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May 1, 2025
Fiorenzo on the Book Date podcast with Lisette Giroux
Lisette Giroux (also writing as LC Giroux) very kindly hosted me on her podcast Book Date! We discussed our favorite tropes, delighting in decadent prose, and the inspiration for my queer romantasy novel Fiorenzo.
Listen now wherever you find your fave podcasts!
Listen now wherever you find your fave podcasts!
April 30, 2025
The Historical Romance Sampler Podcast with Katherine Grant
Katherine Grant very kindly hosted me on the Historical Romance Sampler podcast to talk all things Mr Warren's Profession! We had a lovely chat about the challenges of writing class difference romances, my hands-on research process, and my approach to sharing work and receiving feedback.
Listen now wherever you find your favorite podcasts, and subscribe to sample a different historical romance every week.
April 27, 2025
Ch. 5 - A Mirror for the Prince's Shadow - m x nb romantasy on Patreon
Chapter Five of
A Mirror for the Prince's Shadow
- a historical m x nb romantasy featuring dark academia, hurt/comfort, and dragon royalty - is now on Patre♡n! Wherein a puppy is protected.
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Breath burst from Emlyn’s lungs in a plume of bubbles swept away by the current. Xe resisted the instinct to draw water in its place. Instead xe flailed towards the faint hazy light that marked out the surface. The current dragged xir down. Panic seized xir heart. Xe kicked out against it. Darkness pulsed at the corners of xir eyes. Xir ribs burned for want of breath. None-too-distant memories flashed through xir mind—
Then xir face broke the surface. Cold air stung xir cheeks and brow as xe gulped down acrid fog.
Xe was stupid for even trying—beyond foolish. Xir limbs plunged into fathomless depths. Xe would never find the sack in the dark—the current must’ve dragged it far off by now—forever out of reach. Still xe struck out xir arms, fingers grasping through the roaring waters, desperate to touch even a fleeting hint of canvas. The city lights blurred through the fog and glistened off the river’s torrent—
Save for a shadow that did not reflect the gas-lamps.
~
Joining me on Patre♡n will give you access to “drawer fic” – aka the 500k+ words worth of manuscripts that have been shelved until I figure out how to fix or finish them. You'll also be invited to join an exclusive Discord server just for patrons!
A new chapter will go up every week. Missing (unwritten) scenes will be indicated by brackets describing what would probably happen if the scene were written. Example: [in this scene Aubrey and Lindsey ride a carousel]
Currently posting…
♡ A Mirror for the Prince's Shadow (historical m x nb romantasy)
Completed works...
♡ the Aubrey & Lindsey solar fantasy project (mm)
♡ A Willing Canvas - John Halloway x Lord Cyril Graves (mm)
♡ The Train Job - Rowena Althorp x Rebekah (ff)
♡ Hold Fast 2 - Hold Faster (mm)
♡ Vampires Vampires Vampires (mmm)
♡ The Sebastian Nothwell Contemporary Expanded Universe (mmm+)
♡ Theo. (transmasc historical mm romance)
See you on Patre♡n!
~
Breath burst from Emlyn’s lungs in a plume of bubbles swept away by the current. Xe resisted the instinct to draw water in its place. Instead xe flailed towards the faint hazy light that marked out the surface. The current dragged xir down. Panic seized xir heart. Xe kicked out against it. Darkness pulsed at the corners of xir eyes. Xir ribs burned for want of breath. None-too-distant memories flashed through xir mind—
Then xir face broke the surface. Cold air stung xir cheeks and brow as xe gulped down acrid fog.
Xe was stupid for even trying—beyond foolish. Xir limbs plunged into fathomless depths. Xe would never find the sack in the dark—the current must’ve dragged it far off by now—forever out of reach. Still xe struck out xir arms, fingers grasping through the roaring waters, desperate to touch even a fleeting hint of canvas. The city lights blurred through the fog and glistened off the river’s torrent—
Save for a shadow that did not reflect the gas-lamps.
