Weekly
Quotation
June 26 - July 2, 2022 |

June
is
National
Celebration
of PRIDE
Month!
XX“From
the beginning of my writing
career, I just wanted to
write about lesbian/gay
life as I experienced it.
Like so many, I came from
a place of great isolation.
At the same time, being
gay filled me with great
pride and joy. Writers Jane
Rule, Isabelle Miller, Radclyffe
Hall, Valerie Taylor, Ann
Bannon, and Vin Packer gave
me inspiration and even
the lesbian companionship
I needed as a baby dyke.
More than anything, I want
to give to gay people what
those writers gave me. And
I want to do it well enough
that my words might someday
be considered literature
and, as such, might endure
because, as open as some
societies have become, there
are always haters, and cycles
of oppression. Our writers
strengthen us, offer a sense
of solidarity and validation
that we are both more than
our sexualities and are
among the best that humanity
offers.”
~Lee
Lynch [1945 - ], American
author writing primarily
on lesbian themes, winner
of an Alice B Award in 2007,
and named a 2010 Trailblazer
by the Golden Crown Literary
Society, quoted from the
book, An American Queer:
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What's
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At the BOOKLOVER'S COMPANION |
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Farlow and I got the opportunity to interview
Edith Zeitlberger about her new book,
FRACTURES & HINGES.
CLICK
HERE to see the podcast!
There are many fantasic
reviews at The Booklover's Companion.
Check out all the terrific author discussions
and appearances here.
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New shout-out from Shoutout!! |
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3/25/22 |
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New Glasses |
Along with getting new glasses (now that
my right eye is healing!), I have been
cutting my hair all by myself since Covid
hit, and I do believe I'm doing pretty
well! The first time I accidently ran
the clippers up the back of my head and
balded myself! I tried to "even it
out" and ruined the whole back of
my noggin. Fortunately, my hair grows
fast, but I was still forced to deal with
wearing a cap for close to three weeks.
By the third attempt, I had it down, and
I do believe I will continue to do it
even after the pandemic is over. That's
$20-30 bucks I could be spending on books
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Labor Day Greetings! |
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Peter J. McGuire, a carpenter
and labor union leader, was the person
who came up with the idea for Labor
Day. He thought American workers should
be honored with their own day. He proposed
his idea to New York's Central Labor
Union early in 1882, and they thought
the holiday was a good idea, too.
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It's Independence Day ~ 4th of July! |

A
great big thank you to the service women
and men who protect our country at risk
to their own lives. And with praise
and gratitude to those who remain faithful
to the ideals of this "Great Experiment":
to maintain allegiance to the Republic
and to foster one nation, indivisible,
with liberty and justice for ALL.
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7/4/2021 |
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One of my favorite people on the planet
and a great mystery writer, Ellen Hart,
with me at Once Upon a Crime Mystery Bookstore
in Minneapolis |

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Lee Lynch talks with me in THE ADVOCATE
on "Lesbian Mystery, Police Raids,
and Fairy Godmothers" |
I
had the great honor of doing an Advocate
conversation with award-winning GCLS
Trailblazer Lee Lynch. |

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Time's
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Lesbians
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Movie
Trailers
for the Books |
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With
Brenda Adcock's wizardry, there are now movie trailers,
complete with music, for two of my books. Click below
to see - make sure you turn on your speakers, too. |
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Shimmer
& Other Stories |
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Snow
Moon Rising |
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Bound/Printed
Books |
My novels and short story collections
can be purchased through any bookseller or online. If
a store doesn't happen to have copies on hand, they will
order them for you. CLICK
HERE if you want to contact me to get autographed
copies. |
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E-Books
at
Bella Distribution |
The gals at Bella carry books by an
enormous variety of authors, and they're distributing
my eBooks and print books. CLICK
HERE to get the books in Mobi and ePub formats.
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Kobo
E-Books |
Kobo Ebooks also carries LGBT books
by a variety of authors. CLICK
HERE to get my books for the Kobo eReader. |
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Kindle
E-Books |
Amazon.com carries my books in the
Kindle E-Book format. CLICK
HERE to purchase novels and short story
collections for your Kindle eReader. |
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B&N
E-Books |
Barnes & Noble - BN.com - carries
my books in their Nook E-Book format. CLICK
HERE to purchase novels and short story
collections for your Nook eReader. |
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Recent
Interviews |
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A.J. Llewellyn at Dark Diva's Blog did an extensive
interview with me. CLICK
HERE to find out all my deep dark secrets.
The interview shows up on the March 4 entry, and
you will have to scroll down through a couple other
interviews to get to it.. |
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VIDEO
INTERVIEW
- With Jody Seay, the amazing interviewer at
Oregon PBS's "Back Page" program,
who sat down and talked to me for her weekly
TV program with Pacific NW writers |
CLICK
HERE - for the interview with author
Jae who has written so many wonderful novels |
CLICK
HERE to read an interesting discussion
in the "Spotlight Interview" section
that the gals at Ylva have been doing. Astrid
Ohletz is a terrific interviewer! |
Earl Kemp's online 'zine, eI,
has featured a memoir piece I wrote called "There
is No Reason Not To Trust that the Act of Writing
Will Be Enough."
CLICK
HERE if you'd like to read it. |
MYSTERICAL-E
featured a long interview with me about
writing, creativity, book themes, etc. There
are several great stories featured in this issue
as well as other podcasts and interviews by
a variety of terrific authors. |

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