Emil Bronze

Background of crinkly white paper with an open book and several roses to the left. Text reads: If you read something, please say something. Authors thrive on word of mouth recs, ratings, and reviews. Thank you for reading!

Just a gentle reminder 😘

Based on this design I found like 10 years

I want to get more character concept art at some point but I have to prioritize my debt payments first

#AwesomeCharacters

So only one of these is from my current series, by @artcher.bsky.social

The 2nd picture is an unfinished concept art for my old VTubing avatar by @caranraug.bsky.social

3rd is a genderbent by my friend Venohime

4th was the original by an old friend Zeldeyy

My big issue is I’m not graphically talented. If there’s not a template I can abuse, I’m doing flat text on a single colored background

Were I rich, I’d take a college crash course in marketing just to figure out how it works

I’ve been using the same panel template since my first BluePIT event. I have no idea if it’s even working because 90% of this app only hits like like button

Go Bankrupt Grammarly

How does one figure out how to enjoy marketing?

Yeah. Same deal for me. The PITs are the most traction I get ever

The Coke Cloaca of sauces

I should’ve grabbed like 5x 5gal cans and filled them when it was 2.59$/gal

Minnesota, Gas went from 2.59-2.80 to 3.40 across the board

#PretendPanel

I have no idea what I’m doing
I have no idea where to start
I have no idea where to look to understand marketing

But I roll the dice based on what I see here during the various writing events like BluePit, WSPit

Caught a Ditto today for the first time from a Magnetite

always looking for more friends to get cool postcard locations from

#PokemonGo

Please fix the timeline. Can we un-trump the world?

I’m getting sick and tired of politicians thinking they can do whatever they want. I dont care what party they’re in, you dont silence protestors

#NoIranWar

Oh I cant wait

You’re not supposed to anymore. Scan QR codes to find the manufacturer cost or find out at checkout

They dont want you seeing the gouging

We don't want AI-generated stories.

We want stories that are beautiful and weird.

Mistakes and obsessions. Labyrinthine worlds; love poems that break us.

We want the wild stroke of chance, the stray detail.

We don't want soulless slop.

We want work *written* by HUMANS.

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Imagine of illustration examples and text with Commissions open and prices

🎨 I'm now offering commission slots for March/early April!

Not mandatory, but if you have any easter themed ideas now is your chance so I can finish them in time! 🐣

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That’d be $3000 right into my student debt. Wouldn’t completely change it, but it would help a lot

When your search engine goes from

“How many miles can a horse go in a day”

To

“Are mammary glands exclusively a mammal thing?”

To

“How long do gravesites last?”

To

“What does human taste like?”

#pretendpanel a daily prompt tag hosted by @hiriadunning.com MARKETING MARCH 6th: Marketing your writing: How do you feel about it? 7th: What’s your biggest roadblock for marketing your writing? 13th: Marketing DOs: book marketing that has worked for you 14th: Marketing DON'Ts: book marketing that has turned you off reading that book and/or author? 20th: If you could only tell your readers just ONE thing, what would it be? 21th: What's the gift that your writing can give to your readers? What's the reason for them to read your work in particular? 27th: Resource share day 28th: Freebie Saturday - post anything! Please support your fellow #pretentpanel posters with replies, likes and reposts New #pretendpanel questions every Friday and Saturday. Hop in any time!

Another month of #pretendpanel begins tomorrow. I hope this one can be a supportive little hotpot of ideas, strategies and philosophies with something for everyone in it, no matter your stance on the topic or wherever you are in your publishing journey.

Wedgie board

A screenshot of a word tracking program

#Accountability post for today. I got a ton more writing done which involved rewriting a chapter that had SIX (6) different scene cuts

So that’s getting broken up into 3 different chapters.

#HeartofOak #WritingCommunity

I hate the feeling of your throat closing up. I had pharyngitis 3 years ago and it felt like a neck full of spray foam. Miserable experience

Hopefully yours doesnt

Kids have a legal right to privacy, the same way adults do. Kids are not property!

Children are human beings with free will

Children are not surrogate lives for their parents

I love cargo ships that look like flying tankers. It’s such a good industrial look. Back when I passively played No Man’s Sky, I tried to stick to cargo ships

unsurprising note: I was absolutely terrible at the game and haven’t played it in years