mj's library

i follow from @mjjune // this is a side blog dedicated to all my friends' writing, tag games, polls, and more! for my personal writing, see my main blog!

[mj-library]

MJ's Library

Welcome! I'm MJ, and you can find my personal writeblr (and main blog) here: mjjune! I follow from there as well.

For organization (and my sanity) I have made this side blog to dedicate to all my beloveds and their writing.

Here you will find:

Snippets & excepts from my friends, mutuals, and writing that I just like in general

Tag games / ask games from my friends and mutuals

Various writing advice, resources, and references

Writing-related polls

Assume everything here is queued!

For my writing, please see my writeblr!

You are welcome to ask or submit any of your own writing here as well! It doesn't matter if I've interacted with you before, just introduce yourself and I'll be happy to share your stuff 🥰

[oh-no-another-idea]

Word search tag

The wonderful @space-writes gave me these words a long time ago - and since I'm heavily revising Bent Nails today (we've officially left behind draft 0 for draft 1!) I thought I'd pull from that WIP :D

Many:

Nick always said that Michael and his dad were similar in so many ways, but Nick was a romantic, and Nick was blind too, because Michael was half his mother, and he only ever saw pieces of her in the mirror – his dusky coloring, his brown hair and eyes, the judgmental slash of his mouth.

Allowed:

Michael smacked the dog away and grabbed its collar, trying to hold back forty pounds of exuberance. Jacob grabbed the dog’s collar too, his fingers landing on top of Michael’s in his haste, and said harshly, “Shush, Melon.” The dog allowed Jacob to calm him slightly, still panting and wagging its tail like anything, but at least he backed off a little from trying to climb up Michael’s nose.

Create:

“I’m moving [the sink] to face the back of the house,” Jacob said. “Thanks to that handy half wall we created. Dishes will always need to be washed, might as well have a view.” “That’s very romantic,” Sutton said solemnly, the same way someone might say I support you and your wild hallucinations.

Decide:

“Come on, then,” Bobby said, tossing his head back, rippling excitement through his little thug gang. It was so irritating the way he affected them, could have them clapping in excitement one minute and hushed and reverent the next. When Sutton usurped him, she would set all those high school boys free. Free from dictatorship and supplication. Think your own damn thoughts, she would say. Let no singular person but yourself decide your emotions again!

Tags for anyone and everyone, and also @writernopal @vsnotresponding @memento-morri-writes @mjjune @revenantlore and @avrablake -- your words are around, alternative, accommodate, and attention 💗

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[vacantgodling]

MAJOR WIP DIRECTORY

this is a compilation of summaries for my major wips that i either am working on or will be working on in the near future. this will include their relevant links as well as their current completion status.

i do have many other ideas, however, they are still mostly in the planning phases, though you may see me talk about them occasionally. if you want a full list of all of my wips and their summaries, please feel free to look here <3

thank you for reading <3

sjaak de witte, a semi-recently turned werewolf, gains the opportunity to reconnect with his childhood love, biscella schwann de casavantes on the eve of her death: she's been impregnated by a vampire and is going to die, but her late vampire husband's sister, azelie picard, seeks him out in order to try and have him help her convince biscella to have an abortion to try and preserve her life. it ends about as well as you think it does.

in layman's terms: what if i made bella's pregnancy arc in twilight worse and fuck stephanie meyer and her anti-choice mormon agenda.

status: currently writing draft 2 -> 87k words as of 10/2025

goal: finish by december 2025, then leave it be for a bit to work on other wips and to allow it to marinate.

relevant links: BETWIXT THUMB & FOREFINGER (BTAF) -> wip intro || read: ACT I PART I || character intros || modern continuation

hyacinthus shrapnel is the bastard fourth child of a corrupt business mogul, and following his father's untimely death, hya is warded to the care of their oldest half-sibling, tagetes. with ambitions of their own sought to be gained from an agreeable marriage, tagetes weds hya off on false papers to the most powerful entity in all galere: the keeper of the chamber, who rules over the entire country and holds power over even the reagent themself. after the wedding, hya is whisked away to the keeper's private airborne estate: the chateau aux aisles d'or, and develops a sexual relationship with one of the staff of the estate, amon, who also seeks to use him for his own revenge-fueled goals. unfortunately for both of them, they begin to develop feelings for one another and those feelings will be put to the test as more of the keeper's nefarious plans are revealed.

