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Time of Grace
A Knight’s Tale on Goodreads!
The Leaving
The Captain and Claire
on Smashwords
Category Archives: Writing
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
Posted in LGBT, News, Self-publishing, Writing
Tagged All Romance eBooks, Daily Deal, Elsie Street, LGBT romance, promotion
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Year of the Fire Monkey
So, the upcoming Chinese New Year is the Year of the Fire Monkey. For those who don’t know, each year is named after a particular animal and falls only every 12 years. Looking back on my Monkey years, I was … Continue reading
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Tagged Chinese New Year, Elsie Street, Free, LGBT romance, mailing list, Nat Russo, relationships, The Leaving, The Pull of Yesterday
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New Year; A Look Back at Reading
Well, it’s January 1, and last year was so busy with both writing and editing work that I didn’t get to tend to this blog as much as I should have. So here’s a little recap. Thinking back to the … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse & Recovery, LGBT, Reviews, Writing
Tagged 2015, cutting, ebooks, great American novel, Hanya Yanagihara, intimacy, Kindle, Oliver Sacks, pain, Peter Hujar, reading, sex, sexual abuse, sexuality, suicide, survival, trauma
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Elsie Street Goes Wide
Hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving. I’m battling toothache, which is, um, what happens when you neglect your teeth for a long time… 😦 Indie authors call it “going wide” when you release your book outside the KDP Select platform. … Continue reading
Posted in LGBT, San Francisco, Self-publishing, Writing
Tagged David Fredrickson, Elsie Street, free promo, gay romance, KU, love, preorder, san francisco story, Smashwords, World AIDS Day
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Black Mass: A Review
There was a time when I was obsessed with movies, going to the cinema about three times a week. This love of mine has mellowed over the years to the point where I just see a film on Demand now … Continue reading
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Elsie Street by Gabriella West: A Book Review
My friend and fellow writer Shannon Yarbrough posted a glowing review of my new novel Elsie Street on his blog today. I thought I’d share! The book can be found only on Amazon right now (and is free for Kindle … Continue reading
Posted in LGBT, Reviews, San Francisco, Writing
Tagged Amazon, Elsie Street, gay romance, review, Shannon Yarbrough
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New Book on Preorder: Elsie Street
I have a new book coming out in September! It’s called Elsie Street and it’s a contemporary MM romance set in San Francisco. This is my third book, and although I have lived in S.F. since 1988, it’s the first … Continue reading
Posted in LGBT, News, San Francisco, Self-publishing, Writing
Tagged Amazon, contemporary romance, dysfunctional romance, Elsie Street, Facebook, gay men, new release, preorder, San Francisco, Twitter
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The end is near (of the novel, not the world)
Originally posted on Midlife Bat Mitzvah:
I’ve been working on the first draft of a new novel for slightly more than a year. Progress has been in small steps punctuated by constant breaks: My halftime job at Golden Gate Audubon…
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Catch Time of Grace on Kindle Countdown This Weekend
Amazon offers a time-based promotional discount called the Kindle Countdown, which I’ve never yet used for any of my books. I decided to enroll Time of Grace this Friday through Sunday (May 8-10), so the novel will be available for … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Easter Rising, ebook, Fussy Librarian, kindle countdown, promotion, time of grace
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Gabriella West 