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Crazy Little Thing Book Review

Crazy Little Thing by Saxon Bennett and Layce Gardner Texans Ollie and Claire traveled to Iowa to legalize their love. Now, in order to untie the knot, these (f)lawfully wedded wives must return to their state of matrimony. But do they really want to undo I do? By Allison Fradkin, published in CURVE MAGAZINE

Remember those droll, belligerent bumper stickers that said Protect the Sanctity of Divorce from Gays?

Well, divorcing gays Ollie Hiland and Claire Drummond are the unprotected sex...

Random Acts

Right after college I moved to St. Petersburg, Florida.

I was broke by the time I got there and got set up. I had spent all my savings on an apartment and utilities and phone and just enough food to last me a month. I finally found a job in the mall, leasing cars from a kiosk. The company was named “Lease Car.” I had two skirts and two blouses and one pair of shoes to my name. I had to wash my clothes in the sink at my apartment and hang them across the shower door to dry so I would have som...

The LezBeans, Episode 15, “What Are Cows Made From?”

Lulu liked to ask questions.

I don’t know if she did it because she really truly wanted to know the answers or if she just wanted to drive me bat-shit crazy.

I tried my best to ignore the barrage of questions. But without much success. Lulu knew how to wear me down.

Finally, I would explode.

And then she would deliver the coup de grace���the finishing touch that made me feel guilty for the next six months.

Was this what being a mother was like, always feeling guilty? As it turns out… yes.

Making th...

How Much Money Does a Novelist Make?

By Layce Gardner & Saxon Bennett

As Indie authors who have had three best-selling novels in the past twelve months AND who have also had eighteen novels published with a small lesbian publisher, we are often asked this question. We don���t normally talk about finances and how much money we make but in this case we want to make an exception.

MYTH: Authors make more money if you buy their book directly from the publisher���s website.

TRUTH: Authors do not make more money. The PUBLISHER makes more...

Spiderman

It’s weird people that keep things interesting. Case in point: I used to own an Ebay store. I sold antique postcards. (Postcard collecting is the third largest collecting hobby in the world right behind stamps and coins.) When you do something like run an online business (or write books!) you get some really strange people coming out of the woodwork and contacting you.

One such person was Sarah. Sarah lived in London. One day she sent me an email. It said something like this: ���I work in an o...

The LezBeans, Episode 14, “Two Moms”

One of my worst fears about being a LezBean parent was how my child would handle the pressure from society. Because, let’s face it, not everybody is nice about a child having two moms or two dads. And, sure enough, the day came when her best friend asked:

I held my breath until I heard Lulu answer:

I shouldn’t have worried. I think Lulu will be okay.

Making the world a happier place���one book at a time!
“Yet another classy novel from the funny power duo. Well written story and characters that ke...

How To Deal With Writer’s Burnout

Burnout is something most authors go through. Especially self-published authors. Speaking from my own experience, Saxon and I work harder as self-published authors than we ever did�� when we were with a publisher. And the results of that work have paid off in spades. Still… there comes a time when all work and no play can really take its toll on your writing and your life.

I recently have found a superb blogsite called Selfpubauthors.com.�� This is a group of self-published authors who look at...

Frito Bandito

When I was in 2nd grade a fad swept through Alexander Hamilton Grade School in Commerce, Oklahoma. It was the Frito Bandito pencil topper/eraser. It came free in the bag if you bought a super big bag of Fritos corn chips. It looked like this:

I was one of the few kids in my class who didn���t have a Frito Bandito on top of my number 2 pencil. Karen Johnson (not her real name) teased me mercilessly by wearing her white go-go boots (which I also didn���t have) and making a big show out of using...

Brand New Book!

Saxon and I are proud to announce the birth
of our newest romantic comedy!

When Willy and Allistair meet, it is hate at first sight. The last thing they want is to witness a Mafia murder and be put into the Witness Protection Program together. Join Willy and Allistair as they go on the run from the mob and are forced to hide in a convent, a Wild West ghost town, and a nudist colony. In the end, they discover that sometimes love is found where you least expect it.

Available now at Amazon for only...

Word Crimes

I had to share this great Weird Al video.