English version of cajas de carton

r/de – die Blattglasschale des Internets

2006.02.20 07:22 r/de – die Blattglasschale des Internets

Das Sammelbecken für alle Deutschsprechenden, hauptsächlich auf Deutsch, manchmal auch auf Englisch. Für Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg und die zwei Belgier.
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2008.07.19 20:02 Tijuana

Welcome to Tijuana! Sister city to San Diego and over all borderland. This city is not as scary as the media might have you believe. Our community is small but the city is gigantic. There is much more to Tijuana than you can imagine.
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2017.10.04 04:05 aweb Développeurs

Ce subreddit est dédié aux développeurs francophones, pour discuter de tout relié au développement! Carriére, matériel, logiciel...
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2024.05.21 16:56 CDown01 Eagles Peak pt.8

Previous Part
By the time I’d woke up bright and early at 4 A.M., Rocco had amassed an impressive pile of pilfered food in the corner of the tepee. He was just dragging in a turkey leg when I saw him, must’ve been at it all night form the looks of it.
“Rocco, what the hell!”
I shouted, waving my hands at the pile of food he’d brought in.
“I told you to stay out of trouble, lay low. This is… not that!”
I complained, trying to think of how I’d talk my way out of this if anyone asked about the missing food. Rocco simply responded by shrugging, turning around, and diving face first into the mountain of food. I was annoyed at the moment but then I got to thinking. If Rocco stole all that and no one saw him what else could he do without being noticed?
“Hey… hey Rocco no-one saw you stealing all this right?”
I asked, grabbing his tail and dragging him out of the food mountain.
“WHATS DA BIG IDEA!”
He protested, flailing around as I held him in the air by his tail before regaining his composure and adding.
“I’m a profesional, of course I didn’t get seen. Why?! Did someone say something!?
Rocco shot his head from side to side, like he would find someone listening or critiquing his heist. All the movement causing him to spin slowly, still dangling from his tail.
“No, I was just thinking, as long as your out here I could have a job for you.”
I said, setting him down as he answered,
“Whad’ya mean? Spit it out!”
with his classic charm.
“I mean, I want you to sneak into that blonde guy’s tepee. The one with the shitty attitude, Brooke I think his name was. Just see if you can find anything in there.”
I could see Rocco’s interest was peaked but he still had one last all to predictable question.
“What’s in it for me?”
“You keep whatever you find in there no questions asked.”
Before the words even left fully my lips Rocco cried, “DEAL” and sprinted out of the tepee on all fours, leaving me alone.
I wasn’t really sure what the process was now, was Shaoni going to come get us or did she expect us to meet her in the coliseum? I’d never been part of anything like this before, I had no idea what the attendance policy was like. So, lacking anything better to do, I walked down into the mines and waited in the coliseum. It was obvious they were’t really ready for us yet. A few of Shaoni’s people were down there placing cactus looking things into five carved wooden bowls on the floor. Five bowls, five people in these trials so those had to have something to do with us. I looked around the room, trying to find Shaoni. She wasn’t up on her perch like yesterday and she certainly wasn’t part of the small group setting up those bowls. I felt a little different about her now that we’d had a chance to talk. Before I’d been afraid of her, and for good reason, but she seemed to want the opposite of that. Maybe not from me specifically but in general. Although, how could you not be scared of someone who could turn into a giant bird and seemed to consistently be the cause of freak storms. There was a lot of power to her but she didn’t want people to be afraid of it, she wanted respect. I’m sure there was more to her that I hadn’t heard but I certainly was going to hear anything new here.
Seeing as I was still apparently early, I decided not to wear out my welcome in the coliseum. I made my way back out of the mines and settled down back at that canvas tent with the huge table. It was again filled with food that had come from nowhere in particular, probably set up by more of Shaoni’s people. As if to confirm my suspicion, the bandaged man Bianca had stabbed earlier emerged from the camp, walking towards me with a platter of bacon. He starred daggers at me as he placed the platter at the table but didn’t say anything. I was almost tempted to apologize on Bianca’s behalf but I got the sense that wouldn’t be a great idea. Not long after I saw two of the others approaching.
“… Sure, but for some glorified tent it’s still pretty comfortable.”
Brooke said to Katrina who looked thoroughly uninterested in what he had to say.
Brooke wore a… purple suit that made him look like some stereotypical version of a pimp. I couldn’t think of any reason he’d wear that out here, at least no-one would mistake him from anyone else, that ’s for sure. Katrina wore an equally confusing getup, a blue tank top and jeans that made her look kinda like the girl from those tomb raider games. It was about 50 degrees out and probably wasn’t going to get much warmer. If she wanted to freeze, so be it. I gave a slight nod to them as they sat down across from me. Katrina still eyeing Brooke with an expression that begged for him not to open his mouth again.
I couldn’t stop staring at her, no not like that, I was staring at her belt where a holster sat,
“You like it?”
She asked, noticing the staring that I should’ve been trying harder to hide, drawing the handgun from the holster on her hip.
“Beretta M9 semi-automatic pistol, my father’s service pistol actually. Always served me well, so I always keep it on me, well almost always.”
She said with a wink, checking the gun and pulling back its slide. I wasn’t all that familiar with guns but I distinctly saw her flip the safety off. Which had a profound effect on my nerves considering I was staring down its barrel.
“They let you keep that around here? I would’ve thought they take that from you.”
I asked incredulously, still eyeing the gun she had pointed at me.
“I hid it on me yesterday, if they have an issue with it they can try and take it from me. I’m not doing anything like this without some kind of insurance. They get me and Luke or nothing at all.”
