A Whole Lotta Brew

I think we need to have nuance. Like it or not, HP has had a major impact on the world and a generation. And it still lives and more people are getting into it.

There are people who are just ignorant to JKR's politics or they agree with it. And so these people will still buy the merch, support any new part of the fandom that gets released.

There are also people who grew up with the books/movies who have deep connections to the fandom, that are able to wash their hands of the world because they grew up or because of JKR.

But there are other people who cannot do that. They know and understand where JKR stands, but unfortunately her work has impacted them too much for them to just let it die. These people will still read their already owned versions of the books and pass it on to their kids, they will still watch their DVDs of the movies, or stream it for comfort. That doesn't make them bad people. They are not the same as the ones who support JKR and agree with her stances and who also will vote similarly to her or donate to hate groups/campaigns like she does.

However, I hope we are not giving grief to the young actors in the lead roles (the older ones are a different story. They know who they are associating with by joining this production). Like what Daniel Radcliffe said, if we really want what's best for Alistair, Arabella, and Dominic, we should not ask them about Dan, Rupert, and Emma or compare them to each other.

About the HP Merchandise, I have never bought any, unless gifted to me. Most if not all my consumption of HP are Dramione related (I bind copies for myself FYI, NEVER BOUGHT THEM from illegal sellers).

🛋️📚 IT’S COVER REVEAL TIME Y’ALL 📚🛋️

Absolutely over the moon to get to share the gorgeousness that is the cover for ONCE, AGAIN, ALWAYS, my standalone contemporary romance releasing on 10/6/26 with Avon!

I’ve always LOVED @ivmaruva's art, so it’s been pretty impossible not to shout from the rooftops that Avon managed to snag her for my cover!! Ivy has captured Molly and Aster PERFECTLY. So much longing and desperation crammed onto one ✨royal blue brocade ✨ sofa. 

I’m so excited for y’all to meet Aster with his abundance of post its, unfortunate control freak tendencies, and devastating desperation for his wife to simply remember him. And to meet Molly with her massive novelty mug collection (Reginald, my beloved), trusty French braid, and deep confusion over the current state of her own life.

Today is the day my debut novel, Sight Unseen, is officially yeeted into the US and Canadian markets 🇺🇸🇨🇦

This is NOT a drill!! ONCE, AGAIN, ALWAYS is available now to preorder HERE! It's really here! It's really real!

Hey, guys. Hope you're doing well. Happy holiday season, to those who celebrate one or any this time of year.

A couple of announcements. First, you may have noticed that I've restricted both the fic and the comment section to registered users. There's been a recent sweep of nasty bots in my comments, and while most of it is obvious slop, it's still not pleasant reading. Also, I don't want my fic getting picked up by web scrapers or AI trawlers, so — it is what it is.

Second, and probably of more interest to most of you, starting tonight, I'm going to be taking Lionheart down temporarily using the "hidden collections" feature. The first purpose of this move will be to work on revising the first five books (brit-picking, plot holes, consistency, etc). I apologize if this disrupts your reading plans, but I think — to be honest — it will also be good for my mental wellbeing to take the story out of the spotlight for a while. Which brings me to the second purpose.

This community has been a wonderful place for me, but with the extraordinary privilege of writing something popular comes a lot of attention. To be blunt, I was not prepared for this kind of reception. When I wrote fanfic for smaller fandoms, I didn't understand what it felt like to have so many people reacting to your work. On the one hand, I have been given more praise and kindness and generosity than I can possibly deserve, for which I will always be grateful. Nothing that I am about to say should be taken as denying that the reception I have gotten for this fic is crazy positive, and nothing that I say should be taken as me being ungrateful or resentful of criticism. It's a normal part of writing for any audience that some people will not fuck with what you're doing, and that is totally fine. I would not want it any other way. But I think the fact that I take criticism as hard as I do means that my relationship with the fic/community may not be as healthy as it could be. In fact, it's been taking a pretty big mental toll, and it's really hurt my ability to interact with the fandom in many ways. I get anxious while I'm writing now; I can't write as quickly anymore, and I don't take the same joy in it that I used to. Taking this most recent break, after being pretty much consistently working on the fanfic for three years, made me realize how much I need to focus on healing my relationship with writing and with fan space. I need to go back to just... being a fan, for a while.

So I'm going to take a step back, do some revisions, and make sure that I am in a good physical and mental place before I come back to it. I apologize again. I know how many people will be disappointed by this. But I wouldn't do it unless I thought it was necessary to preserve my relationship with this fic and with this fandom.

30K CELEBRATION IG!!! 🥳🎉🍾

Like Draco said…sorry I’m late 😅 but it took me a second to figure out what I wanted to do! So here we have a DTIYS (or write!!) where I just want everyone to have fun figuring out why he is late! From silliness to pure angst just make sure he ends up all bloody 😂😂

And it’s glorious!

Read the full article on the McSweeney’s website here!