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Q Audiobooks: Backwards to Oregon, by Jae, Narrated by Hayden Bishop
Q Audiobooks is a regular feature at LGBTSr highlighting audiobooks of interest to the LGBTQ listener.Hat tip: Lesbian Audiobooks.com
Backwards to Oregon
By: Jae
Narrated by: Hayden Bishop
Length: 15 hours, 30 minutes
Release date: 03-2017
Publisher: Ylva Publishing“Luke” Hamilton has always been sure she’d never marry. She accepted that she would spend her life alone when she chose to live her life disguised as a man.
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It’s a Cat’s World with Molly DeVoss and ‘Cat Talk Radio’
We’re cat lovers and several months ago, after adopting a cat with some behavior issues, I was connected to Molly DeVoss, of Cat Behavior Solutions. Her advice was essential in resolving the problems, and today we have two great girls, Wilma and Peanut, who brighten our lives and each other’s. Molly knows her stuff!
Molly and co-host Dewey now offer a regular podcast/radio show on all things cat. If you’re a cat person, and even if you’re not, the education you’ll get from Molly and her guests is unbeatable. Tune in sometime, and fasten your headphones!
Cat Talk Radio is all about cats, what makes them do what they do, why they occasionally misbehave and what cat guardians can do to fix it. We educate you on how to modify unwanted cat behavior by providing the proper environment and stimulation, enabling cats to express their natural behaviors in ways that are preferable for both the humans and cats. You will learn how to have fun with your cat, fascinating cat facts and be inspired to try new things, which will lead to a happier relationship and closer bond with your cat. We’ll also call attention to the plight of cats in our country, feel compassion for their challenges and share the message. Cat Talk Radio is broadcast live every Friday at 2 PM Pacific Time/4 PM Central Time/5 PM Eastern Time on the VoiceAmerica Variety Channel.
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Bethany Beach At Last
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The Savvy Senior: Can a Debt Collector Take My Social Security Benefits?
By Jim MillerDear Savvy Senior,
Can my Social Security benefits be garnished if I have some outstanding debts? I just turned 62 and would like to start collecting my retirement benefits, but want to find this out before I apply.
Worried Retiree
Dear Worried,
Whether your Social Security benefits are garnishable or not depends on whom you owe. Banks and other financial creditors, for example, can’t touch your Social Security checks. But if Uncle Sam is collecting on a debt, some of your benefits are fair game. Here’s what you should know.
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And the Goodreads Giveaway Winners Are …
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‘Murder at the Paisley Parrot’ Takes the #1 Slot in Gay Mystery
I haven’t been on this list for awhile. It’s nice to ‘Murder at the Paisley Parrot’ grab the #1 slot once again, and to see 6 of the 7 books I have on sale for .99 cents through Tuesday back in the top 100.
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‘Murder at the Paisley Parrot’ Takes the #1 Slot in Gay Mystery
I haven’t been on this list for awhile. It’s nice to ‘Murder at the Paisley Parrot’ grab the #1 slot once again, and to see 6 of the 7 books I have on sale for .99 cents through Tuesday back in the top 100.
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It’s a Killer Deal: 7 Mysteries and a Book Bub Featured Deal July 8, 9, 10
My latest mystery, Murder at the Paisley Parrot, is running as a Book Bub Featured Deal July 8, 9, 10. Included in the 3-day deal will be all 7 mysteries and thrillers at just .99 cents! Enjoy Murder at Pride Lodge, Pride and Perilous, Death by Pride, Kill Switch, Death in the Headlights, and Last Room at the Cliff’s Edge – all books sure to chill you at the beach this summer.About Murder at the Paisley Parrot
Time waits for no one, including Marshall James. Now 58 and living in New York City, Marshall has outlived the expiration date he was given with a cancer diagnosis three years ago. He beat the odds but he knows he may not beat the clock. So he’s decided to tell a story or three about some murders he was involved in back in the day.
The year was 1983. The bar was the Paisley Parrot in Hollywood, a gay, mob-run dive where people came to drink and few of them remembered the night before. Marshall loves his job as a bartender there. But one night, among the regulars, a killer arrives. Body by body, death by death, Marshall finds himself pulled into a web of murder, deceit and crime, with a psychopath waiting at the center of it all. Marshall falls for the cop who’s investigating him, not knowing if their relationship will survive or even if he’ll come out of this alive. Find out before last call comes around, in Murder at the Paisley Parrot.
