Lady Ignatius

Fragments of a Villain is officially live on AO3.

Posting one chapter every Sunday.

The war is over. Grenth has fallen. And Prince Marek Eth—conqueror, butcher, the monster Pilaria spent years trying to stop—has been brought to the capital in chains.

He was denied the honourable death that would reunite him with his family. Instead he's given silk robes, etiquette lessons, and a beautiful man in white he isn't allowed to touch.

But a body turns up in the palace, and someone wants Marek to take the blame. The fallout reveals what Pilaria has planned if he can't be controlled, something that would leave his face and erase everything behind it.

As a bi author who spends the vast majority of my time deep in the trenches of writing BL, this one's for the community.

To all the queer creators out there pouring your hearts, souls, and caffeine-fueled energy into your characters—I love what you do. Whether you're writing fluffy coffee shop AUs, dark and gritty fantasy, or 300k-word slow burns that make us suffer in the best way possible, never stop writing.

Take care of yourselves and remember to drink some water.

You're not avoiding your work.

Come back when you're ready.

The story will be waiting.

I love seeing you write your strange, difficult, or wonderful stories that you find time for in the margins of your lives.

At 2am. Between jobs. Through whatever life is currently throwing at you.

That's not small. It's beautiful, and I don't think you hear that enough.

It doesn't matter if all you did was day-dream about your characters while staring at the ceiling.

Still bleeding. Still laughing.

This is the man Marek has to deal with.

Which is fine. Totally fine and very normal. I am a well-adjusted person who writes about well-adjusted people.

Because suddenly I do not know what words are 🫠

One wants to write a healthy, communicative protagonist that talks through their feelings.

The other wants to write a morally grey villain who would happily burn the world to start it anew under his rule.

​Anyway, the wolf that won is the one writing my BL dark fantasy, Fragments of a Villain.