#infopost | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

interact-proof · 11 months

Text

Info Masterpost

Hi everyone, you may know me from around the IF community, probably primarily from here, but you may also be familiar with some projects I've worked on as an editor (the two most prominent being @bodycountgame and @nyehilismwriting's Project Hadea) or other things I've done around the place. Regardless, it's my intention to set up a place here to provide proof-reading and other editing services in order to help people in the IF community who may struggle with doing it themselves for whatever reason (be that due to time, or difficulty, or anything else).

What's on Offer?

We all know that being an interactive fiction author is a HUGE undertaking - we're our own planners, publicists, programmers and also editors a large amount of the time - and sometimes it can be a lot to grapple with. I also know from personally interacting with a lot of authors that editing in particular can feel intimidating for people who don't do it often, and lots of people feel like they don't get it right or don't trust their own judgement with it. That's a normal feeling for anyone inexperienced in a certain skill to go through, but also it turns out that luckily, the internet exists!

For a fee, I can hopefully take some of the stress out of the process by doing copy, line or developmental editing for you, or a combination of the three in some way, shape or form. This doesn't give me any control over your work, obviously, and any suggestions that I make will be just that, suggestions - though like any editor worth their salt, I'll always do my best to explain what I'm suggesting and why, so that you can hopefully make an informed decision about what you want to do about it.

See below the cut for more information, along with pricing and some basic FAQs. Thanks for reading!

So, how does it work?

Well, it's pretty simple, really - you reach out and talk to me about what you want edited, I'll let you know how many (if any) jobs are in my queue currently, we'll confirm what the price will be, and then you decide if you want to go ahead with contracting my services. If we agree to work together, you'll sit back and relax after finishing the exhausting writing process, or, if you're really a glutton for punishment, start writing something new, and I'll do the editing. Then I'll return it to you, and send you an invoice. Easy!

I'm not going to hover over your shoulder demanding certain changes be made or be offended if you disagree with me - that's not a good editor's function, in my personal opinion. What you choose to do with my editing suggestions afterwards is entirely up to you!

FAQs

What's the difference between copy editing, line editing and developmental editing?

Most people editing for themselves do all three different types of these at once, but they are actually three separate skillsets. Copy editing is another term for what's sometimes called proof-reading; basically, it's checking for spelling and grammar mistakes (including homophones and so forth) but not for other purely textual elements like ineffective word usage or weak sentence structures. Anything beyond basic grammatical correctness is covered by what's called line editing, which looks at some common things people worry about like overused words, weak metaphors or other imagery, and sentences or segments of the text that can possibly be written in a way to more effectively convey the message they're trying to get across.

Developmental editing is a whole other ballgame - this is the part that most often makes authors nervous, the act of considering the text in terms of the effectiveness of each paragraph and story beat, analysing which parts of the narrative and various character arcs are working and which aren't, and so forth. This is a type of editing that is heavy on critique, and very subjective: it's akin to the kind of feedback you might get from beta readers in many senses.

You don't have to want all three types of editing in order to contract my services for, say, just one, but developmental editing on its own will be by negotiation, and likely be an hourly fee rather than a per word cost. You also can't have line editing without copy editing, as it would be impossible to make sure it's effectively-written without making sure it's correct. (You can have copy editing without line editing, however.)

Do you accept works from people whose first language is something other than English?

Yes, this is not a mitigating factor for me. I've worked on some pieces by French- and Brazilian Portuguese-speaking authors before. My editing suggestions come with explanations of why I'm making them, so it should be clear even for ESL authors what I'm suggesting and for what reason. I'm not a translator (unless you're talking about from Akkadian or Sindarin), but as long as you're capable of having a conversation in English, we should be fine.

How should I format my files for you to work on? And how will I get them to you/receive them back?

The two most preferable options are either in a Word Document, or a GoogleDoc document, as these formats both allow me to highlight parts of the work and comment on it directly so that you can see my suggestions. Any other format will make the whole process difficult for both of us as it will require cross-referencing between your work and my responses.

It doesn't have to be formatted in any fancy way, though - as long as it's in the document and readable, even just via basic copy/paste from wherever else you write, that's fine.

