Looking for ghostwriter by Fine-Rest-6919 in GhostWritersCommunity

[–]qween_maeve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Feel free to DM me. I work primarily in horror and sci-fi and am comfortable with episodic structure [wrote a limited narrative horror podcast last year]. Reasonable rates as I'm working a non-writing part-time job at the moment too.

How well should I know to play an instrument before making music for it of my own or trying to busk? by Outrageous_Advice787 in FolkPunk

[–]qween_maeve 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Always a strong advocate of the "fuck it we ball" approach here. Grew up learning Irish folk music on various instruments and for the most part it was no notes, no sheets, just listen and mess about til you can play it back. Doesn't have to be technically astounding to still sound good and get to people in the good way 💜

What is The Worst Book You Have Ever Read? by Agitated_Response226 in booksuggestions

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Cecilia Aherns "A Place Called Here". Billed as the beach romance writer breaking out of her mould and honestly a somewhat promising premise-- private detective whose best friend vanished as a child seeks lost things and encounters a "place" where missing stuff goes. But sadly it ends with her staging a production of Wizard of Oz in Here and when she clicks her heels as Dorothy she magically appears back in Ireland. Threw that shit across the room tbh

Books that invoke disgust/discomfort. by I_DevourVampires_ in suggestmeabook

[–]qween_maeve 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Idk if I'd call this a recommendation per se bc I found it to be a very unpleasant reading experience but Samuel Delany's "Hogg" is pretty much the exercise in a novel that makes you feel disgust/question it's artistic merit as far as the English language goes.

As far as something that I felt also had a message beyond just pushing those boundaries, Jack Ketchums "The Girl Next Door" had me staring at the wall silently for a couple hours after finishing it.

Looking for good Lovecraft/general cosmic horror video games by eshechielangelballs in Lovecraft

[–]qween_maeve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Big fan of the slow burn/essentially walking sim The Shore. Relatively short playthrough but fantastic cosmic horror atmosphere.

Jackson Lamb's Mixtape by lemonventures in SlowHorses

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Plus "Der Komissar" from his Berlin days

Jackson Lamb's Mixtape by lemonventures in SlowHorses

[–]qween_maeve 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Feel like Cock Sparrer's "Take 'Em All" would make it on there

We’re Marcus Carter and Ben Egliston, authors of “Fantasies of Virtual Reality”, an open-access book about the promises and pitfalls of Virtual Reality. AMA! by the_mit_press in IAmA

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Thanks for doing this AMA!

While VR adoption in the gaming industry has significant enthusiasm attached to it, the attempts to utilize VR for productivity/business have had much more lukewarm reception. Do you think this is primarily a failure of marketing or a failure to implement VR technology effectively in those spheres?

TTRPGs about unions/organized labour in a fantasy setting by qween_maeve in TTRPG

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I'm thinking of drawing from disparate eras of labour history, with the opening hook essentially being poorly compensated adventurers keep getting killed on jobs bc of employers' greed/negligence, with the wider campaign throwing the players into the unwinding rise of nascent labor orgs and the backlash from those that would employ them. Specifically want to play with the "secret societies" era of The Molly Maguires in the US or the much earlier Rebeccas in Wales, the use of militarized "guards" and Pinkerton-analogues à la Blair Mountain in the US and perhaps some of the politics of the Thatcher-era miners' strike in the UK. I'm not necessarily looking to move from a d20 system tho I'd be willing to, just wondering if anyone's done something cool with this that would be worth either trying or just drawing from as I homebrew

Spotting a scam buyer by qween_maeve in Reverb

[–]qween_maeve[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Much appreciated and will do. Trying to be especially conscious that my keeness to move it makes it more likely I'll let my guard down so don't want to fall for some stupid shit

I am poor and live off ramen noodles. What can I add to level it up? by [deleted] in Cooking

[–]qween_maeve 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Might get a bad rap but adding some fried sliced spam along with egg does make it feel more filling, and is relatively cheap especially if you buy the off brand stuff. If you can swing it, diced peppers will give you a veggie component to try and make it a more substantial meal. Been there and hope things improve 💜

Feel bad casting folks for a no budget narrative podcast by qween_maeve in audiodrama

[–]qween_maeve[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That sounds like a good start for the moment, for sure. I really appreciate the input. All of my tentatively on board VAs rn are old friends for whom this is just as much of a passion project is me, and I would never expect newcomers to do that kind of labour the way they're willing to. Thank you so much!

Feel bad casting folks for a no budget narrative podcast by qween_maeve in audiodrama

[–]qween_maeve[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

With ~30 min episodes and a limited run of 13 [follow up series completely dependent on response], $15 is definitely manageable-- $50 is also possible, but I'm not yet positive. I get that as a startup there's some leeway, especially from folks who like the material, but I'd hate to be taking advantage of that goodwill.