You’ve probably noticed all the hashtags recently on my posts and wondered why all of a sudden Annette is hashtagging everything she touches. Like a good student, when someone more intelligent than myself says I should do it, I listen. Unfortunately, I also have an innate need to know the whys behind everything. I’ve never… Read More #HashtagThis #HashtagThat

I was struggling with what to write about for my weekly blog. A fellow author suggested, Exploits of a 90’s Lesbian. I kindly reminded her that I was older than dirt and for me, it would be Exploits of a 80’s Lesbian. I am shuddering right now just thinking about going back in time and… Read More Interauthor Relations

I can’t quite let go of this badass woman theme, so I’ve decided to extend it to one more blog. This week’s blog will be simple with my top 10 list of badass women in history. Several names popped right to the surface for me, but I wanted to be open to hearing about other… Read More My Top 10 Bad Ass Women in History

Warning: I was in a mood and this blog is serious…no humor at all. I never ever, ever, ever, thought I would utter these words again or feel the need to take this drastic measure, but it is back to the closet for me after vowing I would never go to that dark place again.… Read More Back In the Closet

I’m still coming down off my high from GCLS, but I’m not going to do a re-cap like everyone else because: 1) I’m the definition of unconventional and I never swim in the same direction as everyone else and; 2) I’m inspired to talk about something else a whole lot more fun. I mentioned before… Read More Bad Ass Women

Well crap…I was sitting fat and happy after lunch at a table talking with Sue, Renee, Ali and Angie and realized it was Friday…blog day. Coincidentally the night before I started a list of the top 10 Educational/Interesting items talked about at the conference and decided that’s what my blog will be about. Drum roll…without… Read More GCLS Update

The challenge was thrown out and I accepted that gauche gauntlet because let’s face it…I have no class and can’t resist a challenge. I’ll just set this up for you…the picture below was posted on Facebook and authors were challenged to write a scene. Without further ado…here is the scene I wrote: Virginia sat on… Read More Lesbian Interior Decorations

I got to thinking about this concept that is such a deeply ingrained value for America and I began wondering if we’ve gone so far away from its original intent that the end result is this deep divide in our nation, sprinkled with a liberal amount of hate. At what point does Freedom of Speech… Read More Freedom of Speech

I decided to make up a new word. Why? Well…why not? I’m a crazy author, we do shit like that. I’ve written before on how my books tend to be mash-ups, which I’ve defined as a combination of romance with…take your pick: mystery, intrigue, action, sci-fi, fantasy, dystopian, paranormal. You name it and I’ve combined… Read More A Squeries…

I’ve been binge watching CNN and this whole concept of “loyalty” got me to thinking about a number of things and some of those are actually related to writing (in a round about way). First, let me say that I believe loyalty is a good thing. I was recently asked to come up with a… Read More Loyalty