I’m participating in Read an E-Book Week!
Scroll down the Profile page to see my discounted novels!
Time of Grace
A Knight’s Tale on Goodreads!
The Leaving
The Captain and Claire
on Smashwords
Category Archives: News
In the Weeds: A Review of Kamala Harris’s 107 Days
107 Days, Kamala Harris, Simon & Schuster, October 2025, $14.99 on Kindle Former Vice President Kamala Harris is doing the rounds of her book tour right now. This book came out remarkably fast, given that she lost the election to … Continue reading
Characters for the Win
Switching gears a bit, I have had my lesbian historical novel Time of Grace up on Radish for a while now. Radish describes itself as a “serialized fiction app,” and it has been around for ten years itself. They are … Continue reading
Posted in LGBT, News, Self-publishing
Tagged Caroline, Characters, Grace, LGBTQ, Pride Month, promotion, Radish, Smashwords, Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale, time of grace
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It’s March, so… Read an Ebook Week Starts Again!
Happy Read an Ebook Week! To help you find a book to celebrate, you can find many of my books at a promotional price of 50% off at @Smashwords from March 3-9. Find my books and many more at https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/gabriellawest … Continue reading
Posted in News, Self-publishing
Tagged Central Park, Flaco, once you are mine, owl, promotion, Read an Ebook Week, Smashwords, time of grace
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Seasonal Reminder
Yep, Christmas is coming up, and so is the Smashwords End of Year Sale! This year all my novels will be 50% off, to keep it simple. Just scroll down from the top of the Profile page to see bargains. … Continue reading
Posted in News, Self-publishing, Writing
Tagged End of Year Sale, Happy New Year, Smashwords
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The Coronation Cometh…
I managed to download the emblem of Charles III’s coronation, which turns out to have been designed by Jony Ive, once head of design at Apple and now Sir Jony Ive 🙂 The emblem itself is very pretty. CNN may … Continue reading
Posted in News, Personal
Tagged cnn, Coronation, funerals, Jony Ive, King Charles III, mothers, royalty
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December Thoughts
The last month of 2022 is somehow upon us! The weather is so cold and dreary, I can’t get warm. However, I found a winter image I had never seen before, a Marc Chagall painting of a church in the … Continue reading
Posted in creativity and its discontents, News, Personal, Self-publishing
Tagged 2023, Bookbub, creativity, promotion, Smashwords, snow, The Knight's Return, winter, year of the rabbit
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Roll up, roll up…
For the Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale, which is an annual monthlong event that spans the whole month of July. You can purchase ebooks in mobi or epub, or read on the online reader. The first book in my medieval Knight’s Tale … Continue reading
Posted in LGBT, News
Tagged A Knight's Tale: Kenilworth, Free, sale, Smashwords, Summer/Winter sale
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Ukraine in Crisis—Time’s Running Out
I have been riveted and appalled by the invasion of Ukraine by its neighbor Russia. What’s more, I actually know someone reporting on the ground over there, a reporter for the Christian Science Monitor… The bravery of the people and … Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged crisis, Czechoslovakia, Eastern Europe, Iron Curtain, Kyiv, nightingale, Putin, refugees, solidarity, Ukraine
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A New Indie Juggernaut?
Just got the news today that Smashwords is being acquired by Draft 2 Digital. This is really earth-shaking news for anyone who has been a part of the “wide” independent author scene. For those people who don’t publish direct to … Continue reading
Posted in News, Self-publishing
Tagged D2D, Distribution, indie publishing, Mark Coker, merger, once you are mine, Smashwords, Year of the Tiger
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Gabriella West 