in layman's terms: two horribly emotionally constipated dudes hate fuck until maybe they love fuck and also there's eldrich entities afoot.

status: the next project in the queue once btaf is finished. i need to rework the outline (draft 2) and then i will start writing draft 3.

goal: begin working on prose starting sometime in 2026

relevant links: THE FALL OF GALERE BOOK 1: PARAMOUR -> wip intro || read: CHAPTER 1 || character intros

kori-tsokhizhemasonen (or tsokhizhe/khizzy) was born on a cursed day of the year and has been shunned for it by his tribe for his entire life, including by his own parents who are the leaders of it. the only thing that he has been kept around for has been to be a guard for his younger sister, kori-chazomakenan'nyopinyi (pinyiko). when pinyiko is of age, she is betrothed to a prince of another southern tribe, yet days before their arrival and awaiting nuptials, pinyiko is kidnapped from right under tsokhizhe's watchful eye by a band of warriors in black, wearing the insignia of all the southern tribes's sworn enemy: the northern band. to stave off his impending banishment and potential branding as a sopiro (heretic) by his father, tsokhizhe embarks on a quest to find the northern band and reclaim his sister... alone. along the way , he comes to terms with his mismatched gender identity, discovers the true origins and meaning of sopiros, and prevents an all out war in a rather unconventional way.

in layman's terms: transgender man learns that being transgender is ok and unexpectedly gets a husband out of it

status: still in development between conlanging and worldbuilding.

goal: have a full outline completed by the end of 2026

relevant links: HE WHO SMITES THE SUN -> wip intro || read: CHAPTER 1

kirsi sunniva and her aunt jeanna sunniva have returned to their homeland of alizath in order to recover their family's reputation and place among the elite in the country after an incident thirty years ago ended with her father's unfair banishment. this responsibility to revive the family's name falls squarely on kirsi's shoulders, and now that she is of age, she is to enter the treacherous and dicey political affairs of alizathan noble society. she quickly gets in over her head the more she learns about each of the leaders of the four main houses that rule over the land, and begins to unravel all the lies she's been told about who she truly is. with war an inevitability, can kirsi mitigate the damage? or is she doomed to repeat her father's mistakes?

in layman's terms: half-witch girl is lied to over and over again yet somehow she has not crashed out yet. also, yeah what was that about being a half-witch?

status: still in development, but i rotate it in my head very often

goal: have a full outline done within the next few years. i'm not rushing this as i obviously have 3 other major major projects going on, but i would at least like to finish the outline soon.

relevant links: alizath -> wip intro // character list

five adventurers of varying backgrounds (piper fairwind the melee bladed warrior, deux undershield the protector, sandra "san" dearborn the hunter, clear brightendale the medic, and forte symphonia the ranger) enter into the guilder profession by joining the aegean guild of explorers. as they begin to enter the infamous labyrinth and explore for themselves, they discover on a 300 year old conspiracy that's pretty much primed to end their entire world as they know it. and wouldn't you know, they get wrapped up into stopping it.

in layman's terms: maybe love really was the answer. can we stop trying to eradicate our entire race now please <3

status: worldbuilding hell, but its been in worldbuilding hell for like 16 years atp.

goal: this story is honestly just my sandbox. i have built this world from the dawn of its creation until the actual main story, which teeters somewhere between three to five thousand years of shit hitting the fan (i haven't decided how long yet tbh). i would love to, at literally any point, finish the entire world timeline from its creation to the end of the second book in this series. and then i would like to fully and properly worldbuild its world by using a Lot of worldbuilding techniques. i'm talking plate tectonics and all.

relevant links: the chronicles of lathsbury -> wip intro || character masterlist

the land that rosmarin was born into is ripe with unstable magic and children born with the scars of it are called the cursed due to the abilities they are saddled with. there was one who sought to consume all curses into herself to satisfy her selfish greed for power: the wolf queen. when the wolf queen's guard came to rosmarin's house, looking for her curse, her sister iole hid her and went with the men instead to protect her. since that day, rosmarin has donned a red cloak and scythe and became the red death—her sole purpose being to locate the whereabouts of her sister and discover her fate. when she learns of another cursed like herself, hel, who is known as 'the oracle' for his ability to know the answer to anything in the world, red seeks him out to seek an end to this hopeless quest. but in return, she is to help him reinstate the rightful prince to the throne of their land, which means she will finally have her chance to face the wolf queen head on.

