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bunnybirds · 2 months

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In Princess Aster's world, bunnybirds live in contented isolation, keeping themselves detached from the world in order to practice magic. Nothing is ever wrong, and no one is ever angry...even as Aster's people seem to be slowly disappearing. When her father is next to vanish, Aster resolves to find and rescue the missing bunnybirds—even if it means journeying over the rim of the world itself!

My middle grade graphic novel is officially available for preorder! Bunnybirds is a story about trauma, friendship, and my experience with autistic masking. It was drawn entirely with Prismacolor colored pencils and Pandafly markers, with Photoshop applied for color enhancement and text.

Check it out maybe! :D

That last panel with Carlin (the brown bunnybird) facing the corner was directly inspired by this wonderful TMA comic by @nubs-mbee!

#colored pencil #2024 debut #graphic novel #if you're wondering whether the bunnies are gay #of course they're gay who do you think I am #they get a lil face-lick kiss as the end of the book #and Carlin is explicitly referred to as Aster's girlfriend in book two #there's poly on the horizon as well if my publisher allows it! Keep your fingers crossed for me y'all

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triaelf9 · 3 months

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A cool book to check out!!!

omg, stumbled across this book that's being WAY under marketed by its publisher and if you like my work and the series I enjoy and post about, this'll probably be up your alley too!!!

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#books #2024 debut #this sounds SO COOL YA'LL #Instagram

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ladzwriting · 2 months

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Ute visits the Imperial Palace for the first time, overwhelmed by its decadence and the harsh disparity between the elites and the working class

🫀 THE FEALTY OF MONSTERS Vol 1 - March 12, 2024 🦟

eBook preorders are now open and, in my itch shop, signed paperbacks

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There are features within the palace she hadn’t even considered could be placed indoors. Crystal chandeliers sparkle against the spotless, tiled floor. Due to the winter season, a thick, cerulean carpet rests upon the long steps guarded by statues of Iwanowiczes past, collecting moisture such that no one trips walking up or down. The butler doesn’t take her that way. Instead, he leads her past the enormous fountain decorated with the three-headed eagle that is the Iwanowicz crest. Water spills from its beaks in a pleasing trickle into a pool large enough to lazily lounge in. The water also shimmers beneath the opulent lights, illuminating the florid vines and patterns in the mosaics beneath its surface. “Ah, first time in the Imperial Palace, miss?” The butler leads her down a connecting hallway lined with more statues and doors. The space also indicates preparations for a festivity. Ute purses her lips. “I believe so, yes.” “Oh, how wonderful. I hope you find yourself welcomed.” The Fealty of Monsters illus. by @t-hornapple March 12, 2024

#the fealty of monsters #gothic horror #political fantasy #queer #queer books #vodkapunk #snippet share #indie writers #writing community #vampire books #vampires #2024 releases #2024 debut #wlwbooks #sapphic books #lgbtq books

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samgirard · 2 months

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└6'7" rookie matt rempe stripping during his first nhl penalty after his first nhl fight in his first nhl game | nhl stadium series 2024: nyr vs. nyi | 2.18.24

#matt rempe #new york rangers #rangersedit #nhl stadium series 2024 #obsessed with this man #he's the FIRST PLAYER IN HISTORY TO DEBUT IN A STADIUM SERIES AND HE DOES THIS #insane blorbo potential #hockeyedit #mine

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genericpuff · 5 months

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All That Glitters is Not Feminism - An Analysis of LO's Brand of "Feminism" and What Remains of its Fanbase (The Twist)

Alright y'all, I've been waiting a hot minute to talk about this because I wanted to see how it fully panned out before saying anything about it. And it's not even specifically about LO, but I do think it's very adjacent to it in a way that I'm sure you'll be shocked to hear. Much of it speaks to how we prop up white writers even at the expense of POC.

This is 'the twist' attached to my first post that I made just a couple hours ago that concerns an entirely other topic but I feel ties into this subject very well.

If you haven't heard, there's this author who recently fucked around in the Del Rey publishing scene.

Her name is Cait Corrain.

In the original tweet calling this person out, names were not dropped, but it was made very clear that what Cait did was unacceptable behavior.

You can read the entire thread that started it all from Xiran here:

There's also a GREAT recap thread from one of the affected authors, Bethany Baptiste:

I want to make it clear that Cait Corrain isn't just a debut author.