She retorted, spinning the gun back into her holster and turning the safety back on with a practiced hand. “Oh that’s cute, she named it” I thought sarcastically as my nerves settled, a loaded gun no longer pointed directly at my face.
“I’m not sure Shaoni would let you leave, even if you wanted to.”
“Oh please! She wouldn’t dare lay a finger on me or she’d have bigger problems coming her way.”
Katrina laughed, throwing her hand back in seemingly genuine amusement. She really didn’t have a care about the Thunderbird? I found that hard to believe.
“So what do you do anyways then? If you’re so sure she wouldn’t touch you.”
I asked incredulously. This seemed to grab her attention as she immediately snapped her head down, locking eyes with me and barking,
“That’s a need to know thing and you don’t.”
Before returning her attention to the food on the table and ignoring me. She was military, that was probably a safe assumption.
Brooke had been listening in to our conversation as he ate. After Katrina snapped at me he finally spoke up.
“So hang on, you came all the way out here with no insurance, no protection? Does anyone even know you’re out here?”
I briefly thought about Rocco, he wasn’t great insurance but he sure came cheap. I hadn’t stopped to think about preparing anything to bring out here with me. I just stupidly assumed everyone was on the same page as me, an unprepared fish out of water.
“No, I guess not.”
I responded, a little shaken at the realization that everyone here was probably more prepared than me.
“You must be stupid or have balls of steel to do something like that.”
Brooke told me, reaching over the table to clap me on the shoulder. I didn’t know if this really was the Brooke Bianca told me about or not but I really did not like this guy. We ate the rest of our breakfast in silence. John and Robert never showed up but I guessed they were down in the mines helping set everything up. I guess being a participate in the trials didn’t exempt Shaoni's followers from having to help get ready for them.
Apparently my guess was right because Robert and John were both already in the coliseum when the three of us arrived. Shaoni was once again up on the balcony and all of the people that had been there earlier were gone. I could clearly see what was in the five bowls now. It was some kind of small cactus thing with a white-pink flower at the top. I’d never seen anything like it before but it did seem a little out of place.
“This is your first trial, the trial of morals. This trial is meant to show us where your morals lie through visions of the past and beyond. Sometimes the plant has a mind of its own though so I don’t expect anyone will have the same experience. Some may not even serve the purpose of the trial but the vision is more important than anything I hoped to learn.”
Shaoni spoke like an announcer from above us.
“There is a plant there for each of you, peyote plants that I had grow for just this occasion. Each of you will eat one of the plants and they will give you visions. You will walk among the spirits and they will show you what you need to see.”
Shaoni finished, like she hadn’t just asked us to take hallucinogenics in an unfamiliar environment surrounded by people we didn’t really trust. I wasn’t a huge fan of being here when I was in control of my faculties but while experiencing a vision, oh no, fat chance. Then again it wasn’t like I had all that much of a choice, I realized just before I opened my mouth to protest.
“Fine but what does that tell you about us? Sure we can go get high for you here but it doesn’t really help anyone.”
Brooke spoke up, taking his usual disrespectful tone with Shaoni.
“I have my ways of knowing, but this experiences is for you. It should tell you more about yourself than it will tell me but I assure you, I will learn something.”
An annoyed but composed Shaoni responded. With that she turned and left us to our task.
“So does anyone want to go first?”
Katrina asked, putting a finger to her nose, inviting anyone else to go first.
“Not so fast sweetcheeks, I don’t trust any of you so how about you take the first crack at it?”
Brooke pointedly suggested. I think Katrina wanted to throw a haymaker at his face right then but I stepped in first.
“What if we all did it at once? Then no one is waiting around and I highly doubt she would let anyone come down here and do anything to us if these trials are that important to her.”
I reasoned, pointing up at the balcony Shaoni had been standing on.
“I still don’t like it but I can live with that, I agree everyone at once like… what’s your name?”
“Keith”
“Everyone at once like Keith said.”
Commanded Katrina, looking everyone in the eye and daring them to challenge her. I didn’t know what she did before coming here but whatever it was gave her a glare even Shaoni would be proud of. No-one hesitated to walk up to their respective bowls and take a bite of the strange pinkish flower at the top of the cactus.
The effects weren’t immediate, John just ate his flower then knelt by his bowl, eyes closed waiting for the vision to come. Robert leaned against the wall looking at his watch, seemingly judging the time before it took effect.
“It’s not my first time with peyote, I’ll probably stay up a little longer than you guys.”
Brooke bragged to the room, taking a seat by his bowl as Katrina and I did the same.
Poetically, Brooke was actually the first of us to go down for the count. I had to resit the urge to stand up and kick the crumpled up purple ball that was formerly Brooke. I don’t think anyone would have stopped me, heck the way Katrina was glaring at him this morning she might’ve joined in. But given what came next it was probably a good idea I didn’t stand. All of a sudden the room began flashing different colors, orange then brown then blue. I felt like I was falling but I hadn’t moved. Eventually a sensation came over me, like I had stood up but I was acutely aware of the fact that my body was really lying on the floor of the coliseum. As my vision cleared I started to recognize things, sights and sounds of a hospital room. It would seem my vision had started by bringing me back to my father.
