2008
Which Tradition Were They Protecting Exactly?
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Hello Chicas!
I am preparing to create a critique forum for lesbian fiction (and maybe nonfiction, too). It will be a place where lesbian writers can upload their writing and get honest, helpful feedback so that they can improve their work, their skills and ultimately the genre of lez lit.
But I need your help. I can’t [...]
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Through the victory of President-Elect Obama, a great step has been made toward the dream of equality. I am proud to say that I voted for him and truly believe he will be a great president.
That said, the dream of equality also took some serious hits. Voters in Arizona (my home state), Florida and California [...]
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As a writer, I venture into the dark and scary forest of my soul. Perhaps if I wrote children’s stories, it would be different. But I write lesbian literary fiction, where queer characters face their inner demons in order to deal with the challenges before them.
To write these stories, I must face my own fears [...]
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I’ve been noticing it a lot lately. Most recently, I went to Sprouts to grab a quick sandwich and then do some shopping. But when I looked for a place to sit and eat, all of the tables and chairs had been taken up by these two twenty-something mothers and their broods of strawberry-blond, blue-eyed [...]
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“Sometimes my muse sings beautiful arias, but mostly she just belches the alphabet.”
I spend my days telling lies — useful lies, elaborate lies, even blatant lies. In other words, I write fiction. I don’t make much money doing it. And so far, Oprah hasn’t called to talk about my latest work on her show. So [...]