Cait Corrain is - or now, was (foreshadowing is a literary device that-) - a debut author who had an agent, a publishing deal with Del Rey (an imprint of Random House which is a MAJOR publisher) and even an upcoming Illumicrate deal - meaning, her book was going to be packaged in a monthly loot crate subscription shipped directly to people's doors, quite possibly one of the best marketing deals a debut author could ever get, usually unheard of in this industry. All the pre-reviews were strong and positive.

Cait's book was literally set up for success. All she had to do was sit back, relax, and watch the fruits of her labors roll in. She had written the book. It was ready for release. The hard part was technically over.

But I guess the racism brainrot got to her because as it turns out, since April - for EIGHT MONTHS - she's been making alternate accounts on GoodReads to review bomb the indie and debut works of her friends and peers, most of whom were POC and did not have the same opportunities set up for them as she did. There are loads of receipts to back this up that you can find in those above threads ^^^

To say that this is appalling is an understatement. This was an intentional and deliberate act of racism by a white queer writer who claimed to be "jealous" - of what, I can't imagine - so much so that she deliberately sabotaged her peers, people who had supported her and her book.

And then when she got caught? She doubled down on it and claimed it was a "friend", also an alternate account she made up.

The exchange between her and this made-up person is actually the funniest shit out of this entire thing, it's so poorly written and as soon as people noticed the time stamps were out of order, that was when it truly cemented her newfound clown status.

"oooooh he's standing right behind me, isn't he?" energy right here LMAO

yes keep expositing cait, that's really selling the "this is a genuine conversation that really happened with a real person" bit 🤡

Anyways, it became abundantly clear that Cait was just going to continue to dig her heels in over something she caused.

This has been a hot topic in the UnpopularLO Discord, not just because of how crazy of a situation it is that we had to talk about it - and we have people within the community who work in the literature and media sector - but because we noticed one very telling thing in the list of series that she had review bombed in her very own personal act of wrath.

You see, Cait made one fundamental mistake that led to her undoing - she didn't just review bomb the works of her peers, she positively reviewed her own book and others.

What's her book about though?

It's an Ariadne x Dionysus retelling set in space.

It's literally another "modern retelling" of Greek myth.

And wouldn't you know it, guess who else created a modern retelling of Greek myth that she included in her positive review raiding while she was sabotaging the work of her actual peers?

Now, I think it goes without saying that what I'm about to say should be taken with MOUNTAINS of salt, I'm sure a lot of you are reading the headline and going, "Ugh, really? You're gonna make this about LO? Could you give it a rest already???"

I need you to understand, with the current state of Rachel's fanbase and 'modern' Greek myth literature as a whole, at this point Lore Olympus - and the works that are literally inspired by it such as A Touch of Darkness - has basically become the shopping cart litmus test of basic decency. It's like when someone says they like Harry Potter - you can't take it automatically at good faith anymore, because there isn't a whole lot separating someone who simply liked Harry Potter as a kid and still rewatches the movies from time to time from someone who fully supports the politics and agenda of J.K. Rowling. No, not everyone who still watches the movies or reads the books fondly is a TERF by default, but it's justifiably a reason for suspicion when the consequences are often too dire to risk.

There's this thing that's been happening in the LO fanbase that I frankly saw coming, but has really recently started to hit its peak. It's what I call the "Kanye Effect", where the comic has become so absurd and backwards in its misogyny and white feminism that the only people who seem to be left supporting LO are the people who are legitimate white feminists and misogynists - because all the normal level-headed people fell off the comic ages ago (or transitioned into the critical side of the community).

I mentioned it in my last post, but it bears repeating - Rachel's fanbase has literally been shipping Hera, a victim of abuse, with her abuser, Kronos. I'm really hoping a lot of them realize how fucked up that is now that Hera herself has called it what it is - abuse - within the comic, but I also can't count on the LO fanbase picking up on that or even noticing it with how quickly people swipe through it each week, it's very apparent at this point that most of LO's readers don't know how to chew their food and don't pay attention when Persephone and Hades aren't onscreen.

But I'm digressing. Or am I? We're talking about Crown of Starlight after all. The debut Dionysus x Ariadne sci-fi/fantasy romance that was quite literally advertised using Lore Olympus as its baseline-

This. This is what the ongoing cultural erasure and white feminist uwu-fication of Greek myth is doing to the literary zeitgeist surrounding Greek myth as a whole. This is why we criticize Lore Olympus and works like it that are created by disingenuous people who only seek to use the assets of Greek myth material as a way to shoot themselves up into fame and stardom. This is why we demand better standards in the literature and webcomic industry, so that people like Rachel and Cait can't use their privileges to quite literally erase the source material that they used to make themselves famous in the first place.