I inched through the hospital room, sure of what I’d see on the other side of the thin curtain. A heart monitor beeped, just the same as the first and last time I’d been in this room. I saw my father, splayed across the bed no different than the only time I’d been in this room. I’ve always maintained that my family life was generally normal, anything that lay outside of that box of normality could be attributed to my father. He was never what I’d call a good person. Sure, he was never aggressive towards me but it didn't really count for anything. You could tell he never really wanted me. What he did to my mother, that was another story. He came home drunk almost every night and she end up with a black eye or worse at least once a week. Unfortunately for us he had a good job, he paid the bills and my mother and I couldn’t really support ourselves on our own back then. Worse still my mother always told me she put up with it for my sake when I asked her about it. That meant I always felt partially responsible every time I heard a fist meet skin in the room below mine.
My father had ended up in this bed by way of a drunk driving incident. Funnily enough it wasn’t actually his fault. He just so happened to be in the wrong intersection at the wrong time when a box truck plowed right into him. The accident left him with severe brain and spinal damage. It was a sick joke he survived, not a miracle. He’d be on life support from now on. I could’ve made him pay for everything he did with the simple tug of a cable. The only reason I didn’t was that the owner of the company that employed the box truck driver offered to pay all his medical bills. He must not have looked to closely because my fathers insurance was covering all of it. But every week a hefty check came in the mail anyways. As long as he was alive and in that hospital bed, me and my mother could live comfortably. It wasn’t really the right thing to do but I figured it was what my mother deserved after years of putting up with his abuse.
The heart monitor’s shrill beeping focused me back to the situation. I stood over my father’s body, the old urge to just pull the plug washing over me again.
“It would be so easy. Mom’s fine now, you’re managing, why do you still need him?”
I thought to myself, toying with the idea as another voice spoke in my head, Shaoni’s voice.
“He’s earned it, he ruined years of your mother’s life, Its only fair he pay a price for what he did.”
I looked around for the source of her voice but I saw nothing, maybe I was just hearing things, it was just a vision after all right? I looked down to see I was now on the opposite side of the bed, hand reaching toward the cord that powered the life support. Time seemed to move at a crawl, was this really the best option? He was probably solely responsible for the distance between my mother and I, he beat her so many times. Some of the blame for it even sat on my shouldres, would killing him take that away? Could I live with myself if I did this? Knowing I took the easy way out at his expense. No… I couldn’t, it would make me just as bad as him. It just wasn’t right I shouldn’t be the one to decide if he dies. Besides, whatever sliver of sentience remained in him deserved to watch as he shriveled and died in his own way, in some ways that was far worse but he didn’t deserve an easy way out either. The room spun as I made my choice and pulled my hand back from the plug. Sending my vision spiraling as my body collapsed to the cold hospital floor. When I finally fought my way through my spinning vision and back to my feet I was somewhere else. I was in Imalone and if I had to guess it was the night I first saw Shaoni.
I was somewhere in the town square where I got chained into the wooden monstrosity the cultists had made. Shaoni was circling in the sky so I guess I was watching this memory from outside of myself. I was made absolutely sure of this when I saw myself being carried out of the old rotting bar. I watched as the situation played out exactly as I remembered it. Right up until Shaoni landed and came to speak with the one masked cultist. What had been gibberish to me before was suddenly crystal clear english.
“What IS this! You think this is right!? This is what you think I stand for, human sacrifice?!”
Shaoni shouted with such intensity and force I jumped back, looking for a place to take cover.
“Brother Aaron foretold your approach, this outsider wandered in so we thought he would make an excellent gift to you.”
The masked cultist answered, missing the point entirely as Shaoni’s eyes flashed with fury.
“There will be a sacrifice alright, a price must be paid for everything you’ve done here. You have no understanding of what I stand for, You’ve spit in the face of it in fact and for that, each and every one of you will make a sacrifice. Release that poor boy, NOW!”
Shaoni commanded the cultists with a voice so stern I almost ran to try and free the trapped version of myself. None of them budged, they didn’t even seem to realize what kind of danger they were in. Shaoni strode past them over to me where she offered me her all to familiar deal. I was stunned, I never stopped to think that she fully intended to let me go either way. Sure, now I knew that these guys weren’t her usual followers. I still never thought she came here intending to wipe them out. I didn’t really have a chance to dwell on it. Before I knew it Shaoni was transforming again causing a tornado to appear in the middle of town as lightning struck around the area like machine gun fire. As the wall of wind rain and lighting reached me I felt a familiar falling sensation and blacked out again.
When I came to I was back on the cave floor again. I wasn’t sure if I was still in a vision until I felt a sharp kick to my side.
“Oh… that felt… very real. Oh god why?”
I groaned as I looked up at the smirking Katrina.
“He’s awake, that’s everyone then.”
She called out to the rest of the group who were all standing around me. She and the others walked off in the direction of the exit, leaving me there on the floor. With nothing better to do I followed them out. Outside the full moon had shown itself, bathing the camp in shimmering moonlight. Shaoni walked up to greet all of us who’d just collectively decided to just go outside.
“You’ve all made it through it would seem, I hope your experiences weren’t to unpleasant.”
