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maybe i should... post abt the gossamer coach more... i wanna get in2 the writing side of tumblr, meet some new folks, etc.

if u like regency romance but wish it had more black people and fairies have i got a story for YOU. its got everything! mutual pining, a homoerotic sword fight, the fae being bastards on purpose, a doomed engagement, Maids and they are Lesbians At Each Other, and a changeling who wants to bite everyone and everything all of the time forever.

im working on the second draft now, and i might... start posting snippets n stuff. also gonna start puttin 2gether lil character profiles n whatnot-

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@iowasi I AM GLAD U ASKED

you wouldnt have heard of it bc its a story ive got in progress, and ive only mentioned it on my blog like... once, but its a historical romance novel!! basic premise is as follows:

There's this down on his luck human dude who goes by the name of Edwin Baker who catches wind of an opening as the valet for a merchant's son, so he goes to apply for the job. The one issue is that said merchant's son, a young man named Auguste du Chastain, is also a Fae, and Edwin has had like... no interactions with the fae ever in his whole life and is kinda terrified hes gonna get kidnapped or something. luckily for him Auguste is a dumb gay bastard who develops a crush on him pretty much immediately, which goes about as well as youd expect given that one of Edwin's duties as valet is "help Auguste get dressed bc he's got longass claws and cant work a button to save his life."

Luckily for Auguste, he manages to charm Edwin and they end up in a mutual pining thing. They'd totally just go for it, differences in station be damned, except... Auguste also has a fiance, a mid-level noble by the name of Vincent Coventry, who's kind of a control freak and just all around nasty dude. So the bulk of the story is Edwin and Auguste navigating their feelings for each other while also trying to get Auguste out of this marriage he really doesnt want to get into.

Other members of the cast include:

Davie, Auguste's little changeling kid. He is a feral bastard who likes to bite and roll in the mud and he'd think Edwin was the greatest thing since sliced bread except this takes place in the early 1800s and presliced bread wasnt a thing yet. Edwin is like, the only person who can wrangle him and Davie has some respect for that bc everyone else gave up after he bit them a few times

Anna and Justine, who tend to come as a unit. Theyre the maids, and theyre also married, and they want EVERYONE to know theyre married at all times. Anna is loud and boisterous and likes to tease both Edwin and Auguste about their very obvious crushes on each other. Justine is a little more tactful and reserved but she's also just as much of a menace when she sees a chance to get a dig on her friends.

Jules... is an asshole. He's the house steward and he's just kind of a snot about everything, but he's got Circumstances so he gets a slight pass.

Aaaaand Graham. He's the chef. theres not... a lot to say about him, he's just a regular guy. its fine. dont worry about it.

Ive got oodles of fae lore also, like how individual fae dont reproduce. instead theres a BUNCH of queens, one for each settlement who send out eggs for the fae to adopt. theres also the four High Queens, one for each seasonal court. they are Giant Women and also Bugs. I might end up typing up a whole official lore document on this world bc... i have a lot... but the story itself is the main thing its just like... mutual pining!! drama!! intrigue!! danger!! sometimes they just sit and drink tea but the important thing to know abt Edwin and Auguste is that theyre both kind of stupid and sometimes make bad choices because theyre lowkey horny and highkey in love.

I've got a completed first draft sitting at 56k words altogether, and now im pluggin away at a second draft that might end up longer bc im cleanin up the story and adding in extra bits to strengthen some of the later portions and i just... i love it so much every waking moment for the past week has been dedicated to thinkin abt it-

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someone ask me abt the gossamer coach please ask me about the gossamer coach i need to talk abt it this story is consuming me again im finally working on the second draft and i need to talk more abt this story ask me... about it....

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i know i dont like talk abt myself or what im doin a whole lot on here but i just realized ya'll might be interested in my

gay victorian romance novel

which im currently a lil over 40k words into the first draft of :3c

ya'll may be interested on account of the following details:

-all the main characters are black

-one of the romantic leads is trans (ftm)

-its got uuuuh a whole bunch of fae in it

-the maids... they are Lesbians...

-"but jonah if its victorian wasnt there a lot of homophobia/racism-" NOT ANYMORE

-my world my rules

-and my rules says the only crime these two lads are commiting is the crime of tryna kiss someone who's way outside their level of Society

-theres some valet/master action

-edwin said "marry the rich and redistribute their wealth"

-the fae are mostly just nasty bugs but theyre pretty and nasty at the same time so i guess its a wash

-three words: Big. Bug. Woman.

-she's tall shes strong she has many eyes and she loves you

so uuuuuh if all that sounds good 2 u then mayhaps keep checkin back in. im gonna make a lil sideblog for writing eventually but for rn i just want people 2 know... im here and im writing/reading so much romance it might be a problem

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i finished the first draft of my book :'D 56k words done over a period of abt two and a half months. i am... tired

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finally started editing. im only 3k words in but its going pretty smoothly for now. not looking forward to when i dig into the hot mess that is the last third but HEY thats a while from now right-?

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700 words into the last chapter of this story and i would like to take a nap actually