If anything, Cait's actions didn't just affect the people she negatively review bombed, or the people she was affiliated with, but also the people she positively reviewed. While I don't support what Rachel creates, she wasn't the only one who Cait went out of her way to review positively from her alt accounts, there were many others as evident in the Google Doc - but all this really does is tarnish the legitimacy of these books and their ratings by artificially jacking up their numbers that are advertised to others.

Making Greek myth fanfiction or fun creative retellings was never the problem, but it's now being sabotaged alongside so many other genres and mediums by toxic white individuals who can't even keep themselves from committing hate crimes, let alone create something purely for entertainment that's transparent in its illegitimacy, lest it destroy the illusion that these people are qualified to speak over those whose voices are being stifled, often by these very same people. Many of these writers get caught and are still allowed to continue what they're doing - that was certainly what we feared with Cait.

Until today.

It was revealed today that Cait's book will no longer be featured in the Illumicrate May 2024 box.

Del Rey has dropped Crown of Starlight from their publishing schedule.

Daphne Press will be hopefully following suit.

And, most telling of all, Cait's own agent has severed ties with her.

For anyone not familiar with the inner workings of the publishing industry, Cait has essentially been blacklisted. Without an agent or a publishing house, she'll have to entirely rely on her own resources through self-publishing. Unless she manages to sneak her way back in under an alias (which I wouldn't put it past her to try) she no longer has access to the mainstream publishing industry that was already guaranteed for her before she let her 'jealousy' get the better of her.

Her career was already made for her. She had a red carpet laid out for her debut. Her book was getting good pre-reviews and she had quite literally nothing keeping her from her success. The best thing she could have done was nothing. Somewhere in her head, she made up a threat that didn't exist, and sealed her fate in acting on it, a self-fulfilling prophecy.

I think in these situations such as with Cait Corrain, Rachel Smythe, and - also recently and relevant - James Somerton, we need to become increasingly aware of how white voices are still overpowering POC voices, not just in their actions, but in the opportunities they're given over others which they then use to further stifle the voices of those they feel "threatened" by or feel entitled to speak over. While neither James nor Rachel have used sock puppet accounts to "take out the competition" (at least as far as we know lmao) James did quite literally steal the words and voices of queer writers who were deserving of their time in the spotlight, and Rachel's work is being quoted as "rewriting Greek myth" as if its blatant gentrification and appropriation should be marketed as some sort of positive.

It's all too common for these deeply-rooted prejudices to rear their ugly heads and for the people who carry them to act out in this way while justifying it as "jealousy" or "a mistake". This isn't jealousy. This isn't a mistake. This isn't someone "starting drama". This is genuine, targeted hate, with the intention of snuffing out the voices of others who should be empowered, not silenced.

All that time and effort, and for what? Racism and petty jealousy? It just goes to show, it doesn't matter how many opportunities you're given, how high up on the ladder you already are - it won't fix the deeply-rooted insecurity and racial pettiness that spurs people on to do such horrible things.

I've spent enough of my time and words today talking about Cait, and James, and Rachel. So to end this off, I want to join in with all the others who have highlighted the books that were review-bombed by Cait, and help in uplifting them so they can have successful debuts. I'll be pre-ordering a few of them, so I'll be happy to make dedicated posts for them in the future after they release. Please consider purchasing them for yourself if you want some new reading material <3

The Poisons We Drink by Bethany Baptiste:

So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole:

To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods by Molly X Chang:

Mistress of Lies by K.M. Enright

Voyage of the Damned by Frances White:

(I'm sure there are plenty others so if I missed any here, please let me know so I can add them here and check out their books!)

If there's any silver lining to this, I hope that it makes people aware of the media they consume and who it's being created by. I hope it makes people more willing to seek out the books that aren't getting the same opportunities as Cait Corrain and Rachel Smythe. I hope it's a wake-up call to the industry that matters like this need to be taken seriously and that POC writers are still being silenced under their own noses. And most of all, I hope it's a reminder that we shouldn't even need at this point that this behavior is not okay, no matter what level a person climbs to - that just because someone is part of one minority doesn't mean they're not capable of sabotaging another. It sucks that that has to be said, it sucks that despite these groups being so intersectional there are still people within them who submit to their deeply-rooted insecurities and find ways to feel threatened that they use to justify hateful behavior.

