Jen

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.

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 2018-2023.

She lives in Ottawa with her author husband, daughter, son, and their library of over 3000 books.

Find her pen name here! (Must be an adult)

Valentines from Winging It

February 13, 2025 by Jen Desmarais

Happy Valentine’s Day! Are you looking for valentines? Feel free to grab these!

*Winging It* by Jen Desmarais is available June 3rd, 2025!
Cover Art by Pinkpiggy93

Valentines from The Copper Tarnish

February 11, 2025 by Jen Desmarais

Happy Valentine’s Day! Are you looking for valentines? Feel free to grab these!

The Copper Tarnish by Éric Desmarais available June 3rd, 2025.

Shadowbox Ornament: Winging It

February 8, 2025February 6, 2025 by Jen Desmarais

I got the idea to make shadowbox out of the cover image of our books, and I thought it would be fun for you to have access as well!

Also – first promo for Winging It!

Template Download

Materials:
Paper (or cardstock)
Colour printer
Scissors
Exacto knife
Cutting board
Tape (or glue)
Patience

Instructions:

Print the template provided (PDF download above)
Cut out the pieces using scissors
Cut out the greyed out background with the Exacto knife
Tape (or glue) the parts together.

Shadowbox Ornaments: Crushing It

January 30, 2025 by Jen Desmarais

I got the idea to make shadowbox out of the cover image of our books, and I thought it would be fun for you to have access as well!

Template Download

Materials:
Paper (or cardstock)
Colour printer
Scissors
Exacto knife
Cutting board
Tape (or glue)
Patience

Instructions:

Print the template provided (PDF download above)
Cut out the pieces using scissors
Cut out the greyed out background with the Exacto knife
Tape (or glue) the parts together.

Ottawa Comiccon Winter Edition 2025

January 24, 2025 by Éric Desmarais

Hello Fellow geeks and nerds,

Tomorrow is Ottawa Comiccon Winter Edition 2025. It’s at the EY Centre and I hear the train goes there, starting on Saturday.

Come see us at booth A605 and A607

We’ll have coffee, crochet, and books.

Hope to see you there!

Éric

Shadowbox Ornaments: Everdome

January 23, 2025 by Jen Desmarais

I got the idea to make shadowbox out of the cover image of our books, and I thought it would be fun for you to have access as well!

Template Download

Materials:
Paper (or cardstock)
Colour printer
Scissors
Exacto knife
Cutting board
Tape (or glue)
Patience

Instructions:

Print the template provided (PDF download above)
Cut out the pieces using scissors
Cut out the greyed out background with the Exacto knife
Tape (or glue) the parts together.

Shadowbox Ornaments: Parasomnia

January 16, 2025 by Jen Desmarais

I got the idea to make shadowbox out of the cover image of our books, and I thought it would be fun for you to have access as well!

Template Download

Materials:
Paper (or cardstock)
Colour printer
Scissors
Exacto knife
Cutting board
Tape (or glue)
Patience

Instructions:

Print the template provided (PDF download above)
Cut out the pieces using scissors
Cut out the greyed out background with the Exacto knife
Tape (or glue) the parts together.

Cover Reveal: Winging It

January 13, 2025 by Jen Desmarais

If you saw me in person at Geeked Out on December 1, or at The Book’s Better Bookshop in Smith’s Falls on December 14, you would have seen a sneak peek of Jen’s next cover.

Or if you were part of our newsletter, you got to see sketches and the background. (Incidentally, sign up for our newsletter here!)

There was a cover reveal party this past Saturday, which means:

I have been sitting on this cover since September and I can finally show it to you!