Changed my debut psychological crime thriller's title to 'THE PROFILER'S SHADOW'.

I have a publisher for my debut psychological queer crime thriller. I'd be even happier if a literary agent would step in to represent me. #transauthor #transthriller #debutnovel #seriespotential #hiagent #messageme #queenofmyniche #therainbowkiller

ANNOUNCEMENT! Dark Winter Press will release my debut thriller, The Rainbow Killer, in November 2026.

Tagline for my second dark psychological thriller, THE ZEALOT: A chilling descent into the heart of religious extremism, where faith becomes a weapon and the past refuses to stay buried.

I am super happy to announce that Dark Winter Press, a Canadian publisher, liked The Rainbow Killer and wants to publish it. Now, I need to clean up the manuscript and polish it in the coming months. The book is expected to be published by October 2026.

Am I the only transgender woman psychological thriller writer in all of Canada? #seekingcommunity #lonely #transwriter #transthrillers

I attended two panels yesterday and enjoyed them. I'm really looking forward to today, when I get to sit in on two or maybe three talks (if I have the energy). #MontrealMystery #MontrealMystere #panels #anxietybedamned

Received a full manuscript request from a publisher. #alldigitscrosed #feelinggood #transwriter #tranditionalwithatwist #psychologicalthriller #canadiantransauthor

I look forward to attending the Montreal/Mystery Book Festival, May 23-24. montrealmystery.weebly.com

More pitches: Even in rural Québec, Mary Dubois isn’t safe from a vengeful serial killer. The LGBTQ+ community is in danger when a serial killer targets them—and transgender profiler Mary Dubois.

Pitches: When Silence of the Lambs and Big Skies meet. A serial killer murders LGBTQ+ people to taunt his profiler half-sibling. PTSD forced her to quit, and a half-sibling serial killer brought her back to profiling.

Received a request for a partial.

Going to the Montreal/Mystery book festival, May 23-24. Would love to meet up with other attendees. #firsttime #thrillerwriter #queertranswomanwriter

Would you read a thriller written by a trans woman whose heroine is a trans woman profiler? #transthrillers #transstories #transauthor #TheRainbowKilleraMaryDuboisThriller #Se7enmeetsRedDragon #needanagent #partofaseries

MS polishing is done. Now working up the courage to send off query letters to potential agents. #queerthriller #transthriller #TheRainbowKiller

The protagonist of my thriller is a trans woman who happens to identify as lesbian, more specifically, the femme spectrum. #transfemme #transrepresentation #transheroine

At work on my second novel. #transwriter #transnovel #transthriller #crimethriller

Me, to a tee!

I wanted to leave everyone with a snippet, two paragraphs, of the thriller I'm still polishing. I'd love to hear back from you. #transwriter #transthriller #translives #maryduboisthriller www.joellecirce.ca/blog/nsc91ny...

To be clear; I am not looking for book promoters or marketers for my novel. So, please don't waste your or my time with sales pitches. Not interested!

Did all I could with my first thriller. It presently sits at 86,400 words. #firstnovelat69 #natureornurture #transheroine #transwriter #transnovel #transthriller

Polishing the manuscript on my first thriller. Trans woman profiler up against a serial killer, a bigoted police officer, and the return of her ex-lover. #transthriller #transwriter #therainbowkiller #firstnovel

For any Erin McCabe fans in the UK, the print edition of book 4, NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, is out today.

Renee James's BEATNIKKI'S CAFE is a finalist in The Publishing Triangle's Joseph Hansen Award for LGBTQ+ Crime Writing! loom.ly/ZPBJ0so Way to go, Renee! To celebrate, BEATNIKKI'S CAFE is on sale thru TODAY!!! loom.ly/sbwtG4w Ebook $7.99 PB $15.95

This is the truth. 📚💙👏 PS. Memes wanted. Send memes! #MemeTime #SharingIsCaring

I have been in a funk since November 5, and it took me all that time to revise four chapters. Then, yesterday, I sat in front of my manuscript and blazed through thirteen chapters.

I am working on polishing my first thriller/mystery, which will feature former profiler and trans woman Mary Dubois. It will be the first in a series of novels with this main character. Myself, I am a queer, trans woman writer living in Quebec with my wife and six cats.