Category: Blog Post
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Upcoming Conventions & Markets
We’re very nearly into April, and I have a bunch of events scheduled for the year! Eastercon 2026 – 3rd April to 6th April in Birmingham Leeds Sex, Kink, & Fetish Market – 12th April at The Nests in Leeds Once Upon A Tyne – 26th – 27th September in Newcastle Bath Monster Market –…
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Goths For Breakfast 2026: Charity Teach-a-Thon to feed hungry kids!
Event: Romancing the Gothic, Theme: Books & Literature, Theme: Clothing & Tailoring, Theme: Conventions & Literary Events, Theme: Film & Cinema, Theme: Gothic Horror, Theme: Gothic Romance, Theme: Guillermo del Toro, Theme: Horrors & Thrillers, Theme: Television & Entertainment, Theme: Uniforms & CostumesIt’s that wonderful time of year again – Romancing the Gothic, run by the inimitable Doctor Sam Hirst, is raising money for Magic Breakfast, a UK-based charity that provides free breakfasts for hungry school kids across England and Scotland. I am privileged to be a part of the incredible line-up for tomorrow, where you can…
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My Transphobic Uncle Threatened to Kill Me This Weekend
Blog post. I wish this shit was fiction. As you may have seen on my socials, I was visiting my grandfather in Greece and was meant to fly back home tonight, but my uncle flipped his lid, started screaming at me, tried to fight me in the kitchen, blurted out half an hour’s worth of…
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New Fanfic & Mini Update
Hello, all! I am taking a mini-holiday of sorts at the moment, as I’m currently visiting my grandfather in Greece! I am of course missing Lorenzo and my babies, but the warmer air here is doing absolute wonders for my fucked-up body, and I am spending time with my grandfather’s tubby little tabby, Kaluki and…
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Quick poll on readership for my original serials!
Just a mini poll here on which of my original serials you might follow – as in, which ones you go to read whenever I release a new chapter. I’m not including fanfic serials in this poll – all the readers for those are concentrated on Ao3, so it’s easy for me to see how…
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My Favourite Films of 2025
My top watches of the year! 2025 was a really good year for me flicks-wise, and it’s been a great year for film in general — a lot more of my favourites are new releases than usual, and a fair few of them I actually watched in the cinema. I watched 120 films in 2025 — a few were rewatches — and…
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How Much I, A Queer Self-Published Indie Author, Made In A Year
My end of year report, looking at earnings, expenses, and achievements this year. My name is Johannes T. Evans, and for those unfamiliar with me, I am a self-published author of queer fiction, especially fantasy, romance, horror, and erotica. I live in Yorkshire in the UK, and I have been a full-time author since 2021 after…
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Indie Ink Awards, Smashwords Sales, and the Kink Survey!
Hello, all, and chag sameach! I am sorry I haven’t been writing much, replying to messages, or doing anything in general. I obviously had to go home from the Manchester Queer Market early the week before last, and wasn’t even able to make it along to the Queer Affaires one in York. I am currently…