Mystery or Romance?

I’m sitting at the Newark airport and it’s just too darn noisy to do a vlog, so I decided to blog instead. The release of my sixth novel is just days away and, since this book, Slingshot, represents a bit of a departure for me, I thought I’d start a discussion and have a drawing [...]

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Speechless

Well, not really, but I am without vlog today and for good reason. This weekend, I am attending the Fourth Annual Lonestar Lesfic Festival in Austin, Texas and I intend to vlog with most, if not all, of the twenty or so attending authors. So, I’m saving my voice Next week, I’ll start posting some [...]

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Link to a longish short story I posted on my site

Hi, all– I posted the excerpt to this yesterday, but you can also catch the full meal deal on my site. It’s romance, so if that’s not your cup of tea, well, you’ve been warned. Here’s the link. Synposis: Marissa knows what type of woman she doesn’t want, but when just that type asks for [...]

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Things we’re up to over here

Hi, all– Just a couple of things that we’re in the midst of here. One, on Tuesday the 14th (Valentine’s Day!), I’ll be posting a chat between me and fab Bold Strokes Books author Anne Laughlin. We’re going to talk a bit about writing, but also about our separate diagnoses of breast cancer, which happened [...]

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Super-awesome treat headed your way this Friday…

Hi, kids. This Friday I have something so cool that I simply have a case of the vay-puhs over it. What could it be? Give up? Okay. I’ll tell you. I had the great fortune of getting an interview with New York Times bestselling urban fantasy author Faith Hunter. She graciously agreed to let me [...]

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Not Dunne Yet

For the past eight years, the ezine, Just About Write or JAW as we’ve come to know it, has provided the lesfic community with an abundance of resources. Thoughtful book reviews, useful writing tips, insightful columns – all brought together by an amazing woman, Nann Dunne. December 2011 is the final edition of JAW, and [...]

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The University of LesFic

Authors Nell Stark, Trinity Tam, Rachel Spangler, PJ Trebelhorn and I will be reading and signing at a multi-school event at Muhlenberg College (Allentown, PA). Meet our host, Anita Kelly, Director of Counseling and campus GLBTQ Coordinator. Click here for more information about the event.

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Join Us!

It’s been close to a month since I started on my journey to find my genre, lesbian novels that do not hinge on romance. After much thought and discussion I decided to call it Mainstream Lesbian Fiction. Come to find out I did not make this up. Casey from Bedazzled Ink told me they’d been [...]

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The habits of Lesbian Readers: A Scientific Study

When I first tried to get published with a mainstream publisher, I was told “lesbians don’t read.” I had a brief moment of confusion, thinking, well what the hell have I been doing all these years? before realizing they were just plain wrong. There’s no way to gauge what lesbians read. I, for one, do [...]

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Claiming Genre

First off, the winner for the Free Book Drawing is (drum roll please) Catherine Wilson, an author in her own right. Congrats, Catherine! And thanks to all who entered. Now, onto a subject that has been captivating me. If you’re like me, you covet well-written novels with lesbian characters. Make it a lesbian protagonist and [...]

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