~
Joining me on Patre♡n will give you access to “drawer fic” – aka the 500k+ words worth of manuscripts that have been shelved until I figure out how to fix or finish them. You'll also be invited to join an exclusive Discord server just for patrons!
A new chapter will go up every week. Missing (unwritten) scenes will be indicated by brackets describing what would probably happen if the scene were written. Example: [in this scene Aubrey and Lindsey ride a carousel]
Currently posting…
♡ A Mirror for the Prince's Shadow (historical m x nb romantasy)
Completed works...
♡ the Aubrey & Lindsey solar fantasy project (mm)
♡ A Willing Canvas - John Halloway x Lord Cyril Graves (mm)
♡ The Train Job - Rowena Althorp x Rebekah (ff)
♡ Hold Fast 2 - Hold Faster (mm)
♡ Vampires Vampires Vampires (mmm)
♡ The Sebastian Nothwell Contemporary Expanded Universe (mmm+)
♡ Theo. (transmasc historical mm romance)
See you on Patre♡n!
April 26, 2025
Halfway to Halloween at Bookery Manchester!
WHAT
We all know the best time of year comes in late October, but why wait? Join us for our Halfway to Halloween Party!
🎃 food and drinks
👻 costume contest
🎃 prizes
👻 spooky author signing
WHO
🎃 Naomi Fredette
👻 Marti Fuerst
🎃 Jennifer Gordon
👻 Jared Grace
🎃 Mae Murray
👻 …and yours truly, Sebastian Nothwell!
WHEN
Saturday
May 3rd
4pm – 7pm
WHERE
Bookery Manchester
844 Elm Street
Manchester, New Hampshire
We all know the best time of year comes in late October, but why wait? Join us for our Halfway to Halloween Party!
🎃 food and drinks
👻 costume contest
🎃 prizes
👻 spooky author signing
WHO
🎃 Naomi Fredette
👻 Marti Fuerst
🎃 Jennifer Gordon
👻 Jared Grace
🎃 Mae Murray
👻 …and yours truly, Sebastian Nothwell!
WHEN
Saturday
May 3rd
4pm – 7pm
WHERE
Bookery Manchester
844 Elm Street
Manchester, New Hampshire
April 20, 2025
Ch. 4 - A Mirror for the Prince's Shadow - m x nb romantasy on Patreon
Chapter Four of
A Mirror for the Prince's Shadow
- a historical m x nb romantasy featuring dark academia, hurt/comfort, and dragon royalty - is now on Patre♡n! Wherein an acquaintanceship is attempted.
~
“Rat, everyone,” Emlyn declared when Rat drew up to the table, casting xir wrist out in the vague direction of the coterie at large. “Everyone, Rat.”
Hardly an introduction. Rat supposed Emlyn didn’t think xir friends required anything more.
The devil of it was that Rat did know them all. To a point. Every letter from Emlyn at the academy and university alike regaled Rat with minute descriptions of xir friends’ physicality, behaviour, opinions, and every adventure and misadventure they’d all enjoyed together. Rat wondered if Emlyn had spoken as oft of him.
Given the five blank looks regaling him in a chorus of stony silence now, he doubted it.
~
Joining me on Patre♡n will give you access to “drawer fic” – aka the 500k+ words worth of manuscripts that have been shelved until I figure out how to fix or finish them. You'll also be invited to join an exclusive Discord server just for patrons!
A new chapter will go up every week. Missing (unwritten) scenes will be indicated by brackets describing what would probably happen if the scene were written. Example: [in this scene Aubrey and Lindsey ride a carousel]
Currently posting…
♡ A Mirror for the Prince's Shadow (historical m x nb romantasy)
Completed works...
♡ the Aubrey & Lindsey solar fantasy project (mm)
♡ A Willing Canvas - John Halloway x Lord Cyril Graves (mm)
♡ The Train Job - Rowena Althorp x Rebekah (ff)
♡ Hold Fast 2 - Hold Faster (mm)
♡ Vampires Vampires Vampires (mmm)
♡ The Sebastian Nothwell Contemporary Expanded Universe (mmm+)
♡ Theo. (transmasc historical mm romance)
See you on Patre♡n!
