Haley Cass

Midnight Rain ch 23

Not these two experiencing some domesticity! also ft. Charlotte starting a... new journey

(promise this is actually chapter 32 this time, unlike last time when I mis-numbered the chapters!)

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“I really am terribly sorry to intrude on your time, Charlotte,” Lily apologized as soon as Charlotte answered her phone...

Those Who Wait - The First Time

This month's poll results came in and were so insanely close.

But, everyone that voted for a Those Who Wait Sutton/Charlotte scene with toys pulled through with a victory by one percent.

Maybe, if everyone is good, we can get the Midnight Rain bonus sex scene next month...

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God, Cha...

CassAsks - Trixia Quinzon

This month's CassAsks features someone that we are all super impressed with - Trixia Quinzon AKA TrixDraws AKA the extremely talented artist responsible for the Sutton/Charlotte and Riley/Gianna artwork.

I'm constantly amazed by how her illustrations just... capture the characters, and asked very early on if she would be interested in giving us a glimpse into her process! <...

HCLU Merch Store

It's finally time!

It might not look like much right now - about 23 items - but I've been hard at work trying to figure out how to open this little shop. (as a matter of fact, I am terrible with technology and did not actually figure it out, all credit goes to Monica)

All of Trix's artwork is available in various sized prints (framed and unframed), as well as some TWW ...

Would you look at that...

Absolutely thrilled to show the first piece of artwork for Riley/Gianna!

Design and illustration by the incredibly talented Trixia Quinzon (as you could probably guess by now).

Taylor for Mayor

Believe me, I was as surprised as everyone else when I revisited Faircombe to see what Brooke and Taylor were up to and learned about this. But I really felt like it makes so much sense for her/them.

Besides, it's been a while since we've really returned to the In the Long Run universe...

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When Taylor...

Cover Reveal - and next release info!

It will likely come as no big surprise to many people here that the next official release from me is The Snowball Effect, starring Regan Gallagher and Emma Bordeaux, aka Sutton's two adversarial friends in Those Who Wait.

Their story will be released October 11!

This project, in terms of covers, was different for me - my schedule did not align with the cover artist...

Monthly poll - something spicy, anyone?

July is, according to google, the hottest month of the year.

So, as such, I have a few plans for writing this month that reflects as much...

Which leads me to the poll!

I saw in the community chats a conversation regarding a want to see more Charlotte and Sutton with a strap-on/toys, as well as a want to see some more of some sweet/tender sexy time.

So... let's pick!...

Character Life Event - Gianna's Birthday!

Today, July 4, is Gianna Mäkinen's 31st birthday!

Gianna, as a rule, does not celebrate July 4th as "independence day" - she and her loved ones all have a much better thing to celebrate every summer: her birthday. She's generally felt pretty blessed -- especially in her younger/partying years, because everyone was up for a big bash!

This past calendar year, her top 3...

Poll Results - Summer Vacation Fun

This was one of the most interesting results for me - mostly because Sutton and Charlotte didn't dominate!

And, I'll say, that I fully agree with the results.

The Thompson Family –

Madilyn and Elizabeth’s summer vacations would be very… structured. Well-planned, I should say. After all, Sutton is her mother’s daughter.

Unfortunately, they don�...

Midnight Rain - chapter 22

Alexa... play dress by taylor swift

As the new normal - attachment at the bottom of the post, chapter written out below!

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Charlotte – 7:02PM
I can’t wait to see you tonight

Sutton’s stride from her ensuite to her bedroom slowed to a stop as sh...

This is simply too perfect

This is my first official commission from the talented Trixia Quinzon (@trixdraws), and I am thrilled to share it with you all!

I'm also thrilled to let you know that I will have this print and several other little goodies available in a merch store officially coming at you in a couple of weeks! It will be shared exclusively on patreon for at least the rest of the summer, potentially eve...

Current Fancasts

I've had a couple of questions in posts, chats, and several DMs that have wondered about who I would fancast as my characters.

Though I do have my character highlight posts that do a visual representation of what I imagine as my characters, I figured putting them all in one place could also be a little simpler :)

I will also qualify that no fancast is exact for the character as I ...

Character Life Event - Brooke Watson Birthday

Today, June 22, is Brooke Watson's birthday! 

As of 2024, in a canon universe, Brooke has just turned 43. 

Her biggest milestones in the last year were:

> Surprising her wife with a four week long vacation across Europe (it's been Taylor's dream to take a prolonged trip with Brooke for the last few years. They've done small weekend trips locally and ...

CassAsks - Melissa Brayden

In the world of indie sapphic fiction, I think we have all heard of Melissa Brayden?! Having been writing in the community for over a decade, several of her books are staple bangers in the community.

She's recently released 2024-06-20 02:37:10 +0000 UTC View Post

Monthly poll - which couple provides the most exciting summer vacation experience?

As the title says - whose kids experience the most fun summer vacation?!

