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gahdamnpunk:

YOO SPREAD THE WORD PEOPLE

Save a marker, SPREAD THE WORD!!!!

It’s called the crayola colorcycle program! As on its FAQ, they mention the following:

“Crayola ColorCycle will accept all brands of plastic markers, not just Crayola markers. That includes dry erase markers and highlighters! ColorCycle will eliminate placing hundreds of tons of markers into landfills.”

There do seem to be some limits, however, as far as I can tell, anyone can ship in a box of markers. “Any sturdy cardboard box with minimal outer markings will work. The more markers you ship, the more efficient this program will be. We suggest a minimum of 100 markers and a maximum of up to 40 pounds.”

Also, look for the Crayon Initiative. 

Their whole things work with used, donated crayons they melt and make new ones to donate to children’s hospitals. 

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she-writes-love:

WRITING HELP SITES

1. NaNoWriMo

The National Novel Writing Month blog provides inspirational posts for when you’re stuck with writer’s block and offers guidelines for everything from the publishing process to finding feedback.

2. Write It Sideways

The articles for writers on Write It Sideways outline real-life advice, like writing grants, author branding, and gift buying, as well as writing tips and tricks, like dialogue mistakes and how to build tension.

3. Helping Writers Become Authors

K.M. Weiland, the writer of Helping Writers Become Authors, is an award-winning author who shares creative writing advice on story structure, character arcs, common writing mistakes, and much more!

4. Inklyo.com

This website offers great advice for authors, bloggers, businesspeople, and students. Not only will you find writing advice and inspiration, but the site also offers a wealth of practical tips for honing your writing skills, finding work, and staying productive. If you’re looking for in-depth instruction, Inklyo.com also provides a range of courses and ebooks aimed at helping you learn how to write anything well.

5. Warrior Writers

Warrior Writers is run by best-selling author Kristen Lamb, who guides writers with comprehensive and detailed posts that have a humorous and easy-to-read tone.

6. Fantasy Author’s Handbook

Although this is technically a genre-specific writing blog, New York Times best-selling author Philip Athans has great advice for writers of all types, guaranteed.

7. Abidemi.tv

Abidemi is an accomplished author who has decided to share her insight and knowledge of the writing and publishing world to help others become better writers. In addition to offering free resources in her blog, she also creates and sells writing courses. 

Writer’s Lifestyle

The following writing websites are great for writers who have some extra time or need to take a quick break and want to spend it productively.

8. Write to Done

Write to Done clearly outlines useful topics for writers, like imposter syndrome, recovering from destructive criticism, and finding a pen name.

9. Brain PickingsMaria Popova’s writings on culture, books, and other eclectic subjects are always extremely interesting reading for any writer with some spare time.

10. Novelicious

While this might be more of a book website than a writing website, Novelicious also has advice for writers on retreats and for writing serialized novels—not to mention post about which books are being turned into movies this year (and reading that is time well spent for any writer, really).

11. Opinionator

The exclusive online commentary from the Draft section of Opinionator covers essays by journalists, novelists, linguists, and grammarians on the art of writing.

12. The Authors’ Nook

The Authors’ Nook houses relatable posts for writers along with advice on being a writer, allowing for a blend of good fun and useful advice for writing breaks.

Marketing/Blogging

These blogs help writers market their books and create blogging personas to engage an audience more effectively.

13. The Write Life

This writing website offers solid ideas for blogging, including working from home, pitching ideas, guest posting, and much more.

14. Goins, Writer

National best-selling author Jeff Goins shares real-life experiences and reflections about building an audience, shortcuts to success, and engaging a community in the age of Internet fame.

15. The Book Designer

As stated in its tagline, The Book Designer gives “practical advice to help build better books,” which includes writing creative disclaimers, choosing the right platforms, and using social media efficiently.16. Angela BoothAngela Booth, a copywriter, ghostwriter, author, marketer, and writing coach, write ample posts to help authors improve book sales and ensure a book will be a financial success.

