Midnight Voss and Margaret Bates are long-time friends who met first as fanfic writers almost twenty years ago. Since then, both have increased their professional experience in the fiction industry both through education as well as through working as ghostwriters and then as editors for small presses and individual clients. Both of us share a passion not just for fiction but specifically for speculative fiction. So, whether you write paranormal romance, romantasy, urban fantasy, fantasy, sci-fi, dystopia, or horror, one of us would love to work with you and make your book shine.
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The dragon snarled at the knight as she hid the princess behind her, rearing her head back she let out a loud roar, "FOR THE LAST TIME! I GOT FULL CUSTODY IN THE DIVORCE, THE KING GOT THE CASTLE AND THE GOLD!"
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For Pride Month, Otherlands Editing is having a big sale!
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Check it out, and please feel free to repost and spread the word. Support a queer small business!
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After the druid in your party leaves, a bear strolls up—oddly friendly. Suspicious, the mage casts Speak with Animals. The bear says, "I heard your fake-bear left. I'm real, I'm better, and I'll work for fish, meat, and honey. Deal?"
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It doesn’t matter what mental gymnastics you do to justify your consumption of Harry Potter.
Your second-hand shopping, piracy and fanfic don’t exist in a vacuum and it continues to provide JK Rowling with the cultural capital to inflict hurt on vulnerable people.
A deeply evil person.
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The Electric State Sucked, Right?
So let's talk about adaptations.
The opening to this is hilarious because Midnight summarizes The Electric State so sarcastically that Margaret has to go back and do it seriously.
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This week, Midnight and Margaret discuss the failure of the Netflix film The Electric State to adapt from a celebrated graphic novel. We also talk other adaptations like both versions of the Super Mario Brothers movie as well as Max's adaptation of Uzumaki. We help you think about adaptations and what to keep in mind when adapting and changing an aesthetic, archetype, or plot you like from a different medium like a television show or video game into your own written fictional work.
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Maybe someday I'll learn how to take good photos of drawings 💔
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Hello Doom Patrol Nation I'm 3 years late
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Every trans woman is forced to become an expert on recognizing and dismantling fascist propaganda just to fucking survive
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Top Fave Books from Black authors and/or Black MCs (2025)
Happy Black History Month from WWC!
In honor of BHM, we've compiled a list of some of our top favorite reads (thus far) that are either by Black diaspora authors and/or the main character is Black. Feel free to add your own to this list!
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Colette’s picks
For my recommendations, I've focused on escapism and/or black woman romances only, because we all can use a bit of joy. These are adult reads by Black authors.
The King’s Seer (series) by L.S. Bethel | Genre: Feudal, Fantasy, Romance, Alt World, BWAM (Hero is Korean-Coded) | Link (My new favorite series)
Voices and Visions by Lashell Collins (Touched Series) | Genre: Mystery, Psychic Detective, Romance, BWWM | TW: Escape from off-screen domestic violence, murder | Link (Love this series so far!)
Taken to Voraxia (Xiveri Mates Series) by Elizabeth Stephens | Genre: Sci-Fi Romance, Fantasy (BWAlien &Alien) Coded race | TW: Kidnapped bride | Link
Taken to Nobu (Xiveri Mates Series) by Elizabeth Stephens | Genre: Sci-Fi Romance, Fantasy (BW&Alien) | TW: Kidnapped bride | Link
Unfrozen by Regine Abel | Genre: Paranormal Romance, Sci-Fi BW&Alien/Monster | TW: Torture, experiments (briefly at beginning) Link
I Married a Naga (Prime Mating Agency, #2) by Regine Abel | Genre: Sci-Fi Romance, Marriage of Convenience BW&Alien/Monster | Link
Rescued by Her Relic by Paulina Woods | Genre: Sci-Fi Romance, BW&Alien/Cyborg, Apocalypse | Link
The Alpha Promise by Hayat Ali | Genre: Paranormal Romance, Vampires, BWAM | Link
Deena's Deception by G.S. Carr | Genre: Western, Historical Romance, Mail-order Bride, BWWM | Link
Chosen by Tiffany Patterson | Genre: Paranormal Romance, Shapeshifters, BWIM (Indigenous hero) | Link
Honorable mentions at the top of my to-read list
Death at a Seance by Carolyn Marie Wilkins | Link
Conjure Women by Afia Atakora | Link
The Gatekeeper by K. Alex Walker | Link
Melanie’s picks
A mix of fictional narratives, memoir, and politics/culture. All adult reads.