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The Reviews Begin: ‘Black Cat White Paws: A Maggie Dahl Mystery’ Off to a 5-Star Start
Being an author is like being a baker hoping and waiting for the cake to rise, unsure it will. I finished ‘Black Cat White Paws: A Maggie Dahl Mystery’ not knowing how it would be received, or if it would connect with the audience I wanted to reach – women, readers ‘of a certain age’ (men and women), and fans of mysteries set in small towns, with a strong woman sleuth. Could I do it? It appears I have!I know not to get too excited about these things and I know no book is universally liked, but the first 8 reviews are all 5-star, and it’s enough to make me certain this will be a series.
Here’s just one review, from an author I regard highly and who would not be less than honest in his appraisal:
“The new Maggie Dahl mystery series from Mark McNease has it all: An intrepid and tenacious amateur sleuth. A small-town setting that makes you feel right at home. A gruesome crime with dreadful secrets at its core. Plus, a pushy feline named Checks. The author has woven a masterful whodunit that kept me guessing until Maggie reached her “aha” moment. Honest, I didn’t have a clue.”
Michael Craft, author of Inside Dumont and The Mark Manning Mysteries
And so begins the note taking for Book 2: Open Secrets: A Maggie Dahl Mystery. Coming to a coroner’s office near you in 2019.
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It’s a Mega Goodreads Giveaway! 100 (Yes, 100) Kindle Copies of ‘Black Cat White Paws: A Maggie Dahl Mystery’ Available
Goodreads Book Giveaway
Black Cat White Paws
by Mark McNease
Giveaway ends July 10, 2018.
See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.Enter from now through July 10 for a chance to win one of 100 Kindle editions of “Black Cat White Paws: A Maggie Dahl Mystery.” Prefer to purchase it outright? It’s just $1.99 through July (regular $3.99). The reviews are trickling in and it’s set to be a crowd pleaser.
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It’s a Mega Goodreads Giveaway! 100 (Yes, 100) Kindle Copies of ‘Black Cat White Paws: A Maggie Dahl Mystery’ Available
Goodreads Book Giveaway
Black Cat White Paws
by Mark McNease
Giveaway ends July 10, 2018.
See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.Enter from now through July 10 for a chance to win one of 100 Kindle editions of “Black Cat White Paws: A Maggie Dahl Mystery.” Prefer to purchase it outright? It’s just $1.99 through July (regular $3.99). The reviews are trickling in and it’s set to be a crowd pleaser.
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LGBTSr Exclusive Giveaway: 20 Kindle Editions of ‘Black Cat White Paws: A Maggie Dahl Mystery’
Okay, make that 18 free copies! Congrats to Robin and Larry who got their early bird copies.
Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) has a new tool for authors to get the word out. I’ve purchased 20 Kindle editions of my new mystery, Black Cat White Paw: A Maggie Dahl Mystery, and I’m just waiting to send them out to the next 18 claimants. Love a good cozy-esque mystery set in an idyllic river town? Love cats? This book’s for you. All I would appreciate in return for a free Kindle edition is an honest review on Amazon.
Just email me at LGBTSr@outlook.com and I’ll send a download link to the first 18 respondents. It’s just like buying a Kindle book directly from Amazon. No in-between, no gathering of personal information. Just click, open, and read.
Mark/Editor
In Black Cat White Paws, recently widowed Maggie Dahl finds herself faced with challenges on all fronts: life alone in a new town, running a business she and her husband had dreamed of and started together, and now pursuing a killer. Her sister Gerri moves from Philadelphia to Lambertville, New Jersey, to support her sister and start a new life of her own. Together the women search for a murderer, helped in critical ways by their neighbor’s cat. A black cat with white paws. A cat whose independence sets it all in motion and sees it through to the end.
Black Cat White Paws finds Maggie moving from New York City to Lambertville, an idyllic river town with artists, restaurants, incredible landscapes, and enough local characters to populate a murder mystery. Join Maggie, Gerri, Checks the cat, and a cast of colorful small town natives just as eager—and as shocked—to find a killer in their midst.
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Featured Book: Beowulf for Cretins, by Ann McMan
Read the review by Velvet Lounger HERE.English professor and aspiring novelist, Grace Warner spends her days teaching four sections of “Beowulf for Cretins” to bored and disinterested students at one of New England’s “hidden ivy” colleges. Not long after she is dumped by her longtime girlfriend, Grace meets the engaging and mysterious Abbie on a cross-country flight. Sparks fly on and off the plane as the two strangers give in to one night of reckless passion with no strings attached, and no contact information exchanged.
Back home at St. Albans, the college rocks Grace’s world when it announces the appointment of a new president, the first woman in its 165-year history. Cue Abbie—and cue Grace’s collision course with a neurotic dog named Grendel, a fractious rival for tenure, and a woman called Ochre, in what very well might be Grace’s last real shot at happiness.
