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My freelance design work has dried up because all my clients are on strike. (Good for them! #WGAStrong.)

So if you’ve ever thought about commissioning a pitch deck* (example 1; example 2), book cover (fanfics definitely included), mood board, playlist cover, logo, or other graphic work, please get in touch! Messages are open, my rates are super reasonable, and [REDACTED CELEBRITY CLIENT] once said I was “really good at my job”!

*Pitch decks are internal documents used by writers to lay out the story via images from other visual media. I’ve made professional pitch decks for TV and film creators you’ve probably heard of. I like making them for my stories as a kind of extended mood board, both fanfic and original fic!

Additional example of a fun thing i did for my characters’ alignments and themes here.

Or view my Rings of Power Valentine’s Day cards here. I am more than open to making silly meme ideas. Or that ranty PowerPoint Comic Sans presentation you’ve always wanted to whip out at a party.

Please reach out via message if you’re interested!

beemovieerotica:

PSA: bot comments are taking over ao3

The above examples have been provided with the authors’ permission to demonstrate what these look like.

Basic rundown:

• They are all 3 sentences long
• Perfect grammar, capitalization, and punctuation
• Like absolutely flawless English teacher-style writing with only a single exclamation mark, ever
• No mentions whatsoever of character names, settings, situations, or anything that could be tied to the story
• The usernames may be identical to people who exist on ao3, but the name is not clickable, and no profile is associated with it EXCEPT when you directly search for that name. What this means: the comments come from an unregistered (not logged in) reader, bots scrape the site for real usernames, attach that to the comment, and post

Please spread the word about this so authors can filter comments and report them accordingly

There has been some speculation about why this is happening at all, and the best guess is that this is a feature that AI-training story-scraping tools are implementing to try and make their browsing traffic look legitimate

snapcracklepop-myjoints:

austimpowers:

no i cant play outside today i still have the curse

Chronic fatigue

thom-youngblood:

You find yourself stuck in an elevator with your icon and your username. How happy are you?

just-a-humble-garbagecan:

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

fans4wga:

Green Envelope Grocery Aid: mutual aid directly to those affected by the WGA strike

[Image ID: A graphic with a pale green background. At the top in bold font it reads, “HAVE YOU BEEN AFFECTED BY THE WGA STRIKE? Then in smaller typewriter font it says, "Green Envelope Grocery Aid is here to help!” In a pale purple bubble, typewriter font says, “We provide $100 in grocery assistance through a mutual aid fund” - and to the side it reads “Now open to all industry members!” Above the text, there is a round stamp-like logo with a grocery shopping cart that says “Green Envelope Grocery Aid est 2023.”

There are two QR codes in the bottom corners. The left hand side says “Green Envelope Grocery Aid @ Joelle-Garfinkel” with an arrow pointing to it that says “Scan to Donate!” To the right, a QR code labeled “Scan to Apply for Aid!” end ID.]

Mutual aid that goes directly towards helping the most affected by the WGA strike - donate or apply for aid now

Donate at the Venmo account @/Joelle-Garfinkel (link here). *Note: Only people located in the US can use Venmo unfortunately, but if you’re located internationally please email greenenvelopegroceryaid@gmail.com for other options.

If you’re someone affected by the strike (writer, support staff, other industry job, business dried up due to the strike, etc.) please don’t hesitate to apply!

If you can give, please do so, and if you can’t, please signal boost. We can get through this by supporting each other.

softwaring:

s-leary:

charliejaneanders:

Every single craft has been paying “The Passion Tax” for generations. This term (coined by author and organizational psychologist Adam Grant) — and backed by scientific research — simply states that the more someone is passionate about their work, the more acceptable it is to take advantage of them. In short, loving what we do makes us easy to exploit.

Guest Column: If Writers Lose the Standoff With Studios, It Hurts All Filmmakers

If the phrase “vocational awe” isn’t part of your lexicon yet, stop scrolling and read Fobazi Ettarh:

Vocational awe describes the set of ideas, values, and assumptions librarians have about themselves and the profession that result in notions that libraries as institutions are inherently good, sacred notions, and therefore beyond critique. I argue that the concept of vocational awe directly correlates to problems within librarianship like burnout and low salary. This article aims to describe the phenomenon and its effects on library philosophies and practices so that they may be recognized and deconstructed.

—Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves

I see it in every field I’ve ever worked in: publishing, open source software development, higher education. It describes pretty much every industry that relies on creativity, altruism, or both.

weirdpsychoticlife:

Pilot icons ( part 1)

Good grief, I have collected a lot of Pilot snippets from the show. I’ve currently worked through about half of them. Here are the 30 winners:

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