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February 25, 2026

February 24, 2026

Jae’s Sapphic Book Bingo 2026 – Check Off the Boxes Guide

January was three months long, and February started yesterday and it’s already almost over. I definitely feel like I’m in a time slip. My birthday is a few weeks away and no doubt it will arrive tomorrow. Speaking of my birthday, I know several birthday twins now, and the amazing Jae is one of them. We also share a birthday with Glenn Close and Moms Mabley, all of which gives me a nice…

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Published on February 24, 2026 00:00

February 23, 2026

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October 26, 2025

The Tsunami of Thievery

Highlighting a new report from Writer Beware about the MASSIVE increase in marketing scams aimed at writers and musings on what easy fakery can mean.

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Published on October 26, 2025 04:32

August 30, 2025

Temporary Discontinuation of All International Shipping

Due to the chaos unleashed by the US Government on worldwide trade and small business, I temporarily discontinuing shipping paperbacks outside of the United States.

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Published on August 30, 2025 16:24

August 11, 2025

You Have FIVE Minutes, People! – Adapting Prose for Author Live Reading

What does it mean to adapt a passage from a larger work to a live reading of perhaps five minutes? Karin Kallmaker has an example.

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Published on August 11, 2025 18:10

July 9, 2025

Me: the GCLS Albany Edition

Friends. Colleagues. Readers. Comrades in arms. That means so much life-sustaining laughter and joy - because they're not taking that away from us. My schedule for #GCLS2026.

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Published on July 09, 2025 09:32