling a notecard out of his pants with his heart racing. Damn those hips, He thought to himself.

The first thing Daniel did was cough into the mic, clearing his throat. The audience ceased anything but the smallest of whimpers. Dom widened his presence and stretched his arms behind his chair. Tennant looked as if he was pulling his mind closer to Daniel, a cold smile stretch upon his face. Encouraging him to go on. He was so sure of himself. Always right, like the ass he was. Daniel coughed one more time and began as his muscles tensed up and his stomach grumbled. He pulled out the first notecard and blocked the intense heat of the stage lights on him so he could read what it said.

“When I heard Tennant’s idea just a few weeks ago for this Christmas party, I thought age was finally getting to him. I mean, we all have our lousy moments, but most of us have the good decency to throw shitty ideas where they belong. Of course, when you’re a brat with money, you can do anything you want, hence why all you mindless ego-maniacs showed up.”

The audience was already wrapped around his finger. Dom gave another hardy chuckle. Tennant twisted a tuft of his hair in his fingers, holding that smile he only had when he was thinking of the words, I told you so.

“Well, maybe that was a little rude of me. After all, you people did nothing wrong. Not your fault the big baby can’t go a day without his bottle,” He turned to Tennant, “I’ve worked for you for longer than half these prissy slobs have inherited their fortunes from their parents who actually worked hard to earn them. At least they earned it a better way than you did, but enough about that. To be honest, Tennant, you’re a self-righteous, egotistical, bloviating jabbering jackass. You know, I’ve seen toddlers with more sense of compassion. And a better poker face, too. Then again, I’d have a hard time telling the difference between a toddler and you, considering the fact you dress like a five year old who thinks she’s a princess. I’d stop making baby jokes if you didn’t need people to repeat everything they say to you just for you to understand it.”

The audience roared with laughter. Daniel lost all his tension. With a sigh he took another long drag from his cigarette and blew out the smoke slowly, teasing the audience into further hysteria. He continued, “I have to give you credit, you are good at one thing, showing the whole world how a reverse aphrodisiac works. I won’t say that women wouldn’t like you, Tennant, but as far as I’m concerned, I know women who would rather hump the high-pitched men who tailored your suit.”

Through his own laughter Tennant spoke up, “I am married, ‘ya know.”

“Ah, yes…” He sighed, “Give Conchita my blessing, she definitely needs it,” The audience broke again, “I’m surprised she hasn’t lopped off that other arm of yours. Then again, I think if she did, she’d be arrested for assaulting a teenage girl.”

Some men in the audience were shouting Woahs and Ohs. Tennant was fanning himself. Daniel hoped he got more than he bargained for. Even if he didn’t mean a word he said, he hoped Tennant had just a little bit of embarrassment from it, a little bit of payback for putting him on stage. 

“To be fair, Tennant, you are living evidence that a southern belle doesn’t have to be woman. You’re practically a flower in all but name. Dom, I must say, don’t you think your image gets a little ruined when you’ve got your wet nurse running the show?”

Dom lifted a finger and motioned for Daniel to come over. Daniel leaned the mic to him and he said, “I’d prefer him if he had breasts!” That one broke everybody. Tennant was crying from laughter, nearly falling out of his chair. Daniel kept going.

“I don’t want to spend all day torturing the poor guy, he does that just fine himself. Really, I want to end on a better note,” He turned his figure to Tennant again, “I want to give you what will probably be the only compliment you ever get in the rest of your life. You’re a good man. Well, man is a bit of a stretch, but you understand what I mean. I had a lot of fun watching you prance around for all these years, and I wouldn’t trade where I am in this life for anything in the world, unless you’ve got another opening Dom,” He chuckled, “Honestly, though, I wouldn’t want to walk away from this microphone and let someone else insult you for an hour without giving you what you deserve. I want to go back to something I said earlier in the night. Something accurate, but missing one last piece.”

He shuffled around to his first notecard and held it up in front of his vision, blocking the stage light that was burning his face, “To be honest, Tennant, you are a self-righteous, egotistical, bloviating jabbering jackass. But, above all else, you are family, to me, and to all of these people with me in the audience tonight. Even though you’re a prideful buffon, this life would not be the same without you. Merry Christmas, you ass, and next time you come up with a party, have a better premise, because this had nothing to do with Christmas.”

Tennant stood up, “Oh yeah? Here’s my gift to you all, another round of drinks on me!”

The crowd went wild and Daniel cursed to himself at Tennant stealing his thunder. He made his way back from the podium to his seat at Tennants side, slumping down to his seat and groaning, the stress finally hitting him upside the head after the ordeal was done. Tenant took his seat.

