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Weekly
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July 27 - August 2, 2014
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XX"Consider
this: If you write one page a day, you
will produce a substantial novel in a
year's time. The writer who turns out
one book a year, year in and year out,
is generally acknowledged to be quite
prolific. And don't you figure you could
produce one measly little page, even on
a bad day? Even on a rotten day?"
XX...I get
in trouble when I find myself starting
to project. As soon as I step back and
try to envision the novel as a whole,
I'm likely to be paralyzed with terror.
I become convinced that the whole thing
is impossible, that there are structural
flaws which doom the entire project, that
the book can't conceivably resolve itself
successfully. But as long as I can get
up each morning and concentrate exclusively
on what's going to happen during that
particular day's stint at the typewriter,
I seem to do all right-and the book takes
shape, page by page and chapter by chapter."
~Lawrence Block, Writing the Novel:
From Plot to Print
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What's
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Women's Writing Retreat at the Oregon
Coast in October |
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I still have a couple of spaces open
for the Autumn Women's Writing Retreat
at Rockaway Beach, Oregon, in October.
Join other writers to read, write, revise,
reflect, and spend time on the lovely
and inspiring Oregon Coast. We've got
a great week arranged!
CLICK
HERE to read more about the
Retreat!
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Autumn Women's Writing
Retreat
Rockaway Beach, Oregon
October 5 - 12, 2014 - Sunday
to Sunday.
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Updated
7/21/14
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Eight Dates is Available! |
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ISBN:
978-1-63304-0007
e-ISBN:
978-1-63304-0014
Available July 1
online and at fine booksellers everywhere!
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EIGHT DATES rolled
off the press and started its
journey out into the world on
July 1st.
Hurray!
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Updated
7/01/14
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Are You One of the 1,000 True Fans? |
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CLICK
HERE
to read about the "1,000
True Fans" Concept?
Are you one of them?
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Updated
4/18/14
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Reading JUMP THE GUN at Lizzie's Bedtime
Stories |
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A while back, I was a guest on Liz McMullen's
radio show. She's now posted the audio
of me reading the first chapter from
the Jump The Gun.
CLICK
HERE to listen!
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Updated
5/28/14
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Audio Interview at Liz McMullen's Show |
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CLICK
HERE to listen to the interview
Liz McMullen did with me. I really enjoyed
the format and the conversation with
Liz. We ranged far and wide!
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Updated
3/23/14
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New Book of Stories about Anti-Bullying |
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| I've got a story in Coming
Together: For Equality, a
collection of fiction with an
anti-bullying theme edited by
Beth Wylde. Proceeds benefit the
Planting
Peace-Equality House, a rainbow-colored
house representing compassion,
peace, and positive change where
human rights and bully prevention
initiatives are launched. CLICK
HERE to read an excerpt! |
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Updated
3/16/14
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Interview at AJ Adaire's Blog |
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AJ Adaire interviewed me recently.
CLICK
HERE to read about why I love
Anamaria Marinca, how come my next book
(Eight Dates) is a big departure
for me, and why it took me fifteen years
to be an "overnight success."
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Updated
1/28/14
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A Very Public Eye is a Rainbow
Award Winner! |
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| I just found out that my Leona
Reese novel, A Very Public
Eye, won the Rainbow Award
in the Lesbian Mystery/Thriller
category! Jump the Gun garnered
a runner-up nod. CLICK
HERE to see all the great
books that won or were runners-up
in Elisa Rolle's Rainbow Awards.
(You will have to scroll down
a bit past judge and publisher
names.) |
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12/8/13
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Review at Curve Magazine |
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The Bookgeek at Curve has done
a bang-up review of Snow Moon
Rising, my novel set during
WWII.
CLICK
HERE to read all about it!
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Updated
12/1/13
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One of my favorite people on the planet
and a great mystery writer, Ellen Hart,
with me at Once Upon a Crime Mystery Bookstore
in Minneapolis |
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8/18/13
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I finally got to meet Jean Auel! |
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At the annual Oregon Writers Colony
Founders Day at Rockaway Beach's Colonyhouse,
I served up a cup of coffee to a woman
- and it turned out to be Jean Auel!
Later I facilitated a fiction discussion
group, and Jean joined in and was a
wealth of information and humor. Woweeeee---what
a day!
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08/06/13
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Lee Lynch talks with me in THE ADVOCATE
on "Lesbian Mystery, Police Raids,
and Fairy Godmothers" |
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I had the great honor of doing an Advocate
conversation with award-winning GCLS
Trailblazer Lee Lynch.
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CLICK
HERE to check it out!
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site last updated on July 27, 2014
All contents of this
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Please contact lori (at) lorillake
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Jump
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Movie
Trailers
for the Books
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Brenda Adcock's wizardry, there are now movie trailers,
complete with music, for two of my books. Click below
to see - make sure you turn on your speakers, too. |
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Shimmer
& Other Stories |
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Snow
Moon Rising |
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Bound/Printed
Books
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| My novels and short story collections
can be purchased through any bookseller or online. If
a store doesn't happen to have copies on hand, they will
order them for you. CLICK
HERE if you want to contact me to get autographed
copies. |
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E-Books
at
Bella Distribution
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| The gals at Bella carry books by an
enormous variety of authors, and they're distributing
my eBooks and print books. CLICK
HERE to get the books in Mobi, ePub, and
PDF formats. |
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Kobo
E-Books
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| Kobo Ebooks also carries LGBT books
by a variety of authors. CLICK
HERE to get my books for the Kobo eReader. |
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Kindle
E-Books
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| Amazon.com carries my books in the
Kindle E-Book format. CLICK
HERE to purchase novels and short story
collections for your Kindle eReader. |
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B&N
E-Books
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| Barnes & Noble - BN.com - carries
my books in their Nook E-Book format. CLICK
HERE to purchase novels and short story
collections for your Nook eReader. |
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Recent
Interviews
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| A.J. Llewellyn at Dark Diva's Blog did an extensive
interview with me. CLICK
HERE to find out all my deep dark secrets.
The interview shows up on the March 4 entry. |
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VIDEO
INTERVIEW
- With Jody Seay, the amazing interviewer at
Oregon PBS's "Back Page" program,
who sat down and talked to me for her weekly
TV program with Pacific NW writers
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CLICK
HERE - for the interview with author
Jae who has written so many wonderful novels
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CLICK
HERE to read an interesting discussion
in the "Spotlight Interview" section
that the gals at Ylva have been doing
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Earl Kemp's online 'zine, eI, has featured
a memoir piece I wrote called "There
is No Reason Not To Trust that the Act of Writing
Will Be Enough."
CLICK
HERE if you'd like to read it.
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featured a long interview with me about
writing, creativity, book themes, etc. There
are several great stories featured in this issue
as well as other podcasts and interviews by
a variety of terrific authors. |
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GUN
BLOGS
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I wrote three lengthy blogs at Lee Lofland's
site, The Graveyard Shift, about firearms,
law enforcement, and weaponry for PIs, cops, sleuths,
and bad guys. Click on the parts below to read. Check
these out:
Part
I - Guns, Guns, Guns
Part
II - Outfitting Your Sleuth(s)
Part
III - Outfitting Your Crooks - and Yourself
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