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I saw @lxncelot do this and I really wanted to do it too, so here it is!

Bold the writing habits you relate to:

I write: daily | most days | a few times a week | a few times a month | random

If there’s a day in which I don’t write it’s because I’m tired, sick, with writer’s block or need a little break. I just need to write it because I love it so much! I write fanfiction (mostly requests) basically every day but I also write original stuff often. 

I write most often: when I first get up | later in the morning | afternoon | evening | the wee hours of the night | whenever

I mostly write during the afternoon lately, but it realy depends. For the most part, I just write whenever I feel like it and when the inspiration or motivation strikes.

In one sitting, I tend to write: a few sentences at a time | a few hundred words | a few thousand words | a complete chapter/section no matter how long | An outline | whatever comes

It’s rare that I write a lot in one sitting, I usually just add a few sentences or maybe a paragraph. Sometimes, however, if I’m very inspired I can write a few hundred of thousand words. For longer stuff like series, I do my best to write the chapters in one sitting to have a complete chapter (it helps the words flow if I do it in one sitting) but sometimes I have to write a complete chapter in a few sittings.

I tend to write scenes: in chronological order with no skipping | mostly in order but with some filler/skipping | whatever scene I feel like | who knows what’s gonna come out????

Again, it’s different from short stuff like imagines or headcanons, and in that case I write everything chronologically unless I can’t think of a specific word, in which case I will skip it and return to it. For longer stuff, especially series, I try to write in order but there’s a lot more skipping. In fact, for series I’ve been writing the scenes as they come to me (while they’re fresh in my mind, just so I don’t forget the details) and then I start putting them together like a puzzle.

The things that comes easiest to me are: dialogue | description of senses | description of action | description of characters | exposition | other [please specify]

For both dialogue and description of senses, I feel like it’s the things I write best. I love writing dialogue because it’s the most important part of characterization for me and I really enjoy figuring out the character’s voice and how they would speak with their tone and cadence and everything. Descriptions of senses are probably a bit easier for me to write since they really help me make the piece feel more compelling.

When I take a break from writing, it usually lasts: a few days | a few weeks | a few months | it’s kind of random

Unless I’m really burnout and I need more time without writing, I really only need a few days and then I’m done with breaks. I always say that, for me, writing is like listening to music: I can’t be a day without it because if I don’t do it then it feels like something’s missing in my day and I feel a bit empty. I have created a habit out of it and I need to express myself and be creative, and writing is my favorite way to do so.

My favourite thing to do when I’m on a writing break is: recharge with other creative hobbies | read/consume other media | do something physical | catch up with old friends | work on my WIP in other ways like with playlists or art | other [please specify]

I often read or consume other media (mostly watching movies and shows) even when I’m still writing, but I do it more often when I’m taking breaks. The thing I do most when I’m not writing is other creative hobbies like puzzles, playing guitar or piano and playing videogames. I’m also thinking about my many WIPs by making playlists or thinking ideas for descriptions, plot or dialogue and writing down anything that comes to mind.

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Thank you for the ask Marti! Tungle deleted half of this and I am ready to commit a crime, but let’s try again shall we?

3.  your favourite “grounding” activity (anything that involves using the hands/doesn’t involve “spacing out” or escapism - something like gardening, knitting, dancing, cooking)

Alright, so I answered this one for Allen earlier, but I’ll throw in another and say that shipping things, like putting together boxes and packing up objects to ship them, is another activity like this for me. It’s a Real Life Obligation I have every evening (”evening” meaning after midnight lol) and for about a month or so now I've ended my day with it. It’s really calming and is a nice precursor to going to bed.

7. Your favourite board game

Ooh okay this is hard! If we’re talking classics, I’m always a fan of some good old fashioned Monopoly. I also have a huge soft spot for Scattergories, even though it’s not technically a board game. 

If we want to talk lesser known games, there’s this fantastic one called Bohnanza, and at its core it’s about growing the most beans from your bean farm, but I promise it’s so much fun. Highly recommend. And because I have Love Board Games Disease, I will also mention this game called Ticket To Ride that is an Actual board game in the sense that it has a board to play on. This one is all about building a railroad all across the board that connects specific locations you’re given. Again, doesn’t sound great but I honestly love this even more than Bohnanza. The original version has you travelling across a map of the USA, but there are additional versions, one of which is Europe so you can have Poland rights! Am I just advertising board games at this point? Yes. Do I regret this? No.

