Today's the day SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY hits shelves! It's an ode to classic teen romcoms, but make it gay! If you like fake dating, enemies to lovers, sports rivalries, campy towns, messy female characters & finding love after a breakup, this one's for you:
In the last few weeks: CEMETERY BOYS hit the NYT list, CROWN is the first ever Reese’s Book Club YA pick, and FELIX is getting a tv show. I hope the people who doubted QPOC books are paying attention to these good fruits. Wow wow wow
My next book is a YA sapphic sports rom com - coming atcha April 20, 2021!
Thank you to
@juststeffiart
, a true genius, for this vibrant & v v queer cover art, and
@auroraparl
for overall splendid cover design!
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This is a braggy tweet and I'm sorry for that - but I've had books on Amazon for 8 years and this is the first time one of them has hit 1,000 reviews. It's really exciting!
I just found out that 2 of my original HNITS readers are now DATING?! long distance? After seeing each other on my SDMC instagram party? NO ONE TALK TO ME I HAVE PEAKED I AM QUEEN OF THE LESBIANS
Happy Pride, y'all. This year I'm thinking of my queer Black siblings, who must constantly navigate the intersection of 2+ marginalized identities that are often the target of police violence. (Never forget the first Pride was a riot.) Support queer Black voices: buy these books!
I'm speechless.
This happened because of the power of word-of-mouth marketing in the queer community. Thank you for the tweets, Booktoks, IG stories, blog entries, memes, and other manifestations of queer joy.
The result: 2 girls blatantly holding hands on a bestseller list 💗👭
The countdown is on! SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY releases April 20th! Let's go sports sapphics! 🏳️🌈🏅
🏀Signed copies from my local indie:
📣Other retailers:
👭Read an excerpt:
🦌Add on GR:
New paperback version of LATE TO THE PARTY has dropped, featuring artwork by the inimitable
@juststeffiart
. My favorite part is the not-so-subtle nod to SDMC ;)
My f/f YA rom com about a basketball player & cheerleader releases 6 months from today! 👭🏀📣
If you like enemies-to-lovers, fake dating schemes, and goofy small towns, this one's for you :)
Pre-order here!
Add on GR here!
My birthday is Friday & I'd like to celebrate by giving away signed copies of my books 🎂
Reply here w/ your fav quote from *another* queer book (not mine) to enter.
I'll choose 3 winners, then you'll have your pick of a signed copy of HNITS, LTTP, or SDMC :)
US + international
I hope everyone had a lovely Lesbian Visibility Day. Sending extra love to those who aren’t out (yet). You are visible to *yourself* and that’s what matters! Thank you for being who you are. Women are hot Amen.
An extra special Happy Pride to anyone who’s new to the community this year. Whether you’re young or old, closeted or out, visibly queer or unfairly overlooked, I see you and I’m thankful you’re part of the family 💗🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
So they go on a date. Hannah wears her prettiest dress and her favorite perfume. Baker steps out of her garage with her navy sundress on, her hair pulled half up, the bobby pins glinting in the evening sunlight.
LATE TO THE PARTY is officially out in the world! Get ready for queer wallflowers trying to score their first kisses & other milestones 🤗🥳
Signed copies here:
Your local indie here:
Major retailers here:
just found this like alternate cover for late to the party and i had to get it..
@kellyquindlen
pls if those are the actual characters, i need to know who’s who
I listened to Sour. It captures the emotional place Scottie & Irene are in after breaking up with Tally & [spoiler] in SDMC.
but "hope ur ok" obviously makes me think of HNITS :)
-you are literally erasing my identity AS A LESBIAN even if I tend to say "queer" or "gay." The point is I'm sapphic. I like women. My characters are sapphic too. They don't have to use YOUR preferred term for their identity to be valid. And neither do I.
One of my favorite books of all time (not hyperbole) releases Tuesday. I've been waiting almost 4 years for the world to read it. So many congratulations to my dear friend Jen, who is too special, talented, and kind for words. I can't wait for this indelible story to debut.