We can exchange the files via email or discord, whichever makes you feel more comfortable.

Do you accept jobs unrelated to interactive fiction?

Yes! I've edited novels and short stories before as well, and done work specifically providing developmental editing on outlines so that authors can feel they have a well fleshed-out plan before they begin writing. It's just that there's not many editors out there who are familiar with the IF scene, so that's my marketing focus, so to speak.

You write using British spellings... do you know how to edit for American spellings, too?

Yes, I know how to edit for AusE and AmE as well as BrE. Many authors also use a combination of multiple spelling systems, which I can work with as long as you let me know your style and parameters.

My game is written in the style of Shakespeare... can you handle that?

Individual style, both affected and inherent, is not really a roadblock for most editors. The job of a good editor is to consider each author's personal style and make sure to respect it, rather than try to overwrite it with their own voice, so if you're writing a Tolkienian or Arthurian or epic poetry piece, I'm capable of working with that as long as you let me know what you're aiming for beforehand.

If you have a style guide with particular specifications, feel free to submit it along with your documents, and I'll abide by its specifications. I've worked on projects ranging from high fantasy to scifi to modern fiction in the past.

Can I break my writing up into multiple parts to give to you over time?

Sure! All of the interactive fiction work I've done thus far has been chapter-by-chapter, and you can break it down smaller if you like. However, I can't necessarily bring forward developmental editing concerns from one job into another at peak reliability, particularly if a long period of time has passed between the different jobs.

That's probably all for the FAQs for now - if you have any other questions, please feel free to reach out and ask!

Pricing

How much the editing will cost is based on the length of what you would like me to edit, split up into three length categories: under 10k words, 10k-100k words, and over 100k words. Prices are in AUD, Australian dollars. Per-word rates round up (ie., at a rate of 1c per 5 words, 6 words would incur the cost for 10 words).

Under 10,000 words

Copy editing: 1c per word.

Line editing: a flat $15 fee on top of the price of copy editing.

Developmental editing: a flat $20 fee on top of any other costs, or an hourly fee by negotiation if without the other two services.

10,000 to 100,000 words

Copy editing: 1c per word for the first 10,000 words, followed by 1c per each 3 words for the remainder.

Line editing: a flat $30 fee on top of the price of copy editing.

Developmental editing: a flat $80 fee on top of any other costs, or an hourly fee by negotiation if without the other two services.

Over 100,000 words

Copy editing: 1c per word for the first 10,000 words, followed by 1c per each 3 words for the remainder, plus a flat $20 fee for each 100k words after the first (ie., 150,000 words will incur a $20 fee on top of the per-word price, while 250,000 words will incur $40).

Line editing: a flat $40 fee on top of the price of copy editing, rising incrementally per 100k words after the first (ie., 150,000 words will incur a $40 fee, while 250,000 words will incur $80).

Developmental editing: a flat $80 fee on top of any other costs, rising incrementally per 100k words after the first (ie., 150,000 words will incur an $80 fee, while 250,000 words will incur $160), or an hourly fee by negotiation if without the other two services.

Code-checking

If you're able to include your code with your writing (such as by viewing a proofing copy of a game via twine), and provide me with an outline of your variables and what you're using them for, I can by request check for possible errors (such as adding to a stat when it seems like it should be subtracting instead, or using a wrong or misspelled variable) for a flat fee of $80 per 100,000 words (in this case, the code is included in the wordcount, since I'll be checking it).

Outline Help

If you want me to look over an outline or plan and provide developmental feedback before you begin writing, this can be done for an hourly fee by negotiation.

Thank you again for reading! Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions.

#infopost #pinned post

153 notes · View notes

gravidasomnia · 6 months

Text

Here's the latest Lora blend I've been using, it should work well with most SD 1.5 realism & artistic models especially Photosomnia. It's far from perfect but better than the base models for pregnancy details.

You can use the demo pics on civitai (shown above) as a starter for which settings to use. I can't offer tech support and requests for it will be turned down, I barely have time to make pics and can't hold anyone's hand through installing and using Stable Diffusion. But there's plenty of tutorials available on youtube and other sites for those willing to learn.

