E. L. Bates

Hey look, a blog post! Exploring the possibilities of clothing/fashion magic in the world of Whitney & Davies ...

World-Building Magic: Clothing & Fashion - StarDance Press When I first wrote Magic Most Deadly, I had intended Julia to be Maia's friend-and-sidekick throughout the series, but when that book ended with (mild spoiler) Maia trotting off to London while Julia stayed in Hertfordshire, I realized that was not going to work. So when I started Glamours and Gunsh...

This sculpture, on display in the Portland Museum of Art, may or may not have inspired the central idea behind Part 2 of my PICTA … which I may or may not have started writing yesterday. Yes, I haven’t even started turning the skeleton draft of Part 1 (which I initially thought was going to be the entire thing!) into a typed first draft, and I’ve begun writing Part 2. On the other hand, wow is it fun to play with a story like this and to just let myself be free with no expectations.

https://stardancepress.com/2025/01/13/world-building-magic-intro/ New blog post alert!

World-Building Magic: Intro - StarDance Press I thought it might be fun to do a blog post series that gives a deeper dive into some of the magical aspects of the Whitney & Davies world. Just as writing Julia's story (currently available only to newsletter subscribers--if you subscribe to the newsletter and have not gotten the links to all three...