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did the vase grow up alongside Eleanor?🥺✨️ (i know vases don't actually grow but but the detail!! cute!!!)
thank you 👀 I wanted these flowers to be ones Eleanor associates with her mother… you might notice the same ones at the start of the book (before this) and the end of the last chapter…
Out today
IT’S… UK RELEASE DAY!
About 5 years since first starting the research and pitch, my “I didn’t expect mainstream publishers to accept this, let alone compete over it” trans historical romance is out in the UK.
It’s not an easy time for authors - or to be making trans books that are also suitable for teen readers - and I massively appreciate every person who’s boosted posts, supported, replied or told their library to get one, you’re the best.
More info, pics, and links to get the US version / international here
I Shall Never Fall in Love - meet the characters (3/3): Charlotte
Inspired by
- Charlotte from Pride & Prejudice, but what if she was less sure about Mr Collins
- historical figure Dido Belle
- and cool quiet girls everywhere. ily
Out in less than a week!! Find out more about the book here
In huge news for disabled me, I’ve figured out…
an accessible virtual book launch!!!!!
come hang out on my sofa next Sunday through the magic of the internet, with some actual dream hosts.
(If you’re broke you can attend free, but it’s also a bookshop that does genuinely great work in activism and across the community that’s worth supporting!)
also if you have any questions (about the book itself, what inspired it, graphic novels, being an author or anything really) I thought this would be a really nice chance to chat and answer - either in the event, or just in posts afterwards if there are a few. Just put them in replies here this week (or asks!)
Autumn panels from I Shall Never Fall in Love (x)
Cool news: I have persuaded my publisher to do bookmarks.
The first few pre-orders from this nice queer bookshop get one free!!
Out NEXT WEEK (in the uk). You can also see a juicy promotional panel reveal here, if you’re willing to brave instagram for a moment
I Shall Never Fall in Love (x) 2 weeks till UK release 🌈
genuinely very happy about this review, but doing a webcomic has poisoned my mind because my first thought was ‘this one’s not slow-burn, it’s less than 300 pages’
I Shall Never Fall in Love - meet the characters (2/3): Eleanor
Inspired by:
- expressive, goofy, loud, flawed younger sisters ’ in costume dramas
- ‘romantic friendship’ (wow those women seem as CLOSE AS SISTERS)
out in a few weeks!! (x)
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sorry if this has been asked before but where can i preorder i shall never fall in love if im in the EU?
Hello! I generally say check where you normally get books & support bookshops if you can - but I know that’s easier in some countries than others. I’d suggest bookshops in the UK that ship to the EU like:
- Blackwells - price includes shipping, and they sort out taxes for you (visible at checkout)
- If that’s not an option, it’s on Waterstones, Amazon UK and some other places (eg .de and .pl).
- If you’re in Italy or Spain, translations will be out soon, which should be easier to get from bookshops there!
something I really enjoy doing for historical books is looking up real documents from the time, and drawing versions of them among the character’s belongings
From I Shall Never Fall in Love (x)
you vs. the ‘more accomplished on the pianoforte’ girl they told you not to worry about
panel from I Shall Never Fall in Love - out now (x)
I Shall Never Fall in Love - meet the characters (1/3): George
One of my first big ideas for this book was classic historical romance but with a nonbinary/ transmasc romantic lead - inspired by real queer history, but still a comfort read. Think:
- Historical romance repressed emotion and longing / but including gender longing
- Gentlemanly manners vs. butch chivalry
- Difference that puts them at odds with high society, and leads them to question it
More info here