ad_meliora

Hi all! I wanted to share that I submitted both Ad Astra and Autumn Leaves and Teenage Dreams to the Amby Awards this year, and both have qualified for Round 3, their final round of judging before deciding winners! Thanks all for your support, and best of luck to the other candidates 

Iluvicecubes

that’s awesome!
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izzy7262

Hello! I'm unsure if you still remember me(probably not), but i believe i shared with you last year that I visit your book Teenage Dreams and Autumn Leaves every autumn ish, without fail. I moved from Washington to California and changed my preferred reading platform to AO3 but despite that still went back to your book as per routine. There's just something about the quality of it- I like the descriptive, unforced verbiage and how dreams were realistically realized with a bit of book magic. Thank you for creating such a wonderful work Meliora, from the bottom of my heart! 

ad_meliora

@izzy7262 Sorry that I just saw this comment now! Thank you so much for a such a sweet compliment. Yes, I do remember that you visit the book every autumn. Thanks for continuing to read it each year, even though you've switched platforms!
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ad_meliora

Hi all! I wanted to share that I submitted both Ad Astra and Autumn Leaves and Teenage Dreams to the Amby Awards this year, and both have qualified for Round 3, their final round of judging before deciding winners! Thanks all for your support, and best of luck to the other candidates 

Iluvicecubes

that’s awesome!
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ad_meliora

The first two chapters for Per Aspera (the sequel to Ad Astra) are now out! Thanks all for your patience as I worked on this one. I'm happy to finally be sharing this novel with you. 
          
          Regarding the cover - this is a (most likely) temporary cover for now. I'm hoping to have the same friend who created the first cover work on the second one once he gets less busy. So apologies for the not very uniform covers between the two works.
          
          Updates will be weekly on Friday! Happy reading!

ad_meliora

One more day until Per Aspera is published!! I can’t wait to begin sharing this story with all of you! Stay tuned for noon tomorrow 

ad_meliora

Per Aspera synopsis is now written! As a reminder, Per Aspera will start publishing weekly in only a few weeks’ time on September 20! Thank you all again for your patience. Here’s the synopsis for the sequel:
          
          Following the failed assassination of the Magnuvian royal family, Fetia and her family escape to Landiani, where they remain hidden for a few months to heal and strategize. However, when Fetia’s mother decides to resume her assassination plan, Fetia realizes she can no longer stand by her mother and sister’s side. Fetia decides to craft her own plan to gain her country’s independence, one that won’t incite more violence or put Princess Asteria in danger. Fetia flees from her mother and sister and begins to travel the expanse of the Magnuvian empire. Along the way, she forms close alliances and also meets familiar faces. Will she succeed in protecting both Princess Asteria and securing her country’s independence, or will her mother and sister foil her plans and plunge the Magnuvian empire into even more chaos? Find out in the sequel to Ad Astra - “Per Aspera.” 

Iluvicecubes

ooooh I’m very excited 
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ad_meliora

Thanks @Fantasy for shelving Ad Astra to their LGBTQIAP+ Reading List!
          
          And as a reminder to my followers, Per Aspera, the sequel to Ad Astra, will start publishing weekly September 20! Thanks again for your patience, and I promise I am working my hardest to put out a sequel you’ll enjoy. 

ad_meliora

Hi all, coming on here with an update on Per Aspera (the sequel to Ad Astra). Unfortunately, I will be delaying its publishing date another month and a half - to September 20, 2024. I’ve been making a lot of progress on the novel this summer, but I still don’t feel it’s at a point where I feel ready to begin publishing due to major edits that I want to incorporate. Thank you so much for your patience. I know many of you have been eagerly waiting for months, and I hope it’ll be worth the wait!

GH0STB0UND

@ad_meliora I'm a bit sad to wait longer, but I support your decision whole heartedly<3 take care of yourself ik it'll be worth the wait
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