assorted F&F stuff (Patreon)

Art + title experimentation + deleted panels

I've mentioned before that I'm not quite sure about "Flowers & Fangs" as a title, since "fangs" invokes vampires/werewolves, especially in the context of a modern fantasy romance.

Image 3 is me thinking very hard about different possible titles. I thought that playing around with fonts and designs for the title would help me figure out what sort of title I like best? So there's a lot of that.

You'll see from image 4 above that out of the alternate title I'm considering, I'm currently most fond of "Seven Days in Silverglen", which I think feels similarly romcom0sh/chicklit/fantasy-ish? And it also alliterates, apparently that's important to me :)

"Blossom and Glow" and "So Silver Glows" are both titles that I would've been able to namedrop at the climax of the story, which would be fun, but I don't think they roll off the tongue as nicely.

I'm still not sure what the final title will be, but this is what I'm considering right now. :)

Image 5 was deleted from chapter 1 because I felt it slowed down the pacing unnecessarily. It's from the first time we see Tess walking to her desk, and it felt too pretty/relaxed, the chapter flowed better without it.

Image 6 is from 3.2. This would have been the second-to-last panel, where Tess thinks "Maybe I'm the best person to help her. Maybe this is something that only I can do." but I felt that too many panels of Tess staring pensively at the windows was boring, so I replaced it with the scene outside the window instead. I think it's also nice to let people imagine Tess's expression while she's thinking these things

Happy Holidays all! I hope these days are full of kindness and warmth :)