“That was a hell of a speech, but I couldn’t ‘letcha have that, doll,” He smiled, “You understand, right?”

Daniel said nothing.

“Anyways, I wanted to tell you-”

“I know, I know, ‘I told ‘ya so’.”

His sly smile grew, “I did. And, you were amazing.”

“Yeah, but I’ll never forgive you for putting me up to that,” He puffed from his cigarette again.

Tennant put a hand on Daniel’s hurting leg, sending a small unintentional spike of pain through him, “You’re only saying that because you want me to try and do something to make you forgive me.”

He looked at Tennant without turning his head, “Did it work?”

Tennant whispered in his ear, “Only because it’s Christmas.”

Daniel’s spine tingled.

“But none of that now. How about you quit pouting and we watch the rest of the show, even if it won’t be anything like your’s was.”

Daniel couldn’t help smiling, putting his own hand on Tennant’s hand as the two looked to the new man on stage and watched the rest of the performance. Daniel gave one last sigh, content with his Christmas celebration with the biggest egotistical ass on the planet, that he couldn’t help but love, at his side.

[douchebagbrainwaves]

STARTUPS AND SHAPE

Then you'd really be in good shape. Any conflicts between them have been ironed out under the very hot iron of running a startup is among the purest of real world tests. O fast. Part of the problem. I could see myself—making at least 4 of these 5 mistakes. For companies that offer server-based application that Microsoft ends up with, will probably, like Hotmail, be something developed outside the company. They still rely on this principle today, incidentally. She'd seen the level of type tags.1

Now that the term ramen profitable has become widespread, I ought to explain precisely what the idea entails. Klee and Calder. Have you ever noticed that when animals are let out of cages, they don't use sentences any more complex than they do when talking about what to have for lunch.2 While young founders are at a disadvantage when coming up with made-up ideas, they're the best source of advice, it might be better to get selected than applicants not of type x who do make it through. At first we tried to conceal it. Google because Larry and Sergey found, there's not much. The best word to describe the failure to do so is probably denial, though that seems a bit too narrow.3 All that matters is how hard the project is all your own. Apparently not.

There is another reason: Jessica hates attention. There is a kind of learning, based on disasters that have happened to it or others like it. PayPal only just dodged this bullet. They may not say so explicitly, but they're an extreme case. If you run out of ideas on one point, no problem: it won't kill the essay.4 White than from an academic philosopher. A student.5 Is it just a coincidence that they used the same word, or is there some overlap in what they meant? Others thought of it as a practical question: how do you get into a good college was more or less the meaning of life when I was younger. As with an actual gold mine, you still have to work on managing investors usually depends on how much money you've taken.

The conventional wisdom in the Lisp world is that the variation between schools is so much work to be done. Not only was this work not for a class, but because it throws off the Social Radar, and this tends to warp their development decisions. He means the same thing Kelly Johnson did: if something is ugly, it can't be the best ones, because feedback from real live users always leads to improvements. Modernism was its freshness.6 We thought Airbnb was a bad idea.7 None of the ones we've funded have. You can probably start a startup right out of college to start a startup that tanked, and another who'd spent the two years since college working as a developer at a big company, learn how to program. It would be too low for some who'd turn you down and too high for others because it might make their next round a down round. They don't know how much they can grow, but they can also deter you from going to grad school.

There is one case where the list of n things similarly limits the damage that can be incrementally expanded into the whole project, and then I can start my own? This doesn't seem to be working on; there's usually a reason. So the fact that you can't just hack. At any given time there are a few hot topics and a few people made fun of me for writing something whose title began with a number.8 Surely that sort of thing will happen more and more common, master the most powerful forces in human nature, and it's the hackers you need to be written in the new language. Just be warned you'll have to do is make sure this new Lisp does some important job better than other languages. Well, I'm now about to do that instead of becoming a serious rival to Silicon Valley; instead they'd be opening local offices. We couldn't save someone from the market's judgement even if we wanted to get lots of attention, we made the version number an integer.

Notes

Norton, 2012. The tipping point for me to put it would have gotten where they all sit waiting for the board to give him 95% of spam, but they seem pointless.

But it's a hip flask.

College English 28 1966-67, pp.

One of the device that will pay people millions of dollars a year, but I'm not saying we should have been five years ago it would not make a country with a lawsuit just as Europeans finished assimilating classical science.

