Attention Tom Hiddleston Fans

but-glorieux:

but-glorieux:

Wow that title makes me look like an ass.

Anywho, hi all! Some of you may know me, some of you may not. If you’re reading this through the TH tag, you probably don’t. However, like you guys I adore Tom. 

Some of you may know that Tom’s birthday is coming up next month (February 9th to be exact, but most of you probably didn’t know that off the top of your head like my obsessed ass does). I wanted to do something special for him and so I got some inspiration from something that had been done last year for Cevans’ birthday.

I’ve made a blog, @happybirthdaytommyh, in which I will post things you guys have submitted for Tom’s birthday! A list of possible things you could submit are as follows:

  • Fanart (tasteful)
  • Short fanfic (also tasteful)
  • A letter (handwritten is fine, just submit a clear photo)
  • A fansign
  • Anything else you can think of, just clear it with me first, although I’m 99% sure I’ll approve it!

I don’t think anyone’s done anything like this for Tom so I thought it would be nice for him to get a collective gift from his fans. 

Now here’s how we’re going to attempt to get him to see it. His birthday falls on a Tuesday this year so starting on Saturday, February 6th, I’m going to ask anyone who has a twitter to tweet Tom and/or any of his costars with a link to the blog. Not obnoxiously of course, I don’t want him or his costars being harassed with tweets, but just enough so hopefully he’ll notice. Obviously, I know there’s a good chance he may not ever see the blog and that’s fine! I think it’ll just be nice knowing that we made an effort for him and who knows? Maybe someday in the future he’ll get wind of it and take a look!

I ask that you guys start submitting your items as soon as you can, I know this is late notice but you don’t have to do anything super fancy. Just don’t wait until last minute to submit anything. I’ll be taking your submissions until Saturday, February 6th (maybe later, but definitely no later than the 8th). I hope you guys participate and I’m looking forward to this! If you have any questions please direct them to this blog 🙂

Reblogging to tag my peeps who could help get the word out

@sarabeth72 @smittentomkitten @angie-noir @ohhiddles-myhiddles @lokiwholockfactory @lokilockedcougar @hiddleston-daily @hiddlesblog @hiddles-reactions @hiddlescheekbatch @jackburtonsays @thefalconstrikesagain @onebuttscratcher and anyone else 🙂

Reblog if you are a fanfiction author and would like your readers to put one of your fic titles in your ask + questions about it

1: What inspired you to write the fic this way?
2: What scene did you first put down?
3: What’s your favorite line of narration?
4: What’s your favorite line of dialogue?
5: What part was hardest to write?
6: What makes this fic special or different from all your other fics?
7: Where did the title come from?
8: Did any real people or events inspire any part of it?
9: Were there any alternate versions of this fic?
10: Why did you choose this pairing for this particular story?
11: What do you like best about this fic?
12: What do you like least about this fic?
13: What music did you listen to, if any, to get in the mood for writing this story? Or if you didn’t listen to anything, what do you think readers should listen to to accompany us while reading?
14: Is there anything you wanted readers to learn from reading this fic?
15: What did you learn from writing this fic?

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irresistible-revolution:

tlcinbflo:

biotictrash:

Since Tumblr has I guess rolled out their completely ineffective solution to replies going away, I doubt I’m the only fic writer who is very reasonably angry about this.

Replies were a great way for fic writers to hear from their readers. It was little pressure on behalf of the reader, and so immensely appreciated on behalf of the writers. Even if it was just a brief “omg this was so sweet!” or “fuck u for making me cry real tears”, it meant the world.

Messaging someone privately, even IMing them, is scary. I know there are fic writers who I almost look at as celebrities, like “oh god they’re so good and their story has so many notes and kudos and follows they have no time for a peasant like me”, and while that’s not really the reality (and especially not in the ME fandom since it’s really chill), it’s still really daunting to approach someone that personally to talk about it. Replies offered a nice middle ground, where if you didn’t want to share something on your blog, you could still let the writer know how good their work was. But now… nope.

So where does this leave fic writers?

With little to no feedback. 

One of the biggest issues regarding fandom artists is the blatant lack of love for fic writers. It’s rare that their fics get reblogged, because it’s not physical art that looks pretty on your blog. Sometimes its big walls of texts and slipped under a read more. Sure, it doesn’t look pretty like sexy fanart does, but that reblog means exposure. It means new readers. It’s more people who can see your fics. And writers are highly, highly discouraged from ever asking for commissions the way an more traditional artist would. So we do this for free. Fic writers give often times novel length works of art that are so spectacular and full of talent and feelings, for completely free.

Sharing your work online is hard. It takes serious guts to put something you’ve worked on online and have people read it. And as much as people tell artists “do it for you!!!1!”, the reality is that it’s more than that. If a writer who has never posted a fic before posts something and gets zero notes on it, do you think they’re going to feel really inclined to share anymore? Probably not. Most writers thrive off of feedback and seeing the appreciation from their writers. If you don’t let them know how grateful you are, or how much you love their work, then they might very well go away.

Do yourself a favor and imagine a fandom without fic writers. It would be a sad, sad place. 

So please, do your absolute best to show your fic writers you love them. They’re pouring their heart and soul and anxiety into projects, beating themselves up about it, not for a single penny. The closest fic writers will often get to a paycheck is hearing someone tell them they love their work. And it means the world.

Reblog their work, put your love in the tags, message them individually about it, leave reviews on FF.net or AO3, let them know.

You truly have no idea the impact it will have on their day, week, or even month.

Fuck, this is so true.

also its even harder to get exposure now with the shitty new tumblr #tag update, so please show fic writers love anyway that you can!

This is so incredibly true! I didn’t realize til I switched fandoms how hard it is to get fics read/seen when you aren’t already well known in a fandom. It can be so disheartening to write and not get much/any comments or feedback.

I’m just as guilty as the next reader. So I’ve decided to take the time out to message all the authors I love and let them know- no matter how scary that may be. And I’m actively leaving comments now on AO3 whenever I read a fic there. Reblogging fic recs takes 2 seconds and another 5 to write a quick OMG ADORABLE in the tags. It might not look pretty like art does, but I know it means the world to authors cause it means the world to me.

Project Feedback anybody?

fakinq-glory:

today was my last day in my creative writing class and my teacher gave everybody a piece of paper to write down a contract and to put it in our wallets. she said she did the same thing when she was younger and every now and then she’d brush by it and remember that she wanted to write. everybody took time to write out what they wanted and I just sat at the back of the class, sitting on the windowsill and I knew there was only one thing to write but I couldn’t bring myself to do it. at the end of the class after everybody left, I went to thank her for the year, and she told me that people should be reading my words for a long time, but they won’t be able to do that if I’m not around to write them. I showed her the blank piece of paper, and she said it was okay not to write anything, and then I wrote this. I learned the power of words in that class, I learned it was okay to vomit up half a dozen notebooks stained with blood and exploded pens because it means you have something to say.

Source: fakinq-glory