I went temporarily insane this last week.

I blame Andi Marquette. No, really.

I read this really great interview she did with Eden Glenn last week on her author spotlight blog. In it, she answered a question about how she started writing fiction. It’s a great interview and you can find the whole thing HERE. 

The one thing that I've learned about writing and publishing in the last three years is how long it actually takes to get a book to market.

In 1968 (or so), my family moved across the street from the San Francisco Richmond Branch Library, and though we lived in a tiny run-down house at the time, this was our view:

As a six year old – I viewed this as a fantasy castle, a virtual palace full of secrets just waiting to be discovered.

My mother took me in and got me a card to this magical place.

That's me in the corner. That's me in the SPOT-light....

Okay, I got that out of my system!

I waffled back and forth considerably when I considered writing the subject matter in this blog.

Then again, I’m a Libra, I’m used to it.

I’m not exaggerating when I tell you I own the “people-pleasing” gene.  It appears to be an inherent quality that’s deep within the fabric of my spirit.

One of our very own bloggers, Bold Strokes Books author Yvonne Heidt, offers a healthy dose of paranormal with her romance. Listen to hear what she has to say about love and ghosts.

Also, don't forget to join Karis Walsh and me this Saturday for a Shindig event - a live, interactive video chat. All the details are here.

I had an entirely different blog planned today. But I can’t get my daughter, Deserae, out of my mind. This is not an amusing story, but instead a piece of my heart that I'm sharing. 

I have the gift of words, the gift of communication. I have a voice, and my purpose is to use it.  I am part of a club that no-one ever wants to join.

I spent April 5th and 6th in Austin, Texas, at my first Lone Star LesFic Festival. If you missed my first blog covering Friday night - you can read about Dinner with the Boss - right here, and catch up.  

Okay, ready?

Sandy wanted to personally thank Shelley Thrasher and Barbara Ann Wright for making me laugh in a way she hadn't heard in a while.

First of all, I have to tell you, I've only been a published author for less than a year. I was (am) a huge fan and reader of lesbian fiction. When I received an email from Dr. Yvette Murray, in November of last year, inviting me to be a guest author at the Lone Star LesFic Festival in Austin, my first book, Sometime Yesterday, had only been released two months prior.

By Russ Gregory

There’s a sort of push-pull, dance-to-the-death between writers and editors that rarely breaks out in actual physical violence but none-the-less leaves emotional scars. I’m not referring to disagreements over the placement of a comma or the appropriate use of passive voice. I’m talking about flat out murder… the killing of darlings.

As my editor Greg Herren explains it…

What the heck is Psychometry and Retrocognition?

If you would have asked me when I was growing up what these terms meant, I would have stalled you and ran off to look to it up in my handy-dandy encyclopedia set.  I wouldn't have found the terms in those old volumes, but I am one those people who wants to know everything.