Jul 22, 2023

To:Kitsune

Sometimes, what seems perfect in description, doesn't mean it's perfect for the person in question 🤭 Katsu's story and mine happen to be hitting on this topic at a similar time, but I still feel like it's a good lesson to have in a romance story 💕
I want Mia to stand up on her own as a character, since I know she's (somewhat) been characterized the least, despite being the reason for the whole story 🤣 the truth is, she's the hardest character for me to write, but I don't want that to hold her back!!
Things are getting close to bubbling over here on the romance front 👀 just a few more nudges~
And hey, hoping you're having a good weekend too and the great northwest is treating you kindly! (The southeast is muggy and hot as ever 😂) Sending you chill vibes from across the continental miles!

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Jul 22, 2023

To:Deleted User

You are totally correct in your assessment there! Mia doesn't really know Jun as a human. And Jun is still thinking about his ex-girlfriend (Amamiya) instead of Mia. So although they might like each other, their love is currently on separate tracks!! They'll both have to face this problem eventually!
And as for Claire's mystery, well...you'll just have to keep reading for that one~ That's a question that will slowly unveil over the whole story, right up to the end! ❤️

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Jul 22, 2023

To:Deleted User

😆 I knew you would pick up on the flower meanings!! I don't use flower comparisons too much in my writing, but I try to leave a few hints here and there~ 😉 I thought those two flowers were really perfect for this scene, both visually and in their representation.
Claire is only capable of making the spark: making the romance last is up to Jun!! (Thus, the title hehe.)
I try to keep humor throughout the whole novel!! I want reading this to be fun! Things will get more dramatic as the story goes on, but I hope it'll be a nice blend of comedy-drama-romance in the end 🤣

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Jul 22, 2023

To:Nika Zimt

I am always thrilled for art!! I know how much time and effort goes into every piece of artwork, being an artist myself. Every time I go to draw something I think "This will only be a short sketch. It will take me 30 minutes" and four hours later, I'm still not done 🤣

So I try my best to really make sure I convey my excitement for art as best I can!! (There are only so many exclamation marks in the world to represent my audible squees of delight!!!!!!)

But yes, the showcase image was because I couldn't find a good way to browse images on Honeyfeed 😞 It's not the perfect solution (I'm sad that my image won't directly link to your profiles, and "Likes" won't go to your original art) but that's why I will try to feature any new fan art by itself for awhile, before adding it to the showcase picture.

Ooooh!! Paltar art 🤩 yes I am excited to see what he looks like!! I'll have to think about what I want to sketch next~ <3

And I saw your new chapter upload! I will read it in a bit!! I have to get some food here because I definitely haven't eaten enough today 🤣 so I will stop filling your notification inbox for awhile~ But thank you again!!

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Jul 22, 2023

To:Shulox

Toren is still Tori-chan in my mind sometimes, so you can definitely use the nickname!! 👍 And oh my gosh Toriel 🤗 the biggest sweetheart character who...almost every gamer has probably accidentally killed on their first playthrough 💔 Thankfully Love Sorceress will be going full Mercy mode, and not Genocide ending 🤣🤣🤣 Toren will survive!!

I have also spent all day at the computer, mostly writing ahead and preparing paperwork (exciting!) My cold is still around, so I haven't gotten outside much this week. Thinking about maybe getting some dinner and eating outside even though it is 38C here right now 😅 hopefully the temperature will drop as the sun sets!

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Jul 22, 2023

OH MY GOSH ANOTHER FAN ART!?!?!! <3333 ❤️❤️❤️❤️ You are just making my day and I feel so honored!! Claire looks ADORABLE. You drew her so well!! (I love the little red blush & highlight marks you put on her cheeks, shoulders, and knees! It's just such a nice touch, and it looks so very cute and chibi and shojo!!!! Can I put enough exclamation marks to represent my happiness?!?! 🤣)
I've featured it on my novel right now!! 💝 And I added your previous one to my "Fan Art Showcase" image, which I hope you don't mind. (That was my best compromise to HoneyFeed only letting me feature three images at a time -- I couldn't decide which fan art to showcase, so I made a picture so I can continue to keep all of them on display!!) Since eventually I do hope to upload some more official art, but I want to always feature the fan art too

Seriously, thank you so much for being so thoughtful! You might have to provide me some reference art for Paltar or Reod so I can sketch them for you next time ;) (unless you want me to just give it a go with drawing them!! I am always willing to try!! xD ...also sorry if you got a notification for this message three times. I was so excited to send this, I uh, made a lot of typos )

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Jul 22, 2023

Saw this chapter upload and came here running like 🏃 vroooom!!

