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October 2, 2008

REVIEW: Practical Purposes by Yeva Wiest

JayneB Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book Reviews / Ebooksblack comedy / Historical Romances / LGBTQ / Lyrical Press / m/m romance / texas11 Comments

Dear Ms. Wiest, I have Mrs. Giggles to thank for clueing me in to this black comedy. Though I don’t think it’s quite as side splittingly hilarious as Mrs. G finds it, it is quite funny. I do agree with her statement that it’s the Coen brothers meets small town ... more >

September 10, 2008

REVIEW: The Archer’s Heart by Astrid Amara

JiaB Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book ReviewsFantasy Romance / gambling / Gay / India / LGBTQ / m/m romance / Magic / Royalty19 Comments

Dear Ms. Amara, There’s a continuing discussion among fantasy circles about non-Western settings and non-Caucasian characters in fantasy. Or more to the point, the lack thereof. I confess I count myself among their number. I realize many people take it as a given that a fantasy setting should be faux ... more >

July 15, 2008

REVIEW: Tangle XY (Anthology edited by Nicole Kimberling)

JanineA Review Category / A- Reviews / B Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / B- Reviews / Book Reviews / C Reviews / C Reviews Category / C+ Reviews / C- Reviews / D Reviewsalternate-reality / Fantasy Romance / Gay / Ginn Hale / Historical Fantasy / LGBTQ / m/m romance / Magical Realism / Nicole Kimberling / Paranormal / Romance / Science-Fiction-Romance9 Comments

Dear Readers, Since this review covers my responses to nine short stories and two novellas, I’ve decided that for the sake of clarity, it would be simper to address this letter to you rather than to eleven authors. Tangle XY is an anthology featuring a variety of same-sex love stories. ... more >

June 18, 2008

Author Sues Distributors for Sale of Unauthorized Copies of Books

JanePublishing NewsIntellectual Property Issues / lawsuits / LGBTQ3 Comments

Larry Townsend, a famous GLBT author of The Leatherman’s Handbook and its sequel, The Leatherman’s Handbook II, has sued a number of booksellers for infringing on his copyright by selling copies of his books. Townsend had originally been self publishing and self distributing until he made an agreement with Nazca ... more >

May 12, 2008

REVIEW: Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale

JanineA Review Category / A- Reviewsalternate-reality / class-difference / Gay / Ginn Hale / good worldbuilding / good-description / Good-Dialogue / good-narration / LGBTQ / m/m romance / mystery / Paranormal / romantic-suspense / steampunk46 Comments

Dear Ms. Hale, I first heard of your book, Wicked Gentlemen, when it was nominated in the GLBT category of our DA BWAHA March Madness tournament. Wicked Gentlemen made it to the third round of the tournament, which means it was the runner-up in the GLBT category. At the time ... more >

May 8, 2008

The State of GLBT Publishing

JanePublishing NewsLGBTQ / publisher-closings21 Comments

Publisher’s Weekly has a small article about the state of GLBT Publishing. The while the writers of GLBT fiction are strong, the sub genre seems to be marginalized. In my view, it is clear that today there is less and less visible publishing of gay and lesbian books. Carroll & ... more >

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