My post will appear on Jan 9, but today, author and (my) publisher Radclyffe is blogging about the facts of queer fiction AND she's giving away books. Click the link. Leave a comment!
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Day 557
Check out the Lesbian Fiction Appreciation Event starting today (Jan
7) through Jan 21 over at Babbling About Books and More. Posts from
lesbian authors, publishers, reviewers and bloggers.
My post will appear on Jan 9, but today, author and (my) publisher Radclyffe is blogging about the facts of queer fiction AND she's giving away books. Click the link. Leave a comment!
My post will appear on Jan 9, but today, author and (my) publisher Radclyffe is blogging about the facts of queer fiction AND she's giving away books. Click the link. Leave a comment!
Monday, January 2, 2012
Day 552
“When I turned 18, I felt I was grown up. Then when I was 21, I reflected, ‘Boy, I was just a kid then; now I’m grown up.’ The same thing happened when I was 27. It wasn’t until I was in my early 30s that I realized it was a futile goal to have. You’re never grown up. We’re all still dealing with the same hopes, same fears, same dreams that we had as children.”
| — | Shelley Duvall |
That's how I feel about 2011. It's 2012 and here's what I got. This year I'd like to:
- lose 90 pounds. I promise you, there is 90 pounds to lose
- get along better with my dude. Two people and two cats in a small space and drive anyone crazy
- write more
What a list! I need to be more organized, save money and a bunch of other things I should be doing no matter what. we'll see how those things work out.
Now here's what's happening whether I slack off or not.
January 7- 21: KT Grant over at Babbling About Boobs and More is hosting the 2012 Lesbian Fiction Appreciation Event.
I'll be adding my two cents in a guest entry about why I write lesbian romance. Multi-cultural lesbian romance more specifically. I've already submitted the post so that wont add to my mountain of procrastination. I really appreciate KT's efforts with this event. In 2011 I saw just how hard it is to find exposure for lesbian romance. Readers are into it, I know this for a fact, but a lot of review blogs and websites refuse to review it. I'm not sure why this is. Some site will go as far to say they are LGBT friendly, they'll review m/m, m/f/m, m/goat/dog/f/m, but no f/f. Boggles the mind, but hopefully KT's event will bring more authors and readers together. My awesome publisher Radclyffe will also be contributing so please drop in, leave a comment, click some links, BUY SOME BOOKS!
February 1: It's my birthday and I have tickets to The Price Is Right. I'm pumped.
March 1- 4: 6th Annual Bold Strokes Books Palm Springs LGBTQ Book Festival. I'll be there, trying my best not to barf on myself before, during and after each reading. More info HERE!
In the meantime I have to proof the final run of The Fling, out in April, and I have to write Blacker Than Blue: Vampire Sorority Sisters 2. I'm a good chunk in, but I'd like to be further. I'll stop blogging and get to it then. :) Happy New Year.
Friday, December 2, 2011
Day 521
I have a lot of feeling about some things that I would love to share, but I'm under a tit crushing deadline so I'll just share some news and a beautiful picture.
I'll signing Better Off Red Sunday Dec 11th at 2 pm, at Dark Delicacies in Burbank, CA. There will be several other paranormal authors signing as well, listed below. If you're in the So Cal area, or your grandma is, come on by or send your grandma.
Dark Delicacies
3512 W. Magnolia
Burbank, CA 91505
darkdel.com
other participating authors:
Collette Freedman signing Thirteen Hallows
PS Gifford signing Curiously Twisted Tales
VMK Fewings signing A Vampire's Dominion
Gabrielle Faust signing Eternal Vigilance I, II & III
AND
Through a little trading an bargaining, the sweet Fandangler drew me this adorable picture of Camila and Ginger from Better Off Red.
I found him through his awesome Adventure Time fanart and I love what he did to my girls. Check out his art here. Happy Friday!
I'll signing Better Off Red Sunday Dec 11th at 2 pm, at Dark Delicacies in Burbank, CA. There will be several other paranormal authors signing as well, listed below. If you're in the So Cal area, or your grandma is, come on by or send your grandma.
Dark Delicacies
3512 W. Magnolia
Burbank, CA 91505
darkdel.com
other participating authors:
Collette Freedman signing Thirteen Hallows
PS Gifford signing Curiously Twisted Tales
VMK Fewings signing A Vampire's Dominion
Gabrielle Faust signing Eternal Vigilance I, II & III
AND
Through a little trading an bargaining, the sweet Fandangler drew me this adorable picture of Camila and Ginger from Better Off Red.
I found him through his awesome Adventure Time fanart and I love what he did to my girls. Check out his art here. Happy Friday!
