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: Writing
Read an Ebook Week 2017
Tomorrow, March 5, brings the start of Read an Ebook Week on ebook platform Smashwords, which is where I started my own self-publishing journey in 2011. According to the site, “This [their catalog] is the hub of the action, where you … Continue reading
Posted in LGBT, News, Self-publishing, Writing
Tagged Califa, connecting the dots, ebooks, Elsie Street, Free, Kobo Plus, LGBT, library, Read an Ebook Week, Rita Toews, self-publishing, Smashwords
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Now that we’re into the second month of the new presidency, I find myself feeling a mixture of emotions. Exhausted, first of all, as the pace of everything has speeded up. Enraged at wretched cabinet picks like DeVos–that’s a given. … Continue reading
I’ve posted before about All Romance eBooks, which I’ve always regarded as a nice little niche market for my work, despite eccentricities like taking $1 off my royalties if they paid me through PayPal, and constant “sales,” not to mention … Continue reading
This Is The Modern Publishing Business
Trenchant insights on the exploitative tendencies of the “traditional” publishing industry from a successful indie writer…
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A Happy Fourth…
I wanted to wish everyone out there in the US a happy Fourth of July! The weather is always chilly and foggy here in San Francisco. At night in our neighborhood, the air is filled with the sound of homemade rockets … Continue reading
Posted in LGBT, News, Personal, San Francisco, Self-publishing, Writing
Tagged Bill Maher, Brexit, clare ashton, connecting the dots, Elsie Street, Fourth of July, Free, Hillary Clinton, Kate Genet, Rainbow Shelf, Shannon Yarbrough, Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale, The Great British Baking Show, The Pull of Yesterday
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Elsie Street Sequel Now on Preorder!
I’ve been busy writing this spring. The full-length sequel to Elsie Street, The Pull of Yesterday, is now available for preorder at Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo. It will be released on those platforms on June 5. Meanwhile, … Continue reading
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Tagged 5-star review, Elsie Street, Free, gay romance, Google play, LGBT romance, preorder, The Pull of Yesterday
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Time of Grace on Promo to Mark Easter 1916 Centennial
When I started writing the book that became Time of Grace in 1996, I really gave little thought to the Easter Rising of 1916 being almost 100 years old. After all, as a child in Dublin in the 1970s, I knew an elderly … Continue reading
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Tagged centennial, Easter, Easter Rising, Kindle promo, resurgence, spring, time of grace
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Smashwords Read an Ebook Week Promo Runs Through Saturday
It’s that time of year again. Smashwords has its sitewide promotion, Read an Ebook Week, running through Saturday, March 12. It’s a great opportunity to pick up a multitude of ebooks at low cost using the in-store coupons SW provides. … Continue reading
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Tagged connecting the dots, promotion, Read an Ebook Week, Smashwords
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Elsie Street Will Be Deal of the Day on ARe!
All Romance eBooks is an ebook platform focused on, well, romance, and to my surprise my latest novel, Elsie Street, has done quite well there as opposed to on the bigger stores like Apple and Barnes & Noble. So I was … Continue reading
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Tagged All Romance eBooks, Daily Deal, Elsie Street, LGBT romance, promotion
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Gabriella West 