in layman's terms: make snow white and the huntsman actually cool because fuck that movie i hate it So Much its unreal

status: still in development, a bit of a backburner due to the other wips i have ahead of it in the queue. but just know that when i do get to this wip i will be inconsolable.

goal: finish the outline and honestly figure out what hel looks like bc i'm still undecided about what he looks like

relevant links: red death & the oracle’s favor -> wip intro

after accidentally murdering his partner-in-crime, dove, in a botch job gone tits up, defecting from the bounty organization that both of them worked under and going on the run to avoid his own bounty being collected—graves kind of has his work cut out for him. he doesn't want to live… but he knows that if he's caught whatever fate awaits him is worse than death. things only get worse for him when one evening, dove approaches him at the bar—completely healthy and in tact mind you—and says howdy: i'm not fucking finished with you until we finish our job, also, i hate your guts. and it only gets worse from here!

in layman's terms: toxic gay cowboys take out agent smith from the matrix and learn how to talk about feelings

status: still in development, a bit of a backburner due to the other wips i have ahead of it in the queue. but just know that when i do get to this wip i will be inconsolable.

goal: finish the outline and more worldbuilding! i don't tend to do well with sci-fi settings so i want to work on doing it more.

relevant links: the graves we dug -> wip intro

[authoralexharvey]

FLESH OF MY FLESH, DARK OF MY DARK, a WIP Intro by @authoralexharvey

GENRE — dark romantic fantasy/fantasy horroromance?

INSPIRATIONS — LoZ: BotW, Hollow Knight, Dishonored, The Locked Tomb Series, Bioshock Infinite, Frankenstein, Someone You Can Build a Nest In, Crier's War

POV — omni-POV (dual third present, then one shifts to second person, then it shifts to first, then BOTH shift to first plural)

TAGS AND TROPES — Autonomy, body horror, class divides and societal structures, constructs, death and decay, divine ordination (and why it's bullshit), enemies to lovers, gender as a chosen expression of self, how our environments can hold us back, light vs. dark, love in strange places, what it means to be human

WARNINGS — Body horror, body melding, death, emetophobia/vomiting, frequent and graphic depictions of corpses, gross misuse of dead bodies, medical trauma, murder, "problematic" sexual relationships, queerphobia, violence

STATUS — outlining

GOAL — ~100k words

THE DETAILS

CHARACTERS

Vaż, an abyssal bodysnatching construct designed with the single purpose to kill the oracle of light and bring eternal darkness to the world. On the eve of fulfilling this goal, she falters, which unfurls for her a road of incredibly complicated self-discovery and personhood.

Tereża, the current oracle of light. Though she is descended from a long line of sibylla, she had thus far found herself unable to bring forth her ancestral powers. The temple around her blames this on her being a trans woman---though it is indeed their restrictive upbringing which has hampered her progress.

SUMMARY

Vaż is a Vojtalb, an unfeeling construct of the abyss. After years of moving from body to body and vessel to vessel, she's ready to compete against her Vojtalb siblings, slay the reigning oracle of light, Tereża, and become the harbinger of eternal darkness. But on the verge of delivering the killing blow, she falters. Knowing she cannot return to her creators with this failure hanging over her, Vaż sets out to protect the oracle. After all, to ensure her own survival at the end of the world, *she* needs to slay the oracle. But as the two of them grow closer, Vaż learns a damning secret: though Tereża has struggled for years to ascend, she cannot wield the light protecting this world. And without an ascended oracle, Vaż and her construct kin have nothing to slay. If Vaż wants to bring eternal night, she'll need to help Tereża gain control of her powers. Too bad Vaż's Vojtalb siblings will stop at nothing to see them both dead. Worse still, for the first time, Vaż may be experiencing the impossible: feelings.

Details of this post subject to change as the drafts continue.

TAGLIST (Ask to be added!)

@wingedcatastrophe , @bi-focal12

[nrivanwrites]

project atlantis ; wip introduction

science fantasy, outlining co-written, inspired by a Google+ roleplay group from 2014-2019 generational legacy, political intrigue, power of knowledge excessive worldbuilding complete with a conlang and neography

After fifteen years of tenuous peace in Atlantis, the question of succession has risen again. Faolan Althaea is of age to take her family's throne, but the banished descendants of Faolan Agallai have retained their influences in the dark, and they are ready to make another bid for the throne. Althaea is thrust headfirst into the boiling conflict, and she must learn fast which faces to trust.

