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Monthly Archives: October 2013
Win a free copy of the eBook of The Second Mango by commenting on my Halloween post!
The folks over at Long and Short let me post comparing writing to cosplaying for Halloween. Come check it out here, on their site. You have to comment there by November 2, not here, in order to be entered in … Continue reading
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Tagged authors, books, characters, cosplay, costumes, eBook, fantasy, halloween, lesbian, lesbian books, lgbt, lgbtq, lgbtqia, make believe, queer, quiltbag, writing
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The queer female gaze: The Second Mango and breasts
Click on the link to read my guest post on erotica writer Lisabet Sarai’s blog, about what it’s like to grow up in a world where women’s physical attraction to other women is often ignored, and how it influenced the … Continue reading
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Tagged bisexual authors, bodily autonomy, boobs, books, breasts, feminism, feminist, gay, gender expression, identity, lesbian, lesbian erasure, lesbian fiction, lgbt, lgbt invisibility, lgbt teens, lgbtq, lgbtqia, mangoverse, novels, objectification, queer, queer novels, queer teens, queer youth, writing
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I love you but I’m sleepy
Queen Shulamit and her sweetheart/personal chef Aviva from The Second Mango by Shira Glassman, as drawn by Erin Ptah. Erin Ptah, available on deviantArt, is one of the most talented artists in fandom and the creator of the webcomic But I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, books, cartoon, Erin Ptah, fiction, jewish, jewish lesbians, lesbian, lesbian fiction, lesbian young adult, lesbians of color, lgbt, lgbtq, lgbtqia, mangoverse, Prizm Books, queer, queer books, qwoc, reading, same sex marriage, sapphic, Shira Glassman, women-of-color
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He was a sturdy hearth that nurtured that fire (hetero romance excerpt from The Second Mango by Shira Glassman)
Isaac appeared by her side. “Theatrics?” “He’s insufferable,” she grumbled. “Which one?” “Yes.” “We could spar after the ball.” “Please. I don’t think I could sleep very easily after this.” “I’ll be there.” “I’ll try not to cut off your hands.” … Continue reading
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Tagged age gap, age gap romance, author, fantasy, feminism, feminist, feminist fiction, feminist romance, older man, older men, romance, romance writers, romance writing, teleiophile, warriors, writing
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Lonely little queen
But her heart wasn’t finished replaying Aviva-infused memories. Her eyes were looking at fruit, picking the ones that were the most colorful and unblemished, but what she was in truth seeing was a scene from many months ago, when she … Continue reading
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Tagged cartoon, lesbian, lesbian books, lesbian novels, lesbian young adult, lgbt, lgbtq, queer, qwoc, romance, tangerines
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With my Dragon, I leap for victory!
Rivka and her Dragon, two characters from Shira Glassman’s The Second Mango, as portrayed by Donnell Johnson.
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Tagged Art, bodyguard, cartoon, Dragon, dragons, fairy tales, fantasy, fantasy art, fiction, mangoverse, warrior, warrior woman
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Wild Iris Books is temporarily sold out of “The Second Mango”
…and what’s more, I sold one of my extras out of the backseat of my car with the help of the buyer’s smartphone and Wild Iris’s website, so they’ve already sold one of the next batch due in! Put one … Continue reading
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Tagged books, bookstore, dragons, fantasy, femslash, gay, indie bookstores, lesbian, lgbt, lgbt books, lgbtq, queer books, queer lit, writing
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My complicated relationship with Richard Wagner
Warning: this post contains serious spoilers for my queer feminist fantasy novel The Second Mango. Here there, as the expression goes, be dragons. Spoiler space! Hi. Wagner was a genius. He wrote his own librettos along with some of the most glorious music … Continue reading
Ladies rescuing ladies: my guest post on Muse Rising
About my queer feminist fantasy novel The Second Mango — Many times when talking of feminist retellings of fairy tales, we decide that the solution is for the “damsel” to rescue herself. Why not send a woman to rescue another woman? That’s … Continue reading
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Tagged bi women, Bisexuality, books, dragons, fairy tales, fantasy, feminism, feminist, lesbian, lesbian books, lesbian young adult fantasy, lgbt, lgbtq, lgbtqia, mangoverse, novels, queer, queer fantasy, queer women, quiltbag, writing
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The importance of representation and community to LGBTQ+ teenagers
When I was little, I yearned for stories with people like me in them. I grasped at anything that seemed like representation of women who loved other women, even if the portrayal was judgmental and not at all uplifting. I … Continue reading
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Shira Glassman 