Author of the series: SAILS OF BLACK AND BLOODREVENGE OF CAPTAIN VESSIA is out Oct 4th! Librarian. Angry Goth trans lady. Get my more unfiltered opinions here than my other socials.she/herBooks and other fun stuff: https://linktr.ee/leslieiswriting
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Holy heck.
I'm just back from a live event, and what a ride. Sold my first ever copies of Revenge, and may or may not have had a little cry about it. It was a hells of an experience at the Halifax Public Library, meeting other authors, learning more about the industry, gauging the vibes, so to speak.
While not wildly successful, I'm still proud of what copies I did sell, and I had some amazing interactions with local businesses and booksellers that hopefully show some promise in the future.
That being said, me and @catrectorauthor had a fucking bitching table set up:
(She's like, so fucking cute. Look at her. Did you know she's like, an amazing author who literally smashed my heart into a million pieces with words she wrote to the point I wrote her 80k of fanfic for one of her series? I cannot wait to show you what we have cooking ^.^ )
But wow! What a release week. I can't thank you all enough for coming with me along this journey (and my apologies for the blazed posts) and I can't wait to show you what's next.
Because Sails of Black and Blood isn't over yet.
Not by a long shot.
>video claiming to be essay/history on a topic
>ask them if its analysis or summary
>they dont understand
>pull out detailed chart explaining what's analyzing the ideas and motives behind a text and what is just presenting information without thinking about it
>"it's a good video, ma'am"
>watch it
>summary
Our New & Upcoming Releases page now has over fifty books on it! We've grown a bunch over the last month, so I'll bring this back to y'alls attention: if you know of ANY books published by transfemmes since 7/1/24 or forthcoming in ANY genre that aren't on this page, please share them on this post ❤️⬇️ Authors, feel free to self-promo.
If you know, you know.
there is something so romantic about vampirism as a whole. like yes i can have your body but i crave something beyond your looks. i crave what's inside of you, what keeps you alive. i have to bathe my tongue in your most valuable essence, my fangs like blades have to know how your flesh tastes like
ITS RELEASE DAY!!!
Revenge of Captain Vessia has officially landed on shore!
(to pirate you? To smooch you? To drink your blood? Who knows 🤨)
(yes I did go to a beach and do a photoshoot. Fight me.)
But if trans lesbian vampire pirates (vampirates?) out for revenge sounds like your jam then you can your copy here:
https://books2read.com/u/47LZe8
Or at your local indie bookstore through special order!
Thanks to everyone who gave me a helping hand through getting this out into the world, especially *you* tumblr, for helping a nerdy girl pretending to be a guy figure out she was trans more than a decade ago. (>^.^)>
Growing up in the 90s was fucked for this exact type of thing. I "always" knew I wanted to be a girl. I wanted that socialisation and escape from male expectations and liked being around girls better and just *wanted to be* one of them.
But I never had the language to say that. Because to say "I want to be a girl" wasn't allowed in society, and in a lot of cases, still isn't. If you say those words aloud to someone as a kid, you get shushed or thrown to a shrink or ostracized.
Back then no one in my town knew what "transgender" was, no one had even heard the word. I didn't even see it in print until I was 21, *on here, on tumblr*. And that was 2010.
There's a difference between "always knowing" and "didn't have the words"
do wish there was more trans media acknowledging that like.... when you probably didn't even grow up as a feminine boy (although in my case compared to a lot of guys I was cus i like....cook and clean and tidy up and stuff) and so the trans feelings kinda just come out of nowhere and overwhelm you and all the realising stuff is in hindsight. like in hindsight i always wanted to dress a certain way or be called a girl but i absolutely didn't know it at the time. like not everyone is that stereotype and a lot of the time you were basically a bit of a lifeless husk before realising you're trans and that makes it so difficult to navigate. like you have no aspirations, maybe 3 friends all of who suck and suddenly you're realising you wish you were a girl. semi related to how vitriolic people are about the very concept of trans girls who used 4chan and stuff. it's like... I guess a lot of people's ideas of what trans women are and were like is very different to a lot of our lived experience.
like a lot of the time, pre transition gender and personality looks like a mattress on the floor, instead of cute feminine always wanted to be a girl always played with the girls sorta thing (again, complicated in my circumstances and a lot of it was essentially not being raised as a Patriarchal asshole)
how did you learn to write well?
well first you have to be a very sad child
Today I learned that the European Pine Marten is one of the national symbols of Croatia, and appears on their 1-euro coins.
How many other counties put mustelids on their currency? NOT ENOUGH, THAT'S THE TRUTH!
"we don't have girl talk, we have creature talk," my roommate Julia just said while rolling on the floor, "put that on your fucking tumblr, they'll love that shit"
My foster kitten
I don't blame you, this is vastly superior character design.
i love u october i love u halloween decor i love u crunchy leaves i love u spooky vibes i love u horror movies i love u thunderstorms i love u candy i love u costumes i love u spooky music i love u hot cocoa i love u pumpkin patches i love u haunted houses i love u candles i love u fall hayrides i love u oversized sweaters i love u autumn
Got a queer author badge of pride today:
For like five minutes this morning, I was ready to have a good cry about the fact that someone didn't like my book, until I looked at who specifically left the rating. For those who don't know, "Charles" has quite a reputation on goodreads.
Like, they doesn't even leave a review, they couldn't have read the book, it's not even out yet. (it's out this Friday! You can get your copy here) I can't even start to tell you just how much a hater this person is, it's insane how dedicated he is to hating queer books.
I would be impressed if it wasn't for the fact that it was specifically targeted hate at me and people like me.
"Trans Rights, We're Not Asking"