Friday, November 18, 2011
Day 506: Interview & Giveaway
http://www.vampires.com/book-giveaway-and-exclusive-interview-with-rebekah-weatherspoon/
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Day 503
Gingered beardo and fellow author, Chuck Wendig has an excellent post on his blog today about writers following their own path. Over the past year and a half I have received some amazing advice, some terrible advice, met and chatted with some awesome agents and writers and come across publishing types I'd just as soon push in front of a subway car before I forced myself to speak to them again. In that time, I have definitely learned that this writing journey is my own.
If you haven't been following this blog from the start, 503 days have passed between my first submission to an agency and the official release off Better Off Red. No, Bold Strokes Books does not fuck around when it comes to getting books out. Just another reason I feel at home with them. Minimal BS. :) No other author will experience what I have in the same amount of time, just as I will never share their exact experience, but that's the beauty of this life thing.
Though it's been on sale for a week and some change, today Is Better Off Red's proper book birthday, which means you should be able to walk into bookstores and pick it up. I'll probably go to my local Barnes and Noble and put it up on some display near the front. :) I'm sure they love when people do that. So far Better Off Red has received some awesome reviews on Amazon and goodreads from people who aren't my mom and that makes my heart very happy. I'd like to give a special shout out to my editor Cindy who made Better Off Red the book it is now. I love her guts.
Several of my fellow Bold Strokes authors also celebrate book birthdays.
Rob Byrnes's Holy Rollers (gay fiction/mystery)
Jeffrey Ricker's Detours (gay fiction)
I'm almost done with this one and its fantastic
Radclyffe's Sheltering Dunes (lesbian romance) The next installment in the Provincetown Series
Yolanda Wallace's Lucky Loser (lesbian romance WITH TENNIS)
Sam Cameron's Mystery of the Tempest: A Fisher Key Adventure (Young Adult/mystery)
Edited by Richard Labonté History' s Passion: Stories of Sex Before Stonewall
Finished this in one night. AMAZING!
In other news, check twitter and possibly BBC world news (anything that isn't fox new or cnn) if you aren't up to date on the situation with NYC Occupy Wallstreet movement. In the middle of the night, NYPD cleared protesters out and destroyed the camps while banning media coverage. It was just late night for me so I watched the streaming videos from inside and kept up with the tweeting madness. This is why we vote, people.
And here's some Beyonce for those of you who visit for visual stimulation. I plan to wear that first outfit at my next reading.
If you haven't been following this blog from the start, 503 days have passed between my first submission to an agency and the official release off Better Off Red. No, Bold Strokes Books does not fuck around when it comes to getting books out. Just another reason I feel at home with them. Minimal BS. :) No other author will experience what I have in the same amount of time, just as I will never share their exact experience, but that's the beauty of this life thing.
Though it's been on sale for a week and some change, today Is Better Off Red's proper book birthday, which means you should be able to walk into bookstores and pick it up. I'll probably go to my local Barnes and Noble and put it up on some display near the front. :) I'm sure they love when people do that. So far Better Off Red has received some awesome reviews on Amazon and goodreads from people who aren't my mom and that makes my heart very happy. I'd like to give a special shout out to my editor Cindy who made Better Off Red the book it is now. I love her guts.
Several of my fellow Bold Strokes authors also celebrate book birthdays.
Rob Byrnes's Holy Rollers (gay fiction/mystery)
Jeffrey Ricker's Detours (gay fiction)
I'm almost done with this one and its fantastic
Radclyffe's Sheltering Dunes (lesbian romance) The next installment in the Provincetown Series
Yolanda Wallace's Lucky Loser (lesbian romance WITH TENNIS)
Sam Cameron's Mystery of the Tempest: A Fisher Key Adventure (Young Adult/mystery)
Finished this in one night. AMAZING!
In other news, check twitter and possibly BBC world news (anything that isn't fox new or cnn) if you aren't up to date on the situation with NYC Occupy Wallstreet movement. In the middle of the night, NYPD cleared protesters out and destroyed the camps while banning media coverage. It was just late night for me so I watched the streaming videos from inside and kept up with the tweeting madness. This is why we vote, people.
And here's some Beyonce for those of you who visit for visual stimulation. I plan to wear that first outfit at my next reading.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Day 488
HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!
So mega surprise to me this morning, Bold Strokes Books is offering all of our November titles early. MEANING... you don't have to wait until Nov 15th to pick up Better Off Red.
or
In another news, I received this amazing 4 star review from Bibrary Book Lust. Check out the awesome things Sally had to say about Ginger and the rest of the girls here. (she put the stars up on goodreads).
And lastly - here's what I'm wearing tonight to the West Hollywood Halloween Carnival. I look ridic, but its okay. ITS HALLOWEEN!
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Day 483
A spontaneous post because the TV has pissed me off again.
First - I'll be sharing a guest post AND giving away a signed copy of Better Off Red this Friday, Oct 28th over at Fangs, Wands & Fairy Dust. Do check it out.
