Jax Wolff Writes
@jaxwolffwrites.bsky.social
Queer fantasy writer smashing words together.
Any pronoun | Ace of Hearts
Current project: The Nameless Song, hopepunk fantasy/romance with dragons (and bee people). Draft 6 in progress.
Newsletter: https://jaxwolffwrites.beehiiv.com
Any pronoun | Ace of Hearts
Current project: The Nameless Song, hopepunk fantasy/romance with dragons (and bee people). Draft 6 in progress.
Newsletter: https://jaxwolffwrites.beehiiv.com
:D Admittedly, I haven't been going out and about as often as I should this month. (Bad weather + busy season at work.) However! I absolutely need to take Beenjamin out more. Maybe a trip to a museum over Thanksgiving break is in order. 🤔
November 24, 2025 at 4:08 AM
:D Admittedly, I haven't been going out and about as often as I should this month. (Bad weather + busy season at work.) However! I absolutely need to take Beenjamin out more. Maybe a trip to a museum over Thanksgiving break is in order. 🤔
So it's not you! I think it's just that Bsky's all pitched out for the time being. 😂
November 24, 2025 at 3:49 AM
So it's not you! I think it's just that Bsky's all pitched out for the time being. 😂
I'll be real: I completely forgot WIPPit was today. :V
But also! I think pitch event burnout is growing increasingly common on this platform. We had a *lot* of them this year, sometimes back to back. I know I'm taking a break because it's a lot, and I'd rather focus on drafting. 🫠
But also! I think pitch event burnout is growing increasingly common on this platform. We had a *lot* of them this year, sometimes back to back. I know I'm taking a break because it's a lot, and I'd rather focus on drafting. 🫠
November 24, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I'll be real: I completely forgot WIPPit was today. :V
But also! I think pitch event burnout is growing increasingly common on this platform. We had a *lot* of them this year, sometimes back to back. I know I'm taking a break because it's a lot, and I'd rather focus on drafting. 🫠
But also! I think pitch event burnout is growing increasingly common on this platform. We had a *lot* of them this year, sometimes back to back. I know I'm taking a break because it's a lot, and I'd rather focus on drafting. 🫠
Oh, good, so I'm *not* a heretic in saying the book is shockingly tedious. (Also, yes, you hit the nail on the head: it's because Victor will not *stop*.)
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Oh, good, so I'm *not* a heretic in saying the book is shockingly tedious. (Also, yes, you hit the nail on the head: it's because Victor will not *stop*.)
Kia is so precious! 😭😭
November 22, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Kia is so precious! 😭😭
No prob, and godspeed with Atticus! 🫡 At the very least, it's only got a one-time payment with a return policy, so if it turns out it doesn't quite work for you, at least it's nbd to get your money back, haha. Still, legit hope it's as good as it sounds!
November 22, 2025 at 2:38 AM
No prob, and godspeed with Atticus! 🫡 At the very least, it's only got a one-time payment with a return policy, so if it turns out it doesn't quite work for you, at least it's nbd to get your money back, haha. Still, legit hope it's as good as it sounds!
Ooh, enjoy it! :D
November 21, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Ooh, enjoy it! :D
(ID is an industry standard on the trad pub side of things, so as shitty as Adobe is, ID *does* put out professional-looking work if you know how to use it. If Atticus has a lot of the same stuff going for it, then it should be just as good without the Adobe funk.)
November 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
(ID is an industry standard on the trad pub side of things, so as shitty as Adobe is, ID *does* put out professional-looking work if you know how to use it. If Atticus has a lot of the same stuff going for it, then it should be just as good without the Adobe funk.)
I'm planning on giving Atticus a shot when I'm a little closer to making a book folks can buy, though, especially now that I'm seriously considering self-pub at this point. I've heard nothing but good things about it, and looking at the tutorials, it has a lot of the same tools/power as ID.
November 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I'm planning on giving Atticus a shot when I'm a little closer to making a book folks can buy, though, especially now that I'm seriously considering self-pub at this point. I've heard nothing but good things about it, and looking at the tutorials, it has a lot of the same tools/power as ID.
Admittedly, I was trained on InDesign, and whenever I need to format a book (which is rare, as so far, most of my stuff has just been tossed onto webpages), I . . . might buy a subscription to Cloud and then cancel when I don't need it. 🫠🫠🫠🫠 To be clear: Do not do this.
