GCLS 2009

Posted on July 30, 2009

Hi, all–still on the road, but if you’d like an update of what happened (from my perspective) at the GCLS (as well as a bit before), here’s the link:

Click it!

I’m also pleased to announce that Land of Entrapment won a Goldie in the mystery category. Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to the GCLS board, members, and volunteers who made the conference happen. For a list of the winners, click here.

Thanks for stopping by!

WOOO! Win a copy of “Friends in High Places”!

Posted on July 14, 2009

Greetings, all–

I’m giving away a copy of Friends in High Places over at Women and Words.

Here’s the synopsis (which is also available here on my site):

Torri Rendego buried her Academy past and military training when the Empire collapsed and the hated Coalition came to power. She’s been making a pretty good living since she went underground. She and her crew run shipments of whatever products her clients want–most often, illegal. The latest contract brings her and the crew of the Far Seek to the mining colony of Newburg on Old Earth, where she somehow has to acquire a shipment of highly prized black opals for a client who may or may not be Coalition, beneath the scrutiny of increased Coalition security. But somebody’s messing with the markets, which puts Torri and her crew in a dangerous position and in the seething streets of Newburg, where everyone’s on the take, knowing who to trust is often a matter of life and death. Torri’s good at what she does, and she enjoys outsmarting the Coalition every chance she has, but she certainly doesn’t count on Kai Tinsdale, her closest Academy colleague, being assigned to Newburg as part of the elite teams breaking up smuggling rings. Kai and Torri share a bond forged years earlier during their Academy days but as the Coalition rose to power, Kai chose to remain in the military, and thus under Coalition directive. In spite of the political gulf between them, Torri and Kai have managed to maintain a connection, but that fragile truce will be put to another test in the mean streets of Newburg and in the hot, dark mines beneath.

You can read an excerpt here.

If you’d like to put your name in the drawing, CLICK THIS LINK and leave a comment. Make sure to include your email address (which will NOT be shown publicly) so that the folks at Women and Words can contact you if you win.

Hope you play and good luck!

Lady Spam-a-Lot

Posted on July 10, 2009

I and my co-editor R. G. Emanuelle received this spam the other day:

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GOOGLE GIVE-AWAY WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!
This E-mail is to inform you that your e-mail emerged as a winner of £500,000.00 GBP (Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds) in our online Give-away draws. Over £12,000,000.00 GBP (Twelve Million British pounds) is to be given out for this Draws. No purchases of  tickets were required. Participants for the draws were randomly selected from a world wide range of web searchers who use the Google search engine (Googler) and other Google ancillary services. Google is now the biggest search engine worldwide and in an effort to make sure that it remains the most widely used search engine, Google is running an e-mail beta test.

Your email address was linked with our Computer Generated Profile Numbers(CGPN) and attached to the following details:  Computer Generated Profile Numbers (CGPN):7-22-71-00-66-12, Ticket number: 00869575733664, Serial numbers:/BTD/8070447706/06, Lucky numbers: 12-12-23-35-40-41(12), was picked among our lucky winners to receive £500, 000.00 British pounds. Winners were selected randomly through a computer ballot system from worldwide users of the Google search engine.
YOUR WINNING DETAILS ARE AS FOLLOW:
Computer Generated Profile Numbers (CGPN):7-22-71-00-66-12
Ticket number: 00869575733664
Serial numbers: / BTD/8070447706/06
Lucky numbers: 12-12-23-35-40-41(12)

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Then, of course we’re supposed to supply all our information for our fabulous prize. Our response:

“WOOO HOOOOO!

Put the money in a black suitcase in small, unmarked bills and hurl it over the side of the Queen Mary exactly 567.7 kilometers from Boston. A submarine will retrieve it and ensure that it’s genuine British pounds you’re giving us. And then hire an editor. Oh, what a coincidence. We are not only pirates, but we’re editors. Hmmm. We’d be happy to edit your spams for $500,000.”

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Ah, spam. It breaks up a hum-drum day. We like it with cheese.

“Games with Chance” makes it into Year’s Best anthology

Posted on July 3, 2009

I’m extremely humbled yet pleased to announce that my short story, “Games with Chance,” was selected to be featured in the anthology Year’s Best Lesbian Fiction 2008, edited by Fran Walker. I’m in some GREAT company: Sandra Barret, Mary Douglas, Reneé Strider, Melissa Scott, DeJay, Ovidia Yu, Tracy Shellito, Mary Turzillo, Meg White, Lois Hart, Kathleen Bradean, and M. Christian.

Click the link above and you can order a copy! WOOOOO!

Wow. Who knew when I wrote that story that it’d get into this volume? I mean, I wrote it originally for an author challenge over on the Radclyffe Yahoo list, and holy moley, it’s become the basis for a space opera series for which Friends in High Places is the first installment. You can read it in the Year’s Best, or get your hands on a copy of Friends. “Games” is included in that, as well. And check out the offerings by the other authors in Year’s Best. Seriously. That is a heck of a line-up.

Happy reading!

FREE BOOK! Plus Khimairal Ink’s out!

Posted on July 2, 2009

Hi, all–first, before I give you the skinny on a free book by C. P. Rowlands, the latest issue of Khimairal Ink is out, and it includes one of my stories, called “Cookies.” And stories by folks like Jove Belle and Barbara Clanton. Hope you check it out.

And NOW! FREE BOOK!

This week’s giveaway over at Women and Words is C. P. Rowlands’ Lake Effect Snow. Here’s some scoop about the book:

Renowned international news correspondent Annie T. Booker has covered Iraq for over three years when a friend and colleague is killed, and Annie is injured in Baghdad. Exhausted, she returns stateside to recover. However, life at home is not the sanctuary it has always been. Her name is on an Iraqi hit list, her partner of ten years has left, she is betrayed by a friend, and her TV network wants the FBI in her life full time. When the danger escalates, senior FBI agent Sarah Moore is assigned to her case.

Annie and Sarah struggle to stay one step ahead of disaster as Annie’s life becomes the war zone she once reported on.

Want to get your name in the hat? CLICK HERE and add a comment to the blog post. Don’t forget your email address when you’re leaving a comment (the public doesn’t see it, but the folks at W&W do) so W&W can contact you if you win.

Good luck!

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