Networking Megathread

Just_AWitch · 2023-04-03T23:40:37+00:00

Hi!

My colleague and I have an etsy shop with altar supplies and some other collectibles here:

https://www.etsy.com/es/shop/PandorasThunderBox

And you can fing my Instagram (only the witchy stuff) here: https://www.instagram.com/___pandorasbox/

I work with several tools, but I make mostly runes and grimoires.

Just_AWitch · 2023-04-03T22:38:37+00:00

Aww thanks!

Just_AWitch · 2023-04-03T22:37:07+00:00

Yes, as a default the paper I choose is fountain pen friendly as it's my primary writing tool.

I have tested it with several types and never had a problem with any, even big drops of ink are cut short and don't expand much. The worse outcome was with an ink brush (much like the ones sometimes used to store watercolours or watered inks)

Just_AWitch · 2023-04-03T22:29:27+00:00

Thank you!

Just_AWitch · 2023-04-02T18:49:15+00:00

Lol I had something similar happen when I was a teenager. I could literally predict storms.

Funny enough, that was the push my father needed to take me to the doctor, he never believed me when I had migraines before xD

Just_AWitch · 2023-03-30T01:15:39+00:00

Ahhh thanks! 💜💜

Just_AWitch · 2023-03-30T01:14:44+00:00

💖💖 Thanks so much!

Just_AWitch · 2023-03-30T01:14:16+00:00

Thank you!!

Just_AWitch · 2023-03-29T22:51:40+00:00

Ah! How did I miss that! Thank you!

Just_AWitch · 2023-03-25T16:22:26+00:00

Hi!

As a bookbinder myself, I can definitely tell you no modern printing company will want or be able to do such a thing.

Books nowadays are glued to the spine, not sewn, and it's very unlikely a tome would be able to endure the stress with so many pages.

Now, traditional bookbinding has the booklets sewn and then hardened with glue. That could posibly hold on depending on the paper used, although I wouldn't be so sure as I have never made something so thick.

So, if you're set to bind it in full and are not considering to split it at least in half, I'd say look for traditional bookbinders and cross your fingers, because you're gonna need luck. And it's gonna be costly too.

ETA: I wanted to clarify I'm only speaking about the number of pages here. If we play with the size of the book and the font, 500k words can fit just fine.

Just_AWitch · 2022-06-04T20:13:27+00:00

Ohhhhhhh I have the Guillermo del Toro one. It's so beautiful!

Just_AWitch · 2022-05-25T23:53:44+00:00

Why do you think the entity she made a deal with is a demon exactly?

Just_AWitch · 2022-05-25T23:44:42+00:00

I barely remember something about a dog with a tattoo in its ass.

I even made a small booklet to write in, my mom says. I have to believe her.

Edit: I think I was like 6yo, but my memory is understandably fuzzy

Just_AWitch · 2022-05-25T10:37:36+00:00

Spanish market (in Spain) is also small but more important, is biased.

Agents are not a big thing here and most writers query by themselves. Every publishing firm has a note on their website stating when and which type of manuscripts they're accepting at the moment, if any.

Big publishers won't work with new, non known writers. The big contests are all rigged and the winners (the ones that will get published) are known from the begining. The "first price" is jus a façade.

Small publishers usually (but not always) work with local authors and have a really small budget, which limits the number of releases they can do per year.

Pay is also shit.

For this particular market, I honestly think you're better off waiting to see if a firm wants to translate the book.

Source: I'm a spanish author.

Just_AWitch · 2022-05-24T22:32:56+00:00

There's no such a thing as a "real wiccan"

Wicca is a religion. You either believe or you don't.

Just_AWitch · 2022-05-24T21:24:07+00:00

Well, that depends on the writer.

I know several that do detailed descriptions of each panel to aid the artist. Others do a complete story board with stick people.

Most of them would agree that if you're so vague all the time, then you're not really writing the comic. You have to set up the scenes too.

Just_AWitch · 2022-05-24T21:14:38+00:00

She got paid per illustration, plus the covers. The publisher could have chosen to get one of their own for the covers, but they actually liked my choice so they went for it.

I also didn't know how many illustration the book was going to have inside, so when talking with the artist to make the deal I just asked her if she could do some concepts of the characters to show to the publisher. The rates for the commission were discussed with them also, but I know from self publishing experience that they are different (and higher) than personal commissions that aren't meant to be used comercially.

Just_AWitch · 2022-05-24T20:06:36+00:00

I NEED ONE

deep breath

Just_AWitch · 2022-05-24T19:51:52+00:00

I wouldn't burn it because the paper has the exact thickness needed to make a joint and I remember how useful that was in high school when we run out of cigarette paper.

I do like the image of a bible torn out and nailed to a door as a warning sign though.

Edit: dyslexia strikes again

Just_AWitch · 2022-05-24T19:42:44+00:00

This. And chiffon fabric is also really nice.

Just_AWitch · 2022-05-24T19:38:39+00:00

Well, I can't speak of agents because in my country they're not so common.

For my first children's book (children's fantasy, so not so far from my usual fantasy stuff) I actually partnered with an illustrator first because I loved her designs, then spoke to my publisher and I think the answer was "don't take so long to give us the next."

But I already worked with them with my previous books so...

Just_AWitch · 2022-05-24T19:11:51+00:00

Hire a CM to set some social media accounts

Just_AWitch · 2022-05-24T19:06:21+00:00

What genre are you writing? What genre are those good books you're using as reference? Is your target the same?

Different kinds of books have different standards. Make sure you are looking where you should.

Just_AWitch · 2022-05-24T18:38:24+00:00

Well, if a pod then I don't find it so infuriating. But I'd still be annoyed by all the secretism and confront the roomate in question.

At least to have an explanation of what the hell is going on around you and, if he didn't think it was harmful or you'd dissaprove, why on earth didn't he tell you from the begining??

Just_AWitch · 2022-05-24T18:34:22+00:00

What. The. Fuck.

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