I'll insert here to say - Brooke and Taylor don't ever have kids, but... Taylor may be the coolest Aunt to ever exist, so when we are referencing those two, it's in reference to their niece/nephew!

And you can use your own barometer for what fun activities you think each character/couple would wa...

Hannah Dalton: Paragon of Self-Control pt. 1

As is the new normal - the pdf is attached to the post, and the text is in the body of this post!

As WYLEI won the poll last month for a bonus content scene, I started working on this piece from Hannah's point of view. While I loved writing Better Then Expected as a pov swap novella, I knew I wanted the majority of that novella to be from moments we didn't see in Caroline's...

Would you look at that - redux

For anyone who doesn't follow me on social media or may have missed it when I shared the post - the talented artist (https://www.instagram.com/trixdraws/) that made the last piece of art has struck again! This time, she brought us a depiction of the scene where Sutton follows Charlotte to an alcove at the charity...

My first author event

I posted about this on social media yesterday, but I have a little bit more to say, and I figured -- who better to say it to?!

I'm so glad I was able to meet so many readers, but especially was excited to meet a few people from patreon. It was really fun to be able to put a face to many of the names that I've seen around here and chat about books, even if the chats were a little brief. <...

Midnight Rain - 21

Not the return of everyone's least favorite ex for a family dinner?!

And... something else, too.

As I commented on my post the other day - I've received feedback that some people prefer to read directly on patreon posts, so I will be putting the text of this chapter (and all writing going forward) on the actual post itself, as well as attached as a pdf at the bottom! This way, you c...

Would you look at this?

Hi, all!

I'd been planning to post Midnight Rain today, only for Sutton and Charlotte to pull a fast one on me and switch things up.

Which means that as I neared the end of this chapter, I realized that several elements of it worked better as chapter 22 instead of chapter 21, and several elements I'd had planned for chapter 22 make so much sense for chapter 21.

So, while Mi...

Weekend Wrap-Up (trivia players - pls read!)

Thank you so much to the 30+ people that joined me for trivia this weekend; I had such a good time hosting it (apologies for how difficult day 2 could be...).

Send me a message on here if you joined in on zoom/the game yesterday or today. As I mentioned, the top 3 from both days will get a little merch bundle, but everyone who partook is going to get a lil something special...

HCLU Trivia Weekend Extravaganza!

Okay everyone!

With the number of people that voted on the poll, there were >30 people that answered they wanted to play trivia both Saturday and Sunday! Which was wild and exciting, so I am doing trivia both nights!

Here's the way it will work -

Both Saturday and Sunday, go on the zoom link (I'm putting both links at the bottom of this post!) by 3pm. I'll ...

CassAsks - J.J. Arias

This month's CassAsks features an author that I, personally, felt a little late to the party to. J. J. Arias has written dozens of sapphic romances in the last 5+ years, including her newest release Relinquishing Control, which came out less than a month ago (you can find it on 2024-05-16 21:16:22 +0000 UTC View Post

Listicle - Characters/relationships + Taylor Swift

I've been asked this several times, both on here and social media, which I guess isn't surprising since it's a well-known fact that I fucking love Taylor Swift.

The truth is, though, assigning Taylor songs to our ladies and their relationships is kind of stressful for me! Taylor's music + my characters are all sacred, and I don't want to make a mistake! Lol, which I can acknowledge is a ...

Poll Time - what couple would you like a bonus scene of?

... that isn't Riley/Gianna or Sutton/Charlotte, because I'll already be writing scenes for them this month!

I think Caroline/Hannah, Brooke/Taylor, and Ellie/Mia are the couples in the HCLU that receive the least amount of attention on here, so I figured that for this month, I'm going to let everyone pick a couple to get some extra content for!

HCLU *Trivia Night*

Hi!

All right, as I posted in April, I've been kicking around the idea of a trivia night for patrons this month via zoom! And - excitingly - there seemed to be a really good response to it.

I'm still trying to figure out all of the logistics around how it's going to be played (teams? individually??? Feel free to comment below if you have any specific ideas!), but - I will likely use...

CassAsks - Jae

Another month, another cassasks - and this month, the illustrious Jae partook in our Q&A!

Jae is one of the most prolific writers at YLVA, and her book Damage Control was one of the first sapphic romances I read that I enjoyed and pulled me deeper into the sapphic romance world! So that holds a special place in my heart.

On a much broader level, Jae is at the cen...

Poll Results - Regan officially crowned a winner

This was how I, admittedly, expected it to go.

Who wouldn't want to know more about Regan?

But! I was very interested in the other results - namely that Savannah slid in second place and Athena in third! (that, admittedly, I did not see coming! But I love it)

Regarding Athena's story -

Starting in her early 20's as a cam-girl, Athena has worked her way through the adul...

Midnight Rain Ch. 20

In which the romance continues...

Oh, Charlotte.