Hopefully I snared you with that tantalizing header. Because hip-hip- HOO– I FINISHED MY FIRST FULL BOOK MANUSCRIPT! – RAY!!!
At 75,000 ish goddamn fucking words, “A Boy Named Joy” is a fantasy fiction story set in the modern day about a young black boy named Dontae that dies under mysterious circumstances, though he doesn’t stay dead for long. He does what no living being has ever done before: He convinces Death Themself to try their boney hand at being alive. What follows is what usually happens when a deity becomes mortal: they absolutely fuck it up. (Not to mention they’re now seemingly permantly attached to the hip of this poor back-from-the-dead kid like a particularly lethal puppy, and that brings trouble for them both – of the supernatural and the all-to-natural kind). What will happen! Will Death get a life? Will Dontae discover who killed him and stop them before they can kill again? Will he ever get to go home? (Is Death *flirting* with him? You may look like a 16 year old, but you’re an ageless force of nature you don’t flirt with people. You *happen* to people!)
*jazz hands* And that’s my pitch. Er, sorta. Maybe minus some of the cussing, but anyway. *claps* Would you like to help me get it noticed? Here’s how:
Tomorrow (July 18th) I’m participating in something called PIT2PUB. This is a Twitter hashtag party that happens yearly, where pathetic authorly hopefuls such as myself makes a pitch of their completed manuscript into a tweet, posts it with the tag #Pit2Pub and then any agents/publishers that take an interest will favorite it, which is code for “we wanna see more of this epic badassery”.
But I have a problem. Well, lots really, but this problem specifically has to do with the fact that I am one dang teensy small-fry over on Twitter. With only 18 followers to my pseudonym, I’ll be luck to have anyone see my fantabulous pitches.
That’s where you come in. Tomorrow, from 8am to 8pm, retweet my pitch (it’ll be easily discernable, and remember: don’t favorite it unless you’re a big time agent that wants to help MONEY), get more eyes to see it. I’d say get it trending, but I’m not nearly popular enough for that sort of power play. But a single retweet could be the difference between nothing and getting offers of representation that could lead to a book. A real life, published book! My dream! It would be an insult to everyone with a dream if I got this close and gave up.
So, help a nonbinary gal pal out? I’m even gonna include my official authorly Twitter on this post, which is something I’ve been totally terrified of doing. But that just shows how serious about this I am, dudes! I’m proud of this book. I’m proud that I got this far, and I want to keep going. But I need your help, and luck. Lots and lots and lots and lots of fucking luck.
Please, please, please, I cannot tell you guys how good a writer Pops is enough times, not even remotely closely, but she is and you should check out her stuff and you should help her get her book from off the ground, so please, if you see this, go and help her out by re-tweeting her book proposal!
in d&d, deer have 14 wisdom. a deer is just as wise as my ranger for whom i put his second-highest ability roll in wisdom and who uses wisdom to cast most of his spells. a deer is wiser than everyone in the friendship campaign party other than erwyn, who is tied with said deer. what the fuck
When scientists step outside their safe laboratories, anything can happen. Of course, studying wild animals or digging out million-year-old fossils sounds exotic and exciting, but that’s only one side of the spectrum. The other side is sometimes gross and scary but mostly it’s hilarious. In 2015 scientists started sharing their most embarrassing #Fieldworkfails, and recently French illustrator Jim Jourdane has decided to compile the most memorable ones and turn them into amusing whimsical drawings. (Source)
a cute girl casually came out to me the other day and I handled it so gracelessly that I might as well have just stuck my entire foot in my mouth instead
anyway we’re dating now and the first time she kissed me I said “thanks for that, I appreciate it” because I have no idea how to function
I proposed to her twice (with & without a ring, the first time it was without a ring because I was worried she was gonna propose first) and she cried both times
Anyone else getting real fuckin fed up with this guy
to expand on this: as rescue teams were racing to save those kids and their coach, elon musk decided to use the crisis as a PR stunt.
he tweeted about how he was going to send his engineers to Thailand in order to look like a hero. he threw out ludicrous rescue ideas, including a 3 mile long tube and a small submarine, neither of which had a chance in hell of working.
the diver being discussed here is Vern Unsworth. he’s a 63-year-old British caver who lives near and has extensive knowledge of the Tham Luang cave system.
Unsworth is the reason the boys were found: he used his knowledge of the caves and deductive reasoning to pinpoint where he thought the team would be. when rescuers followed his directions, they found the boys only 200 meters away.
Unsworth also called in the British divers who would go on to first locate the team. he didn’t know these boys, but he remained outside of thebTham Luang cave system for the full 17 days in order to assist in their rescue anyway.
he has since rightfully called out Musk for trying to exploit the situation for attention and explained why Musk’s suggestions would never have even worked. Musk responded by throwing a tantrum and, based on literally NOTHING, calling Unsworth a pedophile.
Meaning of the letter “A” when appearing in LGBT[…]+ acronyms:
Asexual: 95.4% of respondents, 1936 total
Aromantic: 80.7% of respondents, 1639 total
Agender: 66.7% of respondents, 1353 total
Ally: 13.9% of respondents, 282 total.
I’m just posting this here for my aces and aros who are feeling down on themselves and defeated tonight. Remember that nine out of ten people support you and that the current loudest voices are not those of the majority.
if you ever go to an LGBT+ center irl you’ll find TONS of support for asexuals
Any pride march around here has so much ace positivity
Trust me, guys–you are accepted, and you are loved.
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