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A resume doesn’t need to sound fancy or overly technical, it needs to tell us why we should hire you.

“Independent novelist/writer” is more than sufficient here. If you want to express the skills that fan fiction taught you, something like, “creative writing, editing, and publication,” will get you a lot further than… Whatever that just was.

A resume should be tailored to the position, if you can afford the time and energy for that. But if not, then just think about what writing got fandom taught you. How to respond to criticism, how to present a professional pubic face, how to correct punished mistakes, creative thinking, project planning, persuasion via emotional leverage, html formatting, office suite fluency.

Writer:

Published short fiction stories for anthology collection

Able to write short fiction within a designated word count for layout purposes (900-1500 words, 1500-2000, 3000-5000)

Wrote short articles for independent publication

Assisted with editing short stories for publication

Able to reduce or expand written content based on layout needs

Able to check for basic spelling, grammar and syntax

Familiar with Microsoft Office and Google docs

Able to convert text styles such as bold and italics across platforms, including rich text and HTML

Able to communicate with project members over multiple platforms such as email, twitter, Discord chat and Google docs

Artist:

Produced full-colour digital illustration for independent magazine

Able to produce digital illustrations optimized for both online and print display

Produced full-colour 2-page spread for art anthology

Published 4-page short comic in anthology collection for charity

Able to transfer traditional art to digital illustration

Illustrated the cover (always brag if you’re on the cover) of an independent art publication

Familiar with professional illustration tools such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Clip Studio Paint and stylus tablet

Able to communicate with project members over multiple platforms such as email, twitter, Discord chat and Google docs

Merch artist / graphic designer:

Designed 2″ clear decorative double-sided keychain charm as bonus sale item

Designed 5″ x 6″ sheet of graphic stickers included in art anthology

Able to design bold graphics that are measured for laser cutting production

Designed layouts for 65-page art and writing magazine, focusing on (art placement, text layout, etc)

Able to keep layout design simple and in accordance with the project director’s chosen theme

Created promotional art, icons and banners tailored for social media sites like Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, etc

Familiar with professional layout and design software such as Adobe Illustrator and InDesign

Able to communicate with project members over multiple platforms such as email, twitter, Discord chat and Google docs

Running a zine

Produced an independent art and writing collection for sale / for charity

Managed (10, 20, 30) independent artists and writers out of over 500 applicants to create a short-run independent magazine

Worked in online sales and social media promotion selling an independent comics anthology

If it’s really spectacular you can brag about specific numbers

Our book raised over $4,000 for charity in under six months of production

We sold over 750 copies in two weeks of online sales

Produced a digital PDF and printed version of anthology, mailing to recipients all over the world

Communicated with printers and manufacturers of plastic accessories and paper goods, assembling professional packages of our merchandise for mailing.

Built a custom digital storefront and navigated professional market and payment systems including Paypal and Tictail / Bigcartel / Wix etc

Created promotional events to boost sales, including raffles and giveaways over social media

Organized participants through mass emails and use of social media posts on tumblr and twitter

Created private Discord chat channels to keep participants up to date on production

MANGA & COMICS

Rent Girl by: Michelle Tea

Paying for It: a Comic Strip Memoir About Being by: Chester Brown

Sex Criminals by: Matt Fraction

PINK by: Kyoko Okazaki

Delivery Cinderella by: NON

MAGAZINES & ZINES

strip-magazine

$pread

KINDLE HOW TO’s

Ho Tactics: How to MindF**k A Man into Spending, Spoiling, and Sponsoring

A Gold Digger’s Guide: How to get what you want without giving it up

Blueprint for an Escort Service

Blueprint for an Escort Service 2: Beyond the Original Blueprint

The Courtesan Handbook

The Internet Escort’s Handbook Book 1: The Foundation

The Internet Escort’s Handbook Book 2: Advertising and Marketing

How to Start an Escort Business I

How to Start an Escort Business II

How to Start an Escort Business III

Digital Sex Work: How Your Webcam, Cell Phone & Pedicure Can Make You Rich

Cam Girl 2.0: Make Boss Money at Home While Keeping Your Panties On

Start Earning Over $40 an Hour as a Webcam Model Now!

How To Succeed As A Webcam Model

Talking Dirty: Getting into the Phone Sex Industry and Staying There

Greedy: A Guide to Financial Domination

The Mistress Manual: A Good Girl’s Guide to Female Dominance

The Sugar Daddy Formula: A Sugar Baby’s Ultimate Guide to Finding a Wealthy Sugar Daddy

Sugar Daddy 101: What You Need to Know if You Want to be a Sugar Baby

Make Money Stripping: how to make money as an exotic dancer tonight!

