Romance and Chocolate Blog
This week it’s K.G. MacGregor’s turn to reflect on the woes of editing an earlier version of her work. Without Warning, the first of the Shaken series, is already sitting pretty at the top of lesbian fiction and lesbian romance best seller lists–she must be doing something right! – Karin Read More
Lesbian generations, especially for writers, don’t seem to be reflected in relative age, but in the time and place that a particular writer comes into our lives. Lee Lynch is someone I consider a literary mother; I read my first Lynch novel (The Swashbuckler) in my late twenties when the writer in me was still a toddler. From it, and Lynch’s subsequent works, I took note of the importance of authenticity in lesbian fiction. Read More
This week marks the release of Christabel, my gothic lesbian romance originally written under the pen name Laura Adams. To answer the most frequent question, yes, this edition is significantly augmented, and runs about a quarter longer than the original. I also took the opportunity to tweak some of the original text, a process I wrote humorously about last week at K.G. MacGregor’s blog. Read More
This week’s Monday blog is actually to be found at K.G. MacGregor’s website. Now that she’s got cold cream on her vacation sunburn, my guest blog about re-editing Christabel, cliches and other bad writing habits of mine, is ready for reading. Hop over to her site to visit.
Good weather finally blessed our coast and it was refreshing to get into San Francisco and let the blue sky and cold wind blow away the winter blues! The continuing Lesbian Genre Fiction Tour had its second event last night. With about thirty or so in the audience, it was well-attended, with the kind of readers I love: they laugh in the right places and ask questions afterward. Read More