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Weekly
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September 24 - 30, 2023 |
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September
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National
Library Card
Sign-up Month !
“I
spent three days a week
for 10 years educating myself
in the public library, and
it’s better than college.
People should educate themselves
– you can get a complete
education for no money.
At the end of 10 years,
I had read every book in
the library and I’d
written a thousand stories.”
~Ray
Bradbury [1920 – 2012],
American fantasy, science
fiction, horror, and mystery
fiction author
“When
I got a library card was
when my life began.”
~Rita Mae Brown, [1944 -
], American feminist pioneer,
civil/gay rights champion,
screenplay writer, poet,
and author of a multitude
of mysteries and novels
“I
always imagined paradise
to be a sort of library.”
~Jorge Luis Borges
[1899 - 1986], Argentine
short-story writer, essayist,
poet, translator, and author
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A Little Bit of Ancestry Genealogy |
I dipped my toe into the
pond of DNA and Genealogy - and fell
in headfirst all the way to the bottom
of the ocean! I found a whole lot of
stuff about my forbears. Because I descend
from Sir Jerome Weston (1550-1603) who
was a Knight of the Realm, High Sheriff
of Essex, and Judge of Common Pleas,
it turns out Elizabeth II, former Queen
of England, is my 11th cousin/once removed.
Whoa . . . . who knew!?
I have known for years
that aviation's darlings, the Wright
Brothers, were my first cousins/4x removed,
but who knew that Lucille Ball is my
10th cousin, Rosa Parks is my 12th cousin/1xremoved,
and Babe Ruth is my 10th cousin/3x removed!
(A Visionary, a Fighter, and a Slugger.)
Alas, Shakespeare does
not fall into the equation. But Charles
Dickens is 8th cousin/6x removed and
Jane Austen is 9th cousin/5x removed.
I couldn't find out about Virginia Woolf,
but she was so depressed and killed
herself, so although her writing was
amazing, she is not a very good example
for me.
Susan B. Anthony is 6th
cousin/5x removed, John Wayne is 10th/1x,
Muhammad Ali is 9th/1x, and Elvis 8th/1x.
Even Abraham Lincoln is in my bloodline:
6th cousin/5x removed, and George Washington
(no wonder I have bad teeth!) is a 2nd
cousin/10x removed.
How fascinating to learn
I have common ancestors with so many
people who made history. And following
along with the fact that my DNA shows
no Asian, Native American or any American
blood, it's fascinating that some of
my ancestors brought important Black
figures into this world and I am tangentially
related to them. Wow.
Mind = Blown. Officially!
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| 8/7/2023 |
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SHEER CRAZINESS! |
UPDATE:
At long last, all of these website pages
seem to be up and working. Whew! If
anyone sees anything that's off or goobered
up, please let me know! ;-)
PREVIOUS
MESSAGE: This main page
ought to be okay (though some graphics
might not show up right now), but for
a short while, most of the embedded
links and other page links will take
some time to set up. I'll be migrating
everything to a new host as fast as
I can, and I appreciate your patience!
And please wish me luck ! ;-)
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7/10/2023 |
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Author Q&A with Lori L. Lake and Barbara
Lynn Murphy |
I got a chance to read
from Adventures Unlimited and
listen to Barbara Lynn Murphy read from
her debut book, Two Lives, One Heart.
We had a rockin' good conversation
with our interviewer Jazzy Mitchell.
You can listen to it here:
INTERVIEW
LINK
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| 4/20/2023 |
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Readings and a Book Fair on April 23! |
Please
join us for an afternoon of fun
on Sunday April 23 at 2:00pm
at Taborspace in Portland, Oregon!
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| 4/5/23 |
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The 2023 Alice B Awards were announced today! |
I really *love* being
a part of this process! The Alice B
Readers Committee has now awarded medals
and the honorarium to six dozen authors
writing lesbian-themed literature. Click
here to see the list of
all who have been honored. Today the
2023 winners were announced. Congratulations
to Georgia Beers,
Abigail Padgett, and Lee Winter!
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2/8/2023 |
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Launch Point Press is Changing Hands |
After over eight years
of helming Launch Point Press (LPP),
it’s time now to hand it over
to new owners who will be able to take
it to the next level. I’ve inked
a deal with Jodi and Peggy Zeramby.
(Jodi writes under the pen name Jazzy
Mitchell.) Effective Jan 1, 2023, Jodi
and Peggy will assume publishing duties
for LPP.
My books and I will stay
on as a part of the press, and this
change will allow me to get back to
my own writing. Since Jodi and Peggy
live near me, we’ll be able to
collaborate in making a smooth transition
for the dozen authors and their published
and forthcoming work. I’ll also
stay involved as a consultant and resource
for the new setup. LPP has been a wonderful
learning opportunity, and I’m
delighted Jodi and Peggy are the new
publishers because their integrity,
energy, and competence are stellar.
Please join me in welcoming them to
the helm!
Jodi (R) with
me at Taborspace, Portland, Oregon,
before the Pandemic
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| 12/25/2022 |
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A Great Time Was Had By All |
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Front Row/Left:
Sandra de Helen and our crack team of
Raffle Professionals, Drake & Katie;
Back Row/Right: Jazzy
Mitchell, Jessie Chandler, Judy Kerr,
MB Panichi, Linda Vogt, Aliya Bree Hall,
and Lori L. Lake. |
The event yesterday at Taborspace put
on by Literary Lesbians Present!
was fantastic. Our readers: Jazzy Mitchell,
Aliya Bree Hall, Sandra de Helen, Jessie
Chandler, MB Panichi, and Judy Kerr
were terrific. Looking forward to the
next event sometime in February.
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9/21/21 |
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FINALLY! An event! |
Please
join us for an afternoon of fun in October!
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| 8/9/2022 |
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New Books Returning |
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I'm delighted to report
that little by little, all my print
books are coming back into print! The
ebooks have always been available, but
over the years so many people have told
me they wanted the physical copy!
Here are four of the new
versions, re-edited, reformatted, and
with new covers. I hope you like them!
Next up THE GUN BOOKS!!
GO
HERE to see all my books.
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7/17/21 |
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At the BOOKLOVER'S COMPANION |
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CA 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 Glasses |
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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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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" |
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I had the great honor
of doing an Advocate conversation
with award-winning GCLS Trailblazer
Lee Lynch. |
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CLICK
HERE to check it out!
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Time's
Rainbow: Writing Ourselves Back Into American History |
Lesbians
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Crime Writers on the Lam |
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| Movie
Trailers
for the Books |
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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 team 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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