If you’re reading this, you have a superpower that can save a teenager’s life. The power is the example you set. What you do or say when hate is expressed is noticed by the teens all around you — on the job, in church, queuing at the grocery, a school club. Everywhere. Read More
Accounting Geekery – GCLS Fundraiser
Before becoming full time parent and writer and part-time editorial director for my publisher, my specialty was nonprofit accounting. As an employee or board member I was involved in both a small home-grown association and a large one with thousands of members. Read More
Loud and Clear – “Gay and Lesbian” Echoing Off the Stands
Monday night the girls in the family went to the San Francisco Giants versus the Chicago Cubs game at AT&T Park. I’d never been to the new park though my partner had several times. She’s the big baseball fan in the family, as is my daughter. I went because it was LGBT Night, the tickets were a good price and there was the promise of an official Giants hat. Read More
Roller Coaster – Before and After the Self-Edit
It’s not uncommon for the beginning of a book to change, especially when I’ve wandered in the woods for a while looking for the best path to get the story off not to just the right start, but the start that sets the right expectation for the rest of the book. Read More
Do You Review? Blog It!
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Why not on a blog? But there’s no blog for that, I hear you say. Au contraire—it’s the Internet, the digital age… If there’s no centralized blog for the books you like where you can become a contributor, then blog it yourself! Read More