A warm welcome to author J.K Pendragon blogging with us today about Double Take , a new release as part of the Geek Out Collection from Less Than Three Press.
Don’t forget to check out the giveaway !
Welcome J.K!
Love Bytes Blog Post for Double Take by J.K. Pendragon
This is my first time guest blogging in years! I’m a little nervous, to be honest. I’ve been blogging pretty regularly on my own site, and thinking that I should start doing more guest posts, so when Alex Powell suggested a blog hop to promote Geek Out, I jumped on it. Thank you to Love Bytes for having me! I’m here to promote my new novella (novelette?) Double Take, which is part of Less Than Three’s Trans Geek Out Collection!
Double Take itself was super fun to write. My initial idea was for a story about someone who accidentally ends up dating twins without realising it, and since I dislike traditional love triangles, for me it absolutely had to end in a triad. Which meant that before I knew it, I was writing twincest! Oops. It’s also pretty heavy on the sex (well, for me anyway.) It’s basically just a cute, sexy, tropey romp. But when I first wrote it and decided to submit it for the Geek Out collection, I wasn’t sure it was a good idea. My first thought was that for a collection of stories about trans people, shouldn’t I write something more poignant and serious about the hardships and experience of being trans?
But I’ve discussed before my feelings about the assumption that if a story is about a person of a certain minority then that story must centre around that person’s struggles with oppression. People sometimes react negatively to a story about a trans person if the story isn’t specifically about their trans-ness, because they don’t understand why else the trans person would be there. The problem with that, of course, is that trans people are much more than our gender identity. We have lives, and experiences outside of it. Yes, most of us do have a story to tell about when we realised we were trans, and what coming out was like for us. But we all have so many other stories too! When the idea for Double Take came to me, the main character happened to be genderqueer. And the more I thought about it, the more I realised that it was okay. That I can, and should write about trans characters in all sorts of stories, and all sorts of situations.
Trans people shouldn’t be limited to just one type of story. We exist everywhere, and our lives are as varied as cis people’s, and I hope that the fiction about us can one day reflect that. Geek Out is specifically about trans geeks, and does a great job of showcasing all the different types of geeks out there, and I hope it also showcases some of the diversity in the trans community.
So, if menages and twins and misunderstandings and Egypt are your thing (or any of the above) I hope you’ll consider checking out Double Take. If not, please have a look at the rest of the fabulous collection the fine folks at Less Than Three have put out. I hope you find something you enjoy!
One lucky commenter will receive a $10 gift card for LT3’s book market! Leave a comment with your name and email address to be entered! I’ll be drawing February 14th at 12PM Pacific Time. Good luck!
Book Info:
Double Take Wordcount: 14,500 Price: $2.99 Genre: Fantasy, Genderqueer, Poly
Studying magical science at the prestigious Kemet Academy is a privilege and dream come true for Teka, a poor student from D’mt. But focusing on school doesn’t mean xe can’t also admire Hasani, the handsome graduate student overseeing Teka’s work.
Then late one night at the school library, Teka runs Hasani and is completely astonished when the stern, quiet man xe knows by day acts so flirty and casual, it’s like he’s a different person. When the late night encounter leads to dating, Teka can scarcely believe xyr luck.
But the luck plays out when xe discovers why Hasani seems so different between night and day, a discovery that seems to have no resolution except heartache…
Warning: This story features a poly relationship that includes twin brothers.
Buy Links:
Amazon
Amazon.UK
Check out the other books in the Geek Out collection HERE!
The covers for Double Take and the Geek Out collection are both by the fabulous Aisha Akeju. Check her out here: http://aisha-o.com/
Sounds like a great collection. So many names for people.
debby236 at hotmail dot com
The cover is striking, I like it! That with the story lines has my interest!
Thanks for the post too
I like the cover, added to my TBR list.Thanks for the giveaway.
serena91291@gmail.com
Great post I enjoyed reading it and thank you for the giveaway.
ShirleyAnn(at)speakman40(dot)freeserve(dot)co(dot)uk
Great post! I agree with your commentary about stories involving minorities.
jen.f {at} mac {dot} com
This sounds like a great one!
vitajex(at)Aol(dot)com
Very interesting. Thanks for the post. 🙂
aelnova@aol.com
It’s great to see the genre expanding to include more of the rainbow! aahickmanathotmaildotcom
mmmmm….twincest!
please count me in
leetee2007(at)hotmail(dot)com
I haven’t seen too many m/m twincest books so this is a treat. Thank you for the giveaway chance =)
opps forgot my email: humhumbum AT yahoo DOT com
Wonderful post, J.K.!. I want to read stories about all kinds of people and about all kinds of experiences they have, not just one piece of their identity. I pre-ordered Double Take a while back. I’m glad I can finally read it!
Winning would be a nice V-day prezzie!
skadlec1@yahoo.com
I don’t mind reading Twincest so I’m looking forward to reading this collection. Much success to you!
taina1959 @ yahoo.com
This sounds like a great collection!
juliesmall2016(at)gmail(dot)com
It’s great, thank you for the chance!!!
So excited to see that more and more books are being published featuring twincest and incest in a positive light! 🙂 I know that in many cases (in particular, real life instances) that it’s a horrible thing and a form of abuse, but in some instances… well… love is love. And it’s beautiful and consensual and just as awesome as any other relationship out there! And I am ALL FOR THAT. :3 Not to mention, genderqueer? Oho~ sign me up! 😉
Definitely be checking this collection out ASAP.
The name’s Jaay and my email is amomentsilence @ outlook.com
Thanks for giving us all a chance at that giveaway!
These look so fantastic- I don’t think I commented yet, but in case I didn’t, I’d love to enter!
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