RAISUNE WEEK!!!
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meningiomaRAISUNE WEEEEEK
i will for sure be participating, ill post my works on here first i think, then crosspost to tumblr. why? cuz i love u guys. LETS HOPE I CAN FINISH A WHOLE WEEK OF DOODLES!!!!!! :D
i will for sure be participating, ill post my works on here first i think, then crosspost to tumblr. why? cuz i love u guys. LETS HOPE I CAN FINISH A WHOLE WEEK OF DOODLES!!!!!! :D
The Proper Way to Write Love (2025)
Tuesday, 2 September 2025 05:41 pmreviews_and_ramblingsThe Proper Way to Write Love was a nice one. Not really my favorite since it was a little too much heavy on the thrope of the misunderstanding, but as most of the Japanese drama, the production was very nice, the actors were good, in particular the character of Washizawa Natsuo was top notch. Natsuo is a simple man, very open with his feelings, or at least he is now. When Natsuo and Suzuki Hiroshi were at school together, Natsuo's attentions towards Hiroshi had seemed like almost bullying, and that is what Hiro remembers of those years. But yes, both actors were very good, and therefore move along a thrope that is not really my cup of tea. HEA. You can see it on GagaOOLala. Heat Level: 5/6.
Heat Level:
1/6: glances, caress, hugs, no kisses
2/6: kisses, closed mouth or camera angles
3/6: full kisses, clothes on
4/6: full kisses, some clothes off, hands above the waist, pants stay on
5/6: most clothes off, they have sex, but it’s masked, no sexy sounds
6/6: full nudity mostly hidden by camera angles, they have sex, sexy sounds
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Monday, 1 September 2025 05:26 pmadoreFriday was my last working day. I was able to schedule a therapy session for this afternoon (because no work!) and I feel good after it. I usually want to snack on something after therapy because being vulnerable expends energy or something, idk. I had cinnamon biscuits on hand, they were nice. I talked about how I'd felt shitty after finishing Project Fang, and I've slowly come to realise why. It's because my writing is not how it used to be. The quality of prose in my debut novel is not the quality of prose I can achieve now, because the debut novel was written before the bookstore debacle and subsequent cognitive changes in myself. But as I talked to my therapist I also slowly realised that I want to write self-indulgently and prioritise pleasure, rather than artistic achievement. It helps that the readership I'm writing for has mostly similar priorities. So it's okay that I'm not the writer I used to be. I'm still improving and will get back up there eventually.
My workplace added my replacement to the work WhatsApp group and welcomed her. They'd forgotten to remove me from the group. So they removed me after adding her instead of before, lol. They also deleted my work email over the weekend. Both these things felt sudden to me. I emailed them from my regular email asking them if I could have access to my work email to save some things I'd worked on to my portfolio. If they say no, then perhaps that's a sign I'm not meant to return to this line of work lol. They've been nice to me though. They might say yes.
In writing news, I've opened ARC signups for Bloodhunt Academy. Its working title was Project Fang, so that's how I've been referring to it, but now it's got its final title. It's all feeling so real! Especially as I have the final cover. I'll do a cover reveal on Instagram soon but I'm revealing it here first because I love it here. Look! SO pretty isn't it!
( Cover reveal! )
Every time our vampire heroine menstruates, she has to drink the blood of men to replenish herself. Things are complicated by Society Frowning Upon This. Things are further complicated when she falls in love with a human girl who rebels against their dystopian regime. Things are even further complicated when she falls in love with a boy who has been trained all his life to become a vampire hunter.
If this sounds like something you or someone you know would enjoy, but don't want to support Amazon (the book will be KU-exclusive after release because this is apparently my livelihood now), you can bypass Amazon by getting an advance reader copy before its release. Here's the ARC signup form: Link! No worries if this is not your thing! I would be delighted if it's someone else's thing and you point them to it.
Here's the complete blurb, for the curious:
( Read more... )
I'm so nervous about doing the steps in the process of launching this book. I have to start recruiting ARC readers from Instagram and Threads and goddess knows where else. I have a simple website in the works and I need to figure out my author newsletter and... AAAAAH I'm doing just the basics for my pen name launch but it feels like a LOT. I'm glad I'm posting the cover reveal and ARC signup form and everything here first because everything just feels less scary on Dreamwidth, lol.
