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What happens when you take five beloved, powerhouse authors, each with a unique voice and style, give them one word to work with, and put them between the sheets together, no holds barred?
Magic!!!
Brisk Press presents Lynn Ames, Georgia Beers, JD Glass, Susan X. Meagher and Susan Smith, all together under the same cover with the aim to satisfy your every literary taste. This incredible combination offers something for everyone — a smorgasbord of fiction unlike anything youll find anywhere else.
A Native American raised on the Reservation ventures outside the comfort and familiarity of her own world to help a lost soul embrace the gifts that set her apart. A reluctantly wealthy woman uses all of her resources anonymously to help those who cannot help themselves. Three individuals, three aspects of the self, combine to create balance and harmony at last for a popular trio of characters. Two nomadic women from very different walks of life discover common ground — and a lot more — during a blackout in New York City. A traditional, old school butch must confront her community and her own belief system when she falls for a much younger transman.
Five authors — five novellas. Outsiders — one remarkable book.
Short story update from Renée Strider:
“Sweet Baby Dyke” appeared in this year’s anthology Best Lesbian Fiction 2008 (Fran Walker, ed. Bedazzled Ink), reprinted from Toe to Toe (Bedazzled Ink).
“Girls and Their Cars” will be in Best Lesbian Romance 2010 (Radclyffe, ed. Cleis Press), available in January, reprinted from Girl Crazy (Cleis Press).
The book tour for Arusha begins in Toronto, to celebrate nine years of writing and friendship. I am so pleased to have the support of Glad Day Bookshop (http://gladdaybookshop.com), now the oldest surviving gay and lesbian bookstore in the world. That’s Tuesday, the 6th of October, 7:00 PM at Slack’s Restaurant and Bar, 562 Church Street (http://slacks.ca).
Then, on to Provincetown, Massachusetts, where on Wednesday, the 14th of October, at 5:00 PM I’m hosting an “intimate reading” along with Cheri Crystal, Dalia Craig, and poets Rrrose Carbinela and DK Fresta. Anyone who plans to be there, please e-mail me and I’ll provide the exact address. I believe snacks will be served at both events!
I will be at Now Voyager Bookstore on Thursday, the 15th of October at noon, along with novelist KG MacGregor (357 Commercial Street Provincetown; http://www.nowvoyagerbooks.com/). Finally, KG and I will also be joining authors Karin Kallmaker and Jocelyn Powers at Womencrafts on Friday the 16th at 11:30 AM (376 Commercial St.; http://womencrafts.com).
I hope to see you in October! Thanks.
Goldenseal
Released 15th September 2009 – The first in the Garoul series, a paranormal romance.
In their teens Amy Fortune and Leone Garoul used to be lovers. Now, years later, Amy finds herself returning to Little Dip, the Garoul home valley to help her aunt finish a botanical project. Except Little Dip is no longer the happy place of Amy’s childhood memories. There’s something sinister in the woods and she no longer feels safe. Meanwhile, Leone dogs her every move, forcing her to look at their old relationship when Amy wants to forget about it altogether.
Lost and confused in a valley of shadows, there is always something snipping at her heels and snapping at her heart. What is the secret that has excluded her since childhood? And why can’t Leone let her go?
As parts of the puzzle come together, more and more of the Garoul family arrive for a special hunting weekend, and Amy’s fears begin to grow as she moves closer to the truth.
Gill will be reading and signing at Provincetown’s Women’s Week at these locations:
SUNDAY, Oct 11
· THE VIXEN 1-3pm – Gill McKnight will be reading from her latest romance ‘Erosistible’, and joining in a discussion on getting published.
· NOW VOYAGER 3pm – Book signing.
THURSDAY Oct 14
· AT THE VIXEN 1-3pm – Gill McKnight will be reading from ‘Goldenseal’.
· NOW VOYAGER 3.40pm – Book signing.
· AT THE VIXEN 4-30pm – BSB Meet and Greet
FRIDAY Oct 16
· NOW VOYAGER 2.30pm – Book signing.
Editor’s note: Susan is in India on a writing residency and she sent us a note about her new book, Earth’s Breath, from Spinifex Press.
You can see more about India through her eyes at her temporary blog http://susanscowblog.blogspot.com.
Susan also shares new poetry on that site.
For those of you who are already familiar with my novels, here is a little bio update:
By day, a teacher, by night, an explorer – I began to search for life’s meaning, initially through writing fiction and more recently through learning, living, and writing about spiritual philosophy.
A couple of years after my most recent set of back-to-back novels, “Far From Maddy” and “Morgan in the Mirror”, my writing took an entirely different tack. I embarked on “Late But *IN* Time”, a collection of spiritual articles inspired by my inner-most thoughts on all Matters of the Soul.
Ed : to read more, head to http://www.ccsaint-clair.com
Romantic Interludes 2: Secrets, edited by Radclyffe and Stacia Seaman
Imagine the excitement when everything you thought you knew about love becomes so much…more.
