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Yes yes yesss! You can now preorder Love & Bubbles! It’s available both in paperback and ebook format. In the Gumroad shop you can also find some awesome Love & Bubbles-themed t-shirts and Jaylee James’ previous anthology, Circuits & Slippers. There’s only one of the cross-stitch artworks by Jennifer Lee Rossman left at the moment I’m typing this, so be fast if you want that!

Get ready to dive into romance with these thirteen stories of queer love under the sea!

Love & Bubbles is a short fiction anthology of love stories united by an underwater theme and featuring characters from across the LGBTQ+ spectrum.

In these pages you’ll go on a deep-sea voyage to study a brand-new species alongside a cute, distracted scientist. Discover your magic with a water witch and the help of a cute mermaid. Explore the waters of an alien ocean. Get summoned to the surface with a grumpy old merman and his non-binary water demon neighbor. Swim with a catfish goddess, rescue a dolphin… and so much more!

That line up there about the grumpy old merman and the water demon? That’s my story, Summoned!

You can add Love & Bubbles on Goodreads here. On Amazon it won’t appear before the actual release date in September 2018 – just so you know not to go looking there yet. Preorders will be exclusive on Gumroad.

To those who have backed the original Kickstarter: you should have received an update email with a code for a 10% discount to thank you for supporting us from the very beginning.

To everyone else: thank you for your interest in this anthology! I’m very excited about it!

And if you are a book blogger, instagrammer, or youtuber, and want to participate in a cover reveal, author interview, or receive an ARC, please email jaylee@jayleejames.com!

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An Interview with Snap

22 June 201822 June 2018 Minerva Cerridwen

Hello!

A new character interview was published today, this time with Snap, the dragon of Ynys himself! You can read it here: http://candidceillie.com/character-interview-snap-the-dragon-of-ynys/

I also realise I haven’t shown off my absolutely awesome phone cover yet, here on the blog. And a friend made this brilliant keychain for me! My eternal thanks to her, and of course to Kirby Crow for the design of The Dragon of Ynys‘ cover.

And some not-Dragon-related news:

The publication of Darkling’s Beasts and Brews: Poetry with a Drink on the Side is expected in October 2018, ready to provide some Halloween goodness. You can find its cover and table of contents here on Facebook.

I also rearranged my website a little, mainly making the Stories page a lot neater than it was. Have a look around and let me know what you think!

The Dragon of Ynys is now available at:

and you can add it on Goodreads.

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Release Day!

16 May 201822 May 2018 Minerva Cerridwen

The Dragon of Ynys is OUT NOW!!!

You can buy it at (amongst others):

LT3 Market | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Kobo | Smashwords

And add it on Goodreads: Goodreads

All preorders should have arrived in the appropriate mailboxes by now.

This also means the blog tour has taken off! I’d like to send major thanks to the people who are spreading the word about my novella during the tour, which will run from May 15 until May 28. On the last day, I’ll repost the schedule with all the updated links!

May 15

Review via Let’s Fox About It: https://letsfoxaboutit.com/review-the-dragon-of-ynys-by-minerva-cerridwen/ (character interview to come at a later date at http://candidceillie.com/)

Review via Barely a Blogger: https://barelyablogger.wordpress.com/

May 16

Review via Jennifer Lee Rossman: https://jenniferleerossman.blogspot.com/

Review & interview via Crimson Talks Books, Mostly: https://crimsontalksbooks.wordpress.com

May 20

Review via Ava Kelly: http://avakellyfiction.com/news/

May 22

Character interview via Archer Kay Leah: https://archerkayleah.wordpress.com/

May 28

YouTube interview via Amphibian Press: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCthRhMtY9NSLpbCIMNd20tw/videos

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THE DRAGON OF YNYS: Cover Reveal!

15 March 2018 Minerva Cerridwen

I’m honoured to show you all the wonderful cover for my debut novella, THE DRAGON OF YNYS! Cover artist Kirby Crow did an amazing job.

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The Dragon of Ynys will be out on May 16 with Less Than Three Press. A preorder link is coming soon; I’ll update as soon as it’s available!

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An Interview and a Date

17 February 201811 June 2018 Minerva Cerridwen

You can find my interview for the Love & Bubbles Kickstarter campaign here! I’m talking about my story, Summoned; about what I would ask of a water demon and about gardening. And the gorgeous moodboard the Love & Bubbles team made for my story is visible there too! 😀

To make sure this book will get published, you can still back the Love & Bubbles Kickstarter here. Thank you so much if you consider doing this and/or if you’re spreading the word about this project! ❤

I’ve also got news about my debut novella, The Dragon of Ynys: I can officially announce its release date! It will be out on May 16, 2018, with LT3 Press. More news on this will follow!

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Bubbly Kickstarter!

7 February 20187 February 2018 Minerva Cerridwen

The Kickstarter for Love & Bubbles has been launched!

Love & Bubbles is a collection of short stories of underwater romance. The characters range from classics like mermaids and selkies, to creative interpretations on the theme that take you to the Amazon river basin, alien water planets, and an ice-crusted lake.

We put out a call for love stories of all gender pairings and styles, and were surprised to discover the bulk of our submissions featured lesbian couples. Of the eleven base stories featured, eight feature relationships between queer women. We considered going ahead and focusing this anthology solely on queer women, but… I think you’ll agree the three stories featuring queer men and straight couples are well worth the uneven distribution of pairings!

This anthology contains my short story, Summoned, about a grumpy old merman who’s trying to express his feelings to the water demon living next door. There’s a pet catfish, much love for tea, and an aggressive plant.

Please check out this link for more information, and thank you so much if you consider supporting this project! You can help to make this awesome publication happen!

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New Year, New Website

7 January 2018 Minerva Cerridwen

… not that I plan to go through all this trouble every year 😛

Anyway, welcome! This website tells you something about me and my writing and drawing work. If you feel anything is missing, feel free to let me know! I don’t generally bite, and if you’re still scared that I might, you can always distract me by sending a piece of cake or some other delicious treat with your message to distract me 😉

As for news, I hope I’ll be able to share the release date for Darkling’s Beasts and Brews soon. This poetry anthology from LVP Press will contain a poem and a haiku by me!