#two lives

❦ THE DEATH OF A DREAM ❦

pulled by two different hearts

to live beneath a cabin roof,

or a ceiling made of glass?

i live like it's a question

of which and if and where

avoiding the decision

I've been busy typing away at two books, one that comes out in 8 months and 2 days, not like I have a countdown app on my phone or anything, and one that comes out next summer (2026). Below is each book with AO3 style tags

Title: ALICE RUE EVADES THE TRUTH Author: Me! Emily Zipps! Chapters: 28/28 Word Count: 82k approximately, i don't even know anymore Posted date: October 28, 2025 Rating: M Category: F/F Relationships: Alice Rue/Van Altman, Alice Rue/Nolan Altman (imaginary) Archive Warnings: No archive warnings apply Tags: While You Were Sleeping vibes but queer and both more and less fun, bi4butch, I CANNOT OVERSTATE how hot and dreamy the butch love interest is, Love triangle but not annoying, Bisexual disaster does predictably bisexual and disastrous things, Fake dating if you squint, He's in a coma and she's a liar but in good news there's a really big dog, a romcom about loneliness!, Boomers take too many pictures on their ipads, Did I mention there's a dog, In which I make you watch as I work through my medical trauma, An entire closet of Halloween costumes and also so many snuggies omg, TEAM VANALICE

If this excites you, we'll be revealing the cover and opening pre-orders in mid-March, and I'd love to have you reshare the cover and links on your socials, be that here, on instagram, or anywhere else. If you're planning to buy the book, I'd super love if you pre-ordered it because it tells my publisher, booksellers, and librarians that it's a cool book they should tell people about. If you're planning to request it from your library, you can ask your library in advance to acquire it, which is also very good for me!

Here's the second book:

Title: THE TWO LIVES OF AMELIA WAXLER (this is a working title so it's possible it'll change) Author: Me again! Chapters: 28/??? Word Count: 61k so far Posted date: Summer 2026 Rating: M Category: F/F Relationships: Amelia Waxler/Grace Park-McDougal, Ames Waxler/Grace Park-McDougal, Ames Waxler/Natalie Carter (past) Archive Warnings: No archive warnings apply Tags: Sliding Doors style, But like how do you KNOW if you're gay, (you are though), Dual POV if you squint, Multiverse vibes, Amelia either kissed a girl in high school or didn't and now both versions of her are 35 and wearing blazers, There are SAILBOATS, a romcom about regret!, Returning to your small hometown vibes but the hometown is Los Angeles, So many traffic jokes

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Sucking It Up vs. Just Sucking

I got sort of comfortable not blogging regularly last week as I dealt with some loss. I’m sure some of you (alright, most of you) got comfortable with not having to read my nonsense multiple times in a week. You may have noticed that for the first week in literally years, I did not publish a Mite Be Funny cartoon. It was to be Mite Be Funny #300, and although I had an idea for a cartoon, it was…