The countdown is on! SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY releases April 20th! Let's go sports sapphics! 🏳️🌈🏅
🏀Signed copies from my local indie:
📣Other retailers:
👭Read an excerpt:
🦌Add on GR:
Our community receives enough opposition from the status quo. Please stop further creating the divide because an older writer doesn't use the term YOU prefer, especially when that term is recently cool/affirming. Let's just be a supportive community & read all the gay books, ok?
[EXCLUSIVO] Confira a capa de "A jogada do amor", de
@kellyquindlen
Apesar da rivalidade, Irene é a única pessoa que pode ajudar Scottie a reconquistar sua ex — até que sentimentos surgem entre as duas. Em maio pela
@editoraAlt
. Segue o fio!
Summary of my sapphic books:
SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY (fake dating, enemies-to-lovers):
LATE TO THE PARTY (queer wallflowers, wlw/mlm solidarity):
HER NAME IN THE SKY (best-friends-to-lovers, coming out):
Happy 3 months of publication to SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY 💗 Thank you to everyone who has read and shared Scottie & Irene's story!
(And thank you to Resa's Corner for this beautiful art! )
Reminder that today is Mardi Gras aka the anniversary of
#bakerhannah
's first kiss 💜💚💛 Hope you are all celebrating this very queer holiday with king cakes & sapphic kisses galore 😘
Language changes in time with culture & context. When I was coming out, we tended to say "I'm gay." I still tend to say that out of habit and comfort. Look up anything from the early-late 00s period and you will find that. Nowadays we're getting more specific with our categories-
It’s been 6+ years since I came out to my Irish Catholic grandparents and I still feel a deep, visceral joy when I can openly tell them that I went on a date with a woman recently.
Grandpop’s only question was about how we navigated the social distancing 🙏🏻
i finally finished writing SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY!!! she's all grown up and heading off to copyediting 😭 Get ready for snarky basketball player + imperious head cheerleader + enemies-to-lovers trope... coming your way April 2021! 🏀📣👩❤️👩
-which is GREAT especially for folks who take comfort in a specific identity, but it doesn't erase those of us who still identify more generally with LGBTQ language. So please stop saying I hate lesbians or I'm scared of them, because even when you say it in jest/frustration -
Scottie & Irene are hopping across the pond! 🇬🇧
SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY will be published in the U.K. on 13 October. Pre-order now + email Bethan.Thomas
@macmillan
.com with ‘Sapphic YA’ in the subject line if you'd like to be an early reader!
@MacmillanKidsUK
@charlieinabook
Happy
#NationalComingOutDay
! Ten years ago I couldn't have imagined saying this, but I am so thankful for my queer identity and I wouldn't change it for the world.
Whatever stage of the journey you're at, I hope you find a small way to celebrate and love yourself today 💗
ETA: I don’t want the kind person who sent me the tumblr Ask to think this is about them. It’s not. They were respectful. This thread was in response to a damaging, disrespectful tweet someone shared about me.
“I suppose when you trust someone not to hurt you, red flags look heart-shaped.” - wow thanks
@sgonzalesauthor
why don’t you just kill me with this ARC
To celebrate my birthday, here's a teaser from my upcoming YA sapphic sports rom com, SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY, which releases in April 2021.
Much gratitude & love to my Twitter fam. Thank you for the brightness and growth you bring to my life.
This fuck-show of a year has to end with us putting our family dog down after 17 years. We got her when I was 15. Please hold my family, especially my mom, in your heart.
Now that I've finally watched The Wilds, we can discuss all things Shelby & Toni while ALSO screaming about my favorite sapphic witches Tamsin & Wren! Y'all better be there!
✨ S&BM Virtual Launch✨
Join me &
@kellyquindlen
on IG live March 9 at 7pm EST
Conversation will cover:
✨ the importance of sapphic YA
✨ writing a fictional plague before living in a real one
✨ is Adrienne a Tamsin or a Wren?
✨ when will Kelly watch The Wilds?
✨ and more!
Tomorrow I'm recording an episode with
@thenextpagepod
in which we'll talk about all things Her Name in the Sky! If you have questions or suggested topics, reply here or send them a DM. Very excited to spend the afternoon gushing about H&B :)
sapphic enemies to lovers makes so much more sense to me personally bc when beautiful men are mean and cranky i’m like lmfao okay loser but when beautiful women are mean and cranky i want them to hit me with their car