~
“Rat, everyone,” Emlyn declared when Rat drew up to the table, casting xir wrist out in the vague direction of the coterie at large. “Everyone, Rat.”
Hardly an introduction. Rat supposed Emlyn didn’t think xir friends required anything more.
The devil of it was that Rat did know them all. To a point. Every letter from Emlyn at the academy and university alike regaled Rat with minute descriptions of xir friends’ physicality, behaviour, opinions, and every adventure and misadventure they’d all enjoyed together. Rat wondered if Emlyn had spoken as oft of him.
Given the five blank looks regaling him in a chorus of stony silence now, he doubted it.
~
Joining me on Patre♡n will give you access to “drawer fic” – aka the 500k+ words worth of manuscripts that have been shelved until I figure out how to fix or finish them. You'll also be invited to join an exclusive Discord server just for patrons!
A new chapter will go up every week. Missing (unwritten) scenes will be indicated by brackets describing what would probably happen if the scene were written. Example: [in this scene Aubrey and Lindsey ride a carousel]
Currently posting…
♡ A Mirror for the Prince's Shadow (historical m x nb romantasy)
Completed works...
♡ the Aubrey & Lindsey solar fantasy project (mm)
♡ A Willing Canvas - John Halloway x Lord Cyril Graves (mm)
♡ The Train Job - Rowena Althorp x Rebekah (ff)
♡ Hold Fast 2 - Hold Faster (mm)
♡ Vampires Vampires Vampires (mmm)
♡ The Sebastian Nothwell Contemporary Expanded Universe (mmm+)
♡ Theo. (transmasc historical mm romance)
See you on Patre♡n!
April 13, 2025
Ch. 3 - A Mirror for the Prince's Shadow - m x nb romantasy on Patreon
Chapter Three of A Mirror for the Prince's Shadow - a historical m x nb romantasy featuring dark academia, hurt/comfort, and dragon royalty - is now on Patre♡n! Wherein a penny dreadful is perused.
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Rat had explained most of the preceding hundred-odd chapters to Emlyn on their way over. How the titular pirate king ruled the seven seas with an iron hook. How the quartermaster would do anything for his captain, including sacrifice his leg. How the youthful bo’sun didn’t seem like much on the surface but had featured in almost every chapter since his first appearance and boded more than met the eye.
“Bit like you, really,” Rat said before he could halt his tongue.
Emlyn just smiled.
~
Joining me on Patre♡n will give you access to “drawer fic” – aka the 500k+ words worth of manuscripts that have been shelved until I figure out how to fix or finish them. You'll also be invited to join an exclusive Discord server just for patrons!
A new chapter will go up every week. Missing (unwritten) scenes will be indicated by brackets describing what would probably happen if the scene were written. Example: [in this scene Aubrey and Lindsey ride a carousel]
Currently posting…
♡ A Mirror for the Prince's Shadow (historical m x nb romantasy)
Completed works...
♡ the Aubrey & Lindsey solar fantasy project (mm)
♡ A Willing Canvas - John Halloway x Lord Cyril Graves (mm)
♡ The Train Job - Rowena Althorp x Rebekah (ff)
♡ Hold Fast 2 - Hold Faster (mm)
♡ Vampires Vampires Vampires (mmm)
♡ The Sebastian Nothwell Contemporary Expanded Universe (mmm+)
♡ Theo. (transmasc historical mm romance)
See you on Patre♡n!
~
Rat had explained most of the preceding hundred-odd chapters to Emlyn on their way over. How the titular pirate king ruled the seven seas with an iron hook. How the quartermaster would do anything for his captain, including sacrifice his leg. How the youthful bo’sun didn’t seem like much on the surface but had featured in almost every chapter since his first appearance and boded more than met the eye.
“Bit like you, really,” Rat said before he could halt his tongue.
Emlyn just smiled.