November 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Admittedly, I was trained on InDesign, and whenever I need to format a book (which is rare, as so far, most of my stuff has just been tossed onto webpages), I . . . might buy a subscription to Cloud and then cancel when I don't need it. 🫠🫠🫠🫠 To be clear: Do not do this.
For example, I've seen folks give advice on how to format their books (as in, for uploading to Amazon), and it's like. Word is not a typesetting tool, even if Amazon lets you upload your ebooks in DOCX format. 🫠 Please format on a typesetting application first!
November 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
For example, I've seen folks give advice on how to format their books (as in, for uploading to Amazon), and it's like. Word is not a typesetting tool, even if Amazon lets you upload your ebooks in DOCX format. 🫠 Please format on a typesetting application first!
Oh, yeah, 100%. While there *is* a healthy amount of folks who are willing to learn how to code in order to do things from scratch, it's not unusual in writing communities to have folks who are still learning or otherwise don't have experience with coding/design work.
November 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Oh, yeah, 100%. While there *is* a healthy amount of folks who are willing to learn how to code in order to do things from scratch, it's not unusual in writing communities to have folks who are still learning or otherwise don't have experience with coding/design work.
The part that I didn't realize until now is that while that's not as much of a thing for websites these days, ereaders are more primitive web browsers than our standard Firefox/Chrome, so *of course* that old war would still rage on for them. 👀 Legit interesting, ngl!
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The part that I didn't realize until now is that while that's not as much of a thing for websites these days, ereaders are more primitive web browsers than our standard Firefox/Chrome, so *of course* that old war would still rage on for them. 👀 Legit interesting, ngl!
But back in the day, discrepancies between browsers used to be so much of a thing that webpages used to tell you which browser and which screen resolution you needed to use in order to have the best experience, even if it was the exact same code under the hood.
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
But back in the day, discrepancies between browsers used to be so much of a thing that webpages used to tell you which browser and which screen resolution you needed to use in order to have the best experience, even if it was the exact same code under the hood.
What's fascinating, though—and is something I've only just realized—is that web browsers are pretty standardized in how they display webpages nowadays. A page will function the same way on Firefox compared to Chrome, maybe with some key differences on older stuff. (Logins on old sites, for example.)
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
What's fascinating, though—and is something I've only just realized—is that web browsers are pretty standardized in how they display webpages nowadays. A page will function the same way on Firefox compared to Chrome, maybe with some key differences on older stuff. (Logins on old sites, for example.)
But yep, to Jared: It's *exactly* like how there used to be browser wars (between Internet Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla, etc) back in the day. Even if the webmaster had just one stylesheet, the way it was handled could absolutely vary. Same is true for ebooks.
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
But yep, to Jared: It's *exactly* like how there used to be browser wars (between Internet Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla, etc) back in the day. Even if the webmaster had just one stylesheet, the way it was handled could absolutely vary. Same is true for ebooks.
This is also a very good point, which handily answers something Jared said over here: bsky.app/profile/jare... (In short, thank you for articulating!)
Seemingly the new one decided to overwrite the CSS of my file that I had painstakingly (or at least painfully XD) adjusted, and while I *did* manage to get the reader to cull its hyphenation and text-justification, it still staunchly refuses to load other font aspects like differing sizes.
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
This is also a very good point, which handily answers something Jared said over here: bsky.app/profile/jare... (In short, thank you for articulating!)
Ooooh. Yeah, no, I can see this. I've done many a rant about how the Big 5 maintains godawful turnover rates and small teams staffed by contract workers, and ngl, that sounds like the most logical conclusion of all of that. :'D ARCs may be unfinished, but you still kinda have to *proofread* them.
November 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Ooooh. Yeah, no, I can see this. I've done many a rant about how the Big 5 maintains godawful turnover rates and small teams staffed by contract workers, and ngl, that sounds like the most logical conclusion of all of that. :'D ARCs may be unfinished, but you still kinda have to *proofread* them.
Omg. I used to get paperback ARCs from Penguin and Hachette back when I went to industry cons (totally to scope out new trends and definitely not just to get ARCs), so I'm a little afraid of how far downhill they've gone, but at the same time, I'd never say no to a rant about the Big 5.
November 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Omg. I used to get paperback ARCs from Penguin and Hachette back when I went to industry cons (totally to scope out new trends and definitely not just to get ARCs), so I'm a little afraid of how far downhill they've gone, but at the same time, I'd never say no to a rant about the Big 5.
Oh, he's a keeper. 8D
November 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Oh, he's a keeper. 8D
Inspo for a new book? :D
November 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Inspo for a new book? :D