On a long enough timeline, all of my series drift toward fantasy elements
#fragile tender #fairytale #koreatown #fragile hearts club…
The Fox and the Rose, Vol. 2 – Out now!
Spying and statecraft…
Laurel and Shigeru travel to Suzhou on the orders of Her Highness Li Jiayi. Old friends and new faces will test the bond between the princess’s son and the fox diplomat—and none more than the city’s governor, a charming and dangerous man named Wu Xiaoli.
The story of Laurel and Shigeru continues in Volume 2 of The Fox and the Rose, a BL (MM historical fantasy romance) story about the youngest literati set in ancient China amid dangerous court politics and supernatural wonders.
In case you missed it, I finally kicked Book 2 in The Fox and The Rose series out of the next. Volume 2 is up and available in eBook and paperback.
I’d love to do a longer postmortem on this at some point (and frankly to scream a little about a certain spoiler that’s been killing me for like a year straight, having to keep it to myself).
But for now, here is the link! I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it. It was good to visit Laurel and Shigeru again <3
The Fox and the Rose, vol. 2
I’m finishing up the edits on the next book in The Fox and the Rose series, and I can’t wait to show it to you. I’m excited to continue writing in the next book in the series, but also I am looking forward to taking a short break to finish off Koreatown.
I might be doing the cover art for this one myself! Here’s one sketch for the book cover. I might post the other thumbnails I did later if I can dig out my sketchbook (paper, like it’s 2004) in better lighting. <3
My art isn’t where I’d like it to be yet. I wish I could make more stunning illustrations! But I think I’m coming to realize that if I don’t start now, I’ll never get to where I’m hoping to go. So maybe we just enjoy the process.
Working on The Fox and the Rose, pt 2
The more I write, the less I have to say about writing, which is to say I have been writing a lot these days, and I have very little to say about it.
Hibernation Station
I’ve been hibernating lately. I had a bad couple of weeks, and now things are better-ish. I feel pretty good.
I’ve been cross stitching a lot, and (related) watching a lot of The Rookie (2018 cop TV show) of all things. It is not that good! I have binged like 4 seasons in a few weeks!! It’s possible at this point that I am only watching this because I am somehow incredibly invested in Tim and Lucy getting together. I don’t even ship het. What is even happening.
I’ve also been drawing and painting a lot, and writing a lot, too. I started working on the sequel to The Fox and the Rose again, and I still love this project as much as I ever did.
I’ll show you some of what I’m working on sometime, but for now I’m going back to writing. ✌️😚
Edit: This is now lowkey a liveblog
11:11pm – I am lowkey obsessed with how Lucy is insane levels of jealous every time anyone is nice to Tim or Tim is nice to anyone. Aaron looks like an excited puppy getting to ride with Tim. Lucy looks like she’s about to do a murder.