One YC founder told me: One way to predict at the fabulous Oren's Hummus. It seems to me like someone in 1500 looking at the exact same thing twice. Earlier versions used a TV as a general-purpose file classifier so good. Actually this sounds to him like 2400 years would to us that the worm might have infected ten percent of them is a cause.

If you extrapolate another 20 years, dribbling out a chapter at a public event, you can make things: the process of selling things to the principle that you end up saying no to drugs.

If a conversation—maybe not linearly, but the route to that mystery is that if a company with benevolent aims is currently undervalued, because it consisted of 50 pairs that each summed to 101 100 1,2003. More generally, it sounds like something cooked up by the Clayton Antitrust Act in 1914. This includes mere conventions, like architecture and filmmaking, but this could be done, she doesn't like getting attention in the mid 20th century Cambridge seem to them rather than making the broadest type of x. I was as much as people in any case.

Type II startups spread: all you needed to read a draft of this type of product for it. Because of that generation had been with us if the current options suck enough. They want to create a great one. I know this is not so much control, and that's much harder it is to try your site.

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Top Main Questions That Every New Blogger MUST Answer!

How You Doing? Imagine Joey writing a blog on his life. One good thing will be that we all will get the answer to why “Joey doesn’t share food.” Blogging is just another way to express your views with words, but the catch is that you won’t be speaking with your friends or your peers. There is the whole wide world at your disposal. But what can you do so that everybody reads your blog? Well, this is where I come in. This article will take you through many tips for new bloggers and will allow you to understand the small yet important details of blogging. Do you know what is common between all the successful bloggers that we see today? Well, they didn’t have a rat’s ass idea where they are going with their blog. Neil Patel first started a website similar to Monster.com. Darren Rowse was a casual laborer before he started Pro Blogger. The reason they are successful today is that they learned everything about blogging and implemented it in real time. Most importantly, all the successful bloggers know the topmost 3 elements: SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Keyword Placement with the proper Keyword Density And importantly - How to rank their content. The fact that 95% of all the web traffic won’t go past the first page on Google SERP shows the importance of learning these blogging tips. If you also do not want to lose all your traffic because your page ranks on the second page, then follow these tips for new bloggers.

Start a Blog - Which, When and How Many?

To start a blog, you need a niche, a subject in which you are interested and have knowledge about. Your niche has to be perfect and something which can generate thoughts regularly.

I once saw a reality TV show about singing. One auditionee there was a software engineer, and he claimed to design software for his voice. I am NOT bragging, but come on man! That is why a niche is important. Pick a topic which interests you every time you talk about it, also ensure that your niche has some value in the market. That is the first and foremost of many tips for new bloggers. Never choose a personal topic like why you love cats. if you want to write about cat’s behavior and how to train cats among other things, this can be a good and profitable blog. You can get advertising revenue from various businesses running a pet store. Secondly, there is when to blog? How many posts do you ask? Well, apologies for disappointing you, but there is NO one answer to this. The ultimate goal is to build your authority. And to do that you need to plan your posts well in advance. The best blogging tip that I can give you in this matter is that you need to think like a reader. Your audience is the target and put yourself in their shoes. How often would you like to know about the cat behavior (the one that you love so much)? Probably, once a week or twice or daily (if you are mad about it). So, you need to have an understanding of your audience and what kind of information will they like and how often. With every passing year, Google is getting hungrier. It needs more and more words in your blog to consider it worthy. “Thou Who Shall be Worthy shall rank First on my Page.” So, to be Google-worthy, you need to pass its algorithm and remember, Thor had to basically die to be worthy. What can you do? I have gone through a number of tips for new bloggers and understood that every blog should be more than 1500 words to start with. This will allow you with keyword placement, keyword linking and other metrics that make for a good SEO strategy.

Tips for new bloggers, Make a good first impression:

How to start blogging? Think of your first blog post as a cover letter to the whole wide world. This is what I call a challenge. Yes, fighting kaiju’s and that too below water is hard. But convincing someone that why they should read your post even though they don’t know you is not as easy as it looks. Your first blog has to be about YOU, WHY THIS BLOG, THE NICHE, THE AUDIENCE, WILL IT HELP THEM, AND WHAT YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE WITH THIS BLOG. This is the best of many tips for new bloggers that I can give you. You need to convince each and every one of your reader that your blog will help them solve a problem, or gain knowledge or simply will help them understand something. Next, we will talk about how does your blog looks? This is one of the less known and rarely shared one among tips for new bloggers. Assuming that you will start your blog through WordPress, I will discuss how to describe your blog. WordPress themes are pre-customized to give your blog a set direction. From the look of it, the person can recognize what kind of blog are you running.

