Unraveled Came Out

Of course you have to make that joke when your gay book releases, right?

Ebook on Amazon
Paperback on Amazon
Hardcover coming from Barnes & Noble on December 30

When I was 15 years old, I would slink past the place in the bookstore where a book I really wanted to read, a queer retelling of Cinderella, sat on the shelf. It took me a couple of trips to even be bold enough to take the book down and look at it. Another year before I was brave enough to read it (but only from the library so nobody would know I owned it). And now, I’m 22 and have written my very own queer fantasy that’s out in the world. It’s like I’m a completely different person.

But there are plenty of those 15-year-old Claires out there, and I wrote this book for them. To give them something happy that shows they’re worth it. And that queer, mentally ill people can be the heroes in fantasy novels and have the same adventures that everybody else can.

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This book changed my life. I wrote it while I was figuring out my own sexuality and before I even got diagnosed with OCD. And it helped me come to terms with both of those things. I hope it can do the same for somebody else. I’ve always thought that if I can help even one person by sharing my experience, then it was all worth it. Here’s hoping Unraveled will find its people.

I mostly just want to thank you, my blog readers. If you pick up a copy of Unraveled, be sure to check the acknowledgements. Even if I don’t mention you specifically by name, I am thinking of you when I thank all of my readers. I couldn’t have done this without you, and I will never forget your generous compliments and support.

Cat and Auri are rooting for you, and so am I.