Francis Gideon is here today to promote their new trans romantic comedy, Hopeless Romantic.
Be sure to enter the giveaway, too. Deets are below!
Hello everyone! I'm
Francis Gideon and I'm touring for my new release Hopeless Romantic, a trans rom-com of sorts. Follow along this week
as I talk about all thinks romantic comedy, trans identity, and being pretty in
pink! I'm looking forward to sharing some serious 1980s nostalgia; be sure to
comment with your own bit of nostalgia for a $10 giveaway for Riptide
publishing.
About Hopeless Romantic
Nick Fraser is a true romantic. He wants the guy instead of the girl,
but other than that, he wants everything his favorite rom-coms depict: the
courtship, the passionate first kiss, the fairy-tale wedding. But after
breaking up with the love of his life, Nick wonders if anything fairy-tale will
ever happen for him.
Then he meets Katie, who’s just like a rom-com heroine. She’s sharp,
funny, sweet, and as into music and punk culture as Nick is. What’s more, he’s
incredibly attracted to her—even though she’s a woman. Nick has never
considered that he might be bisexual, but his feelings for Katie are definitely
real.
When Katie reveals that she’s transgender, Nick starts to see how much
he doesn’t understand about the world, queer identity, and himself. He is
hopelessly in love with Katie, but this isn’t a fairy tale, and Nick’s friends
and family may not accept his new relationship. If he wants it all, he has to
have the courage to make his fantasy a reality.
Now available from Riptide Publishing. http://www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/hopeless-romantic
About Francis Gideon
Francis Gideon is a nonbinary writer who dabbles in romance, mystery,
fantasy, historical, and paranormal genres. Francis credits music, along with
being an only child to a single mother, as why they write so much now. Long
nights at home were either spent memorizing lyrics to pop-punk bands or reading
voraciously. Add a couple of formative experiences in university, a network of
weird artist friends, and after years of writing stories Francis never showed
to anyone, they now have books to their name.
After receiving an MA in English literature, Francis wanted to do
something a bit more fun. They soon found the LGBTQ romance community and fell
in love on the spot. Since then, Francis has attempted to balance writing
romances with as many different types of couples as possible while also attending
school for their PhD. When not writing fiction or teaching university classes,
Francis works on scholarly articles on everything from character deaths in the
TV show Hannibal, the online archive of Canadian poet and artist P.K. Page, and
transgender representation on YouTube. Francis is a middle name, used to keep
students from Googling their teacher and asking far too many questions.
Francis lives in Canada with their partner, Travis, where they often
spend nights disagreeing about what TV show to watch and making bad puns
whenever possible. Travis receives dedications in Francis's novels because he
tolerates Francis's long hours and listens to random story ideas late into the
night. Francis also might be a bit of a hopeless romantic—as if you didn't
already guess.
Connect with Francis:
- Website & Blog: francisgideon.wordpress.com
- Twitter: @francisgideon88
To celebrate the release of Hopeless Romantic, one lucky
winner will receive a $10 Riptide
credit! Leave a comment with your contact info to enter the contest.
Entries close at midnight, Eastern time, on April 15, 2017. Contest is NOT
restricted to U.S. entries. Thanks for following the tour, and don’t forget
to leave your contact info!
Congrats and thanks for the post. One bit of my 80s: the Band Aid song "Do They Know It's Christmas?". I've seen what you said elsewhere about memoirs, in fact recently read Balls: It Takes Some to Get Some by Chris Edwards. I learned from it and want to keep learning, and I like the idea of putting that in story format, vs. memoir. So the book sounds great. - Purple Reader,
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Good luck with the release! I love the cover.
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You had me at the titled... I'm a hopeless romantic through and through!
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Congratulations on the release, Francis. I am really intrigued.
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Congrats on the release, the story sounds fun!
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Congrats on the release and good luck on the tour. I think of the Star Wars and Indiana Jones movies when I think of the 80s!
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