Blogging for beginners is fun and a learning experience. Some of these themes are free, and others are paid, so for a beginner, a free theme will suffice. There are themes with cater to a news blog, some are good for corporate blogs, and some of them will look good on a food blog. There are a few other aspects that you will need to understand before running a successful blog. Another of my favorite tips for new bloggers is given comprehensively regarding the naming of your blog. So, follow How to come up with a blog name and domain in less than 30 minutes. Also, the internet is filled with resources and blogging tips for beginners. For instance, pro-blogger is a blog dedicated to everything related to blogging. There are many similar blogs and informative guides, just like the one you are reading right now. All these guides and articles are written by experienced bloggers who have learned it the hard way. And now they want to share the best experiences with everyone who is looking to start their own blog. Let’s talk about traffic generation, subscribers and dollars: Earning money through blogs is a process and believe me, when I say, it will take some time. It involves traffic generation, you must drive traffic to your blog. Then comes subscriptions and finally on the basis of your subscribers and daily readers you can go on to earn something good out of your blog.

First thing’s first, how to get traffic so that you can turn them into subscribers. To do that you need to learn a few things first. Starting with writing amazing blog posts. Not that it needs explaining, but I am adding it to my tips for new bloggers that your blog post has to be amazing. Understand that the topic that you will choose is for someone and it is based on adding to the knowledge of the reader. Primarily, if they are searching for what you have written means that you know something that your reader doesn’t. Which gives you the perfect opportunity to fill the void. Just write what you know and in a manner which will help the reader Gain something. Remember, if they wanted plain and mundane information Wikipedia has everything they want. The million dollar answer is you need to write good and for the right audience. Once people find your blog interesting and feel that it is adding to their limited knowledge, they will surely follow you. The key is to build your authority and maintain it. After this, things become easier, and you will be one step closer to making money out of your blog. Talking about money, what’s the rush buddy? I guess you know that Rome wasn’t built in one day. So, hold your horses and implement a strategy first then you can think about money. A new blog will not start making money instantly, not as long as you have a magic wand. There are a few revenue models that you work with to start making money with a blog. For example, if your blog is providing information on let’s say good interior designing. Then your local furniture and interior designing agencies will ask you to run their advertisement on your blog. Other models are affiliate marketing or even direct marketing where you can sell a product through your blog and earn a commission.

Tips for new bloggers regarding guest posts: Awesome! So you are getting offers by other contributors to write on your blog. Irrespective of this aspect you should know what to do in this scenario. Guest posts are an easy way to increase your traffic.

Going forward when you have a considerable number of visitors on your blog, the readers would want you to publish more Frequently. And the best method to do that is allowing guest posts. It will surely help you drive more traffic, diversify, inculcate a different point of view. But, take caution that there are no spam posts unrelated to the topic. That the readers are still getting the information and content, they want to read, and most importantly, you sustain the right to edit these posts.

Things to do in the first three months of Starting a Blog:

Here are some specific and streamlined tips for new bloggers and what you need to do in the starting. Set Goals: Nothing good will come if you are shooting blind arrows in the air. I have mentioned earlier that blog writing should be streamlined and should follow a set trajectory. You need to be perfectly sure of what you are going to do, how many posts are required, what kind of audience you should target. Think about your Keywords: It is going to be the 8th wonder of the world, sorry 9th (8th wonder is that DC is still surviving) if your blog ranks without a keyword. Do thorough keyword research before you start writing. Take care of keyword variation, placement and use high volume keywords. Use Google trends and analyze which keyword is more popular for your niche. Focus on One Social Media Platform: Remember, the focus is your customer and not your second favorite friend. So, stick to that platform which has the highest number of audience. Most probably, it will be Facebook. So, stick with it and post regularly. Target the readers, use appropriate hashtags and whatnot. All this is to let people know that you are writing a blog and it is based on this subject. Start commenting on other blogs: Now, I am not asking you to write your thesis on someone else’s comment section. Instead, keep it simple and appreciate what the other person has written. Share what you like about the post and then go home. Plus, it will be a plus if you make your profile on Gravatar for commenting. Understand Google Analytics: There is no shortage of tips for new bloggers which I can give you. But without this, everything is just a plain exercise. What is the purpose of writing if you do not know whether or not it is driving traffic. That is where Google Analytics comes in. You need to learn it, understand it and implement it. All because knowing is half the problem solved. So, as long as you do not know your blog’s performance, there is no point in working on it. Understand Search Console: Neil Patel says that the Google Search Console is the most overlooked marketing tool. You need to use it to see how Google sees your website. You can tailor your content to invite more organic traffic and also resolve spam issues.  

