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I wasn't planning on doing a post like this, but it came up and I may as well deal with it properly. For information and examples of my drawskills, roll by my Deviantart account.
So you've decided to pay Thanqol to do stuff! Congratulations! As far as business decisions go, you could not have made a more inadvisable decision to opt out of not doing! So let's go through the questions that are no doubt filling your overwrought biological brain-sack and spawning their curiously squirming larvae!
ONE: PRICE
I value my creative time at about $15 an hour. For that I'll do pretty much whatever you want! All prices are in Australian dollars and handled via PayPal.
As far as drawing goes, that means I'll put in an hour long sketch jam, work towards a finished portrait, colour lineart, whatever. Something like this will cost you about $30. Usual payment system of half down, half later applies. I am relatively new to the game, so I guarantee only that I do my absolute best!
As far as writing goes, I charge $10 per 1000 words. There is also a non-negotiable, non-refundable $50 deposit before I even pick up the pen, and an additional $50 payment due at each 5000 word interval. I will, however, spend as much time as necessary to plan, revise, edit and generally make sure that the finished product is a quality story!
TWO: FIRST IMPRESSIONS
When sending your request, you must include the full details of ~*everything*~ that you want from me in the first email. Everything! I get to work quickly and I don't like surprise revisions mid-way through a project, and I *will* fill in any blank or ambiguous spots in your description with whatever I think works best. While I'm happy to make edits or changes on the basis of quality or mistakes I am not happy to make them based on hidden priorities or forgotten details.
Be clear. Take as much time and space as you need. I'll treat all your criteria as gospel, but only if they're all articulated up-front and without ambiguity.
THREE: CONTENT
I am open minded! A surcharge may apply for some topics, though, and I reserve the right to reject anything for any/no reason. Ask me.
As a minor note, I am more than happy to do trades! Send me a note and we'll hammer something out!
These are the ancient secrets of entering into a business transaction with Thanqol. Guard them with your life.
- Thanqol.
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>>449215
My enormous ego requires me to follow anyone who writes nice things about me.
Thank you very much for the follow! I hope my future stuff is able to entertain you.
Well, after 2 months, it is done. My apologies for taking so damn long with it.
>>336525 That was fascinating reading and I'd really like to see you finish it.
I'll share some random pieces of Thanqol lore that might help or hinder your perspective:
1: The Zecorax was written, edited and submitted in a single 14 hour period as a contest entry that was up against the deadline.
2: The Old Stories is a story that has always astonished me in it's success and popularity. The reason why is that it's a story consisting almost entirely of in-jokes and OCs.
- Metal Mask is my pony OC, and her Talent is lying. I get if you think being predestined to be a liar is a bad thing (and so does she), but that's a trap. There are plenty of situations where lies can be beautiful.
- "Red's Keeper" is an anagram of Esperderek, buddy of mine and writer of the Out In The Cold series.
- "Olympia" is the name of another friend's shotgun.
- Soarin Von Richoften is a Darthbobcat reference.
- "The Fox" is a reference to Raz Fox, another pal of mine and author of Misted Stage
I even wrote the entire story as a series of disconnected forum posts and didn't even imagine submitting the thing as a finished piece until I was bullied into it.
>>336322 1. I don't think not publishing because you don't have anything to say is a bad thing; you've said you were working on a "human story," so that's [most likely] been taking up your time. Besides, I'd rather have that than having too much to say and not enough fire-in-the-pants to write it down (like I have now).
2. I did work on the blog a while ago, but because I didn't think I could do your two big stories justice, I decided to leave it. Here's what I have thus far; I need t go back and make it more coherent and justified.
>>335004 Aww, thank you very much! It always means a lot to me when something I write touches someone else. It's a little regretful I haven't written more recently, but I've just had nothing to say.
Also, to apples with 'doing justice', I'd really like to see that blog entry if you ever get around to it :)
I'm not sure if it matters to you, but happy 1-year FIMFiction.Net anniversary to you!
Actually, let me expand on that. The first story I've ever read from you is "Yours Truly" which I found to be beautiful. After that was "Easy as Lying" which struck me with how you played with quotation marks. I've read your other five stories on here in preparation for a blog where I talked about the merits of your pony-writing, but I felt like I couldn't do your justice.
"The Zecorax" is fun, and "The Old Stories" is interesting, but my favorite story from you by far is "Do Not Serve These Ponies." It's one of my two favorite stories on this site (the other one being "Who We Are" by kits). The pacing, the characterization, the atmosphere, the style—it all comes together in a very enjoyable experience for me personally.
So yes, thank you for your wonderful ponyfics, and happy FimFiction.Net Birthday (or one-year FimFiction.Net anniversary, whichever you prefer).
>>322558
I know those feels.
>>322546 I can't even cope with the prospect of getting out of my warm bed! D=
Hello there Friend Cant believe I forgot to look up one of my favorite writers from PFA on Fimfiction. Welp Now I am stalking you.
Cope with these circumstances