My workplace added my replacement to the work WhatsApp group and welcomed her. They'd forgotten to remove me from the group. So they removed me after adding her instead of before, lol. They also deleted my work email over the weekend. Both these things felt sudden to me. I emailed them from my regular email asking them if I could have access to my work email to save some things I'd worked on to my portfolio. If they say no, then perhaps that's a sign I'm not meant to return to this line of work lol. They've been nice to me though. They might say yes.
In writing news, I've opened ARC signups for Bloodhunt Academy. Its working title was Project Fang, so that's how I've been referring to it, but now it's got its final title. It's all feeling so real! Especially as I have the final cover. I'll do a cover reveal on Instagram soon but I'm revealing it here first because I love it here. Look! SO pretty isn't it!
( Cover reveal! )
Every time our vampire heroine menstruates, she has to drink the blood of men to replenish herself. Things are complicated by Society Frowning Upon This. Things are further complicated when she falls in love with a human girl who rebels against their dystopian regime. Things are even further complicated when she falls in love with a boy who has been trained all his life to become a vampire hunter.
If this sounds like something you or someone you know would enjoy, but don't want to support Amazon (the book will be KU-exclusive after release because this is apparently my livelihood now), you can bypass Amazon by getting an advance reader copy before its release. Here's the ARC signup form: Link! No worries if this is not your thing! I would be delighted if it's someone else's thing and you point them to it.
Here's the complete blurb, for the curious:
( Read more... )
I'm so nervous about doing the steps in the process of launching this book. I have to start recruiting ARC readers from Instagram and Threads and goddess knows where else. I have a simple website in the works and I need to figure out my author newsletter and... AAAAAH I'm doing just the basics for my pen name launch but it feels like a LOT. I'm glad I'm posting the cover reveal and ARC signup form and everything here first because everything just feels less scary on Dreamwidth, lol.
Code deploy happening shortly
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dw_maintenancePer the dw_news post regarding the MS/TN blocks, we are doing a small code push shortly in order to get the code live. As per usual, please let us know if you see anything wonky.
There is some code cleanup we've been doing that is going out with this push but I don't think there is any new/reworked functionality, so it should be pretty invisible if all goes well.
Mississippi site block, plus a small restriction on Tennessee new accounts
Sunday, 31 August 2025 12:28 pmdenise posting in dw_newsA reminder to everyone that starting tomorrow, we are being forced to block access to any IP address that geolocates to the state of Mississippi for legal reasons while we and Netchoice continue fighting the law in court. People whose IP addresses geolocate to Mississippi will only be able to access a page that explains the issue and lets them know that we'll be back to offer them service as soon as the legal risk to us is less existential.
The block page will include the apology but I'll repeat it here: we don't do geolocation ourselves, so we're limited to the geolocation ability of our network provider. Our anti-spam geolocation blocks have shown us that their geolocation database has a number of mistakes in it. If one of your friends who doesn't live in Mississippi gets the block message, there is nothing we can do on our end to adjust the block, because we don't control it. The only way to fix a mistaken block is to change your IP address to one that doesn't register as being in Mississippi, either by disconnecting your internet connection and reconnecting it (if you don't have a static IP address) or using a VPN.
In related news, the judge in our challenge to Tennessee's social media age verification, parental consent, and parental surveillance law (which we are also part of the fight against!) ruled last month that we had not met the threshold for a temporary injunction preventing the state from enforcing the law while the court case proceeds.
The Tennesee law is less onerous than the Mississippi law and the fines for violating it are slightly less ruinous (slightly), but it's still a risk to us. While the fight goes on, we've decided to prevent any new account signups from anyone under 18 in Tennessee to protect ourselves against risk. We do not need to block access from the whole state: this only applies to new account creation.
Because we don't do any geolocation on our users and our network provider's geolocation services only apply to blocking access to the site entirely, the way we're implementing this is a new mandatory question on the account creation form asking if you live in Tennessee. If you do, you'll be unable to register an account if you're under 18, not just the under 13 restriction mandated by COPPA. Like the restrictions on the state of Mississippi, we absolutely hate having to do this, we're sorry, and we hope we'll be able to undo it as soon as possible.
Finally, I'd like to thank every one of you who's commented with a message of support for this fight or who's bought paid time to help keep us running. The fact we're entirely user-supported and you all genuinely understand why this fight is so important for everyone is a huge part of why we can continue to do this work. I've also sent a lot of your comments to the lawyers who are fighting the actual battles in court, and they find your wholehearted support just as encouraging and motivating as I do. Thank you all once again for being the best users any social media site could ever hope for. You make me proud and even more determined to yell at state attorneys general on your behalf.
