The final line is written...

Mermaids and Misadventures is into editing.

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Kitty art commission

Two blog posts in two days is not like me, but I wanted to share this adorable commission of Lady Emmeline Eversleigh, aka Kitty, in classic shoujo style by michiro-mitch.

I love big sparkly-eyed 1970s-1980s shoujo like that of Riyoko Ikeda, and my book seems like a good match for that art style. I think michiro-mitch did a fantastic job of capturing the style, and also Kitty's charming trickster personality.

Elves and Escapades out--Fairies and Felicitations free!

I am excited to announce that Elves and Escapades, the sequel to Pegasi and Prefects, has been released today. (On my birthday!)

It feels like it's been forever since Pegasi and Prefects came out, but actually, it's been about three months. :)

To celebrate, the stand-alone prequel novelette Fairies and Felicitations is free for five days.

Just add fairies: Scholars and Sorcery inspiration board

I grew up reading school and adventure stories set in places as exotic, to me, as Cornwall and Devon. I didn't, in those pre internet days, have any real idea of how they looked. Beaches, and cliffs, and... gorse? My mind filled  the scenery in with Australian beaches.

Actually walking along cliff paths in Cornwall was one of the most exciting moments of my life.

As I've been enjoying the Pinterest boards for fashion for my upcoming contemporary YA series, I decided to collect some visual images for Scholars and Sorcery, to help me--and any interested readers--visualise the scenery, the buildings, the uniforms.

A lot of it is pictures of Cornwall, still, to me, the most beautiful place on Earth.

The link to the pinterest is here. But I just want to share here a picture that I found of Lanhydrock House that actually echoes really clearly what I had in mind when I describe Fernleigh Manor. I don't know if I was ever there and unconsciously described it, or if it's coincidence, but in any case---

--Just add fairies.

Fairies and Felicitations Out Now! And a word on Amazon categories.

Fairies and Felicitations, the next Scholars & Sorcery book--or rather, a standalone prequel in the universe-- is now live! 99 cents on Amazon, and available for Kindle Unlimited.

Anne has always thought of herself as middling. Middling looks, middling position in the form, middling magical Gift and just a middling curve to the tip of her ears. 

Her best friend, Lady Emmeline Eversleigh, commonly known as Kitty, is not middling anything. And when Kitty drags Anne into playing a Saint Valentine's Day prank of truly wicked--and magical--proportions on one of the prefects, Anne finds herself in more than a middling muddle of trouble. 

A stand alone novelette of 10,000 words in the Sorcery and Scholars series.

Interestingly enough, one of the categories Amazon filed it under (presumably picking up on some of my keywords) was  Growing Up & Facts of Life > Friendship, Social Skills & School Life > Girls & Women

I had a moment of worrying that I had accidentally categorised it as non-fiction, but on checking, the first book in the category is a Frozen Little Golden Book and it does seem to be a fiction category. When I think about it, it's quite suitable, given Anne's particular dilemma.

Now I have some websites to update!

Fairies and Felicitations in review!

Uploaded Fairies and Felicitations to Amazon just now. <3 Waiting for it to go through review!

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Eleanor Beresford is the author of the Scholars and Sorcery series of LGBT YA fantasy novels. Find out more here.

Teaser: Fairies and Felicitations

I'm planning to release a stand-alone short for Valentine's Day, giving the Hon. Kitty and her pranks her place in the spotlight--which, after all, is decidedly where she prefers to be. My wife and cover designer finished a beautiful cover for me this morning, and I'm so excited that I have to share it:

I'm so happy with it--it's just so pretty, and with the right vintage feel. The style of the non-Charley stories is separate enough to distinguish them, while keeping the signature font. I'm completely rapt in the Mermaids and Misadventures cover, too, but that needs to wait until I'm closer to completion.

Putting aside Mermaids and Misadventures and my side project for a short while to work on two Valentine's Day themed shorts in the Scholars and Sorcery universe. One, currently untitled, is the first male gay story in the universe.

The other is tentatively titled Fairies and Frivolities:

I’ve always thought of myself as middling. Middling looks, middling position in the form, middling magical Gift, a solid but not spectacular athlete, background of the cook and two maids type,  and even a middling kind of curve to the tip of my ears. 

However, at some point in my forgotten past , I must have done something of more than middling wickedness to deserve a friend like Lady Emmeline Eversleigh, commonly known as Kitty. 

Kitty Eversleigh is not middling anything. Kitty is, I suspect, an imp changeling in human form.

Scholars and Sorcery Book 1, Pegasi and Prefects, is released!

Pegasi and Prefects is finally out! I am excited, and thrilled to my core. This story has been with me a very long, time, as has the desire to write a Girl's Own book with a romance between girls at its core, and it's finally being released to the world. It's only the start of the story, of course. Elves and Escapades is out in March, and Mermaids and Misadventures is to follow.

Here's where to buy (or sample) on different platforms:

Amazon Googleplay Nook/B&N Kobo Inketera/Page Foundry Smashwords. . . and iBooks. I have yet to figure out how to link to iBooks.

And now, as it is bedtime here in Australia, good night!

Cover Reveal: Elves and Escapades