J.B. Thwaite

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Screen capture with the text: This kiss was like suckling on a handful of menthol lozenges—crisp, cool and biting as he inhaled—except instead of mint, it tasted of a fair few grapefruit-soda-and-gin long drinks and the lingering rich, roasted flavours of a recently-drunk stout. Lauri let himself be rammed against the tiled wall of the men’s restroom.

Screen capture with the text: The last thing Antti Myyryläinen expected to see when he looked up to check the oil pan of his red 1990 Volvo 740 was the face of his ex-best-friend—who'd disappeared without a word two and a half years ago—peeking through a gap in the engine bay. “Hi,” the asshole had the gall to say.

Screen capture with the text: Perched on an outcropping by the shore of Lake Saimaa, the cabin with its quaint sauna, pier and fishing boat powered by a spunky electric motor would have had all the makings of a quiet summer paradise for Lukáš Křížek had it not also come with whatever the hell was currently raiding his fridge. That thing was probably not human. It was mostly human-shaped, but it...

Convincing you to sign up to my newsletter or apply to beta/arc read for me with the unedited openings and the titles of the 3 new books coming next year!

🪼 Help! His D!ck is Shaped Like A Sea Anemone
🦡 Shit! I'm In L*ve With A Bloody Werebadger
🦭 Crap! How Do I Evict a Fr!gging Selkie

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The beta feedback for the Anemone pp book has been encouragingly positive so far. The stuff that's come up has been easy to fix save for one thing I'm troubleshooting right now, but there hasn't been any of that panicked desperation I sometimes get if a plot hole gets pointed out to me. Yay! 😅

I just added a 7,6k bonus chapter to the end of my upcoming anemone pp book. Is 7,6k a bit excessive? Maybe. But more is more, right? 😂

If anyone wants to beta read my alien thing for me, my signups are open... 😅 forms.gle/FhRdWfAkdzLu...

I think I might be done with draft 1 at 97k. 😮

I still have a few in-between tweaks to make, but that's basically a complete manuscript in about 2 months.

But since he's lived in Ireland, I feel like that should reflect some in the way he speaks. I don't want him to sound like a caricature. 😅

Do I have any Irish friends here who like weird alien mm romance? I could use someone's help in sprinkling some subtle Irishness into my alien's speech. He's not Irish (obviously... He's an alien), so I'm not worried about it being 100% authentic.

Book promotion graphic featuring the We Shall Rise Volume 1 anthology. Text on the image reads: Releasing 01June25 Preorder for only $4.99 We Shall Rise Anthology Volume One All proceeds for volume one go to the center for reproductive rights

Book promotion graphic featuring the We Shall Rise Volume 2 anthology. Text on the image reads: Releasing 01June25 Preorder for only $4.99 We Shall Rise Anthology Volume two All proceeds for volume two go to the Trevor Project

Have you pre-ordered yet??

🌈‪‪❤︎‬ We Shall Rise is a two volume series of anthologies with over 100 authors collaborating for Reproductive and LGTBQIA+ rights.

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If you're an author and you've contributed, let us know in the comments!

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Thank you so much for cheering me up & on! It means a lot to me that you're willing to take a chance on the writings of a complete no-name from Finland. 😂❤️

I'd like to give a separate special thanks to everyone who's bought a book from me this month (well, earlier months too, but sort of especially now since I had a big fat zero for 2+ weeks because I had been so incredibly tired I'd not had the spoons for anything).

Huge thanks to the 236 brave souls who got Feudal Fisticuffs during the promo this week.
I hope you have a splendid time reading it! 🩵

Those of you with KU can still read it for free until the 11th of July (which is when it goes wide). 🌿

Not me refreshing my dash every two seconds to see if more people have grabbed my free book. 😂

Feudal Fisticuffs is book 3 of the Catnap Fumblers (extras to the Catnap Ramblers trilogy).

