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The proposal in the rain was beautiful though nevertheless 🥰

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 ☀️