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๐Ÿซถ๐ŸŒˆ Oh hi. I'm Jes. I write books full of queer characters who fight aliens and giant portal octopuses and save the day.

Love is love and I'm so grateful for the ally who donated ten copies of each of my books to the Tulsa Equality Center some more kids can read the rep they see in themselves. ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿซถ

ID: Jes's hand holds up copies of Chronicles of My Alien Invasion Life and A Mean Piece of Water in front of a colorful mural.

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Signing donated copies of my queer books to drop off at the @oklahomansforequality Equality Center library. ๐Ÿซถ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿซถ

#IndieAuthor #LGBTQIABooks #SpaceQueeros #Merfolk #AMeanPieceofWater #ChroniclesOfMyAlienInvasionLife

FLASH GIVEAWAY!

A few of my author copies were slightly smushed on one corner (truly not major damage), so while supplies last I'm giving them away to teachers who would like one or more for their classroom libraries!

US only for this one, and while supplies last. DM me to claim them and I'll get them to you!

Not associated with IG, blah blah, fine print.

Stay queer out there, loves.

ID: three copies of Chronicles of My Alien Invasion life, a novel featuring four youths on the cover. A spiky dragon toy rests on top of them

Hashtags: #ChroniclesOfMyAlienInvasionLife #TeacherGiveaway #LGBTQIABooks

I had the absolute honor to do a presentation for @tccl_teens at the @tulsalibrary central location and the afternoon was full of highlights, including meeting a youth who I'm pretty sure is the future of speculative SFF horror.

And seeing my book as a real live library book brought such a flood of joy I can't even describe it. ๐Ÿฅบ๐Ÿฅบ๐Ÿฅบ

I want my words to get into the hands of the young folks I wrote it for and it's happening.

If you're in Tulsa go request it!

Thank you so much for having me, Josie and team. I hope I get to do lots more with the library in the future!

ID: Chronicles of My Alien invasion life with library cataloging stickers on the side. Held by Jes above a counter full of handouts and brochures.

Hashtags: #IndieAuthor #IndieBook #AmEditing #AmPublishing #OklahomaBooks #IndieYA #LibraryBook #TulsaLibrary #ChroniclesOfMyAlienInvasionLife #JesMcCutchen #LGBTQIABooks #SuperQueeros

Horns and Rattles Press a Tulsa based indie publishing imprint, coming soon from @shopwhittybooks , @neoncreepy , @hvpattersonwrites , and @jesmwrites .

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ID: green graphic with the text โ€œan indie endeavor. Horns and Rattles Press Est. 2023 Tulsa Oklahoma. There are two black drawings of a horned mammal and a boar.

\#IndiePress #IndieImprint #IndiePublishing #HornsAndRattlesPress #HornsAndRattles

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Can you spot the queer merfolk? Love the cozy YA / middle grade / children's nook at @shopwhittybooks . Thanks for giving my novels a wonderful home and in good company. Y'all are the best. ๐Ÿฅฐ

ID: several wooden shelves with books propped up against a blue wall.

#ShopLocal #IndieBookShop #WhittyBooks #IndieAuthor #ShopTulsa #ShopOklahoma

But like if I drive to the POD warehouse and picked them up myself…wouldn't that be…cheaper? Anyone wanna hop over to Tennessee with me?

Hashtags: #IndieAuthor #AuthorProblems #PlotTwist #MoreCoffee #SelfPublishing #DraftToDigital #D2D #YoungAdult #QueerBooks

Pick up a copy of A Mean Piece of Water and/or Chronicles of My Alien Invasion Life if you're into soft YA SFF where all the queers live and the baddies are turds in Earth invading ways.

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Id: stack of A Mean Piece of Water wand Chronicles of My Alien Invasion Life on a table cloth at Whitty Books.

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BUCKLE UP, NOODLES, I'M GETTIN' EMOTIONAL.