Brooke charged straight past her, I could practically see the steam coming out of his ears. Obviously he’d seen something he didn’t like while he was under the influence of that plant. Katrina seemed completely unaffected, marching by Shaoni filled with the same confidence she had when I first saw her. Robert and John seemed completely unaffected by whatever they had seen but something told me they might be used to it. Me, I wasn’t doing so great. I wasn’t all that pleased about revisiting my father and all those old memories and whatever that flower was called had really done a number on me. I weakly waved to Shaoni as I walked by, just trying to focus on walking straight. She didn’t seem to surprised that none of us wanted to talk to her. She didn’t say anything to us as we all quietly sat and ate. I didn’t like the silence, it felt like everyone was just waiting for something to happen but no-one had any idea what. So I got up and headed back to my tepee, maybe Rocco had turned something up on Brooke.
Rocco was waiting for me atop his mountain of food when I got back.
“I found somethin yous might be interested in”
He said triumphantly, waving around a polaroid photo he had clutched in his paw.
“Give that to me!”
I snapped, ripping it right out of his paw.
“Well someones in a mood.”
“Getting drugged will do that to you.”
I snapped as Rocco stared at me, paws on his hips like he was about to give me attitude.
“I’m sorry My heads still just spinning from… well everything today.”
I sighed, holding my head in one hand as I shook it. Apologizing to a raccoon, my life really was something wasn’t it? I looked down to the picture enemy hand and immediately ice shot through my veins. It was a picture of Bianca taken not too long ago by the looks of it. She was walking back into her house in the photo and it looked like it was taken from a passing car. The photo itself isn’t what really concerned me though, the message written on the back did that. “What you seek can be found in the town of Eagles Peak”, the note read in a singsongy way. I’d never seen Shaoni’s handwriting but given the circumstances I was sure that’s what I was looking at.
I looked up at Rocco who looked more serious than I’d ever seen him.
“Now I don’t know what happened to that girl but somethin’ hurt her before we knew her. If that’s the somethin’ that did, and I’m guessin’ it is lookin’ atcha’. I say we should hurt em’ back.”
Rocco told me with cold steel in his voice. It was weird, hearing him speak without a hint of a joke or over exaggerated movement. We finally found something that the little menace to society could focus on, something… productive.
“My hands are tied, I don’t think anyone here would take kindly to me just attacking someone. Besides, look at him, he’s taller and obviously stringer than me. I’m just a scrawny guy who’s way out of his element, I don’t want a fight. Just… keep an eye on him, maybe we can find something to turn the others against him?”
It wasn’t the answer Rocco was looking for, that’s for sure. He deflated at my words, I’m sure he wanted to go in guns blazing and confront Brooke with what we thought we knew. That wasn’t really going to be an option here, even if it was I’d rather not do that.
“Oh, one more thing, Don’t let Brooke go back into town if he tries to leave, I don’t care how you do it just don’t let him leave.”
I added as an evil grin crossed Rocco’s face.
“Aye’ aye’ captain!”
He cried, raising a paw to his head and saluting me.
Just then I heard someone knocking, no rustling? Screwing around with the front flap to the tepee trying to get my attention. I opened it only to see, “Shaoni?”
“I wanted to ask about the visions today, I’ve talked to everyone else but I couldn’t find you so I guessed you’d be at… is that a raccoon?”
Shaoni stopped, seeing Rocco frozen mid step behind me as he tried and failed to run before she saw him. Realizing he’d been seen Rocco twirled around and in a way only he could announced,
“Whatcha’ think you were looking at Pocahontas?”
“Oh? It talks as well?”
Shaoni said, somewhere between bewildered and bemused as she looked between me and the mouthy Raccoon.
“Course I talk! I thought you woulda’ seen somethin’ like that when you were busy painting with all the colors of the wind!”
Rocco yelled back at her. I wasn’t sure if he was actually offended by Shaoni’s questions, or just deliberately trying to be a nuisance, probably the second thing. I whirled around and glared at Rocco, holding my finger to my mouth in an attempt to shut him up. For once he actually listened.
“I… sorry about him, he’s always like that, part of his charm you know.”
I said with a shrug and a nervous chuckle. Shaoni shook her head dismissively and continued.
“Did you see anything in the cave that you wanted to talk about?”
She asked me, now sounding a little annoyed. I thought back to my father and that hospital room, I wasn’t really ready to talk about that with anyone just yet. But I did have some new questions about how I got into this whole mess in the first place.
“You said back in Imalone you saved me because I realized there was a price for being saved. That wasn’t really it though was it? I saw it again, I could understand you this time. You were going to save me regardless. So why mark me Shaoni? Why did you really bring me here?!”
I said, my voice raising outside of my control as I spoke. I had to finally admit to myself that I was sick and tired of being dragged around in the dark. I was suddenly furious and I didn’t care who it was standing in front of me, I wanted an answer.
“Those men were ruining my name, they thought they were following the Thunderbird but it was just some idea of me they had come up with. They used me to justify their horrid actions and I came to put a stop to it. You were there and when I offered you a deal you didn’t fight it. That’s why I marked you.”
Shaoni spoke quickly, like she wanted to avoid the subject, all but turning around and leaving right then.
“Bullshit! I want an answer Shaoni, a real answer!”
I yelled at her, my fury taking full control of me. Shaoni was silent for a minute, when she finally spoke she looked down, never meeting my eyes as she softly said.
“You remind me of someone from a long time ago. They were blind to the way of things at first, an outsider even. In time though, he became what bound our people together as one family. I don’t have a better answer for you than that. I wasn’t sure I should’ve chosen you at first, I had a feeling that day and I followed it. What you’ve done since you’ve got here, how you’ve handled learning what little you know about the world of the supernatural. Those things are what tell me I made the right choice.”
As she walked away I thought I saw tears reflecting in the moonlight shown on her face. As I settled down I swore I heard soft sobs, echoing across the camp long into the night.
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2024.05.21 16:53 mkdmio The Vivian conversation is changed

