What?
RomantiConn – a romance reader convention featuring over a hundred authors and books galore!
When?
Saturday July 26th from 11am to 4pm
Where?
Trumbull Mariott in Trumbull, Connecticut
Who?
Arden Coutts, D.C. Emerson, JL Gribble, K. A. Bauer/Kate Bauer, Melody Claire, RJ Scott, and many more – including yours truly, Sebastian Nothwell.
Check out the full author list over at the official RomantiConn site and grab your ticket today!
This week’s episode of Right Here Write Queer is a preview of the Oak King Holly King audiobook, narrated by Gary Furlong.
Since we’re four chapters deep into the podcast version, I made a playlist of them on YouTube so you can listen in order easily.
Oak King Holly King is a gay romantasy wherein a fearsome fae warrior destined for ritual sacrifice seeks a Victorian clerk fated to save him – available now wherever fine books are found, possibly including your local library!
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!
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.
There’s a new episode of Right Here Write Queer waiting for you in your favorite podcast app!
Tess Carletta (she/her) chats with Sebastian Nothwell (he/him) about her successful Kickstarter campaign for her queer romantic fantasy novel Goldheart.
You may remember Goldheart from such hits as “consensual cannibalism in the form of erotically consuming the body-horror flowers that sprout from your beloved’s flesh.”
Goldheart is a story about chosen family, choosing love, and the impossible feat of staying good in times of darkness. Coming to a bookshelf near you on June 25th, 2025!
Tess Carletta (she/her) is the author of Kit & Basie, a queer cozy fantasy romance, its sequel collection Patchwork, and the forthcoming fantasy novel Goldheart. You can connect with her at her website: tesscarletta.com/
Chapter Seventeen of Theo – a transmasc historical MM romance inspired by Little Women – is up on Patre♡n, wherein a splendid party is attended.
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“What have you done?” Myrtle continued in a furious whisper. “Entertaining gentlemen at a hotel? Are you deranged?”
Theo hoped the truth might set him free—from Myrtle’s claws, if nothing else. “Leslie invited me, as a fellow gentleman, to join him and his school-friends for a perfectly respectable dinner.”
Myrtle stared at him. “You’re not even ashamed.”
“I’ve done nothing to be ashamed of.”
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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+)
Disclaimer: I am not a doctor. None of this is medical advice. We are speaking of appendicitis in a purely fictional context. If you are having symptoms you suspect may be appendicitis please stop reading and seek medical attention from a qualified practitioner immediately.
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“Four people are sitting around the table talking about baseball, whatever you like.
Five minutes of it, very dull.
Suddenly a bomb goes off. Blows the people to smithereens.
What do the audience have?
10 seconds of shock.
Now, take the same scene. And tell the audience that there’s a bomb under the table and that it’ll go off in 5 minutes.
Now the whole emotion of the audience is totally different. Because you’ve given them that information.
Now that conversation about baseball becomes very vital. Because they’re saying to you, don’t be ridiculous, stop talking about baseball there’s a bomb under there.
You’ve got the audience working.”
— Alfred Hitchcock
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I hear Alfred Hitchcock talk about Suspense and I think Appendicitis. A bomb strapped under the table that only the audience can see? No—a vestigial organ in everyone’s abdomen.
Continue reading “Appendicitis: The Narratively Perfect Disease – Hurt/Comfort”
There’s a new episode of Right Here Write Queer waiting for you in your favorite podcast app!
E.M. Lindsey (they/them) chats with Sebastian Nothwell (he/him) about writing characters with disabilities, forging your own path through indie publishing, and keeping hope alive while spitefully surviving.
E.M. Lindsey (they/them) is a non-binary, MM Romance author, an ancient historian, and avid lover of nerdy things. You can connect with them and their 100+ queer romance stories at their website: emlindseyauthor.com
It’s Read an Ebook Week over on Smashwords!
My books are 75% off today through March 8th, including…
• Fiorenzo, cross-class romantasy featuring swordplay and hurt/comfort.
• Oak King Holly King, historical romantasy with a fae/mortal pairing.
• Mr Warren’s Profession, cross-class historical romance featuring neurodivergent heroes and hurt/comfort.
• The Haunting of Heatherhurst Hall, gothic historical romance.
• Hold Fast, historical romance featuring whaling and hurt/comfort.
Come join us on Saturday, May 17th for the 4th Annual RomCon – Romance Authors Festival – at the Ashland Public Library! Meet some of your favorite romance authors, get signed books, listen in on panels, play along with romance jeopardy, and mingle with other romance lovers. It’s going to be a fabulous day!
Authors include…
Along with our panel moderators…
Our panel theme is Bucking the Romance Trends – how authors are forging their own paths in their genres, in romance, and in the publishing industry!
Schedule of Events:
9:30-10:30
Caroline, Sebastian, and Joanna
Topic: Historical Romance Panel
Moderated by Historical Romance Author, Evelyn Richardson.
10:45-11:15
Romance Jeopardy or Family Feud!
All Authors
11:15-12pm
Dedicated booksale/signing. (Note: Joanna will be leaving at 12:15pm!)
Lunch Break – 12-1pm – BYO
1:00-2:00 pm
Contemporary Romance Panel
Tara, Tara, Jenny, Riss
Moderated by Contemporary Romance and Mystery Writer, Barbara Tanner Wallace.
2-2:30pm
Dedicated Booksale/Signing Times
2:30-3:30pm
Monster Romance Panel
Jocelyn & Kass
Moderator by librarian, Meena Jain.
Books for sale and signing will be provided by Aesop’s Fable. You can also PREORDER books from our authors through Aesop’s and Aesop’s will bring them to the Fest for you to have signed. And, finally, if you have books by our authors at home, please feel free to bring them and have them signed (limit is 3 per author).
This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Ashland Public Library.
Sebastian Nothwell 