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Aron
•Full-time daydreaming Edge-Lord
•Part-time beta reader and pre-med student.
•ASL Culture advocate.
•First Language is Spanish, pero my writing is in English
•Hispanic Culture advocate
I've used social media to promote my stuff since I was a teen. Over the years I have found that image-based websites work best for me as another writer who paints her own pictures. I had success on dA and Tumblr as a teen with my novels "MeltingCORE" and "Mega-Egypt" due to the art catching on which…
I prefer the open nature of forums or even twitter to the closed nature of Discord. Plus, most chats in it either move at the speed that i cannot keep up with or they are dead. There is just no happy medium, lol
This is definitely me. Discord seems to be a huge thing these days too and I'm just not remotely comfortable being in there like at all. Even when I had to use it for being a mod on wattpad I just flat out never liked it there so I really couldn't delete it fast enough when I left the program LOL …
Lol, I remind myself Mushi from Mulan on Twitter: ...and you, O Demoted One? I... ring the gong. Forums were the only type of social media I took to easily and they’ve worked for me to make friends and find my tribes, but the world moved away from the forums and I have a hard time with break…
I am on plenty of social media for my written work, but the simple fact is I also draw out the world of my making and its characters, and that's mostly helped me lots with getting my readers. I post about my characters, lore (in moderate fashion of course, the main course is on my Patreon) and share…
Im Just on Twitter with 1k followers for my writing account. I mostly interact with others. Post updates and quotes and yes sometimes achievements like the ones I reach on tapas. Does it help to get more readers here? No clue.... but that's not the purpose in the long run . I slow and steady rise in…
I never really used my Twitter to promote myself (back when I had followers. I deleted it earlier this year and when I reopened it a few months later I decided I wasn't going to actually follow anyone but personal interest accounts right now since I find the majority of Twitter just too toxic for wh…
A few days ago Twitter notified me that it’s my 9th anniversary. I didn’t use it though till a couple years ago when I was desperate to promote my novel. Over that period of time I’ve accumulated a tiny amount of followers, 500 through my 3 main interests in writing, games and skating. I also have …
“Flash him!” called Johnny. “With the device, not your chest--!”
Yep, I keep dictionary.com open while I write, switching between it and its sister thesaurus site. Sometimes I second-guess myself so I have to double-check the word definition. And then while I understand a lot of words, I don't always grasp them from my mind bank to use in my normal vocabulary and…
Hello everyone! As some of you may have seen already, we have uploaded our first Voices of Color section, to help you find some of our amazing creators of color! Please take a look! [image] I also wanted to provide a brief update on our internal progress: We have collected all your feedback, r…
Well... Create space for black voices on the platform for a start. You’ve done it for LGBTQ and BL/GL. Creation of perhaps a BIPOC “genre” may also be a good step, or encouraging writers who write from their own marginalised experiences to submit for featuring opportunities. Encourage use of tags mo…
[image] Hello everyone! Award season has come upon us! 2019 has been an incredible year for independent creators like yourselves. We have seen growing interest from the more traditional market for unique storytelling and new voices. With that, many new readers have found the stories you’ve sh…
... TAPAMON! Tapamon was very confused why it was summoned. "Without me, the Tapas site will break down!" Then the leprechauns...
I guess it depends on what you want your story to be about and what kind of information you need for it to be believable. In a fantasy setting, I don't think any research is really needed, unless you want to include struggles of discrimination? In my own stories (unwritten), it's a non-issue. I …
My suggestion is to do research or actually pick up an LGBT+ published novels. I honestly can give you a list if you would like to read them. Being able to read and learn and understand on the LGBT+ topic helps a lot on your writing! if you don't want to read then watch movies or learning videos on …
@Panqiuyan what I suggest is to start by reading stories about LGBT+ people by LGBT+ people! There's no concise answer to such a broad question. You should read their stories, follow LGBT+ communities, news, topics, and use common sense. To start you off:
Two main things - research, and just being natural about it. Research is more about the struggles, being informed about the terms, and avoiding stereotypes that the LGBT+ community dislikes (some easier to fall into than others), but being natural is good to see in stories from these authors. Unless…
I write and draw cause it's fun af to make up stories. Huge time sink, and give me purpose.
i guess authors with several successful novel series like stephan king. I think i just love fantasy. I think everyone needs an escape and i'd like to help them feel that.
I've always been very imaginative. More than a decade ago I laid the foundation for this very interesting Gothic fantasy universe, and have been building on it ever since. The main cast of characters are very developed since I've had a lot of time to develop them; and there's a lot of vulnerability …
I write because it's my escape from this cruel world we live in. And as a gay man, I like to write fantasy stories featuring LGBT+ characters because I aim to create role models for LGBT+ youth to look up to. Here's my ongoing story, for anyone interested. Title: KRZ: Tiger Winds Genre: Dark-F…
I'd post that to my wall instead of in a comic episode, however, some artist have also posted artwork underneath comic pages in a series episode, so that's an option too. As long as the comic itself isn't being interrupted (like for example, just the artwork is the episode) that should be fine. G…
Thank you for such an in depth response! I get what you are saying, and I think I agree. I'm so glad you liked my comic, that means alot. Thank you!!
So, I gew up in a post soviet country and just when I was a little kid comic books became a thing here. For the most part it was obligatory republished old american super-batmen-spider-man stuff, but to be honest, back then I haven't even seen those, cause in the bookstore in my town there only were…
Hi! I need some advice. If you look at my comic, you will see a huge difference between my older episodes vs. my new ones. I've improved alot, but have let the old ones up to show improvement. What I don't like is when a potential subscriber looks and sees the old art, rather than the ones I'm proud…
Oh my word YES! Every one of my early first drafts look like this: Stuff happens and people talk and the MC reflects and maybe a fight and yadda yadda and maybe some sex and somebody talks more or eats or farts or some such. [Transition.] More stuff happens and... Over and over. I won't even…
My least favorite part is just writing transitions between scenes I have a clear and solid idea of. Sometimes it takes a while to figure out a way to link them together. As for romance, my tip is to strip away the idea of writing a romance. Instead, think of it as an exploration of the interaction…
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I've been staff-picked three times and out of those three I was notified twice by one of the staff members, Serena, that I was. So I'm pretty sure there are people running it. They say they pick on quality so whichever ones they pick means that that staff member must have really liked it. There are …