May 2013 – Page 50 – ScrollofTumblr

Thank you so much for your kind words. It’s stuff like this that keeps me going.

I listen to a show called the Self-Publishing Podcast. One thing they pointed out recently is that publishing has always been about hard work and dedication, but before it was still a lottery. You could do all that work and still never get noticed by agents or publishers.

Now, your hard work can be directly proportionate to how successful you are. It’s still a bitch, but now at least you don’t have to rely on arbitrary gatekeepers that are only looking for the next bestseller.

Holy shit! Matchmaker is #15 in Science Fiction Anthologies and Short Stories

luna-oak-deactivated20130714:

Rozhinitsy

Slavic mother and daughter Fates, dual-nature spirits are common in Slavic mythology, for example the Zorya – Goddess of Dusk and Dawn.

nuitnuitnuit:

The Norns

Doing It – Update

UPDATE – Matchmaker has reached 3,600 on the list of free Kindle books in just 15 hours! Please help me get it to the top 1,000 and I will extend the promotion another day and shoot for the top 100!

There’s a lot of posts on tumblr saying you should cast away the daily grind and follow your dreams. Well, I’m doing it. I have decided to make writing my career. It’s my dream come true. If you could help someone do that, with minimal effort, would you?

Sunday, May 5^th, is my birthday. To celebrate, both book one of my serialized novel, My Babylon, and my short story Matchmaker, will be FREE on Amazon. I appreciate all well wishes. However, I really want just one thing for my birthday – reviews.

Please take the time to download a copy. Just downloading it makes it climb a little higher on the Amazon rankings, making it easier to find.

After downloading, PLEASE leave an honest review. Reviews are the only way independent authors get noticed. We have the ability to lessen the power of the gatekeepers, and promote the media we like. Use it!

You can also leave reviews on iTunes for my podcasts, Scroll of Thoth, and Geeks Out After Dark.

And don’t forget those Facebook shares and likes, and twitter mentions, that Amazon and all those pages have to help spread the word. You can even reblog this post.

I appreciate so much everyone who has helped me with this. All of the people I follow on tumblr have been inspirational. Thank you doing what you do.

daemonemfornicationis:

XIIIth Chapter of Abramelin the Mage:

“To cause a Dead Body to revive, and perform all the functions which a living person would do, and this during a space of Seven Years, by means of the Spirits:

ORIENS, PAYMON

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ARITON, & AMAYMON ”

hermeticlibrary:

The Hermetic Library Anthology Album – Magic, Music and Ritual 7

Magick, Music and Ritual 7, the Spring 2013 album, from the Hermetic Library Anthology project is now

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illuminatizeitgeist:

“In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.”

-Carl Jung

apollo-cabin:

Greek mythology series: Aphrodite

Primary aspect: goddess of love and sex
Other aspects: rescuer of sailors, guardian of plants, goddess of civic harmony and prostitutes
Identified with: the swan, the dove
Parents: Uranus
Spouse: Hephaestus
Other lovers: Ares, Hermes, Adonis
Children: Aeneas, Harmonia, Deimos, Phobos

When Cronos castrated his father, Uranus, Uranus’ genitals fell over the sea and created foam, and from that foam Aphrodite was born. Despite being the goddess of love, she is perfectly capable of using her powers mischievously. Her hand mirror, with its small cross-grip on the bottom, is still the symbol of the female gender (♀).

Source: MATYSZAK, Philip. The greek and roman myths