On the other side of a once dormant portal, Faolan Illyrius is paying the price for rescinding his claim to the coveted throne. The godless, ransacked world of Aegina—known as Earth to its inhabitants, the aeg'oroi—is hiding knowledge that could turn the tides of the Faolan and Agallai conflict, and he is the one who must get his hands dirty to find it.

The Agallai loyalists have not been dormant since orchestrating the death of Althaea's parents. They have gathered supporters of a new generation, preying on the aeg'oroi that regent Priar Arsina, ruling in Althaea's stead for the last fifteen years, is so determined to alienate. As the succession crisis comes to a head, loyalist agents vie for control over the portal connecting Atlantis to the aeg'oroi homeland.

Something dark lurks in the shadows of Entropy connecting these two worlds. The gods have fallen silent, and their people are divided. Will Atlantis stand, or will sickness devour it all?

[nrivanwrites]

taglist (ask/reply/tag if you would like to be added/removed):

@mjjune @klywrites @sodaliteskull @lady-redshield-writes @i-shall-not-show-mercy @zmwrites @dragon-typehuman

[nrivanwrites]

the daughter of denmark ; wip introduction

historical fantasy, draft 3 current draft ~80% completed 3rd person limited, alternating past and present tense grief, romantic and platonic love, loyalty, faith historically inaccurate lack of queerphobia and racism

Hamlet has known what her life was meant to be from the very moment she was born. Named a Ragnarson to ensure her claim to the Danish throne, she has been shepherded by her kind-hearted father and traditional German mother towards the title and burden of King.

When a hunting accident brings Hamlet near death, she is sent to her mother's old university for safety, far from the politics of Denmark. The things she saw in the world between life and death haunt Hamlet between her studies and blossoming friendships.

All too soon, Hamlet is called back to Denmark, where a dark shadow has robbed her of all she once knew. Through madness and memory, she must spiral to the end of a story that was written long ago.

[nrivanwrites]

taglist (ask/reply/tag if you would like to be added/removed):

@lady-redshield-writes @aureliobooks @klywrites @avi-why @byjillianmaria @blradley-reblogs @weaver-of-fantasies-and-fables @chishiio @sam-glade @poetinprose @souverian-are-we @mjjune @zmwrites @theink-stainedfolk @ashirisu

[ikilledmyocs]

THEY STOLE THE SUN / an introduction

🔆 adult, science fiction, horror 🛫 body horror, gore, violence, sexual content, and more 🙊 currently outlining 🧪 i am scared of the dark, my hearing sucks, i don't trust most people, and i'd rather die doing what i wanted even if it's incredibly pointless. how can you miss something you never saw? there's also monster fucker representation. and three povs! not of the monster fucking. but that would be kinda funny. 🔅 spotify / pinterest 💉 picrew used

on the two-hundred-and-twentieth anniversary of the sun disappearing, a bunker council leader declares that the hunter's should be disbanded, regrouped into the bunker guard to police people instead of searching for the corpses of those that dared to leave. after all, it's been over a year since the last time someone tried. what's the point? they should be doing a better job of guarding the doors in the first place. a week later, the bunker wakes up to strangers at their door. the last and only time the heizfree bunker let in any outsiders, it brought a sickness that has plagued their descendants ever since. and that was before they had even found the bunker; when their founders were still barely surviving in the destroyed air force base. with the entire five floors below them voting for them to lose their jobs and change their lives just as they've discovered something that could possibly save them- the hunters decide to let the outsiders in. after all, they guard the doors. the strangers claim they've been traveling across the state looking for survivors, that they saw them running from a shadow and were impressed by their skills. they offer to bring the hunters back with them, and only then they'll be able to understand how they survive out there, and that it could be possible for them, too. it's also completely possible that they're liars and that the hunters have just marked themselves for certain death instead, but what else have they got to lose? their jobs were always going to lead them to it, anyway. they might as well go out trying to do something better than the people before them.

the hunters — in order of appearance

antontio castillo - 30 | capricorn | general

van boyd - 26 | gemini | colonel

sterling townsend - 27 | aries | lieutenant

knox perry - 26 | sagittarius | captain

lily calderon* - 20 | capricorn | captain

phoebe howard - 23 | gemini | captain

vegas leon - 24 | taurus | captain

*lily is the lone survivor of her family, her dad was the last from his generation of hunters and was killed four years before the story in an attack that still leaves the bunker shaken. his death happened three months before she was meant to join the guard boot camp, which would allow her to become a hunter and many of those within the bunker tried to sway her from enlisting. but if there's one word you can describe lily as, it would be determined. besides, those people didn't care about her or her family before, why would she listen to them, then?

the outsiders — in order of appearance

rem - 31 | taurus

kali* - 25 | libra

anders - 25 | scorpio

sierra - 22 | leo

*kali has been traveling across texas to search for survivors since she was twelve, along with rem, who she considers her older sister at this point. they were raised by the same scientists, but that's where the similarities end. where kali is caring, diplomatic, and serious about the offers she gives to the survivors they meet, rem could be considered the opposite. quick to set their ever-revolving pair of guards off on whoever turns on them. but anders and sierra have lasted longer than most of their guards so far, and kali really enjoys their company, even if they can be incredibly cold sometimes. she knows she can be the same, so she can't fault them for it too much.

the scientists — in order of appearance

tucker marshall - 70 | cancer

shiloh schaefer* - 27 | virgo

violet mcguire - 25 | aquarius

*shiloh is the youngest daughter of edith schaefer: one of the council leaders and a member of the light of life, a religion followed by a majority of the bunker. shiloh was originally studying at the medical bay when her older sister was indoctrinated following a rough stint during her voluntary medic time with the guard, who are known for being unpleasant to, well, everyone. shiloh knew she didn't want to follow her family's footsteps and plead with dr. marshall to switch to studying with him to avoid that life, knowing he has a vocal dislike for them and needed someone to follow in his footsteps eventually. she's since been a diligent pupil, but may be working on something behind his back. just to see if her hypothesis is correct before she shows him, of course.

[vacantgodling]

9 Lines, 9 Tags

thank you @theskeletonprior for tagging me! i'm trying to keep up writing so have a thing i just wrote specifically cuz i like the last line (its more than 9 lines whoops)

“i…. i do not know… of what you speak.” dalal’s voice had never sounded closer to that of a small child’s that she could thusly remember. “you are a lycanthrope. barren, childless creature.” the shadow hissed. “the price for your revival will be your undoing. to spare your cowardly hide you should flee—or face your proper death at the mercy of my claws.” dalal felt something sharp trace across her neck and she gasped, beginning to hyperventilate—her sharp breaths the only sound in the terrible room. she swallowed, closed her eyes, and blinked hard, but when she opened her eyes once more, the shadow that stood astride her was gone. only a vacant breeze was left in its horrible wake, with its horrible, damning words echoing in her ears as though it were yelled at the top of its lungs through a valley. barren? she knew what the words meant—and she knew now, that even if he had not meant to, that her savior was now her executioner.

anyway i'll leave this as an open tag go nuts <3

[seeminglydark]

Taking a moment to breathe on that long road to recovery.

So excited to finish up Sully’s story this summer <3

[elkieselkiewrites]

Please also have a rough map of Avinsgate:

The Imperial District is where the formal Imperial palaces are, the ones that receive commoners, petitioners, dignitaries, etc. It is where the civil servants live and work, and where most of the financial institutions are located.

The Residences are the private palaces of the Emperors' spouses and concubines, siblings, children, and other members of the Imperial household. These are not open to the public in any capacity.

The Old Town is what is says on the tin: the oldest part of the residential town, though the city has long since expanded beyond the confines of its original boundaries. Those who live there now tend to be nobility, preferring the close proximity to both the palaces and the barracks, and the distance from the factories.

The Barracks are exactly what they sound like: the place where the City Guards and the Imperial Guards live.

The Merchants' District is a large part of the city dedicated to shops and market stalls. It is only legal to trade within this district.

The Academic Quarter is reserved for scholars. The schools and living quarters for all students and teachers are in this part of the city. This is also the main hub for alchemists to learn and ply their trade.

The Temple District houses all of the main temples to all of the main gods. There are three large temples, one for each House - Black, White, and Red - and many smaller temples for individual deities to be worshipped.

The Factory District grew out of the necessity of moving production away from both the palaces and the residential parts of the city. This is the district where iron and steel are forged, ceramics and paper are crafted, cloth is woven, but also where alchemical agents are purified. It's not a pleasant place to work, but is essential for the prosperity of Avinsgate and the Empire as a whole.

