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Electra Rex

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  Full disclosure, this is my book, and thus not a review, but just me talking about my latest project. Fun story about this book: I sold it twice and very quickly both times. Another fun fact: it started out as a NaNoWriMo book! I sold this book the first time to Less Than 3 Press --a small, indie press in North Carolina that boasted lesbian/sapphic books and stories with only happy endings. It took three weeks to get the thumbs up from them, which was by far the fastest I've sold a book. It went through edits, proofs, and even got a cover mockup before Less Than 3 folded after a decade in business. Woops. I got the rights back a couple months later, tried to cope with my disappointment, and then submitted it again to Pride Publishing , part of the Totally Entwined Group, and this time the book sold in less than a week. I have to give a lot of credit to the editor I worked with at Less Than 3 for making the book much, much better--you rock, James! I have no doubt going through the

I Care a Lot

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Lets start with a quick kudos to this movie for having a lesbian protagonist, in a loving relationship, in a movie where getting together, coming out, or being lesbians has nothing to do with the plot. Straight people get this all the time--queer people, not so much. So it's nice to see a relationship between two women being in a movie without being the reason for the movie. Well done, I like, I love it, I want more of it! Recap: Marla, played by Rosamund Pike, is a court appointed guardian for the elderly and she uses this position to drain retirees of their remaining funds and funnel the money into her own pockets via the usual kickback chains. She has a doctor who sends new "clients" her way who sends her someone seemingly too good to be true. Turns out this new mark isn't who she seems and badness ensues. I watched this movie last night with my girlfriend after we started and quit on Aquaman after 20 minutes. She had work to do and I planned to dink on my phone, b