Jack is using Talk no Jutsu to try to distract Selphine and waste her time 😆 it slightly works!! But with the way Selphine is toying with him, maybe she's the one wasting his time instead?

😲😲😲 Arthur just stabbed through the hourglass domain like it was nothing! .....only for the betrayal?!?! ヽ(°〇°)ﾉ

Oooh it always was going to end up like this wasn't it? I had kind of hoped they might be able to find a way to all go to Earth, or maybe just for the Earth-originals to return, and for the people born of the Void to become their own separate (independent) world 😭😭 well, that might still happen, but these boys were destined to fight first!

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Jul 22, 2023

To:Shulox

Mia just casually asking for that 💍 😉 I mean, proposal was always on the table between them, so I think it's not too far for her to ask. But Mia's going to stand up for herself on her own during this festival, so Roki better be ready to witness some Mia power. 😁

Toren's name was originally going to be Tori!! (Fun fact!)

"Tori" means "Bird" in Japanese, and he was going to have a backstory about chasing birds and getting the nickname. But that ended up being edited out because the backstory didn't have much impact on the plot. And I also realized "Roki" and "Tori" were only two letters apart and had similar sounds. Which would get very confusing! So he ended up being named Toren instead 😆

Some certain magical sorceress indeed 👀 💕 maybe Toren still has more of a chance with Mia than he thinks...

🫶 As always thank you for reading!! I hope you are having a good Saturday!

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Jul 22, 2023

To:Valentine

I needed a little bit of interruption to call back the old joke 🤭 and so the scene wouldn't be too dark. The wholesome genre isn't really supposed to have a ton of fighting (I think) so I didn't want the vibe of this chapter to go super violent. I'll have to save the cool fight scenes for another novel!!

👀 You have a point there. The fate manipulation didn't work out as planned, did it? The person behind that might do something else soon~

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Jul 22, 2023

To:SkeletonIdiot

I've learned to be careful 🤣 after a close call with fireworks, you really don't want to tempt it ever again.
Plus, of Toren got a cool burn scar over his eye, he'd basically become Gigachad AntiHero Energy and probably transcend into Zuko, or maybe Tanjiro, territory. 😤 And I can't have my cat boy going THAT chunni on me.

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Jul 22, 2023

To:Nika Zimt

You are right about Jun considering Ama/Mia to be too alike 👀 the two girls are separate people, but he's still treating them too similarly...
TOREN!!! I realize putting him in the character art is a little bit of a spoiler, but he was included by popular demand 🤣 when a cat boy crashes into your novel, what can you do?! (I had planned another male character since the beginning, but didn't really know the fine details until I started writing this chapter and Toren just...happened! 🐾)

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Jul 22, 2023

To:Nika Zimt

Things are not always as they seem in this world 😉 we're going to get to find out a lot more about Claire and Mia soon!!
(Also you're about to meet one of the fan favorite characters, and I'm so excited 😁 hehehe~)

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Jul 22, 2023

To:Deleted User

Yessss! Honestly I'm glad to hear your reaction, because that was exactly what I was hoping: it's surprising that it was the father, but also understandable in a way, so you can't totally hate the man (even if it wasn't really right to lie to Mia.)

Dude thank you so much, it's awesome to hear you think this is amazing!! Like, I'm always slightly second guessing myself (the writer's curse, I swear 🤣) but if my twists are hitting like I hope, then that makes me so happy <3

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Jul 22, 2023

To:Deleted User

👀 ~ hehe

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Jul 22, 2023

To:Deleted User

Mia: Hi Toren!! :D
Toren: .... ʰᵉˡᵖʷʰᵃᵗᵈᵒᶦˢᵃʸ 😳

(for real, Toren's a bro and I feel for him. he'll work up the nerve eventually <3)

I wanted to spend a bit longer with this mystery arc, but I realized that it was distracting from the intended story directions (romance/isekai/fantasy) and I didn't want to put too many genres into the mix (if that makes sense?) So things do happen pretty quick here, since I didn't want to drag this out too long but yep, the trees are under attack!

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