HOWEVER,
it can be read completely separately & on its own,

and it's FREE on Amazon right now!

books2read.com/u/bMyN07

Who wants a free book?! It's UNHINGED, and it has a raven in it! ✨

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I mean, the enemies are almost never actual enemies in 'enemies to lovers', are they?

Shouldn't it seem at least bad enough for you to think these a-holes are definitely NOT going to end up together??

But then they do... 😂👌

(Feudal Fisticuffs will be free April 14-18)

I haven't posted much because I'm always posting about the same stuff, and I get the feeling people are probably tired of hearing about it. 😔

I haven't been able to do that for many, many months now. And it worked just fine! ☺️

I contacted the kdp customer service and they told me to cancel the order and reorder... And I'm kinda glad I did (despite wondering if I'd just get bumped back in the queue), because I noticed I was able to order through Germany instead! YASSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
It was €20 cheaper and no customs fees! 🎉🥳🎈

Has anyone ordered author copies from 'zon lately? I heard they've been slow with them so I'm just wondering what to expect. I ordered two weeks ago and have heard nothing so far.

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It works as a standalone! 😊

I'm going to go to sleep now, and please, for the love of any fictional deities out there, I would like to be able to sleep with my mouth closed tonight and without everything drying up and hurting. Thanks! 😂🤧

Ps. Feudal Fisticuffs is $0.99 on Amazon today. Go get it!

A framed closeup of two drawn dudes, the bearded one is holding his hand on the daintier one's cheek. Text says Saturday only, $0.99 Feudal Fisticuffs, an extra novella by J.B. Thwaite. In an unhinged feud over a squirrel hide, who will come (out) on top?

Available now!

⚔️Actual feuding
❤️‍🔥Forced proximity
🐿️ Quick read
🌶️ Open-door spice (mm, ff, fm)
🚀 Alternate history scifi (late Iron Age)
🇫🇮 Folklore (ps. not accurate but cool atmosphere)
🎓 Fun teaching moments 😂
🌱 Seaweed lube...
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A framed cutesy chibi avatar image of me with the text "ask me anything".

Got a burning question? Now's your chance to ask me. 🌸

Yeah but there's a certain subset of people who didn't really enjoy it as a kid but pick it up and love it when they get older. So that's why I'm wondering. 😅

I wonder if I'm reaching that age where I might enjoy cross-country skiing. 🤔

I've been busy with my own stuff for a while now, but I'm hoping to spend more time in the spring hyping up all my fellow indie authors' stuff again! 🩵

And so, feel free to post some suggestions to me in the comments!

Extra points for lgbtqia+ science fiction, fantasy and neurodiversity! 🌈🚀🐉♾️

The six book covers of the Catnap Ramblers/Fumblers spread like a hand of cards. Black background, ornate sepia frame.

Map of tropes and keywords for the Catnap Ramblers. Amnesia, mind reading, dream world, multi pov, holiday read, slowburn, arctic vibes, bad things happen at night, found family, heart-warming, queer, mystery, atmospheric, whump, seasonal affective disorder, 3rd person limited, bone-chilling, traumatic past, spicy extra novella, gaslamp, insomnia, gut-wrenching, enemies to enemies with benefits, second chance, forced proximity, talking animal sidekick(s), neurodiversity, trans mc, ancient technology, severed limbs, poly, cinnamon rolls. Black background, ornate sepia frame.

Five maps from the Catnap Ramblers/Fumblers books. Black background, ornate sepia frame.

Character illustrations (3 photos from open books with flowery character images on them). Black background, ornate sepia frame.

⚔️ Looking for an epic & unhinged Iron Age gay enemies to enemies with benefits Scifi "romance"?
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🕯️ How about a whole Gaslamp Scifi series with a variety of queer 🏳️‍🌈 (and some not so queer) characters?
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Anyone looking for a properly unhinged, gay enemies to lovers (enemies with benefits) "romance"? Because I have one...

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