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Each crystal or gemstone can be found in many different shapes, but actually each one has specific properties. Here are some of them:
Tumbled Stones
This stones are the ones whose shape has been smoothed or polished from their raw form. Ideal for meditation, affirmations and altar work. This shape evens and gentle energy.
Abundance stones
This is basically an elongated crystal with clustered, smaller crystals around it. This is perfect for wealth and abundance, hence it’s name. Useful, for example, to use in business.
Natural point stones
Not necessary a wand-like crystal, they’re any part of a faceted crystal with a point that has formed naturally and not precisely perfected. This are useful to draw energy from a body or to the body. Perfect for cleansing and healing.
Generator stones
A Generator will have six facets (of equal or unequal proportions) that meet into one point. It gets its name for its ability to generate amplified energy, boosting the power of other stones, or the stone it is made of. This type of formation is also very powerful for charging other stones.
Geode
Geodes have the ability to hold energy within and soften it, allowing it to naturally flow out and disperse evenly. These formations are great for protection or for assisting with healing abusive habits such as alcoholism and abusive internal monologues.
Raw stones
Raw stones are in their natural form and have not been smoothed, polished or altered. Also they’re often considered as more fragile than it’s relatives. They are great for all spiritual work.
Pyramid stones
This refers to four equal triangle faces and a square base. This is pretty often used in healing, it’s useful for warding off negative energy and also removing blocks from the chakra system. Also good for affirmations and manifestation work.
Spheres
These powerful formations are great for scrying. As it’s form is smooth from every possible angle, is believed that light, energy and time pass through it with no rules or hindrances, hence their scrying abilities.
Cubes
Perfect for grounding energies and intentions, believed that energy is contained and enhanced in this stone shape. Transmutes negative to positive energy, perfect for mindfulness and concentration.
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Eveything has its own unique vibration. Perceive with your spirit. What can we learn from the each aura of our surroundings?
When it's said that self pubbing allows for full content control of your novel, does that mean tradpub editors could potentially change your story to make it more marketable? Or do they just reword stuff, not rewrite plotlines? Could a publisher insist you kill off a character, change the setting from England to France, or rename characters, etc etc? What does "control" actually mean?
Here’s the thing about traditional publishing that a lot of people don’t realize… hundreds of thousands of manuscripts are sent to agents and publishers every year, and they wade through them all to choose the most promising ones. But they’re doing it to make money, so every decision made is based on what’s best for their bottom line. The editors employed by publishing houses are, for the most part, really good at what they do. They understand writing, storytelling, and most of all, the market. They know how make a great story even better, and the publisher will do all they can to increase the odds of a book’s success. After all, they’ve taken a huge risk, investing thousands of dollars into the book’s production, so they want to get that money back and make a profit.
So, when your editor suggests changes to your manuscript, it’s in your best interest to agree. If there’s something you’re very passionate about keeping, it’s well within your rights to speak up, but you’d better have a good reason. The last thing you want to do is make yourself hard to work with. Not only could you risk the publisher pulling your contract, you could potentially earn a bad reputation in the industry and find yourself unable to land another contract. This is especially true earlier in your career. Once you’ve had three or four books sell really well, publishers will have more confidence in you, and you’ll have more leeway in terms of rejecting changes you don’t want to make.
Having said that, though, your editor is unlikely to ask for dramatic changes to plot, setting, or character. After all, the publisher bought your manuscript because they liked the story that’s already there. Any changes you’re asked to make will usually be more superficial, like trimming the word count, cutting out unnecessary scenes, or perhaps adding a scene here or there. Editors may also help you make changes that shore up your story’s theme, drive home a particular point, or tighten up the plot. But again, they’re unlikely to suggest really drastic changes.
But when we talk about self-published authors having “full control” over their novels, we’re talking about more than just content. Traditionally published authors, especially earlier in their careers, generally have little to no say about things like title, book cover, book trailer, and promotional campaigns. This often comes as a surprise to aspiring authors who put a lot of sweat and tears into choosing a title, planning out the cover, and deciding who will do the music for their official book trailer. While you’re probably fine to let your publisher know what you envision, they’re under no obligation to meet you requests and probably won’t.
The silver lining to all of that, though, is it’s pretty rare to hear an author do anything but gush about their book as they watch it go through the production phase. Once you’ve been through the query trenches and have not just survived, but have come out with a book deal, most people will be so over-the-moon and grateful, all those little changes won’t really matter that much.
If you want 100% control over all of those things, however, it’s definitely worth considering whether self-publishing is a better fit for you.
To Tired Writers. To the people out there whose hearts very, very much want to write and work on WIPs, but who are just mentally and physically exhausted right now. It’s okay. It is okay to rest sometimes. Allow yourself time to rest.
They have a gas-based firefighting system instead of sprinklers for obvious reasons. It does lower the percentage of oxygen in the building, but not enough to kill anyone.
I found this by googling “Yale library fire oxygen.” It was literally the first result.
Fact-checking is your friend.
It’s true. It’s not the fire suppression system that kills you. The Librarians come and personally murder you for starting a fire in a library. But you didn’t start a fire you say? No matter. You are collateral damage. Everybody gets killed to show that arsonists have no chance of escaping justice
