As you know, June is International GLBT Pride Month!PROMO:Profits from all my June direct sales (Paypal or check/money order) will go to support the GLBT Center of Central Florida. (If you order through Amazon or other bookseller, I cannot verify sales and therefore can't figure the profit for Center.)
AWARD:My 2007 novel Turning Point recently won 2007 Best Lesbian Romance from the Lesbian Fiction Readers Choice Awards!
ABOUT TURNING POINT:Excerpts and Paypal ordering info: http://www.lzfiction.net/mine/tpexcerpt.php
There are GLBT actors and actresses throughout Hollywood and most of their costars are gay-friendly. But what if you didn't know you weren't just gay-friendly, but gay yourself? For two women, the dissatisfaction they've had in relationships seemed simply to be 'not having the right guy' or 'not having the same goals'.
Until they get to know each other.
Co-starring on the cult TV series Time Trails, Brenna Lanigan and Cassidy Hyland appear to be complete opposites. Brenna, 41, has been acting for more than twenty years and leads the ensemble cast. She's in her second marriage, and has two teenage sons. Cassidy, 32, arrived to the TV series as the hot sexy newcomer, the epitome of a Hollywood starlet; tall, lean and blond. Recently divorced, and dating a writer on the series, she has a young son. For these two busy, working, and driven, women, just getting along in the competitive world of Hollywood would seem a tall order, and the gossip rags have described more than once the chill in the air on set.
Beginning at a child's birthday party, and following through many events and mishaps, Brenna and Cassidy slowly forge an unforeseeable, but unshakable bond of friendship, support and, ultimately, emotional and physical love.
Join the women's journey which begins with
Turning Point (2007) from
P.D. Publishing, Inc. ISBN: 1-933720-19-0 (paperback; soon to be available as an e-book)
Brenna Lanigan and Cassidy Hyland's story will continue in 2009 with "Turn for Home", also from P.D. Publishing, Inc.
PROMO REMINDER:Profits from all June direct sales through Paypal will go to support the GLBT Center of Central Florida. (If you order through Amazon or other bookseller, I cannot verify sales and therefore can't figure the profit for Center.)

Labels: Pride, promotion, TP, Turning Point
On Sunday, April 13, 2008, I participated in the
Daytona Beach Pride Fest, at City Island Park in Daytona Beach, Florida. At the fest, I was selling and signing copies of
"Turning Point". I was also signing up people for my
email updates list, and those who did sign up were entered into a drawing for the cover art poster (11x17) I had displayed at my booth. I have randomly drawn a name from that list of new members and Alissa P. has won the autographed poster!

Labels: Daytona, Fest, Pride, TP, Turning Point
I am back from North Carolina, and have news of a short-notice book appearance:
Ocala Pride FestOctober 27, from 11 am - 8 pm
at The Historic Ritz Inn
Ocala, Florida
For more information:
www.ocalapridefest.comSee you there!
Labels: book, Ocala, Pride, signing
I've uploaded some pictures I took at the event to my Photobucket account:
http://s197.photobucket.com/albums/aa298/lzielinsky/2007StPetePride/"The parade's Grand Marshall was Susan Stanton, a Florida city manager when she was Steve Stanton who lost his job for a desire to transition MTF.
Article link and
Article Link. The Fest day was also dedicated to the memory of Ryan Skipper, a 25yo Florida man who was murdered in March 2007 by two men. It is being defined as a hate-crime.
Article link. The parade was pretty grand, not as long as expected. It was 100-degrees out, and everyone loved the REALLY long pride flag unfurled for a couple blocks at parade's end.
Also here's a rather surprising catch of the camera -- I saw a rainbow as I was leaving town (ran into the rain that made it not 10 minutes down the road!)


Labels: Fest, Pride, rainbow, St Petersburg