#Meet Cute Diary

[aroaessidhe]

aro & ace books: nonbinary YA/MG

MCs:

The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester - acespec MC

Asking For A Friend - ace MC

Godly Heathens - demiromantic MC

Dear Wendy - 1/2 aroace MCs

side characters/love interests

Tell Me How It Ends - arospec ace major character, he/they

Heartbreak Bakery - demi love interest

The Lost Coast - greyace major character

Meet Cute Diary - ace love interest

Aces Wild - ace love interest

The Mariah Mission - ace love interest

In The Ravenous Dark - ace major character

Fire Becomes Her - ace QPR-LI

#aspec books / aspec database / tumblr masterpost

[emeryleewho]

My latest book is live on Kickstarter with a full cover reveal!

Here are 10 Reasons you should pledge to my kickstarter (or at least reblog this post!)

If less than 0.5% of the people who've bought my previous books pledge to the paperback tier, this book would be over-funded, so it's a very doable project but I need help finding those readers again!

I launched this Kickstarter because despite being award-winning and making impressive sales, I wasn't offered a living wage for my next YA book (which went to auction) so it felt counterintuitive to sell this adult book to a publisher that doesn't appreciate me.

The book is VERY queer! It's literally a drag queen romcom. Like, come on.

If you read Meet Cute Diary or Café Con Lychee, you'll get to revisit some characters you love in this one! If you haven't read either, you can still enjoy this one because it technically stands alone!

If we get enough backers, I can upgrade everyone's copies to include more art and higher quality editions!!!

Despite doing this entirely independently, the DDTO eBooks are MUCH cheaper than what's offered for my first two books by a major publisher, and if we get this Kickstarter fully funded, I should be able to offer my paperbacks cheaper too! More access, woo!!!

Helping indie creators achieve their goals is just cool. It's innovative.

The book has Studio Ghibli references and other nerd culture! I get to name drop Lil Nas X! It's just a fun time okay!

There is a nonbinary, trans masc character that I am 99% sure Tumblr is going to lose its absolute mind over, but WE'LL NEVER KNOW IF THIS DOESN'T FUND!

Seriously, let's just stick it to the multi-billion dollar corporation that begged me for my "Meet Cute Diary" sequel only to not even offer me a living wage, like how funny would that be y'all?

Anyway, we only have until Friday October 11th to get this funded so spread it far, spread it wide, spread it through the countryside, just help me get the word out pretty please? <3

[transbookoftheday]

Trans Books By Authors Of Color

Here are some trans books by authors of color you should read:

Book titles:

Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution by Kacen Callender

The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon

The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang

The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa

Just Happy To Be Here by Naomi Kanakia

The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

The Subtweet by Vivek Shraya

Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore

Drag Me Up by R.M. Virtues

Unwieldy Creatures by Addie Tsai

Three Kings by Freydís Moon

Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons

[yourfavebooklrsfavebooklr]

8 awesome books by Latinx/e authors to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month!

[thereadingchallengechallenge]

if you liked Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee, try The Summer Love Strategy by Ray Stoeve

they both include:

queer teens grappling with the idea of romance versus the reality of romance

transgender love interests

characters at the young end of the YA age range

[lgbtqreads]

Fave Five: Fiction with Trans M/NB Pairings

A Hundred Vicious Turns by Lee Paige O’Brien (YA Fantasy) The Feeling of Falling in Love by Mason Deaver (YA Romance) Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee (YA Romance) Long Macchiatos and Monsters by Alison Evans (Contemporary Romance) Documenting Light by EE Ottoman (Contemporary Romance)

[haveyoureadthistransbook]

Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee

goodreads

Noah Ramirez thinks he’s an expert on romance. He has to be for his popular blog, the Meet Cute Diary, a collection of trans happily ever afters. There’s just one problem—all the stories are fake. What started as the fantasies of a trans boy afraid to step out of the closet has grown into a beacon of hope for trans readers across the globe. When a troll exposes the blog as fiction, Noah’s world unravels. The only way to save the Diary is to convince everyone that the stories are true, but he doesn’t have any proof. Then Drew walks into Noah’s life, and the pieces fall into place: Drew is willing to fake-date Noah to save the Diary. But when Noah’s feelings grow beyond their staged romance, he realizes that dating in real life isn’t quite the same as finding love on the page.

Mod opinion: I haven't read this one yet and as it's not from a genre I normally enjoy I probably won't, but it does sound super cute.

[secretlyofthefeywild]

most of my literature engagement lately has been audio books bc i can listen to them at work, but im reading an actual physical book rn and while i love the convenience of audio books, there is something irreplicable in being able to throw your book across the room when the mc doesn't understand that they're in love w their best friend and not their boyfriend

[kazaleas]

I know damn well I'm not the only one who Finished reading "Meet Cute Diary" and immediately went to go search on Tumblr to find it.

Please- PLEASE

[margo-mania]

Devin

*feral gender sounds*

[aroaessidhe]

Trans aro & ace books (part one)

THE MANY HALF-LIVED LIVES OF SAM SYLVESTER / acespec nonbinary MC, aroace major character

TWO DARK MOONS / arospec MC, nonbinary MC

TELL ME HOW IT ENDS / nonbinary aroace major character

NOT YOUR BACKUP / aroacespec MC, trans love interest

MEET CUTE DIARY / trans MC, ace love interest

THE WITCH KING / trans MC, demi love interest, ace major character

THE ORACLE STONE / major aro & nonbinary characters

GENDER QUEER / memoir about being trans and aspec

THE STONES STAY SILENT / trans aroace MC

[emeryleewho]

Hi Tumblr,

Help me out a bit? I'm seeing a huge uptick in people saying that "trans romcoms" and "happy trans books" don't exist, and like... I published one two years ago and the paperback is still readily available at bookstores, so this is just not true?

My battle to get Meet Cute Diary recognized as a romcom is literally still ongoing. People keep arguing it MUST be an issue book just because the characters are PoC and trans, but it's literally a comedy, it doesn't "educate" on trans issues, and his being trans is NOT the plot of the story.

Anyway, I don't need anyone to buy the book or read the book or like the book. I just want people to acknowledge that it exists so I can stop 1. having to explain to people that it's not an issue book. The fact that it doesn't deal in trans suffering is actually the highlight, yes. and 2. dealing with people blatantly erasing the fight and progress I made within the industry just to get this book published.

Anyway, this is the cover. If you could just share it around and let people know that we *are* allowed to write trans romcoms and one already exists and has had bookshelf space in stores across the U.S. and ALSO in several other countries, that would be great, thanks!

[transbookoftheday]

🍂 Trans Books To Read If You Love "Heartstopper" 🍂

Here are some trans books you should read if you love "Heartstopper":

Book titles:

Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier

Always the Almost by Edward Underhill

The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons

The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta

Out of the Blue by Jason June

Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee

Beating Heart Baby by Lio Min

The Borrow a Boyfriend Club by Page Powars (comes out September 14, 2023)

[milothoughts]

After reading the book "Meet Cute Diary" from Emery Lee. I want to give vanilla Coffee a try.

☕︎And I hate Coffee.

[masontarro]

“She’s got the thinnest lips on this of the Pacific, but she makes it work a touch of lipgloss” this mf is such a cunt 😭

[queer-books-bracket]