BLBL NEWSLETTER - SEPTEMBER 2023
Hello, everyone! We have a lot of announcements, so read everything!
By the way, it has been four months since we had a chibi application...
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- BL Palace's Annual Grand Banquet: recap
- BL Zine: submissions are still open
- Artober in the BL Palace
- BL Winter Anthology: in the works
- BL author news
- Newly completed BL novels on Scribble Hub (July 2023, August 2023)
- The banner chibis
- OG BL Novel recommendations
- General BL News
- Fun corner
- Housekeeping for BL Palace
- Acknowledgements
1. BL Palace's Annual Grand Banquet: recap
On Saturday 12th August 2023, BL Palace residents gathered for our third grand banquet, an online workshop about BL! There were four talks, two art presentations, three podcasts, one game session, and two writing sessions (with one being impromptu!).
Thank you to all the volunteers, speakers, and attendees for making this event possible!
See this chapter for the presentation snapshots. You'll have to join the BL Palace Discord to find the recordings 😉
2. BL Zine: submissions are still open
We are still taking submissions for the BL Zine. If you would like to be a part of it (and join other authors such as avaseofpeonies, bafflinghaze, PumpkinEwe, and Zaiakuma!!!!), make sure you contact PumpkinEwe on ScribbleHub or on discord!
A reminder of what a story needs to be included in the zine:
- Story must be active (updated in the past 6 months) or completed.
- Its main couple must be male-identifying characters.
- All content in story must have proper warnings.
- Story must be posted on Scribble Hub. You can have it and related content posted on other websites, but it must also be on Scribble Hub.
3. Artober in the BL Palace
Artober/Inktober is happening on the BL Palace Discord! Join us in the #art-studio channel for daily prompts and inspiration boards. We look forward to what everyone creates 🥰🥰
4. BL Winter Anthology: in the works
If you've been in the discord, checking this account's profile messages, or following our twitter or tumblr, you might have heard some news about the coming BL Palace's Winter Anthology!! We previously opened theme submissions, and received 20 different combinations. The themes have been put to a vote. Voting has now closed.
Now, please wait impatiently for the theme announcement!
Ruyi has some news! She has started a new series fueled by reader polls. So far the most amount of votes received is an average of 3 per chapter...but it's working! The MC's fate changes with each vote, so choose wisely if you decide to join in!
Metafiction
In progress | 14k | 8 ch | Adventure, Boys Love, Comedy, Fantasy, Historical, Isekai
Meet Dan, an unimportant extra who just wants a fresh start, true love, and a happy ending. Unfortunately, life is unpredictable---especially when the readers keep voting on his fate! Will Dan make it through his isekai fantasy BL unscathed? Or will the results of the polls break the story...as well as his heart?
It's up to you to decide!
[A (weirdly) interactive story.]
6. Newly completed BL novels on Scribble Hub (July 2023, August 2023)
BL NOVELS COMPLETED IN JULY 2023:
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Creation: The Wolves That Are Us (Creation Series, Book 1) by ARvern241.6 k | 123 ch | Action, Adventure, Boys Love, Comedy, Fantasy, Girls Love, Mature, Mystery, Supernatural The origin of a species and the different families that inherited the power of unknown birth collide in an attempt to settle their ways and solve mysteries, how will they react when the answer to that truth is shown? The first Volume of this book mostly takes the perspective of Percy, a 19 year old member of the Daybreak pack as well as some additional characters' point of view. These packs having their respective abilities that shape their lifestyles, and they've remained inherited throughout the pack's history and bloodline which over time have long lost their origins. |
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Our Pictures On My Phone (The Scar Series — Book Two) by thesamhensley57.3 k | 24 ch | Boys Love, Romance, Slice of Life Two teenage boys. Their secret love. A fateful spring break. — Asher's struggle with anger remains a constant battle, even in the midst of his deepening love for his childhood friend Conor. Despite Asher's efforts to better himself during their three months apart, he still feels he hasn't become the person he wants to be for Conor. Now, during their highly anticipated spring break reunion, Asher's dreams are threatened by people from their past questioning his motives and testing the relationship. Still harboring resentment toward Asher, Milo resurfaces to protect Conor, and Asher fears losing him forever. Asher is under constant pressure to prove himself. Still, he and Conor grow closer, defying the forces seeking to separate them. But a revelation about Conor pushes Asher to his breaking point. Haunted by the perception that he is a ticking time bomb, Asher faces the dangerous choice of embracing his darkness or overcoming it. This sequel to the novella "Your Pictures On My Phone" delves deeper into the themes of self-love, forgiveness, and the arduous task of owning one's mistakes. Will Asher find a way to navigate his tangled emotions? Or will he spiral further into the abyss, jeopardizing his friendships and chance at happiness? |
