I’m pleased this year to be presenting a special session called Book Soup at GCLS in Orlando. I’m going to be milking the food metaphor to the last drop. No bread will be left unbuttered. Read More
Yes There are Lesbian Books not in English
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Posting in English when writing about translations isn’t all that useful. What’s useful is you sharing this blog with anyone you know who reads in French, German or Spanish! Read More
YTour – South Florida for Valentine’s!
Visit BellaYTour.com for all the details of our Fort Lauderdale Valentine’s Weekend fun! All events are free, so bring friends. It’s a true more-the-merrier good time. Read More
Is it Six Thirty? Nine Fifteen?
Okay, be honest. Did you read the title and think I left out two hyphens? I understand why the hyphen in emailhad to go. It was a fairly new word and still hadn’t been standardized. But for as long as I’ve been reading books, the time of day was expressed six-thirty. Or nine-fifteen. Or twelve-thirty-two. What possible misunderstanding on the part of reader caused the powers that be at the Chicago Manual to decide that twelve thirty two was better? I can’t help myself…I had to go back and take out the hyphens after I typed the previous sentence. Read More
The Things You Thought You’d Never Say
If you’re like me, when you were younger, you swore there were things you would never ever say. Like “Because I said so.” All parents know that you violate those early on; parents say them because they’re the literal truth. It is all fun and games until someone loses an eye, it makes no sense to jump off a cliff even if all your friends do, and you will eat it and like it because your other choice is starvation, and I mean it. Read More