GG Andrews brought me aboard the excellent series, Writers Who Read. I answer questions about my own favorite books, characters, and styles in this text interview.
Women’s Week in Provincetown
I’ll be doing readings and signings again this year in Provincetown, MA. Women’s Week is a lively, fabulous bundle of events which take advantage of the beach atmosphere to offer a little bit of everything. Raucous dance parties, teeming crowds of women holding hands, and packed houses for concerts and shows alternate with quiet time […]
Good Vibrations in San Francisco
That title works in so many ways. I was in SF for back-to-back nights at the Polk Street Good Vibrations, reading and then workshop in the Antique Vibrator Museum. The timing gave me a nice long stretch for just enjoying the city (cities, really, because I spent a couple days in Oakland and Berkeley before […]
Q&A with Carol Queen for Good Vibes workshop and reading
I’m excited to be hosting a reading of Bold Strokes Books authors at Good Vibrations on Monday, then following it up with a workshop on using erotica to spice up your sex life, communicate with partners, and get yourself off! Carol Queen sent me some questions for a post on the Good Vibrations Blog and […]
All Quiet Down the Coast
Olympia and Portland were quiet events. It’s occurred to me that the most successful events so far have been those where I go to someone else’s regularly scheduled meeting and we discuss the book. Check! Orca Books in Olympia was a Sunday event, which they warned me almost guaranteed a low turn-out. It was the […]
Gay Romance Northwest Meet-Up in Seattle
My GRNW experience was great, worthwhile, and valuable, but slightly overshadowed by the emotional impact of coming home to a place that has both changed and stayed the same. First, the conference or meet-up. The first author-centered panel went quickly. Only 45 minutes long and I started to realize how very little we would get […]
Gender Justice League and Home
In Seattle, I stopped by Babeland, where I’d worked from 1998 to 2000. At some point, we made a photo book and these were the two I’d chosen. Me looking boyish and a wedding photo. Pretty cute. I also got a shot of the first apartment building James and I lived in together. FUCC, a […]
The Art of Loving – Sex on the Sidewalk
The Art of Loving draws you in with warm colors and the warm scent of Nag Champa. Unless, that is, you’re scent sensitive, as were two of the attendees of my reading! The owner and worker swept into action, first trying to clear the space of scent, then setting up chairs and a table out […]
GASS Gets Hot
My first event promoting Blue Water Dreams was a visit to the Gender Alliance of the South Sound (GASS). This is a vibrant, engaged group of trans* folk (though some would use other language) who welcomed me warmly. As I said in my previous post, I stayed with the group facilitators and they brought me […]
Tacoma Home
Victoria and Annie, both involved with the Gender Association of the South Sound, have been so hospitable. I enjoyed last evening’s conversation and this morning, well, it finally had to end so Annie could get to work, but we could have kept going forever! Tonight is my first event promoting Blue Water Dreams. I’ll be […]