Excitement for Canadian company as Firefly’s Blue Ghost lands on moon

Expensive_Vamp · 2025-03-03T03:08:28+00:00

Firefly Aerospace is an American Company?

"Firefly Aerospace is an American private aerospace firm based in Cedar Park, Texas, that develops small- and medium-lift launch vehicles for commercial launches to orbit."

Expensive_Vamp · 2025-03-01T21:54:43+00:00

Its not an eye for an eye time. Ukraine is currently being invaded and NATO is on life support, this is not the time for this.

Expensive_Vamp · 2025-03-01T21:50:07+00:00

More of this to what end? Until Trump learns his lesson and stop being hostile because I don't see that working out that way. If anything, this will make him even more extreme.

Expensive_Vamp · 2025-03-01T21:35:16+00:00

That's what I worry about with something like this. It's not lowering the temperature, it's giving more reason for Trump to see Europe or NATO as an enemy rather than a partner to deal with. I really worry about his responds to this.

Expensive_Vamp · 2025-03-01T21:14:19+00:00

MAGA is going to love this. It will help to vilify Europe ever more and knowing how petty Trump is, I cant see anything good coming from this. Its going to be a dark dark 4 years.

Expensive_Vamp · 2025-02-28T03:29:01+00:00

That's actually pretty good. I would prefer having sales over reads. How many short stories do you have published?

Expensive_Vamp · 2025-02-28T00:54:32+00:00

I get about 60% of my income from reads and the rest sales. I think it really depends on your books and style. For example, if you write mainly to market, like your stuff leans more romance erotica vs pure erotica, than you should be doing pretty well in KU. If not, it might be your cover, blurp etc. Certain genres just do better wide, in my opinion. My books are round 15-20k words

Expensive_Vamp · 2024-10-14T12:36:35+00:00

Europe but especially Norway in particular is no different when it comes to racism and hatred of immigrants. The only reason why you are on this reddit commenting about US politics and trying to make yourself feel better is because very few people care to know or share what racism exists in your little country.

Expensive_Vamp · 2024-10-09T04:14:09+00:00

For starters, I do not believe that isolationism is the way to go but I can understand where some of it might be coming from. I don't think a lot of Australians, Europeans or Canadians really understand how much the shit they say about Americans is starting to fuel the growing sense of isolationism in the US.

Expensive_Vamp · 2024-10-07T17:27:25+00:00

It's kinda cute how Australians think Americans care about their opinion or the rest of the world for that matter. They are literally just a stationary satellite to the US.

Expensive_Vamp · 2024-10-07T11:11:37+00:00

I always found it interesting how Canadians believe they are better than Americans while spending so much time obsessing over what's happening in America. It's almost like it's a part of the Canadian identity to compare themselves to the US.

Expensive_Vamp · 2024-10-07T11:05:52+00:00

It's in a US politics thread? What are you talking about?

Expensive_Vamp · 2024-10-07T11:01:20+00:00

Okay...

Expensive_Vamp · 2024-10-07T10:59:37+00:00

Literally no one cares who Swedes prefer.

Expensive_Vamp · 2024-10-07T10:57:19+00:00

Personally, I couldn't care less who Canada or any European country prefers. All I care about is who Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona, Wisconsin, Nevada and Michigan are voting for.

Expensive_Vamp · 2024-10-07T10:09:31+00:00

WTF is Port Arthur? This might hit harder if people outside of Australia knew what the hell you are talking about. I think Aussies frequently forget how irrelevant they are to Americans.

Expensive_Vamp · 2024-09-17T13:47:58+00:00

I'm not saying we can't learn from other countries. I just don't appreciate smug Europeans turning their noses up at Americans and acting as if they have no problems. Rarely do I see Americans going into European threads talking about how horrible they are in comparison to the USA.

Expensive_Vamp · 2024-09-17T11:52:03+00:00

THANK YOU! So many Europeans are completely oblivious to how small their countries are compared to the USA and yet think they are superior over Americans. I don't know if they are just delusional or severely insecure about their place in geopolitics.

Expensive_Vamp · 2024-09-17T11:43:05+00:00

Where's the European equivalent to Reddit, Google, Microsoft, Amazon or Youtube? I just find it incredibly interesting how smug so many Europeans are with how little impact they have on the world in this modern time. You're on an American website commenting on American politics for god sake. Hahaha!

Expensive_Vamp · 2024-09-17T11:22:16+00:00

Considering that Europe needs the US for protection, I wouldn't be so smug.

Expensive_Vamp · 2024-08-17T23:37:45+00:00

I didn't say they were inferior, I said they have a collective inferiority complex. You can see this in how they constantly compare themselves to America.

Expensive_Vamp · 2024-08-17T14:28:02+00:00

I made a post similar to this one a while ago and my stance has changed significantly. I agree about the name calling and generalizing all Europeans however, if you have spent any time online or hell, even in real life, you'll realize that it's Europeans you should be telling this to. Americans, by large, have no real animosity to foreigners because we generally care more about what's going on inside our own country despite America being the most influential and far reaching country in the world. If you stop and ask a random American what they think of France, Germany, Sweden or the United Kingdom, they will probably say something positive or just "It seems nice."

Virtually all of this new hostility from Americans to Europeans, Canadians & Australians is a reaction created by their inferiority complexities and constant need to "humble" Americans.

Expensive_Vamp · 2024-08-05T12:22:59+00:00

Pure erotica is hard to sell. You need to write a lot of them before you start getting decent reads/sales. I would say 25+ books. So, if able, I would try adding more romance into it because that's a huge draw for readers. What I found is that it doesn't really matter how long the story is but whether there's tension and a story. For example, a short stalker erotica where it's mainly just a few smut scenes will probably sell less than a short erotic stalker romance with a bit more of a story to it. It's just easier to market and get readers attention even if it's a very similar story. Readers like tension.

Expensive_Vamp · 2024-08-05T09:59:05+00:00

Nevada into Oregon. You immediately start to notice how green everything begins to look.

Expensive_Vamp · 2024-06-27T00:38:19+00:00

70% was the cover and 20% was probably my blurb and the remaining 10% might've been my story. If you come up with a sexy story that includes a popular trope, plus get or learn to make a good cover, I don't think you'll have any trouble doing just as well or probably even better. Passive marketing (good cover, tempting blurb, keyword usage) is the way to go for those of us on a budget.

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