17. Carly Watters

Carly Watters is a literary agent who provides advice on getting published in the 21st century. Her useful “Things I Wish I Knew” posts provide true accounts and tell how other writers can learn from them.

Publishing

The writing blogs below aid writers in the publishing process, from behind-the-scenes intel to publishing tips and tricks.

18. Jane Friedman

Jane Friedman has more than 20 years of experience in the book publishing industry. She provides informative articles on both the writing process and the publishing process.

19. The Creative Penn

Run by New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Joanna Penn, this site offers articles and other resources related to writing, publishing, and marketing books.

20. Alan Rinzler

The articles of Alan Rinzler, a consulting editor, help writers understand what goes on behind the scenes of the publishing process.

21. Publetariat

Publetariat gives practical information on networking, author websites, and the publishing process. It also shares links to big news stories in the world of publishing.

22. The Independent Publishing Magazine

The Independent Publishing Magazine hosts posts about many different parts of the publishing process, such as growing a following, avoiding authorship problems, and finding the right editor.

Writing Inspiration/Prompts

These sites are excellent for writers who are stuck in a rut and need some inspiration or even concrete prompts to get them writing again.

23. WritingPrompts.com

Writing prompts are posted here daily, offering inspiration for writers in all genres. Some of the prompts focus on breaking through writer’s block, while others focus on building characters or refining your dialogue-writing skills. If you’re feeling as though you’re in a writing rut, the site also posts inspirational quotes from famous authors.

24. Positive Writer

Positive Writer was created for writers with doubt—like the website’s author, Bryan Hutchinson—and to provide inspirational posts that help writers keep writing.

25. Blots and Plots

The Blots and Plots blog instructs writers to stay in the habit of writing, targeting specific problems and demonstrating how it’s possible to write a novel even with a full-time job.

26. Writer’s Digest

This well-known and comprehensive site offers all manner of advice and resources for authors. Of particular interest are the site’s many creative writing prompts. New prompts are published weekly, and writers post their results in the comments section.

27. Qwiklit

Qwiklit offers fun and accessible articles about reading and writing. It also has a bunch of writing prompts for writers who might feel stuck.

28. Writing Prompts That Don’t Suck

This one’s pretty self-explanatory, but Writing Prompts That Don’t Suck tries to avoid boring and familiar writing prompts to provide fun and interesting ones instead.

 Have at it!

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mistlands:

Mistlands launches today!

I’m finally starting my webcomic! It’s about 

a half fey girl from a small New Zealand town, suddenly gets caught up in the world of the sidhe – which are a whole lot closer than she realised. It has a cast of almost all female, queer characters, and an aroace protagonist! The first nine pages are up today! Updates will be weekly initially, then twice weekly.

You can read Mistlands on tumblr and tapastic! And this blog here is for extras, asks, development and anything else. If you want, you can also support me on patreon for early pages and sketches and stuff like that!

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaàaaaAAAAAAAAAA why have I never heard of thiiiiiiisssss

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The only available tattoo appointment ended up being around noon on a Wednesday, so I figured I’d just take the whole day off, and then further decided that since I don’t have any major travel plans this summer and I have like 200 hours of unused leave, I would take Thursday and Friday off too and attempt to get done some of the things I keep not getting done because I don’t have enough time, namely:

