No Eggspectations
Hello all, I’ve had to hide Exceeds Eggspectations, as I rewrote it for a novel competition and I was worried they’d do a plagiarism check and think I’d plagiarised parts of my own fic. The new novel is 10k longer and has a totally different setting, new characters, new magic system, etc. It’s quite different, but there are sections the same as the fic (mostly Meggan, lol).
If you were partway through reading it, or want a copy, let me know, I don’t mind emailing them to you or whatever.
It got short listed! So there’s a chance Exceeds Eggspectations will never see the light of day again, but there’s also a chance it’ll be published in its new form… Exciting times.
Not allowed to hand out copies anymore, sorry! Might be able to re-release the fic again on Nov 9th (if I don’t win) otherwise… soz dudes. We find out in November!
Yeahhhhh so I did win, so EE is forever hidden. Sorry peeps. But yayy, August 2021 you get a queer af book about wizards and an egg baby. (Also, reports have been that the rewrite is better, from the two betas who’ve read both versions.)
March 3 2021 update
I have officially finished editing and it’s going to the typesetters for ARCs. Today my editor and I talked about anal fingering, for clarity. This is my life now.
March 30 2021 update
ARCs are printed and sent out. The first instagram post of someone unboxing the promo pack is out there in the world.
There will be a preorder link, I will post it here.
April 7 2021 update
Preorder link! It’s a NZ online retailer that will send overseas but the shipping is probably more than the book. You can wait for the kindle edition!
The international rights haven’t sold yet, so you can only buy it from NZ or Aussie retailers. Australia might have better shipping but I have no links for them yet.
https://www.mightyape.co.nz/product/tim-te-maro-and-the-subterranean-heartsick-blues/34701733
Also, PLEASE DON’T MENTION THE FANFIC WHEN RECCING THE BOOK TO TEENAGERS. I write filth and this book is NICE and parentally acceptable and we can’t afford to ruin this. More queer books need to get into teenage hands!
We have an Amazon (boo-hiss) preorder link for the Aussies. Still only paperback, no kindle yet:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Tim-Maro-Subterranean-Heartsick-Blues/dp/1760508756/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=9781760508753&qid=1620034205&s=books&sr=1-1
Buuuuut we also have ANOTHER, LESS CUNTY OPTION
https://www.boomerangbooks.com.au/tim-te-maro-and-the-subterranean-heartsick-blues/hs-valley/book_9781760508753.htm
May 12 2021 update!
Three bits of news!
One I don’t know if I’m allowed to share yet!
Two is: the e-book will be released on the same day as the paperback, July 28 2021!! YAY. No idea why it isn’t available for preorder yet, I’ll keep checking back at Amazon.
If you’re in NZ or Aussie, next time you walk past a bookshop, please feel free to stop in and ask if they have ordered it… I mean, feel free to do this whichever country you’re in – maybe we can hint to the publishers and distributors overseas that they should call my publisher and BUY IT.
Third thing: I am now an official ‘Goodreads Author’. You can go ask me questions and follow me so I don’t look like Nigel No-Mates. If you want. No presh. AGAIN, try and avoid making reference to the fic, in case some overprotective parent is googling and comes across a plethora of smut.
https://www.goodreads.com/author/21442885.H_S_Valley/questions
Thanks everyone for your ongoing support and good wishes xxx
May 14 2021 update
INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS.
https://www.bookdepository.com/Tim-Te-Maro-and-the-Subterranean-Heartsick-Blues-HS-Valley/9781760508753
You’re welcome.
E-BOOK PRE-ORDER!!!
https://www.booktopia.com.au/tim-te-maro-and-the-subterranean-heartsick-blues-h-s-valley/ebook/9781743587812.html
Thank you Booktopia :)
Ok, so, the ebook seems to be available in a few places internationally , including Barnes & Noble, Kobo Canada, etc. however… it shouldn’t be and I don’t know how long it’ll stay there. So, if you want the ebook, be quick.
In general it’s doing quite well in Aussie. NZ went it to a book less lockdown a few weeks after it was published though, so… yeah.
Any questions, ask away. X





