~
Joining me on Patre♡n will give you access to “drawer fic” – aka the 500k+ words worth of manuscripts that have been shelved until I figure out how to fix or finish them. You'll also be invited to join an exclusive Discord server just for patrons!
A new chapter will go up every week. Missing (unwritten) scenes will be indicated by brackets describing what would probably happen if the scene were written. Example: [in this scene Aubrey and Lindsey ride a carousel]
Currently posting…
♡ A Mirror for the Prince's Shadow (historical m x nb romantasy)
Completed works...
♡ the Aubrey & Lindsey solar fantasy project (mm)
♡ A Willing Canvas - John Halloway x Lord Cyril Graves (mm)
♡ The Train Job - Rowena Althorp x Rebekah (ff)
♡ Hold Fast 2 - Hold Faster (mm)
♡ Vampires Vampires Vampires (mmm)
♡ The Sebastian Nothwell Contemporary Expanded Universe (mmm+)
♡ Theo. (transmasc historical mm romance)
See you on Patre♡n!
April 6, 2025
Ch. 2 - A Mirror for the Prince's Shadow - m x nb romantasy on Patreon
Chapter Two of A Mirror for the Prince's Shadow - a historical m x nb romantasy featuring dark academia, hurt/comfort, and dragon royalty - is now on Patre♡n! Wherein a prince is imperiled.
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Angels didn’t get sick.
At least, Rat didn’t think they could. He’d never heard tell of it during Sunday sermons in the workhouse.
His drowned angel, however, fell into a fever within an hour of his rescue.
It crept into the drowned angel’s bones gradual-like. Quiet enough while they sipped coffee in the penny university. But as the coffee drained away, a cough started to come between sips, and by the time they’d got down to dregs, the drowned angel shivered.
~
Joining me on Patre♡n will give you access to “drawer fic” – aka the 500k+ words worth of manuscripts that have been shelved until I figure out how to fix or finish them. You'll also be invited to join an exclusive Discord server just for patrons!
A new chapter will go up every week. Missing (unwritten) scenes will be indicated by brackets describing what would probably happen if the scene were written. Example: [in this scene Aubrey and Lindsey ride a carousel]
Currently posting…
♡ A Mirror for the Prince's Shadow (historical m x nb romantasy)
Completed works...
♡ the Aubrey & Lindsey solar fantasy project (mm)
♡ A Willing Canvas - John Halloway x Lord Cyril Graves (mm)
♡ The Train Job - Rowena Althorp x Rebekah (ff)
♡ Hold Fast 2 - Hold Faster (mm)
♡ Vampires Vampires Vampires (mmm)
♡ The Sebastian Nothwell Contemporary Expanded Universe (mmm+)
♡ Theo. (transmasc historical mm romance)
See you on Patre♡n!
~
Angels didn’t get sick.
At least, Rat didn’t think they could. He’d never heard tell of it during Sunday sermons in the workhouse.
His drowned angel, however, fell into a fever within an hour of his rescue.
It crept into the drowned angel’s bones gradual-like. Quiet enough while they sipped coffee in the penny university. But as the coffee drained away, a cough started to come between sips, and by the time they’d got down to dregs, the drowned angel shivered.
~
Joining me on Patre♡n will give you access to “drawer fic” – aka the 500k+ words worth of manuscripts that have been shelved until I figure out how to fix or finish them. You'll also be invited to join an exclusive Discord server just for patrons!
A new chapter will go up every week. Missing (unwritten) scenes will be indicated by brackets describing what would probably happen if the scene were written. Example: [in this scene Aubrey and Lindsey ride a carousel]
Currently posting…
♡ A Mirror for the Prince's Shadow (historical m x nb romantasy)
Completed works...
♡ the Aubrey & Lindsey solar fantasy project (mm)
♡ A Willing Canvas - John Halloway x Lord Cyril Graves (mm)
♡ The Train Job - Rowena Althorp x Rebekah (ff)
♡ Hold Fast 2 - Hold Faster (mm)
♡ Vampires Vampires Vampires (mmm)
♡ The Sebastian Nothwell Contemporary Expanded Universe (mmm+)
♡ Theo. (transmasc historical mm romance)
See you on Patre♡n!
