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Surviving that First Reading – Updated Once Again

Karin Kallmaker 05/03/2023 Business of Books, Events and Appearances, Resources 2 Comments

Revised and expanded – Karin Kallmaker’s advice on how to prepare and survive reading from your book the first time. Ad free site.

#writeradviceFor WritersReading Your Book to a CrowdWriters Live Reading
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How I Know the Universe Loves Us – My First Post about Ice Cream

Karin Kallmaker 04/16/2023 Cheers & Chocolate, Favorite Things 5 Comments

How can I have never blogged about ice cream? Filling that huge gap with an Ice Cream Retrospective, plus Baskin-Robbins Chick’n & Waffle summer limited flavor.

#FoodisRomantic#FoodScienceIce Cream
190+ Sapphic authors have chosen their favorite scenes just for you at I Heart SapphFIC!

Picking a Favorite Child – Free Anthology and Mega-Sale News

Karin Kallmaker 03/24/2023 Book News, Events and Appearances 0 Comments

It’s hard to pick your own favorite scene. Why did I pick this one for the I Heart SapphFic anthology (that’s free!)? And what’s this about a mega-sale?

#IHeartSapphFIc#lesfic#WriterPrideSapphic Stories
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Finding Nikki Velvet

Karin Kallmaker 01/29/2023 Book News, Checked Out, Coin of Love Series, Covered Hearts, Knight of Nights, Velvet in Venice, Wind in Her Hair 10 Comments

The winding journey of creating covers for an unusual series wherein my brain itches and wins.

#contemporaryromance#sapphicromanceMusic be the Food of Love
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Sapphic Book Bingo Unicorns – Find Them Here!

Karin Kallmaker 01/04/2023 Events and Appearances, Readers and Libraries 36 Comments

Looking for Book Unicorns for Jae’s 2023 Sapphic Book Bingo? A blog in which I mention not quite every book I’ve ever written.

#2023ReadingChallenge#Jae#SapphicBookBingo
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Random Trivial Things

  • Trivia – One Degree of Separation
    While mulling the idea of setting a book in Iowa City, Karin heard it referred to as "River City." After that the main character of One Degree of Separation was Marian the Librarian and no other name was ever considered.

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  • A white woman with mottled skin and braided, shaggy red hair, is wearing a shoulder and chest armor. Her hands are resting on a double edged winged axe. Text reads, A Coin of Love Romance, Knight of Nights, Karin Kallmaker, Goldie and Lammy Award Winner Knight of Nights - A Coin of Love Romance - eBook $4.99

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  • Watermark at Lambda Book Report
    The young, hot-headed Teresa and the tormented Rayann pull us in immediately...
  • Reader Comments about Touchwood
    One of the few books about a older woman with a younger woman. Both sensitive and serious as well as filled with humor.
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