2022 was a totally bonkers blink of an eye rollercoaster of what even is happening. Not always in a good way. And not always in a bad way.

I'm a few days late…because 2023 seems to be stepping right in line with 22 already…but here are so freaking awesome and magical things that happened to me in 2022.

Year In Review: Awesome Sauce Edition

๐Ÿถ threw a puppy shower for Meredith. We really need to stop only giving flowers for babies and weddings, because you know what is really special and silly and fun? A PUPPY PARTY. You know who wants to come to a puppy party? LITERALLY EVERYONE. Celebrate your friends and their milestones because we all deserve that. Also, pets are FAMILY.

๐Ÿฆ„ hosted two fun af booklaunch parties With Victoria (@neoncreepy) at @shopwhittybooks and I can't believe she and I weren't friends before 2022. It's wild to me and feels like we've known each other a heck of a lot longer than that.

๐Ÿ’… featured on Grey's Anatomy. Oh. Right…have I not mentioned that…today?

๐Ÿ›ธ irl weirdo meetups with @thereadingskeleton and @foreverinastory. We bonded thanks to @b2weird and I would be so sad if we went a single day without sending each other queer or adhd or cat reels. Internet friends are REAL FRIENDS and I can't believe I got to see them TWICE.

So here's to more weird and more magic and more friendships in 2023.

Photo of me by @pqmultimedia

ID: graphic with the following written on it: ๐Ÿถ threw a puppy shower for m
๐Ÿฆ„ hosted two fun af booklaunch parties With v
๐Ÿ’… featured on Grey's Anatomy
๐Ÿ›ธ irl weirdo meetups with r&A
And a photograph of Jes in front of Whitty Books.

Hashtags: #IndieAuthor #IndieBook #AmEditing #AmPublishing #Merfolk #QueerMerfolk #OklahomaLakeLore #IndieYA #Nanowrimo #AMeanPieceofWater #JesMcCutchen #Mermaids #LGBTQIABooks #SuperQueeros

Considering adding more #IndieBooks to your #TBR for 2023? Might I shamelessly plug my own?

If aliens and or merfolk is your jam check out Chronicles of My Alien Invasion Life and A Mean Piece of Water.

Both are available online and from @shopwhittybooks !

๐Ÿ“ธ by @pqmultimedia

ID: both books held up in a brightly lit bookshop.

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What's a cool thing one of your friends has done recently?

When you and your friend @hvpattersonwriter get to swap signatures on your publications and you just wanna brag about it because she's awesome. ๐Ÿฅฐ

Otherwise: Tulsa is frozen. I've got the flu. And Phantom Menace actually goes over better after 20 years.

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ID: Jes and H.V., two bespectacled white women holding their books at @shopwhittybooks and grinning

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๐Ÿ™Need a gift for the local sff weirdo in your life?

Both A Mean Piece of Water and Chronicles of My Alien Invasion Life are available now!

In or close to Tulsa? Copies are available at @shopwhittybooks and I will personalize each one upon request!

Link in bio for other purchasing options!

ID: graphic with the above listed titles and text reading "merfolk. Lakes. Cults. Portals" pointing to A Mean Piece of Water and "aliens. Invasions. Also portals" pointing to Chronicles.

Hashtags: #ShopSmall #ShopLocal #ShopTulsa #ChroniclesOfMyAlienInvasionLife #AMeanPieceOfWater #IndieAuthor #IndiePublisher #SmallPress #YoungAdult #LGBTQIA #SpaceQueeros #GayMerfolk #Mermaids #BookishGifts

Book number three let's gooooo…eviscerate draft number one because phew it's rough.

Shoutout @sonacoffeeok for keeping the drip coffee coming.

Btw "Dragon shit" is just a working title. ๐Ÿคฃ

Oh and surprise. Pretty sure they're all gonna be part of a series because I can do what I want and Chuck and Jean and Florence need to hang out.

Hope y'all have a greatFriday!

