#malecparty

I promised a surprise yesterday, so!

 I just received a very exciting thing in the mail! It was an artist's copy of The Red Scrolls of Magic, which is the pre-proofread manuscript with the cover, as a mock-up for what the advance reader's copy itself will look like.

It's been ages since I had one of these... it's been a while since we had advance reader's copies at all... !. . . and seeing it was a bit of a thrill. I was never sure I'd get to write a book like this, and I'm so happy it's a reality. I thought it might be a thrill for you guys to see it too, but then I thought of something else.

I've never given away one of these before, but I've been so touched by the enthusiastic response as people learn more about The Red Scrolls of Magic, and their support for Malec and my first book with an LGB+ central pairing. I thought: maybe today's the day. So... who would like to be the first person to read The Red Scrolls of Magic?

There's only one of these in the world, and the person who reads it would get to read the book before anybody else. The RSoM manuscript will be the grand prize; two runners up will receive Magnus plushies.

I want this to be a random draw for my lovely readers all over the world, so in order to enter the draw, you just have to show you are one of my lovely readers! So, write a little bit about what you like about the books or Magnus or Alec or them together. Write anything book-related: a thought you've had, a funny limerick, I don't mind. ;) Draw some art. Really, it can be anything, just put your hand up as one of the readers I adore, and I'll put you in the hat! Put it anywhere on social media, tag it #malec or #malecparty, and email the link to [email protected] to make sure we see it! You have 24 hours starting at noon EST (New York time) today (Friday the 29th).Winner will be notified on Monday!

The Bane Chronicles (page 485): "Magnus fastened his lips to Alec's neck. He tasted of sweat and soap and skin, and Magnus bit down hoping to leave a mark on the pale skin there, wanting to."

City of Ashes (page 73): "You have something on your neck," [Jace] observed.

Alec's hand flew to his throat. "What?"

"Looks like a bite mark," said Jace. "What have you been doing all day, anyway?"

"Nothing." Beet red, his hand still clamped to his neck, Alec started down the corridor. Jace followed. "I went walking in the park. Tried to clear my head."

"And ran into a vampire?"

"What? No! I fell."

And silver, though few people knew it, was a rarer metal than gold."

– Cassandra Clare.

Malec was the first LGBT couple I read about and that was very important to me, at the time I was 14 and nobody was talking to me or explaining about gays relationships, so I saw Malec and knew it was about love, through Malec I understood it was about true love and being yourself.

When I heard about the Malec trilogy I was SO proud, after eleven years Malec will be the protagonist of his own book YAAAS this is a victory and it is so important.

I feel like a proud mother watching her children grow, I followed the evolution of the love of my life Magnus Bane, one of Brooklyn's biggest partygoers to become a responsible dad, and Alec the shadowhunter who has matured and faced his fears, them together formed a beautiful family, and now they can tell their own story, this is incredible.

For me, Malec is not about audience, Malec is much more than that. Malec is important to many of us, people who read about the construction and evolution of this couple, people who find yourself and have discovered the meaning of love, people like me who had no one to talk about LGBT relationships but when reading about Malec understood that it was about love and wanting to stay with who you love.

I feel like part of the Bane-Lightwood/Lightwood-Bane family, Malec are the parents of many of us. KISSES FROM THE HAPPIEST BRAZILIAN DAUGHTER OF MALEC 🇧🇷😘💜💙

P.S.: Probably I will not win, but I found it important to write about how I feel about malec and how important they are to me. Xoxo @cassandraclare

trsom giveaway: “i don’t want the world. i want you.”

i’m entering this giveaway to find out what malec’s future might be, but what really holds meaning for me is their past. alec lightwood was one of the first lgbt characters that i had ever seen in any form of media. in a time that i was questioning everything i knew about myself, he was there, showing me that whatever i was, whoever i was, i could have a happy ending. and maybe i haven’t gotten that happy ending yet, but i’m getting there. i know i will.

so here’s to tomorrow.

here’s to yesterday.