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Coming Soon: ‘Murder at the Paisley Parrot’ Audiobook, Narrated by Fred Wolinsky
It’s all read and done: ‘Murder at the Paisley Parrot’ is set to release any day now on Audible, iTunes and Amazon. Narrated by Audible Approved narrator Fred Wolinsky, the audiobook brings to life the first book in the Marshall James series. Wolinsky’s steady, experienced narration lets the writing come through and the characters speak for themselves. Listeners will hear the tale of a world-weary man deciding now is the time to talk, to tell a story or three about some murders he was involved in back in the day, Hollywood, 1983. Are you listening? -
March Author Profile: Jean Ryan
Author Jean Ryan “Ryan controls devastating psychological material with tight prose, quick scene changes, and a scientist’s observant eye.”
– Publishers Weekly
“With her debut collection Survival Skills, Jean Ryan brings to the short story what Mary Oliver does to poetry.”
– The Los Angeles Review
Welcome to the first of our monthly author profiles. For March we’re featuring Jean Ryan, a master storyteller and skilled practitioner of the literary arts. Jean is to writing what a fine chef is to a meal: offering exquisite creations whose ingredients were calibrated to the last grain of salt, and whose true difficulty lies in their appearance of effortlessness.
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The Twist Podcast #60: Pageants to the Rescue, Surfing the Blue Wave, and Calling Uncle Awesome
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we talk about news, the American story as told in pageants, surfing the blue wave all the way from Pennsylvania, and being the best aunts and uncles we can be.Enjoy The Twist on Libsyn, iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and right here at The Twist Podcast page.
Copyright 2018 MadeMark Publishing
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The Twist Podcast #60: Pageants to the Rescue, Surfing the Blue Wave, and Calling Uncle Awesome
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we talk about news, the American story as told in pageants, surfing the blue wave all the way from Pennsylvania, and being the best aunts and uncles we can be.Enjoy The Twist on Libsyn, iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and right here at The Twist Podcast page.
Copyright 2018 MadeMark Publishing
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Book Review: Tomorrow Will Be Different, by Sarah McBride
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
The Bookworm Sez“Tomorrow Will Be Different” by Sarah McBride
c.2018, Crown Archetype $26.00 / $35.00 Canada
288 pagesThings are never as bad as they seem.
There’s always a brighter spot if you just look for it, always something to be thankful for, a way of making yourself feel better because things aren’t as they seem. As in the new book “Tomorrow Will Be Different” by Sarah McBride, there’s always a chance to make a change.
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A Wealth of Health: Let’s Talk About Dentures
By Mark McNease/EditorAs a new feature at LGBTSr, a ‘Wealth of Health’ will offer personal and professional experiences on a range of health issues, complete with resources and links. Have one you’d like to hear about? Email me at: editor @ lgbtsr.org
I think it’s important to talk openly and candidly about our aging selves: our bodies, our sex lives, our relationships, our illnesses, our health and our wealth. Teeth are part of that, and, as most of us know, a part not so easily covered by insurance. So let’s start this ‘Wealth of Health’ feature with a word about dentures, something near and dear to me.
A few years ago I had a choice: either get a permanent bridge for my front teeth that were teetering on the edge of extraction, or get a partial denture. At the time I was determined not to have teeth that sat in a jar at night, like my late mother’s, and I had the money to get the bridge.
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The Savvy Senior: Could You Have Diabetes?
By Jim Miller
Dear Savvy Senior,
My brother and his wife, who are ages 60 and 56, were recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, and prediabetes, and neither one had a clue. Could I have it too?
Concerned Sibling
Dear Concerned,
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention nearly 115 million Americans have diabetes or prediabetes today, but most of them don’t even know they have it. Here’s how to know if you’re at risk.
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Web Watch: Dr. Ronni Sanlo’s ‘Today in LGBT History’ Blog
From the ‘best of the old LGBTSr’ category: Web Watch is a regular feature highlighting websites of note. This one is a fascinating and fabulous look at LGBT history each day from the indefatigable Dr. Ronni Sanlo, Ed. D.