#AI model #Pregnancy is Beautiful #Pregnant AI #Lora #AI realism #AI photography #fauxtography #Infopost #AI assets

79 notes · View notes

coolmagoloraskblog · 4 months

Note

THAT WAS THE PROLOG?! Holy shit what's the main story gonna be like then???

Hot damn. Anyways, will you be taking a break b4 continuing, or just continue with the main story line? :0 both are perfectly fine of course, no pressure :)

i've been sitting on these plans for 2 YEARS. YOU HAVE NO IDEA

and as for when we will be continuing, january is going to be my little fun month where i do whatever i want, so i'm expecting to continue this in february or march! i have a lot more gijinkas i need to either refine or create from scratch and a little bit of environmental design before we can get into chapter 1

#infopost #ask

20 notes · View notes

konigbabe · 11 months

Text

༊*·˚ european. university student. chronic procrastinator.

secondary blog. main @konigbabe-interact (I interact and follow from there). multifandom (18+).

I do not allow to copy/modify my work or take inspiration from my work in a form of using the same story ideas I come up with.

REQUESTS ARE CLOSED // thirsts and drabbles requests opened but feel free to share your ideas with me, maybe I’ll get inspired

࿐ྂ LINKS:

masterlist ┊ao3┊navigation┊writing list┊faq┊ko-fi

࿐ྂ RECENT

✎ eleusinian mysteries (Satoru Gojo x fem!reader x Toji Fushiguro x Kento Nanami x Choso Kamo gangbang) – NSFW week ✎ pearls before swine (kitsune!Satoru Gojo x fem!reader smutty oneshot) – NSFW week ✎ frosting of my cake (Satoru Gojo x fem!reader smutty oneshot) – NSFW week

࿐ྂ TRENDING

✎ feast of pleasure (Ghost x König x Keegan x fem!reader foursome smutty oneshot) ✎ perish (Satoru Gojo x fem!reader angsty oneshot) ✎ the taste of scotch (John Price x fem!reader smutty oneshot)

CREDITS: dividers are mine; account header by @acotars [source]; account icon is called "Milky Way" by Maksim Viktorov on deviantart [source]

#infopost #konigbabe

64 notes · View notes

ketsukane-sunlight · 2 months

Text

//ooc under cut

howdy! ketsukanekid mod here!!!

this blog is related to @/passingthroughthenorthstar's AU! kanako is roughly ~14-16 years old, and is on decent terms with her mother she still tends to spend time with her other friends and effectively-adopted-family though. usual no-no list applies. tags: kanako answers - self explanatory kanako chain - self explanatory ooc - self explanatory mod responds - self explanatory infopost - self explanatory

#underblog💛#kanako answers #kanako chain #ooc #mod responds #infopost #intro post #intropost #askblog #ask blog #undertale yellow #uty #kanako ketsukane

11 notes · View notes

hermitroom · 8 months

Text

some info about the various organizations in coe, as seen from the artbook (please let me know if you see any errors, i was a bit careless with romanization as you can tell & this is very rough)

Otowa Detective Agency They do business as Otowa Search System, LLC (kk otowa search system). A privately-owned detective agency in Nagoya managed by Genshi Otowa. When they expanded and moved their main office to Tokyo, the Nagoya office became their country one. Because they've been trustworthy at handling their jobs, they've gotten more and more customers, and because they listen to the will of their employees, they've managed to recruit and keep a lot of talented people on staff. Despite the fact that they're a small-scale company now, the requests haven't stopped. They have six people at the Nagoya branch, and about 30 at the Tokyo one. Path to Empireo

It started as the self-improvement group 'People of Akasha', and became a new organization with a new religion based on Catholicism. It wasn't a very large-scale group- around 2015, there were only about 300 registered believers in the country. The incident where the Tokyo and Chuubu branches exploded claimed many of their lives, completely destroying the organization itself. It seemed like the remaining survivors died natural deaths around the same time as well. They said they're researching the path to 'guide humanity to Empireo'.

