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Lacking in Graciousness and Generosity, Part 2

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Art is Above Money

Creative people rest in a unique position in society. Until very recently, with the explosion of “independent” artists, we have been expected to create art for the sake of art. Agents, brokers, and publishers existed, in the romanticized past, to keep monetary issues out of a creative person’s life. Don’t sully the art with money. Art for art’s sake.

Somewhere in some distant past, artists apparently did nothing for money, and we should all be like those artists. This is implied by people who want the art and don’t want to pay for the art. Talk to any musician about how it feels at the end of the gig to have to hunt down the organizer to ask for the check and go through the standard “It’s here somewhere, can we mail it?” routine. If they insist on the terms of the contract being met, they’re ruining the moment. If they leave without getting paid there’s a solid chance they never will be.

Everyone else is allowed to worry about their bottom line, but not the artist herself. Read More

Love by the Numbers emotional pleasures

Lesbian Love Adventure “Love by the Numbers” – Now Direct to Kindle!

Karin Kallmaker Book News, Love by the Numbers

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Rarely have two characters competed to tell me their side of the story. Nicole wanted me to be absolutely clear that she was not attracted to the latest assistant and that she had a specific suggestion as to what I could do with my oxytocin induced love spells. Lily would insist on detailed recountings of Nicole’s dismissive habits and add her own suggestions with what I could do with the sexual attraction torment I’d arranged for her as the days and weeks of their journey wore on. Read More

“Another Win” – Lambda Literary Review of Love by the Numbers

Karin Kallmaker Awards and Reviews, Love by the Numbers

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Love by the Numbers is another win for Kallmaker to the delight of readers everywhere…
The love story is engaging and is filled with just the right amount of tension to make the nerve endings buzz…
It’s also filled with that tongue-in-cheek, ever-so-sassy humor that Kallmaker does so well…

Anna Furtado (author of The Briarcrest Chronicles) reviewed Love by the Numbers for Lambda Literary and said lovely things about it. I’ve already read them a couple dozen times, but you can read them for yourself too.

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