March 29, 2025
Ch. 1 - A Mirror for the Prince's Shadow - m x nb romantasy on Patreon
A new story begins on Patre♡n! A Mirror for the Prince's Shadow is a historical m x nb romantasy featuring dark academia, hurt/comfort, and dragon royalty.
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The dissection lecture hall at eight o’clock in the morning could be charitably described, in Rat’s estimation, as brisk.
~
Joining me on Patre♡n will give you access to “drawer fic” – aka the 500k+ words worth of manuscripts that have been shelved until I figure out how to fix or finish them. You'll also be invited to join an exclusive Discord server just for patrons!
A new chapter will go up every week. Missing (unwritten) scenes will be indicated by brackets describing what would probably happen if the scene were written. Example: [in this scene Aubrey and Lindsey ride a carousel]
Currently posting…
♡ A Mirror for the Prince's Shadow (historical m x nb romantasy)
Completed works...
♡ the Aubrey & Lindsey solar fantasy project (mm)
♡ A Willing Canvas - John Halloway x Lord Cyril Graves (mm)
♡ The Train Job - Rowena Althorp x Rebekah (ff)
♡ Hold Fast 2 - Hold Faster (mm)
♡ Vampires Vampires Vampires (mmm)
♡ The Sebastian Nothwell Contemporary Expanded Universe (mmm+)
♡ Theo. (transmasc historical mm romance)
See you on Patre♡n!
~
The dissection lecture hall at eight o’clock in the morning could be charitably described, in Rat’s estimation, as brisk.
~
Joining me on Patre♡n will give you access to “drawer fic” – aka the 500k+ words worth of manuscripts that have been shelved until I figure out how to fix or finish them. You'll also be invited to join an exclusive Discord server just for patrons!
A new chapter will go up every week. Missing (unwritten) scenes will be indicated by brackets describing what would probably happen if the scene were written. Example: [in this scene Aubrey and Lindsey ride a carousel]
Currently posting…
♡ A Mirror for the Prince's Shadow (historical m x nb romantasy)
Completed works...
♡ the Aubrey & Lindsey solar fantasy project (mm)
♡ A Willing Canvas - John Halloway x Lord Cyril Graves (mm)
♡ The Train Job - Rowena Althorp x Rebekah (ff)
♡ Hold Fast 2 - Hold Faster (mm)
♡ Vampires Vampires Vampires (mmm)
♡ The Sebastian Nothwell Contemporary Expanded Universe (mmm+)
♡ Theo. (transmasc historical mm romance)
See you on Patre♡n!
March 23, 2025
Ch. 19 - Theo - transmasc MM romance on Patreon
Chapter Nineteen of
Theo
- a transmasc historical MM romance inspired by Little Women - is up on Patre♡n, wherein against all odds a happily-ever-after is achieved.
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“I have three beautiful daughters,” Mother began, the tremor in her voice less like tears and more like an operatic vibrato.
“You may have two daughters and a son,” said Theo, unmoved. “Or you may have two daughters. The choice is yours.”
~
Joining me on Patre♡n will give you access to “drawer fic” – aka the 500k+ words worth of manuscripts that have been shelved until I figure out how to fix or finish them. You'll also be invited to join an exclusive Discord server just for patrons!
A new chapter will go up every week. Missing (unwritten) scenes will be indicated by brackets describing what would probably happen if the scene were written. Example: [in this scene Aubrey and Lindsey ride a carousel]
Currently posting…
♡ Theo. (transmasc historical mm romance)
Completed works...
♡ the Aubrey & Lindsey solar fantasy project (mm)
♡ A Willing Canvas - John Halloway x Lord Cyril Graves (mm)
♡ The Train Job - Rowena Althorp x Rebekah (ff)
♡ Hold Fast 2 - Hold Faster (mm)
♡ Vampires Vampires Vampires (mmm)
♡ The Sebastian Nothwell Contemporary Expanded Universe (mmm+)
See you on Patre♡n!