Ice Cooler

A pharmaceutical company founded by the son of a pharmacist, Rangiri Utsugi. The position of president is inherited, so Rangiri passed it down to his son Keiichi, and he passed it down to his son Uenari. The company grew rapidly after WW2, with their main product being OTC medications. They were very famous for how well their medicines worked, but gradually said medicines started to work less and less. At the same time, there started to be a lot of 'suspicious' things about their medicine, as well as 'incidents' related to it, leading to public loss of trust in them. Before long, they were bought out by a foreign investor, their leadership was completely changed, and in 2016 the Ice Cooler name was no more.

Tranzykid Institute

An integrated sciences institute based in the American state of Kentucky. It's produced many Nobel Prize winners and candidates, and has quite a bit of influence as a research institute. However, all the departments act extremely independently of each other, and there are some laboratories among them that haven't revealed what they're actually working on.

Theosophy University

It was originally founded as a Catholic institution, but currently the management (Theosophy Institute of the Arts and Sciences) runs it as a private university. The curriculum focuses on raising students to be talented and successful in a global environment, with a strong focus on linguistics. It's not limited to Catholic-only students, either. There are people from all over the world attending, and many graduates have become famous in their own right. It's well-known enough as a university that everyone's heard of it. Other than their Tokyo campus, they have a Nagano campus as well.

Fondazione Riddle

Founded by Beniamino Riddle. Based in Italy. The current heir is the president's son, Rodney Riddle. They mainly provide financial support to organizations doing R&D in the field of science. Tranzykid is one of them. Their aim is 'For the world, and for the peace we have now' (but...).

A/Z/MA

Founded by Shirou Azuma. Their base business was Azuma Bookstore, a publishing company, but they're a corporation that handles all sorts of things in the entertainment industry. They've expanded into publishing, animation, movies, and various content services. Currently, no one working at the company besides the president is from the Azuma family themselves, but the current president, Wadachi Azuma, is a direct descendant of Shirou.

Nanamidou Bookstore, LLC

A bookstore chain under the Igarashi group. They used to only sell books, but they've branched out into music, videos, various media sales, and rentals, too.

Gojo Corporation/Igarashi Group

They're a business group that's made a name for themselves by expanding into every area. Despite the Gojo Conglomerate breaking up during WW2, they reorganized afterwards, and succeeded greatly. A major contractor in Tokai, Gojo, is also part of their group. Their most recent large-scale construction work is the commercial building in front of the Nagoya station. They've also done remodelling for A/Z/MA (LLC)'s Chuubu Branch office.

PMSC/GrassRod

A PMSC based in America. It recruits personnel from all sorts of countries, and there's a rumor that they'll send mercenaries who 'aren't afraid of death' anywhere. They're currently active, but the only thing that can be confirmed about them is that there is someone actually managing and controlling them. No other details are known.

#cell of empireo #infopost

24 notes · View notes

plavigmaz · 9 months

Text

The first one was a bit of a challenge, but nevertheless did it! Even when it took a bit longer. (#19, #20)

#moj rad #traditional art #daily sketch #sketch #pencil #bench #infopost

20 notes · View notes

neue-freunde-finden · 3 months

Text

- Blogregeln -

Für 2024 werden die Blogregeln minimal angepasst, daher hier die wenigen Regeln, die ich gerne nochmal erläutern würde. • Alter, Geschlecht und Wohnort ist grundsätzlich egal (wer es jedoch angeben möchte, kann das sehr gerne tun, da es als Hashtag unter den Betrag kommt) • Bitte keine Einzeiler einreichen. Diese werden kommentarlos gelöscht - macht euch interessant! • Gebt euch ein bisschen Mühe bei eurer Vorstellung. • Keine Dating oder S*xanfragen. Dafür ist die Seite nicht da. • Ebenso werden Blogs mit überwiegendem Porn-Inhalt geblockt. • Solltet ihr von einem Mitglied belästigt werden, MELDET EUCH bitte bei mir. Nur so kann ich diese Menschen von der Seite ausschließen • Seit nett zueinander und vermeidet Ghosting. Sowas ist für niemanden schön. • Wenn euer Beitrag gepostet wird, ist der erste Tag euer eigener Freundescode (z.b. für jetzt: 1801241330, bestehend aus Tag, Monat, Jahr und Uhrzeit). Merkt euch diesen bitte, falls ihr euren Beitrag mal löschen wollte oder andere Anregungen oder Ideen habt. Das wars auch schon. Habt ne schöne Zeit!

