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Lydia Joy

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☕️writer & illustrator .✦ ݁˖
🌿LOVE & RADIO ~ new edition 2027
book eater / coffee shop regular / little goblin

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⚡A little Love & Radio update:⚡

I'm officially taking this book indie (well, super-indie), which means a SECOND EDITION is in the works.

I'm giving it a little makeover inside and out, cleaning up some formatting issues, fixing a few mistakes, and making it look and feel more like the book I originally envisioned.

Hoping to have it back in your hands in early 2027🤞

Thank you to everyone who's already read it and/or reviewed it. I’ve really been so touched at the response and can’t wait to put my director’s cut out there next year, and hopefully sooner rather than later. Thank you all! by @lydiajoy.inks

I enjoyed talking about the Twilight Saga so much, I made a separate Substack for book readings :) Welcome to 🦋BAD BOOK CLUB🦋

Every week-ish, I read a cringey and/or nostalgic chapter of a book and yap about it.

If you like:

✨ books that had us young adults in a chokehold ✨ hearing someone lovingly overanalyze iffy literature ✨ getting recommendations for your next beloved disaster ✨ helping decide what Bad Book Club reads next

Then come hang out with us🦋 No assigned reading, just a little sleepover fun.

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TBR | book club | online book club | bad books | YA fiction | books | reading | book reviews | nostalgia | literary criticism | romance | fantasy | twilight by @lydiajoy.inks

Featuring!!

🌿 zombies that bloom instead of rot
📻 radio broadcasts, Potterwatch style⚡️
❤️ a father & daughter bond, The Last of Us style
🤍 quiet girl × chatty boy
📚 the last libraries on Earth
🎭 a troupe keeping Shakespeare alive after the apocalypse

LOVE & RADIO IN THE TIME OF THE APOCALYPSE! Out now on paperback and ebook! 🔗 in my bi0.

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book | bookish | author | YA books | dystopian | zombie books | hopeful apocalypse | adventure | slow burn romance | tbr | debut novel | tlou | twd | writing | booksta | bookstagram by @lydiajoy.inks

Here are the books that made me want to become a writer:

🕯️The Giver by Lois Lowry
🎭Hagseed by Margaret Atwood
👒Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
🪿The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale

Just to name a few ;)

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writers | bookstagram | reader | tbr | booksta | bookish | classic book recs | ya book recs | the giver | the goose girl | pride and prejudice | hagseed by @lydiajoy.inks

Some of my favorite little portraits from my first wedding💛✨ I loved getting to capture everyone’s expressions + personalities in these
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live wedding illustrator • wedding guest portraits • live guest portraits • Colorado wedding artist • Colorado wedding vendor • wedding favors • live event artist by @lydiajoy.inks

I tried live wedding illustration for the first time!! 💌🎨✨🥂

I spent the evening drawing guests in ink + light color while they ate, drank, danced, and came back to find their finished portraits waiting for them.

I was a little nervous going into my first one, but I had SO much fun. Getting to draw this many people in one night, see everyone’s outfits, and watch people find their portraits on the pickup rack was the best.

Safe to say...I would very much like to do this again👀

So if you’re getting married in 2027 (or planning a party/event!) and want your guests to go home with their own little illustrated portrait, hiiiii💛
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📻You’re listening to Apocalypse Train ~⚡️

a lil scene from LOVE & RADIO ♥︎ man oh man I do dislike backgrounds, but this one wasn’t so bad.
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#loveandradio #yabooks #bookstagram #conceptart #apocalypsebooks by @lydiajoy.inks

What’s the artistic advice you ignore a lot? These are mine ~ 🎧🍊☕️🌟

Bonus: I also make these little collage posts when I have writer’s block, so I’ve already let you in on my secrets.

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writers | illustrators | writing tips | bookworms | people who make stuff | bookstagram by @lydiajoy.inks

Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate the launch of LOVE & RADIO IN THE TIME OF THE APOCALYPSE with me, who bought a book, gave a hug, asked questions, and made this thing feel so so special🫠💕

Writing this book took years, and getting to share this milestone with so many wonderful people is something I won’t forget.

So grateful to every one of you. Thank you for believing in me💛 by @lydiajoy.inks

Yapper x Listener has my heart 🫶🏻

Lookin at my sketches of of Jo and Ez from LOVE & RADIO IN THE TIME OF THE APOCALYPSE ~

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YA books | tbr | new fiction | concept art | sketchbook | new books by @lydiajoy.inks

I wanted this world to feel like it was changing. Not everything stays a monster…🪱🍄‍🟫🌿🦋

the book announcement’s coming soon I’m gonna throw up 🙃✨💕
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#yafiction #postapocalypse #zombies #bookstagram #illustration @inkandquillpress by @lydiajoy.inks

it’s a good summer to visit the library and grab a banned book!! 🌟📖🍄‍🟫

If you like apocalypse kids, libraries at the end of the world, slow burn love and a whole lot of adventure, check out my hopeful apocalypse book, LOVE & RADIO IN THE TIME OF THE APOCALYPSE 📻🌿
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#yabooks #thelastofus #oldmedia #tbr #newbookrelease by @lydiajoy.inks