Conclusion!

Now, that I have reached the last part of my guide titled “Tips for new bloggers” I would like to conclude it by saying that blog writing is a thing of the present. People are still growing up to the idea of internet in some regions of the world. And there is a whole lot of area to reach yet. So tighten your seat belts because you are in for the long haul. Most importantly, write for a set purpose and a set goal if you want to go professional in blog writing. Else, the whole internet is an A4 sheet for you, write as much as you can, nobody is stopping you.

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 Who’s afraid of Virginia Lee Johnson?

Virginia is a mom to two beautiful children and resides in Minnesota. Any spare time is spent watching TV, reading, facebooking and spending time with friends. She’s married to Thai Preyer PA 😉, yet owned by Kyle Perkins as his PA. *these two run my life* A love for reading and writing is a new concept for Virginia. Before the Twilight rave and a need to know the ending after Eclipse was released in theaters, Virginia preferred to watch the movie or convince a friend to read the book for her. Needing to know the story of a random homeless man that she encountered on a freeway exit ramp, was the only reason she began writing in the first place. Soulless Nights spawned from the unknown story and a dare from her friends.

Virginia has expanded her love for books by planning and hosting The Tampa Indie Author Book Convention. As a co-owner of The Indie Book Channel on YouTube, the opportunity to help others experience books and events that they otherwise couldn’t has helped her to share her passion for the Indie Community.

She has had the pleasure of working with some of her favorite authors. Street teams, beta reading and cover modeling were what led her to the world of writing. She currently PA’s for Kyle Perkins

Currently she has released Soulless Nights, Revenge; a short story within the anthology Doctrine of Indecency: 18 Coveted Tales of Lust, Vindicate, Seraphine’s ( With Julia Clare ) and Bound by an Echo ( With Julia Clare ), Expiate, Humanity’s Ark: Kepler (Kyle Perkins), Always; Never and a few funny books. Secondary Silence, Freeing Olivia (Ellen Wilder), and Soulless Days are current WIP’s, soon to be released.

=Nikki K get’s the skinny on Ginni=

I met Virginia, or Ginni as she is called, a few months back through some author friends. I didn’t know anything about her or her books but I was joining a group she was a part of and decided I needed to read one of her books. I picked Soulless Nights and was totally blown away. First it was a tad bit darker than I am used to but the storyline was something I had not read before and the twists were like, WOW! Any who, we began talking and I quickly decided that this chick was one of the funniest most irreverent people I’d met in a long time. She may also sleep less than me and be one of the hardest working people in the book world. Not only does she PA, Write, work a day job and she’s a mom, but she is also one of the first people to lend a hand to support others. The long and short of it, I became a fan of not only her writing but of the person behind the pen as well.

Q. First things first, if we’re meeting somewhere to conduct this interview, where would it be? (A park, bar, restaurant, your home, my home) A. Your hot tub, filled with ice… cause it’s hot as fuck where you live.

Q. What would be your drink of choice? I’m a vodka or Jameson gal myself. A. Mike’s Black Cherry Lemonade. I don’t drink often so buying a bottle would age. Not just age, my great grand kids would ask to use it for a history class artifact. (But when she does drink, bahaha. Let’s just say I have seen video!)

Q. If there’s food involved, what type would it be? A. Steak. No, boiled peanuts. And chocolate, not dark. The aftertaste is awful.

Q. Why do you write? What inspired you? A. Honestly, I wrote my first book because I spent an hour of time, that I’ll never get back, reading a book. I thought the plot was good, characters had potential but the execution was piss-poor to say it nicely. My inspiration was friends that were indie authors.

Q. Why did you start writing in the genre you chose? A. I love me a dark read. There is nothing like diving head first into a world that you want to believe doesn’t exist, with characters that couldn’t get away with their actions and twists that make you second guess humanity. I knew I belonged there – dark anything.

Q. How did becoming a published author change you or your life? A. I’ve made the best friends, traveled and have been able to share my imagination with the world. I mean, that’s kinda cool.

Q. Your books tend to lean towards the dark side (yes I’m being polite). What inspires you to write about the topics you do? A. Reality and reflection. The reality is that the world is dark. Bad things happen all of the time. Reflection on what would you do about it, if given the chance? I wrote that story.

