{"id":1435,"date":"2026-03-05T00:29:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T00:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.raythereign.com\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T15:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T15:38:17","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shop.raythereign.com\/about","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1435\" class=\"elementor elementor-1435\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5b999f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d5b999f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c145d78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c145d78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who is Raythe \/ X. Aratare?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2431162 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2431162\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c303f32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c303f32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/shop.raythereign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Raccoons-Raythe-rn1cuqwlyyq4idkcs2s8pps39803crsxau4dw2i9pc.png\" title=\"Raccoons \u2013 Raythe\" alt=\"Raccoons - Raythe\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/400;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c7f2ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c7f2ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raythe is the author, and all the MM stories in this shop and on <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/raythereign.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><u>RaytheReign.com<\/u><\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are created by her.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raythe started by creating detailed dramatic stories for her closest friends in high school and telling them face-to-face. In college, took creative writing classes \u2013 and got some valuable advice. After law school, she discovered the fanfiction community, which is where she started getting into MM fandom.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When she wanted to start writing original stories, she wanted to recreate the fandom experience with her own web novels. Posting chapter by chapter and getting comments was just like the way she told stories to her friends\u2026 and that grew up into our serial membership site <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/raythereign.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RaytheReign.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once Amazon and other places allowed independent publishing, Raythe started releasing completed stories as book series \u2013 and eventually set up this shop right here.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-550373d on-light e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"550373d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9916e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b9916e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What can you expect from a Raythe Reign Story?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03e6943 alt-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"03e6943\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Raythe likes heroic tales with romantic plots, and most of her stories can be summed up like this:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1b9621 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f1b9621\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>\u201cHot heroes with badass powers fall in love and work together to save their world from evil.\u201d<\/b><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4964cbe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4964cbe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Here are some of the other promises that a Raythe Reign story delivers on:<\/p><ul><li>Low angst queer relationships. As a queer person, Raythe is not about tragic gay love \/ doomed yaoi and yuri.<\/li><li>Magic of some kind. Whether it\u2019s traditional spells, animal shifting, occult powers, psychic abilities, or magic objects, all Raythe\u2019s stories are set in alternative worlds where there are forces beyond everyday life.<\/li><li>Found family, often with redeemed villains.<\/li><li>Justice. Raythe\u2019s an attorney!<\/li><\/ul><p>If these sound like tropes you like, check out the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.raythereign.com\/books\/dragons-reign\/raythe-reign-free-pack\">Free Pack of book &amp; audiobook<\/a><\/span> 1s if you haven\u2019t already.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who is Raythe \/ X. Aratare? Raythe is the author, and all the MM stories in this shop and on RaytheReign.com are created by her. 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