March282013
streetangel8: Whisper by *Street-Angel Exclamations burst from the faeries on both sides: shocked, angry, disbelieving. Veronica looked murderous, and Bluebell nauseated. But at the back of the crowd where Byrne lay bleeding in his twin brother’s arms, his fingers lifted feebly to grasp Corbin’s collar, and the two of them began whispering to each other. P.340 of Arrow by RJ AndersonIt’s actually impossible to give more context to the scene without spoiling the solution for book 3. However if you have started reading, or you’ve read, the Faery Rebels you’ll know that the Blackwing twins are actually bad guys. Or more precisely they’re the leading antagonists leading henchmen. So you might be sat there wondering what on earth I’m doing drawing the bad guys.But something just really struck me about this moment. About what they’re whispering about. And what it says about their relationship with each other.That and I’m a sucker for twins.And clearly all my Faery Rebels fanarts are defined by their amazing choices in footwear.The rockface is from google. Also experimented with lips on guys…I’m still not used to it but I think it came out okay. Drawing lips on girl character is easy cause pink and red are gloss and lipstick. With guys the definition always looks too strong to me because there’s never enough tone and texture in the rendered faces to pull it off but I think it worked here.Moving swiftly on.*flees* *makes squeaking noises and flaps hands feebly, like a wounded raven* Amazing choices in EVERYTHING. I am so humbled and grateful to have such wonderful fanart for my faery books! Seeing my words spark readers to such creativity is really thrilling. Also, BOOTS.

streetangel8:

Whisper by *Street-Angel

Exclamations burst from the faeries on both sides: shocked, angry, disbelieving. Veronica looked murderous, and Bluebell nauseated. But at the back of the crowd where Byrne lay bleeding in his twin brother’s arms, his fingers lifted feebly to grasp Corbin’s collar, and the two of them began whispering to each other.

P.340 of Arrow by RJ Anderson

It’s actually impossible to give more context to the scene without spoiling the solution for book 3. However if you have started reading, or you’ve read, the Faery Rebels you’ll know that the Blackwing twins are actually bad guys. Or more precisely they’re the leading antagonists leading henchmen. So you might be sat there wondering what on earth I’m doing drawing the bad guys.

But something just really struck me about this moment. About what they’re whispering about. And what it says about their relationship with each other.

That and I’m a sucker for twins.

And clearly all my Faery Rebels fanarts are defined by their amazing choices in footwear.

The rockface is from google.

Also experimented with lips on guys…I’m still not used to it but I think it came out okay. Drawing lips on girl character is easy cause pink and red are gloss and lipstick. With guys the definition always looks too strong to me because there’s never enough tone and texture in the rendered faces to pull it off but I think it worked here.

Moving swiftly on.

*flees*

*makes squeaking noises and flaps hands feebly, like a wounded raven*

Amazing choices in EVERYTHING. I am so humbled and grateful to have such wonderful fanart for my faery books! Seeing my words spark readers to such creativity is really thrilling.

Also, BOOTS.

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February152012
megancrewe: I would love to know what this opens… Oh, so that’s where Bluebell left the key to the front door of the Oak. Wink’s been fretting about it for weeks. ETA: You can buy this as a pendant at HautTotes (Etsy). I just did. :)

megancrewe:

I would love to know what this opens…

Oh, so that’s where Bluebell left the key to the front door of the Oak. Wink’s been fretting about it for weeks.

ETA: You can buy this as a pendant at HautTotes (Etsy). I just did. :)

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January32012

A little New Year’s gift for my patient readers

An excerpt from Chapter Two of SWIFT:

Cover of SWIFT by R.J. Anderson

[Ivy] was still wrestling with the question when she noticed the stranger extending his injured arm toward her, wincing all the while. “What are you doing?” she asked.

“I told you. Help me, and I’ll help you. Just do as I say.” He hesitated, then added with obvious reluctance, “Please.”

Ivy sighed. “What do you want me to do?”

“Take my hand, and slide your other hand under my elbow.”

Suppressing her distaste, Ivy reached out and took his limp, white fingers in her own. She had half expected to find his skin cold and slimy, as a spriggan’s ought to be—but his hand was warm, even feverish, in her grip. Gingerly she slipped her other hand beneath his swollen joint, feeling the dislocation. “What now?” she asked.

“Hold my elbow steady,” said the prisoner between his teeth, “and pull my wrist toward you. Not too fast, but—aaaaah!” There was a sickening pop beneath Ivy’s palm and he staggered against her, gasping. But when he lifted his head again, the relief on his face was close to ecstasy.

“You have my profound gratitude,” he breathed, flexing his arm. “So does this mean we have a bargain?”

Ivy’s thoughts and feelings were in a tangle, and she had no idea how to reply. Had she really just helped one of her people’s oldest enemies? What would happen to her, if anyone found out? She sat down heavily on an outcropping. When she’d left the cavern looking for answers about her mother, she’d never imagined it would turn out like this.

“I don’t know,” she said. “I don’t know what to do.”

***

And for the rest, you’ll have to wait until 1 March 2012! :)

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October232011
THIS BELONGS HERE BECAUSE OF REASONS. <3 *wants this book very badly*

THIS BELONGS HERE BECAUSE OF REASONS.

<3

*wants this book very badly*

(via teachingliteracy)

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July262011
Cover for SWIFT, to be published in the UK 1 March 2012 by Orchard Books. Artwork by Rory Kurtz.

Cover for SWIFT, to be published in the UK 1 March 2012 by Orchard Books. Artwork by Rory Kurtz.

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