Jen Desmarais

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.

Pictogram of the Tropes in Winging It

April 14, 2025April 10, 2025 by Jen Desmarais

Image showing the rating for the tropes in *Winging It*. Coming of Age Romance, Teenage shenanigans, and kissing are all about 90%, Monsters is about 75%, and Music is about 60%. At the bottom, there’s a “Vibes”, which has an image from the movie *Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)*.

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

Karate Kid

April 8, 2025 by Jen Desmarais

Mister Miyagi must have given Daniel the day off to come to comic con.

Our tropes (2025 Books)

April 3, 2025April 3, 2025 by Jen Desmarais

The tropes we use in Winging It and The Copper Tarnish:

No angst romance, hidden magical world, young adult, portal fantasy, detailed worldbuilding, dual POV, queer, STEM & music

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

Nightwing

April 1, 2025 by Jen Desmarais

I haven’t seen a Dick Grayson cosplay before. This one was excellent!

Similar books to Winging it

March 27, 2025 by Jen Desmarais

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“Winging It” is a queer YA portal fantasy romance. A wedding and a summer camp that Tommy and Carter are never going to forget. The only way they, and their relationship, can survive is if they start Winging It! Cover artist: @pinkpiggy93 Publisher: @PressesRenaissancePress Universal book link: https://www.jeneric-designs.ca/UBL-WingingIt #WingingIt #original #pinkpiggy93 #artist #book #YA 2SLGBTQ+ #LowStakes #queer #romance #STEM #music #JenDesmarais #author #PressesRenaissancePress #Canadian #booktok
♬ Walking Around – Instrumental Version – Eldar Kedem

“Winging It” is a queer YA portal fantasy romance.
A wedding and a summer camp that Tommy and Carter are never going to forget.
The only way they, and their relationship, can survive is if they start Winging It!

Cover artist: @pinkpiggy93
Publisher: Renaissance Press

Universal book link: https://www.jeneric-designs.ca/UBL-WingingIt

#WingingIt #original #pinkpiggy93 #artist #book #YA #2SLGBTQ+ #LowStakes #queer #romance #STEM #music #JenDesmarais #author #PressesRenaissancePress #Canadian #booktok

Mandalorian

March 25, 2025 by Jen Desmarais

I hope there wasn’t a bounty at Ottawa Comic Con…

Tropes of “Winging It”

March 20, 2025 by Jen Desmarais

@jendesmaraisauthor
“Winging It” is a queer YA portal fantasy romance. A wedding and a summer camp that Tommy and Carter are never going to forget. The only way they, and their relationship, can survive is if they start Winging It! Cover artist: @pinkpiggy93 Universal book link: https://www.jeneric-designs.ca/UBL-WingingIt WingingIt original pinkpiggy93 artist book YA 2SLGBTQ+ LowStakes queer romance STEM music JenDesmarais author PressesRenaissancePress Canadian booktok
♬ Powerful songs like action movie music – Tansa

Every book utilizes tropes, even if it’s to subvert them, and Winging It is no exception. This book covers: Queer, Young Adult, STEM & music, portal fantasy, Hidden magical world, Dual POV, No angst romance, and Detailed worldbuilding.

King Thranduil

March 18, 2025 by Jen Desmarais

Despite his scorn for humans, King Thranduil made an appearance at Ottawa Comic Con 2024!

Winging It puzzle

March 13, 2025 by 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!

Gandalf the Grey

March 11, 2025 by Jen Desmarais

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.