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Jason L.

@jasonlangford.bsky.social

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He/him. 🏳️‍⚧️ Kidlit Writer, reader, someday I might be an author, who knows.

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Jason L. @jasonlangford.bsky.social · 11d

DON’T LET THE FOREST IN x OLD WOUNDS

When Owen runs out of the woods covered in the blood of a monster he killed, he thinks he’s safe. But whoever kills the monster must replace it, and Owen must find a way to get the creature’s soul out of him before the transformation completes. #DVpit #YA #H #TV

Jason L. @jasonlangford.bsky.social · 1d

If I had to pitch magic school wip using music, I'd go with:

"I'm Only Me When I'm With You" by Taylor Swift x "Nauseous" by Conan Gray

#writingcommunity

Jason L. @jasonlangford.bsky.social · 2d

In London for a week! What sort of shenanigans shall I get up to

Jason L. @jasonlangford.bsky.social · 3d

Someday I'm gonna get a tattoo that says "I will succeed because I am insane"

Jason L. @jasonlangford.bsky.social · 6d

😎😎😎

Jason L. @jasonlangford.bsky.social · 7d

I just finished outlining a completely new book in about 3 days. I never saw this book coming. How did this happen 😂😂

I'll give a few spoilers:
✨ magic school
🏳️‍⚧️ trans mc
🪾 Southern U.S. setting

#writingcommunity

Jason L. @jasonlangford.bsky.social · 10d

I'm obsessed with this!! You know that

Jason L. @jasonlangford.bsky.social · 10d

Woaaaah love those comps!! I love this!

Jason L. @jasonlangford.bsky.social · 10d

DONT LET THE FOREST IN x Over the Garden Wall

Owen killed a beautiful monster to escape a magical forest world, but whoever kills the monster must replace it…
🏳️‍⚧️Trans rep
📖Dual-timeline
🔥Toxic obsession
😱Monstrous transformation

#DVpit #YA #H #TV

Jason L. @jasonlangford.bsky.social · 11d

THEN: Owen runs away from home, & finds a beautiful boy in the woods, claiming to be a monster.

NOW: Owen’s back home, the boy dead by his hand. But whoever kills the monster has to replace him, & Owen must revisit the past he fears to find out how to stay human.
#DVpit #YA #H #TV

Jason L. @jasonlangford.bsky.social · 11d

Ooooh I love this!

Jason L. @jasonlangford.bsky.social · 11d

Over the Garden Wall x THIS RAGING SEA
The night Owen broke up with his bf, he ran away and fell into an 11-month obsession with a beautiful monster.

Now he's home again, having killed the monster…but whoever kills it must replace it, and the one person who can help is Owen's ex. #DVpit #YA #H #TV

Jason L. @jasonlangford.bsky.social · 11d

DON’T LET THE FOREST IN x OLD WOUNDS

When Owen runs out of the woods covered in the blood of a monster he killed, he thinks he’s safe. But whoever kills the monster must replace it, and Owen must find a way to get the creature’s soul out of him before the transformation completes. #DVpit #YA #H #TV

Jason L. @jasonlangford.bsky.social · 11d

Oh tumblr, I can always count on you for wisdom

A tumblr post in two parts: the first post reads: writing is so fun. The second post reads: writing is impossible why does anyone do this.

Jason L. @jasonlangford.bsky.social · 12d

#DVparty day 6: Next project!

Groundhog Day meets ARCANE

In a wealth-divided city on the edge of revolution, trans thief Gene must discover the root of a magical time loop trapping him in the day of his best friend’s murder.

A nine image moodboard depicting an image of bridges from the show Arcane, a boy's eye, a person's earring, a watch, a crossed pair of hands, three guns, a beautiful staircase, a wounded hand getting wrapped, and a quote "let go of the illusion that it could have been any different"

Jason L. @jasonlangford.bsky.social · 13d

We are the same person (same taste in music) and I love this for us

Jason L. @jasonlangford.bsky.social · 13d

Day 5 of #DVparty : Playlist!

Lord Huron - Meet Me in the Woods
Of Monsters and Men - Human
Against the Current - silent stranger
Halsey - Control

#YA #H

A playlist board showing four songs: Meet Me in the Woods by Lord Huron, Human by Of Monsters and Men, silent stranger by Against the Current, and Control by Halsey

Jason L. @jasonlangford.bsky.social · 14d

Day 4 of #DVparty : meme time! For my YA horror, this one just fit perfectly.

When you vanish in the woods for eleven months, people tend to think you're dead 😅😅

#YA #H

A green man sitting at a table saying "aw hey Owen, we thought you were dead"

Jason L. @jasonlangford.bsky.social · 15d

I'm sat! I love this story, you know that 😍😍😍

Jason L. @jasonlangford.bsky.social · 15d

#DVparty Day 3: Opening lines!

The blood isn't mine.

Or maybe it is. I can't remember. As I run through the trees, panting and covered in crimson, there's so many things I don't want to remember, but that isn't among them. How can I not know whose blood this is? Is it mine?

Or his?

#YA #H

Jason L. @jasonlangford.bsky.social · 16d

#DVparty Day 2!! Meet Owen (he/him), a trans boy who might not be entirely human anymore after he killed a monster 🤫🤫

Happens to the best of us right 😅😅

Art by me! #YA #H

A watercolor illustration of a red haired boy with blood on his face, looking over his shoulder in an autumnal forest

Jason L. @jasonlangford.bsky.social · 17d

Might as well start the #DVparty !! Here's my moodboard for my very trans, very gay YA horror novel!

🎶you've got your demons and darling they all look like me🎶

Nine image moodboard depicting: a deer skull among leaves, a boy looking at the viewer, brown boots in autumn leaves, a boy wearing a letterman's jacket, kids on bleachers, a boy in front of a dark house, a wolf's maw, kids passing notes in class, and a Taylor Swift lyric: "you've got your demons and darling, they all look like me"

Jason L. @jasonlangford.bsky.social · 18d

came across the creator of nyan cat on my tumblr feed and I feel like I just walked past Jesus in a hot topic

Jason L. @jasonlangford.bsky.social · 18d

Character development is going from loving drafting to loving revision

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Jason L. @jasonlangford.bsky.social · 20d

THEN: Owen runs away from home, & finds a beautiful boy in the woods, claiming to be a monster.

NOW: Owen’s home again, the boy dead by his hand. But whoever kills the monster has to replace him, & Owen must revisit the past he fears to find out how to stay human.

#preDV #YA #H (artist in alt)

art by samariumsam on instagram, of a red haired boy with bloody hands being held by a dark-haired smiling boy, with the life cycle of a rabbit behind them.

Jason L. @jasonlangford.bsky.social · 20d

Over the Garden Wall x THIS RAGING SEA
On the night Owen broke up with his bf, he ran away and fell into an 11-month obsession with a beautiful monster. Now he's home again, and the monster’s dead... but whoever kills it must replace it, and the one person who can help is Owen's ex. #preDV #YA #H