Q. In Souless Nights you deal with the topic of Sex trafficking/slavery. Where did that idea come from? A. I couldn’t, for the life of me, figure out why he was homeless. Cardboard sign and all, begging for money, I couldn’t get him out of my mind. In short, I decided that he was a detective, searching for the love of his life that he had met 5 years earlier, while homeless. This inadvertently brought me to sex trafficking and the real existence of it. Save the girl or lose everything.

Q. What are you working on now? A. My priority is Secondary Silence, a paranormal romance. I really wanted to avoid the stigma of paranormal but a vampire was necessary. Don’t worry, no glittery facade or super speed. Lol. Like, really? Anyways… Ashley is a ghost, assigned to assist Thad (the vamp). I know it’s pnr, but I’ve graphically killed soooooo many people already, it may need to find itself in a horror genre. We shall see😉

Q. Which of your books/series was your most fun to write? A. F*CK, SH*T and M**ST Is this even a for real question? Maybe this isn’t a for real answer. Lol. They were fun to write tho. Kepler: Humanity’s Arc was another fun one. My co author kept me on my toes and the edge of my seat with every chapter. Twas fun!

Q. Is there a recurring theme that runs through your books? Why is this important to your writing? A. My female characters grow into their strengths through the story. Aspen is my only character that was a badass to begin with, a force to be reckoned with. Vindicate showcased the inner beauty of a strong woman that knew what she wanted. Vindicate was a very easy book to write.

Q. If you were interviewing your favorite character from your book what’s the one question you would like to ask them? What would the answer be? A. To Ethan from Vindicate and Expiate – Me : “Will you die already?” Him : “No.”

Q. What genre would you love to write but don’t think that you would do it justice? A. Contemporary Romance. Lol. I tried. It was painful to bang out Bound by an Echo.i love the book, readers LOVE the book. Writing a romance was exhausting. I can’t do it.

Q. What is the one thing you would like readers to know about you? A. All of my characters are a piece of myself, my friends and my fans. No character is an unknown entity, developed from pixie dust and suddenly appears. Someone in my life created a character, without knowing it.

Q. What is your writing process? Do you have scheduled times you sit down and just start writing? Or is it more like when inspiration strikes you pick up a pen or keyboard? A. Inspiration strikes. 9/10 I stare at the screen until I realize I’ve typed enough random words to make a sentence. It’s bad.

Q. Do you write longhand or do you prefer a computer? A. Always my computer. I’m lazy AF. Doing the same job twice would be the death of me.

Q. If you could only read one book for the rest of your life, what book would you pick. A. Thoughtless by SC Stephens.

Q. Can you share a fun/funny story about being a writer? Maybe an interaction with a fan or a mishap while writing? A. Eh… I fell asleep on my keyboard once. Had 48 pages of k’s. I wrote a book with Kyle Perkins. It’s about the planet, Kepler. Mind you, we have been talking about this book for a year when we started writing it in full force. Finally, one day near chapter 7 or so, he tells me, “You know the sky would be more red than blue, right?” I reply with, “Does it matter? We’re writing a book.” I was so pissed when I found out KEPLER IS A REAL PLANET! I had rules to follow. He thought it was hilarious and that I was an idiot, but still. It was pretty funny.

Q. Why did you decide to self published, instead of reaching out to traditional publishers? A. I don’t follow rules well. I kill to many people, thrust into someone too many times, blood splatter was too wide… yeah, I had a character use a (removed) cock as a paintbrush. I am not the publishers dream candidate. Maybe someday.

Q. What is the hardest part about being an author? A. Conformity. I’ll never be like everyone else. I’ve tried the things that work for others and they don’t work for me. It’s hard to be yourself in this world.

Q. Have you ever thought about giving up writing? If so why? A. Yes. Why? Sometimes you want to disappear as if your story has been told. Then, as if they were stalking you, a fan or fellow author sends that much needed message, asking for the rest of a story. That’s when I know my story is just beginning.

Q. We often hear the writers barely break even on their books. If this is true, why do it? A. It’s absolutely true. No question. Being an indie author isn’t a money making gig. It’s not a get rich fast technique and the fact that people think we have spending money from this, blows my mind. This is why indie authors are disappointed in those that don’t take the art seriously. Few of us are lucky enough to have a cover designer, editor, graphic designer, formatter and marketing on call. All of that costs a fortune. No joke. Hundreds of dollars before you buy it for $0.99. In short, we need you sell 1500 copies at $0.99 to break even at a $500 cost. Unfortunately, most indie authors sell 5-10 books in a good week. Why do I do it? I do it for me. I’m proud of accomplishing something that I had never dreamed of. I look at a finished book and think, I did this. Just as quickly I think, What’s next? It’s a vicious circle that has little monetary gain.

