#diversity in ya

[believeinwonder-publishing]

OMG!!! You guys! Cody Bonn has delivered to me a beautiful piece of music inspired by The Epic of Nicholas the Maker! It takes you on a magical adventure through the Black Forest Realm, and I couldn't be more delighted.#nicholasthemaker #BelieveInWonder

Be sure to check out his work - this young creative has great things in store. https://www.youtube.com/@bonnvillastudios9439

https://on.soundcloud.com/3L8zM

[lyssachiavari]

One month from today, One World, the last book in my debut series, The Iamos Trilogy, will be published by Snowy Wings Publishing.

This has been a series that's meant a lot to me emotionally. It's also the first YA series that was ever published to feature a canon, on-page demisexual protagonist (Isaak), and it was one of the first to feature an asexual protagonist (Nadin). Bringing their story full circle has been an incredible experience and I can't wait for everyone to read it!

(And I'm so excited that my publisher managed to schedule the release of the last book to take place during Ace Week!)

Here's what one of the first early readers, RoAnna Sylver, author of Chameleon Moon, had to say about it.

[maelancoli]

i'm kind of late to this but i just finished reading the scholomance trilogy by naomi novik and i feel like it is such an underrated urban fantasy?? taking the chosen one trope and turning it on its head with a fmc who has been prophesied to bring death and destruction, who is imbued with terrible power, but cannot even properly use said power to solve any of her obstacles because it would obliterate them and her soul. it takes a tired trope and the idea of an 'overpowered mary sue' and throws it back in your face by showing how all the power and destiny in the world is useless against a system filled with corruption that has burdened you with an easy way out (evil/destructive magic) that you can't take so now you have to work twice as hard as everyone else just to do simple, constructive spells instead of flicking your wrist and being done with it.

[greykolla-art]

YES IM STILL ADVERTISING OUR GRAPHIC NOVEL!

In between all the bloody fights and swearing, there’s some GAY people!💖

And HEY! If you guys want to buy this book, even though it’s only in Icelandic, I do believe this store ships to other countries!😜

https://www.forlagid.is/vara/vesprius-og-kaleikurinn/

Here’s the instructions for it in English

https://www.forlagid.is/how-to-shop-here/

JUST LOOK AT THE PRETTY PICTURES AND LEARN ICELANDIC SWEARING!😂💖

it’s like 168 pages, so its also a weapon if nothing else!

[supercalime]

Just thought about sharing this frame right here

Do with it what you will

[gabibookworm]

Here are some fiction books by Palestinian authors about Palestinian characters that I've read and enjoyed! Whether it's about living under the occupation or teenage diaspora falling in love, it's important to support Palestinian authors and read their stories, especially as attempts at censorship increase Let me know if you have any recs for me to add to my tbr!

[shorlibteens]

It's Pride Month!

Check out these LGBTQ+ themed reads at your local library:

GAY & LESBIAN

Last Night at the Telegraph Club / Malinda Lo

Gwen & Art Are Not In Love / Lex Croucher

Pritty / Keith F. Miller, Jr.

The Black Flamingo / Dean Atta

We Deserve Monuments / Jas Hammonds

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School / Sonora Reyes

BI & PAN

Imogen, Obviously / Becky Albertalli

The Luis Ortega Survival Club / Sonora Reyes

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue / Mackenzi Lee

I Wish You All the Best / Mason Deaver

Ander & Santi Were Here / Jonny Garza Villa

Forever Is Now / Mariama J. Lockington

TRANS & NONBINARY

Pet / Awaeke Emezi

Man o' War / Cory McCarthy

Self-Made Boys / Anna-Marie McLemore

The Honeys / Ryan La Sala

The Sunbearer Trials / Aiden Thomas

Dreadnought / April Daniels

AROMANTIC & ASEXUAL

Wren Martin Ruins It All / Amanda Dewitt

Loveless / Alice Oseman

Planning Perfect / Haley Neil

All Out / edited by Saundra Mitchell

Being Ace / edited by Madeline Dyer

Gender Queer: A Memoir / Maia Kobabe

QUEER & INTERSEX

None of the Above / I. W. Gregorio

Hell Followed With Us / Andrew Joseph White

Just Ash / Sol Santana

Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution / Kacen Callender

Pantomime / Laura Lam

The Heart-Break Bakery / A. R. Capetta

[sparkoflena]

The "Marvel is becoming woke" crowd is about to discover that the Young Avengers is a very diverse series/team with a predominantly queer team with various characters of color. The MCU adaptation that seems to be interchanging/adding characters with others is not deviating from this pattern.

Hello we've always been here, you have just never been forced to pay attention.

