Being a parent who writes dark fantasy is wild.

Last night: -drafts a scene where characters negotiate CNC-

This morning: -engages in a full on argument about Paw Patrol yogurt- 🙃

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a cartoon dog is laying on a green bean bag chair Alt: a cartoon dog is laying on a green bean bag chair

Just revised a pretty explicitly D/s coded negotiation scene and this version got INTENSE, and now I feel like -I- need some fucking aftercare. 🫠

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Working on some early morning revisions. ✍️✍️

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Screenshot of a Google Docs dashboard with a rename document window open. The document title is Book 1: Draft 6

Revision time! 😁😁😁

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spongebob squarepants is smiling and holding a shovel in his hand Alt: spongebob squarepants is smiling and dancing

Got my first bit of beta reader feedback in and I am BUZZING!!

And basically I get to write more of my favorite scenes in revisions. 🤭🤭🤭

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Here, have some out of context, tangentially related headcanon from draft 1.3 of book 2:

Soren: -walks in to see Maeve sprawled sexily on the bed-
Maeve: -wiggles her eyebrows- hey big boy, I ate my vegetables today. ;)

Maybe I need a nap. 😅

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Been working hard to polish my pitch and blurb for Court of Gilded Shadows and am literally thinking of just leading with the badly explained plot version: abused fae princess flees her court, meets a vampire, and discovers she has a praise kink.

You'd read that right?? 🤷‍♀️🙃

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Got something in the works besides writing (I mean, yes, it's book-related, but not writing). Planning to announce it soon~~~~~

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The personal and political collide in Court of Gilded Shadows.

Half-fae princess trying to stop a war while navigating the sadism of a morally black villain, and the vampire who's falling first.

🩸 Yearning with literal fangs
✨️ Mythic magic
🧎‍♀️ Consensual D/s dynamics

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Gave up on drafting and went back to outlining and ya'll -- book 2 is gonna be SO fucking good. We're talking: prophetic plotlines, HUGE character backstory reveals, and plot twists.

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Today's drafting energy is apparently all Daddy Dom Soren and Maeve being a brat. 🙃

Book 2 is a mess, ya'll. 😂 But that's what first drafts are for, I suppose. 😂

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Court of Gilded Shadows should be ready to go by the end of the spring/beginning of summer!

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I stared at his back for several more breaths, tracing my gaze across the muscles of his shoulders, the spray of bites along his neck, his forearms … his waist. “Ahh, Izzy's making sweet cakes!” a lovely female voice crooned from behind me. I turned as Arisandra – beautiful, dark-haired – stopped beside me, close enough I could feel the heat radiating from her. She met my gaze with sparkling dark eyes, and smiled. Sensation unfurled from my chest into my legs, and I spun away, aiming for the large table set on the other side of the kitchen.

Book 2 Maeve is a walking bisexual disaster and I absolutely love her. 😂

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across his lips. I echoed his expression, and then forced my shoulders back, lifting my chin. The edges of his smile widened, appreciative and grief-weary, and he held out his arm. With an exhausted, heavy sigh, I took it, and together we made our way. Chapter 7. Marble and mirrors greeted us in the vast meeting hall. A wall of arched, leaded windows provided a view of the moonlit grounds on one side, while serpent-framed mirrors

First draft of book 2 is going very well. 😁😁

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A meme featuring Cinderella balancing three stacks of books. The text at the top reads, "When you have a million story ideas and you carry them with you everywhere you go." Labels on the book stacks identify them as "Fantasy Story Ideas" (balanced on her head), "Romance Story Ideas" (in her right hand), and "Thriller Story Ideas" (in her left hand). Cinderella herself is labeled "Writers."

#CourtOfGildedShadows is #DarkFantasyRomance, but I definitely have some ideas for more contemporary #DarkRomance rattling around inside my brain, including something modeled off Squid Game, and something involving a smart house. Because I'm unhinged. 😂😅

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Driving is probably not the best time to get lost in daydreaming a spicy group scene that's going into book 2. 😅🥵

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Been working on some lore and symbols for the vampire Houses in Court of Gilded Shadows. It's been a fun little deep dive as I expand the world in preparation for book 2.

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Tomorrow is the last day to apply to beta read Court of Gilded Shadows. ⏰️

🖤 Romance soaked in blood
🧎‍♀️ Healing through kink
🧛‍♂️ Political stakes with teeth
🔥 Slowburn yearning with touch her and 💀 vibes

Get all the details and apply here 👉 forms.gle/x3Bcz1U8DQnP...

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Lol and then the last chapter decided it wanted a new opening and what is actually wrong with me. 😅

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Maeve definitely has some insecurities she needs to work through, but Soren absolutely delights in the idea of Maeve exploring with other people. He just wants her to be happy and fulfilled. He'll watch, or not. 🥹

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Ooh, love this one!

Soren is still pretty impeccable, but he goes barefoot and rolls up his sleeves, skips the waistcoat. And the hair goes into a high ponytail. 🥴

Maeve is still in a dress, though something in a lighter weave -- no silk or satin.

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Beta Reader Application for Court of Gilded Shadows Thank you for your interest in beta reading Court of Gilded Shadows! About the Book: In a court of light, the darkness was supposed to be the monster. Princess Maeve has spent her life as a half-blood...

Friends! Today I'm opening beta reader applications to the world! And peep that title reveal? 😁😁 Hella nervous to put this all out to world but here we are.

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