Jen Desmarais 
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 Crushing It. See that puzzle here.
And now, here is the puzzle for Winging It!
Not to be confused with Gandalf the White, who I did not see the weekend of Comic Con 2024. He must have been looking for some hobbits to go on a quest, but he only found the Doctor.
The Aurora Awards, which are for Canadian science fiction and fantasy writers and artists, are open for nominations for the 2024 works! (Nominations are open March 2 – April 5) 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 Adrien’s first nomination, so my fingers are crossed!
Not only do Éric and I have quite the list of eligible works, but Pegasus (for his work last year in his kindergarten homeschooling, and the short story he wrote and illustrated) and Dragon (for the short story she wrote and illustrated) 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 Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests is not included in the best cover art category, it’s because our cover artist is Vietnamese! Only Canadian creators are eligible, unfortunately.
Thank you so much for your time, attention, and support. If any of the above does make it through the nomination round, which ends April 5, I’ll be making another post for the voting round, which will be taking place starting in June 2025.
You’ve already met 3/4 of the main characters in Crushing It (here and here). The problem is, those actors have grown up. I still think they’re the perfect dreamcasting, though, and it got me thinking: People don’t like it when the movie doesn’t match the book. So why not write the movie post-Lucky in Love trilogy? It would be set when they’re in university, in Westmeath, and I think it would be super fun.
Age in Winging It: 15
Date of Birth: May 11, 1988
Appearance: Short blond hair, green eyes, tall, white
Grade: tail end of grade 9
Favourite class: Math or Science or Music
Parents: Lilah and Gerard Fairfield live on a farm in Parry Sound, Ontario
Siblings: Older brother Phillip, married to Sarah and has one son, Arthur (almost 2 years old). Twin older sisters Eliza and MacKenzie. Older sister Kennedy, engaged to Jason Johnson (gets married in this book) and lives in Westmeath (seen here).
More information: human, plays guitar
Age in Winging It: 15
Date of Birth: March 5, 1988
Appearance: Curly brown hair, grey eyes, tall, bronze skin
Grade: tail end of grade 9
Favourite class: Science and Drama
Parents: Sam and William Batudev own a bakery in Westmeath, Ontario
More information: Aetherborn rock giant, marital artist black belt first degree
Age in Winging It: 15
Appearance: Wavy brown hair, blue eyes, short, tan skin
Grade: tail end of grade 9
Favourite class: Math and Dance
Siblings: Older sister Rachel (seen here)
More information: Aetherborn succubus, dancer
Age in Winging It: 15
Appearance: Blond cropped hair, brown eyes, tall, white, muscular
Grade: tail end of grade 9
Favourite class: Science and Gym
Family: Dad
More information: Blue Blood gang member, boxing champion
I’m sure I’m missing the obvious, but I have no idea what this cosplay is. However, I had to have a picture of it because it was absolutely stunning. Cottage-cozy core is my favourite.
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!
Presenting The Copper Tarnish!
Materials:
Paper (or cardstock)
Colour printer
Scissors
Exacto knife
Cutting board
Tape (or glue)
Patience
Instructions:
Sam is 100% my favourite character in Lord of the Rings. I loved how many cosplays I saw of him at OCC2024, but this was my favourite, because it was so perfect. Frodo was also extremely well done, and together they blew my mind.
A parody of Netflix, Bookflix is where you can find our books and more like them.
The shapeshifter in the Dungeons and Dragons movie (2023) was a huge hit in our house, and I was very excited to see her being cosplayed already.
Happy Valentine’s Day! Are you looking for valentines? Feel free to grab these!