The Quays are where the city meets the river. This is a place for travel and trade.

The Southern District is where the majority of the city's population live. The Merchants tend to have nicer houses over their shops, but for those who work on the docks and in the factories, the Southern District is home.

The Tangle began as a squatter camp, and has grown to become more of a shanty town within the city walls. Its proximity to the Barracks does not deter criminal activity, in fact it often emboldens it. Home to many dispossessed, and increasingly to refugees fleeing blight and sickness, those who live in the Tangle are known as "knots" and outsiders are known to them as "threads".

[cwritesfiction]

August on Repeat

aka, the time loop rom-com: a low effort comic sans PowerPoint

[seeminglydark]

plz tell us more about the upcoming Creaky book 🙏

(ps: hope you feel better soon)

The Creaky Book! omg ok so in 2020 i moved to Norway, the country got shut down like a week later cuz of the pandemic, i was SUPER SICK from undiagnosed illness (colitis) like couldnt stand up for longer than 15 minutes sick, and i was deep in working on Seemingly Dark but a little burnt out and thought I'd make a quick short comic about a character from the story, John, and his cat. Just a cute little thing right?! Well there was a lot of unrest back home and in my own mind and it ended up being a traumatic back story about a punkrock teen, his shitty dad and how ultimately a kitten saved his life. and SO MANY PEOPLE resonated with it, I have wanted to do a proper redraw ever since.

The book will be black and white, cuz I don't have enough brain cells for color. Right now its at 52 pages, I'm estimating it'll be around 75 in the end. I've gotten to add a LOT of interaction between John and his new friend Maddie, and her own issues, which is really nice, i love their friendship and we don't see enough of it in SD. Other than that it's pretty true to the original version but with way better art (five years later it better be haha) I've been working on this thing for about 2 years now and we are ALMOST THERE!

Synopsis: boy gets out of prison for a crime he didn't commit. the system sucks, and it failed him, and he ends up homeless and struggling. he's at the end of his rope and about to give up on life, but one night he finds a box in a dumpster, and in that box is a tiny baby kitten. our hero is a softie at heart, so he embarks on an adventure to find a way to save his new tiny friend, and in doing so, just might save himself too.

here's some links to the past things I've posted about it (ps none of these have been edited so they might have grammar errors!)

Concept art 1

concept art 2

sneak peek comic 1

sneak peek comic 2

sneak peek comic 3

and here's some of the newest pages!

[skelliefrankie]

Just girls being gals

[wonderart-kun]

THIS IS SO AWESOME I'M OBSESSED

[ganymedian]

Sorry mister Klimt for drawing your Kiss over and over again but listen . Lord Vane and Father Ardelian

[seeminglydark]

WHEW part 2 of my little mini story ‘Unidentified Flying Objects!’ And just in time to print it up into a little zine for my next convention!

The origins of the ufo keychain that floats around most of my comics and art! The origins of Caro’s gender being a SnapBack! A FIRST DATE! NO ANGST! Who am i? Anyway, i hope you enjoyed this little ‘one foot out of the closet’ story for Pride. Shout out to my Tim who probably doesn’t remember unlocking the machines for us and sneaking us free pizza at Peter piper 20 years ago. You were a real one. 🍕

🛸Caro and Sully are from my webcomic and podcast Mil-Liminal 🛸

✨Read Part 1 here!✨

[vkelleyart]

😱TWO WEEKS UNTIL PUB DAY!😱

To celebrate this little milestone, I thought it might be fun to share the assets I created for the pitch proposal of WHEN THE TIDES HELD THE MOON before it went out on submission. As those who have been following along for a while know, being the illustrator for this story wasn’t always a given, but my wise agent Saritza Hernández encouraged me to prepare some sketches that would help convince prospective publishers that an illustrated novel was a risk worth taking — and I’m so glad I did!

I had about a week or so to pull the art together which is why they’re a bit rough, and as those who have held the physical ARC can attest to, we made different decisions about the artistic treatment of the interiors that better served the look and feel we were going for. That said, even after all this time, I enjoy looking at these as a reminder that some risks are worth taking. You just never know what’s possible!

I’ll always be grateful to Diana Pho, Erewhon Books & Kensington Books for taking a chance on a fully illustrated queer historical romantasy. I hope you’ll take a chance on it too when it releases in two weeks!