#like kudos to the author

[nose-coffee]

no emotion can match the feeling you get after reading a fucking banger fic and going to the authors profile only to find the only other fics they've ever written are for a fandom so left field you didn't realise anyone wanted to write fic for it

[juriyuki]

My new hobby is looking up the tags in Kaishin fics on ao3 after movie 27 dropped...

[emmashouldbewriting]

I'm trying to find the announcement of his deal for what rights were sold, but it's buried now with this news (so if you have it, do a girl a favour)

I'm a professional googler (i.e., a research librarian) and here's what I found.

The Daily Express has an article from July 2022 about the book that included the tweet Omid posted announcing it: "I can finally share that I'm working on a BRAND NEW BOOK!! So excited to be working again with Carrie Thornton at @deystreet @harpercollins (US) and MsLisaMilton at @hqstories."

(link: https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1648213/Meghan-Markle-Prince-Harry-book-omid-scobie-biography)

Next, when I searched for Scobie and Harper Collins together specifically, I found an article that talked some about the deal: "Scobie sold world English rights to a currently untitled book, set for 2023, to Carrie Thornton at Dey Street. Albert Lee at United Talent Agency brokered the deal on behalf of Scobie." The article's source is the August 2022 Publisher's Weekly announcement (linked within).

(article link: https://meaww.com/omid-scobie-all-set-to-write-new-book-about-meghan-markle-prince-harry-released-in-the-year-202)

Next I looked up everyone these articles ID'd.

Carrie Thornton and Dey Street (which is an imprint of Harper Collins) also published Finding Freedom. Dey Street has the North American's publishing rights.

Lisa Milton is the publishing agent for the UK and Commonwealth rights. (https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/hq-snaps-up-scobies-book-on-the-monarchys-fight-for-survival)

Albert Lee is a literary agent based in NYC. Before becoming a literary agent, he was an editor and a journalist. I think he was also instrumental in publishing Finding Freedom but I haven't been able to find confirmation.

I did try to search for Omid Scobie and Xander, limiting the date range from July 2022 to October 2023 (to exclude this week's tsnuami) but all the search results came back in Dutch, which I don't speak.

well well well, thank youuuuu my darling! let's have a lil Emma publishing lesson, shall we?! disclaimer: this applies only to selling rights for an English book to an English-speaking country, but I often sell my translation rights for my self-pubbed books so I'm used to this.

Publishers will take one of two options: World English, or World Rights. World English is what it says on the tin: English language rights, usually split between US and UK/Commonwealth. With this, you handle foreign translations yourself, although publishers will work together. World Rights is the whole shebang, including translations - when it's this, the publisher then shops around for translations and whatever the foreign publisher pays for it comes off your advance.

World English Rights means he sold just English and held on to foreign translation rights. Dey Street would have then sold the UK/Commonwealth rights to Harlequin, but Scobie's agent would have shopped the translation rights.

Which means Harlequin did not send the manuscript to Xander. Omid Scobie's agent did... and his agent would have sent the manuscript Omid Scobie provided as a final copy for translation.

[thevioletcaptain]

if you as a fic reader ever become possessed by the urge to do a popularity bracket with the fics other people wrote and shared for fun and for free, consider:

don't ❤️ 

[spinjitsuburst]

I’ve been reading a very very very dark Skybound Fic all night and I feel slightly ill but I’m so so obsessed with literally every “how Jay’s lightning works” headcanon

[nana-mizu-shiki]

When You Just Read The Angstiest Shit And This is The Authors End Notes:

[swirlingcurses]

If you guys have any ideas for jjk smau because like I have some ideas but they've already been done so

[nerdacious]

I screwed myself over by posting my fic all at once instead of one chapter at a time. So here’s my shameless self promotion!

We’ve got:

What if Harry didn’t recruit Kim? (Post game, so spoilers)

Pining Kim is a mental wreck

Kim’s notebook (What’s in there?!)

Precinct 57 (featuring 2/3 of the Aces and Alice)

Imaginary Harry being a menace

La Revacholiere works in mysterious ways and is very tired

How Kim Got His Groove Back

“Martin Martinaise” makes you feel special

Some angst with a side of porn

Kim/Harry in a Kim/Smoker suit and also a secret third thing???

The sequel is complete!

You can find it here: Call Me By His Name

[leonstamatis]

also like. in general. there’s a lot of blaseball fic published in the time since s24 with <10 kudos. i bring that number up because i assume that means not many folks have seen them. it’s been pretty quiet on blao3 for a hot minute! so…

if you have any blb writers you have been fond of in your time as a fan, whether that was coronation or expansion or way back in discipline, check their ao3 profiles. chances are they’ve kept writing and there’s a lot more for you to read. the writers have never made a habit of stopping when the game does. branch out and explore the stories they’ve told, now that the sim won’t be giving us any more. and be sure to leave kudos and comment when you do!

[why-not-call-them-sprabs]

The Worm Question

based on this fic :)

[binch-i-might-be]

my toxic trait is that when I finish reading a fic I enjoyed and go to leave kudos, but then see that the notes at the end say "leave comments or you're an asshole, I'm sick of y'all not just pressing the kudos button, it's literally not hard", I will simply close the tab and not leave kudos. unfortunately!

[padfootastic]

if u ‘don’t really read wips’ then do fucking better.

[eponastory]

I JUST finished this one.

Warnings: ⚠️

So, general premise of this story... it's Zuko, Katara, and their two kids.

And Zuko's past comes to haunt him through his son kind of thing.

It's really good. It's not the typical story that I read. Kinda alternate timeline from the last agni Kai. It's about 49 chapters of family drama, but there is lots of feels. You will see Azula, Iroh, Ty Lee, and Sokka, but sadly, Aang, Toph, and Suki are not around.

Recommended audience: I think everyone can read this. There is no bad language that I can remember, so I'd say general.

Story's verdict: it's a wholesome Zutara Steambaby story with some good drama and a lot of angst. I genuinely enjoyed Zuko's son as a character. The story is mostly about him, and I actually liked that. He's a teenager trying to decide what he really wants and is caught up in a game.

Rating: 8/10 Turtleducks (I wish turtleducks were real)

[studioboner]

btw These Two fics are really good i love the authors interpretation of tails and sonics dynamic in the future

[zukkaoru]

the disparity in kudos between a skk fic and a fic for literally any other bsd characters/ship :/