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A little bit more info about my next contemporary novel — CHERRY BABY, coming in April 2026 🍒

Preorder wherever you love to buy books. If you order from my local indie bookstore, The Bookworm, I’ll sign and personalize it for you.

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Is it weird that reading the Fourth Wing series is making me want to return to my snowbaz fics?

I thought it would make me want to write a fic about Violet and Xaden, but instead, I cant get my unfinished fake engagement fic out of my head. (Would anyone even read it if I came back..?)

Anyway, I read the first two books in the series a while back, before the third book came out, and I decided to reread them before I read that one. I started Fourth Wing a couple of weeks ago and couldn't put it down, falling deep into the story, but as soon as I got to the part where Violet is about to learn about the existence of venin, I couldn't make myself pick it back up again, not knowing the loss that would quickly follow.

I finally managed to pick it up again last night, thinking I'd read a few pages before bed and then ended up staying up until 2am finishing it and reading the 3 bonus chapters. It is So. Good. (But also so painful!)

Now, I'm working on Iron Flame and may come back and share my thoughts throughout

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“Cary, at 19, in his dark blue uniform, was the most handsome man Shiloh had ever seen …

The day he walked away from her, she lost her best friend and her true love, and she still wasn’t sure how she was supposed to have stopped him.”

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My book Slow Dance is out today with a beautiful new cover and fancy red edges.

I loved @artsyunderstudy’s Cary-and-Shiloh art so much that I commissioned these portraits. Every time I look at them, I feel close to the characters again. Thank you, Ashton 💛💛💛

You can, as ever, order a signed copy of Slow Dance from my local indie bookstore, the Bookworm.

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What is it?? A plane?? A bird?? No, it's my homemade Simon Snow trilogy poster

If y'all like my work pleaaaseee follow me on instagram and tiktok, get me out of the flop era 😭

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modeling baz (it’s been a while since I’ve drawn them D:)

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who up feeling like they weren't made for this world

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hi, a lot of you need a perspective reset

the average human lifespan globally is 70+ years

taking the threshold of adulthood as 18, you are likely to spend at least 52 years as a fully grown adult

at the age of 30 you have lived less than one quarter of your adult life (12/52 years)

'middle age' is typically considered to be between 45-65

it is extremely common to switch careers, start new relationships, emigrate, go to college for the first or second time, or make other life-changing decisions in middle age

it's wild that I even have to spell it out, but older adults (60+) still have social lives and hobbies and interests.

you can still date when you get old. you can still fuck. you can still learn new skills, be fashionable, be competitive. you can still gossip, you can still travel, you can still read. you can still transition. you can still come out.

young doesn't mean peaked. you're inexperienced in your 20s! you're still learning and practicing! you're developing social skills and muscle memory that will last decades!

there are a million things to do in the world, and they don't vanish overnight because an imaginary number gets too big

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Introducing Carry On Many Cakes Fest!

CO Many Cakes Fest is an event intended to showcase the creativity of the CO fandom—how even with everyone following the same prompt the fics can go in so many unique directions!

There will be a yearly prompt that participants can create for (vote for the prompt here). We welcome any fan content (fics, art, memes, moodboards and more!) as long as it’s focused on the yearly prompt.

This fest is intended to help creators remember that even if their idea has been done before, their unique spin on it is valuable and always worth sharing!

Bring on all the cakes! (why are we talking about cake?)

More info

Prompts Poll

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Maybe if he was a little less fuckable we wouldn’t be in this mess

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coc 2024 Day 8: Bleed

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Character, book, and author names under the cut

Simon Snow/Tyrannus Basilton (Baz) Grimm-Pitch- Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

Catalina “Cat” Alvarez/Laila Dermott- The Sunshine Court by Nora Sakavic 

Ronan Lynch/Adam Parrish- The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater

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Please tumblr let this reach the right people

Based on a post by: @hemipenal-system

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Carry On Countdown Day 1: Something Old

"Watford has been here since the 1500s. It's set up like a walled city--fields and woods outside the walls, buildings and courtyards inside."

Huge shout out to my collaborator @rimeswithpurple, who recreated all the little buildings in stunning detail so I could print them on fabric.

Today's pocket surprise: the book that started it all.

