Jen Desmarais is the creator of the sex education game Blush and co-author of “Assassins! Accidental Matchmakers” and “Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests.” “Crushing It” was her first solo novel.
Find her on Instagram @JenDesmaraisAuthor
You can also find a short story by Jen in “Nothing Without Us Too”, and a novella in “The Mystery of the Dancing Lights”.
Co-founder of JenEric Designs, she creates unique geeky crocheted items. Her blogs The Travelling TARDIS and How I Taught My Dragon have been nominated for the Prix Aurora Awards over 2018-2024.
She lives in Ottawa with her author husband, daughter, son, and their library of over 3000 books.
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If Instagram existed in 2003, this is what Kennedy would’ve posted during the book Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests.
Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests is an Urban Fantasy Romance. What happens when superheroes plan a wedding? Monsters, that’s what.
Kennedy and Jason are ready to get married. They just have to deal with evaporating monsters first.
Available for pre-order now!
Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests by Jen and Éric Desmarais is available now!
With a wedding book, there are many characters that show up from the first book, but there are also some new faces, or at least new faces that deserve introducing. We already introduced some of the family members last month, so here are some of the other new faces that are important in Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests.
Age: unknown
Appearance: Grey hair, pale blue eyes, average, white
Job: Reverend at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Anglican Church in East Westmeath, professor at Westmeath University (Ethics and Mythology), sits on the Oldtown Council, Watcher
Family: Niece Veronica Giles
Age: unknown
Appearance: Golden brown hair cut in a bob a shade darker than her skin, light brown eyes with flecks of gold, average height
Job: museum curator at the Royal Canadian Museum of Natural and Cultural History (NCH, or Niche)
Age: 27
Date of Birth: November 22, 1975
Appearance: Red hair, tall, white
Job: CEO of Door Technology, main office in Westmeath
Parents: Margery Door and Robin
Siblings: 11 older siblings
Age: unknown
Appearance: Curly light brown hair, average height, white
Job: Archeologist, works for Door Technology Foundational Technology Division
Sibling: Brother Jacob
Age: unknown
Appearance: Brown hair, average, white
Job: head of Door Technology Foundational Technology Division
Sibling: sister Carol
Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests by Jen and Éric Desmarais is available now!
Hello friends, family, and fans!
I’m so proud of Jen, this is her 7th nomination in seven years. It’s the TARDIS’s sixth.
Thanks to all who nominated. You really made a difference.
Now, it’s onto the voting! You will receive an email on how to download the voters package sometime in mid-May. If not, check the website when you’re logged in, and follow the instructions.
The Travelling TARDIS isn’t part of the package because you can access it for free on this site.
If you think The Travelling TARDIS is worthy of your vote, voting for the Auroras will be open on June 8th.
Thank you to everyone who nominated and especially to everyone who reads and enjoys our content.
Thank you!
Éric
“Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests” is an Urban Fantasy Romance. What happens when superheroes plan a wedding? Monsters, that’s what.
Kennedy and Jason are ready to get married. They just have to deal with evaporating monsters first. Available for pre-order now!
https://www.jeneric-designs.ca/books-and-timeline/universal-book-links/#MIWG
Cover art by @pinkpiggy93
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Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests by Jen and Éric Desmarais is available now!
Hello once again!!
The Aurora Awards, which are for Canadian science fiction and fantasy writers and artists, are open for nominations for the 2023 works! (Nominations are open March 2 – April 6) This means the LONG lists of eligible works are being narrowed down to 5-6 per category.
Once they have a list of nominated works, every single person who signed up and paid the $10 membership fee gets ALL the nominated works as downloads. That’s all the adult novels, YA novels, novellas, short stories, graphic novels, and related works (usually anthologies), so about 36 works, for just $10 CAD, which is a great deal.
Getting nominated for an Aurora Award is a BIG DEAL in the speculative fiction writing community. You get a nomination pin (only once, so I’m terrified I’ll lose mine!), and you’re part of an elite group of people. This would be Pegasus’s first nomination, so my fingers are crossed! Our category is stacked with popular works.
Not only do Éric and I have quite the list of eligible works, but Pegasus (for his work this year in his kindergarten homeschooling) are eligible as well! By the way, nomination forms are not ranked.
How do you nominate?
It would mean a lot to all of us if you’re willing to nominate us! (Categories are in alphabetical order by work)
In case you’re wondering why Crushing It is not included in the best cover art category, it’s because our cover artist is Vietnamese! Only Canadian creators are eligible, unfortunately. It is also not included in the YA Novel category because, although it takes place in a world of magic, the main POV character for 90% of the book has no idea it exists. Fortunately, the POV character for the novelette at the end is aware of the hidden magical world, so that is eligible in category 3.
Thank you so much for your time, attention, and support. If any of the above does make it through the nomination round, I’ll be making another post for the voting round, which will take place June 8 – July 13, 2023.
In case you weren’t aware, Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests is a wedding book, which means lots of family. This book has a humungous cast of characters, and we actually included a list at the back of the book because there are just so many people.
Age: 24
Date of Birth: Sep 19, 1978
Appearance: dark brown hair, hazel eyes, tall, golden brown skin
Job: city planner consultant for urban infrastructure planning, co-head of the Oldtown Council, and part-time teacher for the kid’s classes at Judy’s dojo
Parents: Hammond and Monique Johnson, both deceased.
Sibling: Older brother Jason
Family: married to Gabrielle, one daughter Brooke (just shy of 2 years old); grandmother Kathryn Johnson
Age: 57
Date of Birth: March 6, 1946
Appearance: Blonde hair that is whitening, blue eyes, medium height, white
Job: Farmer (the business side) in Parry Sound, Ontario (crops)
Family: married to Gerard, daughter of Denise Lake, mother to Phillip, who is married and has one son (just shy of 2 years old); twins Eliza and MacKenzie; Kennedy, who is marrying Jason; and Tommy
Age: 57
Date of Birth: March 1, 1946
Appearance: short grey hair, green eyes, tall and wirey, white
Job: Farmer in Parry Sound, Ontario (crops)
Family: married to Lilah, father to Phillip, who is married and has one son (just shy of 2 years old); twins Eliza and MacKenzie; Kennedy, who is marrying Jason; and Tommy
Age: 79
Date of Birth: May 23, 1924
Appearance: Long white-blonde hair, blue eyes, statuesque, white
Job: retired; volunteers at the Baker Public Library
Family: daughter Lilah, son Arthur (the adult, not the toddler, who is named for his uncle)
Age: unknown (older than 80) but looks in her late 20s
Date of Birth: Feb 12, 1923
Appearance: Long black hair, Black, brown eyes, strong family resemblance to her granddaughter Zoe
Job: traveller of the realms
Family: son, Hammond, dead in 2000; grandchildren: Jason and Zoe; great-grandchild Brooke
Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests by Jen and Éric Desmarais is available now!
Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests by Jen and Éric Desmarais is available now!
Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests by Jen and Éric Desmarais is available now!
There’s this site that allows for any picture to be transformed into a digital puzzle. For free. And you can play for free.
I used it for the cover of Assassins! Accidental Matchmakers (see that puzzle here) and Crushing It (see that puzzle here)
And now, here is the puzzle for Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests
Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests by Jen and Éric Desmarais is available now!