My favorite example is just the fact that Billy started dating Teddy like five or six issues before he came out. It's normal to love regardless of gender and fight for love regardless od gebder. It's normal to exist as a brown person and want to defend the universe as a brown person.

This is what happens when media slowly starts representing the real world.

[vampiremacncheese]

Looking for some fresh new sapphic reads👀🌈?

Here's a roundup of everything from heart-melting romance 💕 to spine-chilling horror stories that'll linger long after the last page 👻.

[mockiery]

they should've put Hook in more fun lil outfits like. his princely time travel royal ball fit? his scrappy lil "blacksmith" shawl he wore when Emma tied his lying ass to a tree? put that man in a suit of armor to rob people again. let Killian have some subterfuge looks pleeeeeaaase, he deserved more fun outfits to be bad at lying in

[believeinwonder-publishing]

Illustrating book two of #NicholastheMaker due out November 2023!

[xiaq]

It’s giveaway time!

I have 2 signed/personalized copies of All Hail the Underdogs up for grabs (shipped to you for free if you’re in the US). You have 2 ways to enter:

1. Like + Reblog this post 2. Make your own post rec'ing one of my books (or fic, if you'd rather) and tag me in it.

Or do both for 2 entries. The contest closes and I'll announce winners on Friday the 6th. There's another contest happening on Instagram as well if you want to improve your chances of getting one!

Also! I ended up having to order more author copies of AHTU since I oversold the first 100 I offered. If you just want to pay ($20 w/shipping) for a signed/personalized one, you can email me at elmasseywrites@gmail.com.

Ok, ok. Here’s the blurb so any unfamiliar folks can be enticed into buying it:

When seventeen-year-old Patrick Roman is offered a scholarship to a top hockey preparatory school, he thinks maybe his notorious bad luck has finally ended. With a hearing for his legal emancipation on the horizon, he dreams of getting scouted and securing a place on a D1 college team. There’s only one problem: Roman has serious beef with his new winger on the team, Damien Bordeaux. They’re supposed to be perfectly in sync on the ice. But Roman, with his buzzcut and tattoos, has nothing in common with trust-fund-kid Damien, his floral scrunchies, and designer T-shirts that cost more than all of Roman’s secondhand hockey gear combined.

When eighteen-year-old Damien Bordeaux starts his senior year, he tells himself he’s going to focus on hockey and school. No more making out in the stacks, no more dorm parties. He needs to decide what his future will look like. Does he pursue his long-held dream of becoming an author? Or stay in his lane and do what he’s good at: hockey. Regardless, he’s not going to let any pretty boys distract him from figuring his shit out. Except his new center, Roman, is possibly the most beautiful boy Damien has ever seen. And his hockey—the way he moves on the ice—might be even more beautiful. Too bad he’s also probably a homophobic, racist asshole.

But their antagonistic beginning turns into an unlikely friendship and then turns into something much scarier for them both. Navigating relationships is hard enough for normal teenagers. It’s a lot harder when contending with lawyers, NHL scouts, and mutual past trauma. Roman and Damien have to decide: What do they really want in life? Are they willing to fight for each other—including fighting against their own pasts and prejudices—so they can have a happy ending?

[emeryleewho]

Hello! Today, I would like to give y'all a chance to win this special edition, gilded edge & ribbon bookmark edition of my YA trans romcom Meet Cute Diary. I need y'all to understand how *special* of a special edition this is. It is the only one that exists. I painted the edges by hand, and the art of Devin & Noah on the ribbon bookmark was commissioned from the original cover artist by me, meaning *I* am the only person who has the rights to use it. Not even my *publisher* could recreate this special edition. It can only come from me.

So how can you win it?

Donate 5 GBP or more to THIS GoFundMe to help this Palestinian family, and email me a screenshot of your donation confirmation to MCDGivesBack(@)gmail(.)com. I will pick one winner at random on May 9th. I will send the book anywhere in the world, so enter from anywhere just please understand that you need to be able to give me your mailing information to send you the book and must consent to that, and please, please boost this! Tumblr is my smallest platform, but y'all can be major beasts when you put your minds to it, so please help me help a family in need!

And if you're an author, consider hosting your own giveaway. Operation Olive Branch has a collection of vetted fundraisers, so please pick one and help motivate your readers to pitch in. This feels insurmountable, but if we all give a little, we can make a huge impact <3

[dullyn]

The grim realization that I need to change how tall all these people are in my WIP because I failed to take into account the fact that people running around in Wales in ~500AD would not be as tall as the current average.

Just lopped off 3 inches of height from Gawain. Sorry bestie, you are 5’4 now.

[gabibookworm]

Happy Pride Month! Here's some queer YA books that I'm looking forward to! 📚