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    Do you want to have a nifty way to have multiple languages in a fic:

    • Without making your readers scroll to the AN for a translation?
    • Without the text and translation sitting side by side?
    • And still make it look pretty when people download it into an EPUB or PDF format?
    • Making it work with screenreaders? (Subject to varying screenreader capabilities)

    Here is a solution for you. Come on babygirls, let's roll.

    (This is a HTML tutorial but I'm lowkey flirting with you by calling you babygirl occasionally because I got bored while writing this.)

    NEW UPDATE [20/3/2026]:

    • Chapter 1: Sample Usage (Excerpt from a WIP in my drafts)
      • A short character study about Griffin Harley from Babel (by R.F. Kuang). Utilizies 3 languages in multiple formats. You don't need to have read Babel to pick apart the code used.
    • Chapter 2: Basic Tutorial (same as before)
    • Chapter 3: FAQ (regarding customization and usage)
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    14 Mar 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    mm whatcha say?: Changing Text On Hover for Multilingual Fics (A Download Friendly Workskin)
    mackerel_cheese
    Summary:
    Do you want to have a nifty way to have multiple languages in a fic:
    Without making your readers scroll to the AN for a translation?
    Without the text and translation sitting side by side?
    And still make it look pretty when people download it into an EPUB or PDF format?
    Here is a solution for you. Come on babygirls, let's roll.
    (This is a HTML tutorial but I'm lowkey flirting with you by calling you babygirl occasionally because I got bored while writing this.)
    https://archiveofourown.org/works/63950407

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    What the hell is a "free agent" and why is Ilya Rozanov one at the end of Heated Rivalry? Would Cliff be suspended for that hit on Shane? How many times a season do Montreal and Boston play each other? How is the order of draft picks determined? How do hockey trades work?

    All this and more is answered in this guide to how the NHL (and thus maybe the MLH) works! This isn't about the rules of playing hockey, but instead the rules of the league itself. Even the boring bits can become great prompts for fic if you believe in yourself!

    If you're writing Hockey RPF, this guide makes sure to point out where the NHL and the fictional book series/show differs, so it still works as a simplified guide for that too!

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    03 Mar 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    A Guide to the NHL/MLH: Everything But the Hockey
    facingthenorthwind (spacegandalf), SiladhielLithvirax
    Summary:
    What the hell is a "free agent" and why is Ilya Rozanov one at the end of Heated Rivalry? Would Cliff be suspended for that hit on Shane? How many times a season do Montreal and Boston play each other? How is the order of draft picks determined? How do hockey trades work?
    All this and more is answered in this guide to how the NHL (and thus the MLH) works! This isn't about the rules of playing hockey, but instead the rules of the league itself. Even the boring bits can become great prompts for fic if you believe in yourself!
    If you're writing Hockey RPF, this guide makes sure to point out where the NHL and the fictional book series/show differs, so it still works as a simplified guide for that too!
    https://archiveofourown.org/works/79171006

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    This is a tutorial/live example on how to create a "Choose Your Own Adventure" fic. While this has been explained before (see here), this particular tutorial shows you how to use a work skin to hide the next parts from the reader until they click through to get to them.

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    20 Jul 2025

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    Just some info I've gathered over the past couple of weeks, about how to:
    1. Block tags using Site Skins, block only fics that contain both tag A and tag B, and block fics with a tag that contains a certain phrase, unless they are a specific whitelisted tag
    2. Highlight the tags in pretty colors! Or bold, or hide them!
    3. Block mega-crossovers with a million different fandoms
    4. Select for/block fics that are completed/rated something/have a certain category/don't have summaries
    5. Block everything that doesn't have a certain tag, or one of a list of tags
    6. Block orphan_account and tag block by author
    7. Block only tags of specific types (fandoms, relationships, freeforms, etc.)
    8. Block fics focused on a list of characters, and/or fics without any tags of a specific type
    9. Block every pairing with two characters in it—case insensitive, any order, no matter how many other people are also in the tag
    10. Block by number of tags

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    23 Nov 2024

    Bookmarker's Notes

    How to Block Tags With Site Skins (And Get Real Specific About It)
    najio
    https://archiveofourown.org/works/41589201

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    A thorough guide to beta reading for both authors and beta readers. Neither exhaustive nor definitive, but hopefully a good starting point that covers the basics and explains how to get the most out of an author-beta reader relationship.

    [February 2025: Minor edits and additions throughout the guide.]

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    12 Nov 2023

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Guide to Beta Reading (for Authors and Beta Readers) by theirprofoundbond
    https://archiveofourown.org/works/30364290