Today in LGBT History – March 14
1860, Estonia – Stanislaus Eric, Count Stenbock 14 March 1860 –14 April] 1895) is born in Estonia. He was a Baltic Swedish poet and writer of macabre fantastic fiction. Virtually forgotten today, he was the aesthete who could out-aesthete the great Oscar Wilde. A writer of opium-induced poems and stories, he once hosted Wilde who dared light a cigarette in front of a bust of Shelly. The sacrilege was so horrible the count fainted.
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Author Paula Martinac’s ‘The Ada Decades’ Named a Finalist for Ferro-Grumley Literary Award
Paula Martinac’s stunning novel ‘The Ada Decades’ has been named a finalist for the Ferro-Grumley Literary Award:
We’ve just announced the Ferro-Grumley finalists for 2018 (books published in 2017). In alphabetical order by author, they are:
The Heart’s Invisible Furies, by John Boyne (Hogarth Press)
Outside Is The Ocean, by Matthew Lansburgh (University of Iowa Press)
The Disintegrations, by Alistair McCartney (University of Wisconsin Press)
Her Body and Other Parties, by Carmen Maria Machado (Greywolf Press)
The Ada Decades, by Paula Martinac (Bywater Books)
Our warmest congratulations to the authors, as well as to the publishing teams that made these books possible.
Continue reading my recent interview with author Paula Martinac. – Mark/Editor
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Quotes and Quotable: Stephen Hawking
“We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn’t want to meet.”
– Stephen Hawking
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Complimentary Copy of ‘Last Room at the Cliff’s Edge’ for All Current and New LGBTSr Subscribers!
Along with a fabulous, refreshed and reinvigorated LGBTsr, subscribers will be treated to a complimentary copy of ‘Last Room at the Cliff’s Edge‘, a seat-of-your-pants thriller featuring retired detective Linda Sikorsky and her wife, Kirsten McClellan.
A download link will be sent out in next week’s subscriber email with new content, allowing subscribers to download the eBook directly from Book Funnel (no muss, no fuss), in ePub, MOBI or PDF format. AND it’s complimentary to all new subscribers with their confirmation and welcome emails from MailChimp. So spread the word! Last Room at the Cliff’s Edge … Where checking in is easy, and checking out is hell. And don’t miss the audiobook edition narrated by the spectacular Daniela Acitelli!
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Complimentary Copy of ‘Last Room at the Cliff’s Edge’ for All Current and New LGBTSr Subscribers!
Along with a fabulous, refreshed and reinvigorated LGBTsr, subscribers will be treated to a complimentary copy of ‘Last Room at the Cliff’s Edge‘, a seat-of-your-pants thriller featuring retired detective Linda Sikorsky and her wife, Kirsten McClellan.A download link will be sent out in next week’s subscriber email with new content, allowing subscribers to download the eBook directly from Book Funnel (no muss, no fuss), in ePub, MOBI or PDF format. AND it’s complimentary to all new subscribers with their confirmation and welcome emails from MailChimp. So spread the word! Last Room at the Cliff’s Edge … Where checking in is easy, and checking out is hell. And don’t miss the audiobook edition narrated by the spectacular Daniela Acitelli!
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Dave Hughes: Senior Housing Needs to Increase Its Diversity Competency
Dave Hughes of RetireFabulous.com Senior Housing Needs to Increase Its Diversity Competency
Changing Workforce Demographics Signal a Change in Retiree DemographicsBy Dave Hughes
During their working years, the Baby Boomer generation (those born between 1946 and 1964) experienced a dramatic environmental shift in workplace demographics and culture. Throughout the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, employers have become more attuned to the need to provide workplaces that are more welcoming of career-oriented women and diverse people of all sorts. Corporate America and academia, in particular, implemented policies and training programs which foster inclusion for employees of various races, nationalities, religions, and physical abilities, as well as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) people who want to be able to live and work more openly.