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Home Blog POST TOPICS LIFE + STYLE

LIFE + STYLE

You want opinions? Karin has lots of them. These posts focus on the life, style, and political realities of this Generation Jones woman-loving-woman lesbian.

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Why the Writer is Crying – a Meme

Karin Kallmaker 01/13/2022 Craft of Writing, LIFE + STYLE 0 Comments

A friend shared the Librarian version of this meme and I immediately thought of all the things writers post about that make them cry. #WritingLife

#ILoveaSpreadsheet#WriterSelfCare#WritingLife
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Inclusion, Survival, and Rainbow Unicorns

Karin Kallmaker 09/22/2021 LIFE + STYLE, Readers and Libraries, Sisters of the Pen 16 Comments

Where I stand on the Golden Crown Literary Society’s clarification of its inclusive language. Short answer: I’m 100% for it. Also, pic of my favorite rainbow unicorn.

#feminist#mylesbianfreespeech#wlw
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Giving Up the Privilege of Disbelief to Find Creativity Again

Karin Kallmaker 10/16/2020 Craft of Writing, LIFE + STYLE, Resources 0 Comments

After 7 months of stay-at-home, and watching the failures of things I took for granted, I’ve had to conquer my own disbelief that any of this could happen here.

#CreativityandCovidFor WritersWriter Self-Care
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Reading Romance to Escape – From What? To What?

Karin Kallmaker 07/10/2020 LIFE + STYLE 0 Comments

When we crave to escape into a romance story, what are we escaping to? What gets left behind? Who gets left behind?

#BigQueerTent#HallmarkSoWhite#mylesbianfreespeech#weneeddiversebooksLesbian Romance
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We’re Not Children Anymore, Right?

Karin Kallmaker 06/26/2020 LIFE + STYLE 4 Comments

Why is it so easy to look away from evil? I’ve been asking myself that question and pulling apart answers for myself because #BlackLivesMatter.

#BlackLivesMatter#BLM#mylesbianfreespeech#WhitePeopleMakeMeSoTired
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    Karin's iconic Oakland-San Francisco urban location book Touchwood, was originally set in a small, fictional California coastal town.

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  • A glowing young black woman with natural hair and red lips looks over her shoulder through mottled light at the Grand Canal and skyline of St. Marcos Plaza in Venice. A glass of deep red wine is in the foregound. A Coin of Love Romance, Velvet in Venice, Karin Kallmaker, Goldie and Lammy Winning Author Velvet in Venice - eBook, Print $4.99 – $13.95
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  • Maybe Next Time at the Lesbian Review
    A brilliant book. I loved every moment of it.
  • Bell, Book and Dyke at Golden Threads
    “Some magic both in and out of relationships, some amusing twists on both magic and Druidism, and totally enjoyable for those who have a more esoteric bent. Great fun to read!” – Golden Threads
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