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I got extremely lucky to be able to read this story, and it has not left my mind since! I read some of the chapters while waiting for a plane, and I felt like jumping from 31,000 feet in the air to cool down from the raw emotions. It's so good. What the heck. -> Beautiful prose, sentences so powerful they'll stick with you forever. -> Grief and acceptance written like I've never seen before. -> A found family so touching and welcoming, so beautiful, so precious and needed in queer literature -> VAMPIRES!!! COOL ASS VAMPS. Sexy. Awful. Smart. I adored hating them (Then loving them. Then hating them. Then loving some and hating some.) -> THE YEARNING

I can not recommend this book enough. It's a gem!!! ❤️❤️❤️

BETA READERS SEARCH

Hello everyone! I am looking for beta readers for my historical fantasy novel, A Drink to the Monstrous. 🩸 It's 100k words long, and you would be asked to fill in three feedback forms over the course of your reading. 

Pitch: 

Paris, 1901. Sasha Rousseau knows how unkind the world can be to the monstrous and the queer. That’s why she opened the Alcove, a club where anyone is free to be themselves — except vampires. These are creatures of appetite. Where they lurk, violence follows.  Sasha can cast her share of protective spells, but she’s yet to find one that can pay her rent. When she is offered a ridiculous sum to help solve a murder, she usually wouldn’t hesitate. It’s life-changing money — enough to buy the Alcove. But this offer is coming from Isadora Valori: a whip-smart, ambitious, infuriating wretch. And the one vampire Sasha loathes most of all.  Isadora has no memories left of what happened between them, centuries ago; Sasha intends to keep it that way. If she can keep her secrets and her temper, she can solve this case, get paid, and never see Isadora again.  That is no easy feat with the obsessive loathing beating in her chest. Especially when it seems that though Isadora does not loathe her back, the obsession is very much mutual.  But with woundless corpses piling up and a murderer capable of poisoning memories, solving this case may awaken more dangerous ghosts than old betrayals.

Come for the unhealthy immortal gays, stay for the wholesome found family ✨️

If you’re interested, clink on this link to sign up 🦇 

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Merry Christmas <3

For @jmlascar @/ambre_gris (ig) @/sini.png (ig) @sunnysaslattery and @lennekazama

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Do you have a bluesky account?

Yeah, but I'm not active on there! I'm mostly on IG and TikTok nowadays.

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Hello! I love your artwork, and I really am excited about reading SoulSkin, but I can't seem to find anything about the book's release date. I was just hoping to ask when that may be?

Hi! Thank you so much! I actually just signed with a publisher to have it released in France!! I can’t disclose any information for now, as it is all extremely recent, but it will be available in bookstores in France and how well it sells there will impact its availability everywhere else.

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A year ago, as I was struggling to work on my novel, despite making concept arts and writing daily, I doodled the main character, the princess Blanche, with who I assumed could be her father's jester. The character didn't even exist in the story yet, he came out of the blue, out of that sketch, but he put everything else into place. Something had been missing, and that "something" was a fool. Now, A year later, the book is written, and I'm looking into finding a publisher. There's nothing more I can do at the moment but wait, and I want to take this opportunity to thank you for the overwhelming support you showed me throughout the year. Writing this book was necessary, I had no other choice but to follow those characters into their world, but all your comments, your fanarts and even cosplays made the journey a million times better! I hope I'll be able to share their story with you soon ❤️

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It's been too long since I wanted to do a fanart of Auren, from the Plated Prisoner book series by Raven Kennedy The first time I drew her was a commission and I hadn't read Gild yet, so glad I picked it up 💛

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I was wondering if you will be posting your plated prisoner art to tumblr? I saw it on Instagram and fell in love and would love to reblog it from you on this platform!

Oh yeah, sure! Let me just slam a lil watermark on it, and I'll post it. Thanks for asking!

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Two really cool commissions this month, for @kallynkaa and @/klanamyr (ig)

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Prints

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Always a pleasure to work for you ♥️

This stunning Suren (the Stolen Heir) commission was done for me by the amazing @crimson-spine and I love how well she managed ti highlight Suren’s fierceness while keeping the inhumanity and beauty still♥️

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YOU MADE A WHOLE MOODBOARD FOR MY WIP???? And expect me not to be on my knees?? I'm floored, it's gorgeous, I love it

the Beast x the Fool 🃏♥️👑

inspired by @crimson-spine 's book soulskin ❤️

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Two days ago, the bae @jmlascar finished the first draft of her novel!!! I was extremely lucky to read it along; it's a beautiful goth love story, and a powerful tale about living when it seems there's not much left to live for. I can't express how much I adore her way with words and how blown I am by the depth of her characters, but I hope this illustration gives it an idea. So proud of you Jules, you're such an inspiration, the world would be duller without you ❤️

From the bae's post: "Soo, if you're interested in a dark fantasy sapphic story about a cursed woman and the revolutionary she falls for, powerful women with dubious morals, a strange plague, and a climate similar to France in the 19th century (aka: messy) — hang around this space, because [ @jmlascar ] I'll be looking for beta readers in a couple months"

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Have you read any other books from sarah j maas, other than ACOTAR ? I love your fanarts <3

Thank you! I started Crescent City when it got out but couldn't get into it (I really need to try again), and I have a copy of ToG that I haven't had time to start yet. Which one would you rec the most?