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Saturday, 30 August 2025 01:41 pmtinkatonWell. How time gets away from you!
I've got no excuse for not updating for this long except that I didn't feel like it lmao. Nothing super exciting has really been going on and I've been using most of my free time to do other things. (The renovation at work creeps ever closer to being done, and I did have fun at the anime convention I went to last month, though I was too lazy to do a write up of all the merch I got like I normally would. I did get multiple compliments on the Faye Valentine shirt that I wore haha.) I want to try to update more and get back to checking my reading list though!! I hope everyone's been doing well since I last checked in.
A few things I've been reading/watching/etc. lately...
➤ I started playing Metaphor: ReFantazio a while ago! It's slow going as I am a slow gamer but I'm currently at the 4th (?) dungeon, the one on the mustari island. I'm enjoying it so far! ( + )
➤ I started reading the Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint Webtoon because I saw the print volumes in the library system so I was like, sure I'll see what all the fuss is about. I only read volumes 1-6 (though I think volume 7 is out in English already?) but I'm enjoying it! ( + )
➤ I forget if I mentioned this before but Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan YA book series got an anime adaptation that aired on Netflix recently, which is the wildest thing that's ever happened. I LOVED the Leviathan books when I read them so of course I had to watch the anime immediately. ( + )
➤ Did I ever talk about the absolute disappointment that was The Old Guard 2? ( + )
➤ Yes, I watched Kpop Demon Hunters. Yes, I loved Kpop Demon Hunters. Yes, I've listened to the album a hundred times. It's a pretty standard plot, but the animation is gorgeousss, Sony Animation knocked it out of the park again, the characters are fun, the music slaps, and it's just an all-around good time. The only unrealistic part about it is a boy group putting out consistent bangers sjdhfkjsdfs but I guess having demonic powers helps.
Has anyone being using Focus Friend by Hank Green lmao? It's a productivity timer app for your phone, you set a time limit to not look at your phone and your little bean avatar knits socks while it's running. Then you use the socks to buy items to decorate your bean guy's room. Everyone at work started using it so I was like okay fine I'll try it lol. Haven't gotten enough socks yet to buy any decorations but it did keep me from playing on my phone while I should've been working a couple times so I guess that's good!
I've got no excuse for not updating for this long except that I didn't feel like it lmao. Nothing super exciting has really been going on and I've been using most of my free time to do other things. (The renovation at work creeps ever closer to being done, and I did have fun at the anime convention I went to last month, though I was too lazy to do a write up of all the merch I got like I normally would. I did get multiple compliments on the Faye Valentine shirt that I wore haha.) I want to try to update more and get back to checking my reading list though!! I hope everyone's been doing well since I last checked in.
A few things I've been reading/watching/etc. lately...
➤ I started playing Metaphor: ReFantazio a while ago! It's slow going as I am a slow gamer but I'm currently at the 4th (?) dungeon, the one on the mustari island. I'm enjoying it so far! ( + )
➤ I started reading the Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint Webtoon because I saw the print volumes in the library system so I was like, sure I'll see what all the fuss is about. I only read volumes 1-6 (though I think volume 7 is out in English already?) but I'm enjoying it! ( + )
➤ I forget if I mentioned this before but Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan YA book series got an anime adaptation that aired on Netflix recently, which is the wildest thing that's ever happened. I LOVED the Leviathan books when I read them so of course I had to watch the anime immediately. ( + )
➤ Did I ever talk about the absolute disappointment that was The Old Guard 2? ( + )
➤ Yes, I watched Kpop Demon Hunters. Yes, I loved Kpop Demon Hunters. Yes, I've listened to the album a hundred times. It's a pretty standard plot, but the animation is gorgeousss, Sony Animation knocked it out of the park again, the characters are fun, the music slaps, and it's just an all-around good time. The only unrealistic part about it is a boy group putting out consistent bangers sjdhfkjsdfs but I guess having demonic powers helps.
Has anyone being using Focus Friend by Hank Green lmao? It's a productivity timer app for your phone, you set a time limit to not look at your phone and your little bean avatar knits socks while it's running. Then you use the socks to buy items to decorate your bean guy's room. Everyone at work started using it so I was like okay fine I'll try it lol. Haven't gotten enough socks yet to buy any decorations but it did keep me from playing on my phone while I should've been working a couple times so I guess that's good!
