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A Few Writerly Things

Posted on August 15, 2024 by Gabriella West

I recently did a free book promotion for my 2015 novel Elsie Street on The Fussy Librarian site after many years… and was delighted to see that for free ebooks at least, it’s worth it. I made back my investment … Continue reading →

Posted in LGBT, Writing | Tagged August, cancer, death, Elsie Street, essay, Fussy Librarian, Ireland, lesbian romance, loss, promotion, sinister wisdom | Leave a comment

Coming Full Circle

Posted on February 4, 2023 by Gabriella West

As promised, I’m posting a personal essay written in 2021 during lockdown, shortly after I got the vaccine, which seemed so, so significant at the time. I realize that it is about time, hope, and gratitude. [Image is of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, LGBT, Personal, San Francisco | Tagged cancer, deaths, essay, graduate students, in transit, lockdown, pandemic, San Francisco, San Francisco State, Time, USF, vaccine, writing group | Leave a comment

Fall Bargains and Musings

Posted on October 10, 2021 by Gabriella West

I wanted to let folks know that a couple of my books are on sale now at Smashwords. You can get Once You Are Mine for 25% off; The Pull of Yesterday, book 2 in the Elsie Street trilogy is … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, LGBT, News, Personal, Self-publishing, Writing | Tagged Bookbub, cancer, Colin Powell, Covid, death, Elsie Street, Free, hearts, mortality, once you are mine, Radish, Smashwords, The Pull of Yesterday | Leave a comment

A Tenuous Time (Two Unexpected Losses)

Posted on July 25, 2021 by Gabriella West

Seems like a weird time we’re in right now. The delta variant is upon us, and even in San Francisco, cases are rising robustly. I continue to wear my mask and am relieved that so many of my fellow SFers … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal, San Francisco, Writing | Tagged Autism, cancer, Chico, deaths, delta variant, Denise Minor, Facebook, feminist, friendship, loss, obituary, Patrick More, San Francisco State, women's lives, writing group | Leave a comment

Review: Becoming Mrs. Lewis

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Gabriella West

Becoming Mrs. Lewis, Patti Callahan’s just-published novel (Thomas Nelson; $25.99), is a fictional take on the story of poet Joy Davidman (1915-1960) and writer and academic CS Lewis. I had previously seen and adored the film Shadowlands, so I came … Continue reading →

Posted in creativity and its discontents, Reviews, Writing | Tagged 20th-century women writers, Becoming Mrs. Lewis, C.S. Lewis, cancer, literary legacy, love, marriage, Oxford, Patti Callahan, poet, review, Thomas Nelson, tragedy | Leave a comment

A Hell of a Year

Posted on December 11, 2016 by Gabriella West

2016 has been a hell of a year. It feels too soon to do a retrospective, but it’s been the kind of year where I uploaded a picture of a Facebook friend’s beautiful young dog running through some snowy woods … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Personal | Tagged 2016, Biden, cancer, cycle, death, distance, election, Electoral College, Facebook, Ghost Ship, grief, hope, Nixon, oligarchy, pain, Russia, sanity, Trump, Watergate | 2 Comments

Review: On the Move, A Life by Oliver Sacks

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Gabriella West

When I first got acquainted with the neurologist Oliver Sacks and his work, it was through Awakenings, both the book and the movie. I was a young woman then and Oliver Sacks was someone to look up to. He also … Continue reading →

Posted in LGBT, Reviews | Tagged addiction, Awakenings, cancer, gay men, healing, Jewish, LGBT, London, memoir, motorcycles, neurologist, New York, Oliver Sacks, On the Move, San Francisco, weightlifting | Leave a comment

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 →