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A Note on Overdrive for Library Users
I was thrilled to see on Smashwords that three of my ebooks had sold to the Sacramento Public Library via OverDrive. OverDrive has been around since at least 2014 and is a distributor for libraries to purchase ebooks. As far … Continue reading
Coronavirus Dispatch #4: No More Heroes
The big news is that we have passed 500,000 Covid deaths in the U.S. The shocking thing is that I have not written about Covid since sometime last March. But that’s not too surprising. While the disease has not carried … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Cuomo, California, Charlotte Bennett, Chris Murray, Covid, deaths, EDD, Gavin Newsom, nursing homes, pandemic, politicians, recall Newsom, sexual harassment, surge, unemployment, vaccine rollout
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New Book Out Now: Cover Reveal
Hope everyone is having a Happy New Year, or as close as we can get in these bleak times. I wanted to give blog readers a look at the cover of my new MM romance novel, Once You Are Mine, … Continue reading
Posted in LGBT, News, Writing
Tagged bisexual romance, MMRomance, once you are mine, pandemic romance, queer romance, Smashwords
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Fall News
Almost Halloween… and I plan to go get my hair cut and colored tomorrow for the first time in a year, which is even scarier! I hope everyone is hanging in there. This election is nearly over. Everyone wants it … Continue reading
Big Fires Everywhere…
“Extremely dense & tall smoke plumes from numerous large wildfires, some of which have been generating nocturnal pyrocumulonimbus clouds (fire thunderstorms), are almost completely blocking out the sun across some portions of Northern California this morning.” –Climate Scientist Daniel Swain … Continue reading
Posted in Health, News, Personal, San Francisco
Tagged air quality, California, climate change, fires, Oregon
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The Country Shakes…
I found this on Twitter tonight. Rest in peace to George Floyd, and there is no question that we need change. We need the tide to turn, and I think it is. "Donald, I missed you outside the church the … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Biden, Black Lives Matter, change, donald trump, George Floyd, Minneapolis, violence, White House
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Coronavirus Dispatch #3: It’s Surreal
I’m going to keep these short, as none of us have a lot of bandwidth these days. But yes, it’s surreal. We have gone over 20,00 deaths in the U.S. as of today. In a few days, it will be … Continue reading
Posted in News, Personal
Tagged 2020, California, coronavirus, deaths, Hart Island, Ireland, life after this, Medium, pain, pandemic, Return to Normal, surreal
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It helps to watch New York Governor Andrew Cuomo‘s measured, eloquent press conferences in the mornings. I watch them on CNN; I think MSNBC carries them as well. Here he is today, asked about what he would tell people who … Continue reading
Coronavirus Dispatch #1
Here’s how it started, at least the official story, from a site called CIDRAP (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy) that I just happened upon today on the web: “As suspected, a novel coronavirus has been identified in some … Continue reading
Posted in Health, News, Personal, San Francisco
Tagged alienation, Bay Area, California, capitalism, coronavirus, COVID-19, crisis, death, empathy, fear, friendship, global pandemic, loss, nature, shelter in place, shortage, society, surreal, tests, Trump Administration, uncertainty
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