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Forthcoming Post:
Once Upon a Hand Touch | A collection of three stories wherein Regency romance gets a supernatural twist: an unrequited crush leads to a study of demonology, a faerie queen contemplates sending her lover to hell, and a depressed vampire requests some peace and quiet (only to be rudely refused).
In which: I decided to post a series of retold Jane Austen stories but with monsters because it’s my birthday and I can do what I want.
hi olivie you said you were planning an advent thing can you tell us a bit more about it??
i am positively THRILLED that you asked
I’m not revealing the names of my collabor-adventurers yet because I’m a messy bench who lives for drama, but you’ll find out who they are next week! I’m in LOVE with all of these authors and stories and I can’t wait for you guys to get to read them; it’s basically a collection of holiday romance and fluff within a closed fictional universe (think Love Actually but in a university setting) and basically this is just a SHAMELESS TEASE about how fun the holidays are going to be for all of us (congrats to everyone but mostly me on an advent season filled with UST and yearning™)
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The Princess’s Guide to Popular Statecraft | What comes after you marry the love of your life? Predictably, bliss—but when your new husband is next in line for the British throne, wrangling a kingdom is just par for the course. Sequel to The Commoner’s Guide to Bedding a Royal. Dramione, modern royalty AU.
In which: a classic tale of newlyweds vs. in-laws gets messy. Media scrutiny continues, an unexpected arrival resurrects a dead family feud, and new fears turn a political tide that even a monarch is helpless to stop. How to move forward with your new life without forgetting where you’ve been? A guide to international diplomacy, maintaining a stiff upper lip, and doing some actual good in the world.
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Olivie Advent 4.0 | Daily posts of one-shots (3k words or less) based on reader-submitted prompts. Featuring a variety of worlds, pairings, and tropes, all to be posted in my Amortentia collection (ffn/ao3).
In which: I spend December 1-24 shoving every romantic comedy trope at you I can think of, and together we make it out of this holiday season alive and mild-to-moderately delighted.
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How Lady Vengeance Takes Her Tea | Despite the gallantry of its courtiers and the gleam of its enchantments, the heart of the burgeoning wizarding world isn’t quite the dazzle it appears. Faced with the secrets of her new husband’s curse, an unwilling queen finds herself with an impossible choice: kill him to save her life, or risk her own to save his. Dramione, fairytale AU.
In which: Olivie writes historical romance, give or take some demonic possession; Georgian gowns come laced with questionable motives; any prospective balls, weddings, or society affairs arrive with the caveat of possible murder; and all in all, a rather uppity grandmother takes her time getting to the point.
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Divination for Skeptics | The latest in magical advancements is an enchantment that reveals the bearer’s romantic compatibility with another person. Effectively eliminating uncertainty from dating, the charm can tell you whether or not you’ve found The One with a precise, Hermione Granger-approved calculation of traits and preferences. It’s a foolproof method of predicting relationship happiness. It’s also, for Hermione, positively dreadful news. Dramione, post-war, soulmate AU.
In which: hermione obsessively consults a spreadsheet. theo repeatedly gets himself arrested. harry works too many night shifts. draco tries to be left alone; fails disastrously. on the bright side, they’re all in agreement that this is 100% george weasley’s fault.
OLIVIE!! YOU ARE WRITING A SHORT FILM?!? I CANNOT EXPRESS HOW EXCITED THIS MAKES ME! So many of your works I can so clearly see in my head as a show or a movie, I'm just so so excited to potentially watch some of your work on a computer screen somewhere. Good luck and I seriously cannot wait.
I’m actually working on the script RIGHT NOW and just dropped by to say I’m very excited to report that the producer specifically requested elements/characters that come from How to Win and Commoner’s Guide, so to those of you who have said you want to watch those fics on film?
I can make….. 8-10% of that come true approximately soon
I have so many great discussion subjects in my inbox that I’m saving for Olivie Blake is Not Writing so in case you wanted to contribute/know what we’ll be discussing in the next couple episodes, the topics in the queue are currently:
what to do when you can’t seem to meet your family’s expectations for you
how to deal with your feelings of insecurity when you have a best friend you both love and envy
how to be more productive/how to combat writer’s block
how to pursue an artistic career vs a “traditional” income, also how to deal with the suspicion you are letting people down by doing so
how to “fight better” with your partner (definitely a thing!!)
how to have approach a sensitive/stigmatized sexual topic with your partner
