๐ซถ๐ 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. ๐๐ซถ
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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Join us for a free neurodiverse mixer and the launch of Meara's newsletter and blog "Lemniscate".
Saturday March 25th from 3 to 5 p.m. at Whitty Books
We hope to connect with more neurodiverse folks in the Tulsa area and to create a welcoming space for people to be comfortable and have a nice time.
We will be giving away three prize packages which will each include a copy of Chronicles of My Alien Invasion Life by Jes McCutchen and $20 gift cards to Whitty Books, and more.
The main character in Chronicles is named Chuck and she is neruodiverse, though the book itself is mostly about aliens and friendship.
It is important to us that we accomodate as many folks as possible, so we will be doing the following:
There will be light gluten free and nut free refreshments
Music will be played, but softly and ear plugs of any type are welcome
There will be a puzzle to work on if interested as well as free coloring pages and colored pencils
Name tags will be provided
If there is anything else we can do to make things more accessible to you, let us know!
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Signing donated copies of my queer books to drop off at the @oklahomansforequality Equality Center library. ๐ซถ๐๐ซถ
#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
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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. ๐ฅบ๐ฅบ๐ฅบ
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 โan 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. ๐ฅฐ
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.
๐ธ by @pqmultimedia
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
๐ถ 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.
๐ฆ 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.
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featured on Grey's Anatomy. Oh. Right…have I not mentioned that…today?
๐ธ 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
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featured on Grey's Anatomy
๐ธ 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 !
๐ธ 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. ๐ฅฐ
Otherwise: Tulsa is frozen. I've got the flu. And Phantom Menace actually goes over better after 20 years.
Wanna help an #IndieAuthor?
โ๏ธ order my books!
โ๏ธ add it on @thestorygraph
โ๏ธ review it!
โ๏ธ share my posts
๐ธ: @pqmultimedia
ID: Jes and H.V., two bespectacled white women holding their books at @shopwhittybooks and grinning
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๐Need 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. ๐คฃ
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, ๐ 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?๐ณ๐ง๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉณ๐ง?
๐ณ Oklahoma field trip bingo card
๐ง Lake Merfolk
๐ A giant octopus
๐ demon summoning evil cult
๐ฉณ MC 1: Kye a nonbinary land dwelling mega crush
๐งMC 2: Dani a super clever and bi merfolk
๐คOklahoma Lake Life
Tomorrow is the big launch party and I am so excited! Boooooooks! About queer merfolk!!!! And nerds!
โA 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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Wanna help an #IndieAuthor?
โ๏ธ order my books!
โ๏ธ add it on @the.storygraph
โ๏ธ review it!
โ๏ธ share my posts
ID: graphic with reads the above listed points around an image of the cover of A Mean Piece of Water
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๐ฅณ๐๐It'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.
Letโs launch some books. Hope to see you there!
โA 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?
โ๏ธ order my books!
โ๏ธ add it on @the.storygraph
โ๏ธ review it!
โ๏ธ share my posts
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.
Letโs launch some books. Hope to see you there!
โA 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?
โ๏ธ order my books!
โ๏ธ add it on @the.storygraph
โ๏ธ review it!
โ๏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.
๐ฝ๐ง๐ฝโโ๏ธ๐๐ฆฎ 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