A lot of people are claiming the conversation between Vivian and Mario in twilight town is more faithful now in the remake as it mentions Vivian being their sister and not their brother. As the other thread was locked (no surprises there), I’m here to show that this was not the case in the japanese GC version.
The english GC version is actually way more faithful to the original, ironically. Here is the exact original script right before the kiss. You can translate it for those of you who don’t speak japanese:
あなたの名前と体… それとおともだちをとりもどすお手伝いをするわ! いいの いいの、アタイのことは気にしないで どうせお姉さまたちといっしょにいてもちょっともいいことないし… それにあなとのやさしいキモチにアタイもこたえたいの kiss
Not a single mention of anything relating to her being a boy/girl, that is all new to the remake in this conversation specifically.
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2024.05.21 16:45 Ok-Pea8209 Dickie Pride died in 69

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2024.05.21 16:44 Ok-Pea8209 Dickie Pride died in 69

Dickie Pride died in 69
Gotta be Roger.
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2024.05.21 16:43 inspiringxsunflower Save you and save us English versions pdfs

Hey guys so actually I found the English versions of save you and save us!!! Just search the author name mona kasten on oceanofpdf.com and u can download it
Or click on the links
https://oceanofpdf.com/authors/mona-kasten/pdf-epub-save-you-english-download/
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Your welcome ✨️
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2024.05.21 16:43 MorpheusOneiri Need Help Finding Manhwa in Korean

I have an unusually sticky problem. I'm currently learning Korean and I'd really like to read Manhwa in the original Korean. But I would like them compiled in PDF format so I can upload them to Notability on the iPad and take notes while I'm reading.
I can't seem to find anything anywhere. I've found Solo Leveling as a complete compiled PDF, but only in English. Does anybody know where I can find compiled Korean Manhwa in PDF format.
I've tried everything including tools used for downloading directly from the web. The problem with those is that they are only designed for the English version of the website and none seem to work on the Naver website.
I've been at this problem for months now, and it's impossible to even start to get answers. The Korean subreddit didn't allow it because they considered it piracy... even though they are available for free online. It's just such a dumb problem to have that's driving me crazy.
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2024.05.21 16:37 BryceOConnor As the Patreon and this sub grow, I've been getting more and more comments about how "slow" I am. This is true. I AM slow. However... I thought it might be interesting to talk about my job(s) and work schedule, to give a little context 😁

As the Patreon and this sub grow, I've been getting more and more comments about how
Hey everyone! So after my query last week I decided it was indeed past time for me to provide a write-up of my work and work schedule, especially after SO many people let me know in comments and in DMs that they had no idea I was not a full-time author. I completely understand the confusion, of course. I WAS a full-time author for several years, after all, and beyond that my transition back to having a job was atypical for an author because it did not result from any loss of success (so far) on the part of my work.
Instead, it was of my own making.

TLDR

For those of you only looking for the essentials: While STORMWEAVER (and my other titles when I can get to them) are absolutely a priority to me, I am also the CEO of Wraithmarked Creative, LLC the parent company of two large production brands: Wraithmarked Creative (publishing and special/ deluxe edition adaptation via Kickstarter) and Witchsong Miniatures (tabletop monster miniatures and player character models).
This work has me in charge of 7 full-time employees and dozens of part-time freelancers and artists, and is sometimes 60+ hours a week on top of my writing time, especially if I'm traveling.

TIMELINE

For the longer version, let's start with a very brief timeline of my writing career, so that people can get a sense of how I went full time, then back to working:
  • 2014: I graduated with my DPT (Doctorate of Physical Therapy) and entered the workspace. I worked in special needs pediatric rehab for 3 years. During this time I publish the first three book in THE WINGS OF WAR series.
  • 2017: I go full time as an author (and almost fall flat on my face).
  • 2019: I publish A MARK OF KINGS, which sees good success and saves me. I form the concept of Wraithmarked Creative around idea of partnered-publishing, like I'd published AMoK with Luke Chmilenko (and would do again in 2020 with IRON PRINCE). I form the company later this year.
  • 2020: We start publishing works like SAVAGE DOMINION with partnered authors, and see good success. IRON PRINCE takes off, becoming more popular than I could have dreamed. I hire my first full-time worker, Ben, to help me manage the publishing work.
  • 2021: We run a successful Kickstarter for a Deluxe Edition of A MARK OF KINGS, and realize there is a market for these kinds of books even for smaller authors (this was before the Sanderson campaign and Kickstarter's explosion as a publishing platform for Special/Deluxe Editions).
  • 2022: Wraithmarked publishes MOTHER OF LEARNING everywhere, and THE SWORD OF KAIGEN's Special Edition on Kickstarter, gaining us a TON of traction. I hire my second full time work, Eira, and STK Kreations agrees to work with us consistently on design. At the same time, Witchsong Miniatures launches and quickly becomes one of the largest 3D-printing miniatures brands on the internet, with Ben in charge of the brand. We hire Otavio to handle our modeling.
  • 2023: Our Kickstarter production model kicks into high gear, with us producing the likes of LEGENDS & LATTES, NEON GHOSTS, and the rest of MOTHER OF LEARNING. FIRE AND SONG also releases, as does the hardcover campaign for STORMWEAVER. Witchsong continues to grow, and we expand into The Witchguild for player miniatures. I hire three more full time workers, Taya, Gage, and Heather.
  • 2024/Present: Wraithmarked continues to expand, with us publishing the likes of V.E. Schwab and R.A. Salvatore on Kickstarter. We sign numerous other big names in both traditional and indie publishing, and bring on Tom to help us with art direction (previously my job). Witchsong brands expand their Kickstarter presence.
As I think many of you will be able to tell from reading the above breakdown, building up Wraithmarked has been (and very much continues to be) a tremendous amount of work. Hiring everyone has allowed us to expand, and only in the last few months have some of my more-intensive responsibilities been able to be handed off to Taya (asset/deadline coordination) and Tom (art direction). Before that, on top of my other responsibilities I was the one in charge of finding the dozens on dozens of artists we work with, as well as stay on top of their art and their deadlines. It has been godsend to hand over 90% of that work of late.

