#deal announcement

[vkelleyart]

Deal Announcement: WHEN THE TIDES HELD THE MOON (Erewhon, Spring 2025)

If you've been with me on Tumblr for a while, then you may already be familiar with this title and been waiting for this particular update, and all I can say is thank you endlessly for patiently sticking it out with me! I am so incredibly pleased to announce that WHEN THE TIDES HELD THE MOON has been acquired by Diana Pho at Erewhon Books/Kensington Publishing as an illustrated adult historical fantasy!

Tor.com has published a blush-inducing article which features some insights from me about what inspired the story, reactions from Hugo Award-winning editor Diana Pho on what drew her to the book, a downright tear-jerking endorsement from the incomparable TJ Klune, and my original concept art of Benny & Río. I hope you'll take a moment to read it at the link below!

This project is the culmination of a lifelong dream to write and illustrate my own books, and there are no words to convey the depth of my gratitude to Diana for the gift of seeing it be delivered as an illustrated adult work. Infinite thanks must also go to my unstoppable agent Saritza Hernandez, my phenomenal critique partners Anna Racine and Mark Duplane, and the many experts who generously and enthusiastically donated their time and resources in the middle of lockdown to help me bring 1911 Brooklyn, NY to life, including:

Virginia Sanchez-Korrol –– Professor Emeritus of Puerto Rican & Latino Studies, CUNY Brooklyn College

David Sharp -- President, The Waterfront Museum

Jamie Salen, David Favaloro, & Lana Rubin –– Marketing Director, Director of Curatorial Affairs, & Collections Manager (respectively), The Tenement Museum

Adam Realman -- Artistic Director, The Coney Island Circus Sideshow

More details about WTTHTM's release will be forthcoming, but in the meantime, thank you all again for believing in this story and supporting it when it was just a humble MerMay fic. I can't wait until you meet Benny and his beloved Río in print in 2025!

[skrutskie]

HI. NEWS.

Coming your way in summer 2025. Because if publishing is only interested in romantic fantasy right now, we're doing it my way. 😘

Emily Skrutskie's LAST NIGHT BEFORE THE WAR WAS WON, a friends-to-lovers fantasy romance in which, after a last-chance hook-up on the night before the world was supposed to end, two soldiers must reckon with a romantic future they never could have imagined when the realm is unexpectedly saved by a plucky band of insufferable heroes, pitched for fans of Shannon Chakraborty’s The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi and Travis Baldree’s Legends & Lattes to Emily Archbold at Del Rey, in an exclusive submission, for publication in summer 2025, by Thao Le at Sandra Djikstra (World).

[satsuha]

big brother pride

[hilacopter]

I find it ironic that western leftists demand israelis leave israel because we're all white colonizers in their eyes (regardless of the fact that even if jews really weren't indigenous to the levant, which we are, over half the population is middle eastern anyway), but when we do leave israel for other countries we get hatecrimed. it would be bad enough if we had people telling us "good on you for going back to where you came from" or some shit but no they really just view us as inherently irredeemable and evil no matter where we are. almost feels like they're trying to lure us into being harassed overseas.

[cecoeur]

it's hell on earth to be heavenly them's the breaks, they don't come gently

[slutforpringles]

via: F1 | F1 ICONS: Daniel Ricciardo shares what he loved about legendary three-time world champion Ayrton Senna

[softkostyk]

I’ll be going about my day and then remember rupert, who was ready to give up on taggie, to protect her from himself and to keep his promise to declan, his eyes wide and his heart racing when taggie tells him she doesn’t want anyone but him. rupert, who had never experienced unadulterated, unconditional love until her, reaching her because he knows she’s already spiraling, thinking he doesn’t reciprocate, not really, and telling her that he’s stuck, and even so, being brave like taggie is, telling her that he can’t breathe without her. admitting it to himself and to her, aloud, for the first time. needless to say, my day is over.

[xxplastic-cubexx]

it doesnt need to be said but its genuinely so funny how at-the-hip charles and erik are in krakoa like they really had the green light- the OBLIGATION- to be as obnoxiously close to each other as possible and abused that right to the fullest extent

[sageiii]

My favorite hc is bernard being a popular online conspiracy theorist and that the biggest decision for his channel is whether to introduce his boyfriend as Timothy Drake-Wayne or (Red) Robin

[dailypokemoncrochet]

I know I'm still far from done with this project but I think that when I am done that some university should give me an honorary degree in something. Textile or fabric design related. Maybe math like topology. Idk I think it'd be neat

[thetarttfuldickhead]

Jamie announcing his and Roy’s relationship to the world by finding the right date on the “have roy kent and jamie tartt fucked yet” account that we all know must exist and just retweeting it with a “yes :)”.

[ylly-3]

[suffersinfandom]

Happy birthday to my favorite series finale of all time! It tied up what it needed to tie up, left the characters in a good place, and also left room for more.

[simple-persica]

Yippie! I'm so excited to finally announce this!

So, like it says, for the holidays I'm offer a BOGO type deal on my commissions. Withe every order, no matter what, you get an additional free sketch to go with it. You can make a request for the sketch or leave it up to me to surprise you!

This deal is specifically from now (11/26/24) to the end of January of next year (01/31/25)

[ganondoodle]

i know im an overemotional, overreactive pathetic little wimp about my hyperfixation, and i dont even mean that derogatory, i think its both my best AND worst quality, im well aware of it, especially in moments when im already stressed i have a hard time to get my brain back into control, im so well aware of it that i HAVE been managing to learn how to deal with it actually which is why, instead of letting myself spiral any further, i went to bed to let my brain calm down

and it worked!

i still hate the live action zelda thing, i still think it WILL be bad, and it will still negatively affect how i feel about the franchise as a whole, i am not spiraling out of control about it though, which i think is a win in my book, some people hate that i say my opinion at all though, more on twitter than here so hey, im grateful to not be called pathetic to my face bc i said something someone might decry as too 'weird'

[anonymous-bastard]

Don't ship real people, and by that I mean if I see another post speculating about my sexual relationship with other Leaguers I will throw up .