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Home Blog POST TOPICS Sisters of the Pen

Sisters of the Pen

Women We All Should be So Lucky to Know

So I Had This Idea, 2016

Karin Kallmaker 05/22/2016 Events and Appearances, Sisters of the Pen

I’m rubbing my hands together in glee about this year’s Newbies on Display, err, I mean “So I Had This Idea” Panel at GCLS 2016.

#GCLS2016#lesfic#WeWereAllNewbiesOnce
Joan Nestle speaking at table with flowers

Talk, Love, Listen – Joan Nestle, in Her Own Words

Karin Kallmaker 08/04/2015 Sisters of the Pen 7 Comments

It’s okay to be gay as long as you are invisible – true then. True now. Which is why reading Joan Nestle is as important today as it has ever been.

#feministAwesome WomenDorothy AllisonJoan NestleLesbian Herstory Archives
Try Something Different?

Why Change? 3 Things I Learned from Melissa Brayden Plus a Sneak Peek

Karin Kallmaker 08/02/2015 Captain of Industry, Craft of Writing, Sisters of the Pen, Stepping Stone 13 Comments

I learned more than three things from Melissa Brayden at #gcls2015 – now to put them to work! Plus, here’s the current opening of Captain of Industry I read at the Con.

#amwriting#GCLS2015#lesfic#writeradviceMelissa Brayden
wood desk with typewriter vinyl record scrabble tiles paint and music

Go Set a Watchman – It’s Not About Atticus

Karin Kallmaker 07/17/2015 Sisters of the Pen 3 Comments

If nothing else, Go Set a Watchman’s very existence, and the hurt and outrage people feel at the idea that their beloved hero could be so deeply flawed has made us all Scout once again.

#racismGo Set a WatchmanHarper Lee
Keep Calm and Love On Poster

Stars Fell On Alabama’s Lesbian and Gay Couples – reblog from Mary Griggs

Karin Kallmaker 02/09/2015 LIFE + STYLE, Sisters of the Pen

Mary Griggs shares a wonderful history lesson and a summing up of the beautiful, supportive “Wedding Week” in Alabama. Read it, it will do your heart good.

#LGBT#WWJDMarriage Equality

Dear Dairy – reblog from KG MacGregor

Karin Kallmaker 02/07/2015 Craft of Writing, Sisters of the Pen

y example is from Love by the Numbers: “She loved her beautiful back hair.” I caught that in the last proof before the book went to press. Take the time to read KG MacGregor’s hilarious examples of exactly what Spellcheck won’t do for you!

#editorsrock#lesficLesbian Romance
Logo for Women's Week 2014

PTown 2014 at Womencrafts and GCLS!

Karin Kallmaker 10/05/2014 Events and Appearances, Sisters of the Pen

You can catch up to me in two places this Women’s Week, both high in laughter and low in pressure. Just drop in and feel free to say hello and collect your hug (if you’re in to that).

#GCLS#WomensWeek

Art and Monsters – On Marion Zimmer Bradley and Not Looking Away

Karin Kallmaker 06/19/2014 Sisters of the Pen 5 Comments

Do not be part of issuing passes for “exceptional people” who rape and abuse children. People all around Marion Zimmer Bradley did just that.

#lesfic#RapeisRapeMarion Zimmer Bradley
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