  • get the actual tattoos, obviously
  • finish a fic (ideally the brand-new one I’ve been working on recently that was supposed to be real short and is almost done, so then I can get back to working on any of the other things I should be writing)
  • maybe even finish another fic that’s been almost done for way too long, because literally the whole point of it was to make myself feel better about IW
  • honestly I just want to write a lot of post-IW stuff in general but a) I only have a few specific ideas and b) “vague desire to produce fic” =/= “ability to write and finish things" 
  • also, work on my Maximoff Fic Exchange fic
  • finish outstanding Etsy commissions
  • mail them
  • experiment with some new stuff to list on Etsy
  • finally put up some new listings I’ve been meaning to do for…literally months
  • type up my damn notebooks!!
  • try to clean my room, because it needs that SO BAD and I keep not doing it because there’s SO MUCH and it’s overwhelming and I don’t know where to start, especially since a lot of the mess results from a lack of space for everything so I have to start by weeding out things to make room in the first place, but for real I need to at least do SOMETHING
  • take my car in, or at least make an appointment to do so (ideally I would’ve already made an appointment for my time off but, well, I did not)
  • get an eye exam or at least make an appointment for one (ditto)
  • try out new purses
  • try yet again to find a good pair of shoes to replace mine that are literally falling apart, now that I’ve bought and later returned three entire pairs
  • leave more voicemails for my legislators
  • also write a letter to the editor trying to get other Alaskans to do the same?
  • make more progress in SWTOR, idk
  • set up file backups?? I have been meaning to do this properly for literal years and I keep not getting around to it because it’s almost as overwhelming as cleaning my room
  • work on cosplay stuff? pretty much everything else on this list is more urgent and that’s probably why this sounds more appealing
  • see Ant-Man and the Wasp with my dad
  • figure out if there’s volunteer stuff I can do for one campaign or another
  • I’ve got a few “yelling about politics” articles open in tabs so I should read those and post to Facebook

as usual, the obvious problem here is that I started with just a few major things that might be achievable if I focused on them, and then I went WAIT BUT WHAT ABOUT ALL THESE OTHER IMPORTANT THINGS I’VE BEEN NEEDING TO DO FOR MONTHS OR EVEN YEARS and now the to-do list is unrealistic again

earthyt0nes:

Here is a guide master list of youtube videos that will help on flexibility.  As a yogi, I notice that I struggle more on poses that require lots of flexibility because I get stiff a lot.  So here is a master list that will help improve your bendiness 🙂 Enjoy and have fun bending! 

Full Body Flexibility 

Morning Yoga for Flexibility 

Yoga for Back Flexibility

Yoga for Hip Openers 

Yoga for Shoulders

Yoga for Splits 

Remember not to push yourself 🙂 If you do these videos and you find you cannot do a pose, do a variation and keep on practicing!! Namaste.

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to do this weekend, which really should be doable since I’ll be home all weekend and I’ll have the place completely to myself:

  • do a small load of laundry
  • related: put away clothes, FFS
  • leave more voicemails for my legislators
  • pick up new pain meds for Scully (related: why does the vet’s office always tell me they’ll call to notify me when something’s ready to be picked up and then they never do, and I always have to call back and ask. why. this seems SO BASIC AND NOT DIFFICULT.)
  • try to trim the fur between his paw pads so I can get a better print for the tattoo I tried and failed but I will try again
  • also try to shave down his chest so it doesn’t get so messy when he eats wet food
  • vacuum?
  • fight more with iTunes
  • run a Malware Bytes scan
  • WRITE. specifically, I would like to actually finish one of two IW-related fics, because one just needs editing/stitching and the other is a short one that should only need a little more actual writing
  • also, type up my damn notebooks (some of this will be necessary for the previous goal anyway)
  • finish my current Etsy commission well I did most of it, I’ll finish tomorrow
  • do some experimenting with other stuff I could list
  • edit a couple current listings and add a couple others
  • glue the broken helmet on a Loki figure I got recently
  • try out new purses, seriously
  • check out GoodRX or something that will make Scully’s prescriptions cheaper

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meowberry:

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blame-my-muses:

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systlin:

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countrygirlil2015:

piskykyle:

So I was taught a lesson in how to get rid of a migraine in 30 seconds and omfg listen my migraines don’t go away ever but I was shown what part of my body to touch and like???????????????

It’s witchcraft????????? Like I would be burned at the stake if I lived in ye olde days knowing that information?????

What the fuck??????

Spill it! Lol….Hooooowwwww?? Had migraines since age 9….😓😓😓

Its called the T4 push, but I literally can’t find the info online????? I guess I’m not searching good enough? These medical fuckers are holdin out on us lol.