WEEKLY/DAILY SCHEDULE

Now, as for my weekly/daily schedule, I thought that would be a fun thing to break down for you as well, especially given strict guidelines are the only way I keep things moving and productive given my damn ADHD diagnosis. Of course, what I'm writing up is how my days are SUPPOSED to go. In a perfect world, this is my schedule every day, but sadly that's not always the case. Sometimes I'm unwell, sometimes I have a meeting conflict, sometimes I'm up late on a call with a different timezone (or up stupid early, as is the case with Japan). So please take the following with a grain of salt. That being said, it is 100% true that my schedule is regimented to the 15min mark at this point.
DAILY SCHEDULE:
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  • 5:15-5:45am - My typical wakeup/morning routine/light breakfast. This includes of physical rehab for chronic back, knee, and ankle injuries I've built up over the years (yaaaay being a life-long athlete... sigh). I don't set an alarm, as I just wake up around this time consistently now.
  • 5:45-7:00am - My warmup/cardio workout/warmdown time. At the start of this year I started running because of unhealthy weight gain and related issues, building up to 5 days a week. If I don't, my entire day is thrown off.
  • 7:00-7:30am - My lifting/stretching time. My lifting is currently minimal, to maintain muscle mass while I run.
  • 7:30-8:00am - Doggy time! Arro gets lots of walks, snacks, and belly rubs.
  • 8:00-9:15am - First block of work. This is usually when I get to the batch of emails that rolled in overnight, when I handle our social media stuff I'm still in charge of, and when I communicate with the WM (Wraithmarked) team about the day and answer any questions they have.
  • 9:15-9:45am - Prep my caffeine and power nap. I don't survive without laying down once or twice a day.
  • 9:45-10:00am - Caffeine and writing prep time, getting Scirvener and research windows set up.
  • 10:00-12:00pm - Writing time! I don't always use this full chunk of writing, and somtimes and extend over it. Depends on how my productive juices are flowing that day. I am not a writer who is capable of writing until a timer goes off. I run out of gas and end when what I know what happens next ends.
  • 12:00-1:00pm - Lunch! Man has to eat, and I try to catch an episode or two of either Philip deFranco, Last Week Tonight, Kurzgesagt, or whatever anime I'm watching (after I'm done eating cause I can't eat and watch subtitles haha).
  • 1:00-4:00pm - Second work block! This is usually doing coms with the team, address art or publishing concerns, or when my meetings are booked. And I have a LOT of meetings -_-
  • 4:00-4:30pm - Doggy time #2! Arro also spends most of the day with me in the office snoring, so we get quality time when he's in the mood haha.
  • 4:30-5:30pm - Dinner! I know it's pretty early, but I eat a small breakfast very early, so I'm starving by 5 usually. Also, if it's a hell day I crash by 8 or 9pm, and I have one of those angry tummies that makes me have trouble sleeping if I ate much of anything within a couple hours of bedtime.
  • 5:30-6:00pm - Power nap #2! This isn't an everyday thing, but it definitely happens, especially on crazy days. If I don't need it I'll either play with the pup or get to work early.
  • 6:00-9:00pm - Work block #3! No team coms outside over emergencies. I don't let me team work outside of 8 to 4, which are their working hours. I don't always work this full block either, and do try to keep it to mindless stuff I can do on the couch while hanging with Arro and listening to music.
  • 9:00-10:00pm - Reading/reasearch time. I like this to be personal time when I can, but sadly I'm often reading things that wouldn't be my first choice so that I can stay on top of the market/know what's popularesearch something specific for writing/publishing/minis.
  • 10:00pm - Latest I'm usually trying to crash for the night.
WEEKLY SCHEDULE:
I follow this schedule 6 days of the week, with Sundays being a very strict day off for me from almost everything. Those are the days I often find a show to binge, or work on my home, or sit in the back yard with the pup reading only what I want to read haha. I do also get Thursday morning's off running, through I do do extra walking with the pup or walking to Wegmans (grocery store) from my house to make up the steps.

THAT'S ABOUT IT!

Hopefully this will provide some context to those interested in my work schedule/how I regiment my ADHD. Additionally, if someone compains or asks about how slow I am, I hope you guys will be able to direct them here from now on to provide them with more context!
I hope this was helpful, and I'm happy to answer any questions you guys have in the comments!
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2024.05.21 16:36 erwins_arm Novel List with English Translation Links (BL+GL)

Find the official English Translation links in the table below. The unofficial translation (only if officials do not exist) will stay in the comments so make sure to look through these as well.
To submit a Novel in the comments (that has no official translation) please use the following format: Novel Title (Adaptation Title if it exists): [Link](here insert the actual link)
still need to clean up the table a bit
Novel Title (BL/GL) Author Adaptation Title Official Novel Link -Eng. Translation Tags
23.5 When the Earth is Spinning Around (GL) น้ำเงิน นามสมมุติ / TULIP 23.5 Novel
2gether (BL) JittiRain / maggie mae 2gether Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Special
A Secretly Love (BL) Avery Pie Novel
Apple (GL) เจ้าปลาน้อย Apple Novel 18+
Be My Favorite (BL) JittiRain Be My Favorite Novel
Bed Friend อย่าเล่นกับอนล (BL) littlebbear96 Bed Friend Novel
Blank (GL) เจ้าปลาน้อย Blank + Blank Season 2 Novel
Call my Name! I'm not Kamphan (BL) Faddist Novel
City of Stars (BL) ร เรือในมหาสมุท / TULIP City of Stars Vol. 1, Vol. 2
Dark Blue Kiss (BL) Hideko_Sunshine Dark Blue Kiss Novel
Dream (GL) เจ้าปลาน้อย My Marvellous Dream Is You Novel
Engineer Cute Boy: Hottie & Cutie (BL) JittiRain Perfect10 Liners Vol. 1, Vol. 2
FAH LAN RUK (BL) bambam Fahlanruk Novel
Gap (GL) เจ้าปลาน้อย GAP Novel
Gap Eternity (GL) เจ้าปลาน้อย / Novel
I Feel You Linger in the Air (BL) VIOLET RAIN I Feel You Linger in the Air Novel
Irresistible (GL) เจ้าปลาน้อย Irresistible
Love Sand (BL) Mame / Novel
Love Sea (BL) Mame Love Sea Novel
Love Sky (BL) Mame Love in the Air Novel
Love Storm (BL) Mame Love in the Air Novel
Manner of Death (BL) Sammon Manner of Death Novel
My Only 12% (BL) afterday My Only 12% Novel
Pluto (GL) เจ้าปลาน้อย Pluto Novel
Spirit Reborn - Khemjira’s Rescue (BL) Cali Spirit Reborn Novel
Sunsetxvibes (BL) Rosesarin_ SunsetxVibes Novel
The Secret of Us (GL) Mee Nam The Secret of Us Novel, Special Chapter
The Sign (BL) I-Rain-Yia The Sign Novel
To be continued (BL) Nottakorn To Be Continued Novel
Triage (BL) Sammon Triage Novel
True Moon (BL) Aiden N Vivienne True Moon Vol. 1 ,True Moon
Vice Versa (BL) JittiRain / TULIP Vice Versa Vol. 1, Vol. 2
Wandee Wittaya (BL) Nottakorn Wandee Goodday Novel
What Zabb Man (BL) พราวแสงเดือน What Zabb Man! Novel
...
This list was made to avoid repetitive "Where to find" posts!
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2024.05.21 16:34 Unique_Honeydew_8989 For those who are not fond of Elevator Girl.

