The Eccentric Eclectic behind the Words!
Hello world! I go by many names but here I’m Lily!
I'm an indie-author living in the middle of nowhere central France, I side hustle as a French teacher, and go through life as a confused, purple loving, queer bean.
I drink way too much tea and hot chocolate, write stories about imaginary friends falling in love, and plot increasingly unkind things to do to said characters — but I swear I love them dearly... Just, the more I love them the more they'll suffer!
As an indie MM romance author and unapologetic daydreamer, my love of storytelling began with dolls, video games, dress-up, and most of all, fanfiction, and has never really stopped. These days, that energy has evolved into original worlds, and emotionally charged stories that blur the line between comfort and heartbreak.
When not writing, I can usually be found reading fanfiction, playing Sims 4 or Minecraft, crocheting with an ever-growing yarn stash, or rewatching cartoons with the same enthusiasm I had as a child. And I love driving mum nuts by listening to Wouldn’t You Like by Jorge Rivera-Herrans on repeat. Though I may look soft and sweet from the outside, I proudly embrace My role as the quiet villain of my own story — gently nurturing my characters… right before putting them through hell.
What kind of stories do I write?
I write anything that gets my heart going. If I finish them is another matter entirely!
When I sit down at my keyboard or cuddle up with a pen and paper, I now constantly steer towards mm romance, it's my happy place, but I have written an unpublished FF romance flash fiction before. I don't have a brilliant relationship with my designated female body, I think this is why I lean into my male imaginary friends.
When I started writing, it was with fanfiction! Although, if you want to go way back, I actually started writing at eleven years old. From a young age I dreamed of being an author, but then I went to middle school and from then until when I quit school at sixteen I got most of all my hopes and aspirations crushed. It wasn't until I was nineteen/twenty years old I found myself again. My friend got me reading fanfiction of some minecrafters we loved to watch. I was hooked from then on. January of 2022 I quit my job as a teachers assistant and announced to the world I wanted to be a full-time writer. Years later and look where we are now!
So my writing started out as Minecraft inspired, then Rise of the Guardians, Red White and Royal Blue, and finally, the best fandom in the world Merlin. My writing has been influenced by all of these, mixing all my favourites but also adding things from my other passions. Mainly music. I can hear a single line of lyric and come up with a five book series (I will get round to writing it one day!)
What do I do when I’m not writing?
In other words, what do I do to distract me from my actual job!
- I always have something on the read. Depends on my budgets at the time. When I can afford it I'll be reading from KU on my phone from the Kindle app, trying to find as many mm mafia books as possible. Or I'll be looking for free books on Kindle also, there can be some really good ones and some... very interesting ones, especially in the omegaverse mpreg category—my favourite romance genre! But when I want a break from that I turn back to fanfiction, mainly Merlin fanfics, my one true love! I also do audiobooks on occasion, but not as often due to budget.
- I also got into crocheting in the early part of 2025, I wanted something to do with my hands that wasn't playing on my phone while watching telly. So now I love making scarves with interesting patterns and then gifting them to friends! And, of course, I now have a yarn hoard... to go alongside my stationery hoard. On days where the suns and moons make my days sluggish, I love curling up in a blanket, with a cup of tea, and putting on a comfort tv show or film while I crochet.
- When I'm not doing either of those, I'm playing games. Mainly Sims 4 and Minecraft, building little worlds to escape into.
Where do I fall in LGBTQIA+?
I’m a confused and exploring bisexual and asexual—I'm still figuring myself out and have been since I came out in 2021, in the typical fashion, right after a breakup! But I'm very comfortable living under the queer umbrella, never felt so seen. I love rainbows, my favourite colours are the bisexual and asexual flags... And I have been the most authentic I have ever been, slowly getting more in tune with my desires and not feeling weirded out by them. Plus the community is absolutely amazing! I have been very fortunate to have everyone accept me (except my estranged father) and go along with my craziness and lunatic ideas!
Where am I based?
I live in the middle of nowhere in central France, in a house my grandparents built filled with memories, books, yarn, art supplies, sheds filled with tools, and love.
Lily Through the Years
A Timeline of my life
Here is a quick overview of my life.
2002:
On the 29th of June, I was born into this world at ten to ten UK time.
2004:
Mum moved us to France, six months later we lived next door to my grandparents.
2016:
I had my heart broken and spat on (which later inspired the first chapter of Ocean of Emotions).
2017:
In November, I stopped going to school.
In December, with my mum, I had a meeting with multiple teachers and heads of the school, I walked out of it and never went back again.
2021:
In September, I had my heart broken and I came out of bisexual.
End of December, I officially quit my teachers assistant job. Declared I was going full-time as a writer.
2022:
In May my pen name was born!
2023:Published Boy Jayck in December, my debut novel.
2024:
Published Ocean of Emotions in November.
2025:
Published Till We Meet Again in October.
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