You would think, twenty-mumble books later, I would have learned to live with–and plan for–the two weeks of self-doubt. The writers know what I mean. It’s the time period (for me, around two weeks) when everything about the current work is horrid. Read More
Book Soup – See you at GCLS!

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
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