The Splinter in the Sky by Kemi Ashing-Giwa | Genre: Sci-Fi, Romance | Link
*Kindred by Octavia Butler | Genre: Sci Fi | Link (*Triple recommended by multiple mods!)
Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby | Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Suspense | Link
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosely | Genre: Mystery | Link
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor | Genre: Mixed/Meta | Link
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates | Genre: Bio & Memoir | Link
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon | Genre: Memoir | Link
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall | Genre: Politics, Society & Current Affairs | Link
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander | Genre: Politics, Society & Current Affairs | Link
SK’s picks
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin | Genre: Fantasy, Romance | Link
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib | Genre: Nonfiction, Essay Collection | Link
Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree by Adaoabi Tricia Nwaubani | Genre: Young Adult Realistic Fiction | CW: violence and sexual assault | Link
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo | Genre: Young Adult Realistic Fiction | Link
Copper Sun by Sharon Draper | Young Adult Historical Fiction | CW sexual assault and slavery| Link
After Tupac and D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson | Young Adult Realistic Fiction | book deals with racism, incarceration, and the foster system | Link
Jaya’s picks
The Poisons We Drink by Bethany Baptiste | Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult (violence against activists) | Link
Each of Us A Desert by Mark Oshiro| Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy | Link
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas| Genre: Young Adult, Realistic (racial profiling, Black Lives Matter) | Link
Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy by Angie Thomas| Genre: Fantasy | Link
Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat| Genre: Short Stories (violence in Haiti) | Link
Monster by Walter Dean Myers | Genre: Young Adult (racial profiling) | Link
Meir’s picks
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler | Genre: Sci Fi (tw for apocalyptic climate conditions)| Link
Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler | Genre: Sci Fi (tw for apocalyptic climate conditions)| Link
This is a two-part series taking place in a sometimes uncomfortably realistic near-future climate apocalypse. Lauren Olamina is a young woman with a hyperempathy disorder who is determined not only to survive, but to make sure her loved ones, her greater community, and humanity as a whole survive as well. To do this, she will have to found a settlement and a religion.
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin | Genre: Fantasy | Link
I’m still in the middle of reading this one, but it’s already a compelling and suspenseful story of dynastic succession and powerful but unpredictable magical beings. Don’t spoil it for me!
Jess’ picks
Raybearer duology by Jordan Ifueko | Genre: Fantasy, YA | Link
The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson | Genre: Gothic/Horror, Fantasy | Link
James by Percival Everett | Genre: Historical, Literary | Link
Daughter of the Merciful Deep by Leslye Penelope | Genre: Fantasy, YA | Link
The Kingston Cycle by C.L. Polk | Genre: Historical, Fantasy | Link
The Midnight Bargain by C.L. Polk | Genre: Historical, Fantasy | Link
Buy local when you can!
We recommend buying your books at your local bookshop (esp. BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ friendly spots) when you can, smaller online bookstores or checking them out at your local library (the Libby app is great for ebooks and audiobooks) or of course at the author's first preference. Also: if a store doesn't have a book, sometimes they can order it for you.
As for online book trackers, The StoryGraph is Black-woman founded!
Happy reading!
~WWC
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You are coming out as a male to everyone you know. Your parents are accepting, your friends are accepting. Now here comes the hardest challenge: coming out to the goddess that gives you magical girl powers.
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Questions to Ask Yourself About Your Character
What is their relationship with their parents?
What is their favorite meal?
How do they identify?
What's their style?
Are they proud of themselves?
Are they patient or impatient?
Do they have siblings, and what's their relationship with them?
What are their standards?
Have they ever been in love?
When was the last time they felt loved?
Have they gotten their heart broken?
Do they know who they are?
What are their preferences?
What do they want?
What are their goals?
What would they do if they failed?
What would they save in a fire?
What's one childhood item they still love?
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We're back!
Midnight and Margaret look at 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person points of view, give advice on how to pick the best one for your book, and how to ensure your point of view choices best serve your story and creating engaging action. Warning, we do talk about some TV shows, so there are also some spoilers for Agatha All Along and the first season of Squid Game.
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