Searching for the Comet by Emi Mitsuki
Saturday, 30 August 2025 02:39 pmreviews_and_ramblings
”I've been in love with him...ever since that day when he cried underneath the fake， starry sky. I didn't initially intend to confess to him. I only wanted us to be closer - to spend more time together... So how did things end up this way...?” Kawai is a member of his high school's Astronomy Club. He grows close to Ohara， his fellow classmate， when Ohara helps him out with his club's exhibit for their last school festival. After the two graduate， their paths begin to diverge， little by little...until one fateful day. So close that they can feel each other's breath， yet so tragically distant. A romantic tale of two men constantly just beyond each other's reach. Chasing after one another， like shooting stars.
My Rate: 7 (amzn.to/45WhlB3)
The Stranger in the Hoarding House by Joe Aruku
Saturday, 30 August 2025 12:51 pmreviews_and_ramblings
After a traumatic incident at work, Kamakura locked himself away and let the trash pile up around him, resigned to his fate as a hikikomori... That is, until the day Katsuyoshi climbed in through his balcony.
At their landlord's behest, Katsuyoshi offers to help Kamakura clean his apartment, insisting that Kamakura stay with him in the meantime. Kamakura reluctantly agrees, wondering why Katsuyoshi would offer to help out a complete stranger. Turns out, Katsuyoshi has his own reasons— and his own trauma— to work through.
As they tidy together, the pair open up to each other and slowly begin to heal in this sweet slice-of-life romance about moving forward, one trash bag at a time...
My Rate: 8 (amzn.to/3JFEEYj)
The Kyogoku Family by Keiko Kinoshita
Saturday, 30 August 2025 12:41 pmreviews_and_ramblings
"Marry me, just for show."
Seishirou Kyougoku, son and personal secretary of the incumbent Minister of Justice, found himself utterly baffled. First, his young half-brother Reo came to live with him! Then, an out-of-the-blue reunion with his old classmate Takeru Kyougoku led to Takeru finding out the truth about Reo!! And to top it off, now he's managed to get himself stuck in a sham marriage with Takeru!!! While breaking the news, Seishirou vows to put Takeru and Reo's wellbeing even above his own life, sham or not, but then Takeru pushes him down on the bed and demands a different sort of consolation prize for going along with this plan... Can real love bloom from a union born of lies?
My Rate: 7 (amzn.to/41rNfUG)
Sensei's Mail-Order Food by Asumiko Nakamura
Saturday, 30 August 2025 12:32 pmreviews_and_ramblings
A Boys’ Love Story about Finding Common Ground over Delicious Food—the Manga That Inspired the Live-Action Drama!
When erotic novelist Enomura Haruka and shojo artist Nakata Miruku are brought together by their publisher to collaborate on a new manga, it seems like a perfect match—until the two meet in person and realize just how different they are! Haruka is a bit of a sadist with a cool-guy personality, and he immediately clashes with Miruku, who’s something of a masochist and doesn’t match his bright shojo style at all. There’s one thing the two have in common, however—their love of gourmet food, especially the mail-order variety. Can their passion for amazing food bridge the gap between them? Or could food be the catalyst that causes their passions to boil over? Includes reviews of real gourmet food items from Japan!
My Rate: 7 (amzn.to/4oXKiF9)
Natsume Wants to be Trained by Mamita
Saturday, 30 August 2025 12:27 pmreviews_and_ramblings
One man’s desire to become better in bed leads him to an escort with quite the surprise in this Boys’ Love manga! From the creator of Wanna Be My Dress-Up Lover? and 10 Things I Want to Do Before I Turn 40—both also available from Seven Seas!
Natsume has a problem that’s keeping him single and alone: He’s lousy in bed! Frustrated by his inability to keep a lover, he comes up with a plan--become a master of sex and shove his newfound bedroom prowess right in his ex’s face! The first step? Hiring a male escort to help him improve his skills. But when the escort, Kou, arrives at his home, Natsume is stunned to find that this man is no stranger. In fact, he’s Natsume’s own housekeeper!
My Rate: 8 (amzn.to/45SpZjP)
My Neighbor is Devastatingly Sweet and Selfish by Nanako Sakurai
Saturday, 30 August 2025 12:25 pmreviews_and_ramblings
Masachika has been reunited with his childhood friend， and what’s more， he’s a model! Kiwa suddenly moves in next door， but he can’t take care of himself， so Masachika often looks after him. During one drunken night， Kiwa makes his move on Masachika and to his surprise， he relents?! Can they keep their relationship a secret or will they have even bigger problems to worry about?
My Rate: 7 (amzn.to/4oZOwMx)
