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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Donovan Picks a Winner

Thanks for all the great comments about Women of the Mean Streets. If you aren’t the lucky winner, you can still pick up a copy of this great collection of lesbian noir at boldstrokesbooks.com. And the winner of Women of the Mean Streets, an anthology of lesbian noir is…

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Fun story contest!

Hey, all – Andi here, dropping in for a quickie (hee). Our buddies over at Cocktail Hour/Bar Rag have announced a short story contest. In a nuthouse — uh, nutshell: Stories must be between 10K and 30K words, and they must include the phrases “Cocktail Hour” and “bearded clam” somewhere therein. Oh, lordie! You also [...]

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Book Giveaway! Get in on it!

Hi, kids! HAPPY FRIDAY! Thought I’d toss out a print copy of the anthology Under This Cowgirl’s Hat (ed. SA Clements), which includes my longish short story “From the Boots Up.” I’ll have this on offer throughout Saturday, and we’ll pick a winner on Sunday, noon Eastern Standard US time. The rules are at the [...]

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The Best Defense

My friend Donovan is back and we have something to give away.

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HEY! FREE BOOK! LAVENDER INK! CRAZY CONTEST!

Hi, kids! Oh, lordie, it’s been crazy. So this week, you have a chance to win another copy of Lavender Ink: Writing and Selling Lesbian Fiction, edited by Fran Walker. Fran has agreed to provide a copy of the book this time around. So we’re going to play with tropes. Hee hee! That is, an [...]

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goofy, nutty CONTEST! FREE BOOK!

Hey, kids! I was thinking (oh, no…stop…) Okay, okay. Anyway, I was thinking about another post on the publishing industry for readers and I got kind of sidetracked, thinking about the lesfic publishing industry and what writers can expect. So howsabout I hook somebody up with a copy of Lavender Ink: Writing and Selling Lesbian [...]

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DAY 12 of the 12 Day Holiday Hootenanny! RADCLYFFE!

Okay folks, no bingo cage this go ’round. Just me, a hat, my two nieces, and about 5000 little pieces of paper. The winners are as follows: Sonja Cam Lisa Norma  Thanks again to all the authors who contributed their work, a big thanks to Radclyffe for sponsoring an entire day’s worth of winners, and an even [...]

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DAY 11 of the 12 Day Holiday Hootenanny

Awesome. I love it when people win free books! We, the merry elves at Women and Words, got ourselves one of those ol’ skool wire bingo ball cage thingies. You know the one. Where you turn it with the hand crank? So one of the elves got way giddy with it and it flew open [...]

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DAY 10 of the 12 Day Holiday Hootenanny!

Taylor the Wonder Dog and six gnomes (one of them was the Travelocity one) picked the winners tonight. It was, indeed, a thing to behold. Especially when the Travelocity gnome jumped into the canvas bag and did a rave. Freaky. But regardless, the deed is done and here we go! 1. Anne Laughlin, “Veritas”–Florence 2. [...]

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