An anthology of sensual love stories about women sharing passion, surprises, and secret desires. Discover the thrill of love as you never dreamed it could be with more than twenty selections from best-selling romance authors: Ali Vali, Cate Culpepper, Clifford Henderson, Erin Dutton, Gabrielle Goldsby, Gill McKnight, Gun Brooke, JD Glass, Jennifer Harris, JLee Meyer, Jove Belle, Julie Cannon, Kim Baldwin, Larkin Rose, Lee Lynch, Lisa Girolami, Meghan O’Brien, Merry Shannon, MJ Williamz, Nell Stark, Rachel Spangler, Radclyffe, and others.
The book will be available from 14 September, from Bold Strokes Books.
Kelley and I are proud to announce the launch of Sterling Editing: editing, mentoring and coaching for writers. If you want to make your writing better, we can help.
The website is brand new, but this is something I’ve been doing unofficially for a very long time. I’ve been helping other writers since I founded the Northern Dykes Writing Workshop in the early ’80s. I’ve had 25 years’ experience. I do it well. I love it.
Helping someone see to the heart of their own work gives me enormous pleasure. It never gets old to see that sudden beam of delight, that sheer joy of understanding How to tell the story. It’s a thrill to work with a patched and lumbering lump of prose and help find the sleek, aerodynamic story just waiting to emerge.
I’ve done this with all kinds of writing at almost every length and in a variety of genres (I count literary fiction as a genre): short stories, novels, essays, articles, memoir, plays… Just about everything, with the exception, sadly, of poetry, which I love to read but on which I don’t feel able to offer expert advice.
If this sounds like something you want to think about, go take a look at the website, built by the fabulous FoAN Karina Meléndez. It’s very new, so we’ll be adding to it during the coming days and weeks: blog posts on the craft and business of writing, links to editor and agent blogs, and lists of resources such as grants, prizes, and submission guidelines. For now I’d like to point out two things in particular: the seriously nifty (so, so cool) editcast, and the sample edit package. There’s also a brief blog that ties in with both. When we’re really rocking and rolling we’ll start doing interviews with editors, agents, publishers, and writers who will be able to offer war stories, insider tips, and writerly advice. I also have notions of another cool informational tool, but that’s not ready to go yet.
So go play. And if there’s anything you want to know, about Sterling or writing, just ask us. Have fun. Keep writing.
My second novel, Veritas, will be released on November 17. In the lead up to it I will be appearing at readings and workshops at these locations:
Oct. 14-18
Appearances during Women’s Week in Provincetown, MA. Readings, panel appearances, signings.
Oct. 19
Appearance at Knox College, Galesburg, IL. Reading, Q&A, workshop on writing and publishing in the LBGTQ world.
Oct. 23
Laurel Bookstore, Oakland, CA. Reading with Lucy Jane Bledsoe and Clifford Henderson.
Oct. 24
A Different Light bookstore, San Francisco, CA. Panel appearance on mystery writing with Lee Patton, Anthony Bidulka, and Greg Harran.
Oct. 29-Dec. 3
Writing residency at the Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL.
Further information can be found at http://www.annelaughlinwriter.com.
J. E. Knowles’s first novel, Arusha, was just released by Spinsters Ink, “a Katherine V. Forrest selection.” There will be a book launch in Toronto on Tuesday, October 6, at 7:00 PM, in conjunction with Glad Day Bookshop, now the
oldest surviving gay and lesbian bookstore in the world.
J. E. Knowles will also be in Provincetown for Women’s Week for reading and signings.
Please visit http://jeknowles.com for all the details and to read an excerpt from Arusha.
Lee Lynch’s new novel, Beggar of Love, will be released by Bold Strokes Books in October, 2009. “Magnetically attractive, athletic, alcoholic, Jefferson is an anchorless innocent wandering through a world of women who can resist her no more than she can resist them. Never lacking a lover, Jefferson knows little of love; brought up on the right side of the tracks, she’s drawn to the wild side. Every lesbian has known Jefferson—or is Jefferson. Not since The Well of Loneliness has there been a lesbian novel of this scope. But much has changed since then…” See more at page 4 at http://bit.ly/wwYKQ.
Iron Rose Bleeding is now in print! The much awaited futuristic novel by Anne Azel records the story of Courtney who finds herself drawn into the dangerous, political intrigue of an alien race. Alone, she must find a bridge of understanding and co-operation between her world and the alien’s plan to assimilate Earth. Set against the issues facing our planet with global change, Iron Rose Bleeding will captivate you and leave you thinking. It is a must read.
Excerpt and details at http://www.pdpublishing.com/ironroseendpage.html
From November 4-7, I will be participating in the Atlanta Queer Lit Fest, reading at Charis Books & More bookstore. Please check the AQLF site for all schedule information.
LZFiction website
Bi weekly I host a radio show on Blog Talk Radio. (Live 11:30 pm USEST)
Ed: Please see http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lara-Zielinsky for the schedule of lesbian writers Lara will be chatting to.