Eremita Gray

spongebob squarepants is smiling and holding a shovel in his hand Alt: spongebob squarepants is smiling and dancing

Got my first bit of beta reader feedback in and I am BUZZING!!

And basically I get to write more of my favorite scenes in revisions. 🤭🤭🤭

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Why is this the most relatable thing I've ever read? 😂

Just got done beta reading for a friend and fellow author, and thoroughly enjoyed @amalicule.bsky.social's queer YA romance -- even if I know nothing about basketball. 🤭🤭 Give her a follow for all the Seth and Jacob goodness (she still needs some beta readers too!). #WriteSky #BookSky #Romancelandia

Here, have some out of context, tangentially related headcanon from draft 1.3 of book 2:

Soren: -walks in to see Maeve sprawled sexily on the bed-
Maeve: -wiggles her eyebrows- hey big boy, I ate my vegetables today. ;)

Maybe I need a nap. 😅

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Court of Gilded Shadows is launching this spring/summer! High stakes dark romantasy set amidst fae and vampire courts, a fake relationship trope but make it bloody, and a consent king with fangs.

Currently crowdfunding for some amazing book art on Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/eremitagray

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Alright, #WritingCommunity, need some input. In the process of setting up my Ko-fi to crowdfund some book art, and I am entirely lost on supporter incentives. What have you had the most success with, especially before your name was out there (book launches late spring/early summer)?

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Been working hard to polish my pitch and blurb for Court of Gilded Shadows and am literally thinking of just leading with the badly explained plot version: abused fae princess flees her court, meets a vampire, and discovers she has a praise kink.

You'd read that right?? 🤷‍♀️🙃

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Got something in the works besides writing (I mean, yes, it's book-related, but not writing). Planning to announce it soon~~~~~

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There is one character in my book that gives me ace vibes. I'm still figuring her out, but she's more sex neutral I think?

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Launching this spring/summer!

The personal and political collide in Court of Gilded Shadows.

Half-fae princess trying to stop a war while navigating the sadism of a morally black villain, and the vampire who's falling first.

🩸 Yearning with literal fangs
✨️ Mythic magic
🧎‍♀️ Consensual D/s dynamics

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And just like, book 2 outline is DONE.

It's gonna be a wild ride.

All the feminine rage. Greek tragedy level irony. Spice, of course. 🌶🌶 And allllllllll the twists.

I should probably get back to beta reading my own commitments now. 😂😂😂😂

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Gave up on drafting and went back to outlining and ya'll -- book 2 is gonna be SO fucking good. We're talking: prophetic plotlines, HUGE character backstory reveals, and plot twists.

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This was from a cooking group, btw. 😅

Screenshot of a post from a Facebook group, featuring an image of a bladed potato masher.

I may or may not be spending too much time in smutty book groups because cooking implement was NOT what I thought this was at first. 🙃

Like, he literally told her to go outside and play. 🙃 I hope this is not a darling that gets killed in revisions later.

Today's drafting energy is apparently all Daddy Dom Soren and Maeve being a brat. 🙃

Book 2 is a mess, ya'll. 😂 But that's what first drafts are for, I suppose. 😂

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Court of Gilded Shadows should be ready to go by the end of the spring/beginning of summer!

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Yeeeeees! I feel the exact same way!

Wait, there are methods?? 😅

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I just really love uncovering the real story beneath the story. I find it so exciting. 😊

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Lol yeeeeeeeeees. Mine started as a duology, now it'll be a series of unknown length with at least 1 spinoff. 😂😂

It can be time-consuming and tedious fore sure. That's really the only thing I don't like. 😅

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My first book has gone through 5 drafts, to include structural overhauls, polishing, all of it. I actually REALLY enjoyed revising more than I expected. The story I uncovered in that process became something really beautiful and meaningful.

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Hoping for beta reader feedback by the end of March, and depending on that, it'll be final revisions and off to ARC readers!

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Book 1 is with beta readers, and book 2 is in draft 2.1 (because I decided to restructure 10 chapters in 😂). Pretty good week all told. 😁

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Hello!! 👋 Court of Gilded Shadows is an epic dark fantasy romance chock full of

🔥 slow burn yearning
💀 touch her dïe
🧎‍♀️ consensual D/s dynamics
✨️ magic
🧛‍♂️ fangs

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Omg, that literally happened to me in draft 3. I was like "I'm done! Hurray!" Then realized I had too much book and plot for a single book and had to split and restructure the entire thing. 🙃🙃🙃

I stared at his back for several more breaths, tracing my gaze across the muscles of his shoulders, the spray of bites along his neck, his forearms … his waist. “Ahh, Izzy's making sweet cakes!” a lovely female voice crooned from behind me. I turned as Arisandra – beautiful, dark-haired – stopped beside me, close enough I could feel the heat radiating from her. She met my gaze with sparkling dark eyes, and smiled. Sensation unfurled from my chest into my legs, and I spun away, aiming for the large table set on the other side of the kitchen.

Book 2 Maeve is a walking bisexual disaster and I absolutely love her. 😂

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across his lips. I echoed his expression, and then forced my shoulders back, lifting my chin. The edges of his smile widened, appreciative and grief-weary, and he held out his arm. With an exhausted, heavy sigh, I took it, and together we made our way. Chapter 7. Marble and mirrors greeted us in the vast meeting hall. A wall of arched, leaded windows provided a view of the moonlit grounds on one side, while serpent-framed mirrors

First draft of book 2 is going very well. 😁😁

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