Well, it's been a minute. I've been on social media overload and needed to get off of a couple of them, but hi there! It's me, a bi trans author writing epic fantasy and blog posts.
Here's what I managed to write today: open.substack.com/pub/gabrield...
What do people want to know about Portugal? Specifically Lisbon? Anyone interested in neighborhood info? Shopping? Everyday life?
Ready for queer epic fantasy? My newest book is finally out! Check out Queen's Bane: The Legend of Aspar out now.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FK1ZWW8B
#booksky
And you can support me by buying and reviewing my new epic fantasy book here: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FK1ZWW8B
Everything is terrible, but I'm not giving up. Read more about it here: open.substack.com/pub/gabrield...
Commercials continue until morale improves...My trans epic fantasy novel is now out!
Yes 😀🏳️🌈
It's out, it's out! My #ownvoices trans and queer epic fantasy novel was released today! You can get it now.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FK1ZWW8B
Screaming into the void to promote my new novel, coming out August 1st. You can preorder it now. It's epic fantasy, it's queer, it's trans...https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FK1ZWW8B
It's here, it's here! Pre-order is finally available - for just a few days!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FK1ZWW8B
POV: you're an American working on July 4th because you escaped to Portugal
It sucks trying to promote yourself right now, but I gotta eat, so here's the last chapter of my m/m romance that's spicy hot...subscribe to get the full short story!
open.substack.com/pub/gabrield...
I finally managed to edit another chapter, despite having no free time 😅
Here's some more queer romance with shy boys, the next chapter in my short story is out:
open.substack.com/pub/gabrield...
I don't like pity marketing, but I'm so desperate. I really just want someone to take a chance on one of my books. I'm a good writer, I promise. I just need someone else to believe it.
On top of that, my day job took over my life, and I'm frankly tired of that. I'm working myself to death for pennies when all I want to do is dance and write and make art. I'd rather make pennies making art.
I've had such a rough month. June is supposed to be my birthday month and Pride and instead I got to spend my birthday alone and a few days before that one of my cats passed.
My life is a complete disaster right now, but at least I finally have a Portuguese bank account and I wrote this:
open.substack.com/pub/gabrield...
It's becoming real...my new book Queen's Bane just got the A-OK to put up for sale.
I've been able to have things like pasta, cookies, cakes, pastries, etc., but some kinds of bread make me sick. So maybe it's the yeast? It mainly seems to be "whole wheat" or brown breads, I do better with things like baguettes...Frustrating.
There's a fancy bakery just around the corner from me, and I tried their special Alentejo bread last night. I've been wondering for awhile if I'm sensitive to gluten (please nononono). And today I got a VERY upset stomach.
I am both excited and depressed about getting a day job.
Yay being able to eat and pay rent!
Boo having the Sunday blues again.
Yay sponsored visa!
Boo being chained to a set schedule again.
Have you ever gotten obsessed with someone and haven't been able to get them out of your head?
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Having that fun experience of finding pretty egregious typos in a work I've released (thankfully I'm re-editing and formatting for the ebook and soft cover release)
My Goth card should be taken from me. I love the sun, and the heat, and finally feel ALIVE again after a really hard, cold, long winter.
Being cold is *physically painful* for me.
Also, SAD is a thing, and long stretches of grey, overcast days make me literally want to kms. Vit D helps, but not always.
Winter is hell for some of us, too.
I understand that some people can't stand heat and hate the summer, but also...there are some people who can't stand the cold and hate the winter.
It's also not being soft or whiny. I have Reynauds and I might lose my fingers and toes if they get too cold for too long.
My partner and I haha
It wasn’t lost on Aspar that he was talking to a ghost. If anyone had a proper perspective on whether life was fair or not, it would be someone who had been murdered."
- Queen's Bane
My new novel will be out soooooooon! But you can read it as a subscriber here: gabrieldvidrine.substack.com
Yes! I do this! Sunday is my "only what I want to do" day. Whole day video gaming? Great. Whole day writing a novel? Great. Plan an outing and then nope out of it? Great. Code because I want to? Great.
Oh.
Oh no.
Oh no no...
There's a yarn store a short walk from my new apartment.