Now I rant.
I have 29 episodes of Batman the Animated Series on my DVR that my boyfriend has asked me to delete. Instead, I went through the other stuff we had saved and found "So you wanna be... A Writer" which first aired on Current TV back in 2010. I'm sitting here preparing a guest blog post for Friday about why I write, so I figured this show would be acceptable background noise. I remembered quickly that I'd already watched it, but haven't deleted it and now I remember why. The first story in the program featured Ben Karlin, writer and executive producer of the Daily Show, who summed up his Hollywood career as if you can just show up in LA, be instantly funny and the next thing you know- BAM - you're getting the green light to start production on The Colbert Report. Not to mention the two Daily Show and one personal book he has put out. I don't doubt that this dude had some connections along the way, but I refused to believe this was a painless process.
As I've recently tweeted, I FUCKING hate it when authors who've experienced major or even minor writing success pretend that their writing journey was some sort of easy task. I have read so many author interviews where the author completely breezes over the difficulties of finishing a book, finding an agent, promoting a book etc. I thought I was all alone in my struggles. I thought I would go crazy before things worked out. This whole blog is about how that entire process has driven me to pony loving insanity and massive weight gain. I've passed my all time high by 3 lbs at this point. Go me. But - I also started this blog after Better Off Red was finished. Writing this book was easily (?) the hardest thing I've ever done and I've hiked a mountain as an extremely overweight pre-teen.
Along the way I've cried a lot, been depressed, doubted my very existence and gotten in massive fights with my significant other. All the things that some writers fail to mention, writers who I wont throw under the bus here. After I restrained myself from throwing my shoe through the TV, a segment featuring Robert "Bobby" Moresco, co-writer of Crash and Million Dollar Baby came on. His segment was the reason I'd saved this program for almost a year. Robert acknowledge what being a writer is really about and how fucking hard it is to not succeed, but to simply stay in the business. Sorry I'm swearing so much, but I want to punch Ben Karlin in the face.
I think of this interview every time I'm crying over the state of my bank account or begging my boyfriend to be patient with me.
For the aspiring writers out there - its hard. It's really, really hard, to write, to complete and to get your work acknowledged. But if this is something you want, you can't give up. Read. Write. Read and write some more.
For authors who aren't telling the whole truth, seriously, suck it.
First - I'll be sharing a guest post AND giving away a signed copy of Better Off Red this Friday, Oct 28th over at Fangs, Wands & Fairy Dust. Do check it out.
Now I rant.
I have 29 episodes of Batman the Animated Series on my DVR that my boyfriend has asked me to delete. Instead, I went through the other stuff we had saved and found "So you wanna be... A Writer" which first aired on Current TV back in 2010. I'm sitting here preparing a guest blog post for Friday about why I write, so I figured this show would be acceptable background noise. I remembered quickly that I'd already watched it, but haven't deleted it and now I remember why. The first story in the program featured Ben Karlin, writer and executive producer of the Daily Show, who summed up his Hollywood career as if you can just show up in LA, be instantly funny and the next thing you know- BAM - you're getting the green light to start production on The Colbert Report. Not to mention the two Daily Show and one personal book he has put out. I don't doubt that this dude had some connections along the way, but I refused to believe this was a painless process.
As I've recently tweeted, I FUCKING hate it when authors who've experienced major or even minor writing success pretend that their writing journey was some sort of easy task. I have read so many author interviews where the author completely breezes over the difficulties of finishing a book, finding an agent, promoting a book etc. I thought I was all alone in my struggles. I thought I would go crazy before things worked out. This whole blog is about how that entire process has driven me to pony loving insanity and massive weight gain. I've passed my all time high by 3 lbs at this point. Go me. But - I also started this blog after Better Off Red was finished. Writing this book was easily (?) the hardest thing I've ever done and I've hiked a mountain as an extremely overweight pre-teen.
Along the way I've cried a lot, been depressed, doubted my very existence and gotten in massive fights with my significant other. All the things that some writers fail to mention, writers who I wont throw under the bus here. After I restrained myself from throwing my shoe through the TV, a segment featuring Robert "Bobby" Moresco, co-writer of Crash and Million Dollar Baby came on. His segment was the reason I'd saved this program for almost a year. Robert acknowledge what being a writer is really about and how fucking hard it is to not succeed, but to simply stay in the business. Sorry I'm swearing so much, but I want to punch Ben Karlin in the face.
I think of this interview every time I'm crying over the state of my bank account or begging my boyfriend to be patient with me.
For the aspiring writers out there - its hard. It's really, really hard, to write, to complete and to get your work acknowledged. But if this is something you want, you can't give up. Read. Write. Read and write some more.
For authors who aren't telling the whole truth, seriously, suck it.
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