Lilah Suzanne's Blog, page 33
July 21, 2016
Now Available: “With or Without You” by Zane Riley
His future. What a thing to imagine himself with after so
many years of one day at a time.
Summary
In the much-anticipated sequel to Go Your Own Way, high school seniors Lennox McAvoy and Will Osborne pick up right where they left off—navigating the tumultuous waters of a new relationship and dealing with Will’s disapproving father.
When a violent incident forces Lennox to give up his independent ways, he must come to terms with his past just as Will is grappling with his future. As Will’s college plans become reality, will Lennox have the courage to go after the opportunities he doesn’t think he deserves?
Price: $19.99 print / $6.99 multi-format ebook
Pages: 348
ISBN: 978-1-941530-76-4 print/ 978-1-941530-77-1 ebook
International: Order the print edition by September 21, 2016 from your favorite book retailer and receive free multi-format eBook by submitting a copy of your receipt to contact@interludepress.com.
About the Author
Zane Riley is a transgender writer who wrote his first work of fan fiction in the fourth grade. He is a recent transplant to Vancouver, Washington where he spends his time watching long distance baseball games, hiking, and exploring the musical depths of the internet. His first novel, Go Your Own Way, was published by Interlude Press in 2015.
July 18, 2016
INTERLUDE PRESS ISSUES THOUSAND BOOK CHALLENGE
LGBTQ Publisher Partners With The Trevor Project to Place 1,000
Books in U.S. Libraries While Raising Funds for LGBTQ Youth Crisis InterventionORLANDO—
Interlude Press, an award-winning publisher of LGBTQ fiction, today announced a
campaign that will simultaneously place 1,000 Young Adult novels in U.S.
libraries while raising funds for The Trevor Project, the nation’s leading
crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ youth.The
publisher outlined the campaign in support of LGBTQ teens and young adults at
the American Library Association Convention today at the Orlando Convention
Center.
We’re working hard to donate 1,000 copies of a special edition of Killian B. Brewer’s The Rules of Ever After to public libraries across the U.S. and raise up to $10,000 for The Trevor Project. Learn about the inspiration for this campaign here. You can help add a book for as little as $15. Every sponsorship includes a $10 tax deductible donation to @thetrevorproject.
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July 17, 2016
Clementine is sexy and pretty, confident and
brash and...
Clementine is sexy and pretty, confident and
brash and determined… All Gwen has to do is walk across that dance floor, and it can all
change in an instant. Burning Tracks
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zane-riley:
I’m late to my own party, but I think it’s time for a
refresher course on my main boys...
I’m late to my own party, but I think it’s time for a
refresher course on my main boys in With
or Without You. I’m going to start with Lennox since he called dibs on the
front cover this time around.
When we left Lennox at the end of Go Your Own Way, he was in a rough state. It’s very uncertain what’s
next for him. Or if he’ll stay with Will’s family long-term with Will’s father’s
impending arrival home from the hospital.
Lennox’s story is such an integral part of these novels. His
journey and the depths of love and trust and family he learns to accept into
his life are what the heart of this story is all about. He’s not meant to be a
loveable, endearing character when you first meet him. Overall, Lennox is a
hard sell. Lennox is obnoxious. He’s crude, callus, inappropriate, lewd, and
even cruel. Seeing that is important; understanding how he got to this point is
crucial.
His life started as a lot of fortunate kids lives do: two
parents, grandparents, a decent house, food on the table, people who cared and
taught him life skills, good schools, opportunities. Until he was eight and his
mother killed herself. Lennox was left with a heartbroken father drinking away
the world and an infant sister’s care that fell Lennox’s less than capable hands.
He raised his baby sister, figured out how to deposit his dad’s checks and pay
the bills before his dad blew too much on alcohol and sorrow. He dealt with
daycares and trying to do his own schoolwork and taking care of his sister
instead of being a kid and making friends. By high school, he was a loner, and
his queerness made him a target for bullies.
It was around that time that his grandparents stepped back
in and took custody of them. Yet in many ways, life with homophobic, ableist, and
even racist, grandparents was no better for two biracial kids, one gay and the
other disabled. Lennox had already started to grow cold to the world, and life
with his grandparents solidified that.
He carries all of that with him. It’s the world that
structures his life and inability to trust. By the time he reaches the
beginnings of With or Without You, he’s
begun to trust Will, but it’s clearly still a struggle. Lennox has no plans for
life, no real direction beyond the moment he’s in, and part of his journey
focuses on that for With or Without You.
People’s stories are bigger than what they present to you. With or Without You delves further into
that. It’s time for Lennox to grow beyond himself—to realize he has a future to
look towards, and this Thursday, you get to follow him on the twisted road to
making those choices.
With or Without You is available July 21, 2016 from Interlude Press! Use the discount code WOWY in the IP Web Store to receive a free multi-format eBook edition with the purchase of a print copy of With or Without You.
July 16, 2016
"My ability to write a review worthy of this debut novel could be likened to stepping into an Icing..."
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Prism Book Alliance on into the Blue by Pene Henson
Into the Blue is currently available from the IP Web Store and your favorite book retailers.
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July 12, 2016
She’s a punk rock
wild child all grown up.Not as if she didn’t...
She’s a punk rock
wild child all grown up.
Not as if she didn’t know; every step of the way she’s been
aware, of course, of the path she’s on. And yet as long as she was
wholly focused on one step a time, she could forget where they
were leading.
– Burning Tracks
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July 11, 2016
staff:
humanrightscampaign:
68 Companies Sign HRC’s Amicus...
68 Companies Sign HRC’s Amicus Brief to Block North Carolina’s Discriminatory HB2
Today, 68 major companies–including Tumblr—joined HRC’s amicus brief in support of the U.S. Department of Justice’s effort to block some of the most egregious and discriminatory components of North Carolina’s HB2 law. HRC is continuing to gather corporate support for the amicus brief, which will be re-filed at several junctures as the case moves through the courts.
Last week Human Rights Campaign filed an amicus brief—a letter to the court, sort of like testimony—in the lawsuit against North Carolina’s HB2, the so-called “bathroom law.” It describes the obvious harm the law does to the transgender community, and the impossible position it puts businesses in that believe all people should be treated like people.
Tumblr signed onto the brief, along with 67 other companies, because HB2 is a disgusting law and we want it struck down—here, and anywhere else a similar policy is enacted.
This is what we can do. Here’s what you can do: Vote. In 2014 just 41% of eligible North Carolina voters turned out for statewide elections, and their representatives passed HB2.
Every election matters.
