Ahhhh, thank you so much, Soph!!! 💖💖💖

Eeeeeeee, thank you, dearest Emma!!! 😭❤️

Likewise!! I’m beyond thrilled to be working with you 🥰

Emma, I absolutely ADORE you!!! Thank you for always cheering me on 🥹💖

To everyone who's offered kind words and love for this book, please know your encouragement truly means the world! I hope y'all get to meet Leila and the gang one day soon, and that this story brings you all the joy, hope, comfort, and magic it's brought me these last few years. 💖

A pale blue sky and dark purple clouds against an image of grayscale clouds. Laid over the cloud images are a gold oval picture frame, purple flowers, glittery gold stars, and a cut-out image of user abbeyfwilliams. Text in the image reads, “now represented by Jennifer Azantian (at) Azantian Literary Agency.”

This is months late, BUT I'm absolutely over the moon to share that I'm now represented by the incredible @jenazantian.bsky.social! Her love and vision for my book left me starry-eyed, and I cannot wait to work with her on UNVEIL THE STARS and beyond! ✨

Not sure if anyone will see this, but hi! It's been a while! A lot of good things have been happening since I was away, and I have a super belated announcement to make 👀✨

2025 sketchbook (fundraiser for the Sameer Project!) - Rory G.'s Ko-fi Shop A digitized collection of sketches, pen-and-ink drawings, and watercolors compiled from my 2025 sketchbook (and a few other places!) Includes studies ...

hey yall, i just scanned my 2025 sketchbook and put it up for sale. 44 full-color pages, 100% of proceeds go to the sameer project for as long as this listing stays up!

🍏KOFI: tinyurl.com/skth25
🍎GUMROAD: tinyurl.com/sktc25
🍋DONATE DIRECTLY: linktr.ee/thesameerpro...

Oooh tea? 👀

This sounds AMAZING, Kamilah!! I cannot wait to read this!! Biggest congratulations 💖

Looking very respectfully!!

Expanding the script: ace stories, structures and perspectives in publishing

@michellejingchan.bsky.social & i organized a panel of ace creatives to talk about asexuality & publishing! thanks to @redgoldsparks.bsky.social @schwartzwords.bsky.social and @witchm.bsky.social for sharing your words with us, & @amandasbrews.bsky.social for giving this piece a home💜🏳️‍🌈

Ohhhh, I LOVE 😍

AHHHHH, I am absolutely over the moon for you!!! This is the BEST news!! Biggest congratulations, my friend!! I cannot WAIT to see all your books on shelves 🥰❤️✨

Eeeeee, these are so cute!!! And is that kohl and jasmine I spy 👀

Oh, I am OBSESSED, this is so STUNNING 😍 Alf mabrouk!!! I cannot wait to read this 🥳💖

Today begins the annual campaign for QT Library, a Boston-based queer and trans library I’m honored to volunteer with. Spaces that support queer stories and queer communities are as vital now as they’ve ever been, and it would mean so much if you’d help us to re-resource and grow 📚🌱🏳️‍⚧️

surl.lt/khsjna

At the Southern Festival of Books and already two people have come up to me to tell me they like my vibe, I’m— 😭

🥰🥰🥰

Ahhhh, this is so kind!! Thank you so much 😭❤️

Omg, thank you sooo much, Nefer!! 😭❤️ (Much like me, my MC will do anything for a latte 😂)

It is not enough to own this; I need this embroidered on a throw pillow, printed on a blanket, tattooed on my body— 🔥

It was SOOOOO good, I had one of my orchestra students playing cello, too 😭 If I ever find a video of it, I will DEF send it to you!!

FOREVER OBSESSED ❤️‍🔥 I literally cannot stop staring, it’s so utterly MAGICAL 😭

the cover of E.M. Anderson's The Lord of the Wood, framed in gold with gold flowers against a dark teal background around the edges. The cover is teal with a stag of flowers and foliage growing from a twisted tree with flowers growing around it and black ooze dripping from a branch overhead. the title "The Lord of the Wood" is in large white serif text to the left, with foliage growing through the letters closest to the tree, and the author "E.M. Anderson" is in all-caps yellow text at the bottom. the tagline, in smaller yellow text, reads, "Even a beastly woodland protector needs saving..."

"When lonely clockmaker Arthur Throckmorton loses his way in an enchanted forest, he meets the hero of his childhood bedtime stories: the Lord of the Wood. But instead of the mythical figure of his dreams, the Lord of the Wood is a grim man turning into a beast and losing power over a dying forest. If they can’t save the forest before he becomes a beast completely, Arthur will lose the man he's falling for—and never see his family again." Text is in a textbox against a murky image of a forest, with the cover of E.M. Anderson's The Lord of the Wood below the text, all against a dark teal background with gold curlicues in the corners.

The cover of E.M. Anderson's The Lord of the Wood on a dark teal background with golden leaves overhead, surrounded by yellow text reading: plant magic; sentient forest trying to oops! murder people; intensely homoerotic shaving scene; the one who heard the stories and the one who was in the stories; hopeless romantic who's clueless about his own sexuality; Beauty & the Beast inspired by not a retelling; dual-POV brother/sister; love interest turning slowly into a beast; wound-tending.

and here's a static cover reveal post for people who want to skip the book trailer and/or hate videos! cover art by Lucy Rose

THE LORD OF THE WOOD releases in July 2026, from @hanoversquarepress.bsky.social! #author

preorder now: gatheringvolumes.com/item/44euZQq...

SCREEEEEAM IT’S GORGEOUS STUNNING THE MOST MAGICAL COVER EVER 🗣️🗣️🗣️

(Also, I LOVE this song. I did a choral arrangement of it with my students once 🥹)

Thank you so much, Lauren!! 🥰

Ahhhh, thank you so much, Kelsey!! 🥹🫶🏼

Eternally excited and here to scream about this!!! ❤️‍🔥