Proud of Pride and Myself By: Diane Billas This is the first Pride that I’m fully out as pansexual to the world, including to my friends and family. Pride used to be something that I would look at it from afar. Being pansexual and married to a man, I didn’t…
Pride and My Town
Pride and My Town by Sally Basmajian My small, scenic town is stuffed with retired folks, mostly of Anglo-Saxon or European heritage. There’s a secondary population of theatrical artists who make the rest of us feel a whole lot more vibrant, multicultural, and contemporary. I’m not sure how many…
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So Hard to Do Behind the Scenes Part 3
Let’s Go Behind the Scenes of So Hard to Do! – Part 3 By Sally Basmajian I wrote this statement, hoping that it might help reviewers and bookstore operators understand the vantage point from which I wrote the novel. There are a few characters who range along the spectrum, and…
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So Hard to Do Behind the Scenes Part Two
Let’s Go Behind the Scenes of So Hard to Do! – Part 2 by Sally Basmajian Oh, dear. If ever a young woman needed to develop sensitivity, it’s Jannie. Her heart is good, and she’s a smart executive, but she has so much to learn (and, dare I say it,…
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So Hard to Do Behind the Scenes
Let’s Go Behind the Scenes of So Hard to Do! – Part 1 by Sally Basmajian In my first draft of So Hard to Do, Jannie told her story in first-person/present tense. I thought it suited her audacious personality, and that it was a nice contrast to the more restrained third-person/past tense approach I took with Suze….
Books
Happy New Year!
Looking to build your 2023 reading list? Look no further! CJM brings you 18 new titles this year! Check out our line up below! January brings a rom com from Sally Basmajian. So Hard to Do is on preorder and releases the end of this month! Henry Mitchell returns with…