And if you were wondering, yes I did keep thinking about Daniel, Wren, and Berkeley playing these while I thought of them This Is All Your Fault Marti Give Me My Board Game Rights Back (please don’t, I’m really in the mood to read the entire series over again oh boy) but Yeah I can see Wren trying to be snarky through his Scattergories answers and Daniel and Berkeley bullying him right back. Like, don’t imagine them having the letter N and having some category like Vacation Destinations. And Wren says: Not SV-240. You know. For shits and giggles. But gets bullied and No Points For Him. I could ramble on about dumb things like this but instead I think I’ll Actually answer the rest of your questions I’m so sorry for all this.

10. Something you’ve created in the last year that you’re proud of (a playlist, a piece of art, some writing, a craft hobby, a social media account, etc)

Honestly, I’m really proud of making this whole Tumblr account. This has been a really big motivator to write what I want to and create the sort of content I like, as well as consume it. If I go on about this I’ll probably get sappy but just know that I am really proud that I made this after months of lurking.

And if I said anything else, it would probably be my Llyr and the Pirates story. That’s the first one I’ve written here, or, hell, anywhere really, that I’ve really really gotten into and loved the process of creating. It’s been slower to get done as of late but having the mermay challenge to motivate me when I did was incredible. I wrote so much more than I thought I could and I’m happy with the story just for that much.

24. Describe the most wacky, weird and wonderful at-home outfit you’ve put together

Ohh ahaaha alright let me think. I’d say one of the funniest looking outfits I’ve ended up with is some Legend of Zelda pajama pants, a plain pajama shirt, a purple flannel, and this fluffy Link robe (yes a robe designed after Link from The Legend of Zelda. No, I definitely don’t have an obsession what do you mean??) that I got two years ago and wear Every Single Day of winter because it’s the only thing that keeps me warm around the house.

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I'm bi and I'm not even as obsessed with male characters as tumblr lesbians seem to be. I think there's an element of internalized misogyny there because I never see any female character be treated with the respect among (again, tumblr) lesbians that male characters like Thor or I guess Boromir are.

Really had to think about how to answer this one, cus on the one hand there are some things I wanna say but on the other hand this tone has some supremely ugly and unnecessarily accusatory energy which I don’t really wanna promote or encourage but I suppose I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt for now. 

Firstly like… yeah, I’m still working through some internalised misogyny, but that’s not like… a gotcha? Like that’s sad and effects me and the way I live negatively way more than it effects others, especially as a lesbian. I’ve got healing to do but trust me when I say if a Lesbian has internalised misogyny they don’t need you telling them. We’re all going through it, we know we’ve gotta try being better people and you getting at the male comfort characters we’ve attached too isn’t helping it at all.

I’m also confused about your distinction with ‘tumblr lesbians’ vs I guess… lesbians who don’t have a tumblr? I would be surprised to hear that lesbians who don’t consume media in a fandom-style way have the same kind of character-attachment tendancies. I assume they’re out there loving and respecting their girlfriends, or female friends, or find fulfillment and interest in other hobbies. Real life women will always be more interesting to me than fictional characters and especially fictional women. The effort to make female characters feel real is not there at all in media, so that’s something to consider. Which brings me to my main point.

Major pieces of media don’t make women that lesbians identify with. This is a general truth I know from speaking with other lesbians, but I can’t speak for them so I’ll just focus on my experiences and what I like and get attached too in characters. Can you find me a GNC wlw character in a major sword and board fantasy franchise who is middle aged or older and holds some position of power competently and confidentially? 

Let me help you, there’s Antiope from Wonder woman who dies moments into the film but who I was still ‘obsessed’ with for a long while even though I have nearly no interest in super hero films. 

There’s Yara Greyjoy from Game of Thrones but she’s so misogynistic and she has sex with a slave and that show is essentially traumatising to watch at this point so not a lot of desire to immerse myself there.

