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Please send me the training or tutorial in a written format with maybe some screenshots if necessary. I don't want a video tutorial. I don't want to waste time trying to scroll to the exact moment in the instructions that I need and then have to pause and replay it because I missed the .01 seconds of actually relevant information.

Just write a damn article and stick in a few screenshots or whatever where necessary.

although it's a damn rare tutorial video that's shot well enough to be anywhere near as useful as Actually Being There. but still! it's good! a modern convenience!

It has been since the very beginning.

NG (fuck NG) thought of a book plot where a demon finds himself in The Omen movie. But he screws up the baby switch. And the Antichrist grew up as a character in a Richmal Crompton novel. He didn't know what to do with it next. TP offered to buy the story. He changed the demon into a demon and an angel defying their bosses on the earth they both loved. He added his smart whimsy and gave the story a moral core far beyond a silly spoof. When the story was written, queer kids saw themselves in the angel and demon based on the subtext. Because they lived in subtext. Gender fluid and trans readers created stories about an angel and demon for whom gender was a choice depending on how or whether they decided to make an effort. The strangeness of fitting into a planet dominated by beings the angel and demon differed from spoke to neurodivergent readers.

Religious readers found healing after years of struggling to make sense of doctrine divorced from morality. Some ace and aro readers saw the deep and meaningful relationship beyond romance between a pair together over 6000 years. And tons of horny people from all walks of life poured their hearts into smut that made the most of beings whose bodies allowed for a range of sexual practice that would never be realistic for humans.

WIP Week (Work-In-Progress Week) Returns in June!

WIP Week is a week dedicated to updating fanfic or other types of fanworks.  All fandoms are welcome to participate.  Original works are also accepted.  Please tag your entries with the #wipweek or #wip week tag. Since multiple fandoms and ships are participating, please clearly list the fandoms, ships, and content warnings in the post so that they can be properly tagged for any potential readers.

The second WIP Week of 2026 will be held June 21-27. 

Each day will have a theme, but you do not have to post every day. You are also not obligated to follow these themes. You can work on one fic or fanwork for the entire week if you choose. If you’re not comfortable posting full updates but still want to participate in the week, you can post your daily word count and/or a small snippet from your work. The use of AI is prohibited.

Here are the prompts for WIP Week:

June 21: Your Oldest WIP June 22: A WIP From Your Smallest Fandom June 23: Your WIP Closest To Completion June 24: Your Favorite WIP June 25: A WIP From Your Largest Fandom June 26: Your Newest WIP June 27: Any WIP

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Martha Wells is pretty cool.

I like how she encourages people to just keep on creating. Doesn’t matter if you’re good or bad, what your goal is, what you’re writing. Just write.

Don’t let them take the joy away.

Eventually I did start reading books again, and I’m happy about it, but honestly? Who cares if what I was reading for a long time wasn’t published by a paid author? Reading fanfic brings me joy, a very specific kind of joy that I can’t always get from books, and allows me to share that joy directly with the authors! That’s amazing, and something you rarely get with books. All of which is to say:

If you’re the kind of person who used to read so many books and now you read nothing but fanfic, you should feel ZERO shame about this.

If you’re only reading poetry, or only short stories, or only fanfic, you’re still reading stories. Even if all you’re reading is twitter or tumblr, you’re still reading stories.

Even if you’re reading nothing at all, I still don’t think you should be ashamed. 

You love stories, and you will read more when you have the spoons to do so. And in the meantime, stories come in other forms, and right now maybe you’re getting your stories from TV or movies—enjoying them, thinking about them, dissecting them with like-minded fans, writing meta about them—or maybe you’re writing your own stories in your head. Those are all good and valid ways of experiencing stories! And when you find that you need more than that, maybe you will read books again eventually. 

Is it good for your brain to be challenged by something new or different or thinky once in a while? Absolutely, and if you feel up to a challenge, go for it! Enjoy expanding your mind, and take pride in every page you read. Read with a friend for extra encouragement, maybe! If you’re reading what feels like the literary equivalent of meal replacement shakes or fast food now—you’re still reading. You can absolutely think critically about whatever you’re reading now. You might be amazed at what you can discover by just thinking deeply or talking with friends about the media you consume, even if it seems shallow or easy.

That sounds like a shitpost, but I’m serious. Some asshole cut me off on the freeway? Time to tell my senator how I really feel about SNAP. Complete jagoff closed a door in my face? I think my district rep should hear about the giant pothole nobody is filling (seriously RIP my suspension every time I have to pass that damn thing).