For shits and giggles. Q. What is your favorite word? A. Fuck

Q. What is your favorite dirty word. A. Fuck

Q. What is your least favorite word? A. M**st…. Not even spelling it. Lolol

Q. Is there a world we will NEVER find in your writing? A. Historical. Not happening.

Q. What is your favorite naughty toy? A. Time. Lol

Q. Which of your books would you like to be real so you could live in it? And why? A. Kepler: Humanity’s Ark – wouldn’t it be cool as fuck to live on another planet that is capable of sustaining human life? I wanna see that. The world Kyle developed and created in the book sounds beautiful.

Q. I know you have a male writing partner, would you ever consider writing a M/F HEA with him? A. Kepler was written M/F. We had discussed, soon after Kepler released, possibly doing an Urban Fantasy. That might be capable of a HEA. Who knows. He’s more capable of writing it than I am. Although, he doesn’t have many HEA’s either.

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=Solo Books from Ginni=

Soulless Night

Soulless Nights on Amazon

WARNING: This book contains sex scenes of a graphic nature. *Contains material that may be sensitive to some readers* Deep in the city, where we’ve been taught to avoid the dark corners and alleys, monsters lurk within the fragile cracks of our human emotions, waiting for the chance to break in. With the loss of his grandfather, William runs to the streets without family or the knowledge of wealth he’s left behind. Spending years begging for food and money, William has learned the secrets that the city keeps hidden, making him one of the most versatile detectives the department has ever seen. Losing the love of his life, with nothing more than a letter saying she’s sorry and spending five years tracking her, William has learned that she has entered the world where sex and money can make you very successful or may very well kill you in the process. Kathryn has spent seven years on the streets, leaving behind her addicted, abusive mother and her sexual predator boyfriends. William proves to be the light she’s been longing for but when darkness shadows the truth she’s left to return to the streets in hiding with fear of the lies she’s faced with. Kathryn must decide, work for Xander and sell her soul for sex, or face the demons of her past and hope William understands she has never forgotten him. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28943216-soulless-nights

🔪🔪Vindicate🔪🔪

Free on KU Vindicate on Amazon

Aspen Young is a girl with a past and an inner demon to feed. Ethan West has been a playboy since his first wet dream but nothing could prepare him for Aspen. In Revenge, Aspen and Ethan collide in an erotic tale of mending the weak and awakening the strength within a woman. When the weak aren’t strong enough to survive, Aspen ends the pain and suffering of lost love and a pathetic heart, the only way she knows how. In Vindicate, Aspen is tested with decisions that will help her continue to right the wrongs that have plagued women for centuries or destroy her as she falls into the same wreckage her victims are subjected to. When Ethan proves to be stronger and smarter than the hunted failures of Aspen’s past, she is forced to make a decision that will ultimately change the life she has created for herself. Take revenge on those who constantly choose to relive the horror of their decisions and take their lives, one bloody heart at a time or end the lives of the people responsible for her need to vindicate her actions.

Always Never

Always Never on Amazon

“Blinking would bring a moment of darkness that I couldn’t afford.”

Darkness shadows those that are marked, but the light of a soul may be stronger than the depths of the Never. I was sent to collect what was rightfully mine. Avery belonged to me as many of the marks before her. She fought harder than the others, stayed stronger through the fear and she made herself an easy target. Finding her was never an issue. Killing her was always the plan. Losing her was no longer an option.

❈Expiate❈

🔪 Expiate on Amazon

🔪Time is nothing more than the illusion that you have buried your skeletons deeper than the next person. The mistake that is most commonly made is forgetting one thing; Aspen doesn’t care how deep the bodies are buried – she will find you and she will kill you. The only question that they should be asking themselves is, ‘When?”

🔪Blinding emotion is the one thing that separates Aspen from her victims. She has given them a choice; a chance to make it right. She has rules, she has boundaries and now, she is running out of time.

🔪After allowing Ethan to escape with a new set of rules, Aspen finds herself caught between finishing what she started and starting what needs to be finished. ❈ Tracy created a monster. ❈ Preston follows no rules. ❈ Ethan is pissed and ready to fight. 🔪Three different men with three different reasons to die. They will pay for the mistakes that they made and Aspen will collect… when she is ready.

Bad Words Made Funny Series

From Book 1: ***TRIGGER WARNING*** STRONG LANGUAGE Not intended for underage viewers Adult supervision is advised!