~
“I have three beautiful daughters,” Mother began, the tremor in her voice less like tears and more like an operatic vibrato.
“You may have two daughters and a son,” said Theo, unmoved. “Or you may have two daughters. The choice is yours.”
~
Joining me on Patre♡n will give you access to “drawer fic” – aka the 500k+ words worth of manuscripts that have been shelved until I figure out how to fix or finish them. You'll also be invited to join an exclusive Discord server just for patrons!
A new chapter will go up every week. Missing (unwritten) scenes will be indicated by brackets describing what would probably happen if the scene were written. Example: [in this scene Aubrey and Lindsey ride a carousel]
Currently posting…
♡ Theo. (transmasc historical mm romance)
Completed works...
♡ the Aubrey & Lindsey solar fantasy project (mm)
♡ A Willing Canvas - John Halloway x Lord Cyril Graves (mm)
♡ The Train Job - Rowena Althorp x Rebekah (ff)
♡ Hold Fast 2 - Hold Faster (mm)
♡ Vampires Vampires Vampires (mmm)
♡ The Sebastian Nothwell Contemporary Expanded Universe (mmm+)
See you on Patre♡n!
March 16, 2025
Ch. 18 - Theo - transmasc MM romance on Patreon
Chapter Eighteen of
Theo
- a transmasc historical MM romance inspired by Little Women - is up on Patre♡n, wherein Leslie makes a modest proposal.
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“Don’t you see? You’re the Hephaestion to my Alexander—”
“Bagoas, more like,” Theo muttered darkly.
“The Antinous to my Hadrian—”
“Stop it,” said Theo.
“The Sebastian to my Antonio—”
“I said stop it!”
~
Joining me on Patre♡n will give you access to “drawer fic” – aka the 500k+ words worth of manuscripts that have been shelved until I figure out how to fix or finish them. You'll also be invited to join an exclusive Discord server just for patrons!
A new chapter will go up every week. Missing (unwritten) scenes will be indicated by brackets describing what would probably happen if the scene were written. Example: [in this scene Aubrey and Lindsey ride a carousel]
Currently posting…
♡ Theo. (transmasc historical mm romance)
Completed works...
♡ the Aubrey & Lindsey solar fantasy project (mm)
♡ A Willing Canvas - John Halloway x Lord Cyril Graves (mm)
♡ The Train Job - Rowena Althorp x Rebekah (ff)
♡ Hold Fast 2 - Hold Faster (mm)
♡ Vampires Vampires Vampires (mmm)
♡ The Sebastian Nothwell Contemporary Expanded Universe (mmm+)
See you on Patre♡n!
~
“Don’t you see? You’re the Hephaestion to my Alexander—”
“Bagoas, more like,” Theo muttered darkly.
“The Antinous to my Hadrian—”
“Stop it,” said Theo.
“The Sebastian to my Antonio—”
“I said stop it!”
~
Joining me on Patre♡n will give you access to “drawer fic” – aka the 500k+ words worth of manuscripts that have been shelved until I figure out how to fix or finish them. You'll also be invited to join an exclusive Discord server just for patrons!
A new chapter will go up every week. Missing (unwritten) scenes will be indicated by brackets describing what would probably happen if the scene were written. Example: [in this scene Aubrey and Lindsey ride a carousel]
Currently posting…
♡ Theo. (transmasc historical mm romance)
Completed works...
♡ the Aubrey & Lindsey solar fantasy project (mm)
♡ A Willing Canvas - John Halloway x Lord Cyril Graves (mm)
♡ The Train Job - Rowena Althorp x Rebekah (ff)
♡ Hold Fast 2 - Hold Faster (mm)
♡ Vampires Vampires Vampires (mmm)
♡ The Sebastian Nothwell Contemporary Expanded Universe (mmm+)
See you on Patre♡n!
