It's a Book!

Announcing the arrival of
Love and Biology at the Center of the Universe

Born: May 6, 2008, 12:01 a.m.
Height: 8"
Width: 5 1/4"
Weight: 11 ounces
Pages: 367
Gestation: Two and a half years

Author and book are healthy and doing fine!

Congratulations, Jennie Shortridge!

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In Other Words Bookstore, the sole remaining non-profit feminist bookstore in the United States, will host a reading by Portland author Beren deMotier from her book, The Brides of March: Memoir of a Same-Sex Marriage, on June 17, 2008 at 6:30 pm, followed by a lively discussion of same-sex marriage remembered, in honor of PRIDE!. The Brides of March is a giddy and heartbreaking tale of getting married, celebrated, lost in legal limbo and annulled by state supreme court decision when Multnomah County briefly granted marriage licenses to same-sex couples. It won Honorary Mention in the Writer’s Digest International Self-Published Book Awards, is a Finalist in the Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Awards, and won a Reader Views Award in the gay/lesbian non-fiction category.

Gail Balden was one of nine featured authors selected for the 3rd annual Cannon Beach Writes event. She read “Glimpses of Small Town Life,” a column previously published in the North Coast Citizen. Her essay, “Traffic Report From the Mountain” will be published in the Spring, 2008 edition of RAIN.

From Laura LeHew: My poem, raincrow, was accepted for publication in the June issue of Rattlesnake Review. My poem, "The Anatomy of  Germs," was accepted for publication in the anthology WILD THINGS: DOMESTIC OR OTHERWISE, a trade paper original published by Outrider Press, Inc. in affiliation with the TallGrass Writers Guild. Oh, and I'll be reading at the Woman Made Gallery at the Her Mark 2009 Release Party on Sunday, August 3 from 2-4pm in Chicago.

Cheri Lasota has released a brand new e- book for fiction writers, OUTLINING: The Published Novelist's Secret for Success. Cheri's e-book is available for instant download as a PDF at www.stirlingediting.com/ebook1.html.

From David Levine: I am immensely proud to say that my first collection of short stories, "Space Magic," will be published by Wheatland Press (http://www.wheatlandpress.com/) in May.  A whole book all to myself!  It has 15 of my science fiction and fantasy stories, including the Hugo-winning "Tk'Tk'Tk" and the multiple-award-nominated "The Tale of the Golden Eagle," as well as the previously-unpublished bonus track "Falling off the Unicorn."  You can see the awesome cover here: http://www.bentopress.com/sf/spacemagic-cover.jpg

Cezanne's Quarry, Barbara Corrado Pope's first novel, will be published on June 19. Called by Publisher's Weekly, "a provocative debut," it is an historical mystery set in 1885 in Aix-en-Provence, France. She will give her first reading at the Powell's Cedar Crossing in Beaverton  7 p.m. on June 20.

Writing teacher and editor, Elizabeth Lyon, is excited to announce that her sixth book for writers is being released on April 1. Manuscript Makeover: Revision Techniques No Fiction Writer Can Afford to Ignore is the most comprehensive, practical, and economical book on revising fiction. www.manuscriptmakeover.com Published by Perigee/Penguin, $14.95, 368 pgs. Pre-order from many online booksellers and get a discount. Get free shipping by ordering one or both of Lyon ’s other books on fiction craft: “A Writer’s Guide to Fiction” and “The Sell Your Novel Tool Kit.” Would you like a customized workshop weekend or day for your writing group? Ask Elizabeth about her “I’ll Come to You” workshops: elyon123@comcast.net.

Cezanne's Quarry, Barbara Corrado Pope's first novel, will be published on June 19. Called by Publisher's Weekly, "a provocative debut," it is an historical mystery set in 1885 in Aix-en-Provence, France. She will give her first reading at the Powell's Cedar Crossing in Beaverton  7 p.m. on June 20.

Writing teacher and editor, Elizabeth Lyon, is excited to announce that her sixth book for writers is being released on April 1. Manuscript Makeover: Revision Techniques No Fiction Writer Can Afford to Ignore is the most comprehensive, practical, and economical book on revising fiction. www.manuscriptmakeover.com Published by Perigee/Penguin, $14.95, 368 pgs. Pre-order from many online booksellers and get a discount. Get free shipping by ordering one or both of Lyon ’s other books on fiction craft: “A Writer’s Guide to Fiction” and “The Sell Your Novel Tool Kit.” Would you like a customized workshop weekend or day for your writing group? Ask Elizabeth about her “I’ll Come to You” workshops: elyon123@comcast.net.  

Liquid Silver Books just e-published Judy Dailey's second humorous erotic mystery, Fantasy Rose. Judy is writing as Daisy Miller. It's available at www.liquidsilverbooks.com.

Bill Dolan:  I submitted a manuscript to the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest and have moved to the semi-final round.  Vintage Justice, a legal thriller set in Oregon's wine country, was selected as one of the 800 or so novels to make the first cut from 5000 entries.  An excerpt from the novel is available on Amazon.com for free and customers can post reviews.  The next phase of the contest will be based on manuscript reviews by Publishers Weekly and the customer reviews.  The contest is a bit like American Idol for novelists but it has been fun and I will appreciate having my story professionally reviewed.  I would also appreciate any reviews or critiques of the manuscript from other writers