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Your Favourite Candy's Cotton, That's Why All Your Teeth Are Rotten~

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~Title from Sippy Cup by Melanie Martinez . A lot has happened. I haven't written much in the last two weeks, and I don't know if I mentioned why or not, but it's because I went on vacation. I bought a lot of books. And chocolate. And I got my first tattoo! My cousin and I went to visit my grandmother and my aunt in a small town near Quebec and it was a damn experience. The town was tiny, but charming - every house looked like a witch lived there and if you went inside you'd find a cozy place with a pantry full of herbs, a grimoire and a bunch of cats. It was all wide porches with wicker chairs, small town gossip filtering through the oppressive heat, sweat beading on foreheads, the strong tide at the river - where we saw a massive truck get stuck in the water - and the kind of laughter you can only enjoy in the company of good family and close friends. It was an eight-hour bus ride, both ways. I have never gone on a longer or further trip before, so it wa...

I feel so attacked right now...

I've been writing for hours, mainlining coffee and desperately trying to ignore this madman of a moth that's flying around my room in search of escape. Well, it might actually be a lady moth, but I'm not a bug physician so I really could not tell you. The point is, it's annoying, and kind of scary, and I want to free it but it's proving impossible to capture. Needless to say, I'm feeling very attacked by it. But anyway, enough  of my moth-related woes. I'm actually writing this to tell you guys that you can officially sign up for the Souls of Salt and Seawater  cover reveal! If you haven't heard about SOSAS now, it's a dark YA anthology that I'm writing as a gift to my Tumblr followers. I'm pitching it as 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' meets 'Pirates of the Caribbean' so if that sounds even mildly exciting to you, here's how you can sign up for the cover reveal: Email me at ApolloBlake@mail.com with the subject line ...

Sirens and Sleeplessness...

I've been working a lot lately. Writing? Nope. Worldbuilding? You bet your ass. I'm working on this siren anthology, night after nigh, but I'm finally at a point where I can write some of the actual story instead of plotting more. Which is nice. It's fun to see the world come to life after weeks of fleshing out this world, continent after continent, country after country, city by city. It's very detailed, and I hope to set more titles in it eventually, but I think after I finish Souls of Salt and Seawater I will be taking a break from it, because it's been driving me half-mad. Aside from that, I've been working on Shadows and BOM, though not as much as I'd like. I have to rewrite BOM in it's entirety for the next draft, and I'm both dreading and looking forward to it. I don't really have much to say; just wanted you all to assure that I'm not dead - just a bit busy being Apollo Blake right now...