#1801241330 #Regeln #Infopost #info post

9 notes · View notes

transalpha-coining · 1 year

Text

Transalpha Headcanon Glossary

This post is subject to update and change if a term has not been posted yet!

Main Dynamics:

α Alpha - Trinary 🡥

β Beta - Trinary 🡥

ω Omega - Trinary 🡥

ι Iota - Dynamic Intersex 🡥

ρ Rho - Non-Trinary 🡥

Rho Umbrella 1 (Trinary-Related):

σ Sigma - "Alphanine" / Alpha equivalent to Masculine,etc.

ζ Zeta - "Betanine"

κ Kappa - "Omeganine"

δ Delta - Any Alpha/Beta Combination 🡥

γ Gamma - Any Beta/Omega Combination 🡥

θ Theta - Any Alpha/Omega Combination

ϝ Digamma - Any Alpha/Beta/Omega Combination

λ Lambda - Fourth Dynamic / Outherine 🡥

ϻ San - Adynamic/Dynamicvoid/Dynamicless 🡥

Rho Umbrella 2:

η Eta - Any Neutral Dynamic

#infopost #omegaverse hcs #glossary #planning

55 notes · View notes

sun-rust · 7 months

Text

Axolotls are often referred to as “Mexican walking fish” but they are actually amphibians that prefer to live their entire lives underwater. These remarkable creatures can regenerate almost every part of their bodies if necessary, including their spines, internal organs, and even some parts of their brains. They have a very unique appearance and are extremely popular as exotic pets, but they can also be found in captivity at zoos, laboratories, and breeding facilities. Axolotls exhibit a trait called neoteny, which means that they never outgrow their juvenile characteristics like other salamanders. For example, they have both gills and lungs. According to a 2019 International Union for the Conservation of Species assessment, only about 50 to 1000 axolotls could be found in the wild. While critically endangered, artificial selection has created many axolotl variations with different shapes, sizes, and colors not seen in nature. [A-Z Animals: Axolotl]

#original post #fauna #axolotl #amphibians #underwater #marine creatures #marine bio #marine biology #bio #biology #bioscience #bioblr #science #scienceblr #fun facts #nature #animals #infopost

69 notes · View notes

thegoatedguard · 3 months

Text

Uhh.. hey.

I'm Cassiopeia. Call me Cassie. I'm only apart of the guard cuz' I get paid well.

Don't really care about humans. I spend a bunch of time in Snowdin.

Parents aren't around anymore. Not too sure what to post about.

Might catch me at Grillbys, if you're lucky, and my boss doesn't breathe down my neck 'bout skippin' my post to go.

[Inventory: Pile of Fireworks, Glasses Cleaning Wipes, Guard Guidebook, Bead Necklace, "radical makeup".]

[G: 10005]

(OOC UNDER CUT.)

hi, dawn aka alt!kanako mod here! another oc on my end.

shes still getting art and will get her own infopost eventually.

same rules from other blog apply!

#ooc #infopost #underblog💛

10 notes · View notes

gravidasomnia · 6 months

Text

A text post for a change! tldr: There's some technical details re: Dayspa Squad which spills into discussion of the software & hardware used, and a few other thoughts. Group pics are difficult with the limitations of the AI I'm using (SD 1.5, sdxl is better but my budget gaming laptop can't run it the way I use 1.5 without overheating), and people have noted that they often look like a row of clones. So this time (and last) I've found a suitable txt2img generation (top left) then re-run it through img2img and added variations in the prompt to produce different, still very similar looking groups, with many typical AI pic problems e.g. too many/not enough fingers & hands:

but from that I'll use Krita + the clone tool aligned to each pic and take parts of each that seem apt; hopefully between all the iterations there's enough non-freaky hands and other parts to go around!

