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Hi, I hope you're well! I'm attending the signing in NYC on May 22 and I was wondering if there is any sort of ticket I need in order to get in or if it's just a normal line to wait in. Thank you!!

Dear insidioushumdrumming,

Here is the info on that signing. See ya there.

urs,

Stiefvater

asexual-bookworm:HELLO BOOKLR I HAVE A PRESENT FOR YOUI have TWO extra tickets to Maggie...

asexual-bookworm:

HELLO BOOKLR I HAVE A PRESENT FOR YOU

I have TWO extra tickets to Maggie Stiefvater’s tour event in PLAINVILLE, MA this Wednesday the 25th at 7pm! The event is at An Unlikely Story, Jeff Kinney’s new bookstore and I would very much like these tickets to not go to waste!

So if you are interested send me a message!

THIS IS NOT A GIVEAWAY IT’S FIRST COME FIRST SERVE

Any questions, send me a message my ask and IM s are both open to all!

sashayed:Ronan Lynch loved to dream about light.

sashayed:

Ronan Lynch loved to dream about light.

During the middle leg of the Raven King tour, I’ve been trying...

During the middle leg of the Raven King tour, I’ve been trying to think of a tactful way to word this, particularly since I’ve said versions of it online before. I couldn’t think of a good way so I kept typing things and then deleting them. But this ask has given me the push to try again. This is especially difficult because I don’t want to step into fandom space or give the impression that I’m trying to Kill! Fandom! Freedom!

But this is about my space. It’s been nearly a month on tour now and I’ve met several thousand readers and there’s definitely patterns and I’d like to not see them played out again for the final eight tour stops.

Here it is, again:

Please don’t come up to me in the signing line and ask me sex questions about my teen characters. Even if I didn’t continually shout how this series was about the overruling value of friendship rather than pairings, I’m 34. They. Are. Teens. I don’t want to engage with the story in that way. I have zero interest in being more explicit than I was in the text. When you ask me in the signing line, you put me on the spot and then I’m forced to stare at you and try to not make you feel terrible as I avoid the question or tell you I’m not comfortable and then we all leave with a bad taste in our mouth.

Moreover, the general nature of the questions is — they are — how to — let’s just say — They’re explicit, they’re always about the boys or about a poly relationship, never ever about Blue + Gansey, they’re voyeuristic, and all of these things combine to make increasingly me uncomfortable not just as the adult creator of a teen series, but as a person who is keen to promote LGBT relationships as mainstream and not the stuff of sexualized fantasy. 

So rather than pretend I know all the answers, this is what I’m going to say, I think.

1) Ask yourself why it is that you want to know the answers to these questions.

2) Ask yourself if you would be comfortable having this question asked about you.

3) Ask yourself why it is important to you for me to tell you my answer to the question; why do you want my input? Is this a fandom question or a creator question?

And then, please. Keep the smut out of my space. I will one day write an adult novel where all topics are a go, but not for these characters. 

urs,

Stiefvater

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