It's been almost a year since I began this passion project. This book has been a place of comfort and escape. I hope you all have somewhere you can run away to when you need it. The First Sunrise Coming soon. #thefirstsunrise #fantasyromance #amwriting #thechangelingbard

I'm never going to see them again. The First Sunrise Coming soon. #thefirstsunrise #fantasyadventure #fantasyromance #amwriting #thechangelingbard

The world tilted—the hallway rotating around a fixed point somewhere behind his eyes—and he understood, with sudden, horrible clarity, that he wasn't going to make it. The First Sunrise Coming soon. #thefirstsunrise #fantasyadventure #fantasyromance #amwriting #thechangelingbard

It felt like wrenching, yanking, dragging his insides through broken glass, except worse. This was his soul grabbed in both fists and pulled by someone who didn't care about damaging what they took. The First Sunrise Coming soon. #thefirstsunrise #fantasyadventure #amwriting #thechangelingbard

The first draft? Poured out of me. The second draft? Now I have to make sure every beat lands. It's slower. Harder. I push through anyway because these characters deserve to be finished. The First Sunrise Coming soon. #thefirstsunrise #amwri̇ti̇ng #writing #thechangelingbard

Together, they turned into the wind. Into the journey. Into the future that waited on distant shores. The First Sunrise Coming soon. #thefirstsunrise #fantasyadventure #romantasy #amwriting #thechangelingbard

This way they could catch glimpses in reflections. For just a second, they could pretend he'd turned to look at them. That he was walking beside them. Reaching for their hand. Still loving them. Still theirs. The First Sunrise Coming soon. #thefirstsunrise #romantasy #amwriting #thechangelingbard

For three perfect minutes they imagined they would open their eyes to the way things were before. The First Sunrise Coming soon. #thefirstsunrise #romantasy #fantasyromance #amwri̇ti̇ng #thechangelingbard

Why do I play D&D? There's nothing quite like building your character and growing them, adventuring with friends, and telling the most ridiculous, thrilling, unforgettable tale together. The First Sunrise Coming soon. #thefirstsunrise #fantasyadventure #dungeonsanddragons #thechangelingbard

Smoke was rising into a sky thick with stars that Last Light had never shown them—thousands upon thousands like someone had spilled diamonds across velvet darkness. The First Sunrise Coming soon. #thefirstsunrise #romantasy #fantasyadventure #amwriting #thechangelingbard

Beau played until their fingers went clumsy on the strings. Until the pyres burned down to embers that pulsed in the dark. Until the last note faded into the sound of waves. The First Sunrise Coming soon. #thefirstsunrise #romantasy #fantasyadventure #amwriting #thechangelingbard

Beau's hand went to the rings at their heart, still there, still warm, still carrying Rian's memory. The First Sunrise Coming soon. #thefirstsunrise #romantasy #fantasyromance #amwriting #thechangelingbard

A fishing vessel blown far off course by storms, returned with impossible news. An island, volcanic and green, with beaches of white sand and jungles that stretch vast distances. The First Sunrise Coming soon. #thefirstsunrise #romantasy #fantasyadventure #amwriting #thechangelingbard

This was something else breaking. The last fragile barrier between grief and madness. The First Sunrise Coming soon. #thefirstsunrise #romantasy #fantasyromance #amwriting #thechangelingbard

It would be so easy. No more waking up to empty rooms and emptier days. No more searching crowds for a face that was never there. The First Sunrise Coming soon. #thefirstsunrise #romantasy #fantasyromance #amwriting #thechangelingbard

The silence pressed in. Heavy. Stifling in this place. These walls that were supposed to be home. This air too thick with smoke-scented memories. The First Sunrise Coming soon. #thefirstsunrise #fantasyromance #romantasy #amwriting #thechangelingbard

To feel like I am not worthy of love is something I'm very familiar with. The pain in Beau's broken heart is my pain. In writing their story, I healed. I hope it heals you, too. The First Sunrise Coming soon. #thefirstsunrise #fantasyromance #amwriting #writerslife #thechangelingbard

Rian felt it for just a heartbeat, he could see it. Feel it. This vast, impossible thing stretching out before them. A future. A purpose. Something they were meant to do together. The First Sunrise Coming soon. #thefirstsunrise #romantasy #fantasyromance #amwriting #thechangelingbard

He took his time, fingers teasing in patterns they never grew tired of, eyes feasting on every expression that crossed their face. The First Sunrise Coming soon. #thefirstsunrise #romantasy #fantasyromance #amwriting #thechangelingbard

Something in Rian's chest ached. Too big. Too much. He didn't have words for it. He could only kiss them, fierce and deep and consuming. The First Sunrise Coming soon. #thefirstsunrise #fantasyromance #romantasy #amwri̇ti̇ng #thechangelingbard

Current writing soundtrack: Sleep Token on loop. Vessel's voice makes it easier to access the raw ache. The desperation. The longing. Perfect for writing about souls recognizing each other. The First Sunrise Coming soon. #thefirstsunrise #fantasyromance #writingmusic #amwri̇ti̇ng #thechangelingbard

Somewhere in the distance, the city carried on. Life continuing, oblivious and endless, like nothing had happened. Like the world hadn't just ended. The First Sunrise Coming soon. #thefirstsunrise #fantasyromance #fantasyadventure #amwri̇ti̇ng #thechangelingbard

He should feel something. Horror. Grief. Something. Instead, he just felt... empty. The First Sunrise Coming soon. #thefirstsunrise #fantasyadventure #fantasyromance #amwri̇ti̇ng #thechangelingbard

The sound that interrupted, Rian would hear it in nightmares for the rest of his life. Would hear it in quiet moments. Would hear in whenever he closed his eyes. The First Sunrise Coming soon. #thefirstsunrise #fantasyadventure #fantasyromance #amwri̇ti̇ng #thechangelingbard

Beau the bard was actually not my first choice of a character to play for a D&D game, but the party needed a faceman and a healer, so I figured why not. Now 150,000 words into their love story later... The First Sunrise Coming soon. #thefirstsunrise #dndcharacter #amwri̇ti̇ng #thechangelingbard

Close enough to see the metallic flecks in his brown eyes. Close enough to feel the heat radiating off him. Close enough to count his heartbeat in the pulse of his neck. The First Sunrise Coming soon. #thefirstsunrise #fantasyromance #romantasy #amwri̇ti̇ng #thechangelingbard

The man was laughing, breathing hard, bowing to the audience with theatrical flair. Then he turned. His eyes found Beau's across the circle. Everything else fell away. The First Sunrise Coming soon. #thefirstsunrise #fantasyromance #romantasy #amwri̇ti̇ng #thechangelingbard

Something thrummed beneath their skin, older than magic, deeper than recognition. Like they'd been walking toward this moment their entire life without knowing the destination. The First Sunrise Coming soon. #thefirstsunrise #fantasyromance #romantasy #amwri̇ti̇ng #thechangelingbard

Last Light is a vertical city built on a drowned mountain peak. The only land left after the world ended. It's in this word that two souls find each other. The First Sunrise Coming soon. #thefirstsunrise #fantasyromance #fantasyadventure #amwri̇ti̇ng #thechangelingbard

The island's magic released them all at once. And the absence of it was like drowning in reverse. Beau's chest heaved, trying to remember how to breathe without that vast presence threaded through their ribs. #thefirstsunrise #fantasyromance #fantasyadventure #amwri̇ti̇ng #thechangelingbard