An Unfound Door

[rynling]

I finished and polished the first two chapters of An Unfound Door, and I've got a rough draft of the third. These three chapters total about 9k words, which is a solid beginning. I'm just about the slowest writer in the world, so this is a tidy accomplishment for me.

I also have the two character illustrations!



These are drawn by Lalou, and you can find them on the artist's Tumblr (here). Lalou creates such amazing illustrations, and it's an incredible privilege to have been able to work with them.

Comments

[runicmagitek]

I saw these on Tumblr and was like HOLY SHIT THESE ARE GORGEOUS!!! 😍😍😍 and then saw you commissioned them and I just squealed and flailed forever. Love these characters of yours!!! Also hell yeah to Lalou rocking that art!

[rynling]

Thank you so much! One of the many great things about Lalou is that I don't need to explain to them what I mean by "every character in this story is gay."

Sometimes I think about how weird and precious many big-name authors (like Neil Gaiman and JK Rowling) are about confirming the queer sexuality of their characters. I'm not saying I'll ever get anything published, or that anyone will read my work even if it is published, but I fanticize about saying on Twitter, "Yes, they're all gay, every single one of them." And every artist I've worked with will reply to the tweet to confirm, saying, "Yes, very gay, I was there."

[lassarina]

oh, those are gorgeous!!

[rynling]

Thank you so much! Every day I'm grateful that talented young artists offer commissions that even I can afford... but also I kind of hope this particular artist lands a nice job soon and doesn't have to take so many commissions.