Think you’re married? Think you’re single? Are you sure? — I recently published my lesbian romantic comedy, My Favorite Wife, which tells the story of Aisha, a woman who just wants to marry her fiancée in Las Vegas. Aisha runs into an old college fling. They had gotten fake married as part of a marriage equality protest in college, but…

The flashbacks started in March. Or maybe earlier. An infectious disease was emerging in December or January or February or 1983. It was a long way away. China, Korea, Italy. Or was it San Francisco and New York? In any case, it was so far away, and it was other…

Note: This blog post was originally published on Women and Words in 2016. More than 20 years ago, I wrote a 65,000 word novel that I was convinced would make me the sweet young darling of literary circles. It didn’t happen. That manuscript was rejected by every English language publisher…

There’s been some hand-wringing lately in the white lesbian literary community about racism in our midst. Stop wringing your hands. You’ll chafe, and it won’t make any difference. Take action. Maybe buy and read books written by Black (writers of the African diaspora) lesbian (and bi, queer, trans, and non-binary)…

Journalist Nicola VanKing had to get this story. The development years ago of a procedure that removed excess adipose tissue and released traumatic memories and emotions had revived journalism and saved her career. …

There was a meme making the rounds advising introverts to check on their extroverted friends during this time of social isolation because we are not okay. And for quite a while this was a true statement for me. I’m a rare breed. I’m an extroverted writer who writes on crowded…

When my wife proposed writing a novel together a few years ago, I was initially resistant but not for the most obvious reasons. I wasn’t worried about our ability to work together. I wasn’t even worried about whether we could actually produce a good novel. We had decades of writing…

At this time of social distancing, economic stress, health stress, fear, and anxiety, I decided to get together (virtually, of course) with other lesfic authors to share words of wisdom and, hopefully, some comfort. We write because we love it, and we love you, dear readers. Many of us are…

Time travelling can be lots of fun, just ask H.G. Wells, but such journeys have special challenges for lesbians. Laws and attitudes have changed a lot over the decades. Being a lesbian can complicate a time traveller’s attempts to fit into a new time and place. …