New appearances!

I’ll be discussing my newest book, A Writer’s Journey, What to Know Before, During, and After Writing a Book as part of the International Women’s Writing Guild’s Big Apple “Meet the Authors workshop” on April 18 at the National Arts Club in NYC. Please see http://www.iwwg.org under events for more information or go to: http://iwwg.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=147&Itemid=158

I’ll also be teaching two workshops: one based on my latest book, A Writer’s Journey, What to Know Before, During, and After Writing a Book and the other on How to Improve Your Photography for the International Women’s Writing Guild’s summer conference at Brown University, July 30-August 6. Please see http://www.iwwg.org under events for more information or go to:

http://iwwg.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=151&Itemid=158

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When love reigns, peace will follow…

While I have been receiving email since MWLW came out in 1998, the second edition, published in 2008 has brought a surge of new emails from the US and from other countries also. And many more are from husbands. I received three this week from husbands in Australia and one from a husband in France. My Google alert recently brought me to web sites in India and in the United Kingdom.

One husband, living in Lebanon, wrote that while he believed that his wife is heterosexual, and that God’s plan was for man and woman to procreate, “Catholic faithful or not, we all need to realize that there are many types of feelings in humans and we need to respect those feelings as long as we know that the people who feel them are not going to use those feelings to harm anyone in any way. WHEN LOVE REIGNS, PEACE WILL FOLLOW, regardless of who’s loving who.”

I wanted to share this because I could not have said it better.

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My new book is now available

In college, I was told I couldn’t write. Years later, my first book, Married Women Who Love Women sold to Doubleday, a major publishing house. And last year the second edition was released by Taylor and Francis’ Routledge, an academic press. Based on the journey that brought me from neophyte writer to successfully published author and marketer, for the past ten years I have been teaching a workshop called “The Smart Writer’s Guide: What to Know Before, During and After Writing a Book.” It was during those classes, at the urging of the attendees, that my latest book, A Writer’s Journey: What to Know Before, During, and After Writing a Book, came to be written.

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My New Book: A Writer’s Journey

I am so pleased to be able to announce the publication of my latest book, A Writer’s Journey: What to Know Before, During, and After Writing a Book with Gray Rabbit Publications.

A Writer's Journey

While I had written a few small pieces, and, occasionally, had one published, joining the International Women’s Writing Guild was the turning point in my writing life. It was in that positive environment, that I began to believe that I could actually write a book. And I did. My first book, Married Women Who Love Women, sold at auction to a major publishing house. And last year the second edition was released.

Based on my journey from neophyte writer to successfully published author and marketer, I taught a class called, “The Smart Writer’s Guide: What to Know Before, During and After Writing a Book.” It was during those classes, that I realized, “I have so much information. Why not put it all into a book?” That was how my latest book, A Writer’s Journey, came about. Within a week or two it will be available through any of the online bookstores or, it may be purchased directly through my website: here.

On another note, I was interviewed for Bound magazine in regard to an article they were doing on “(Un) Married Women”. The magazine, originally from Australia, will be available in the United States at Borders and Barnes and Noble as of late February. (For a sneak preview of the article now, click here).  Although the piece talks about Meredith Baxter, who came out while on a cruise in November, most of it is from my interview with Bound‘s editor who I met while on the same cruise, and also from my book, Married Women Who Love Women.

Crown Publishing Group announced that Meredith Baxter will be writing a memoir of her life.  Seems to me that my latest book, A Writer’s Journey: What to Know Before, During, and After Writing a Book,” would be just perfect for her.

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Arabic Language Gay Book Signing at Beirut Book Fair

I thought this was interesting enough to share. Even though it’s about gay male writers, most changes do begin with men.

Gay Travels in the Muslim World editor Michael Luongo will be signing the new Arabic translation of his book at the Beirut Book Fair in BIEL. This is the first time a gay American book has ever been translated into Arabic and the first time a gay book has ever been presented at a Middle Eastern book fair.

The book is a collection of first person essays by gay Muslim and non-Muslim men, featuring stories on Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt, Morocco and many other countries, serving as a bridge between cultures. The English language version of the book is published by Routledge Press. After Lebanon, the author will travel to Syria, Jordan, Egypt and other locations in the Middle East.

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WCEI Interview in January

I will be doing an interview with WCEI (96.7FM) a radio station that caters to baby boomers and covers the Baltimore/Washington DC area as well as the Eastern shore of Maryland. The interview will take place on January 18 at 11:00AM.

Their show can be heard through their website www.2boomerbabies.com or through iTunes.

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