There’s Kassandra from Assassin’s Creed who, if you haven’t noticed, has absolutely taken over every gamer lesbian’s blog for about six months now, but who was recently pushed into having a child with a man in the DLC so. Yeah. 

There’s Olivier Mira Armstrong from fullmetal alchemist who, again, I was ‘obsessed’ with even though there’s no real indication she’s any type of gay and the setting is not my favourite and I don’t even like anime anymore. 

There’s Frances Fournier (my art) who is a character from an independent web comic The Order of Belfry which I would always heartily recommend but that doesn’t exactly have a large fanbase to interact with regularly on the long term.

And then there’s Ser Cauthrien, the most minor of side characters in Dragon Age Origins, who has never returned to the franchise and has never been given a solid backstory or character and yet I roleplayed her for 4 years, have drawn her more times than I can count, is the only character I’ve ever written fanfic for and my blog title was ‘sercauthrienismywife’ for way longer than it’s ever been ‘lesbiansforboromir’. And let me tell you, when Cauthrien was my intimate comfort character who I yelled about nonsensically for days on end, it wasn’t Lesbians who didn’t take that journey with me. 

But I don’t like Dragon Age much anymore (even if I still adore Cauthrien). And Lord of the Rings is the book my mother read to me over and over, and I always lovingly come back to it when my newest fiction interest leaves. And Boromir is the perfect example of a complex but dependable and warm character who interacts with a fandom and a franchise I enjoy. He feels very safe to like as well.

I suppose my point is Lesbians shouldn’t have to push themselves to put energy into creating content for characters they aren’t attached too when no one else does. Like… just… let us… like… stuff? This isn’t like an anti-discussion, you seem just… annoyed? Insulted? that we all seem to like two male characters. 

And, because content for male characters in general is picked up by the fandom at large more often than stuff about female characters, you’ve got this impression that Lesbians.. what? Secretly hate the women they love and are attracted too? Honestly not sure what the overall point is you’re making. But like… trust me when I say we are always looking for any female characters who fit our interests, I have made so many exceptions in my tastes of genre and setting just to watch a GNC 30+ woman be reliable on screen or in books. 

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CISO Chat – Alvaro Hoyos, Chief Information Security Officer at OneLogin

Ever wondered what the role of a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) encompasses? To put it simply, they are the guardians and protectors of everything information security related to a business. However, the tasks are far from simple as their teams work around the clock to respond to incidences that directly affect the safety of the company and its data. As the issues in cyber have evolved, so too has the role of the CISO, which also involves consulting to boardroom level executives about the multitude of potential risks that threaten their business and being prepared for an eventual attack.

To get a better understanding on the life of a CISO, the IT Security Guru will chat to leading CISO’s to get their thoughts and ideas on the 2018 cyber landscape and will include advice, guidance & problems faced. We will leave the favourite food and hobby questions for another time.

The next instalment of CISO Chat is with OneLogin‘s CISO, Alvaro Hoyos, who has highlighted a few threats to look out for in 2018:

  As a CISO, what is your objective?

Simply put, my objective is to safeguard the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data. However, how I go about achieving that objective, is a much more complex answer.

  What is the goal of information security within your organization?

The goal of information security within OneLogin echoes my own mission of safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of OneLogin. To expand on that, this includes safeguarding OneLogin customer data due to compromise, misuse, loss, or damage, and just as importantly, in line with legal and regulatory requirements. By doing so, we aim to build and maintain customer trust.

What is more important for cybersecurity professionals to focus on, threats or vulnerabilities?

Vulnerability management, as a process, focuses on discovering and addressing existing vulnerabilities in addition to potential threats. Cybersecurity professionals simply can’t focus on one and ignore the other. Countless security incidents in the last few years have demonstrated that either of these areas cannot be ignored.

What do you see being the biggest threats for 2018?

The biggest threats I see for 2018 are:

AI – AI is poised to be the biggest innovation for mankind, however with ‘great power comes great responsibility’. Businesses of all sizes and sector have the ability to greatly benefit from the use of AI to improve business processes and alleviate employees from mundane time-consuming admin tasks, freeing up time for high-ticket items that can free-up margin or areas of untapped profit. However, in the wrong hands, AI can also be used as a tool by cybercriminals to target vulnerable businesses on a widespread scale.