Stripping: Your Guide for Making Money in a Tough Economy

The Nerdy Girl’s Guide to Stripping: A 10-Step Guide for Stripping Your Way to Success

The Pole Position: Is Stripping for You? And How to Stay Healthy Doing It

Zen And The Art of Stripping: A Very Naughty Tale

Secrets of The Lazy Stripper: The Ultimate Exotic Dancer Package Book 1

How to Make More Money in the Gentlemen’s Club: The Ultimate Exotic Dancer Package Book 2

The Successful Stripper: The Ultimate Exotic Dancer Package Book 3

Lap Dance: The Ultimate Guide to Being the Best Exotic Dancer: The Ultimate Exotic Dancer Package Book 4

FICTION

After Dark by: Haruki Murakami and Jay Rubin

Around the World in 80 Men by: Brandi Ratliff

Bitter Sweet: A Controversial Crime Thriller by: Mason N. Forbes

Black Girl in Paris by: Shay Youngblood

Changing His Game by: Justine Elvira

Dance Dance Dance by: Haruki Murakami

Escorted by: Claire Kent

Evocronik 1.0 by Jc Weatherby

Gutterboys by: Alvin Orloff

Heaven by: Kimberly Cain

I Am Not Myself These Days by: Josh Kilmer-Purcell

In Lucia’s Eyes by: Arthur Japi

In the Company of the Courtesan by: Sarah Dunant

Kushiel’s Dart by: Jacqueline Carey

Mistress of My Fate by Hallie Rubenhold

Private Dancer by Stephen Leather

Safe Houses by: Lynne Alexander

Six Moon Dance by: Sheri S. Tepper

Slammerkin by: Emma Donoghue

Southern Discomfort by: Rita Mae Brown

The Balcony by: Jean Genet

The Butterfly Trap by: Dennis Jon

The Crimson Petal and the White by: Michael Faber

The Dress Lodger by: Sheri Holman

The Gargoyle by: Andrew Davidson

The Handmaid’s Tale by: Margaret Atwood

The Past Never Ends by: Jackson Burnett

The Submission Gift by: Solace Ames x review

Tipping the Velvet by: Sarah Waters

FANFICTION

Underland by: jellyheart84

Creamsickle by: Rhiannon Argo

Harry Potter Porn Star by: Reverie Wilde

Innocent Games by: Wynja

Dating Backwards by: RemainNameless

Escort Services by: Tempest-2455

In Which Tess Hires Teen Prostitutes by: Incidental Vegan Cannibal

Personal by: Incidental Vegan Cannibal

BIOGRAPHIES

Unrepentant Whore: the Collected Works of Scarlot Harlot by: Scarlot Harlot

Cop to Call Girl: Why I Left the LAPD to Make an Honest Living as a Beverly Hills Prostitute by: Norma Jean Almodovar

Working: my Life as a Prostitute by:  Dolores French

Woman at Point Zero by: Nawal El Saadawi

Strip City by: Lily Burana

Spent by: Antonia Crane

In My Skin; a Memoir of Addiction by: Kate Holden

The Story About Me: a Hijra Life Story by: A. Revathi

Bare: the Naked Truth About Stripping by: Elisabeth Eaves

a Piece of  Cake by: Cupcake Brown

Ordeal by: Linda Lovelace

Dominatrix on Trail: Bedford vs Canada by: Terri-Jean Bedford

Conertina: the Life and Loves of a Dominatrix by: Susan Winemaker

The Mayflower Madam: the Secret Life of Sydeny Biddle Barrows by: Sydney Biddle Barrows

Madam Inside a Nevada Brothel by: Lora Shaner

How to Make Love Like a Porn Star by: Jenna Jameson

Inside Seka: The Platinum Princess of Porn by: Seka

The Best Kept Boy in the World by: Arthur Vanderbilt

Belle du Jour by: Belle du Jour

Insatiable; Porn a Love Story by: Asa Akira

Rent Girl by: Michelle Tea

The Little Black Book of Griselidis Real: Days and Nights of an Anarchist Whoreby: Jean-Luc Hennig

Naked in The Promised Land by: Lillian Faderman

The Last of the Live Nude Girls by: Sheila McClear

Indecent: How I Make it and Fake it as a Girl for Hire by: Sarah Katherine Lewis

Hos, Hookers, Call Girls and Rent Boys: Professionals Writing on Life, Love, Money and Sex

