Patience on a Monument – betts
I've been binding at such a rapid pace, yet neglecting to post about them! Time to catch up💪😤
So here's the third fic I've bound, Patience on a Monument by my dear friend @bettsfic💖
Fun fact: this fic is how we became friends! Years ago, I read it, went crazy over it, followed betts on tumblr, then a few years after, decided to participate in the @fanauthorworkshop to get better as a writer and meet senpai
Well, not only did I meet senpai, I also became senpai's friend! I'm living the dream ya'll.
Anyway, PICS:
The cover was inspired by that trend of classic art slapped over with graphic type, a la Ottessa Moshfegh’s books. As for why I chose this artwork? Because it’s called Patience on a Monument😂. But! Also because of the back cover, with figures that match on quite well onto Jaime, Brienne and Cersei, imo😉
For the epigraph, I chose to include a photograph from Marilyn Monroe’s last photoshoot, since A) Betts loves her B) the pose fits the quote very well.
Here’s the interior! I chose a font for Jaime’s handwriting that I felt best fitted Betts’s description of it.
Spine and flaps!! For the author photo, I got it from Betts’s profile pic of her substack (her newsletter is so good btw definitely check it out here).
And thus concludes this bind! I’m so chuffed about how it turned out. It set off a “classic book look” craze in me lmao which you’ll see in future binds.
Until then!
With love,
Emi xoxo
Fanfic Authors to reread
Here's a list of my favorite fanfic authors that write such masterpieces I'm left in awe. I have reread many, many of their stories because the writing is so good.
Astolat - I've read all of her Witcher and Transformer works at least seven times each, lol. The Game of Thrones stories are mind-bogglingly creative, and the Harry Potter works are the best I've ever read in the entire fandom ever. I love how quickly each story progresses and how immersive each world is, and I find that her stories are the ones my mind most often turns to and thinks about while I'm daydreaming.
spqr - phenomenal, breathtaking, single-chapter oneshots that slice into a fandom with such precision that you don't even have to know what the fandom is but you'll love it and feel like you've been a part of it for years. Masterful, exquisite, heartfelt stories that are like a solid jab to the solar plexus when you step into them.
betts - oh my gosh does this author know how messy emotions and relationships and life can be. She flays apart characters, sees what makes them who they are--all the flaws, mistakes, grief, bad parts of them--and shows exactly what it means to be human. I've never felt seen like this before. betts has a gift and each story is an absolute treasure.
glimmerglanger - this makes me want to cry. I've bookmarked every single one of their stories. Read many of them over and over and over. Screamed in elation when a new update came through. but - they're gone. Nuked. Obliterated. My heart goes to the author. This is a reminder to treat these writers better, to not nag or insult or complain about the writing they do for free. I sobbed when I found out their entire archive had been deleted. Those stories were breathtaking. Staggeringly creative. All Codywan fics set in such masterful worlds: the Mermaid AU, Magic AU, Yellowstone, Baseball, Time Travel, Captured by Vader and tortured, heck, even the Animal Crossing crack!fic was a blast to read. The rarepairs were so much fun, Just Right with Obi-Wan/Alpha 17 was a personal favorite. I hope glimmerglanger is doing ok and knows that they have so much support from dedicated fans.
objectlesson - alright this is my guilty pleasure. Here's who to go to if you want interesting, hot, probably out of your comfort zone but gosh darnit if it doesn't awaken something in you, smut. Never thought I'd read Doc/Lightning McQueen fanfic but here we are. This author knows exactly what's she's doing and I'm all for it.
goldcranes - Masterclass of intense focus on little details. On exactly which lens setting you use to set the scene, what to focus on, how to best portray what's happening to wrench on your reader's heartstrings and make them feel. Phenomenal writing.
esama - my first fandom crush :). Whispers in Corners is my #1 favorite fanfic of all time. She's who I turned to when I first started reading fanfic a decade ago and I still lovingly go back and read what I consider her greatest hits.
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