Sometimes seeing it in our minds (or in the rough stick-figure sketch sent to the artist) doesn’t match what we had envisioned. Since we caught so many at this stage, the colour version only had three changes. In this edition of Spot the Changes, we decided to go from the sketch version. There were seven differences between the first sketch and the final cover. Can you spot them all? Don’t scroll down until you’re ready for the answer.
I know everything says “Get it now!” but there’s no link – that’s because the release is delayed a little due to printing issues. Keep checking the UBL page – we will update the link as soon as we have it!
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
A Study in Aether by Éric Desmarais Cover art by @pinkpiggy93
Earlier this year, I regained the rights to the Elizabeth Investigates Series and the fine folks at River City Siren Press have agreed to re-publish them.
A Study in Aether will be coming out soon and we were lucky enough to get the amazing Pinkpiggy93 to do the new cover.
I’ll let you know when it’s available and I have to say I’m really excited about this cover.
In case you weren’t aware, Winging It starts out during a wedding (which is fully portrayed in Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests) and then the main characters go to Everdome. This book has a humungous cast of characters, and I thought it might be helpful to highlight a few of the secondary characters in both Westmeath and Everdome.
You can find a lot of the important characters from the first half of the book in the Monsters! Dream Casting: Main, Family, Other. Here are some of the missing ones:
Margery Door
Appearance inspired by Reba McEntire
Age: 78
Date of Birth: September 19, 1924
Appearance: Curly red hair with white streaks, brown eyes, mysterious, white
Job: original CEO of Door Technology, now mostly retired, but runs their summer camp
Family: daughter Ellen, 11 other children not mentioned in this book
Todd
Appearance inspired by William Zabka
Age: mid-50s
Appearance: Blondish-brown hair, grey eyes, boy-next-door-grown-up, block-party-Dad, white
Job: anything and everything
Dome: Gaulan
Es’Sem
Appearance inspired by Jessica De Gouw *Note that this character is inspired by a friend, but I couldn’t use her image here!
Age: unknown
Date of Birth: unknown
Appearance: Light brown hair with sun-dyed blond streaks, hazel eyes, extremely physically fit, mysterious, white
Job: training the Queen’s Guard
Dome: Wild Nations
Winging It by Jen Desmarais is available now! Cover Art by Pinkpiggy93
Please note that Kindle links will be working on May 4! (Barring unforeseen circumstances!)
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.
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!
