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Almost to Puerto Rico
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Book Review: The Liberators of Willow Run By Marianne K. Martin, Reviewed by Velvet Lounger
Crossposted from MadeMark Publishing
Guest Review By Velvet Lounger
www.LesbianReadingRoom.com
https://www.facebook.com/LesReadingRoom/The Liberators of Willow Run
Marianne K. Martin
Bywater BooksSome books are just important. Important to read, to feel, to remember. Some books remind us where we came from and how much we have gained. Some books can lift us up in a time of darkness and remind us how strong we are to have gotten where we are. “The Liberators of Willow Run” By Marianne K. Martin is one of those books, and reading it right now reminds us of the giant strides all women have made to take control of their lives, that lesbians have made in fighting to be open and equal.
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MadeMark Publishing to Release Print and Audiobook Editions of Jean Ryan’s ‘Strange Company’
2017 is off to an auspicious start for MadeMark Publishing with the upcoming print and audiobook editions of Jean Ryan’s essay collection Strange Company. Each of these 20 essays presents Ryan’s unique voice as she examines the natural world she sees from her window, or gently holds in the palm of her hand, or whose passing from the earth she reflects upon with wisdom and sorrow: their loss is our loss.Throughout this collection we discover in vivid, loving detail how these animals and insects behave; how they mate, how they live and die, and how much they have to teach us. Learning, in Ryan’s adept language, is what Strange Company is all about. Descriptive to a fine detail, she takes us on short, perfect journeys into the lives of creatures, bugs and birds that leave you fascinated by nature’s artistry.
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MadeMark Publishing Steps Out
I’ve had MadeMark Media and MadeMark Publishing for several years now, but I just this week built the Publishing website. Why? Because 2017 is going to be a good year, a year when I branch out beyond publishing my own books into becoming a boutique publisher.New logo, new energy. Stay tuned … and check out the site when you have a minute. It has many of my author interviews, and a Meet the Narrators page that I’ll be growing as I do more audiobooks.
All things are of the substance of dreams.
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Web-Based Tello Films Offers Lesbian Focused Content
[clickToTweet tweet=”Web-Based Tello Films Offers Lesbian Focused Conent #lesbians #queermedia #lgbt” quote=”‘Why lesbian stories? Because we love lesbians and we don’t feel there are enough of them.’ – tello films”]
This caught my eye – a Huffington Post interview with the fabulous Debra Wilson (my favorite on the late, lamented MADtv). Media company tello films has a mission to provide lesbian focused content, by and about lesbian lives. -
‘Last Room at the Cliff’s Edge: A Detective Linda Mystery’ Now Available on Audiobook!
The wait is over! ‘Last Room at the Cliff’s Edge: A Detective Linda Mystery’ continues racking up the raves: 19 5-star reviews and counting!And for your listening pleasure … The audiobook is now available on Audible, Amazon and iTunes. Narrated by the superb Daniela Acitelli, the audiobook adds rich detail to this fan favorite. Daniela brings the perfect mixture of simplicity and terror, her smooth and reassuring voice giving no hint of the shocks in store at the Cliff’s Edge Motel.
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Author Jean Ryan Releases ‘Strange Company’ Essay Collection
I’m a longtime fan of author Jean Ryan and could not be happier to announce the release of her new essay collection Strange Company. Jean is a true wordsmith. Each of her essays, short stories and reminiscences offers readers a master class in word choice, rhythm, nuance and style, while never being obvious. It’s the kind of writing other writers wish we’d done, while at the same time asking, ‘How did she do that?’Her short story Manatee Gardens was included in the anthology Outer Voices Inner Lives, a Lambda Literary Award finalist in 2015. I was the co-eidtor and publisher, and we put Jean’s story first for a simple reason: among many fine pieces in the anthology, there were none better.
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Book Review: Before I Do, A Legal Guide to Marriage, Gay and Otherwise
The Bookworm Sez
Terri Schlichenmeyer“Before I Do” by Elizabeth F. Schwartz, afterword by Jim Obergefell
c.2016, The New Press $14.95 / higher in Canada 220 pagesThe box was too small for a toaster.
There was no pony in there, no new car, not even a stuffed animal. The box was too small for all that, but it held so much more: dreams, ideas, happiness, congratulations! And if you’re lucky, your wise new fiancé tucked “Before I Do” by Elizabeth F. Schwartz in the box with your beautiful engagement ring.
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I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together …
Well, the time finally came to move on to my other projects, especially the mysteries, podcast, and that pesky thing called making a living. Here’s a farewell email I sent to subscribers of lgbtSr.org …Dear email subscribers: It’s been almost six years since I launched lgbtSr.org. As with all things, this too is passing. This is the final email I’ll be sending to subscribers to the site. All previous posts remain online, while the domain itself now points to a page at my personal website, MarkMcNease.com
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lgbtSr Now Mostly on Facebook
Folks, it’s been almost six years since I launched the lgbtSr website. I’ll be posting very lightly here for the foreseeable future, any new columns or contributor’s articles that come in. It’s a time management issue. But our Facebook page, with over 4,100 fans, remains alive and active.You can keep up with my personal life at MarkMcNease.com, and enjoy our weekly Twist Podcast, co-hosted with Rick Rose, at TheTwistPodcast.com.
Hang in there! It’s going to be a bumpy ride with the new administration coming in. All hands on deck!
Mark McNease/Editor
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First fire of 2017
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10 Years a Country Boy
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One Thing or Another: Hope, Renewal and a Miracle Cat
It’s always One Thing or Another … a lighthearted look at aging, life, and the absurdities of it all.A funny thing happened on the way to despair: our oldest cat Jessica defied expectations and lived to meow another day. If you’ve ever had a pet diagnosed with a grave illness, you know the odds. You also know the futility of hope—they might get better with a daily pill, they’ll need some insanely expensive surgery you can’t afford, you’ll spend a few weeks or months believing they’ll recover, then you’ll cradle them in your arms in room #3 at the vet’s office waiting for a syringe of Permanent Sleepytime.
