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God this is a gorgeous way to start a book. I wish more authors and publishers had at least a little bit of fun with their typesetting like this.
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ICYMI: I finally finished writing Sleep No More this past weekend. It has been over two years since I first started writing this fic on my notes app on the train to work. Before the Six of Crows fandom, my longest ever fanwork was approximately 3,000 words. Now, 51,000 words later, my NYC Wesper AU is finally done.
If you haven't checked it out yet, you can find it here.
#this is such a good au#the crows feel like actual teenagers#and it makes you want to go to nyc#soc fic rec#six of crows fanfiction
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Two identical infants lay in the cradle. “One you bore, the other is a Changeling. Choose wisely,” the Fae’s voice echoed from the shadows. “I’m taking both my children,” the mother said defiantly.
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An excerpt from the end of a letter where Mary Shelley rejects the advances of her long-time friend Edward Trelawny, 26 July 1831:
"My name will never be Trelawny. I am not so young as I was when you first knew me, but I am as proud. I must have the entire affection, devotion, and, above all, the solicitous protection of any one who would win me. You belong to womenkind in general, and Mary Shelley will never be yours.
I write in haste, but I will write soon again, more at length. You shall have your copies the moment I receive them. Believe me, with all gratitude and affection,
Yours,
M. W. Shelley."
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Hello! I’ve been seeing a lot about your work on social media lately and would love to read your books. What series do you recommend I start with?
Thanks ☺️
That depends on your taste/interest. I don't really write the same kind of thing from series to series, because I get bored easily and often want to try new subgenres/styles/etc. So I'll just briefly list my series and you can pick the one that appeals the most.
There's the Inheritance Trilogy, (link goes to the first book) my first published novels. A secondary world that has enslaved its own gods deals with the repercussions of that, from the POVs of three mortals. There's an overarching plot arc for all three books -- and there are some side-stories for this trilogy, too -- but each has a different narrator and takes place at different times. First person past tense, if you care about that sort of thing. (I don't, but some people seem weirdly attached to/repulsed by particular persons/tenses, so I'm including that info here.)
Then there's the Dreamblood Duology, which were actually written before the Inheritance books but I couldn't get them published at first because publishing in the 2000s was hella racist, basically. (I know, it hasn't changed much... but that little bit of change was enough for me to break in.) These books are as close to traditional fantasy as I'm probably ever going to get, except that they take place in faux ancient Egypt instead of faux medieval Europe. The story follows priests of the dream goddess as they're forced to deal with a conspiracy that threatens to inflict horrors on their society. Third person past tense for both books.
Next up is the Broken Earth trilogy. That's my experimental one, with first, second, and third-person POVs, present tense, a completely non-Earth world, and some heavy themes. All three books form a single story spanning, oh, forty thousand years or so, but mostly they're centered on one incredibly angry middle-aged mother who is on a roaring rampage of revenge/revolution. Features earthbenders, anti-magic groomers, magic statue people, and the apocalypse (again). Lots of "dark" themes and horror moments (harm to children, systemic bigotry, people-eating bugs, more).
My most recent books are the Great Cities duology. Urban fantasy set in modern-day New York, third person multiple POV ensemble cast. Turns out cities come to life once they hit a certain point, and then they claim a human avatar to represent and protect them. New York turns out to have six. It's also got some very unwanted tourists in the form of Lovecraftian entities that are trying to destroy it, along with reality as we know it. I meant for these to be lighthearted and silly and I think they kind of are, but there are still some notable political elements in them. (I mean, it's set in modern-day New York, and I started them the year Trump got elected, so...) It's lighthearted for me, anyway.
So, pick your poison!
#if you are not reading nk jemisin do yourself a favor and start#broken earth trilogy is AMAZING#and the great cities duology got me through covid#books
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"Luna In The Sky," made by Ann-Marie Miro
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Film & TV I Think About A Lot » Much Ado About Nothing (1993) dir. Kenneth Branagh
Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more.
Men were deceivers ever,
One foot in sea, and one on shore,
To one thing constant never.
Then sigh notso, but let them go
#my favorite movie ever#how is everyone in it so beautiful?#emma thompson....sigh#much ado about nothing
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#It's Tenet logic 🤷🏻♂️
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"Inej is the mom fri—" *loud incorrect buzzer noise* Wrong. You are looking for Matthias Helvar.
#from the op's tags:#stop projecting mom friend status on Inej just because she's a girl#Inej is the HEART of the group not the CARER of the group#Matthias is the 'born to be a grumpy worrying big brother/mom friend; cursed to be a religious cult escapee' character#look no further than the bit where they kidnapped Alys as proof lmao#six of crows#inej ghafa#matthias helvar#soc meta
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Butterfly party!
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Golden ragwort (Packera aurea)
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Fire pink (Silene virginica)
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Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
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Blueberry blossoms
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kanej author recs | alltheworldsinmyhead
Notable/Favorite works:
l'appel du vide
“He was hoping that bringing a famous prostitute on his arm to the saloons and ballrooms of the rich and the powerful of Ketterdam would at least bring him some entertainment if nothing else.
But what Kaz did not take into consideration was what marrying a woman like Inej really meant.”
Rating(s): M / Quirks: Developing to Established Kanej, Canon divergence, Marriage of Convenience, Angst with a Bittersweet ending, Kaz's POV
and it's all to come series (WIP) | collab w/ cameliawrites
Kaz and Inej in Lij, together on a threshold on winter and something far greater
Rating: G-M / Quirks: Established Kanej, Post-Canon AU, Fluff, Kanej Children
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come to me in red | collab w/ Whitherward
In the middle of a long summer, Inej takes Kaz home to Ravka for a festival, determined to make her parents accept him.
Neither of them is ready for what they find there.
Rating: M / Quirks: Established Kanej, Post-Canon AU, Inej's Parents, Trip to Ravka, Suli Culture, Jealousy, Angst with a Happy Ending,
#alltheworldsinmyhead always leaves me a puddle on the ground#soc fic rec#always#six of crows fanfiction
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