Following the shake-up, Darien Freeman has confirmed that he will reprise his role as Prince Carmindor, as will Calvin Rolfe as Carmindor’s best friend, Euci. The villain in the sequel, revealed (in full costume) in an earlier panel during ExcelsiCon, will be General Sond, played by Blades of Valor actor Vance Reigns.

When asked whether the character of Princess Amara, incarnated so well by Oscar-nominated actress Jessica Stone, would make a reappearance after Ms. Stone’s heartfelt speech on a panel late Saturday evening, the cast reserved their comments.

But they did tell us that Starfield Resonance will begin filming next month. And Jessica Stone will be there.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

EVERY STORY FEELS LIKE LEARNING HOW to write all over again.

But while the plot and characters are new (mostly), I’m so thankful to have constants in my life, like my agent, Holly Root, and my editor, Blair Thornburgh, and the amazing team at Quirk Books. I’m also thankful for my backbone, the smol group of friends who, without them, Princess would never have been possible: Nicole Brinkley, Ada Starino, Kaitlyn Sage Patterson, Katherine Locke, Savannah Apperson, C. B. Lee, Eric Smith—seriously, [in a Bette Midler serenade] did you ever know that you’re my hero?

The past few years have been a little rough, and The Princess and the Fangirl is speckled with all of the things that became lights in the darkness for me—Yuri!!! On Ice and Star Wars and Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Dragon Age: Inquisition and Critical Role. But most importantly, I want to give a shout-out to The Adventure Zone and the McElroy brothers. Thanks, dudes, for giving me some ear-magic to listen to and a punch in the feels.

We find happiness in a kaleidoscope of stories: in books, in comics, in dance, in podcasts, in film and TV shows and video games. We find happiness in cosplaying as our favorite characters, and going to meet-and-greets with our favorite celebrities, and Dimension Door-ing onto the back of an Ancient Black Dragon, and finger-gunning Magic Missiles with our murder-hobo friends in a weekly session of Dungeons and Dragons. We all deserve to be happy, and love what we love, and be unironically enthusiastic about it. There is a magic in fandom that there rarely is anywhere else—where you can raise a TV show from the dead, and un-fridge a favorite character, and write fanfic that becomes canon. It is the kind of magic that brings our far corners of the world together.

So thank you, dear reader, most of all. I hope this story brought you a little happiness, a little feels, and a little love. Keep reading what makes you happy, and keep celebrating the content that makes you feel most alive, and carve out your spot in the universe, and write that coffeeshop! AU. Go on. I’ll be over on AO3 waiting.

Look to the stars. Aim.

Ignite!

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