Jenn Neal

TODAY IS THE DAY!!!!

Vicious Miscreations is officially out in the world! And this partially unhinged, weirdo is a published author!! Watch out world! I cannot believe this day is finally here. I am so excited and so ready for a nice long nap.

Also, I am so grateful to each an every one of you for your support. Whether you were an ARC reader, on my Street Team, support me on Instagram or literally just wish me well, thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Reviews are rolling in!! If you have read the ARC and haven’t had the chance yet, I would greatly appreciate you leaving a review on Amazon! I hate that Amazon reviews are such an essential part of getting Vicious Miscreations into new reader hands, but here we are. Thank you in advance!

Upcoming Events:

August 18, 2026 at 4pm PST – Instagram Live

Tonight, I am so excited to be chatting with Sam Silberberg, AJ Peterson, and Rebecca Brodkey about Vicious Miscreations, writing, and all things bookish! I am so honored to be talking with such talented authors and we would love to see you there! Stop on by! Also, I have already promised my Street Team the exclusive Wattie lore, so that is a guarantee!

See you tonight!

August 22, 2026 – 3-7pm PST – The Society Book Faire – West Linn, Oregon at the Elle Society Salon

FREE ADMISSION

Thanks to Hidden Worlds books and Elle Society Salon for including me in this amazing event. Local authors and bookish vendors will be set up so you can buy books, meet authors, or just window shop and add books to your TBR. I hope to see you there!

I will be selling Vicious Miscreations and swag packs, as well as individual art swag! Some of it hasn’t been available before! I would love to see you there!!

August 24, 2026 – 6-8pm PST – Silent Book Club & Pop Up Bookstore – Hillsboro, OR at Hillsboro Downtown Station

FREE ADMISSION

I have been invited to join Hidden Worlds Bookstore at their pop-up bookstore during the August Silent Book Club. It will take place at the food carts in Hillsboro and you are welcome to participate in the reading event, but it is not required. There will be plenty of people who are just there for the bookstore and food!

If you haven’t gotten a copy of Vicious Miscreations yet, this is a great opportunity to do so! RSVP appreciated but not required.

Writing & Life Updates

Many of you may have been following the sh*tshow on Instagram, but I had the absolute joy of receiving 60 misprinted books that were ALL supposed to be pre-orders. Not a single sellable book. I tried to get in touch with the printers but they were near impossible to get ahold of and they didn’t address my claim until I desperately DM’ed one of their sales reps on Threads. Desperate times. And YES, I am aware that is ridiculous. But I needed my books and it still took a total of three weeks to deal with.

Update: Books received and already in the mail I believe!

This left me with 60 slightly misprinted books. But I am so excited that I have been able to donate almost all of them! I reached out to multiple queer resource centers and little free libraries and I can proudly say:

• 7 books went to an alternative high school in Colorado.
• 10 books went to Westside Queer Resource Center.
• 10 books are going to Street Books
• 5 books made their way to libraries and little free libraries on the East Coast
• 2 Books went to a Little Free Library just outside Finch and Fern Books
• 2 books went to the Little Rainbow Free Library in Amsterdam
• 5 books went to the TARDIS little free library in California
• 1 book went to my local LFL
• And I still have a few more books I am hoping to donate to libraries or queer resource centers or shelters.

Thank you to those of you who helped me get these books into the hands of those I wrote this book for. It has me feeling all emotional!

This and my book launch has been my major focus over the last few weeks. But I am looking forward to getting back to writing! I am working on VM 2 which now has an official title. I will reveal it on Instagram soon, but book two will be called ‘Wretched Monstrosities’. Now you’re in on the secret too!

Cheers,

Jenn