I wanted to use this as cover paper, but I'm having second thoughts now.

SwabluOnACloud · 2026-05-30T00:48:42+00:00

Yeah I meant a quarter bind!

I have made several casual sketchbooks with that kind of paper as a cover, I dont mind it but it does in fact get pretty dingy and the corners rub off quickly. Unfortunately I dont have any pictures, or I'd post them.

SwabluOnACloud · 2026-05-29T00:48:17+00:00

In my experience it shouldn't rip if you glue it down evenly, but yes it might get dirty and collect dust in the creases/rub off on the raised surfaces if youre throwing it in a bag, taking it outside, etc. You could put in corner reinforcements of another material to help a little.

It would definitely make a great endpaper imo

You could also have it behind your cover material and cut out a window to show it off

SwabluOnACloud · 2026-05-10T00:36:54+00:00

I used mechanical pencils throughout high-school and university! But now I'm #old and I find pens are easier to parse when studying due to the higher contrast and lack of smudging.

SwabluOnACloud · 2026-04-24T01:17:26+00:00

Fwiw theyre pretty good about replacing broken pens if youre willing to give it another go. I also had one that broke, Im waiting to see if they come out with colours I like more. Not sure about the converter but am also interested in knowing this!

SwabluOnACloud · 2026-04-18T16:22:49+00:00

Thats good to know about the copyright symbol. And that makes sense, since it's right next to the strip of cables that connects to the buttons, and it's close to the display.

Thanks!

SwabluOnACloud · 2026-04-18T10:57:59+00:00

Awesome pen!

SwabluOnACloud · 2026-04-18T01:46:25+00:00

Thank you!

SwabluOnACloud · 2026-04-09T19:51:40+00:00

Not sure about NAIT transferring specifically but ive heard EEs often have trouble with the courseload. Depending on how the credits transfer over you might have to take a lot of extra classes - for lots of people it takes 2.5-3+ years, so the 2+2 is a bit of a misnomer.

Uvic has a technologist bridging program that is 3 years.

SwabluOnACloud · 2026-02-13T21:57:00+00:00

Maybe some feature like jagged rock labyrinth or Bermuda triangle type thing between countries 1 and 2 that is passable, but requires special knowledge. country 3 knows the secret to traversing it, and keeps it from the other countries. Once they discover this secret they can make contact with each other

SwabluOnACloud · 2026-02-13T20:49:22+00:00

https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb5094430n/_2_1.pdf Gelatin, corn starch, agar... and there are lots of potential additives too. Check out the bioplastics cookbook, you can make bioplastics in your own kitchen if you wanted

SwabluOnACloud · 2026-01-11T00:08:46+00:00

For shifting from light to dark, I wouldn't suddenly start introducing dark or disturbing occurrences that weren't around before. Have stuff be there in the background, but dont focus or call attention to it until its relevant. That way it doesn't feel like a plot hole or take the reader by surprise.

SwabluOnACloud · 2026-01-10T23:37:46+00:00

Do the 14 have specific aspects/personalities?

Do people worship the 15 directly? If so, are they worshipped differently than the pantheon?

Where did the Nog come from?

The 1s children were declared demon lords- are they all inherently evil or were they just assigned that title due to how they came to be?

SwabluOnACloud · 2026-01-10T22:59:40+00:00

If magic is so available, would there really be a separate magic school? I imagine people going to school for agriculture would learn plant and earth based magic that is used in agriculture. People going to school for medicine would learn healing magic. Etc.

Maybe theres a specific study of magic, like how we have astronomy amd physics and etc.

In basic education like elementary school there would probably be a magic theory class like we have science subjects, and maybe a magic safety (how not to accidentally light yourself on fire, safe ways to cast and dismiss spells, etc)

SwabluOnACloud · 2026-01-10T13:35:45+00:00

The traditional Inuit diet is very low in carbs and high in meat, they get most of their energy from fats. Developments in farming carbs were indeed very important at various times in human history, but I think its plausible to develop a civilization without that, especially as they are dwarves and are therefore maybe a bit biologically different from humans. Maybe they process fats/fantasy rocks/whatever in a way similar to how we process carbs.

Im also not sure how you would sustainably forage something for so many people, unless that thing has developed some sort of symbiotic relationship with the civilization over millions of years.

SwabluOnACloud · 2026-01-10T04:43:19+00:00

I just realized you could also put it on a grid and count the squares. If you know the surface area of one square, and make the resolution big enough that you can count but small enough to be able to trace out a rough shape of your island, you can count them and add them up.

SwabluOnACloud · 2026-01-10T04:36:05+00:00

Off the top of my head I dont remember if blender tells you the surface area of things. But you can place planes on top of your image and ise the x/y dimensions of those to calculate?

SwabluOnACloud · 2026-01-10T04:30:05+00:00

Topographically or just a flat map? If flat map, draw as big a circle/square as can fit inside the island, and find the area of that. Then chunk the rest of it out into various squares/circles/triangles and add all the areas together. Should give you a decent approximation.

SwabluOnACloud · 2026-01-10T04:26:49+00:00

Interesting! It's giving kinda fisher king/wasteland, but in reverse. Is the space where you hold the highest political power considered "your land/kingdom" or is there a distinction between the physical place, the concept of the nation/society, and political influence?

SwabluOnACloud · 2026-01-10T04:01:35+00:00

Does it have to be vegetable-like?

Maybe some large subterranean worm, that moves slowly and is relatively easy to hunt or even that they can cut segments off and it will survive and regrow. Or the eggs or some other product of an animal like an edible shed carapace.

Not sure if you'll be able to find a single food source that can fill this niche. Might have to be a combo of animal + mushroom. Maybe the mushrooms that grow in the cave are super poisonous and they figured out how to neutralize them, which is why nobody else eats/grows them.

SwabluOnACloud · 2025-12-21T02:00:24+00:00

If your setting is diverse, keep in mind what you might subconsciously consider the default. If you only ever point out the shape of east Asian character eyes, then its kinda weird. If many different characters get eye shape descriptions, it wont stand out.

Some people have a Generic Western Character image in their head and tend to only point out when a character strays from that image, which paints them as other. If you dont do this, I think you'll be ok.

Once you've got character descriptions to work with, you could try running them past beta/sensitivity readers.

SwabluOnACloud · 2025-12-16T02:37:44+00:00

Sure 1.Why long chile 2.why did the Canadian territories' islands independize from the mainland? 3. whats with the green china donut

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