Not too much of a new chapter though because I'm neck deep in yet another nerdy anti-imperialist historical fantasy for y'all. Land of the Morning Calm might be a bit less calm once Ellie and Adam show up....
JK I don't have to swag yet. But I'm thinking about it.
We'll be unrolling the new look across my newsletter and other stuff over the next few weeks. Hand lettering and design by @harleelizart.
Another one bites the dust... 🥳
This feels very London Charismatics coded.
"more respectful" is not the same thing as "we will no longer steal your voice and name without your consent"
I don't think grammarly should just get to do "sorry deleting now" after ventriloquizing living and dead people without their consent to make money
And here's me completely forgetting to tell you that you get a free novella if you subscribe. It has Ellie and Constance and a missing medieval manuscript in it, and it's delightful.
Your regular friendly reminder that algorithms hide things.
And what will I have coming up soon? How about updates on Raiders of the Arcane Book 4, character art reveals, and a slightly bonkers secret summer project?
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🍦 The Quiet Light is here! 🍦
She's a powerful mage awake again after 500 years. He's a dragon: her ancient enemy… who has just introduced her to ice cream, and she's enchanted—with ice cream, and with him.
And she's not going to let anyone take either of them from her. 💖
books2read.com/quietlight
This is the kind of quest I can sympathize with.
AI makes shit up all the time. It takes out web services with broken code. It has encouraged people to kill themselves and facilitated the production of child sex abuse imagery. It is unreliable and lacks any moral code. And now we're using it to kill people.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
We should take them apart stone by stone.
Oops, they did it again...
NH GOP just gotta be book banning.
Let's let them know (again) that the Granite State stands up for the freedom to read.
action.everylibrary.org/oppose_sb434...
The GOP wants to ban books with trans representation from every library in America. Here's an easy way to tell them to go straight to hell with that.
action.everylibrary.org/hr_7661?utm_...
Because of *waves hands at the world*, I'm donating 10% of every BookCon sale to the National Immigration Law Center, who are suing the ever-loving hell out of the administration in order to protect the rights of immigrants and their families.
Stop by and see me at Indie Alley Table D-5 April 18-19
Attention #bookcon attendees: I'll be live and in person at BookCon's Indie Alley April 18 and 19.
I'll have limited quantities of my books on hand, including my first two 1898 Editions. If you want to make sure you get what you're looking for, use the preorder store! beventi.co/orderform/sf...
No votes on ANYTHING untill we vote on the War Powers Resolution.
Why is this not on front pages? And what the hell right does the US government think it has to do this? www.dowjones.com/business-int....
This is it - the KS campaign for Arrow of Fortune: The 1898 Edition ends at 5pm EST today!
Jump in now if you love the idea of having your Mummy-vibes historical fantasy adventures in a delicious 19th century inspired special edition that looks like it fell off the shelf of a gentleman's study.
The first two special editions in the series are also available - and we're inches away from reaching our next stretch goal and adding a 6x9 art print of one of the illustrations to all our physical reward packages!
Hit it up on Kickstarter now at jacquelynbenson.com/1898
Grab your copy of this stunning 19th century inspired special edition with all of the fixings:
real cloth binding with gold and black foil
scene illustrations
custom endpapers
ribbon bookmark
lay-flat sewn binding
optional slipcase
fold out map
vintage inspired interior layout
It's the final countdown! The campaign for Arrow of Fortune: The 1898 Edition ends this Thursday at 5pm EST.
Don't miss out if you love your historical fantasy adventure with real history, anti-imperialism, and more kissing! Jacquelynbenson.com/1898
Last one I promise. 😅 Lemme know your fav.
aaaaand it keeps going lol
More of my favorite things about The Raiders of the Arcana in Rick-and-Evie memes:
Thread alert because it might have been too much fun to come up with these...
It's Ellie and Adam from my Raiders of the Arcana books in The Mummy memes! Because I'll never get tired of Rick and Evie.
Come for the opening with the fmc being arrested for protesting women's suffrage, stay for fucking over maps of British Honduras to protect local access to history, and explosives, and magic, and... ✨
PS there is a Kickstarter for this series live RIGHT NOW: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jbe...
I am seeing lots of calls in my feed today for historical fantasy romance, and I am DELIGHTED to inform all of you that EMPIRE OF SHADOWS by @jbensonink.bsky.social exists and you (yes, YOU) need to read it.
jacquelynbenson.com/empire-of-sh...
Where my brain went when I read "fucking over maps of British Honduras"... 😂🌶️
Feast your eyes on these gorgeous illustrations from Arrow of Fortune: The 1898 Edition. Which one is your favorite?
Right now on Kickstarter, folks are voting on which of these scenes they'll get as a 6x9 art print with all physical reward tiers. Join the fun: jacquelynbenson.com/1898