Having a platform is a privilege. It should never be weaponized against your own peers or those who you simply feel "threatened" by for no reason beyond your own imposter syndrome or doubts or internal struggles. Because as much as you may feel like you've earned where you are, that never gives you the right to weaponize your opportunities against others who were never given those same opportunities in the first place. "Feminism" is not using your power to crush "other women". "Progressiveness" is not exclusive to the progress that only benefits you.

I wish only the best to those who were affected by the actions of Cait Corrain. You deserve to be heard and seen and appreciated for the work you do and the abuse you've had to tolerate. I look forward to your debuts in 2024 <3

#cait corrain #support POC writers #crown of starlight #the poisons we drink #so let them burn #the voyage of the damned #mistress of lies #say isn't it funny how all the debut books cait tried to sabotage accurately describe her and her actions LOL #that's what we call irony #debut authors 2024 #booktok #webtoon critical #lore olympus critical #anti lore olympus

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landofanimes · 14 days

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Sailor Moon Musical - Nogizaka46 5th Generation Version 2024

Team Moon (starring Nagi Inoue as Sailor Moon) made their debut on April 12!

#sailor moon #sera myu #nogimyu 2024 #inner senshi #shitennou #nogimyu #queen beryl #tuxedo mask #sailor mercury #sailor mars #sailor jupiter #sailor venus #bssm #team star will debut on wednesday 17

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nerdyfangirlingbooks · 1 month

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Okay the thing is with the Williams decision is that it's obviously so horrendously shit at a personal level. Logan should NOT be having to pay for someone else's mistakes, let alone this severely. And because of this whole situation, there's an insane amount of pressure on Alex to perform well now too.

But they don't have the luxury of looking at it solely on a personal level, because the whole reason they're in this mess is because of funding (and their lack thereof). As insane as it might seem that they're doing this so early in the season since we don't even know what place they might be fighting for later and whether this would make a difference, that's exactly why they have to do it. Placing higher in constructors means they get more money, which improves their chances in the future. Sure, this might not amount to anything later, but it also might be what gets them that extra place and extra money.

Objectively, putting Alex in the car is the best decision for the team.

Should they have been in this situation at all? Of course not. Is it fair that Logan is taking the consequences of everyone else's mistakes? Of course not. But they don't have the luxury of ignoring what's best for the team right now, however much it completely sucks

#australian gp 2024 #before y'all come for me I am literally a logan girlie and have been since he debuted. I think this decision is horrible and even though #he's handling it well he shouldn't have to. but he does and it's the right call for the team #logan sargeant #alex albon #williams racing #williams f1

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bunnybirds · 27 days

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Some more preview pages! Carlin has quite the explosive personality.

[Preorder available here!]

#bunnybirds #2024 debut #colored pencil #graphic novel

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ladzwriting · 3 months

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🫀 THE FEALTY OF MONSTERS Vol 1 - March 12, 2024 🦟

Ute Myśliwska realizes moments before her final exam that she doesn't want to be a part of the Emperor's Chosen at all

What she pays for with her right arm is something even better: an advisory role with the ruler she's had a crush on since their teen years

What could possibly go wrong?

Full cover reveal coming on January 22nd, 2024 on Thoughts Stained with Ink

eBook preorders are now open and, in my itch shop, signed paperbacks

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"If the nurse would please leave, I have an opportunity I would like to personally offer you.” Without so much as a twitch of a brow, the nurse gives a curt bow and leaves the two in privacy. The darkness of the room lends an air of conspiracy. Sunlight barely makes it through the clouds. Through the window cracked open, a brisk autumnal breeze blows. Only Ute’s right arm shudders, and it’s not a result of the slight difference in temperature. General Kwiatkowski looks upon Ute with brown eyes rimmed with an exhaustion no amount of sleep can remedy. “I have come to invite you to an appointment that I feel befits someone of your training. According to your school records, you did pass the requisite courses in the Emperor’s Chosen track, but, as I have stated, the results of your exam are inconclusive. As such, my offer is this: an advisory role with the Secret Service, directly observing Her Highness Świetlana Iwanowicz.” The Fealty of Monsters illus. by Soren Häxan @t-hornapple March 12, 2024

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intersectionalpraxis · 7 days

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The song is called "Glow," and when I read some of the comments directly on the Music Core video on YouTube, someone said that it is a remake of a song called "Hope" by H.O.T (a first gen kpop group) that was first released back in 1998.

This is the link to their full performance: