I've got a story in the Down Under Taste Test short story collection, just released by Torquere Press.
In "Almost Paradise", Nimbin is an odd place, part tourist town, part relic of the Seventies, and Lee finds that the graffiti and bright paint hide significant shadows.
( Photos of Nimbin, taken when I visited there last year )
[2009/05/13 10:30 pm]
Kim is in his last year of high school and just hopes to make it through the year without running into any gay bashing. The thing is, Kim is not only gay, but he's transgender, too. He's unhappy and lost in his female body, and his mother has agreed it's time for him to undergo hormone therapy and possibly surgery.
Things get even more complicated when university student Dash joins Kim's mother's coven. Dash is immediately attracted to Kim and they wind up going out together, but when Kim reveals he's a female to male transgender, Dash reacts badly.
With all the other things going on in their lives, will Kim and Dash be able to try again and find happiness with each other?
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I wrote Circle of Change after reading a mainstream 'inspirational' romance, which had hand-holding and lingering looks, along with lessons to be learned. For reasons that I can't quite recall, writing a pagan response seemed like a good idea, and now it's available as an e-book. It has hand-holding, and lessons to be learned. And paganism. And trans issues. Wow, does it have a lot of stuff in it that matters to me.
The dedication reads to all the gender warriors I have known. This one is for you. May the Goddess bless you all.
[2009/05/09 9:41 am]
Torquere Press are offering 15% off all e-books, until midnight Sunday (US EST time). Just type 'mom09' for the coupon code at checkout.
And Romance Writers of Australia have invited me to be part of the Perth Romance Roadshow, on May 23rd. I'll be on the panel for the Author Q&A session, in the afternoon.
The Romance Roadshows are one day conferences, where RWAus takes an awesome line-up of writers on the road (Keri Arthur! ~fangirls~), around the states, for members who can't make it to the annual conference. Or members who can, but still want a second conference. Non-members are welcome, too.
[2009/03/18 7:40 am]
Torquere Press are offering a 15% disount off their books for the next day and a half! To use the discount, type 'stpat' when prompted during checkout.
My author page is here.
[2009/02/25 7:41 pm]
One of my day jobs sent me to Melbourne recently, and I randomly booked a hostel in St. Kilda, without realising it was the weekend of the St. Kilda Festival. I might just have been to four Big Day Outs, but that didn't mean I wasn't up for another day of gigs.
( behind the cut for a huge pic spam )
[2009/02/23 6:41 pm]
Photos, from the Big Day Outs I went to, around Australia. Yes?
( behind the cut, for size of images )
[2009/01/28 12:47 pm]
I'm a guest blogger, over on Out in Perth, the local queer press. If you want to read my gig review for Big Day Out on the Gold Coast, it's here! Photos are mine too. I'll do a full pic spam here, too, once Out in Perth have finished using the photos.
[2009/01/17 10:00 pm]
( Lost in Brisbane, while driving a Ringo Starr van )
[2009/01/16 8:32 pm]
I'm off tonight, on the first leg off my epic Laney-rocks-around-Australia adventure. My first flight has already been changed (fail, Qantas, fail), leaving me with painful hours to kill in Brisvegas airport before the city wakes up and I can do anything. Unless, of course, Qantas is four hours late with the flight, in which case, it won't matter.
I'll be glad to be out of Perth. 29C minimum? 42C maximum? Anywhere else in Australia is going to be cooler, and probably not actually on fire.
[2009/01/04 5:00 pm]
Running the Nullarbor has an Amazon listing.
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planetfantastic has stock on the way.