It’s best to have someone do this for you while you stand up and relax your muscles as best you can, but if you’re alone, a tennis ball and a flat surface will probably work. Alternatively you can lie on the edge of a bed at the pressure point. (But no really do try to find someone to do it for you)

Find the area in your spine between either the first, second, third, or fourth vertebrae. It should be sore and uncomfortable to press down on, so look for the one that’s most painful, and press down with as much pressure as you can on that area for 30 seconds.

Realize that 80% of your pain has magically disappeared and keep the info secret if you live in a small puritan town, lest you be tried for witchcraft.

If you don’t have to worry about being burned or hanged, then share the info with your migraine suffering friends.

As someone who wrote a 10k word paper on pressure points for a high belt ranking test in her martial arts class, I can tell you that you just found a pressure point used in acupressure and acupuncture to relieve pain, particularly that in the head. 🙂

Hand to god we discovered this by accident when my husband was rubbing my neck and I nearly collapsed it felt so good

This post was sent by literal angels??? I’ve had a persistent low-level headache for nearly 24hrs and now it’s gone??? In 30 seconds? What gods did you sacrifice to for this information!?!?

As a medical massage therapist, I thought I would give my two cents.

This is good for tension migranes and normal migraines, but actually pretty useless for sinus migraines. It’ll help for a hot second, but quickly come back. (These are usually the migraines behind your eyes, in your ears, and behind your forehead. Sometimes it can feel like jaw pain or TMJ) for sinus migraines, behind the ear in a divot. Press down firmly and pull towards your collarbone. That’ll drain your sinuses. Also, pressing around the eye socket on the cheekbones help. There is also a little triangle up away from the eye in the eyebrow bone. Press and hold pretty hard and that’ll relieve that behind the forehead pain. Also, ear pulling is great to help move sinuses around.

Don’t forget the temples too! Press firmly and hold. Open and close your jaw while holding your temples. It’ll feel weird, but it’ll help with jaw pain. It’ll work a similar way if you hold the jaw joint under your cheekbone.

And never underestimate the power of a foot massage!! Give minutes can be all the difference!! Our feet are our base. If they hurt even a little, somewhere else in your body will hurt. Treat your feet and sinuses kindly!

As a lifelong sufferer from frequent migraines I will reblog this everytime I see it, for myself and my fellow sufferers!!

Just wanted to add, there is a pressure point between your thumb and pointer finger that, when firmly pressed and held for 30 seconds, can greatly reduce pain and nausea from some migraines. I do this every time I have a migraine, and 4/5 it works to alleviate the symptoms for a significant (1+ hours) amount of time. It is super easy to perform and has been magic for my pain.

Take your thumb and pointer finger from your left hand and grab the muscle between your pointer finger and thumb on your right hand. Apply constant, firm pressure to the muscle and hold for thirty seconds. If it is working for you, you should feel the pain in your head reducing within the first 5-10 seconds with the most significant reduction in symptoms occurring around 20-25 seconds. After thirty seconds reduce pressure slowly and release.

I hope this helps some of my fellow migraine sufferers!

I am prescribed deep tissue massage for my shoulders and neck specifically because of my migraines. Not that insurance can afford it, but still.

Saving this for later

i know this is about head pain but i just wanna add on about the point between your thumb and index finger – you can push down on that for gastrointestinal discomfort too

foxflightstudios:

foxflightstudios:

THE FINAL KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN PINS REVEAL:

Glaive Genderqueer And We Fight As One!

KICKSTARTER LINK HERE!

The final pin is an umbrella pin for anyone who isn’t sure how they identify, isn’t covered by the campaign so far, doesn’t want to broadcast their specific identity, supports the community, or just wants to own it! I gonna many requests for something like this and I settled on one that broadcasts a feeling of inclusionism and love, which is what pride is all about for me! 💖

In case you missed it!

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