Johns, Marks, Trick and Chickenhawks: Professionals and Their Clients Writing About Each Other

SOCIOLOGY

$pread: The Best of the Magazine that Illuminated the Sex Industry and Started a Media Revolution by: Rachel Aimee

Brothel: Mustang Ranch and Its Women by: Alexa Albert

Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work by: Melissa Hope Ditmore

Flesh for Fantasy: Producing and Consuming Exotic Dance by: Merri Lisa Jhonson and Danielle Egan

Global Sex Workers: Rights, Resistance, and Redefinition by: Kamala Kempadoo and Jo Doezema

Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy by: Barbara Ehrenreich

G-Strings and Sympathy: Strip Club Regulars and Male Desire by: Frank Katherine

Honey, Honey, Miss Thang: Being Black, Gay, and on the Streets by: Leon Pettiway

Legalizing Prostitution: From Illicit Vice to Lawful Business by: Ronald Weitzer

AIDS, Drugs and Prostitution by: Martin A. Plant

Live Sex Acts: Women Performing Erotic Labor by: Wendy Chapkis

Love For Sale: A World History of Prostitution by: Nils Johan Ringdal

Making Work, Making Trouble: The Social Regulation of Sexual Labour by: Deborah Brock

Men Who Sell Sex: International Perspectives on Male Prostitution and AIDS by: Peter Aggleton

Naked on the Internet: Hookups, Downloads, and Cashing in on Internet Sexploration by: Audacia Ray

Negotiating Sex Work: Unintended Consequences of Policy and Activism by: Carisa R. Showden

Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work by: Melissa Gira Grant

Policing Pleasure: Sex Work, Policy, and the State in Global Perspective by: Susan Dewey

Prostitution and Feminism: Towards a Politics of Feeling by: Maggie O’Neill

Prostitution and Sex Work by: Melissa Hope Ditmore

Selling Sex: A Hidden History of Prostitution by: Raelene Frances

Selling Sex: Experience, Advocacy, and Research on Sex Work in Canada

Sex at the Margins: Migration, Labour Markets and the Rescue Industry by: Laura Maria Agustin

Sex For Sale: Prostitution, Pornography, and the Sex Industry by: Ronald Weitzer

Sex Slaves and Discourse Masters: The Construction of Trafficking by: Jo Doezema

Sex Work and Sex Workers

Sex Work Matters: Exploring Money, Power and Intimacy in the Sex Industry by: Melissa Hope Dittmore

Sex Work On The Streets by: Neil McKeganey and Marina Barnard

Sex Work Politics: From Protest to Service Provision by: Samantha Majic

Sex Work: Rethinking the Job, Respecting the Workers by: Colette Parent, Chris Bruckert and Patrice Corriveau

Sex Work: Writings By Women In The Sex Industry by: Frederique Delacoste

Sex Workers Unite: A History of the Movement from Stonewall to SlutWalk by: Malinda Chateauvert

Strip Club: Gender, Power, and Sex Work by: Kim Price Glynn and Charles Andrain

Taking the crime out of sex work: New Zealand sex workers’ fight for decriminalisation

Temporarily Yours: Intimacy, Authenticity, and the Commerce of Sex by: Elizabeth Bernstein

The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure

The Prostitution Prism by: Gail Pheterson

The State of Sex: Tourism, Sex and Sin in the New American Heartland by: Barbara G. Bents, Crystal A. Jackson and Kathryn Hausbeck

The Story of Jane Doe: a Book About Rape by: Jane Doe

Times Square Red, Times Square Blue by: Samuel R. Delany

Trafficking and Prostitution Reconsidered: New Perspectives on Migration, Sex Work, and Human Rights

Vindication Rights Of Whores by: Gail Pheterson

Whores and Other Feminists by: Jill Nagel

Working Sex: Sex Workers Write About a Changing Industry

TELEVISION SHOWS

Masters of Sex

Deadwood

American Horror Story: Freak Show x review

Firefly

The Playboy Club

The Client List

Secret Diary of a Callgirl

Satisfaction

Hung

Dollhouse

Underbelly The Golden Mile x summary x watch season one

DOCUMENTARIES

Daddies Date Babies

9 to 5 days in porn

American Courtesans

Aroused

Bettie Page Reveals All

Client 9

Live Nude Girls Unite!

