#ymhw

thank you for asking anon! i’ve kept this one close to the chest for a while, but the answer is YES! if all goes according to plan, i will be publishing the final version of YMHW (no longer called YMHW) this fall, as the first of what will hopefully be a number of non-fannish novels! it’s all a little terrifying, because going the self-pub route means i am 1. figuring things out as i go, and 2. taking the version you’re familiar with down from ao3.

That last one KILLS me. YMHW in its current form means an almost ridiculous lot to me and—trusting your many very lovely comments—it does to some of you, too. that is the reason i want to take this next step, though: i think this story can carry a similar comfort & joy beyond fandom spaces, and i want to give it a chance to be found by & shared with anyone who may be in need of a chunky, feel-good, sapphic romantic comedy this year.

if you loved YMHW, i’m not expecting anything beyond the support you’ve already so kindly & generously given me. i would obviously be thrilled if you were interested in buying the book! but i understand if you prefer to remember the story as is, and don’t want to see it outside of its original context. that’s why i’m leaving YMHW up for another week: you’re welcome to (re)read it or to download it for private use, but i do ask that you don’t share the file with others, especially after i take YMHW offline. the platform i’m publishing on (yes that one) requires exclusivity; digital copies circulating after i publish put me in direct danger of getting banned, which will destroy my chances of putting out the next novels i’m working on. in light of several past experiences, i’ve also officially established my copyright, which means i now have a way to fight back properly if my work gets stolen or plagiarized again.

until June 13th, You & Me & Holiday Wine can be found here. and if you’d like to be among the first to see the cover, receive updates & other insights & previews, or are interested in reviewing an ARC, you can subscribe to my newsletter here!

i’m saving every single comment you’ve ever left me. writing YMHW, sharing it with you, and hearing what it meant to you was a blindingly bright spot during a very dark time, and i will be grateful to it and to you for that, forever.

i think about them all the time anon! and i realized i pretty much always imagine them in a similar situation like The Shape of Soup’s final image: comfy and cozy at the end of a day likely spent hanging out with fond friends, eating good food and having sensational sex—all of them bookended by the most terrible puns known to man, of course 😌

(black & white version under the cut)

gosh golly anon going viral doesn't carry the best of connotations, but as much fun as creating art might be my heart will always be more invested in the things i write. so allow me to ply my wares here for a shameless moment:

Multi-chapters

You & Me & Holiday Wine (M)

The Shape of Soup (M)

Hacker, Hater, Hero, Spy (M)

One-shots

By Way of Wit (M)

Be Still My Beating Heart (E)

Penne for your Thoughts (G)

Oh Oh Oh (I’m on Fire) (T)

Liar Liar Plants on Fire (G)

Tickled Ink (T)

Falling Is Like This (T)

Pastels, Pining & Public Displays (T)

GAH batten it SO figures you’d choose the hardest one to answer and how tempted was i to turn this back over to you as a poll and just have you choose for me?

5d: Which of your fics is the funniest? What is your favorite line or excerpt from it?

and then i realized that no, actually, i know there’s a clear winner here and that’s You & Me & Holiday Wine—but only because Lena's expression in your OUTSTANDING comic adaptation of Lena trailing the snow plow never fails to make me snort:

https://atitagain.substack.com/p/hundred-of-fics-stolen-by-ai-scraper