I always just skipped over this song for years, the English lyrics never hit the spot for me. This is a message to PLEASE checkout the live Japanese version of the song. I never knew this existed and it totally changed the song for me.
The chorus is so much punchier and flows better in Japanese. The little bow they do during the choreography is perfect. The crowd chanting and singing along gives the song a lot more edge. Another BABYMETAL song that just gets so much better live.
What song was completely changed for you when you heard it live?
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2024.05.21 16:33 Business-Break-8668 TRADE

I have___
AFRO:
MELODIC:
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2024.05.21 16:28 Electron299792458 Where can I buy compost worms?

Huti maltin u Ghawdxi b'daqxejn aktar esperjenza minni fil- gnien, gnejna jew ghalqa. Jezisti post f Malta li nista mmur u nixtri xi tip ta' compost worms jew earthworms? Ghax fittixt u xej ma sibt! Jew anke xi sors online li tafu bih li jaghmel shipping ghal Malta, grazzi hafna nies.
English version: I'm not sure of anywhere that actually sell any kind of earthworm in Malta, any idea where I can buy some good compost worms here in Malta or even online?
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2024.05.21 16:28 bestinthewest24 Japanese Pokemon to US Pokemon Games

Hello! I was thinking of buying a japanese copy of BW/BW2 and wondered if anyone has ever been successful inwith trading from those games to english versions? I see other posts about it not working bringing pokemon from previous Gens, but if i wanted to bring a japanese pokemon into my english version can i do a local trade?
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2024.05.21 16:22 ehou333 [WTS][WTT] Niche Decants, Constantly Rotating Samples! (Decant)

Prices are for PayPal friends and family. Add $5 for shipping.
Interested in samples of less common indie / niche houses ( I have tried a lot). Very interested in Le Galion / Rania J discovery sets.
https://imgur.com/a/AUgZPe5
Gucci - A Midnight Stroll 5ml (sprayed 2x) $15
Tom Ford - Oud Wood Intense 3.5ml $19
Fragrance du Bois - PM 4ml - $15
Room 1015 - Atramental 7.5ml - $10
Room 1015 - Hollyrose 7.5ml - $10
Scent Trunk - Trackside Buddleia 4.5ml $9
Heretic - Scandalwood 6.5ml $8
Decants from My Collection:
Gin & Tonic Demeter 5ml decant (can make multiple) -$5
Equus Lalique EDP (old version) 5ml decant (can make multiple) -$5
Odeur 71 Comme des Garcons 5ml decant (can make multiple) -$7
Odeur 53 Comme des Garcons 5ml decant (can make multiple) -$7
Commodity - Gin (discontinued version) 5ml decant (can make multiple) - $9
Aether - Rose Alcane 5ml decant (can make multiple) - $9
Nomenclature - Lumen_esce 5ml decant (can make multiple) -$9
Black Eau de Toilette Comme des Garcons 5ml decant (can make multiple) -$9
Unutamam Nishane 5ml decant (can make multiple) -$12
Chanel - Egoiste 5ml decant (can make multiple) -$12
Florabotanica Balenciaga 5ml decant (can make multiple) -$12
Mad Madame Juliette Has A Gun 5ml decant (can make multiple) -$12
Boucheron - Iris de Syracuse 5ml decant (can make multiple) -$12
Memo - Irish Leather 5ml decant (can make multiple) - $12
DS Durga - I Don't Know What 5ml decant (can make multiple) - $15
DS Durga - Amber Kiso 5ml decant (can make multiple) - $15
Frederic Malle - Synthetic Jungle 5ml decant (can make multiple) - $17
Pretty Machine Kerosene 5ml decant (can make multiple) - $15
Geza Schoen Renegades 5ml decant (can make multiple) - $15
Mare Pacifico Linari 5ml decant (can make multiple) -$15
Samples Listed Below: https://i.imgur.com/w37z1OS
Around $3-4 per sample, more for larger niche ones, less for smaller ones or designers, plus $5 for shipping. Most samples > 1ml are official samples (ask for specifics).
Arquiste - Misfit 1ml
Blackcliff - Hidden Hills 1ml
Bohoboco - Eucalyptus Patchouli 0.4ml
Blood Concept - AB 0.5ml
Beaufort - Coeur de Noir 0.7ml
Clandestine Laboratories - Ashes 0.7ml
Daniel Josier - Kaleidoscope 0.3ml
Diptyque - Eau de Minthe 1.2ml
Dior Homme Intense - 0.4ml
Fracesca Bianchi - Lost in Heaven 0.3ml
Giardino Benessere - Oceania 1ml
Giardino Benessere - Salaria 1ml
Hilde Soliani - Mango on the rocks 0.ml
Imaginary Authors - Cape Heartache 0.3ml
Imaginary Authors - A city on Fire 0.3ml
Jovoy - Musc Pallas 0.4ml
Jovoy - La Liturgie des Heures 1.5ml
Kerosene - Santalum Slivers 0.3ml
Mad et Len - Black Afghan 0.5ml
Mad et Len - Red Square 0.4ml
Mancera - Tonka Cola 0.7ml
Mind Games - J'Adoube 1.8ml
Mona di Orio - Bohea Boheme 0.7ml
Min New York - Barrel 1ml
Ormonde Jayne - Gatsby 22 1.8ml
Parfum d'Empire - Cuir Ottoman 0.3ml
Premiere Note - Ambre Kashmir 1.5ml
Profumum Roma - Sorriso 1ml
Renier - Oudmanthus 1ml
Room 1015 - Sweet Leaf 3ml
Serge Lutens - Five o'clock au Gingembre 0.7ml
Thameen - Carved Oud 0.4ml
Tom Ford - Ombre Leather 1ml
Widian - Rose Arabia White 0.7ml
Xerjoff - Kemi K 0.6ml
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2024.05.21 16:20 Popular-Highlight-16 New retroarch update