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Reborn on a Systemless Earth… With a System by Thedude334119.9 k | 99 ch | Action, Adventure, Boys Love, Comedy, Fantasy, Isekai, LitRPG, Mystery, Slice of Life You know the setup: A young man on Earth hit by a speeding truck who ends up in a generic fantasy world. But what about this: A young man in a generic LitRPG fantasy world hit by a carriage who ends up in modern-day San Francisco, and yet still wants to be a hero anyway? That's how Systemless starts, and boy does it never let up. ---------------------------------------- The system can be accepted by anyone who decides to Class Up using the world’s various Sorting Scepters. From then on, leveling up will be possible, but it could come at the cost of one's life. All actions one takes, from combat to breathing, take from their pool of LP (Life Points). Run out, and so too will they perish. The only way to replenish one's LP is to level up and learn new skills. Eryk Solbourne chooses the [Adventurer] class, destined to explore great worlds, fight magnificent beasts, and inspire others. Now he is a D-Rank hero, but he will forge a powerful destiny for himself... and he will do so in a new world, after The Goddess reincarnates him in a brand-new Earth that is in desperate need of his abilities. Join Eryk Solbourne and his two Earthen friends Francis and Delta as they adventure across the United States and try to achieve the impossible: becoming the ultimate hero in a world where levels don't even exist. |
BL NOVELS COMPLETED IN AUGUST 2023:
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Beta’s rule by EmpressVengeance8.3 k | 10 ch | Boys Love, Drama Of all stories to transmigated into he just gotta be put inside a omegaverse that was ranked to be the most r18 of all!? |
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The Interwoven Underverse: Monsters Are People, Too by LutherKross6.4 k | 3 ch | Action, Boys Love, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Psychological, Sci-fi, Supernatural In this cycle of The Interwoven Underverse, we meet a little old lady with a dark secret, a police detective at the end of his rope, and a man on the run from the truth. Because the scariest monsters we face are those hidden amongst us, wearing human faces. |
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Cigarettes to Doomsday by floofylove12.5 k | 1 ch | Adult, Boys Love, Drama, Horror, Mature, Psychological, Romance Today was the day Li Muchen would summon a cosmic entity to end the world and reality itself. Yet, for some reason, things don't go as he expects...? |
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Fallen by SassyGlitter6.1 k | 1 ch | Boys Love, Fantasy, Romance, Smut Can there be love between an Angel and a Demon? When long time enemies Bell, an angel of heaven, and Azor, an elite warrior of hell find themselves thrust away from the violent battlefield, they quickly find themselves fighting a completely different battle... In the bedroom. *Note, there is no actual bedroom in this story. Top Yandere Angel X Flirty Bottom Demon |
7. Who are the chibis?
We have nothing for this segment because we need chibi submissions from you, the BL writer!
Do you feel pity for us? Would you like to have chibis of your BL characters drawn? If you have a finished or regularly updating novel with over 20k words, you can fill out this form to have a chibi of your main couple drawn and included in the newsletter banner!
8. OG BL Novel recommendations
None 🥲
9. General BL News
The English version of Chinese novel Guardian by Priest is out! - hat tip to Ruyi
What danmei news? Check out this website: https://www.danmeinews.com/ - hat tip to Ruyi
Missed out on Citrus Con 2023? Many of their talks have been recorded and are available on YouTube now - hat tip to bafflinghaze
10. Fun corner
My 2.5D Romance: A Webtoon rec by Ruyi
It's about two vTubers who start working on a collab and eventually get together. their real selves are very different from their vTuber personalities and the art is very pretty/cute/fluffy/bright!! Reminds me slightly of I Ship My Adversary and Me except the MC is less naive and more ridiculous (heir to a funeral home empire? lolol)
11. Housekeeping for BL Palace
Tumblr 🌟NEW!✨
Thanks to PumpkinEwe, we now have a BL Palace tumblr at https://blpalace.tumblr.com/ ✨✨✨ Consider giving us a follow there!
Please directly message the account or message bafflinghaze in order to get something posted or retweeted on the BL Palace twitter account. This includes:
- promotions of any original BL novel, either yours or a recommendation
- fan or official artwork of any original BL novel, either yours or a recommendation
- Any tweets about more general BL news that you think should also be retweeted
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12. Acknowledgements
Thank you to all those who submitted items for the newsletter!
And with that, we are done! Hope to see you on the next edition of the newsletter (and for the anthology announcement!)~
And as always—
