If Randal had access to Google during Faymous, these might be some of his search terms.
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Randal’s Google Search in Faymous
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Faymous Google Search
If you were to search “Faymous” in Google, this is what might show up…
Not really, but these are related to the book!
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Aurora Awards 2026
Dear Readers,
The Aurora Awards, which are for Canadian science fiction and fantasy writers and artists, are open for nominations for the 2025 works! (Nominations are open until 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.
Nomination forms are not ranked.
How do you nominate?
- Go to this website: https://www.csffa.ca/members-home/
- Join, pay membership fee
- Nominate up to 5 works per category https://www.csffa.ca/members-home/nomination/
It would mean a lot to all of us if you’re willing to nominate us! (Categories are in alphabetical order by work)
- Eligibility Category 2 – Best Young Adult Novel
- The Copper Tarnish by Éric Desmarais
- Winging It by Jen Desmarais
- Eligibility Category 3 – Best Novelette/Novella
- The Scarlet Thread Irregulars by Éric Desmarais
- Eligibility Category 4 – Best Short Story
- Harvest Special by Jen Desmarais
- I am Snowman by Éric Desmarais
- Plants, Fungus, and Zombies! by Éric Desmarais
- Snow Day by Jen Desmarais
- The Puzzles of Everdome by Éric Desmarais
- The Summer of ’99 and How I Died by Éric Desmarais
- Eligibility Category 6 – Best Poem/Song
- The Ballad of the Phantom and the Wraith by Jen Desmarais, found in Winging It by Jen Desmarais
- Eligibility Category 7 – Best Related Work
- Connections! The Unexpected First Collection by Jen and Éric Desmarais
- Eligibility Category 9 – Best Fan Writing/Publication
- JenEric Movie Reviews by Éric Desmarais
- The Travelling TARDIS by Jen Desmarais
In case you’re wondering why Winging It is not included in the best cover art category, it’s because our cover artist is Vietnamese! Only Canadian creators are eligible, unfortunately. We forgot to include The Copper Tarnish in this category because we’re not used to having art made by us! Éric did the cover for it.
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, we’ll write another post for the voting round, which will be taking place starting in June 2026.
Read safe!
Éric
Shadowbox: Faymous
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.
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.
Note: I left some of the empty space on the ‘people’ level to help stabilize it. You can’t actually see it though, because it’s behind the bushes.
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Bookflix series: “Faymous”
A parody of Netflix, Bookflix is where you can find our books and more like them.
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Faymous Style Comps
Faymous is a YA portal fantasy roadtrip romance. There are several other books that have a similar style, in one way or another, to our book. Here is the image made with all the covers of the style comparisons.
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Our Tropes for “Faymous” – image
The tropes we use in Faymous
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Similar books to “Faymous”
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Valentines from Faymous
Happy Valentine’s Day! Are you looking for valentines? Feel free to grab these!
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All Good Things…
Hello Family, Friends, and Fans;
In 2009, I decided to write a story about a young girl who finds mittens in the snow and discovers that they are transformed people. It started as a young middle grade but eventually settled on a YA for 10+.
Just over ten years ago I signed a contract with Renaissance Press. They went on to publish the next 3 books in the series. Renaissance was a wonderful home for my series and I appreciate everything they’ve done.
The Bad News
Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end and the series rights have returned to me. It’s sad. I hate change and endings.
The Good News
The series is not dead yet. I have signed a contract with River City Siren Press for the entire series.
We’ll be republishing the books with updated covers and updated editing. I’m amazed at how fast this is going.
The Other News
That means it’ll take a little while to get all four of the originals republished, but hopefully I’ll have book 5 ready by then.
For those who have been here since I started this publishing journey, thank you!
For those who are new, welcome and also thank you!
Stay safe and be kind,
Éric