YAARGH!!! Skulls and Crossbones book giveaway!

UPDATE! Mateys, we have a winner! The drawing out of the pirate-y baseball cap has revealed JOAN DENMAN as our winner. WOOOOOOOO! But have no fear. A couple of other random mateys will be hearing from a merry elf here at Women and Words with consolation prizes (cuz that’s how we merrily roll). Thank ye [...]

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Get ready for some pirates…

Hi, folks– Tomorrow (September 19th) is International Talk Like a Pirate Day! In honor of that, R.G. Emanuelle and I thought we’d give away a copy of our edited anthology, Skulls and Crossbones: Tales of Women Pirates. So be sure to stop by TOMORROW (NOT today) and get in on that. YAAARRRGGGHHH!!! And don’t forget [...]

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Book Giveaway!

Hey all, I’m giving away a copy of one of my novels. Your choice: “Maye’s Request”, “Spanking New”, or “The Middle of Somewhere.” Here’s the catch. You have to commit to purchasing a lesbian novel that is not a romance sometime in the next 6 months. You heard me right: I said a lesbian novel [...]

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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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And the winner is…

JOY! YAY! Joy gets a copy of “Lavender Ink” for this entry: “Will you shut up,” she told the naked woman tied up in the back seat. “I think someone’s coming…and no I don’t mean you. You’ve got to wait a little longer for that.” “I think you should untie me for now,” the naked [...]

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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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GIVEAWAY! “A Matter of Blood”!

AND THE WINNER IS…(picked by my dog Taylor) ALLIE! WOOOOOOOOOOOO! Thanks, all, for playing and thank you, too, for the nice comments. Happy Chinese New Year! —- Hi, folks! Happy Friday and happy Chinese New Year–it’s the year of the Rabbit. So in honor of both those things, how about a drawing for a copy [...]

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Guest Blog! Ruth Perkinson!

The winner of a copy of “Piper’s Someday” is Jeanne Barrett. And yes, in honor of Ruth and River, my dog Taylor did the drawing. That is, I put the names in a canvas bag, shook ‘em up, shook ‘em up again, and then again, and then tossed the names out of the bag onto [...]

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