Aaaaaand the map in action…

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Carry On Countdown Day 1 - Something Old

For this year's COC I've decided to put together daily fic rec lists! Let me know if you find any new favorite reads from these <3

For todays prompt I've gone with fics written pre-Wayward Son!

To Get to You by ikehgaan

Rated M, 40,437 words

I think of this fic often. Fight kissing! Who could ask for more!

Simon figured the Pitches didn’t exactly encourage being open and honest about feelings. Unsurprising, but a little sad. Baz always acted aloof, as though nothing got to him, except with Simon. Simon could always get to Baz. (When Simon can’t take out his frustration on Baz by fighting him in their room because of the anathema, he resorts to more… unconventional methods).

No Tomorrow by Spockzilla

Rated T, 42,142 words

I will never listen to Take a Chance on Me with out thinking of this fic. It's such a fun take on the time loop trope!

“Why didn’t you wake me?” I growl groggily into my pillow. “It’s not my job to wake you up. Get an alarm clock, you fucking numpty,” he snaps. I wonder if super hearing is a vampire thing. “You threw my alarm clock into the moat first year!” I shout over the music. “Not my problem,” he says, as he slams the door shut behind him.

Cinnamon Lips by @f-ing-ruthless-baz

Rated T, 9,249 words

I love a good drunkenly getting together story and this is a great one!

“Snow, did you drink my Fireball?” “Your what?” He blinks at me, wobbling in place for a second, so I nod at the flask in his hand and he grins. “It tastes like cinnamon sweets and burning,” he says proudly. “That it does. Now hand it over.” He scowls. “You know, you act like you’re so fucking perfect all the time, Mr. Know-It-All, Mr. Good-at-Magic, Mr. Shampoo-Advert-Hair—” “Snow—” “But imagine what people would say if they knew Basilton fucking Pitch, top of the class, hangs out with corpses and drinks cinnamon sweets?”

Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps by stellatundra

Rated M, 3,936 words

Baz sowing some wild oats? Simon getting jealous as hell? Sign me up!

After his kidnapping ordeal, Baz goes to a magickal bar, deciding he deserves just one night to forget about destiny, numpties and Simon Snow. Simon follows him, convinced he’s up to no good, but is taken by surprise when he sees his roommate kissing another boy.

All this soulmate shit by half_witch

I only read this for the first time this year. It is so fun. If you love magic soulmate tropes, this one has just about all of them!

Rated M, 31,573 words

Simon has learned to despise his ‘evil anti-friendmate’ Baz despite being connected to him through magic their entire lives. From sharing luck at ten years old, to mind reading at twelve, to teleportation at seventeen, and the Red String of Fate at twenty—Simon and Baz know only three rules: 1) The New Year’s Eve countdown brings them one new bond to share, 2) The bond only lasts the year, and 3) Bonds NEVER occur twice. But this year, the magic is out of their control and seems hellbent on bringing them closer together—even if it kills them.

I Hoped It Was You by EllisyaSyron

Simon and Baz fall for each other without knowing they're talking to each other. It's like You've Got Mail, but better since neither of them lose their family bookstore in the end. Excellent dialogue!

Rated T, 8,901 words

as requested by anon: "au where baz and simon start talking online bc baz writes drarry fics and simon draws fanart and they do a collab (they don't know that it's them)" BlackPrince: I want to kiss you. SSPuffPride: I want to kiss you too. I wish I could BlackPrince: ...Tell me how you would.

Unspoken Rules and Simon's Nights by @lilmcgil

Rated E, 5,503 and 5,822 words respectively

This was one of the first Snowbaz fics that I ever got obsessed with. Both fics are truly excellent!

Simon and Baz develop a nightly routine. In the daylight they pretend it's not happening.

Companion piece to Unspoken Rules. Same plot line, but from Simon's perspective. I think it would make more sense if you read that first. But don't let that keep you from reading this if you haven't! Be a rebel if you want.

If you have any recs that fit the prompt that I've missed, feel free to leave them in the comments! There's plenty of gaps in my reading so there's a good chance I may not have read it.

Also I've had a hard time finding if some people are here on Tumblr, so if you know someone who hasn't been tagged, feel free to leave that in the comments as well <3

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Inktober 26 ⁙ Camera

Simon keeps the photo, but if asked why, he wouldn't be able to answer~