GDPR – In a rush to ensure compliance ahead of the European General Data Protection Regulation, businesses need to be careful not to shift their attention away from cyber security practises in general.

APIs – Threat vectors and surfaces have skyrocketed in the past few year, mostly down to open application programme interfaces, also known as APIs. The nature of web-based APIs are constantly access by a high-volume of devices, from desktops, mobile devices, tablets, smart TVs and more connected appliances you can even imagine with the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT).  With more interfaces, comes more points of entry for cybercriminals to manipulate and data for them to get their hands on.

How do you believe we can improve the cyber skills gap? What advice would you give to anyone wanting to go into the cybersecurity industry?

The cyber-skills gap, in the short term, can only be addressed by providing training opportunities to existing personnel. Interest in cybersecurity is at an all time high; not just for those entering or about to enter the workforce, but also for professionals across a wide variety of sectors. In the long term, the growth of cybersecurity programs in curriculums for children and young adults of all ages  will help resolve the issue, but it will take some time for us to see a return on investment at a business level. The number one advice I would give to those starting out in the industry is to focus on an area of security you truly feel passionate about. Cybersecurity is a demanding and ever evolving field, and if you are only in it for a paycheck, you will be quickly burned out by the demanding nature.

Today, IoT and AI have become real big focus’ for organisations with almost every device, toy and appliance created has this technology built in. Worryingly, security seems to be an afterthought. Why is this the case and how can this be changed?

Home appliance manufacturers are working at lightning fast speed to get the latest product to market and the reality is cybersecurity is the last thing they think about in the rush against competitors. Eventually, consumers will be the ones that have to pay the ultimate price when a hacker finds an ‘open back door’ into the consumer home through an unsecured device. To tackle this issue head on, there needs to be a change of attitude across the manufacturing sector that makes cybersecurity part of the conversation from the very moment an idea from the latest connected product is conceived.

With GDPR less than five months away, how prepared is your organisation? What is your biggest worry or concern regarding the regulation?

We are actively working on the various angles of compliance we need to address. As a global company with global customers, we are both a data controller and a data processor, which means we need to make sure we are addressing all applicable angles. Unfortunately, like any new regulation, there are always grey areas which tend to not resolve until enforcement begins. Meaning, once fines start being assessed, interpretations of the framework will start crystallising more than they are now.

  What’s your worst security nightmare? What would be your plan to prevent and mitigate it?

How often do you have to report to the boardroom level? In light of the major attacks in 2017, have they become more responsive and shown a better understanding for the work you and your team do?

Social media is everywhere. So how much of it is a security issue in the workplace? Have you had to run training exercise plans for employees within your organisation?

  Social media is a security risk companies can no longer ignore, especially when companies have been founded just to deal with the risk social media poses. For us, social media, even more than a security risk, is a brand risk. As a security service provider, we cannot afford to have a social media account hijacked. There is the risk that it could be used for a social engineering attack, but we typically do not use these accounts for operational purposes, so the risk is lower.

What would be your no.1 piece of cyber security advice as we begin 2018?

Don’t plan on throwing more security tools and technology at the problem, plan on maximizing current tools and fine-tune processes and controls.

  Alvaro Hoyos leads OneLogin’s risk management, security, and compliance efforts. He also works with prospects, customers and vendors to help them understand OneLogin’s security, confidentiality, availability, and privacy posture and how it works alongside, or in support of, customer’s own risk management model. Alvaro has over 15 years in the IT sector and prior to joining OneLogin, helped startups, SMBs, and Fortune 500 companies with their security and data privacy compliance efforts. His commentary and articles have been featured in several publications, including CIO, CSO, Network World, Infosecurity, eWeek, and Help Net Security. Alvaro is a member of the Forbes Technology Council and has a B.B.A in M.I.S. and a M.S. in M.I.S. from Florida International University.

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Quick Q&A with Irina Dzhus | Fashion Designer & Brand Owner

By Michael Suber | CEO & Founder of Promo Magazine

 -What & Who is DZHUS?

