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Jamie Sands Author
@jamiedsands.bsky.social
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Author of optimistic urban fantasy highlighting LGBTQIA characters, queer romance and some other things that don't make sense. Award winning and Amazon bestseller. Genderqueer, he/they
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Describe your cat's personality with one photo
November 9, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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My spooky cute urban fantasy is on sale right now as part of FarRoBub!

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October 31, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Trying to work out a design for a new table cloth for markets 🤣

my brand is... eclectic
rough sketch of a table eith the front panel divided into four to imitate a possible sign divide. The first quadrant says "weave magic", the second "fall in love". Third quadrant says "lose yourself" with a fanged smiling mouth and the last says "soft toys I guess?"
October 27, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Magical university with a cast of LGBTQIA characters, Secret Garden retelling, the grumpiest lead ive ever written, a trans non-binary librarian in the series library ever AND there's a hot new hardcover available?
Sounds too good to be true? it's real!
The cover for Garden of Secrets shows a green background with lush trees silhouetted against it. The title is depicted in metallic gold in Gothic style. The border is white with flowers and vines forming an almost art deco look. Author name Drake Lamarque and "Misselthwaite" is the subtitle
September 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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No new pictures, where are you at, mentally?
Ah yes, all the emotions that dominate me: Fear, Sadness, Boredom, Dislike and Pikachu
September 18, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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I read a lot from the library, but I scoured my shelves for my favourite romcoms.

I guess its fair to say these are my inspiration when I write books like Finding Tane, along with all the many romantic comedy movies I've seen 💖♥️🌸😘

#bookstack
#romcom
#mmromancebooks
book stack on a wooden desk: Carry on by Rainbow Rowell, Husband Material and Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall, What if its us? by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera, Red White and Royal Blue by Casey Mcquiston and Heartstopper by Alice Oseman There's a partially obscured plush fluffy Stitch beside the stack, and a window showing branches of a lemon tree behind
September 17, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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Conservatives hate to see a gay little sweet with heat portal fantasy romance set in Aotearoa New Zealand written by a genderqueer pansexual

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The End of the World book cover is illustrated grey and white on black, and shows an unkempt man with stubble and overgrown hair holding a travel bag. He wears a bright red and orange Hawaiian-style shirt and there is a tribal tattoo on his right arm, partially obscured. There is a red spiked halo emanating from his head in the style of medieval saints. He has dark sunglasses hanging on his shirt and behind them is a rendering of the planet Earth, New Zealand is highlighted in the d of the word “world”. The image is framed with art deco corner decorations. Up the very top it says “Tales from the Tarot”. The title of the book The End of the World is rendered in medieval/gothic style and the author’s name Drake LaMarque is at the bottom. The tropes stated are: A travel influencer in his 40s, Magical Awakening, Family drama, A fae from another dimension, monsters and A curse that must be broken
September 16, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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Finding Tane has its first 5 star rating!

Sweet and fluffy small town MM romance with two neurospicy leads ❤️💜

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Cover for the book Finding Tane by Jamie Sands shows a white man turning towards the viewer and smiling wide. He has blue eyes and perfect straight white teeth. Behind him is a farmhouse and a meadow. The subtitle says Foggy Basin Season Two, MM small town romance The trope graphic is blue ombre, and the stated tropes are: a small town guy, a semi-famous musician, autism and anxiety rep, meddling younger sibling, Kiwi expat and ”Does he like me or is he just being nice?”
September 13, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Just a few days left until my new contemporary romance comes out!

Please pre-order if you can, I'd love to get these neurodiverse boys an orange bestseller banner on release 🙏

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Cover for the book Finding Tane shows a white man turning towards the viewer and smiling wide. He has blue eyes and perfect straight white teeth. Behind him is a farmhouse and a meadow. The subtitle says Foggy Basin Season Two The trope graphic is blue ombre, and the stated tropes are: a small town guy, a semi-famous musician, autism and anxiety rep, meddling younger sibling, Kiwi expat and ”Does he like me or is he just being nice?”
September 4, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Cozy MM urban fantasy set in Aotearoa, first in a series, sweet and spooky

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Tropes graphic for Overdues and Occultism. Book cover is warm autumnal colors. showing a stack of brightly colored books on a wooden counter, shelves of books in the background Tags read Librarian Witch, ghost hunter, Adorkable disaster gays, haunted books and a nice cup of tea amd biscuits available on all ebook platforms, paperbacks on Amazon
August 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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Upcoming events where you can meet me IRL and buy paperbacks and toys off me!
Auckland LARP Faire August 23, 10am - 2pm Panmure Community Centre Indie Writers Festival August 30, 11am - 2pm Te Manawa Community Hub SpringGeddon October 24/25/26/27th Auckland Showgrounds
August 18, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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National is trying to suppress democracy
August 4, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Happy Pride!

Here's a short romcom starring a non-binary baddie

Fake dating your best friend for Four Years is just the queer way to be, right?

books2read.com/FourYears
June 16, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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it's pretty good, especially with kitty cuddles
June 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Friday the 13th? In Pride month??
Perfect time for my newest book
Shirley Jackson vibes but oops! All queer

Grab it from your favourite book platforms, paperbacks on zon

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June 13, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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I loooooove 🥰😍😍😍

I actually drew Eek myself, a few years back
June 7, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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So over tired that I just had a crying meltdown over some ants...but I had a super wonderful weekend at Armageddon and I'm continuously surprised and delighted to talk with people who are fans of my writing

🥰🥰🥰🥰
Jamie, a non-binary person with black glasses and pale blue hair smiles at the camera and holds up a tiny moth man toy
June 3, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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Not only did I spend the day at Armageddon con, I launched a book!

Mt Eden Witches book four is now live everywhere!

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May 31, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Beloved gay librarian witch steps into a Shirley Jackson situation ... what could go wrong?

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May 14, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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surprise! I wrote another book
May 9, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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Four Years and Today is a short read, my first go at the Fake Dating trope.

It's about geeky best friends who pretend to date each other out of convenience and it just goes on wayyyy too long bc feelings

Non-binary / Male romantic comedy

books2read.com/FourYears
Tropes graphic for Four Years and Today by Jamie Sands Book cover is graphic yellow lettering on blue with retro music, food and train ticket doodles a sweet software developer Told largely in flashbacks Fake dating (for far too long) a non-binary baker geeks in love best friends to lovers
May 8, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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May 7, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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Overdues and Occultism is the cozy MM urban fantasy you've been looking for, perfect to read with a cup of tea 🍵👌

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Tropes graphic for Overdues and Occultism. Tags read Librarian Witch, ghost hunter, Adorkable disaster gays, haunted books and a nice cup of tea amd biscuits available on all ebook platforms, paperbacks on Amazon
May 3, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Do you want to get inside information, advance copies of my books and more in exchange for hyping my books online?

I'm starting a street team and I'd love to have you apply for it <3

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April 29, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Ages of Pages book fair today

Claudelands Event centre, Hamilton 9.30 - 4pm 26 April
April 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM