Author Archives: Gabriella West

About Gabriella West

Author of LGBT historical fiction and contemporary queer romance. Copyeditor/proofreader.

Time of Grace Preorder and Cover Reveal

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Gabriella West

Last month I did an in-depth Q&A over at Smashwords. I really enjoyed putting some of my thoughts down about the writing process, self-publishing matters, and upcoming books. I keep adding to the interview—feel free to check it out here! … Continue reading →

Posted in Self-publishing, Writing | Tagged Apple, Barnes and Noble, cover reveal, Downton Abbey, early feminist movement, Easter Rising, Irish history, Kobo, lesbian fiction, LGBT historical romance, preorder, relationships between women, Smashwords, time of grace, WW1 | 2 Comments

I found Alana Munro’s Women Behaving Badly: Exposing the Truth about Female Friendship (Kindle, .99) on a site called something like Kindle Books and Tips, and I downloaded the sample. Honestly, I wasn’t expecting the book to be as focused … Continue reading →

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Gabriella West | 4 Comments

Fukushima: Pacific Ocean poisoned, millions at risk!

Posted on August 10, 2013 by Gabriella West

Fukushima: Pacific Ocean poisoned, millions at risk!. An important issue, which I decided to reblog. Click the above link for more info… And here’s an excellent article from the Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/09/fukushima-fallout-threatens-fishermens-livelihoods It reminds me of the Chernobyl disaster, which happened … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Personal | Tagged cancer, Chernobyl, Fukushima, nuclear power, radioactivity | 1 Comment

Let Me Get This Off My Chest: A Breast Cancer Survivor Over-Shares, Margaret Lesh. StoryRhyme.com Publishing, July 2013, Kindle Edition .99 Margaret Lesh strikes the right note here in her account of the “floating year” she spent going through diagnosis, … Continue reading →

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Gabriella West | Leave a comment

Connecting the Dots, my recent ebook about women and AD/HD, and my own journey to diagnosis, received its first 5-star review on Amazon from Southern California writer Margaret Lesh. She called it “a valuable guide.” Thanks, Margaret!* To celebrate the … Continue reading →

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Gabriella West | 2 Comments

Connecting the Dots: My Midlife Journey with Adult AD/HD Is Published on Kindle

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Gabriella West

Two anniversaries slipped by recently. One was the two-anniversary of publishing my novel The Leaving on Smashwords (May 30, 2011). It was my first step into self-publishing and I had no idea then that I would end up publishing so … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Personal, Self-publishing, Writing | Tagged ADD, ADHD, CHADD, connecting the dots, Dawn Charles, Examiner.com, Kate Genet, Kindle, promotion, self-publishing, Shannon Yarbrough | 1 Comment

Review: Mrs. Woolf and the Servants

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Gabriella West

When I read Virginia Woolf‘s Diaries (an experience I recommend to any writer) back in 2011 I remember thinking what horrible bosses she and Leonard were to their hapless, underpaid employees at the Hogarth Press, which they ran out of … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Writing | Tagged Alison LIght, Bloomsbury Group, class, England, female servants, hyde park gate, intimacy, relationships between women, sexuality, Virginia Woolf, women, writers | Leave a comment

That Lonely, Sinking Feeling

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Gabriella West

When I look back on my life here in San Francisco I am amazed at all the changes the city has been through and that I have been through in the city. Somehow it seems hard to separate my emotional … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal, Writing | Tagged attachment, Gina Genovese, letting go, memoir, San Francisco, Shannon Yarbrough, That Lonely Sinking Feeling, unrequited love, writing | Leave a comment

Marking St. Patrick’s

Posted on March 17, 2013 by Gabriella West

As I mentioned in a previous post on this blog, I don’t ever do much for St. Patrick’s, but I usually find myself in a celebratory mood anyway because of the coming of spring. The fruit trees are blossoming madly … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal, Writing | Tagged Smashwords, spring, St. Patrick's Day, The Leaving | Leave a comment

2012 in review

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Gabriella West

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. As a bit of a giggle, I’m posting it for all to see. For a blog that I didn’t tend as often as I should this year, … Continue reading →