Hookers at the Point

Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism

Paris is Burning

Screaming Queens

Whore’s Glory

Buying Sex

Stripped

Bangladesh: Brothel Justice

Meet the Fokkens

The Great Happiness Space

Scarlet Road

MOVIES

Working Girls

Leaving Las Vegas

My Akward Sexual Adventure

Chloe

Milk Money

Welcome to the Rileys

Gypsy

Showgirls

Mighty Aphrodite

Emotional Truth

Remedy

Magic Mike

Lovelace

Lost Highway

Klute

Inland Empire

The Frozen Ground

Afternoon Delight

Elles

Pretty Woman

Closer

The Best Little Whore House in Texas

Memoirs of a Geisha

Priceless

Baise Moi

Blaze

The Player’s Club

Nathalie

Lap Dance

Breakfast at Tiffany’s

Student Services

The Girlfriend Experience

From the Head

The Center of the World

This Girl’s Life

The Pornographer

Flashdance

The Babysitters

Sweet Charity

Sleeping Beauty

Black Girl in Paris

Stripteaseh

Moulin Rouge!

Les Miserables non-musical and musical

Zombie Strippers

For a Good Time Call

Byzantium

Call Me: the Rise and Fall Heidi Faleiss

Dancing at the Blue Iguana

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

Mysterious Skin

The Machinist

The Wrestler

Sin City

Sucker Punch

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me

House of Pleasures

I Know Who Killed Me

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Lack of motivation. A talent is irrelevant if a person is not motivated to use it. Motivation may be external (for example, social approval) or internal (satisfaction from a job well-done, for instance). External sources tend to be transient, while internal sources tend to produce more consistent performance.

Lack of impulse control. Habitual impulsiveness gets in the way of optimal performance. Some people do not bring their full intellectual resources to bear on a problem but go with the first solution that pops into their heads.

Lack of perserverance and perseveration. Some people give up too easily, while others are unable to stop even when the quest will clearly be fruitless.

Using the wrong abilities. People may not be using the right abilities for the tasks in which they are engaged.

Inability to translate thought into action. Some people seem buried in thought. They have good ideas but rarely seem able to do anything about them.

Lack of product orientation. Some people seem more concerned about the process than the result of activity.

Inability to complete tasks. For some people nothing ever draws to a close. Perhaps it’s fear of what they would do next or fear of becoming hopelessly enmeshed in detail.

Failure to initiate. Still others are unwilling or unable to initiate a project. It may be indecision or fear of commitment.

Fear of failure. People may not reach peak performance because they avoid the really important challenges in life.

Procrastination. Some people are unable to act without pressure. They may also look for little things to do in order to put off the big ones.

Misattribution of blame. Some people always blame themselves for even the slightest mishap. Some always blame others.

Excessive self-pity. Some people spend more time feeling sorry for themselves than expending the effort necessary to overcome the problem.

Excessive dependency. Some people expect others to do for them what they ought to be doing themselves.

Wallowing in personal difficulties. Some people let their personal difficulties interfere grossly with their work. During the course of life, one can expect some real joys and some real sorrows. Maintaining a proper perspective is often difficult.

Distractibility and lack of concentration. Even some very intelligent people have very short attention spans.

Spreading oneself too think or too thick. Undertaking too many activities may result in none being completed on time. Undertaking too few can also result in missed opportunities and reduced levels of accomplishment.

Inability to delay gratification. Some people reward themselves and are rewarded by others for finishing small tasks, while avoiding bigger tasks that would earn them larger rewards.

Inability to see the forest for the trees. Some people become obsessed with details and are either unwilling or unable to see or deal with the larger picture in the projects they undertake.

Lack of balance between critical, analytical thinking and creative, synthetic thinking. It is important for people to learn what kind of thinking is expected of them in each situation.

Too little or too much self-confidence. Lack of self-confidence can gnaw away at a person’s ability to get things done and become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Conversely, individuals with too much self-confidence may not know when to admit they are wrong or in need of self-improvement.

Sex, Lies and Rinsing Guys

My lovely roommate sent me this earlier and I absolutely loved it!

This is a summary of college only using two pictures; expensive as hell.

That’s my Sociology “book”. In fact what it is is a piece of paper with codes written on it to allow me to access an electronic version of a book. I was told by my professor that I could not buy any other paperback version, or use another code, so I was left with no option other than buying a piece of paper for over $200. Best part about all this is my professor wrote the books; there’s something hilariously sadistic about that. So I pretty much doled out $200 for a current edition of an online textbook that is no different than an older, paperback edition of the same book for $5; yeah, I checked. My mistake for listening to my professor.

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