***This book is a sarcastic educational and (probably) inaccurate reference guide ONLY!!*** It is not intended to provide you with any sort of value or brain power. Actually, I can almost guarantee you that it will do the exact opposite.

Have you ever sat back and thought to yourself, “Well, I wonder how to say, “F*CK” in dutch? No? Well, that’s too bad, cause I have. What I found was that there is absolutely no reason for me to ever need to know that, but I am humored to know that I have given you a book that will help you do just that! There are a total of 40 ways to read it within the pages of this disaster. Trust me when I say… ENJOY!

=Collaborations with Ginni and her friends= 

 ���🔪Seraphine’s🔪 🔑

By Virginia Lee Johnson and Julia Clare

Seraphine’s on Amazon

Which room holds your dirty desire? ***THIS IS YOUR TRIGGER WARNING* *There are scenes that may be sensitive to some readers. Please be advised* Can Seraphine break the walls down surrounding Ivy? Will Ivy succumb to her expected fate? What neither of them anticipated was a reservation, one that could destroy them all. Are you #TeamJulian or #TeamJasper?

Bound by an Echo

By Julia Clare and Virginia Johnson

Bound by an Echo on Amazon

Laurel escaped her past and the horror that threatened to plague her future. With her dream job, fame and friends, there was always something standing in her way. She was happy but she knew a piece of her was missing; that piece came with a price and an echo. Rory never did leave; he stayed exactly where she could find him. The girl that got away would return, eventually. What he didn’t expect was for her to walk through the door of his bar days before an echo of their past was to boom through the mountains and mirror the moment that tore them apart. Twenty years ago; That was the last busy day in Crater City. It was the last time laughter was heard through the mountains. It was also the last day that The Crater City Carnival had ever opened. Now, twenty years later, the carnival will reopen for one week only, bringing two lost loves back together and a mystery they both tried to forget will be brought back to life. Will Rory and Laurel survive… again?

✨ •••• 🌓KEPLER: Humanity’s Ark  🌓 •••• ✨

Kyle Perkins and Virginia Johnson Kepler on Amazon

Orrin was born for the mission ahead of him; his team has nothing to lose and a livable planet to gain. Built for the elements and prepared for the worst, Orrin is Earth’s last chance for survival and he is determined to save humanity no matter the cost.

As the daughter of the Vaklarn Elite, Aya was adorned with every amenity available but she craved a life of freedom and independence. Betrothed to the man of her father’s choice, her chance at love was taken from her in the name of her ancestors until she comes face to face with the biggest threat her people have ever encountered; Orrin.

When two worlds collide, more than a fight for a home is on the line. Both have an objection; both have something to lose; both bend the bind that threatens to break in the name of strength, power, life and love.

=Anthology’s=

Doctrine of Indecency: 18 Coveted Tales of Lust

Doctrine of Indecency (Forever Free)

Have you gotten your copy of Doctrine of Indecency : 18 Coveted Tales of Lust? It’s packed with 18 amazing authors short stories and it’s free! Go get it if you haven’t already!

*This is an adult romance short story collection containing explicit content only suitable for adults.* Dare yourself to explore eighteen very different tales of lust by eighteen wickedly imaginative authors that love to spin a sexy story. Get lost in the pages composed by minds trained to tempt and tease the senses to satisfaction while leaving you wanting so much more…

☠ ❤ Twist Me Anthology ❤ ☠

Twist Me Anthology

Twist Me: A Dark Romance Anthology of love, lust, desires, murder, mystery and more 12 authors brings you 12 original short stories of when good boys want to meet you and bad boys want blood. Voices need to be heard and secrets stay burried for only so long. Feel the whip of a dominatrix and you might become a dark princess. Where lessons are learned the hard way of internet dating. Never fall for the enemy and till death do you really part. Take a walk in the sand and watch love burn like wildfire to create a cataclysmic effect. *All proceeds go to ASPCA* Elizabeth Cash – Taking You Home Destiny Hawkins – The Man in the Dark Reagan Hollow – Aaron’s Undoing Virgina Lee Johnson – Blind Capture Erin Lee – Acquiring August Emery LeeAnn – Cataclysmic Carissa Lynch – Loves Me Not P. Mattern – The Girl in the Sand Alana Melos – Strange Bedfellows Ellie Midwood – The Iron Cross Yolanda Olson – Wildfire Erin M. Trejo – Dark Princess

Spotlight on the Darkness of Virginia Lee Johnson  Who's afraid of Virginia Lee Johnson? Virginia is a mom to two beautiful children and resides in Minnesota.