Id: white table with a cup of coffee, a stack of printer paper with "Dragon shit by jes" on it, a pink keyboard and some decorative Christmas trees.

Hashtags: #IndieAuthor #TulsaCoffee #SonaCoffee #Dragons #AmWriting

So about last Friday.
It was absolutely wonderful.
Thank you to everyone who made it possible, especially everyone who came out to celebrate my book. I think I'll write another one, so I can throw another party.

Miss the event? Whitty Books has copies in stock!

Huge shout outs to:
@shopwhittybooks for hosting and being my friends and lots of other mushy stuff.

@color_vomit for my portal demon earrings, ๐Ÿ˜ˆ I'm obsessed

@pqmultimedia for the gorgeous photographs

ID: Jes, a white lady with glasses and short curly hair, smiles mid laugh while seated at a table set up to sign books. There are flowers on the table.

Hashtags: #IndieAuthor #AMeanPieceOfWater #WhittyBooks #ShopSmall #YA #Lgbtqia #QueerBooks

It's perfect. It's fine.
#IndieAuthor #BuyMyBook #AMeanPieceofWater #amWriting

Which are you most excited about?๐Ÿณ๐Ÿงœ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿšค๐ŸŽฃ๐Ÿฉณ๐Ÿ’ง?

๐Ÿณ Oklahoma field trip bingo card
๐Ÿงœ Lake Merfolk
๐Ÿ™ A giant octopus
๐Ÿ˜ˆ demon summoning evil cult
๐Ÿฉณ MC 1: Kye a nonbinary land dwelling mega crush
๐Ÿ’งMC 2: Dani a super clever and bi merfolk
๐ŸšคOklahoma Lake Life

Tomorrow is the big launch party and I am so excited! Boooooooks! About queer merfolk!!!! And nerds!

โ€œA Mean Piece of Waterโ€ is available from @shopwhittybooks ! You can get a personalization (and I do really mediocre doodles on request as well, lol).

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ID: graphic with reads the above listed points around an image of the cover of A Mean Piece of Water

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๐Ÿฅณ๐ŸŽ‚๐ŸŒˆIt's my birthday!

Join me this Friday December 9th from 5-7 at Whitty books to celebrate my birthday and the birth of my second book!

There will be books, autographs, complimentary refreshments, laughter, joy, some of that sweet sweet bookish swag.

Letโ€™s launch some books. Hope to see you there!

โ€œA Mean Piece of Waterโ€ is on available for pre-order from @shopwhittybooks ! You can get a personalization (and I do really mediocre doodles on request as well, lol).

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ID: Jes stands in front of a brick wall painted like a rainbow, smiling and holding a copy of her book.

Hashtags: #IndieAuthor #AMeanPieceOfWater #WhittyBooks #BirthdayKid

Cookies or Wine?

Join me this Friday December 9th from 5-7 at Whitty books!

There will be books, autographs, complimentary refreshments, laughter, joy, some of that sweet sweet bookish swag.

Letโ€™s launch some books. Hope to see you there!

โ€œA Mean Piece of Waterโ€ is on available for pre-order from @shopwhittybooks ! You can get a personalization (and I do really mediocre doodles on request as well, lol).

Sign up for my newsletter (link in bio)!

Wanna help an #IndieAuthor?

โœ”๏ธ order my books!
โœ”๏ธ add it on @the.storygraph
โœ”๏ธ review it!
โœ”๏ธ share my posts

Thanks to @pqmultimedia for the fantastic photo.

ID: Text reading: Book Launch Friday! Join me Friday December 9th from 5-7 At Whitty Books! books, autographs, complimentary, refreshments, laughter, joy. Next to an image of Jes at a book signing table and two other women stand in line getting their copies signed.

๐Ÿ‘ฝ๐Ÿงœ๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฆฎ I may go full universe building with this whole portal thing y'all.

Anyway. Preorder my second book now! Link in bio.

#IndieAuthor #BookLaunchParty #IndieBook #QueerMermaids #QueerBooks

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