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Amazon Unveils a [Horrifying] Fanfic Publishing Platform

Fri, 24 May 2013 07:01:24 -0400

Today, Amazon announced the imminent launch of its newest endeavor, Kindle Worlds, a publishing platform for fanfiction. When I read the announcement, I was horrified, then angry, then sad. I want to take a moment to explain why this is such a tragedy.

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"Just because you don’t say much doesn’t mean people don’t notice you. It’s actually the quiet ones..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:09:12 -0400

“Just because you don’t say much doesn’t mean people don’t notice you. It’s actually the quiet ones who often draw the most attention. There’s this constant whirlwind of motion and sound all around, and then there’s the quiet one, the eye of the storm.”

- Amy Efaw (via wryer)

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Mon, 20 May 2013 19:02:50 -0400

themstennant: Meanwhile, in the back of a pizza shop.

Sun, 12 May 2013 15:32:57 -0400

themstennant:

Meanwhile, in the back of a pizza shop.

bestrooftalkever: Nailed it.

Thu, 09 May 2013 12:50:56 -0400

bestrooftalkever:

Nailed it.

"Walk into a bookshop and you will see books that you love and books that you hate, books that were..."

Mon, 06 May 2013 12:24:25 -0400

“Walk into a bookshop and you will see books that you love and books that you hate, books that were written in three weeks and books that took thirty years, books that were written under the influence of drugs and alcohol, books that were written in splendid isolation, books that were written in Starbucks. Some of them were written with enormous enjoyment, some for money, some in fear and loathing and despair.

The only thing they all have in common is that their authors finished them, sooner or later.”

- Nick Hornby, on the crucial first step towards seeing your book in shops. (via lettersandlight)

elsiecooligen: promisesnevertobekept: gabbygirlw17: 221cbakers...

Sun, 05 May 2013 15:31:13 -0400

elsiecooligen:

promisesnevertobekept:

gabbygirlw17:

221cbakerstreet:

insomniac—thoughts:

Favorite Titanic scenes: “So, you wanna go to a real party?”

Plot Twist: It’s a Gatsby party.

both ways he ends up dead in the water

and doesn’t get the girl

Or an oscar.

OR AN OSCAR

I just finished watching the last David Tennant special. *crawls...

Sat, 04 May 2013 10:17:18 -0400

I just finished watching the last David Tennant special.

*crawls into a corner and dies*

chicaqowhite: thunderpopcola: This is how you lose her. You...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:11:26 -0400

chicaqowhite:

thunderpopcola:

This is how you lose her.

You lose her when you forget to remember the little things that mean the world to her: the sincerity in a stranger’s voice during a trip to the grocery, the delight of finding something lost or forgotten like a sticker from when she was five, the selflessness of a child giving a part of his meal to another, the scent of new books in the store, the surprise short but honest notes she tucks in her journal and others you could only see if you look closely.

You must remember when she forgets.

You lose her when you don’t notice that she notices everything about you: your use of the proper punctuation that tells her continuation rather than finality, your silence when you’re about to ask a question but you think anything you’re about to say to her would be silly, your mindless humming when it is too quiet, your handwriting when you sign your name in blank sheets of paper, your muted laughter when you are trying to be polite, and more and more of what you are, which you don’t even know about yourself, because she pays attention.

She remembers when you forget.

You lose her for every second you make her feel less and less of the beauty that she is. When you make her feel that she is replaceable. She wants to feel cherished. When you make her feel that you are fleeting. She wants you to stay. When you make her feel inadequate. She wants to know that she is enough and she does not need to change for you, nor for anyone else because she is she and she is beautiful, kind and good.

You must learn her.

You must know the reason why she is silent. You must trace her weakest spots. You must write to her. You must remind her that you are there. You must know how long it takes for her to give up. You must be there to hold her when she is about to.

You must love her because many have tried and failed. And she wants to know that she is worthy to be loved, that she is worthy to be kept.

And, this is how you keep her.

always reblog

Cutest thing ever.

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:28:12 -0400

Cutest thing ever.

rjmckinnon: frostedsammy: i don’t normally post porn sorry I...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 06:43:43 -0400

rjmckinnon:

frostedsammy:

i don’t normally post porn sorry

I do, and this is much better.

likes-timelords: lagio: thephrygiancap: hereimstanding: purrk...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 06:31:39 -0400

likes-timelords:

lagio:

thephrygiancap:

hereimstanding:

purrkittykatt:

thetimetravelersguidetothegalaxy:

whambamthankyama-am:

venustus101:

samsaranmusing:

If you were alive in the 90s this will mean something to you.

If you ever decide you want to declare your love for me, make me one of these.

This is awesome, wow. Love.

wow this is pretty neat

omg yes

Yes, yes and YES

want

I would die if someone did this

*grabby hands*

summerfittie: this. is. so. important.

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:28:33 -0400

summerfittie:

this. is. so. important.

world-shaker: 1993 vs 2013 Omg.

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:27:30 -0400

world-shaker:

1993 vs 2013

Omg.

lori-rocks:

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:39:09 -0400

lori-rocks:

saturdaynightsalrite: Wise words…

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:56:07 -0400

saturdaynightsalrite:

Wise words…

"Bathed in sweat, bent over and gasping for breath, Lungs burning, the athlete might have wondered..."

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:14:18 -0400

“Bathed in sweat, bent over and gasping for breath, Lungs burning, the athlete might have wondered aloud if this is what death must feel like. In time, this same athlete will surely realize the opposite. Indeed, this is what life feels like.”

- Unknown (via robert-stone-fitness)

"Boston. Fucking horrible. I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, “Well, I’ve had it with..."

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:33:45 -0400

“

Boston. Fucking horrible.

I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, “Well, I’ve had it with humanity.”

But I was wrong. I don’t know what’s going to be revealed to be behind all of this mayhem. One human insect or a poisonous mass of broken sociopaths.

But here’s what I DO know. If it’s one person or a HUNDRED people, that number is not even a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a percent of the population on this planet. You watch the videos of the carnage and there are people running TOWARDS the destruction to help out. (Thanks FAKE Gallery founder and owner Paul Kozlowski for pointing this out to me). This is a giant planet and we’re lucky to live on it but there are prices and penalties incurred for the daily miracle of existence. One of them is, every once in awhile, the wiring of a tiny sliver of the species gets snarled and they’re pointed towards darkness.

But the vast majority stands against that darkness and, like white blood cells attacking a virus, they dilute and weaken and eventually wash away the evil doers and, more importantly, the damage they wreak. This is beyond religion or creed or nation. We would not be here if humanity were inherently evil. We’d have eaten ourselves alive long ago.

So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, “The good outnumber you, and we always will.”

”

- Patton Oswalt (via deantrippe)

“The good outnumber you, and we always will.”

(via elsiecooligen)

"Don’t look at this early stage for every sentence to be perfect—that will come. Don’t expect every..."

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:59:45 -0400

“Don’t look at this early stage for every sentence to be perfect—that will come. Don’t expect every description to be spot-on. That will come, too. This is an opportunity to experiment. It’s your giant blotter. An empty slate, ready to be filled. It’s an opportunity to try out dialogue, to create situations, to describe a summer’s evening. You’ll read it back to yourself and you’ll see what works, you’ll see what doesn’t. But this is a building site, and it’s not meant to be pretty, tidy, or even safe. Building sites rarely are.

But every great building began as one.”

- Jasper Fforde, on why becoming a writer requires practice. (via lettersandlight)

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Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:23:47 -0400