You can see I haven't done a perfect job - especially with the 2nd woman from the left's dressing gown and hand, and the breasts still look cloned. Such flaws and others are much less noticeable on IG with it's limited image resolution and most users having a small screen experience. My excuse is that the milestone came up sooner than expected and I rushed it (I only started after noticing I'd hit 8,995 followers and it took about 20 minutes all up, a few minutes before I hit 9k). But a little more time and scrutiny and even running a couple more iterations could have gone a long way. Photoshop could just regenerate individual elements if you want it to but I'm not a pro user and can't justify the expense (such functionality wouldn't be available to unlicenced users). I'm more familiar with GIMP but I prefer Krita for simple clone tool operations because it loads quicker and the default brush is perfect for how I use it + the smart patch tool is also handy. I could also use the SD plugin within Krita/GIMP for similar functionality but I found the interface too clunky so I prefer to work manually for this sort of thing. This method is the sort of thing I'd use earlier on to fix weirdness like mutant hands, multiple weird bellybuttons and other AI body horror. Or to get a striking individual image juuuust right, like this one or this one. Nowadays the raw outputs are often realistic enough that simple touchups can take care of aberrations. We're not far off having an app that laypeople can use that will make pics like this without a need for editing - but for now I'm happy in this niche. Assets Used (All software free for personal use, mostly free for commercial use):

Software: Stability Matrix with the Automatic1111 WebUI Krita (has a learning curve but so does PS, amazing functionality that I've barely made use of because I'm not an actual artist) Irfanview (free for personal use but I've licensed it so I can use it for work if needed, totally worth it) AI Checkpoints/Loras/Embeddings: Photosomnia Omega (my SD1.5 photorealism model blend) Pregmix 2 Lora (will update eventually but it's not available yet, for now try Pregmix 1 or other pregnancy Loras on civitAI) FreeU/FreeU webUI plugin Negative photorealism embeddings used to help a lot but I don't need them so much now due to how far the model and Lora has come. They still deserve a mention as they have been very useful and will continue to be so with a variety of models: fcneg kkw-ph1-neg Bad_NegAnatomy Hardware: 2nd hand laptop with an i7, 16gb ram, 1G SSD, and 8gb rtx graphics. 4gb nvidia GTX graphics is considered the bare minimum but an RTX with 8gb is gonna be the minimum practical for working with HD resolutions & SDXL. Cheaper laptops will struggle with heat management, PCs will hit your power bills. Radeon graphics can technically work, they're good for people who love fucking around with linux because things aren't working and want to apply that approach to AI artgen software. If you don't enjoy that sort of frustration don't bother. Apple isn't supported for Stability Matrix yet but apparently many implementations of SD will work on a Macbook Pro with the M1/M2 chip and preferably at least 16gb of ram. Draw Things will run on an newish iphone/ipad but I found it too clunky to use for serious pics and it's not practical for high resolution work. While reflecting on the artistic mediocrity of this otherwise pleasing pic, a paraphrase of T.K. crossed my mind, namely that the AI revolution has been an utter disaster for human art. It does have a place alongside real art but as an example I hate seeing AI garbage in advertisements knowing that it's not only deceptive garbage that pretends to be something it's not AND it's also more lost payments for working artists/photographers/models. But I also think that fake erotica photos people make for themselves or share freely are outside of that problem, as long as they don't depict actual identifiable persons. I will not do fakes without consent, maybe everyone has their price but mine hasn't even come close to being reached, which I'll admit isn't possible without some level of privilege.

I'd like to not be judgmental of people who do make AI fakes for $ but otoh AI users must have some level of privilege to be able to access and use the technology. What I have seen with technology and other things is that irresponsible use is likely to be met with irresponsible regulation and I do wonder (not worry) how much longer blogs like this will be legal. Anyway for now just enjoy the pics! There will be more to enjoy soon. If you've bothered to scroll through thanks for reading and thanks for being a fan!

#ai art #I guess this is a mini AI tutorial of sorts #AI art assets #Infopost #AI Assets

73 notes · View notes