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2024.05.21 16:17 supervascus Brazilian books in english?

Hey guys, I'm looking to gift a few gringo friends with some classic books about/from Brazil but I'm having a hard time finding them in english. I'd need to send them to europe so amazon uk or de would probably work better than the .com.
I'm looking for:
A elite do atraso: Da escravidão a Bolsonaro - Jessé Souza
Casa-Grande & Senzala - Gilberto Freyre
Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas - Machado de Assis
O sítio do pica-pau amarelo - Monteiro Lobato
I'd prefer a physical copy of the book, but digital versions are also fine. And if you guys have any more suggestions, please let me know, I'm looking for books on the historical side of things, preferably with not so much whitewashing/prejudice/erasure of non-white people.
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2024.05.21 16:12 REEEEEEEEEIEEEEE What if you were in Bojack Horseman?

Pretend you were an actual character in Bojack Horseman (and not an ideal version of yourself but as you are now), how do you think your characters would naturally implement themselves into the show? Who would they be friends with, argue with, hate, love, not care for? Do you think your character wouldn't last in LA and move out like Diane did? What kind of storyline would they likely have? I feel like a damn english teacher lol, but I was thinking about these questions last night and so I'm curious about you all. (Sorry if this question has been asked too much already).
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2024.05.21 16:11 inspiringxsunflower English versions of Maxton hall books

hey guys so actually I found the English versions of save you and save us!!!
Just search the author name mona kasten on oceanofpdf.com and u can download it
Your welcome ✨️
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2024.05.21 16:08 MISORMA Can a vampire count as a vaesen?

I mean, not VtM style, where there are a legion of them all around the world, but a more sinister version, more menacing, almost impossible to defeat… Like Stregoi in The Strain, or Count Dracula in Bram Stoker’s novel? Of course, without an army of minions as in The Strain, more insidious, weird, unknown, like most of the vaesen…
Are there any analogies of such a thing in Celtic, English, Scandinavian, Finnish folklore / mythologies?
Do you even think that it can be used in such a game?
And if yes, do you have any suggestions, ideas, experiences to share, please? All of them will be highly appreciated!
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2024.05.21 16:06 GXZ95 I bought Toro! Let's Party (Asian English + Chinese version), both copies are nonfunctional

I bought Toro! Let's Party (Asian English + Chinese version), both copies are nonfunctional
Two copies (standard and the Best versions) won't work because of 80010514 error. I expected the standard version to not boot, but the same problem is on the Best, too. Both disks are clean and priscine though, and they're not region-locked either.
At least, the other game I bought along with Toro! Let's Party, Everybody's Golf 6 (also Asian English + Chinese version), works perfectly, but I can't understand why the other one refuses to work...
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2024.05.21 15:59 owo02496 Why does Genshin greet birthdays at 12 PM?

Why does Genshin greet birthdays at 12 PM?
I don't know if anyone else noticed this but I noticed that when Genshin posts a birthday art of a character, it's posted on their birthday at 12 PM, instead of 12 AM where their birthday actually starts. Why is this?
At first I thought this depends on the time zones. I mainly follow the English version of Genshin Impact (American server), so maybe the time there is 12 AM. I live in SE Asia, so it would be 12 PM if it were 12 AM in America. However, when I looked at the Japanese version of Genshin Impact, it's still posted at 12 PM.
Does anyone know why is this? Why can't they post it at 12 AM where their birthday actually starts? And even if it's 12 AM in America, Some cities west of that would see the birthday arts around 8-11 PM on the day before their actual birthday. So it would be better if Genshin posts the birthday arts at 12 AM on their actual birthday on their time zone (since Genshin is Asia, they should use Asia time zone).
First image is Yun Jin's birthday art on Genshin Impact's English Twitter, and second image is the same but in Genshin Impact's Japanese Twitter.
https://preview.redd.it/4rgllcm3ds1d1.png?width=596&format=png&auto=webp&s=35c7b7cb4936e2a1c11c75e7c0db495a686a6b53
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2024.05.21 15:52 figure_sk8 Safe House (GMMTV) Day 3, Part 2/2 Summary/Rough Translation [Potential Spoilers]

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/live/cjn8w8j06ik?feature=shared
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2024.05.21 15:38 Reel3D What is the difference between these two sources? Ch.260 Spoilers

What is the difference between these two sources?
The version of the chapter I read (the first photo without the extra text on the left) was from Shonen Jump.
The second version was from the same chapter that someone said they read from https://thejujutsukaisen.com/manga/jujutsu-kaisen-chapter-260/ I read it there and they retranslated everything to I guess a more common English translation but they also added the “There’s no mistaking those eyes” which is not in the official Shonen Jump version of the manga, is this line real or is this website basically fake.
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