This is a cool thing!
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A reader made shrinky-dinks of her favorite character in my books!
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I saw a post that said it needs to drop to 145 or so to trigger a margin call (like what happened to the Dukes in Trading Places).
Unlikely, but a fun thing to dream for.
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I'm glad that people are still having fun on tumblr even after we found out about the frightening ghoul that reblogs posts but doesn't say anything
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I posted my novel on Royal Road. I have a following and several five-star reviews. I’m so grateful to all my readers hint hint
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My daughter likes girls. My wife wants to help. She suggests Hello Kitty-themed attire, because “women like that.”
Now when my daughter’s crew shows up: “Hey we’re going out! Be sure to wear your bitch-catchin’ fit!”
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Anonymous asked
Balls I need you to tell Father Balls that he’s a legend and icon, and that I will never forget the words ‘mashallah sister arwen has embraced the hijab’. Please. Please tell him.
balrogballs replied
I just did and in case you wonder where I get it from, *gestures below* (jannah means heaven, or in this case, Valinor)
Go back to the shadow or face the Stupidities, Flame of Udun
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Recently I’ve been hearing about the “death of literary fiction.”
This is a category of fiction where characters have real-world problems, such as cancer, dealing with middle age and arguing with relatives.
Why would anyone mourn this? First of all, genre fiction, that is, something like romantasy, is from a much older literary tradition. Monsters, ghosts, people getting horribly killed, obnoxious gods running around…this is the good shit and has been since Gilgamesh.
“Readers lack taste these days,” is one of the rallying cries of literary fiction.
Screw that noise, noob. Talk to me when your main character solves a cozy mystery with the aid of her cat, or your cancer-ridden MC gets around it by uploading his consciousness into a gunslinger robot with antimatter slugs. Cool stories sell.
This attitude keeps kids from reading. Boring isn’t good. Boring isn’t good!
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Sometimes working in low poly low spec is refreshingly silly
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