The Pocket Library template was made by @thebookishanimator_, and I thought it would be fun to make character editions of it! Here are Tommy and Carter’s Pocket Libraries.
Left: Tommy Fairfield has Everdome, Half Magic, and Essential Elements: Rock Classics as his comfort reads (the Everdome series is actually his favourite, but I was unable to find an image of the covers), and an emergency guitar. Note that math textbooks are sold separately. Right: Carter Batudev has Everdome, Twelfth Night, and Company’s Coming: Desserts as his comfort reads (the Everdome series is actually his favourite, but I was unable to find an image of the covers), and an emergency throwing knife. Note that his ring of Gaulan is sold separately.
The Pocket Library template was made by @thebookishanimator_, and I thought it would be fun to make our own editions of it! Here are Jen and Éric’s Pocket Libraries.
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 now! Cover Art by Pinkpiggy93
“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!
“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
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.
Winging It by Jen Desmarais is available now! Cover Art by Pinkpiggy93
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.
Tommy Fairfield
Maxwell Jenkins 2021 (high school/book age)
Maxwell Jenkins 2025 (university/movie age)
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
Carter Batudev
Max Torina 2021 (high school/book age)
Max Torina 2024 (university/movie age)
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
Elyse Garrido
Meesha Garbett 2023 (high school/book age)
Meesha Garbett 2025 (older high school age – she’s younger than Maxwell and Max because I picked her two years after I picked them!)
Age in Winging It: 15
Appearance: Wavy brown hair, blue eyes, short, tan skin
If you’re as excited about Winging It as I am then you probably wish you could read it right now. (I’ve read it and I want to read it again.)
Go Pre-Order it… Seriously!
Winging It by Jen Desmarais is available now! Cover Art by Pinkpiggy93
While you wait, however, you can now buy the second printing of Everdome and learn about the world that will feature in part of the book.
Will YOU be Everdome’s next hero?
S.M. Ardwur’s epic ten novel series and the world’s biggest MMORPG is a world fractured by a magical disaster and saved from destruction by a brave king and mad wizard. It is now formed of twelve floating continents with magical domes protecting them.
For thirteen lucky contestants, when a man dressed as a knight offers them the opportunity to visit their favourite fantasy world as an immersive reality show, there’s only one answer they can give: YES!
The level of impressiveness is beyond anything they can believe and some of them start to wonder why. Abigail, James, Krista, Nicole, Richard, and Megan have to learn how to play the game and win; the fate of Everdome depends on it.
