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I recently saw one of my favourite blvnk drawings of James proposing to Lily and it made me think if you have ever written that or have headcanons about when/how that moment happened?

Also I remember you said a while back that you wanted to rework the structure of ES, did you change the Book 1 concept etc? It’s just always interesting to hear about your writing process ☺️

I genuinely don't know, I'm sorry! Shortly into my grand "summer break" plans, I broke my foot, and that's upended a lot. (The irony of me putting out into the universe that I wanted to spend a couple months resting and relaxing, and then being knocked on my ass and quite literally forced to be sedentary, is not lost on me 😭) I've written little bits here and there, but I haven't made meaningful progress on anything. I've just been too tired ☹️

As for ES, I am tinkering with changing the "Book 1" concept, yes! It's feeling both too long and a little too rigid. What feels like a better fit is splitting it into volumes and, at least for now, splitting those volumes at month marks. So the August/September stuff of the start of ES would be the first volume, October would be the second, etc. It's very much just a conceptual difference that affects me writing it far more than it affects the reader! "Books" signify more standalone works — how like in HP each "book" has its own unique storyline, even though there are through lines for the whole series. "Volume" signifies one total work that is just sliced up into pieces for more of practicality's sake (i.e., being too long to be bound altogether).

it's that time of year when I'm reaching for all the summery Jily tropes, so I thought I'd share some of my favorites!

rated G/T

All This Time by @thejilyship Meggi's Magical Ice Cream by @the-dream-team Up in Arms by @formerlympp

rated M/E

i love you (ain't that the worst thing you ever heard?) by lizardcookie Salt Air by @maraudersftw Summer Girl by @efkgirldetective

plus a couple summery fics that I'm queuing up to read this month are My Not So Ex On The Beach by @wearingaberetinparis (summer + football AU yes plz!!) and (finally lol) the classic I've been told to read so many times, Boyfriend by Molly Raesly ☀️

I just wanted to say that I recently reread Vindicated, which is one of my favourite stories of yours, and I think it’s such a beautiful testament to the little Jily world that you’ve build! Every story is so unique and it’s really fun to switch between the different backdrops and arcs. For example Jily in the Vindicated Universe haven’t seen each other for five years, it’s very high stakes, yet they have that innate connection and comfort. The scene where they are being intimate and James is calling Lily pet names made me very excited that we will get to see Jily grow together and get to that level of emotional and physical intimacy in Eternal Summer. Literally can’t wait for the first time James calls Lily love and baby in ES 🤭

PS: Can we maybe get a snippet of the wardrobe scene that you were writing?

Ahh thank you so much!! 🥰 Vindicated mention was such a lovely surprise, I'm so touched it's one of your favorites!! 🥹 It's honestly one of mine too, I'm so proud of that fic and am still so happy with it.

As for ES Jily, I'm right there with you being excited to see them grow into that level! They have a lot of ground to cover, but it's really special writing it unfold in the meantime. And as for the wardrobe scene…I will share a little baby snippet 😎