Jimmy: now come on! You say I do stupid stuff! Man was on one heart- half a heart, and he did not eat. He was not eating!
Jimmy: I have no words- Tango? Tango! Come on now, man.
Jimmy: maybe that’s why we’re ranchers, holy moly. That was silly, and I’m silly, *zoom in on Jimmy putting his fingers together* put two together. Double silly. Double life. Double rancher.
Well here is something I thought I'd never cross off the reach-for-the-stars daydream bucket list. Dragonfall's paperback will be extra shiny and extra red over at Barnes and Noble when it releases in paperback June 25th.
Teen me would definitely not believe something like this would ever happen. 35 year old me can't quite believe it is happening.
Dragonfall is both commercial and on-trend (I released a dragon book the same day as Fourth Wing, lol) yet also experimental and decidedly weird. Thank you to everyone who still had faith when I struggled massively with self-confidence behind the scenes as I wrangled (& continue to wrangle!) the sequel.
But holy shit. The biggest bookstore chain in the US (!) is giving my weird, queer dragon book this lovely boost of support. It's such a stroke of luck and stars aligning and the hard work of a lot of people, and I'm so grateful.
I might be doing some US events (probably New York?) in July--early days, but looking into it.
This is usually a finite quantity, so if you want a copy of this version, it's worth pre-ordering:
Today has been absolutely magnificent because a little parcel of pure joy arrived for me this afternoon. I have in my sweaty little paws the fanbinding of Nothing But You On My Mind by @sits-bound and not only was it as beautiful as it looked in the photos, but @sits-bound actually went a whole incredible step further and did a new binding which added my Erised fic Nothing Gold Can Stay - it's a mother fricken double bind you guys.
I cried.
Look at how clever the spine is, and you flip the book over to read each half! Look at the little charms on the bookmark! Moon, Flower, Rose! And the decal on the cover! The gorgeous paper! The fonts! The beautiful little graphics between the sections for Nothing Gold Can Stay, its the little water glass that Draco couldn't bring himself to tip out because it was the last thing Harry had put his lips on! Can you see why I'm still crying????
This was such a beautiful and moving gift and I can't thank you enough @sits-bound, you are wonderful and I love it so much. I've said it before but I'll reiterate, this will be going with me in the coffin one day.
PFFFT the GenieTV YouTube channel uploaded a clip of Doyoung saving Dongsoo in episode 7 with the title "My savior who came to ruin my life"... Like in The Handmaiden. A+, no notes.
Okay. Flight? Booked. Hotel room? Reserved. Con tickets? Purchased.
I guess I can safely say: Next month I'm going to go see Andy Serkis for the 3rd time this year! 😍🫠😵💫
AND I get to meet more of my lovely Andy mutuals!! 🥰🥺🥳
Truly cannot believe it. Gonna be so normal. Again. Definitely won't act like a feral goblin in line. I can absolutely be trusted with the volume of my voice when I get excited.
In my defense, have you seen this man? Send thoughts and prayers so I don't have a cardiac episode. (This is only kind of a joke, the man gave me literal heart issues around the first con in June.)
Hey all! Two big announcements from yesterday’s newsletter:
A Rival Most Vial will be the featured book in Fox & Wit’s July book box!! That’s right, it’s an actual ARMV loot box, complete with a special hardcover edition of the book!
More info to come in June! ☀️
AND
I’m going to be at The Book Burrow’s Pride event on June 10 in Pflugerville, TX! I will be on a panel and at their booth during the event.
If you’ll be in the Austin area during that time, I would love to see you! Seriously, I know all of one person in that area. If you’re able to drop by/see the panel/browse some queer books, that would be amazing. And please don’t be afraid to say hi to me! I’ll likely be wearing a silly coat and I’ll have stickers!
I’ll send a reminder in early June for this as well.☀️
(But also, all of this is bananas? A book box? A panel?! If you had told me ten months ago that I’d be doing any of this, I would’ve laughed. What is life.)