Rhube

Rhube, 3 days ago

@dickrubin716 @noodlemaz @willaful @benetnasch @bookstodon I wouldn't go with a hand-writing font as they can be difficult to read. The font is a little plain, but not bad. It does come too close to the edges of cover, though - try to give it more space.

You could also use some blending options on the text layer to give it a little distance from the image, such as an outer glow or a drop shadow.

The image could also use a little more contrast to reduce the washed-out effect.

Rhube, 2 days ago

@dickrubin716 @noodlemaz @willaful @benetnasch @bookstodon I think people are getting memoir because of the naturalistic photo and the person standing alone. This says that it's very much about one person's journey, rather than a YA romance. If you want to suggest romance, having more than one person on the cover would help. I can see coming of age, but the person looks a little old for that (hard to tell from the back of course, but the B&W also gives this a more mature feel).

Rhube, 2 days ago

@dickrubin716 @noodlemaz @willaful @benetnasch @bookstodon your name also looks a little squashed over to the side. I get that you don't want it to interfere with the image, but there's just not enough space for it to sit comfortably beside the figure. I would have it on one line centred (with an outer glow or stroke effect to make it legible).

Rhube, 5 days ago

@franciscawrites @bookstodon The Shawshank Redemption, and I think it benefits from it. King's longer works rarely adapt in a faithful way that's also good, but being shorter enables the story to be told in full, at a good pace, with all the detail.

Rhube, 7 days ago

@Sablebadger @RHW @Jennifer @bookstodon yesssss, very recommended for this.

Rhube, 8 days ago

@weirdwriter @bookstodon that's not how I would put it. I would say that indie publishing is being buried by grifters churning out millions of stolen words, so that it's harder to find genuine indie books.

So-called 'generative-AI' isn't indie publishing - it's scam artists stealing from indie publishers, writers, and artists.

Rhube, 6 days ago

@tomkindlon @mecfs @longcovid shame you have to go to the university for it - that's very limiting.

Rhube, 15 days ago

@Laplantgenetics @melanie @compost while they can last that long, they usually don't. The seed packets aren't lying. I know because I have tried to use out of date seeds I stored well.

Rhube, 15 days ago

@mathowie went to see what this guy said, assuming I couldn't see because you blocked him, but no - I already had. Can't remember why, but his response to you confirms it was the right choice.

Rhube, 17 days ago

Fibally got a result consistent with POTS - woohoo?

Rhube, 17 days ago

@grrrr_shark tbh, it's 100% validation. I was getting bummed with the thought of having to explain to the clinic person that i would have had very different results if i'd done this two months ago.

Rhube, 18 days ago

>their receptionist told me, and my friend, who has gone through the exact same process for the same fucking thing (and got a reply the same day) told me.

This is why I hate checking my email - because people reply to me with bullshit like this.

Rhube, 18 days ago

So I have responded with scanned copies of the letters.

The doctors always say 'Just label it FAO me and the admin staff will forward it on.' They DON'T, they just reply with ABSOLUTE, STRESSFUL, BULLSHIT.

Rhube, 18 days ago

Uh, I know I didn't lock this post, but it's a pretty weird thing to RT, especially in isolation - please don't.

Rhube, 19 days ago

@danmcd @EllisCrawford It is a deliberate infiltration of the centre left by the far right. For about a decade they have been using calculated language, co-opted from the left, to make it seem like they are speaking to leftist - especially feminist - voices. For example, they will lipsink to the sex gender distinction to win over feminists, and then collapse gender into sex, performing a bait-and-switch for biological essentialism and traditional gender roles.

In the past five years the mask>

Rhube, 19 days ago

@danmcd @EllisCrawford >has slipped a lot, with many no longer disguising what they are saying and advocating for. But those voices are now established in traditionally centre-left circles (like The Guardian) in a way where they have become the dominant voices.

And yes, the anti-lgbtq+ groups organising in this country are being bank-rolled in large part by Russia and the American far right. The connections are strong.>

Rhube, 19 days ago

@danmcd @EllisCrawford >This video centres around JRK, but illustrates the general situation well: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou_xvXJJk7k

Rhube, 19 days ago

@danmcd @EllisCrawford there are reporters who are published by the Guardian who still do good, left-wing work - I'm thinking specifically about Carole Cadwalladr (who exposed Cambridge Analytica) and Danielle Lavelle (who has written extensively on homelessness from an own voice perspective) but I have given up following specific newspapers to present a coherent view. I follow reporters, and I do not give money to The Guardian.