DZHUS is a Ukraine-based conceptual womenswear brand, run by me, designer Irina Dzhus. 

-What is your typical day when running a brand like yours?

Every my day is different from another one. Besides multitasking for the brand (I do design, patternmaking, art direction, branding, graphic design, styling, sales, pr and some other directions), I also work as a fashion stylist and makeup artist for local and international projects.

My timetable is very tight, but, at the same time, very changeable, because great opportunities always occur very spontaneously, as well as unexpected concerns.

I almost never have weekends, but my everyday life is diverse and exciting, so I don't regret having no time for hobbies.

-In a brief description, how do you approach the business side of fashion when you first started?

Finding balance between creativity and business has never been easy, but for me it's very interesting to combine the unique concepts DZHUS is recognised by and absolute wearability of the garments. When I'd just released my first collections, there was quite a dilemma in which direction to move in the brand's development, as DZHUS had many followers, but this popularity didn't influence the sales - our audience tended to admire the designs but not buy those for themselves.

When, eventually, I got an order from The Hunger Games' stylists team, I have clearly realised that, although the level of this collaboration was very flattering to me and I was happy to make some pieces for them, costume design wasn't my ambition. What I wanted to create was intellectually designed ready-to-wear, which independently thinking and spiritual personalities would use in their everyday reality. Since then, I've changed the course of DZHUS' identity and presentation so that our products became completely utilitarian although featuring unique cut concepts and our followers don't feel any concerns to wear them.

 -As the owner, do you see yourself more on the design side or more on the business side? Or is it pretty much balanced?

Fashion design has been my dream since I was 5, so, naturally, I see myself much more on the design side. However, the brand cannot exist without the business side, so I had to learn how to manage that aspect as well. Eventually, now design as such takes probably about 10% of my time, whereas the rest has been spent on different kinds of management as well as other creative processes, such as graphic design, styling etc.

-Were there any setbacks to getting your label off the ground? How did you overcome that?

So far, the financial aspect has been our biggest issue. Although we have good sales, DZHUS is a niche brand, so our audience is initially very limited, yet still, the brand's development requires very big investment, to eventually maximise recognition and demand among these potential customers. It's such a challenge for an emerging brand to survive this period.

To me, creating innovative designs is a piece of cake in comparison to that business aspect.

-Who are your target consumers & how do you get them to look at your products?

A DZHUS woman is an independently-thinking intellectual who treats clothes as embodiment for their unique inner world.

Besides international concept stores where our collections are stocked, our customers often discover us for themselves on fashion press and social media. Many of our clients come from leading architectural and design platforms' audience, as our styles often get featured there as well, because of their architectural aesthetics.

-Obviously you created a unique brand, we would like to know if you collaborated with anyone to help you produce such a phenomenal collection?

I always do all of the design part by myself. The seasonal DZHUS collections are created by our team only, but from time to time we release capsule lines, designed by me in collaboration with other brands or within projects that I find interesting and familiar to DZHUS aesthetics and philosophy.

-How would you describe yourself as a person & artist?

I am a desperate perfectionist and a radical nonconformist. Whatever I do will refer to certain principles of my individual worldview, which is very different from the nowadays archetypes. 

I don't divide my personality and my professional activity - moreover, my design has always been the only means of self-positioning for me.

-What made you so interested in becoming a fashion designer?

My enormous interest in apparel design has appeared in early childhood, so now it's hard to define a particular reason. To me as a child and a teenager, it felt very natural to spend every spare minute sketching outfits, so I just don't know what it's like to live without this need.

-Do you have a favourite designer who inspires you? Why is that?

I adore early Margiela and Yamamoto, because of their ingenuous and revolutionary approach to cut and fashion as such. Something as different from anything else can hardly be found in the nowadays fashion.

-What story are you trying to convey through your designs?

Spirituality and technologies are the main sources of inspiration for me and this mix forms the identity of DZHUS. All things I get inspired with, be it ancient iconography or industrial uniform, have another, deeper meaning besides of their obvious visual peculiarity. These objects embody certain social, psychological aspects that balance on the edge of mental and spiritual perception. Their controversial ethos helps push the boundaries of conscience.

I deeply analyse an object that inspires me, extract the crucial details, interpret them and, using these modules, construct a utilitarian product with an artistic soul.

I concentrate on the very essence of the garment I create, play up the characteristic features and the emotional content of my source of inspiration in the structure, texture and fabric finishes of my design.

As a result, an independent artistic existence lies in the core of every garment, a pure avant-garde cosmos with its own principles and structures.

-Did you ever see yourself to be so successful in establishing a known brand?

I knew I would launch a fashion brand since I was 5. At 15, I've made up my mind on what its aesthetics would be like. So, frankly speaking, for me this has always been the only acceptable life scenario.

-Tell me about your latest collection. What was your vision when you created it?

DZHUS Spring/Summer 2017 line, “Carbon”, is dedicated to the phenomenal element that forms the key component for all known life on Earth. Carbon is a quintessence of black, the fundamental colour of DZHUS’ identity. Carbon is coal, traditionally mined in Ukraine, my homeland. The workers’ rigid routine, uniform and stern industrial constructions have inspired the surly, utilitarian leitmotif of the designs. Carbon is graphite, used to draw harsh lines and delicate shadings, which have embodied in contoured edges and sheer textures of DZHUS monochrome garments. Carbon is ashes, which will remain when we are gone, as a symbol of life’s fragility and the eternal cycle of nature.

 -To be a designer, you had to undergo a lot of struggles. What was the most difficult obstacle for you when putting together your collection?

With my early collections, I used to convey very edgy industrial aesthetics. My work often got featured on blogs and social media, however, DZHUS had much more admirers than real customers. Moreover, I've gained a reputation of a futuristic costume designer, which had never been my aim, even despite my collaboration with The Hunger Games and some celebrities. What I always wanted to create was a conceptual fashion product worn by intelligent and independent individuals in their everyday life.

Having realised that I had to move further in my approach to design. I started to develop my technological skills, as well as my aesthetical taste and ethical worldview, and have reconsidered my vision of a modern fashion product. I found it even more exciting to adapt my innovative cut concepts to the ready-to-wear reality, in terms of customers' comfort and quality requirements. Now I mostly use natural fabrics, yet accompany those with my signature industrial-inspired finishes and accessories (I impregnate denim with rubber, bleach linen, pipe DZHUS’ signature exposed seams with elastic etc.) - and I see how people's impression of DZHUS has changed, along with increase of demand.

-If you could showcase your designs anywhere in the world, where would you start and why?

There are several concept stores I'd love to get stocked at most of all: Dover Street Market, 4, Antonioli, Daad Dantone, Ink Clothing, 24 of August and a few more. Their atmosphere and vision of fashion goes very much in line with DZHUS identity.

-Who excites you the most (Celebrity) & why?

I am very rarely inspired with people who I don’t know in person, neither I have celebrity idols.

What I’m always excited about are objects: their shape, surface, properties, origin and symbolical meaning.

-How is your brand different from any other designer brands?

The most important thing about my designs is their innovative and alternative cut. I perceive the world through the prism of its complex structure. In my constructions, I interpret shapes and silhouettes of various objects or phenomenons. These might be elements of architecture or human anatomy, but mostly, I'm into exploring metaphysical geometry: forms and voids around them, their contours, coordination and interaction, transformation and projections on to space.

The main ethical principle of my work is to fulfil only unique concepts that are worth production in our era of oversupply. Naturally, all of DZHUS products are cruelty-free and vegetarian-friendly.

-What are your world-dominating goals for DZHUS?

I always feel like there's an objective need for me to bring my innovative concepts to life, - a mission, if you want, - otherwise they would remain just a fantasy, whereas they deserve to be introduced to the world and to have their own independent existence and relations with people who understand and value them.

The other and probably even more important message I want to deliver with my designs is the necessity of being humane and future-oriented in the modern reality. By producing sustainable and cruelty-free fashion products and communicating them to intelligent and open-minded audience, I aspire to prove that it is possible to look edgy and avant-garde, yet remain in peace and harmony with the universe.